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The Future of Conservation in America

A Chart for Rough Water

by Gary E. Machlis, Jonathan B. Jarvis ...

Drawing on "eighty years of public service in conservation" the authors "chart a course for a new generation of conservation action and leadership" (President Jimmy Carter).This is a turbulent time for the conservation of America's natural and cultural heritage. From the current assaults on environmental protection to the threats of climate change, biodiversity loss, and disparity of environmental ... Read more

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Drawing on "eighty years of public service in conservation" the authors "chart a course for a new generation of conservation action and leadership" (President Jimmy Carter).This is a turbulent time for the conservation of America's natural and cultural heritage. From the current assaults on environmental protection to the threats of climate change, biodiversity loss, and disparity of environmental
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National Parks Forever

Fifty Years of Fighting and a Case for Independence

by Jonathan B. Jarvis, T. Destry Jarvis ...

Two leaders of the National Park Service provide a front-row seat to the disastrous impact of partisan politics over the past fifty years.The US National Parks, what environmentalist and historian Wallace Stegner called America's "best idea," are under siege. Since 1972, partisan political appointees in the Department of the Interior have offered two conflicting views of the National Park Service ... Read more

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Two leaders of the National Park Service provide a front-row seat to the disastrous impact of partisan politics over the past fifty years.The US National Parks, what environmentalist and historian Wallace Stegner called America's "best idea," are under siege. Since 1972, partisan political appointees in the Department of the Interior have offered two conflicting views of the National Park Service
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National Parks Forever

Fifty Years of Fighting and a Case for Independence

by Jonathan B. Jarvis, T. Destry Jarvis ...

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9 hours 23 min

Two leaders of the National Park Service provide a front-row seat to the disastrous impact of partisan politics over the past fifty years—and offer a bold vision for the parks’ future.The US National Parks, what environmentalist and historian Wallace Stegner called America’s “best idea,” are under siege. Since 1972, partisan political appointees in the Department of the Interior have offered two ... Read more

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Two leaders of the National Park Service provide a front-row seat to the disastrous impact of partisan politics over the past fifty years—and offer a bold vision for the parks’ future.The US National Parks, what environmentalist and historian Wallace Stegner called America’s “best idea,” are under siege. Since 1972, partisan political appointees in the Department of the Interior have offered two
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Everyday Social Justice and Citizenship

Perspectives for the 21st Century

Edited by Pam Jarvis, Jan Fook, Jonathan Doherty, Ann Marie Mealey ...

Series series Routledge Advances in Social Work
Social justice is a concept which is widely touted and lauded as desirable, yet its meaning may differ depending on whether its focus is on the underlying values of social justice, the more specific objectives these entail, or the actual practices or policies which aim to achieve social justice. In the current global political context, we need to re-examine what we mean by social justice, and ... Read more

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Social justice is a concept which is widely touted and lauded as desirable, yet its meaning may differ depending on whether its focus is on the underlying values of social justice, the more specific objectives these entail, or the actual practices or policies which aim to achieve social justice. In the current global political context, we need to re-examine what we mean by social justice, and
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Cities and Gender

by Helen Jarvis, Jonathan Cloke, Paula Kantor ...

Series series Routledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the City
Men and women experience the city differently: in relation to housing assets, use of transport, relative mobility, spheres of employment and a host of domestic and caring responsibilities. An analysis of urban and gender studies, as co-constitutive subjects, is long overdue.Cities and Gender is a systematic treatment of urban and gender studies combined. It presents both a feminist critique of ... Read more

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Men and women experience the city differently: in relation to housing assets, use of transport, relative mobility, spheres of employment and a host of domestic and caring responsibilities. An analysis of urban and gender studies, as co-constitutive subjects, is long overdue.Cities and Gender is a systematic treatment of urban and gender studies combined. It presents both a feminist critique of
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My Wild Life

A Memoir of Adventures within America’s National Parks

by Roland H. Wauer ...

Series series Grover E. Murray Studies in the American Southwest
Few people have the opportunity to live and work in America's magnificent national parks, let alone in a wide diversity of those great parks. For thirty-two years, beginning when he was hired as a seasonal ranger until he retired in 1989, Roland H. Wauer's career took him to eight national parks, a regional office in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and to Washington, DC, as Chief of the Division of Natural ... Read more

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Few people have the opportunity to live and work in America's magnificent national parks, let alone in a wide diversity of those great parks. For thirty-two years, beginning when he was hired as a seasonal ranger until he retired in 1989, Roland H. Wauer's career took him to eight national parks, a regional office in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and to Washington, DC, as Chief of the Division of Natural
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America's National Park System

The Critical Documents

by Lary M. Dilsaver ...

