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spectacular visuals, excellent text
This book is a spectacular visual text to some of the American National Parks.The size of the photos, and their photographic quality, are just excellent. The photos are right up there with National Geographic-type quality. In addition, the accompaning text gives ecological insights to where and why this part of the United States was designated and saved as a National Park.The book gives short but insightful accompanying text for each of the Parks that are presented to the reader. The only problem is, unfortunately, the organization of the chapters, and a very skimpy table of contents, and the reader can get easily annoyed with these two problems. It is hard to understand why the publisher made such errors, as the problems are very obvious, and the whole book suffers as a result.It is a beautiful book covering many of the National Parks, with super photos and very good college level text, and if you can put up with the problems of a missing table of contents, this book is a great collection of art, ecology, and the National Parks of the USA.A 5-star for the photos and accompanying text, and a 3 for a useless table of contents.Sorry, but the publisher made major mistakes in putting this otherwise spectacular book together. But I will still give the book a 5-star anyway. The photos and text are just too good to give this book anything less than a 5-star.

Spectacular Presentation of Natural Wonder
Paul Schullery presents a book filled with powerful and beautiful images of fifty-six national parks that have been dedicated to the preservation and protection of irreplaceable treasures. This book shows why these parks are so worthy of protection. Read more

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - Geology    2. National parks and reserves    3. Natural Resources    4. Natural history    5. Nature    6. Nature/Ecology    7. Parks & Campgrounds    8. Pictorial works    9. Subjects & Themes - Travel - U.S./General    10. Travel - United States    11. United States    12. United States - General    13. Nature / Natural Resources    14. Travel   

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non-western water supply
This book reviews the art of roof and ground catchment systems for rainwater.The water collected can be used for household or other purposes.The designs are aimed for individuals with limited access to electricity and/or civic water utilities. The text includes drawings, photographs and step-by-step instructions.
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Subjects:  1. Development - Economic Development    2. Development Studies (Social Sciences)    3. Earth Sciences - Hydrology    4. General    5. Political Science    6. Sociology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Water Resources Conservation    9. Water Supply    10. Management of land & natural resources    11. Water supply & treatment   

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environmental economics
Learn how our environmental regulations really impact our economy and what the true cost of clean up is.

Excellent Intro to Environ reesource economics
This book holds an excewllent treatment of the range and focus of topics which fall under the environmental resource economics realm.The author addresses both the fundamentals and advanced social concepts mixed withexcellent examples of the economic principles which resource managers mustmake during the policy process and the inherent problems these policiespresent.A must read for anyone interested in working in the publicsector. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Economic development    4. Economics - General    5. Environmental aspects    6. Environmental economics    7. Natural Resources    8. Nature    9. Nature / Field Guide Books    10. Business & Economics / Economics / General    11. Economics   

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Civil    2. Environmental Engineering & Technology    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Technology    5. Technology & Industrial Arts    6. Water Supply    7. Water Supply And Treatment    8. Water-supply engineering    9. Nature / Water Supply    10. Technology / Engineering / Civil    11. Water supply & treatment   

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Es un libro que me gustaria conocer, por trabajo...
Me gustaria leer por tratarse referente a un tratamiento de aguas residuales muy economico que podria ser utilizado en paises en desarrollo ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Case studies    2. Congresses    3. Constructed wetlands    4. Environmental Engineering & Technology    5. Environmental Science    6. Environmental Studies    7. Sanitary And Municipal Engineering    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Water quality management    10. Management of land & natural resources    11. Nature / Water Supply    12. Water supply & treatment   

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Effective guide to opal evaluation
Downing's Opal Identification & Value provides a descriptive overview of opals, though it is short on technical data or gemmological information.The book emphasizes criteria for determining opal values, and here it performs a great service, because it lays out sensible-sounding and user-friendly guidelines.This book gives the reader an independent way to access the value of the opals offered in the marketplace, and helps her to make wise choices.

Best on How to Price an Opal
Even if you never intend to buy an opal, this book has much to offer a opal enthusiast, or those wanting an in depth knowledge of this gem.Other books will talk about differences in opal colors.Paul Downing will teach you to appreciate an opal's hue, tone, clarity, saturation and intensity.Lots of color pictures, as good as any other opal book, gives you the full range of the varieties of opals.
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Subjects:  1. Natural Resources    2. Nature    3. Opals    4. Reference   

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Clear and Concise presentation
This book is one of the set texts for the Third Level Open University course, "The Energetic Universe" and provides a good introduction to the subject of Astrophysics. Read more

Subjects:  1. Astronomy - Star Guides    2. Astrophysics    3. Science    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Stars    6. Science / Astronomy    7. Stars, interstellar matter   

Subjects:  1. Fish    2. Fisheries & Aquaculture    3. Fishes    4. Ichthyology    5. Nature    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Fishes (ichthyology)    8. Technology / Fisheries & Aquaculture   

