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Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis

Modifié par Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Katharine K. Wilkinson ...

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Provocative and illuminating essays from women at the forefront of the climate movement who are harnessing truth, courage, and solutions to lead humanity forward.“A powerful read that fills one with, dare I say . . . hope?”—The New York Times**NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINEThere is a renaissance blooming in the climate movement: leadership ... En savoir plus

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Provocative and illuminating essays from women at the forefront of the climate movement who are harnessing truth, courage, and solutions to lead humanity forward.“A powerful read that fills one with, dare I say . . . hope?”—The New York Times**NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINEThere is a renaissance blooming in the climate movement: leadership
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When the Well Is Dry

How Water Fuels Violence and Shapes Peace

par Peter Gleick ...

A comprehensive look at the relationship between water and violence, and how we can move from conflict to cooperation and peace, by one of the world’s leading water expertsThe first major water war erupted around 2500 BCE, when the Sumerian city-states of Lagash and Umma fought for a century over irrigation canals from the Tigris River. A few thousand years later, both Athenians and then Spartans ... En savoir plus

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A comprehensive look at the relationship between water and violence, and how we can move from conflict to cooperation and peace, by one of the world’s leading water expertsThe first major water war erupted around 2500 BCE, when the Sumerian city-states of Lagash and Umma fought for a century over irrigation canals from the Tigris River. A few thousand years later, both Athenians and then Spartans
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Finding the Mother Tree

Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

par Suzanne Simard ...

**INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*WINNER of the 2021 Banff Mountain Book Prize in Mountain Environment and Natural History**WINNER of the National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History Literature**WINNER of the 2022 BC and Yukon Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award**SHORTLISTED for the 2022 BC and Yukon Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Book Prize**SHORTLISTED for the 202... ... En savoir plus

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**INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*WINNER of the 2021 Banff Mountain Book Prize in Mountain Environment and Natural History**WINNER of the National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History Literature**WINNER of the 2022 BC and Yukon Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award**SHORTLISTED for the 2022 BC and Yukon Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Book Prize**SHORTLISTED for the 202...
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Our Way Out

Principles for a Post-apocalyptic World

par Marq De Villiers ...

Global warming, energy shortages, overpopulation — it's no wonder that as a society, we're in an apocalyptic mood. Out of an endless stream of gloomy prognoses for humanity's future, we have emerged with little inspiration and few concrete ideas for change. Our Way Out is the first time that our most urgent global challenges have been treated as aspects of a single, larger crisis — and the first ... En savoir plus

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Global warming, energy shortages, overpopulation — it's no wonder that as a society, we're in an apocalyptic mood. Out of an endless stream of gloomy prognoses for humanity's future, we have emerged with little inspiration and few concrete ideas for change. Our Way Out is the first time that our most urgent global challenges have been treated as aspects of a single, larger crisis — and the first
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Under a White Sky

The Nature of the Future

par Elizabeth Kolbert ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity’s transformative impact on the environment, now asking: After doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it?RECOMMENDED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND BILL GATES • SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING • ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post • ONE OF THE ... En savoir plus

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity’s transformative impact on the environment, now asking: After doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it?RECOMMENDED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND BILL GATES • SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING • ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post • ONE OF THE
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Medicine Wheel for the Planet

A Journey toward Personal and Ecological Healing

par Dr. Jennifer Grenz ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE 2025 LANE ANDERSON AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE 2025 HUBERT EVANS NON-FICTION PRIZE, PART OF THE BC AND YUKON BOOK PRIZES • SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE • SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 SCIENCE WRITERS AND COMMUNICATORS OF CANADA BOOK AWARD • SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025-2026 FIRST NATION COMMUNITIES READ AWARD"This beautiful book can completely ... En savoir plus

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE 2025 LANE ANDERSON AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE 2025 HUBERT EVANS NON-FICTION PRIZE, PART OF THE BC AND YUKON BOOK PRIZES • SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE • SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 SCIENCE WRITERS AND COMMUNICATORS OF CANADA BOOK AWARD • SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025-2026 FIRST NATION COMMUNITIES READ AWARD"This beautiful book can completely
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Not the End of the World

How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet

par Hannah Ritchie ...

