Health in the Anthropocene: Living Well on a Finite Planet (Zywert Katharine)(Paperback)

Health in the Anthropocene: Living Well on a Finite Planet (Zywert Katharine)(Paperback)

Adding to a growing body of knowledge about how the social-ecological dynamics of the Anthropocene affect human health, this collection presents strategies that both address core challenges, including climate change, stagnating economic growth, and rising socio-political instability, and offers

Planetary Health: Safeguarding Human Health and the Environment in the Anthropocene (Haines Andy)(Paperback)

We live in unprecedented times - the Anthropocene - defined by far-reaching human impacts on the natural systems that underpin civilisation. Planetary Health explores the many environmental changes that threaten to undermine progress in human health, and explains how these changes affect health

Human Planet - How We Created the Anthropocene (Lewis Simon)(Paperback / softback)

Health Communication in the Caribbean and Beyond: A Reader (Steele Godfrey A.)(Paperback)

Health Communication in the Caribbean and Beyond provides a comprehensive, well-researched and up-to-date discussion of the local and international health communication literature and provides a theoretical and practical framework for teaching health and/or medical communication skills. It reviews,

Infrastructure, Environment, and Life in the Anthropocene (Hetherington Kregg)(Paperback)

Infrastructure, Environment, and Life in the Anthropocene explores life in the age of climate change through a series of infrastructural puzzles-sites at which it has become impossible to disentangle the natural from the built environment. With topics ranging from breakwaters built of oysters,

Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections on the End of a Civilization (Scranton Roy)(Paperback)

In Learning to Die in the Anthropocene, Roy Scranton draws on his experiences in Iraq to confront the grim realities of climate change. The result is a fierce and provocative book.--Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History Roy Scranton's

Mammoths and Neanderthals in the Thames Valley (Scott Katharine)(Paperback)

Today the Upper Thames Valley is a region of green pastures and well-managed farmland, interspersed with pretty villages and intersected by a meandering river. The discovery in 1989 of a mammoth tusk in river gravels at Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, revealed the very different ancient past of this

Allegories of the Anthropocene (Deloughrey Elizabeth M.)(Paperback)

In Allegories of the Anthropocene Elizabeth M. DeLoughrey traces how indigenous and postcolonial peoples in the Caribbean and Pacific Islands grapple with the enormity of colonialism and anthropogenic climate change through art, poetry, and literature. In these works, authors and artists use

The Anthropocene and the Global Environmental Crisis: Rethinking modernity in a new epoch (Hamilton Clive)(Paperback)

The Anthropocene, in which humankind has become a geological force, is a major scientific proposal; but it also means that the conceptions of the natural and social worlds on which sociology, political science, history, law, economics and philosophy rest are called into question.The Anthropocene

Anthropocene: A Very Short Introduction (Ellis Erle C.)(Paperback)

The proposal that the impact of humanity on the planet has left a distinct footprint, even on the scale of geological time, has recently gained much ground. Global climate change, shifting global cycles of the weather, widespread pollution, radioactive fallout, plastic accumulation, species

Supporting Children′s Health and Wellbeing (Musgrave Jackie)(Paperback)

In recent years, 'safeguarding' measures to ensure the health and well-being of all children has become an increasing focus. Supporting Children′s Health and Wellbeing helps early years students and practitioners working with children and young people gain an understanding of the key issues

Mental Health and Well-Being: Alternatives to the Medical Model (Thompson Neil)(Paperback)

Mental Health and Well-Being provides a sound foundation for understanding alternatives to the medical model of mental health. Students and professionals alike will find an easy to understand overview of critiques of the dominant medical model of mental health and well-being, both longstanding and

Robert Desnos, Surrealism, and the Marvelous in Everyday Life (Conley Katharine)(Paperback)

In this critical biography of Robert Desnos (1900-1945), Katharine Conley reevaluates the surrealist movement through the life and works of one of its founders. Desnos was as famous among the surrealists for his independence of mind as for his elaborate 'automatic' drawings and his brilliant oral

Living Hell to Living Well (Awen John)(Paperback)

First overcoming a long-term heroin and crack cocaine addiction, then through whole foods plant-based eating, John has reversed his own heart disease. Having plunged into the abyss of darkness and addiction which he surrendered to for many years, after an almost fatal stabbing, he made a

British Folk Tales and Legends: A Sampler (Briggs Katharine)(Paperback)

In 1970 Katharine Briggs published in four volumes the vast and authoritative Dictionary of British Folktales and Legends to wide acclaim. This sampler comprises the very best of those tales and legends. Gathered within, readers will find an extravagance of beautiful princesses and stout stable

Living Well with Hemochromatosis: A Healthy Diet for Reducing Iron Intake, Managing Symptoms, and Feeling Great (Khesin Anna)(Paperback)

Vegetarian Mediterranean Cookbook: 125+ Simple, Healthy Recipes for Living Well (Abourezk Sanaa)(Paperback)

Over 125 vegetarian ways to savor the Mediterranean Mediterranean mealtime is an event, accompanied by close family and friends, where Western wellness worries are simply managed through healthy eating and living. And while it is a culture filled with fresh, farm-to-table ingredients, many

Emotional Resilience: How to Safeguard Your Mental Health (Barry Harry)(Paperback)

THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERThere are many challenges facing our mental health. We are living in the middle of an anxiety epidemic, depression is one of the most significant mental health issues of our time, self-harm is endemic amongst school children and technology and social media are

Call Nurse Millie (Fullerton Jean)(Paperback)

'A delightful, well researched story that really does depict nursing and the living conditions in the East End at the end of the war' Lesley Pearse 'Jean Fullerton's saga will delight her growing legion of fans' Dilly CourtCan she deliver the hope they need? London is putting itself back together

Slow Puncture - Living Well With Dementia (Berry Peter)(Paperback / softback)

This is an account of a year in the life of Peter Berry, an ordinary man living in a sleepy Suffolk village. Happily married and running a successful business, Peter's life changes when, at the age of fifty, he is given a terminal diagnosis of early-onset

Christian Slavery: Conversion and Race in the Protestant Atlantic World (Gerbner Katharine)(Paperback)

Mental Health in Education: Building Good Foundations (Garner Samantha)(Paperback)

Mental health and well-being are becoming increasingly important areas of focus in education, yet schools often find themselves lacking the tools, time and resources to tackle the issues. Mental health support is frequently seen as an additional responsibility of the school setting, rather than a

Black Women's Health: Paths to Wellness for Mothers and Daughters (Berger Michele Tracy)(Paperback)

The struggles African American women and their adolescent daughters face in living healthy, active lives From heart disease and diabetes to HIV and obesity, Black women and girls face serious health risks, lagging behind their white counterparts by every measure of health, well-being, and fitness

American Royals (McGee Katharine)(Paperback / softback)

They're gorgeous, fiercely famous and the beating heart of the most glorious royal court in the world. | But behind the glittering ballrooms, elegant gowns, and seemingly perfect public personas lie forbidden romances and scandalous secrets. Together four young women will navigate gossip, drama, and