ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION from Bookhome Sydney

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2010. 1st Australian ed.. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), few black & white photos, minimal spots foxing reverse side jacket), minor rubbing & edgewear, small owner's rubber stamp, autograph (author's written dedication). 113 pp. An expansion of a lecture given in 2009, David Suzuki provides a unique look at… Saber más sobre este artículo

Melbourne, Carlton: Miegunyah Press, 2021. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial cover, colour text-photos, few single-colour & black & white drawings, top corner front free flyleaf slightly creased, minimal edgewear, faint sticker mark front free flyleaf. 249 pp. Janine Burke superbly presents the role of trees in contemporary life in a world where… Saber más sobre este artículo

Sydney: Murdoch Books, 2019. 1st ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. 303 pp. In this part memoir and part manifesto, Bren Smith, a Canadian commercial fisherman turned restorative ocean farmer, shares a bold new vision for the future of food. He shows how we can transform our food system while enjoying delicious, nutritious, locally grown produce, and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Melbourne, Hawthorn: Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), 1984. 1st ed.. Paperback quarto, good condition, colour & black & white text-photos, maps, crease across spine, spine edges & black background covers little rubbed, light foxing edges & inside covers, some edgewear, embossed owner name title page. 56 pp. Gregg Borschmann provides the inspiring pictorial book that shows the variety of life… Saber más sobre este artículo

Melbourne, Fairfield: Psychology for a Safe Climate, 2013. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, stapled (minimally rusted), card covers, black & white text-photos & drawings (cartoons), minor edgewear corner tips covers. 24 pp. This booklet, by the Australian 'Psychology for a Safe Climate' group, provides an opportunity for readers to reflect on how they and other people in the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Sydney, Ashfield: Ashfield & District Historical Society / Inner West Environment Group, 2006. Paperback large wide octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, tables, maps, rear cover & last few pages little creased, top corner front cover little creased, minor edgewear. 128 pp. Mark Sabolch is fascinated by the old stormwater structures in the Inner West of Sydney.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Penguin Group, 2013. Reprint ed.. Paperback small, very good condition, black & white photos, few diagrams, minor edgewear. 198 pp. In simple and passionate prose and diagrams, Professor Stephen Emmott (who studies complex systems such as climate and ecosystems at Cambridge University) examines Planet Earth, the human species, and the approaching environmental and population crisis, affecting the entire… Saber más sobre este artículo

Sydney: Thomas Tennant / The Market Printery (Printer), 1945. Paperback large octavo, good condition, stapled pamphlet (little rusted), thin card covers, black & white photos, corner tips covers & pages slightly creased, faint toning pages, few tiny scuffs front cover, minor edgewear, owner's written name in biro front cover. 50 pp. This booklet is about the natural and manmade… Saber más sobre este artículo

Brisbane: A. W. Noakes / Printed by Rallings & Rallings, 1947. Paperback small trade, good condition, card covers, stapled pamphlet, fold-out map, spine little rubbed, minor edgewear corners, covers & pages little toned, minor insect damage rear cover, light foxing edges, staples rusted, crease across pages near base of spine. 56 pp. A small self-published booklet by A.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2006. 3rd, reprint ed.. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, figures, tables, top corner rear cover & few pages little creased, small mark fore-edge, minor edgewear corners. 351 pp. This book is a comprehensive guide by a world-renowned expert who explores the scientific basis of global warming and the likely impacts of climate change… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Bodley Head, 2009. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, diagrams, top edge lightly toned, minor edgewear. 246 pp. British economics professor (and author of an influential report on climate change) focuses on the economic management of investment and growth from the perspective of both adaptation and mitigation. The author looks at the most urgent questions facing us… Saber más sobre este artículo

Melbourne / London: CSIRO Publishing / Earthscan, 2005. 1st ed.. Paperback large wide octavo, very good condition, figures, tables, minimal edgewear, corners front cover slightly creased. 316 pp. This book outlines the current concerns of the major international players, and reviews the inconsistent response to date, detailing national interests. It shows there is real hope of managing climate change… Saber más sobre este artículo

Sydney: NewSouth / University of New South Wales Press, 2015. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, top corner tip covers little creased, minor edgewear. 442 pp. The story of Australia's most controversial forestry giant company, Gunns Ltd, the corruption that gave it power, the environmental activists who fought it, and the forces that brought it down. It was the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2006. Revised ed.. Paperback small trade, very good condition, colour photos, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear corners. 275 pp. Tim Flannery has written a concise and revised edition of "The Weather Makers" that will allow readers aged from 9 to 90 to learn the facts about climate change. He writes about cyclones and droughts, coral… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Bloomsbury, 2008. Reprint ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, figures, diagrams, top corner rear cover creased, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 309 pp. Gabrielle Walker and Sir David King show how to break through denial, accept reality, and thus solve the climate crisis. The book will interest scientists, university students, climate change activists as well as the general… Saber más sobre este artículo

Melbourne: Scribe Publications, 2005. Paperback trade, very good condition, tables, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear, remainder stripe bottom edge. 232 pp. A comprehensive review of the current scientific knowledge of global warming and a balanced explanation of the effects it will have on our daily lives. The author has studied climate change for many years.

White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2016. Paperback octavo, very good condition, corner tips covers little creased, minor edgewear. 220g pp. Powerfully depicts the wild, new carbon economy being carved as baselines crumble and our new post-carbon reality takes shape - all given newfound momentum in the wake of the Paris climate talks. The author, a veteran… Saber más sobre este artículo

Melbourne: Australian Wildlife Protection Council (AWPC), 2005. 3rd ed.. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, colour text-photos, tables, small mark fore-edge, minor edgewear, gift sticker & errata slip inside front cover. 264 pp. Third edition. Paperback edition. A collection of essays about the excessive slaughter of kangaroos in Australia. From the introduction by Ondine Sherman: This book brings together… Saber más sobre este artículo

Melbourne: Black Inc., 2009. Revised ed.. Paperback small trade, very good condition, light crease front cover, light toning edges, minor edgewear. 193 pp. Tim Flannery discusses the idea of sustainability, and asks whether humanity can rise to this challenge. He discusses in detail three potential climate-change solutions, with special reference to Australia. This edition includes nine responses to this… Saber más sobre este artículo

Hobart: Bob Brown / Focal Printing, 2001. Paperback thin trade, very good plus condition, full-page colour photos, few black & white text-photos, maps, minimal edgewear. 66 pp. Bob Brown, the Greens politician and noted conservationist, provides essential information about Tasmania's monumental Styx River Valley, its natural glory, and why it is in dire danger of destruction. Bob Ellis adds… Saber más sobre este artículo