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  • The Overburdened Planet

    Making Sense of Sustainability

    by Paul Appleby ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The primary objective of this book is to explain the science, engineering and politics behind the environmental challenges that face the planet, its ecosystems and its populations, particularly in the light of a growing population, urbanisation and wealth divide. It is intended for anyone who wants a deep dive into the science behind climate change without getting lost in the jargon and emotional ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Integrated Sustainable Design of Buildings

    by Paul Appleby ...
    Integrated Sustainable Design of Buildings aims to provide a guide to members of design and masterplanning teams on how to deliver sustainable development and buildings cost effectively, meeting current and emerging UK and international statutory and planning requirements. Using a series of case histories and examples from the author's ten years of providing sustainability advisory services the ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Sustainable Retrofit and Facilities Management

    by Paul Appleby ...
    Governments across the globe are setting targets for reducing their carbon emissions. For example, the UK Government has committed to an eighty per cent reduction by 2050, when twenty-eight million buildings that currently exist will still be standing; this represents a challenge to improve the energy efficiency of more than one building per minute between now and 2050! This is a problem that ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Outlaws in Medieval and Early Modern England

    Crime, Government and Society, c.1066–c.1600

    Edited by John C. Appleby, Paul Dalton ...
    With some notable exceptions, the subject of outlawry in medieval and early-modern English history has attracted relatively little scholarly attention. This volume helps to address this significant gap in scholarship, and encourage further study of the subject, by presenting a series of new studies, based on original research, that address significant features of outlawry and criminality over an ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

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  • How the World Really Works

    The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    **INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Provocative but perceptive . . . You can agree or disagree with Smil—accept or doubt his ‘just the facts’ posture—but you probably shouldn’t ignore him.”—The Washington PostAn essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible—a scientist's investigation into what science really does, and does not, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Foundation

    The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors

    by Peter Ackroyd ...
    Series Book 1 - The History of England
    The first book in Peter Ackroyd's history of England series, which has since been followed up with two more installments, Tudors and Rebellion.In Foundation, the chronicler of London and of its river, the Thames, takes us from the primeval forests of England's prehistory to the death, in 1509, of the first Tudor king, Henry VII. He guides us from the building of Stonehenge to the founding of the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Making the Modern World

    Materials and Dematerialization

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    How much further should the affluent world push its material consumption? Does relative dematerialization lead to absolute decline in demand for materials? These and many other questions are discussed and answered in Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization.Over the course of time, the modern world has become dependent on unprecedented flows of materials. Now even the most ... Read more

    $38.00 USD

  • Generation Us

    The Challenge of Global Warming

    by Andrew Weaver ...
    Series series Rapid Reads
    In clear and accessible language, Generation Us explains the phenomenon of global warming, outlines the threat it presents to future generations and offers a path toward solutions to the problem. The reality of global warming has long been accepted within the scientific community, yet it remains a hotly debated topic at the political and social level. Why is this? Is it the fact that the ultimate ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Edward III: The Perfect King

    by Ian Mortimer ...
    A look at the brutal, brilliant fourteenth-century ruler, by the bestselling author of The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England.Holding power for over fifty years starting in 1327, Edward III was one of England's most influential kings—and one who shaped the course of English history. Revered as one of the country's most illustrious leaders for centuries, he was also a usurper and a warmonger ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Henry IV: The Righteous King

    by Ian Mortimer ...
    The real life story of the Plantagenet ruler, by "the most remarkable medieval historian of our time" ( The Times, London).The talented, confident, and intelligent son of John of Gaunt, Henry IV started his reign as a popular and charismatic king after he dethroned the tyrannical and wildly unpopular Richard II. But six years into his reign, Henry had survived eight assassination and overthrow ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Carbon Almanac

    It's Not Too Late

    by The Carbon Almanac Network ...
    When it comes to the climate, we don’t need more marketing or anxiety. We need established facts and a plan for collective action.The climate is the fundamental issue of our time, and now we face a critical decision. Whether to be optimistic or fatalistic, whether to profess skepticism or to take action. Yet it seems we can barely agree on what is really going on, let alone what needs to be done. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Great Crown Jewels Robbery of 1303

    A gripping insight into an infamous robbery

    by Paul Doherty ...
    An insight into one of history's most cunning, yet overlooked, events...Medieval London comes to life in Paul Doherty's gripping retelling of this early attempt to steal the Crown Jewels, the first great bank raid in history.'Doherty tells the tale with verve incorporating much fascinating historical detail' - Historical Novels ReviewIn the reign of King Charles II (1660 - 1685), there was a ... Read more

    $3.99 USD