This "eye-opening and essential" book (Bill Gates) will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems—and explains how we can solve them.It’s become common to tell kids that they’re going to die from climate change. We are constantly bombarded by doomsday headlines that tell us the soil won’t be able to support crops, fish will vanish from our oceans, and that we should reconsider ... En savoir plus

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This "eye-opening and essential" book (Bill Gates) will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems—and explains how we can solve them.It’s become common to tell kids that they’re going to die from climate change. We are constantly bombarded by doomsday headlines that tell us the soil won’t be able to support crops, fish will vanish from our oceans, and that we should reconsider
... En savoir plus
Back to Earth

What Life in Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet—And Our Mission to Protect It

par Nicole Stott ...

**Inspired by insights gained in spaceflight, a NASA astronaut offers key lessons to empower Earthbound readers to fight climate change."A must read for anyone who cares about this planet—which should be all of us.” ―Astronaut Scott Kelly, New York Times bestselling author of Endurance**When Nicole Stott first saw Earth from space, she realized how interconnected we are and knew she had to help ... En savoir plus

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**Inspired by insights gained in spaceflight, a NASA astronaut offers key lessons to empower Earthbound readers to fight climate change."A must read for anyone who cares about this planet—which should be all of us.” ―Astronaut Scott Kelly, New York Times bestselling author of Endurance**When Nicole Stott first saw Earth from space, she realized how interconnected we are and knew she had to help
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Planet Palm

How Palm Oil Ended Up in Everything—and Endangered the World

par Jocelyn C. Zuckerman ...

**Finalist, Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in JournalismIn the tradition of Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation, a groundbreaking global investigation into the industry ravaging the environment and global health—from the James Beard Award–winning journalist**Over the past few decades, palm oil has seeped into every corner of our lives. Worldwide, palm oil production has nearly doubled in ... En savoir plus

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**Finalist, Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in JournalismIn the tradition of Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation, a groundbreaking global investigation into the industry ravaging the environment and global health—from the James Beard Award–winning journalist**Over the past few decades, palm oil has seeped into every corner of our lives. Worldwide, palm oil production has nearly doubled in
... En savoir plus
Isaac's Storm

A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

par Erik Larson ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The riveting true story of the Galveston hurricane of 1900, still the deadliest natural disaster in American history—from the acclaimed author of The Devil in the White City“A gripping account ... fascinating to its core, and all the more compelling for being true.” —The New York Times Book Review**September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, ... En savoir plus

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The riveting true story of the Galveston hurricane of 1900, still the deadliest natural disaster in American history—from the acclaimed author of The Devil in the White City“A gripping account ... fascinating to its core, and all the more compelling for being true.” —The New York Times Book Review**September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston,
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The Ends of the World

Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions

par Peter Brannen ...

One of Vox’s Most Important Books of the DecadeNew York Times Editors' Choice 2017Forbes Top 10 Best Environment, Climate, and Conservation Book of 2017As new groundbreaking research suggests that climate change played a major role in the most extreme catastrophes in the planet's history, award-winning science journalist Peter Brannen takes us on a wild ride through the planet's five mass e... ... En savoir plus

Prix courant $11.99 CAD Maintenant $2.99 CAD

One of Vox’s Most Important Books of the DecadeNew York Times Editors' Choice 2017Forbes Top 10 Best Environment, Climate, and Conservation Book of 2017As new groundbreaking research suggests that climate change played a major role in the most extreme catastrophes in the planet's history, award-winning science journalist Peter Brannen takes us on a wild ride through the planet's five mass e...
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The Three Deaths of Cerro de San Pedro

Four Centuries of Extractivism in a Small Mexican Mining Town

par Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert ...

This is a history of precious-metals extractivism as lived in Cerro de San Pedro, a small gold- and silver-mining district in Mexico. Chronicling Cerro de San Pedro’s operations from the time of the Spanish conquest to the present, Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert transcends standard narratives of boom and bust to envision a multicentury series of mining cycles, first operated under Spanish rule, then by ... En savoir plus

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This is a history of precious-metals extractivism as lived in Cerro de San Pedro, a small gold- and silver-mining district in Mexico. Chronicling Cerro de San Pedro’s operations from the time of the Spanish conquest to the present, Daviken Studnicki-Gizbert transcends standard narratives of boom and bust to envision a multicentury series of mining cycles, first operated under Spanish rule, then by
... En savoir plus
The Hidden Life of Trees

What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from A Secret World

par Peter Wohlleben, Suzanne Simard ...

