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  • 25 Myths That Are Destroying the Environment

  • What Many Environmentalists Believe and Why They Are Wrong
  • 25 Myths That Are Destroying the Environment explores the many myths circulating in ecological and political discussions. These myths often drive policy, and Botkin is here to set the record straight. What may seem like an environmentally conscious action may very well be bringing about the unnatural destruction of habitats and ecosystems.
  • ISBN-13: 9781442244924 (Paperback)
  • Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT
    Imprint: TAYLOR TRADE PUBLISHING
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    AUD $40.99
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  • Local release date: 14/11/2016
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  • Categories: Pollution & threats to the environment [RNP]
  • National Parks

  • The American Experience
  • In this lavishly illustrated book well-known environmental historian Alfred Runte, a prominent figure on the Ken Burns documentary The National Parks: America's Best Idea, tells the highly engaging story of the development of our national parks, from the first national park, Yellowstone, to the more recent decision to set aside vast tracts of ......
  • ISBN-13: 9781493061822 (Paperback)
  • Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT
    Imprint: TAYLOR TRADE PUBLISHING
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    AUD $44.99
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  • Local release date: 19/11/2022
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  • Categories: Travel & holiday guides [WTH]
  • Rivers of America: The Susquehanna

  • The Susquehana River is the longest river in the eastern United States, running 444 miles from its headwaters in the Appalachian Mountains of New York to its outlet in Chesapeake Bay. Its storied history includes the early native populations of Susquehannock and Iroquois peoples, the key roles it played in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, and ......
  • ISBN-13: 9781493059362 (Paperback)
  • Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT
    Imprint: TAYLOR TRADE PUBLISHING
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    AUD $51.99
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  • Local release date: 01/05/2021
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  • Categories: Humanities [H]History [HB]Military history [HBW]
  • Trains for Nature

  • Railroads and the American Land
  • What did America lose with the decline of the passenger train? Much more than most Americans think, observes Alfred Runte, a leading historian of our national parks. Including parks and wilderness, the greatest loss has been to the American land. No technology was ever more respectful-protective-of what it means to have a national landscape. In ......
  • ISBN-13: 9781493090969 (Paperback)
  • Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT
    Imprint: LYONS PRESS
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    AUD $52.99
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  • Local release date: 04/02/2025
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  • Categories: Conservation of the environment [RNK]
  • Yosemite

  • The Embattled Wilderness
  • This history of Yosemite follows it as the seat of controversy affecting the evolution of national parks, from its path-breaking establishment in 1864 as a grant to California, 1890 expansion into a national park, boundary reductions and loss of the Hetch Hetchy Valley, evolution of wildlife science, management practices threatening Yosemite ......
  • ISBN-13: 9781493052066 (Paperback)
  • Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT
    Imprint: LYONS PRESS
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    AUD $50.99
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  • Local release date: 13/09/2020
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  • Categories: The environment [RN]
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