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Global Icons volume 2
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Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams explore through intimate and thought-provoking dialogue one of the most sought after and least understood elements of human nature: hope. Drawing on decades of work that has helped expand our understanding of what it means to be human and what we all need to do to help build a better world, the book touches on vital questions, including: How do we stay hopeful when everything seems hopeless? How do we cultivate hope...
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From the author of the number-one international bestseller The History of Bees, a captivating story of the power of nature and the human spirit that explores the threat of a devastating worldwide drought, witnessed through the lives of a father, a daughter, and a woman who will risk her life to save the future.
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World made by hand volume 1
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In the wake of global catastrophes that have destroyed industrial civilization, the inhabitants of Union Grove, a small New York town, do anything they can to get by, as they struggle to deal with a new way of life over the course of an eventful summer.
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American scientist Josh MacArthur, studying climate change in northern Vietnam in the not-too-distant future, is the only witness to China's attempt to make it appear that Vietnam started the war they began to quell the unrest in their country brought on the massive climate change that has not only wracked the globe, but devastated their country. Now Josh is hunted by the Chinese agent sent to capture him and a CIA agent because of the evidence he...
9) Błękit
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Zachodnia Norwegia, rok 2017. Siedemdziesiecioletnia Signe przybywa w rodzinne strony. Powracaja bolesne wspomnienia o Magnusie, niespelnionej milosci, straconym dziecku... Nie ma juz sladu po wzgórzach, rzece Breio i wodospadach Dwie Siostry, o których przetrwanie walczyla jako nastolatka. Dzika nature okielznano i wykorzystano do napedzania elektrowni wodnej. Pozostal tylko lodowiec. Ale i jego zwolennicy postepu postanowili przekuc w kostki lodu...
10) Earth 2100
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"It's an idea that most of us would rather not think about--that within the next century, life as we know it could come to an end. Our civilization could crumble, leaving only traces of modern human existence behind. It seems outlandish, extreme, even impossible. But according to cutting-edge scientific research, it's a real possibility--unless we make drastic changes now."--Container.
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"James Howard Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency, which sold approximately 36K copies, returns with a new book exploring the looming collapse of the techno-industrial economy, featuring profiles of individuals who have drastically altered their lives due to financial difficulties"--
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"Climate Change and Human History provides a concise introduction to the relationship between human beings and climate change throughout history. Starting hundreds of thousands of years ago and going up to the present day, this book illustrates how natural climate variability affected early human societies and how human activity is now leading to drastic changes to our climate. Taking a chronological approach the authors explain how climate change...
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"How a seven-year cycle of rain, cold, disease, and warfare created the worst famine in European history ... In May 1315, it started to rain. It didn't stop anywhere in north Europe until August. Next came the four coldest winters in a millennium. Two separate animal epidemics killed nearly 80 percent of northern Europe's livestock. Wars between Scotland and England, France and Flanders, and two rival claimants to the Holy Roman Empire destroyed all...
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