Traduit par Jane Billinghurst ...

Collections Livre 1 - The Mysteries of Nature
A NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • One of the most beloved books of our time: an illuminating account of the forest, and the science that shows us how trees communicate, feel, and live in social networks. After reading this book, a walk in the woods will never be the same again.“Breaks entirely new ground ... [Peter Wohlleben] has listened to trees and decoded ... En savoir plus

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A NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • One of the most beloved books of our time: an illuminating account of the forest, and the science that shows us how trees communicate, feel, and live in social networks. After reading this book, a walk in the woods will never be the same again.“Breaks entirely new ground ... [Peter Wohlleben] has listened to trees and decoded
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Nature and the Mind

The Science of How Nature Improves Cognitive, Physical, and Social Well-Being

par Marc Berman ...

A 2026 Nautilus Book Award WinnerFrom the acclaimed founder of environmental neuroscience, Dr. Marc Berman, comes a groundbreaking guide that reveals how interacting with nature can be the secret to improved mental and physical health.Dr. Marc Berman, the pioneering creator of the field of environmental neuroscience, has discovered the surprising connection between mind, body, and environment, ... En savoir plus

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A 2026 Nautilus Book Award WinnerFrom the acclaimed founder of environmental neuroscience, Dr. Marc Berman, comes a groundbreaking guide that reveals how interacting with nature can be the secret to improved mental and physical health.Dr. Marc Berman, the pioneering creator of the field of environmental neuroscience, has discovered the surprising connection between mind, body, and environment,
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Silent Spring Revolution

John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening

par Douglas Brinkley ...

New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley chronicles the rise of the modern environmental movement during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon.With the detonation of the Trinity explosion in the New Mexico ... En savoir plus

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New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley chronicles the rise of the modern environmental movement during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon.With the detonation of the Trinity explosion in the New Mexico
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Witness Tree

Seasons of Change with a Century-Old Oak

par Lynda V. Mapes ...

An intimate look at one majestic hundred-year-old oak tree through four seasons—and the reality of global climate change it reveals.Climate science can seem dense, remote, and abstract. But through the lens of this one tree, it becomes immediate and intimate. In Witness Tree, environmental reporter Lynda V. Mapes takes us through her year living with one red oak at the Harvard Forest. We learn ... En savoir plus

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An intimate look at one majestic hundred-year-old oak tree through four seasons—and the reality of global climate change it reveals.Climate science can seem dense, remote, and abstract. But through the lens of this one tree, it becomes immediate and intimate. In Witness Tree, environmental reporter Lynda V. Mapes takes us through her year living with one red oak at the Harvard Forest. We learn
... En savoir plus
Global Weirdness

Severe Storms, Deadly Heat Waves, Relentless Drought, Rising Seas and the Weather of the Future

par Climate Central ...

**Sixty easty-to-read essays that enlarge our understanding of how climate change affects our daily lives, and arms us with the incontrovertible facts we need to make informed decisions about the future of the planet, and of humankind.“A breath of fresh air: just the facts, efficient and easy to understand.” —Scientific American**Global Weirdness summarizes everything we know about the science of ... En savoir plus

Prix courant $13.99 CAD Maintenant $9.99 CAD

**Sixty easty-to-read essays that enlarge our understanding of how climate change affects our daily lives, and arms us with the incontrovertible facts we need to make informed decisions about the future of the planet, and of humankind.“A breath of fresh air: just the facts, efficient and easy to understand.” —Scientific American**Global Weirdness summarizes everything we know about the science of
... En savoir plus
Solar Cataclysm

How the Sun Shaped the Past and What We Can Do to Save Our Future

par Lawrence E. Joseph ...

Science journalist and futurist Lawrence Joseph has studied the unprecedented solar storms since the last ice age and in Solar Cataclysm he reveals the monumental ecological, biological, emotional, political, financial, and cultural effects they have had in the past, and will ultimately have on humanity’s future. This timely, fascinating, and relevant book from the bestselling author of Apocalypse ... En savoir plus

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Science journalist and futurist Lawrence Joseph has studied the unprecedented solar storms since the last ice age and in Solar Cataclysm he reveals the monumental ecological, biological, emotional, political, financial, and cultural effects they have had in the past, and will ultimately have on humanity’s future. This timely, fascinating, and relevant book from the bestselling author of Apocalypse
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One Square Inch of Silence

One Man's Search for Natural Silence in a Noisy World

par Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann ...

