Download or read book Unloved and Endangered Animals written by Cindy Watson and published by Enslow Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Discusses endangered animals throughout the world, including coral reef, bees, bats, marine turtles, wolves, sharks, and frogs and what can be done to help save them"--Provided by publisher
Download or read book Conserving and Protecting Water written by Stephen Feinstein and published by Enslow Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some think the earth should be called the "water planet," because even from space we can see that it's covered with water. But our water is endangered by pollution and global warming, and people may run short of water for drinking, irrigation, and other needs. Find out what kids can do to help save and protect this precious resource.
Download or read book Do Scientists Care about Animal Welfare written by Eve Hartman and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2012 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at animal welfare in society and the sciences, including laboratory animals, pets, and the effect of climate change.
Download or read book Green and Clean Energy written by Sherri Mabry Gordon and published by Enslow Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conventional energy sources such as oil and coal will not last forever, and they pose a threat to our earth through polluting and causing climate change. Author Sherri Mabry Gordon explores different types of energy, such as wind and solar, explaining how they work and what their advantages are. She also outlines ways kids can save energy and use it more wisely.
Download or read book Food for a Greener Planet written by Lisa A. Wroble and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Read about how food goes from field to fork, how food is grown, problems with farming techniques, and sustainable farming"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book The Iraq War written by Mara Miller and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the war in Iraq including the beginning of the conflict, the living conditions, what it is like for the soldiers, and the politics of Iraq.
Download or read book Build Your Online Community written by Jan Burns and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Find out about blogging, message boards, newsgroups, social networks, finding and evaluating sources on the Internet, and how to stay safe online"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Solving the Air Pollution Problem written by Stephen Feinstein and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Air is our most important resource, yet it is in danger from pollution and global warming. Author Stephen Feinstein explains threats to air quality worldwide and explains what readers can do to help preserve and protect this precious resource.
Download or read book Sound Affects written by Sharon Jane Mee and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2022-12-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sound Affects: A User's Guide is a collection of sonically-charged concepts ranging from those felt, 'heard' and repeated (silence, the oriental riff, shuffle), to the vocal (whispers, sing, the disembodied voice), to sounds at the threshold (tin/ny, thump, buzz) to sounds beyond the limits of audibility (inaudible tremors, distortion, sub-bass). Sound Affects invites the reader to reflect on the ways that sounds produce affects and the ways that affects can operate as sound. Each of the entries develops a particular perspective on sound and affect through a close analysis of audiovisual and/or sonic objects. The objects chosen not only illustrate the concept in question but also demonstrate how the object encourages us to rethink the relationships between sounds and affects. Influenced by the sound theory of Eugenie Brinkema (2011), the concepts of Sound Affects plot the shift in volume from silence that opens up a space to be heard to the audibly near, from the audibly near to sounds beyond the limits of audibility. Sound Affects is an intellectual adventure for those who theorize and listen. The book can also be enjoyed as a narrative of sounds, its absences and its shifting intensities.
Download or read book Endangered Species Act reauthorization written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 1140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Increasing Legal Rights for Zoo Animals written by Jesse Donahue and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-04-12 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are on the precipice of momentous legal changes for animals that may soon give some of them rights of personhood and citizenship. Companion animals in particular are gaining rights to public representation in government, access to housing, inheritance, and increased protection through the criminal justice system. Nonhuman primates used as research subjects are also gaining limited rights of personhood in some countries. This book examines how zoo animals could benefit from that revolution as well. Reviewing zoo law and politics in the United States, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia, scholars and zoo directors grapple with how the current law in those regions of the world impacts zoo animals and how it could be changed to serve them better. They discuss the ways in which zoo animals could benefit from some re-worked companion animal law in the United States; the challenges of reintroductions and their legal barriers; how we can extend ideas of human research subject rights to zoo animal research; the stark problems of too few animal welfare laws in South East Asia; the need for a central governing body focused solely on exotic captive animals in New Zealand; and the need for stricter laws preventing the exotic pet problem that is increasingly affecting both zoos and sanctuaries. The book starts a dialogue that moves the scholarship about zoos beyond a general discussion of ethics to a concrete dialogue and set of suggestions about how to extend legal rights to this group of animals.