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The "Bible" of Discus Health
I have had this book since it was published and it is a complete guide to the health and well being of not only discus but other cichlids as well.If I have ever had a problem, a question or a need...this book has had theanswer for me!It is, quite simply, the BEST there is...it is that simple.

a great book for both the beginner and the professional
this is a really great book with many ideas about the ways to treat discus fish and their diseases it is useful n case of any other soft water fish a famous japanese koi hatchery uses it for reference too. it saved many of myfish and saved me alot of money too.A MUST HAVE book it is now out of stockbut i got a promise from the publisher to have it republished soon. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cichlids    2. Discus (Fish)    3. Diseases    4. Fish & Aquariums    5. Fish Culture (Specific Aspects)    6. Health    7. Nature/Ecology    8. Pets    9. Animal husbandry    10. Aquaculture & fishing: practice & techniques   

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - Geology    2. Natural Resources    3. Nature    4. Nature/Ecology    5. Rocks & Minerals    6. Science    7. BG-JUVENILE PROP - BG-JUVY NON-FICTION    8. Nature / Rocks & Minerals   

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Good hagiography of a controversial man
This is a good introduction to the theories and life of Viktor Schauberger, an Austrian naturalist and inventor. Born in 1885, Schauberger started life as a forester who tried to understand and copy Nature. From watching mountain streams he developed unorthodox theories based on vortex movement about water and its use. He started out designing highly efficient log flumes that used water in vortex motion and at its densest temperature of 4 degrees Centigrade. He then proposed cleaning up the Rhine River by rebuilding the natural curves which stimulate vortex motion in the water. He said that this vortex motion in the Earth caused spring water to be more alive than plain water. He believed that plants grew better in this living water and developed laboratory sized egg-shaped water energizers to activate water. Perfect Start for anyone interested in Learning about Water
I agree that this book is only a brief introduction into the thoughts of Schauberger but hopefully many people are inspired by this book to move forward into the area of water research in an effort to uncover many more truths about what really makes water healthy. An Excellent Appetizer, Please Pass the Main Course
This is an excellent, brief introduction to the thought of Viktor Schauberger, and I hope it inspires works which are more complete. Callum Coates' books reach in this direction, but what is really needed are more people to read these books, synthesize their information, and come up with new and original books which take us further into depth in these areas. This will probably involve synthesizing the work of Schauberger, Grander, Bienveniste, and others.Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    3. Life Sciences - Ecology    4. Natural Resources    5. Naturalists, Gardeners, Environmentalists    6. Nature    7. Nature/Ecology    8. 20th century    9. Biography: general    10. Conservation of the environment    11. Environmentalist thought & ideology    12. Sustainability    13. c 1800 to c 1900   

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Inspirational
Photography has always been an outlet to certain visionaries in our society. Giving them a way to express to others the way they interpret somewhat ordinary and sometimes not so ordinary sights.This collection of images inspires all those who look at them. And then combining these with words of inspiratin and thought provoking prose makes it a treat to the soul as well as the eyes. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Anecdotes    2. Authors, American    3. Biography    4. Description and travel    5. Landscape    6. Natural Resources    7. Nature    8. Nature/Ecology    9. Photoessays & Documentaries    10. Photographers    11. Photography    12. Pictorial works    13. Subjects & Themes - Plants & Animals    14. Subjects & Themes - Travel - U.S./General    15. United States    16. Management of land & natural resources    17. NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS    18. Nature / General    19. Photographs: collections    20. USA   

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A comprehensive study of diseases and their (mis) diagnosis
This book compiles a GREAT deal of useful information about plantpathology. It covers, as any good work about plant disease should,fertilization, nutritional deficiencies, and environmental factors such asdrought, freezing, lightning, air pollution, water contamination etc.before attempting to fix the problem, the work stresses the causal effectsand ,similarly, the visual pitfalls that may provide evidence of an unseeninsect symptom (galling, nematodes, etc.)The work was written mainlyfor the temperate zone, but using it in my home sub-tropics was aneye-opener!Reccomended reading for Horticulturalists in the upperechelon, or for Pathologists as a reference, and a reminder to look to theoutlying areas for an answer, It's always there! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Agriculture - Forestry    2. Canada    3. Diseases and pests    4. Life Sciences - Horticulture    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Shrubs    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Trees    10. United States    11. Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques    12. Plant pathology & diseases   

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Best Intro to the Natural History of Tropical Forests
Buy this Book!This book is a great read for anybody who is interested in life on our planet.It would make a dandy companion to E.O. Wilson's "The Diversity of Life."

