The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet (Green John)(Pevná vazba)

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet (Green John)(Pevná vazba)

Instant #1 bestseller! A deeply moving collection of personal essays from John Green, the author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down.'The perfect book for right now.'--People'The Anthropocene Reviewed is essential to the human conversation.'--Library Journal (starred review)The

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet (Green John)(Paperback)

A deeply moving and insightful collection of personal essays from #1 bestselling author John Green. The Anthropocene is the current geologic age, in which humans have profoundly reshaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his

Turtles All the Way Down (Green John)(Paperback)

The critically acclaimed, instant #1 bestseller by John Green, author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and The Fault in Our Stars'A tender story about learning to cope when the world feels out of control.' --People 'A sometimes heartbreaking, always illuminating, glimpse into how it feels to live with

The Fault in Our Stars (Green John)(Paperback)

The beloved, #1 global bestseller by John Green, author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and Turtles All the Way Down 'John Green is one of the best writers alive.' -E. Lockhart, #1 bestselling author of We Were Liars 'The greatest romance story of this decade.″ -Entertainment Weekly #1 New York

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

The Politics of the Anthropocene (Dryzek John S.)(Paperback)

The Politics of the Anthropocene is a sophisticated yet accessible treatment of how human institutions, practices, and principles need to be re-thought in response to the challenges of the Anthropocene, the emerging epoch of human-induced instability in the Earth system and its life-support

The Laws of Human Nature (Greene Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Reliability Centered Maintenance (Moubray John)(Pevná vazba)

Initially developed by the aviation industry, RCM is rapidly becoming fundamental to the practice of maintenance management and is now in use at hundreds of industrial and service organizations around the world. This book provides an authoritative and practical explanation of what RCM is and how it

Plants & Us - how they shape human history & society (Akeroyd Dr John)(Pevná vazba)

Not just another gardening or plant book, from Presidents to pop stars, scientists to slavers, royals to religious leaders, chefs to charlatans, pioneers to politicians, artists to actors, in stories that will often surprise Plants & Us is a unique overview of plants wild and cultivated, their

Essays and Aphorisms (Schopenhauer Arthur)(Pevná vazba)

One of the philosophers of the nineteenth century, believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will' - the blind and irrational desire for physical existence. This title includes his writings on religion, ethics, politics, women, suicide, books and many other

Intelligent Multimedia Multi-Agent Systems: A Human-Centered Approach (Khosla Rajiv)(Pevná vazba)

Intelligent Multimedia Multi-Agent Systems focuses on building intelligent successful systems. The book adopts a human-centered approach and considers various pragmatic issues and problems in areas like intelligent systems, software engineering, multimedia databases, electronic commerce, data

Hannah Arendt and the Fragility of Human Dignity (Macready John Douglas)(Pevná vazba)

Professor John Douglas Macready offers a post-foundational account of human dignity by way of a reconstructive reading of Hannah Arendt. He argues that Arendt's experience of political violence and genocide in the twentieth century, as well as her experience as a stateless person, led her to

Steep Trails (Muir John)(Pevná vazba)

A collection of essays exploring 29 years of beloved naturalist John Muir's life as he explored the West. Considered one of the patron saints of twentieth-century environmental activity, John Muir's appeal to modern readers is that he not only explored the American West but also fought for its

Planet Was Red (Burt John C)(Pevná vazba)

Giving a Damn - Essays in Dialogue with John Haugeland(Pevná vazba)

A collection of essays that use John Haugeland's work on intentionality, embodiment, objectivity, and caring to explore contemporary issues in philosophy of mind.In his work, the philosopher John Haugeland (1945-2010) proposed a radical expansion of philosophy's conceptual toolkit, calling for a

Postphenomenology and Media: Essays on Human-Media-World Relations (Van Den Eede Yoni)(Pevná vazba)

Postphenomenology and Media: Essays on Human-Media-World Relations sheds light on how new, digital media are shaping humans and their world. It does so by using the postphenomenological framework to comprehensively study 'human-media relations,' making use of conceptual instruments such as the

This Pretty Planet (Chapin Tom)(Pevná vazba)

Based on the touching song 'This Pretty Planet' by Tom Chapin and John Forster, this hopeful and whimsically illustrated picture book celebrates the pretty planet we call home. Winds blow. Tides flow. Shooting stars descend. Our lives begin, middle, and end on This pretty planet. From icy tundras

Wilderness Essays (Muir John)(Pevná vazba)

Part of John Muir's appeal to modern readers is that he not only explored the American West and wrote about its beauties but also fought for their preservation. His successes dot the landscape and are evident in all the natural features that bear his name: forests, lakes, trails, and glaciers. Here

My House Plant Changed My Life - Green Wellbeing for the Great Indoors (Domoney David)(Pevná vazba)

Mind Shift: How Culture Transformed the Human Brain (Parrington John)(Pevná vazba)

John Parrington argues that social interaction and culture have deeply shaped the exceptional nature of human consciousness. The mental capacities of the human mind far outstrip those of other animals. Our imaginations and creativity have produced art, music, and literature; built bridges and

Looking for Alaska Deluxe Edition (Green John)(Pevná vazba)

A gorgeous collector's edition of the critically acclaimed debut novel by John Green, #1 bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars A perfect gift for every fan, this deluxe hardcover features a stunning special edition jacket and 50 pages of all-new exclusive

How Not to be a Doctor - And Other Essays (Launer John)(Paperback / softback)

The essays in How Not to Be a Doctor combine erudition with humour, candour, and the human touch. They show how, in medicine, you cannot separate personal experiences from professional ones, in short stories and reflections that will inform and entertain readers on both ends of the

Big Data for Urban Sustainability: A Human-Centered Perspective (Wang Stephen Jia)(Pevná vazba)

This book presents a practical framework for the application of big data, cloud, and pervasive and complex systems to sustainable solutions for urban environmental

The Human Face of Water Security (Devlaeminck David)(Pevná vazba)

This volume collects essays from academics and practitioners from a diversity of areas and perspectives in order to discuss water security at various levels and to illuminate the central idea of water security: its focus on the individual. Beginning with the big picture, this book aims to