Search Results for Nature

Nature: Its Conceptual Architecture.

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by Caruana, Louis.
Call Number 160 23
Publication Date 2014
Summary Many philosophers adopt methods that emulate those of the natural sciences. They call such an overall approach naturalism, and consider it indispensable for fruitful philosophical debate in various areas. In spite of this consensus however, little is ever said about how naturalism depends on the underlying idea of nature, which we often endorse unconsciously. If we can determine how naturalism reflects an underlying account of nature, we would be in a better position to distinguish between different kinds of naturalism and to assess the merits of each. This book undertakes a sustained study of.
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Nature Journal [electronic resource].

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by Davenport, L. J.
Call Number 508
Publication Date 2010
Summary Nature Journal is an innovative presentation of the best columns and photographs from L.J. Davenport's popular column in Alabama Heritage magazine. Readers of the magazine have come to relish his artful and often witty descriptions of common species encountered in the Alabama outdoors. But Nature Journal is designed to be much more than a mere collection of entertaining essays; it is also an educational tool--a means of instructing and encouraging readers in the art of keeping a nature journal for themselves. Each of the 25 chapters is a self-contained lesson in close observation of species mo.
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Organum : Nature Texture Intensity Purity.

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by Gilmore, Peter.
Call Number 641.514
Publication Date 2015
Summary Capturing the essence of world-renowned chef Peter Gilmore's food: nature, texture, intensity, purity.
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Law and nature / David Delaney.

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by Delaney, David.
Call Number 340.112 22
Publication Date 2003
Summary This interdisciplinary study explores the relationship between conceptions of nature and legal thought and practice. Topics include forces of nature, endangered species, animal experiments and bestiality, and Delaney demonstrates throughout that nearly any construal of 'nature' entails an interpretation of what it is to be (distinctively) human.
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Force of nature / Jane Harper.

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by Harper, Jane, author.
Call Number FIC HAR
Publication Date 2017
Summary Five women reluctantly pick up their backpacks and start walking along the muddy track. Only four come out the other side. Federal Police Agent Aaron Falk has a particularly keen interest in the whereabouts of the missing bushwalker. Alice Russell is the whistleblower in his latest case - and Alice knew secrets. About the company she worked for and the people she worked with. Far from the hike encouraging teamwork, the women tell Falk a tale of suspicion, violence and disintegrating trust. And as he delves into the disappearance, it seems some dangers may run far deeper than anyone knew.
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Nature's man / Maurizio Valsania.

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by Valsania, Maurizio, 1965-
Call Number 302.501 23
Publication Date 2013
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Nature and social theory / Adrian Franklin.

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by Franklin, Adrian.
Call Number 304.2 22
Publication Date 2002
Summary Adrian Franklin considers the relationship between humans and nature, arguing that the firm boundaries between nature and culture have been breached. The author's critique cites man as a polluter and destroyer.
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Wild Sweetness : Recipes Inspired by Nature.

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by Ho, Thalia.
Call Number 641.86
Publication Date 2021
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The nature of consciousness / Mark Rowlands.

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by Rowlands, Mark.
Call Number 126 21
Publication Date 2001
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The nature of rationality / Robert Nozick.

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by Nozick, Robert.
Call Number 128.3 20
Publication Date 1993
Summary Repeatedly and successfully, the celebrated Harvard philosopher Robert Nozick has reached out to a broad audience beyond the confines of his discipline, addressing ethical and social problems that matter to every thoughtful person. Here Nozick continues his search for the connections between philosophy and "ordinary" experience. In the lively and accessible style that his readers have come to expect, he offers a bold theory of rationality, the one characteristic deemed to fix humanity's "specialness." What are principles for? asks Nozick. We could act simply on whim, or maximize our self-interest and recommend that others do the same. As Nozick explores rationality of decision and rationality of belief, he shows how principles actually function in our day-to-day thinking and in our efforts to live peacefully and productively with one another. In Nozick's view, misconceptions of rationality have resulted in many intractable philosophical problems. For example, the Kantian attempt to make principled behavior the sole ultimate standard of conduct extends rationality beyond its bounds. In this provocative volume, Nozick reformulates current decision theory to include the symbolic meaning of actions in areas from controlling impulses to fighting society's war against drugs. The author proposes a new rule of rational decision, "maximizing decision-value," which is a weighted sum of causal, evidential, and symbolic utility. In a particularly fascinating section of the book he traces the implications of this rule for the famous Prisoner's Dilemma and for Newcomb's Problem. Rationality of belief, according to Nozick, involves two aspects: support by reasons that make the belief credible, and generation by a process that reliably produces true beliefs. A new evolutionary account explains how some factual connections are instilled in us as seemingly self-evident, thus reversing the direction of Kant's "Copernican Revolution." Proposing a theory of rational belief that includes both the intellectual credibility of the belief and the practical consequences of believing it, Nozick also provides a fresh resolution of the "lottery paradox." Finally, Nozick explores the scope and limits of instrumental rationality, or the effective and efficient pursuit of given goals, and suggests some new conditions on the rationality of goals. Throughout, the book combines daring speculations with detailed investigations to portray the nature and status of rationality and the essential role that imagination plays in this singular human aptitude.
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Gambling Advertising : Nature, Effects and Regulation.

