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Author's Comments
As a publisher of mind-body-spirit books for 35 years, I felt that of all the books I had published, the 6 books on Viktor Schauberger's insights into Nature's workings were the most significant. However, when I realised that they appealed mainly to a more specialised audience, I decided to write Hidden Nature, to bring Schauberger's topical research up to date for a wider audience. I was part of the editorial team that published Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in 1962, and ever since have been campaiging against our society's violation of Nature.

One of the best books on Schauberger
Alick Bartholomew has done a fantastic job in the writing of this book. While the few other books on Schauberger, most notably the books Living Energies, and the Eco-Technology series from Callum Coats, and of coarse, Olof Alexanderson's Living Water (the original pioneer) disect Schauberger's work...Alick puts it in simple, easy to read and understand words.
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Subjects:  1. Ecology    2. Energy    3. Energy Technology (General)    4. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    5. Environmental Protection    6. Nature    7. Science    8. Science/Mathematics   

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Newest in a classic series
This is the new edition of "Environmental Policy in the 1990s,"a series now considered to be the most important in the field. This editionhas some of the classic essays from earlier editions, but is expanded tocover the Clinton administration and address issues of a global nature.Read more

Subjects:  1. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    2. Environmental Policy    3. Environmental Science    4. Nature    5. Nature/Ecology    6. Politics / Current Events    7. Public Policy - Environmental Policy    8. Public Policy - General    9. United States    10. 21st century    11. Central government policies    12. Environmental economics    13. USA   

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The second growth club
What people do is behind the build-up of earth-warming gases. For example, carbon dioxide builds up from people using fossil fuels and cutting down tropical forests. Methane builds up from people raising so many animals and so much irrigated rice. These gases change climate. Changed climate means changed air and water, changed farming, and changed life.
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Subjects:  1. Deforestation    2. Effect of human beings on    3. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    4. Forest ecology    5. Forest management    6. Life Sciences - Ecology - Forest Ecology    7. Natural Resources    8. Nature    9. Nature / Field Guide Books    10. Nature/Ecology    11. Science    12. Management of land & natural resources    13. Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection   

Subjects:  1. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    2. Environmental Science    3. Environmental ethics    4. Ethics & Moral Philosophy    5. Philosophy    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Environmentalist thought & ideology    9. Philosophy / General   

Subjects:  1. Biodiversity conservation    2. Biological diversity conservat    3. Birds    4. Birds & Birdwatching - General    5. Conservation    6. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    7. Environmental Science    8. Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics    9. Nature    10. Nature / Field Guide Books    11. Nature/Ecology    12. Wildlife    13. Birds, Protection of    14. Conservation of wildlife & habitats    15. Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection   

Subjects:  1. Ecofeminism    2. Effect of human beings on    3. Human Geography    4. Human ecology    5. Nature    6. Nature/Ecology    7. Sociology    8. Environmentalist thought & ideology    9. Feminism   

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a very informative architectural detail review on residential
The book describes simple and neat residential building design in detail , shape, and material. The book should be applicable to architects or designers who aspire to work in modernism or minimalism on housing and who desire to improve the residential detil design to be more insighfully clean and blight. As well, the analysis from the publication could be developed to function in other architecture types.
Excelent...
Meets my expectations...
Order carefully
Amazon's listing's for these fine books is a little screwy. There are 2 versions of "Single Family Housing", which are substantially the same but have different covers. Had I ordered the one published in 2006 without noticing this first in person, I'd have been disappointed.
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Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Construction - Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning    3. Design & Drafting    4. Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning    5. Home Improvement / Construction    6. Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings    7. Architectural structure & design    8. Architecture / General    9. Building Systems    10. Climate Engineering    11. Environmentalist thought & ideology    12. House & Home / General    13. Photovoltaics   

