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Octopus Books/Hamlyn, 2016. 1st Edition . No Binding. New/No Jacket Issued. Hamlyn. CONDITION: NEW 2016 shrink-wrapped box containing 70 coloring pages with 6 color pencils and a pencil sharpener. Perfect for relaxing and the feeling of artistic accomplishment. CONTENT: Pick up your coloring pencils and escape into the Amazon rainforest. How can you shake off those annoying everyday worries? If you would like to re-focus and re-charge your batteries, try losing yourself in coloring. Simply choose at random from these intricate designs inspired by the Amazon rainforest, and unleash your creativity. Gradually, as you concentrate on the simple act of coloring, you will find your mind clearing and calm returning. Just 5 to 10 minutes of coloring a day is enough to encourage mindfulness. There are no rules. Just choose any colors you like and get going. From cheerful parrots to beautiful butterflies, tribal-inspired patterns to graphic prints, these illustrations provide the perfect escape from… Read More

Viking, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. B&W era photos; B&W maps. CONDITION: NEW 2004 Viking large hardcover (gray boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. Nice B&W era photo section with a few B&W maps throughout. 575 pages, 2+ lb. CONTENT: In his Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, geographer Diamond laid out a grand view of the organic roots of human civilizations in flora, fauna, climate and geology. That vision takes on apocalyptic overtones in this fascinating comparative study of societies that have, sometimes fatally, undermined their own ecological foundations. Diamond examines storied examples of human economic and social collapse, and even extinction, including Easter Island, classical Mayan civilization and the Greenland Norse [recently blamed on rising sea levels]. He explores patterns of population growth, over-farming, overgrazing and over-hunting, often abetted by drought, cold, rigid social mores and warfare, that… Read More

Beacon Press, 2020. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. B&W charts - very few. CONDITION: NEW 2020 Beacon Press trade paperback, first edition, first printing. A few B&W charts throughout. CONTENT: How Americans can take action in their own communities and unite across the political spectrum in pursuit of solutions to climate change. Andreas Karelas has a message we don't often hear: we have all the tools we need to solve the climate crisis and doing so will improve our lives, our economy, and our society. But to engage people in the climate fight, we need stories that are empowering, inclusive, and solutions-oriented, not based in fear. Karelas digs into the latest data on the rapidly falling costs and increased efficiencies of clean energy technologies compared to fossil fuels, looks at the rate of job creation in the clean energy sector, and introduces the reader to the inspiring work of climate heroes on both sides of the aisle-from Republican mayors and governors to… Read More

New York/Boston: Hatchette, 2017. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. B&W era photos section. CONDITION: What makes this book "Like New"? - Small black remainder dot top edges. UNREAD 2017 Hatchette hardcover (white boards - who does that?) and dust jacket, first edition, first printing. B&W Era Photo Section. CONTENT: Death in the Air is a gripping, historical narrative of a serial killer, an environmental disaster, and an iconic city struggling to regain its footing. In winter 1952, London automobiles and thousands of coal-burning hearths belched particulate matter into the air. But the smog that descended on December 5th of 1952 was different; it was a type that held the city hostage for five long days. Mass transit ground to a halt, criminals roamed the streets, and 12,000 people died. That same month, there was another killer at large in London: John Reginald Christie, who murdered at least six women. In a braided narrative that draws on extensive… Read More

Westview Press, 1998. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. New/New. A few B&W photos throughout. CONDITION: UNREAD 1998 Westview Press hardcover (blue boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, 3rd printing. A few B&W photos throughout. CONTENT: Upon arriving in India, the first English settlers found the humid, unforgiving climate almost unbearable. Malaria, cholera, and dysentery ravaged their beleaguered ranks, making the average life span for both men and women no more than 30 years. To escape these epidemics, they found refuge in the temperate climate of the hills. Above the clouds, Europeans built numerous hill stations, not just in India, but also in Burma, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Indonesia. From the luxury of these curious establishments, they ruled their colonies with imperial aplomb. Colonialism lapsed and the foreigners were eventually expelled from these countries, yet the hill stations still remain. In early 1997, Barbara Crossette, the United Nations bureau chief for the New… Read More

Belgium: Office Official Publications of European Communities, 1996. 1st Paperback Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. New/o. Color & Sepia-tone drawings and photos. CONDITION: UNREAD 1996 European Commission paperback, first paperback edition. Loaded with illustrations both color photos and reproductions - plus B&W garden plans. CONTENT: In 1993, the European Commission organized it's annual action for the preservation of the European Cultural Heritage around the theme of historic gardens. Out of 666 projects coming from throughout the European Union, as well as from associated countries of Central and Eastern Europe, 66 projects were selected for their cultural and technical quality and benefited from financial support of the Commission. The impressive documentation provided with the projects deserved to be exploited and communicated to the public. And so - here they are. The history of the garden(s) are included with the landscape architecture. The project was named… Read More

Puffin, 1996. 1st Paperback Edition 16th Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Barry Moser color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 1996 PUffin large paperback, first paperback edition, 16th printing (c. 2000+). Wonderful color illustrations by Barry Moser. CONTENT: A poignant tale of environmental pollution and recovery with beautiful watercolor illustrations. On a bluff at the bend in the river stood a turtle carved of stone. For many years he was the eyes of Manitou, watching over and blessing the Delaware people who visited him every summer. But as time passed, fewer children came to greet the turtle. Now he watches with sadness and fear as strangers arrive, destroy the land, and threaten his very existence. Can the turtle, once a symbol of hope and renewal, be saved? "In thoughtful prose frequently imbued with a poetic tone, MacGill-Callahan chronicles the devastating environmental changes that befall this stone guardian with the passage of time. The text's quiet wisdom is reflected in Moser's… Read More