Now in a fully updated edition, this invaluable reference work is a fundamental resource for scholars, students, conservationists, and citizens interested in America's national park system. The extensive collection of documents illustrates the system's creation, development, and management. The documents include laws that established and shaped the system; policy statements on park management; ... Read more

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Now in a fully updated edition, this invaluable reference work is a fundamental resource for scholars, students, conservationists, and citizens interested in America's national park system. The extensive collection of documents illustrates the system's creation, development, and management. The documents include laws that established and shaped the system; policy statements on park management;
... Read more
Prophets and Moguls, Rangers and Rogues, Bison and Bears

100 Years of the National Park Service

by Heather Hansen ...

•* Celebrates the dedicated men and women of our National Park Service (NPS) who have safeguarded the nation’s natural legacy for 100 years•* 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the creation of the National Park Service•* 125 images including many archival photosAnyone who has stood beneath a redwood, neck craned to see its top rising far above; or who has heard ghostly whispers of residents long ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

•* Celebrates the dedicated men and women of our National Park Service (NPS) who have safeguarded the nation’s natural legacy for 100 years•* 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the creation of the National Park Service•* 125 images including many archival photosAnyone who has stood beneath a redwood, neck craned to see its top rising far above; or who has heard ghostly whispers of residents long
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I Wasn't Supposed to Be Here

Finding My Voice, Finding My People, Finding My Way

by Jonathan Conyers ...

Narrated by Jonathan Conyers, Imani Bruno, Dr. Jarvis Watson, Francisco A. Colón, Kristine DiColandrea, Pamela Matzner ...

Unabridged

10 hours 55 min

As seen on Humans of New York, Jonathan Conyers introduces us to the mentors who changed his life as a troubled teen in this "courageous and inspiring" memoir (Stephanie Foo, author of What My Bones Know).Everybody was rooting for Jonathan Conyers after his profile on Humans of New York went viral and sparked millions in donations to the Brooklyn Debate League. The kid who went from struggling to ... Read more

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As seen on Humans of New York, Jonathan Conyers introduces us to the mentors who changed his life as a troubled teen in this "courageous and inspiring" memoir (Stephanie Foo, author of What My Bones Know).Everybody was rooting for Jonathan Conyers after his profile on Humans of New York went viral and sparked millions in donations to the Brooklyn Debate League. The kid who went from struggling to
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The Memory Collector

by Fiona Lucas ...

Narrated by Sophie Roberts ...

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9 hours 54 min

‘Touching and uplifting’ MILLY JOHNSON’A beautiful story of loss, discovery and recovery’ HEIDI SWAIN‘Heart-wrenching and compelling’ SARAH MORGAN‘This book tore my heart into tiny pieces, then put it back together and made it fly.’ JANE LINFOOT‘A beautiful story of loss, discovery and recovery.’ HEIDI SWAIN'Heart-wrenching and compelling.’ SARAH MO... ... Read more

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‘Touching and uplifting’ MILLY JOHNSON’A beautiful story of loss, discovery and recovery’ HEIDI SWAIN‘Heart-wrenching and compelling’ SARAH MORGAN‘This book tore my heart into tiny pieces, then put it back together and made it fly.’ JANE LINFOOT‘A beautiful story of loss, discovery and recovery.’ HEIDI SWAIN'Heart-wrenching and compelling.’ SARAH MO...
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Good Without God

What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe

by Greg Epstein ...

Narrated by David Marantz ...

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10 hours 31 min

A provocative and positive response to Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and other New Atheists, Good Without God makes a bold claim for what nonbelievers do share and believe.Author Greg Epstein, the Humanist chaplain at Harvard, offers a world view for nonbelievers that dispenses with the hostility and intolerance of religion prevalent in national bestsellers like God is Not ... Read more

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A provocative and positive response to Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and other New Atheists, Good Without God makes a bold claim for what nonbelievers do share and believe.Author Greg Epstein, the Humanist chaplain at Harvard, offers a world view for nonbelievers that dispenses with the hostility and intolerance of religion prevalent in national bestsellers like God is Not
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Unraveling

What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World’s Ugliest Sweater

by Peggy Orenstein ...

Narrated by Peggy Orenstein ...

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5 hours 52 min

“Orenstein is such a breezy, funny writer, it’s easy to forget she’s an important thinker too.”—PeopleIn this lively, funny memoir, Peggy Orenstein sets out to make a sweater from scratch—shearing, spinning, dyeing wool—and in the process discovers how we find our deepest selves through craft. Orenstein spins a yarn that will appeal to everyone.The COVID pandemic propelled many people to change ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

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“Orenstein is such a breezy, funny writer, it’s easy to forget she’s an important thinker too.”—PeopleIn this lively, funny memoir, Peggy Orenstein sets out to make a sweater from scratch—shearing, spinning, dyeing wool—and in the process discovers how we find our deepest selves through craft. Orenstein spins a yarn that will appeal to everyone.The COVID pandemic propelled many people to change
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