Download or read book Endangered Species Act Reauthorization written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Drinking Water, Fisheries, and Wildlife and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 1140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Climate of Crisis written by Patrick Allitt and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative history of the environmental movement in America, showing how this rise to political and social prominence produced a culture of alarmism that has often distorted the facts Few issues today excite more passion or alarm than the specter of climate change. In A Climate of Crisis, historian Patrick Allitt shows that our present climate of crisis is far from exceptional. Indeed, the environmental debates of the last half century are defined by exaggeration and fearmongering from all sides, often at the expense of the facts. In a real sense, Allitt shows us, collective anxiety about widespread environmental danger began with the atomic bomb. As postwar suburbanization transformed the American landscape, more research and better tools for measurement began to reveal the consequences of economic success. A climate of anxiety became a climate of alarm, often at odds with reality. The sixties generation transformed environmentalism from a set of special interests into a mass movement. By the first Earth Day in 1970, journalists and politicians alike were urging major initiatives to remedy environmental harm. In fact, the work of the new Environmental Protection Agency and a series of clean air and water acts from a responsive Congress inaugurated a largely successful cleanup. Political polarization around environmental questions after 1980 had consequences that we still feel today. Since then, the general polarization of American politics has mirrored that of environmental politics, as pro-environmentalists and their critics attribute to one another the worst possible motives. Environmentalists see their critics as greedy special interest groups that show no conscience as they plunder the earth while skeptics see their adversaries as enemies of economic growth whose plans stifle initiative under an avalanche of bureaucratic regulation. There may be a germ of truth in both views, but more than a germ of falsehood too. America’s worst environmental problems have proven to be manageable; the regulations and cleanups of the last sixty years have often worked, and science and technology have continued to improve industrial efficiency. Our present situation is serious, argues Allitt, but it is far from hopeless. Sweeping and provocative, A Climate of Crisis challenges our basic assumptions about the environment, no matter where we fall along the spectrum—reminding us that the answers to our most pressing questions are sometimes found in understanding the past.
Download or read book Handbook of Historical Animal Studies written by Mieke Roscher and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 647 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Urge to Splurge written by Laura Byrne Paquet and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the cultural evolution of shopping from outdoor bazaars to suburban malls, this brazen look at the history and psychology of one of humankind's oldest pursuits considers the variety of reasons (and excuses) that drive the impulse to buy. An opulent collection of shopping places are described, including ancient markets, covered arcades of 18th-century France, gallerias of 19th-century Italy, and megamalls of 1950s America. Examples from literature and other sources explore the historically conflicted attitudes about shopping, it seems that fashionistas have always fought over the trendiest hemlines and hats. The development of buying options is detailed, from mail order catalogs and Internet stores to retail districts and massive supermarkets.
Download or read book The Greatest My Own Story written by Muhammad Ali and published by Graymalkin Media. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his own words, the heavyweight champion of the world pulls no punches as he chronicles the battles he faced in and out of the ring in this fascinating memoir edited by Nobel Prize-winning novelist, Toni Morrison. Growing up in the South, surrounded by racial bigotry and discrimination, Ali fought not just for a living, but also for respect and rewards far more precious than money or glory. He was named Sportsman of the Century by Sports Illustrated and the BBC. Ali redefined what it meant to be an athlete by giving hope to millions around the world and inspiring us all to fight for what is important to us. This is a multifaceted portrait of Muhammad Ali only he could render: sports legend; unapologetic anti-war advocate; outrageous showman and gracious goodwill ambassador; fighter, lover, poet, and provocateur; an irresistible force to be reckoned with. Who better to tell the tale than the man who went the distance living it?
Download or read book World Affairs Companion written by Gerald Segal and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1991-08-15 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining compact histories of the enduring conflicts of the 20th century with up-to-date assessment of pivotal issues and regions, this is a reference work covering current world affairs.