ENCHANTING DEPICTION OF THE RAIN FOREST
Among books that aim to express to readers the wonders of the rain forest, this one stands out.In 17 chapters that touch upon different aspects of the rain forest, the authors transmit their own passion for the rain forest and the unique intricacies that make rain forests some of the most precious places on earth.
an educational and interesting book
This is a book that we are using in a Tropical Ecosystem course at my University.The book is very insightful and educational, while at the same time being very interesting and easy to read. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Central America    2. Life Sciences - Ecology    3. Life Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems    4. Nature/Ecology    5. Rain forest ecology    6. Science    7. South America    8. Forests, rainforests    9. NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS    10. Science / General   

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Good book on resource geopolitics. My 13 yo son loves it
We all knew that respources, like money, move the world. And that by explaining the concentration, consumption and need to control them, everything we see in geopolitics can be somehow explained.
Needs a 2nd edition
This is a decent book.It is well researched and referenced, and it contains a lot of interesting information about foriegn policy with respect to resources (especially oil and water).Klare remains rather nuetral throughout, which is rather refreshing.Unfortunately, it is a little dated by now (written when the Taliban still controled Afganistan and before the Iraq war).Most of the US foreign policy dates back to the Clinton era.
balanced and dispassionate analysis
Thirty or forty years in the future, people will look back at Resource Wars by Michael Klare as one of those books they wished they had read, or as one that policymakers should have read.
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Subjects:  1. 1989-    2. Current Affairs    3. International    4. International Relations - General    5. Mass Media    6. Natural Resources    7. Political Freedom & Security - International Secur    8. Politics / Current Events    9. Politics/International Relations    10. Security, International    11. World politics    12. International relations    13. Media studies    14. Theory of warfare & military science   

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Very Good Reference Text
This is a great text full of useful information on over 400 chemicals.The text offers informationon melting point, density, Henry's law constant,soil sorption coefficient, octanol/water partition coefficient, solubility in organics and water, vapor density and pressure.The text includes a section on each chemical discussing environmental fate, toxicity, drinking water standard and use of each chemical.I've found this book very helpful over the last 10 years. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - Hydrology    2. Environmental Engineering & Technology    3. Environmental Science    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Technology & Industrial Arts    6. Chemistry    7. Geochemistry    8. Hydrology (freshwater)    9. Nature / Water Supply   

Subjects:  1. Coal    2. Earth Sciences - Geology    3. Geology    4. Natural Resources    5. Science    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Mining geology    8. Science / Geology   

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Magnificent
American Forests and his earlier book Petrified Wood are amazingly beautiful books. I have seen a few of the petrified wood samples in museums which are shown in these books, and the photoimages correspond to the authentic samples. I have two other petrified wood photo books that I have loaned out but I don't remember their titles (mostly chapters by German authors). Daniels two books are the very best. Howard McPherson

The best book on fossil wood bar none
I have been an amateur fossil hunter for 60 years and on rare occasion a book of this quality is printed.
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Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - General    2. Environmental Science    3. Nature / Rocks & Minerals    4. Nature / Trees    5. Paleontology    6. Petrification    7. Pictorial works    8. Plants, Fossil    9. Science    10. Science / Mineralogy    11. Science/Mathematics    12. Trees, Fossil    13. Paleobotany    14. Petrifaction    15. Petrified forests    16. Wood   

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A tough read but a worthwhile one
Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage is not an easy read, but it is an important one if you really want to understand why some knowledgable people are trying to warn us about the end of cheap oil. The author, Kenneth Deffeyes, is thoroughly grounded in his material on both the academic and the professional level, having literally grown up in the oil field, worked for some of the largest oil companies in the world, and having taught at Princeton University. He also has the more unique qualification of having actually studied under and worked with M. King Hubbert himself. The problem with his book, however, is that it is written as if presuming that the reader already has some background in both geology and statistics. At less than 200 pages, it is not a particularly long book, but it is rather dense in places, leaving the reader frequently wishing he could interrupt the lecture and ask questions before moving on.
Erroneous from the Very First Sentence
If the reader knew absolutely nothing about oil production and read this book, then he or she would believe his claim that global production of crude oil will decline permanently in the very near future.Deffeyes takes his cue from price fluctuations, and I, knowing nothing about petroleum exploration and refining and hearing a lot about 'Peak Oil' (made popular by such conspiratorial tomes as The Grand Chessboard, The Party's Over and Crossing the Rubicon), keep hearing that little statistician's nagging voice in my head, saying: Technically Dense but Rewarding
I agree with some other reviewers, that the initial chapters are a bit intense technically.However, I think the book is worth the effort.It paints a very detailed picture on how unusual oil deposits really are, and how thorough the search has been to find the "elephants" or big deposits.Also, it really gets you to understand the oil exploration and drilling business.For me, I found that very interesting.
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Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - General    2. Forecasting    3. Natural Resources    4. Petroleum    5. Petroleum industry and trade    6. Petroleum reserves    7. Power Resources    8. Science    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Earth Sciences    11. Economics    12. International economics    13. Management of land & natural resources    14. Petroleum & oil industries    15. Political Science and International Relations    16. Science / Earth Sciences   

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Business/Economics    3. China    4. Pollution    5. Real Estate - General    6. Water    7. Water resources development