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When the Rivers Run Dry: What Happens When Our Water Runs Out?by: Fred Pearce April 02, 2007 |
List Price: £8.99 Vegetarian Books Price: £6.99 You Save: £2.00 (22%)Prices subject to change. Used Price: £3.52 |
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This is a clear and concise look at world hydrology and the way water is being (mis)managed in various countries. It is extremely easy to read and has plenty of facts to both shock and amaze you. The state of the worlds water resources is in dire trouble and this book highlights just what has caused these problems and thankfully some possible solutions. After reading many books about oil and the oil peak, this books makes you realise that our anxiety may well be misplaced and unless we can act soon, our future will be a much harder one. Highly recommended read.
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Confessions of an Eco Sinner: Travels to Find Where My Stuff Comes fromby: Fred Pearce February 25, 2008 |
List Price: £12.99 Vegetarian Books Price: £9.09 You Save: £3.90 (30%)Prices subject to change. Used Price: £19.95 |
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Mr Pearce's book is a well-researched work which documents not only the environmental costs of our current Western lifestyles but also the associated social (and to a lesser extent) economic costs. As the other reviewer point out, the author covers much ground; from writing about the prawn supply route from Bangladeshi prawn farms to English curry house tables, to a chapter about how metals vital to the operation of mobile phones are extracted from mines run by Congolese warlords. The book is certainly wide-ranging.
I'm not in a position to say if it is comprehensive but detailed it was! I enjoyed the book and recommend it to anyone wanting to know more about the stories behind our lifestyles and how, often and regrettably, cheap ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Fragile Earth: Views of a Changing World (Collins)by: Collins with contributors, Mark Lynas, Tim Flannery, Fred Pearce, Elizabeth Kolbert, Bjorn Lomborg, Guy Dauncey, Michael Allaby September 04, 2006 |
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Anybody left harbouring doubts about the reality of climate change will be relieved of them by this book. The images of how glaciers are disappearing, the sea rising to threaten coastal communities or the ravages of intense storms are a jarring sight. The Collins team has performed an outstanding service in compiling such a span of places and conditions in demonstrating what is happening and is likely to occur in our future. With added commentary from a selected group of those interested in environment issues, this is a valuable visual package.
The book is comprised of eight chapters of categorised imagery and one of comment on future conditions. Opening with such natural phenomena as earthquakes, tsunamis and cyclones and tornadoes, ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Last Generation - How Nature Will Take Her Revenge for Climate Changeby: Fred Pearce January 01, 2007 |
List Price: £8.99 Vegetarian Books Price: £6.99 You Save: £2.00 (22%)Prices subject to change. Used Price: £2.70 |
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Fred Pearce, a scientific journalist, hopes he is "in the best sense, a sceptical environmentalist", doubtless a dig at Lomborg, although he makes it clear early on that his scepticism is mainly as to whether the IPCC's predictions go far enough - much of the book explores what he calls "Type II" climate change, those abrupt and irreversible changes that some argue will occur as a result of crossing climatic "tipping points".
Pearce starts with the history of the science of the greenhouse effect - starting with Fourier, Tyndall and Arrhenius. The latter was a Swedish scientist who made extensive manual calculations about the likely effect on global temperatures through increased atmospheric CO2 in the late nineteenth century. I was ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Earth Then and Now: Potent Visual Evidence of Our Changing Worldby: Fred Pearce September 13, 2007 |
List Price: £25.00 Vegetarian Books Price: £17.50 You Save: £7.50 (30%)Prices subject to change. Used Price: £6.99 |
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Fred Pearce, a scientific journalist, hopes he is "in the best sense, a sceptical environmentalist", doubtless a dig at Lomborg, although he makes it clear early on that his scepticism is mainly as to whether the IPCC's predictions go far enough - much of the book explores what he calls "Type II" climate change, those abrupt and irreversible changes that some argue will occur as a result of crossing climatic "tipping points".
Pearce starts with the history of the science of the greenhouse effect - starting with Fourier, Tyndall and Arrhenius. The latter was a Swedish scientist who made extensive manual calculations about the likely effect on global temperatures through increased atmospheric CO2 in the late nineteenth century. I was ... Read More: >>More Details |
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When the Rivers Run Dry: What Happens When Our Water Runs Out?by: Fred Pearce March 01, 2006 |
List Price: £18.99 Vegetarian Books Price: £13.29 You Save: £5.70 (30%)Prices subject to change. Used Price: £2.99 |
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This is a clear and concise look at world hydrology and the way water is being (mis)managed in various countries. It is extremely easy to read and has plenty of facts to both shock and amaze you. The state of the worlds water resources is in dire trouble and this book highlights just what has caused these problems and thankfully some possible solutions. After reading many books about oil and the oil peak, this books makes you realise that our anxiety may well be misplaced and unless we can act soon, our future will be a much harder one. Highly recommended read.
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With Speed and Violenceby: Fred Pearce March 03, 2008 |
List Price: £10.09 Vegetarian Books Price: £8.03 You Save: £2.06 (20%)Prices subject to change. Used Price: £4.76 |
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Interested in climate change for years, I found Pearce's book quite by chance. The Amazon package arrived two days ago, but I can hardly leave the book alone. As far as I am concerned, this is a page-turner par excellence. Informative, well-researched and written, and deeply disconcerting, it offers all the clues one now needs to start planning one's future beyond the next decade, as Kirkus Review praise states on the jacket. The book is a must.
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With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Changeby: Fred Pearce March 07, 2007 |
List Price: £16.78 Vegetarian Books Price: £11.34 You Save: £5.44 (32%)Prices subject to change. Used Price: £10.77 |
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Interested in climate change for years, I found Pearce's book quite by chance. The Amazon package arrived two days ago, but I can hardly leave the book alone. As far as I am concerned, this is a page-turner par excellence. Informative, well-researched and written, and deeply disconcerting, it offers all the clues one now needs to start planning one's future beyond the next decade, as Kirkus Review praise states on the jacket. The book is a must.
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Confessions of an Eco Sinner: Travels to Find Where My Stuff Comes from (Eden Project Books)by: Fred Pearce January 15, 2009 |
List Price: £7.99 Vegetarian Books Price: £5.99 You Save: £2.00 (25%)Prices subject to change. Used Price: |
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Mr Pearce's book is a well-researched work which documents not only the environmental costs of our current Western lifestyles but also the associated social (and to a lesser extent) economic costs. As the other reviewer point out, the author covers much ground; from writing about the prawn supply route from Bangladeshi prawn farms to English curry house tables, to a chapter about how metals vital to the operation of mobile phones are extracted from mines run by Congolese warlords. The book is certainly wide-ranging.
I'm not in a position to say if it is comprehensive but detailed it was! I enjoyed the book and recommend it to anyone wanting to know more about the stories behind our lifestyles and how, often and regrettably, cheap prices here harm those abroad. However, ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Acid Rain (Penguin Special)by: Fred Pearce March 26, 1987 |
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Mr Pearce's book is a well-researched work which documents not only the environmental costs of our current Western lifestyles but also the associated social (and to a lesser extent) economic costs. As the other reviewer point out, the author covers much ground; from writing about the prawn supply route from Bangladeshi prawn farms to English curry house tables, to a chapter about how metals vital to the operation of mobile phones are extracted from mines run by Congolese warlords. The book is certainly wide-ranging.
I'm not in a position to say if it is comprehensive but detailed it was! I enjoyed the book and recommend it to anyone wanting to know more about the stories behind our lifestyles and how, often and regrettably, cheap prices here harm those abroad. However, ... Read More: >>More Details |
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