The Wild World of the Future

The Wild World of the Future
Title The Wild World of the Future PDF eBook
Author Claire Pye
Publisher Firefly Books
Pages 100
Release 2003
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 9781552977255

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A team of international scientists, documentary film makers and animators are imagining the future based on present-day science.

The Future is Wild

The Future is Wild
Title The Future is Wild PDF eBook
Author Dougal Dixon
Publisher Firefly Books
Pages 164
Release 2003
Genre Ecological succession
ISBN 1552977234

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Presents speculative evolutionary futures during periods 5 million, 100 million, and 200 million years after the demise of humans.

Gio_Graphy

Gio_Graphy
Title Gio_Graphy PDF eBook
Author Giovanna Battaglia
Publisher Rizzoli Publications
Pages 226
Release 2017-09-27
Genre Design
ISBN 0847858391

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A witty guide to living the glam the life from an international style star, featuring hilarious anecdotes, fashion advice, and much more. Dubbed a “cyber icon” and “fashion heroine” by the New York Times, Italian fashion editor and stylist Giovanna Battaglia is known for her colorful street style and fun-loving personality. Her monthly column in W chronicles fashion, art, and adventure. In this, her first book, she has written an irreverent how-to guide for dressing for every occasion, finding fashion inspiration, living stylishly, and having fun while doing it. Covering style and beauty for daytime, nighttime, travel, and work, this book is brimming with chic and inspirational wisdom, from how to pull off bold fashion moves like barely-there tops, enormous hats, and powerful reds; advice for how to survive fashion emergencies (like what happens when you show up to an event in the same dress as someone else); and her secrets for donning multiple outfits in a day (bodysuits are key). Also featured are tips and tricks she has learned from fashion-world friends such as Carolina Herrera, Derek Blasberg, Hamish Bowles, and Anna Dello Russo. Filled with humor and style, this is a must-have book for anyone interested in fashion and having a good time.

Rambunctious Garden

Rambunctious Garden
Title Rambunctious Garden PDF eBook
Author Emma Marris
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Pages 226
Release 2013-08-20
Genre Nature
ISBN 160819454X

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"Some of the material in this book appeared previously, in a different form, in the journal Nature"--T.p. verso.

What We Owe the Future

What We Owe the Future
Title What We Owe the Future PDF eBook
Author William MacAskill
Publisher Basic Books
Pages 423
Release 2022-08-16
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1541618637

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An Instant New York Times Bestseller “This book will change your sense of how grand the sweep of human history could be, where you fit into it, and how much you could do to change it for the better. It's as simple, and as ambitious, as that.” —Ezra Klein An Oxford philosopher makes the case for “longtermism” — that positively influencing the long-term future is a key moral priority of our time. The fate of the world is in our hands. Humanity’s written history spans only five thousand years. Our yet-unwritten future could last for millions more — or it could end tomorrow. Astonishing numbers of people could lead lives of great happiness or unimaginable suffering, or never live at all, depending on what we choose to do today. In What We Owe The Future, philosopher William MacAskill argues for longtermism, that idea that positively influencing the distant future is a key moral priority of our time. From this perspective, it’s not enough to reverse climate change or avert the next pandemic. We must ensure that civilization would rebound if it collapsed; counter the end of moral progress; and prepare for a planet where the smartest beings are digital, not human. If we make wise choices today, our grandchildren’s grandchildren will thrive, knowing we did everything we could to give them a world full of justice, hope and beauty.

Our Wild World

Our Wild World
Title Our Wild World PDF eBook
Author Éanna Ní Lamhna
Publisher The O'Brien Press Ltd
Pages 183
Release 2021-03-29
Genre Nature
ISBN 1788492641

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Wildlife expert Eanna Ni Lamhna takes us on a tour of all things to do with our wonderful natural world: from a celebration of our fascinating birds and bees, and their powers of migration and pollination, to the thorny challenges of our time, such as climate change, sustainability and our carbon footprint. Her mantra is that learning about our wild world is not just for young children or David Attenborough fans, it is a lifelong necessary knowledge for our survival – and we need to open our eyes and our minds to the challenges that face us and our world into the future. The key is to find the balance between our needs and wants and the future of our precious planet and all its inhabitants. This brand new book raises, and discusses, questions such as; Why should we care about this natural world? Do we need and value the great outdoors now more than ever? But who wants spiders in their house? And what use are wasps anyway? Should we be worried by genetic engineering and windfarms? Biodiversity – what did it ever do for us? Does it mean the end of the world if the whales become extinct? Are global warming and climate change the same thing? What happened to the hole in the ozone layer? Is veganism the answer to sustainable food? What is carbon sequestration – just fancy words for trees? And why are carbon sinks so important? Is the mobile phone taking over our lives for good or for evil? How does a virus become a pandemic, and why?

Four Fish

Four Fish
Title Four Fish PDF eBook
Author Paul Greenberg
Publisher Penguin
Pages 304
Release 2010-07-15
Genre Nature
ISBN 1101442298

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“A necessary book for anyone truly interested in what we take from the sea to eat, and how, and why.” —Sam Sifton, The New York Times Book Review Acclaimed author of American Catch and The Omega Princple and life-long fisherman, Paul Greenberg takes us on a journey, examining the four fish that dominate our menus: salmon, sea bass, cod, and tuna. Investigating the forces that get fish to our dinner tables, Greenberg reveals our damaged relationship with the ocean and its inhabitants. Just three decades ago, nearly everything we ate from the sea was wild. Today, rampant overfishing and an unprecedented biotech revolution have brought us to a point where wild and farmed fish occupy equal parts of a complex marketplace. Four Fish offers a way for us to move toward a future in which healthy and sustainable seafood is the rule rather than the exception.