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Oft Quoted; Seldom Read
I'm a bit surprised to be the first reviewer of this classic. When I began my career in Wildlife Management over 30 years ago I was surprised at how many people quoted this work, but admitted to have not actually read it. I had read it in graduate school and was amazed at how prescient Leopold had been. He accurately predicted where Wildlife Management would go in the future and what would be necessary for success. (As a side note, Leopold used the two word term `Wild Life' meaning plants, animals, the soil; i.e. ecosystems. The term was changed to one word by the Wisconsin Legislature and defined as certain animals only.)
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Subjects:  1. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    2. Game and game-birds    3. Nature    4. Nature / Field Guide Books    5. Wildlife Management    6. Animal husbandry    7. Management of land & natural resources   

Subjects:  1. Air    2. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    3. Environmental Engineering & Technology    4. Environmental Science    5. Equipment and supplies    6. Nature    7. Nature/Ecology    8. Purification    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection    11. Pollution control   

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A good book with a lot of information.
Do not look at it as a biological treatise for plants. It contains great pictures and talks about plants and habitats in general. You want to have a casual read during some lazy afternoon this is a book for you.

A serious disappointment
I was hoping this would be the botanical answer to "Animal." Boy, was I wrong.
A Complete Understanding of Plants and Global Habitats
"By now, most people know that we're poised on the brink of a biological disaster that could rival anything in evolutionary history...what most gardeners don't realize is that, if current trends continue, a devastating number of the world's flowering plants could be extinct in the coming decades." ~Janet Marinelli
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Subjects:  1. Botany    2. Gardening    3. Gardening/Plants    4. Life Sciences - Botany    5. Plant conservation    6. Plants    7. Reference    8. Science    9. Nature / Plants   

Subjects:  1. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    2. Environmental Engineering & Technology    3. Life Sciences - Ecology    4. Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Wetland restoration    7. Wetlands    8. Wetlands Conservation    9. Management of land & natural resources    10. Nature / Water Supply   

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A very eye opening read
I picked up this book mostly out of curiosity.I was curious about small choices I could make that could make a difference.I went to school and I have a degree in environmental science, but I never applied it in my work.I have always tried to make good informed choices as a consumer.As I feel while I can not change the world, but as a block on informed consumers together we can make kinder choices for our environment.
New insight
I have been a vegetarian all my life and have stopped using animal products (tested or material) for a decade or more. And still this book gave me ideas about plenty of more things to do to make my commitment more valuable to earth and me. One of the few 'How to' books that actually gets you started. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is considering becoming animal and earth friendly in their daily lives. I would also recommend Karen Logan's Clean House, Clean Planet for the people who are specifically looking for eco-friendly non-toxic house keeping tips

A Great Resource
My roommate bought me a copy of this book and it's really opened my eyes! Although I've been vegan for several years I didn't realize how much more I could be doing to help the world around me by making smarter choices. It's not only inspiring but a great resource book as well. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animal Rights    2. Animal welfare    3. Animals    4. Environmentalism    5. Ethics Of Animal Experimentation    6. Human-animal relationships    7. Nature    8. Nature/Ecology    9. Organic living    10. Vegetarianism    11. Social Science / General   

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Of beasts and bureacracies
This is a delightful book. From the dust jacket to the illustrations and index, it is beautifully produced. The author, standing on the left in the dust jacket photo, provides an important inside look at life in the zoo. Robinson's career as a field biologist and zoo veterinarian at the world famous Zoological Society of San Diego provide him great insights into the minds of beasts and bureaucracies. Much of this book is will be great interest to historians of animal collections and veterinary medicine for exotics. However, any dedicated zoo patron will find this account rich and the book will reach a very broad audience among students of animal behavior, aspiring veterinarians, animal lovers and zoo keepers. The anecdotes are lively and poignant, and will resonant with those who have worked behind the scenes in similar facilities. I especially liked the tale of the infamous Ken Allen, an orangutan Houdini!
Witty, Funny and Infomed Look at Zoos
"Life at the Zoo" opened up the zoo world for me and provided a long and candid glimpse into how zoos function. Before reading this book I couldn't imagine how anyone could begin to provide medical care for such a diverse population of animals. I got the feeling that I was looking over the fence, peeking through the cracks and peering over the shoulder of veterinarians, animal keepers and visitors. The author writes authoritatively about what animals experience in zoos and the grave responsibility that zoo personnel have in nurturing and protecting them from both people and themselves. I appreciated the parts that discussed wildlife conservation and ethics, and others about the construction of zoo exhibits and some of the nuts, including employees, who frequent zoos. This book made me a better informed zoo visitor. I now have more of a sense of purpose and understanding when I go to my zoo. One of the high points was the author's dry sense of humor and unassuming way of sharing his experiences. Anyone who likes animals and who is curious about the role of zoos in wildlife conservation will find this valuable.
Bibliography's the highpoint
As a zoo docent, I've read better books on related topics such as Hancocks' A Different Nature, and would give this 3 stars personally but maybe a 4 for the general public. In fact, Hancocks' book though published two years earlier has more current info on a couple specifics but it's also more academic in style.
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Subjects:  1. Life Sciences - Zoology - General    2. Science    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Zoos    5. Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection    6. Wild animals    7. Zoos & wildlife parks   