In the visionary tradition of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, One Square Inch of Silence alerts us to beauty that we take for granted and sounds an urgent environmental alarm. Natural silence is our nation’s fastest-disappearing resource, warns Emmy-winning acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton, who has made it his mission to record and preserve it in all its variety—before these soul-soothing ... En savoir plus

$22.50 CAD

In the visionary tradition of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, One Square Inch of Silence alerts us to beauty that we take for granted and sounds an urgent environmental alarm. Natural silence is our nation’s fastest-disappearing resource, warns Emmy-winning acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton, who has made it his mission to record and preserve it in all its variety—before these soul-soothing
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Climate Travels

How Ecotourism Changes Mindsets and Motivates Action

par Michael M. Gunter Jr. ...

Winner, 2023 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleWinner, 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the category of Ecology and Environment, Foreword ReviewsMany accounts of climate change depict disasters striking faraway places: melting ice caps, fearsome hurricanes, all-consuming fires. How can seeing the consequences of human impacts up close help us grasp how global warming affects us and ... En savoir plus

$36.79 CAD

Winner, 2023 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleWinner, 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the category of Ecology and Environment, Foreword ReviewsMany accounts of climate change depict disasters striking faraway places: melting ice caps, fearsome hurricanes, all-consuming fires. How can seeing the consequences of human impacts up close help us grasp how global warming affects us and
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If Women Rose Rooted

A Life-changing Journey to Authenticity and Belonging

par Sharon Blackie ...

'Mind-blowing. An anthem for all we could be... I sincerely hope every woman who can read has the time and space to read it' Manda Scott, author of Boudica and A Treachery of SpiesA life-changing journey from the wasteland of modern society to a place of nourishment and connection.If Women Rose Rooted has been described as both transformative and essential. Sharon Blackie leads the reader on a ... En savoir plus

$8.69 CAD

'Mind-blowing. An anthem for all we could be... I sincerely hope every woman who can read has the time and space to read it' Manda Scott, author of Boudica and A Treachery of SpiesA life-changing journey from the wasteland of modern society to a place of nourishment and connection.If Women Rose Rooted has been described as both transformative and essential. Sharon Blackie leads the reader on a
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Ice

The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance

par Mariana Gosnell ...

Like the adventurer who circled an iceberg to see it on all sides, Mariana Gosnell, former Newsweek reporter and author of Zero Three Bravo, a book about flying a small plane around the United States, explores ice in all its complexity, grandeur, and significance.More brittle than glass, at times stronger than steel, at other times flowing like molasses, ice covers 10 percent of the earth’s land ... En savoir plus

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Like the adventurer who circled an iceberg to see it on all sides, Mariana Gosnell, former Newsweek reporter and author of Zero Three Bravo, a book about flying a small plane around the United States, explores ice in all its complexity, grandeur, and significance.More brittle than glass, at times stronger than steel, at other times flowing like molasses, ice covers 10 percent of the earth’s land
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Camera Geologica

An Elemental History of Photography

par Siobhan Angus ...

In Camera Geologica Siobhan Angus tells the history of photography through the minerals upon which the medium depends. Challenging the emphasis on immateriality in discourses on photography, Angus focuses on the inextricable links between image-making and resource extraction, revealing how the mining of bitumen, silver, platinum, iron, uranium, and rare earth elements is a precondition of ... En savoir plus

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In Camera Geologica Siobhan Angus tells the history of photography through the minerals upon which the medium depends. Challenging the emphasis on immateriality in discourses on photography, Angus focuses on the inextricable links between image-making and resource extraction, revealing how the mining of bitumen, silver, platinum, iron, uranium, and rare earth elements is a precondition of
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Towards Forest Sustainability

par David Lindenmayer, Jerry Franklin ...

Towards Forest Sustainability is a collection of practical essays by some of the world’s leading forest ecologists and managers from the United States of America, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand. The authors describe the changes that have taken place in forest management – highlighting what worked, what didn’t, and the lessons that have been learned. This unique set of essays ... En savoir plus

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Towards Forest Sustainability is a collection of practical essays by some of the world’s leading forest ecologists and managers from the United States of America, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand. The authors describe the changes that have taken place in forest management – highlighting what worked, what didn’t, and the lessons that have been learned. This unique set of essays
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