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ignorant and angry but useful
Chase's angry critique of "environmentalists" and their myths of nature has its points, but he ignores most of the substantial efforts to manage our ecosystem holistically -- e.g. including land, people, and money. He criticizes "biocentrism" but many of us recognize that human life, for example, is totally dependent on other organisms, E. coli to start. The question is not hierarchy, but interdependence.
eye-opening clear analysis that changed my views
Until reading "In a Dark Wood" I espoused "politically correct" environmentalist views -- such as "all old growth forests must be saved at any cost from evil logging" -- in a knee-jerk, emotionally charged, self-righteous way, without ever taking the trouble to study or think through what was really at stake, and what premises about reality underlay my views.Alston Chase's thinking on conservation is so clearly presented, so well backed by evidence, so carefully analysed, and so full of good will and integrity, that I find it impossible to read his book without respecting his intentions -- and his conclusions, which challenge everything I had unthinkingly assumed in the past.This is the kind of book that not only addresses concrete problems, such as the political struggle between, say Earth First and Maxxam Corporation, but also inspires the reader to think more deeply, and question his/her assumptions.This is the kind of book I think most self-labeled "environmentalists" -- especially those who come from white, middle class, college-educated backgrounds -- will dismiss prior to investigation, and will never read.If so, it is a sad loss.It's a book that can change your views and help you learn to think better -- and I believe most people would rather not do so, since thinking better might well spoil the dramatic excitement of waging a war of good against evil, nature against humanity.Still, I hope people will read this book.It's one that changed my life. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Ecology    2. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    3. Environmental Studies    4. Forest Ecology    5. Forest Industry Management    6. Literature: Folklore/Mythology    7. Logging    8. Nature    9. Northwest, Pacific    10. Old growth forest conservation    11. Old growth forest ecology    12. Old growth forests    13. Trees & Forests - General    14. Applied ecology    15. Business & Economics / Environmental Economics    16. Ecological science, the Biosphere    17. Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques    18. Forests, rainforests   

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Introducing the Eastern Forest
The purpose of this guide is not to assist one in identifying species of flora and fauna found in the Eastern Forest--such a tome would be monumental in size--but rather to instill in the reader an understanding of the forest's general dynamics.The book is divided into eight sections; they are: A Great Buy, Very Interesting
This is a great field guide that covers many aspects of forests East of the Great Plains. Although it covers many common species of both animal and plant, it is not overly helpful for positively identifying individualspecies; and if one wants that, you are better off with a more specificfield guide (i.e., Eastern Birds). It does, however, detail the workings ofa forest and accompanies this fascinating text with 53 color plates, 80color photos and many black and white drawings. In the first few chapters,it demonstrates the different forest types through indicator species; andit details the process of Old Field succesion, and the animals and plantsthat come and go as the process progresses. In the last chaptersadaptation, and seasonal patterns are covered. I would highly reccommendthis field guide for any one who would like to know how a forest works. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Ecology    2. Forest animals    3. Forest ecology    4. Forest plants    5. Forestry (Specific Aspects)    6. Forests & Forestry    7. Identification    8. Nature    9. Nature/Ecology    10. North America    11. Plant Ecology    12. Trees & Forests - General    13. Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques    14. Nature / Trees    15. Trees & wildflowers   

Subjects:  1. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    2. Nature    3. Nature/Ecology   

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A Gentle Warrior

a wisdom runs through it
This book, like previous works by Sandra Postel, is a clarion warning call about the dangers in how we have been managing our waters. The message from this book that is of particular importance, is that truly successful, and therefore sustainable, environmental management is really just as much about managing people as it is about managing natural systems. For this reason, I have placed this important book on the reading list for my watershed management course at Harvard. And also, I am grateful that Sandra Postel agreed to write a front-end blurb for my recently published (by Green Frigate Books) book entitled Deep Immersion: The Experience of Water. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Ecosystem management    3. Freshwater ecology    4. Nature    5. Nature/Ecology    6. Real Estate - General    7. Rivers    8. Stream conservation    9. Water Supply    10. Water conservation    11. Hydrology (freshwater)    12. Management of land & natural resources    13. Nature / Rivers    14. Political Science / Public Policy    15. Pollution of rivers & water supplies    16. Sustainability   

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Dated, but still a classic
I have got the 1959 edition, but have the feeling the book has not changed much since then. In 1959 this was an above-average book aimed at the general public. It illustrates the woods treated by distribution maps, botanical line drawings and black-and-white photographs. Content was pretty good, with the names, both scientific and trade names, very much in order.
Know your Woods? Not after reading this book
I don't understand why anyone would publish a book anymore with black and white illustrations. I know this is supposed to be a classic and all that so it's my own fault for not checking when I read the description. I don't even know why I'm keeping it; I'll never read it. You have to wade through tons of technical jargon and lengthy chapters that would be much better served by some large color photographs. Maybe that makes me shallow, I don't know, but there are much more 'complete guides' out there on this topic these days.

Know Your Woods: A Complete Guide
This book seems to be complete and informative for basic information about the subject matter.It is a good reference for basic information.The reader must look elsewhere for detailed information (such as would be of interest to engineers, scientists, and luthiers). ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Encyclopedias    2. General    3. Nature    4. Nature / Field Guide Books    5. Nature/Ecology    6. Timber    7. Trees    8. Trees & Forests - General    9. Veneers and veneering    10. Wood    11. Forestry & related industries    12. Nature / General   

Subjects:  1. Congresses    2. Nature    3. Nature/Ecology    4. Water Supply    5. Water-supply    6. Environmental Engineering & Technology    7. Nature / Water Supply   

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The Last Safari Review
It's an excellent, no-holds-barred book giving the plus and minuses of the human stars: George and Joy Adamson. And it's a book of triumphs and failures. The book is precise, but it does have some gaps which are filled by reading George Adamson's book My Pride and Joy. If you care about the most majestic of Africa's wildlife, this is a must book. But if you want to learn more about the nature of wildlife, particuarly lions, read My Pride and Joy. I highly recommend both books.

Great book for anyone who liked "Born Free"
This book is a fascinating review of two very complex people. It doesn't gloss over their strengths or weaknesses. They led amazing lives in a world we'll never see again. I enjoyed every chapter.

A great read on two amazing people
I liked this book particularly because it didn't report something as fact unless there was something to back it up or that the writer personally witnessed.Adrian House uses a lot of George and Joy Adamson's own diaries, unpublished writings, and personal letters to give a good glimpse into the personal lives of the couple.It also gives a detailed account of their murders and the circumstances leading up to them.I would recommend this book as a well rounded biography that looks critically into the lives of two unique and amazing people. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1906-    2. Adamson, George,    3. Adamson, Joy    4. Biography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Biography/Autobiography    7. Kenya    8. Scientists - General    9. Wildlife Conservation    10. Wildlife conservationists    11. Zoologists    12. Adamson, George