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by Gunter, Barrie.
Call Number 795
Publication Date 2019
Summary This book critically examines research evidence from around the world concerning the nature and effects of gambling advertising. It draws upon political and regulatory debates about this type of advertising, which provides regulators with evidence to control factors that encourage problem gambling.
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Psychology and 'human nature' / Peter Ashworth.

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by Ashworth, Peter D.
Call Number 150 21
Publication Date 2000
Summary Looks at the major schools of psychology and considers the claims or assumptions being made about 'human nature' and their position on the associated issues of consciousness, the self, the body, other people and the physical world.
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Explore Texas : A Nature Travel Guide.

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by Parker, Mary O.
Call Number 917.6404
Publication Date 2016
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Quay : food inspired by nature / Peter Gilmore.

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by Gilmore, Peter.
Call Number 641.5 GIL
Publication Date 2010
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The nature of moral thinking / Francis Snare.

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by Snare, Francis.
Call Number 170 20
Publication Date 1992
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A political theology of nature / Peter Scott.

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by Scott, Peter, 1961-
Call Number 261.836 22
Publication Date 2003
Summary Peter Scott contends that current ecological problems must be addressed within theology. Drawing insights from deep ecology, ecofeminism, and social and socialist ecologies, he proposes a common realm of God, nature and humanity, offering a theological rationale for an ecological democracy, founded on the ecological renewal secured by Christ's resurrection.
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Nature and the environment / editor, Scott Slovic.

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by Slovic, Scott, 1960-
Call Number 810.936 23
Publication Date 2013
Summary This book addresses the themes of nature and the environment in literature through a diverse set of texts and through multiple methodologies. Classic works discussed include Walden, Call of the Wild, O Pioneers!, The Old Man and the Sea, and selections from the poetry of William Wordsworth, while contemporary works include ... and the earth did not devour him, Desert Solitaire, and Prodigal Summer.
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The nature of God / Gerard J. Hughes.

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by Hughes, Gerard J.
Call Number 212 20
Publication Date 1995
Summary Providing the reader with afirst-hand acquaintance of the religious philosophies of such classic writers as Aquinas and Hume, Hughes goes on to discuss their arguments in the light of current debates.
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The Great Brain Debate : Nature or Nurture?.

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by Dowling, John E.
Call Number 612.82
Publication Date 2011
Summary Whether our personality, intelligence, and behavior are more likely to be shaped by our environment or our genetic coding is not simply an idle question for today's researchers. There are tremendous consequences to understanding the crucial role that environment and genes each play. How we raise and educate our children, how we treat various mental diseases or conditions, how we care for our elderly--these are just some of the issues that can be informed by a better understanding of brain development. In The Great Brain Debate, the eminent neuroscience researcher John Dowling looks at these an.
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Managing Visitor Experiences in Nature-Based Tourism.

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by Albrecht, Julia N.
Call Number 910.68
Publication Date 2021
Summary Covers visitor experiences in nature-based tourism destinations and related visitor and destination management. It demonstrates current knowledge using empirical evidence from five continents and it aims to provide insights into conceptual issues as well as case studies.
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Nature poets / editor, Rosemary M. Canfield Reisman.

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by Reisman, Rosemary M. Canfield.
Call Number 809.81936 23
Publication Date 2012
Summary Profiles major poets throughout history and the world, including analyses of their significant individual poems or collections. Discusses influential nature poets such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Frost, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, and Alice Walker.
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The Nature of art / A.L. Cothey.

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by Cothey, A. L. (Antony L.), 1951-
Call Number 701.17 20
Publication Date 1990
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Design for nature in dementia care / Garuth Chalfont.

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by Chalfont, Garuth.
Call Number 616.83 22
Publication Date 2008
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The business of nature-based tourism / Bob McKercher.

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by McKercher, Bob
Call Number 338.479194 MCK
Publication Date 1998
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Vietnam War : The Nature of Fighting [electronic resource]

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by ClickView (Firm)
Call Number XX(305059.1)
Summary American troops in Vietnam relied on advanced weaponry and firepower, but the Việt Cộng used their knowledge of the landscape to ambush their enemies. This video describes the tactics and weaponry used during in the Vietnam War, including chemical weapons, and their effects on soldiers and civilians alike. With information about key dates, events, and people, this is an excellent introduction to the chronology of the Vietnam War.
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Australian Relationships with Nature : Pre-1850 [electronic resource]

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by ClickView (Firm)
Call Number XX(301356.1)
Summary Throughout time, Australia's natural climatic extremes have presented many challenges for human inhabitants. This has prompted Australians to develop a unique relationship with the natural environment. In this program we explore the values associated with environmental sustainability and how the human relationship with nature has changed over time. We look back to discover how the first Australians developed sustainable living habits and farming practices, enabling them to live in unity with the barren landscape and infertile soils, through to how the early settlers attempted to change Australia into the European land they knew.
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The Nature of Business in Australia [electronic resource]

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by ClickView (Firm)
Call Number XX(302496.1)
Summary No matter who we are or what we do, business permeates just about every aspect of our lives. It fulfills a range of important functions in our society and underpins the functioning and growth of our economy. This production examines the various functions of business, the different structures of business, the wide range of stakeholders and internal and external controls on business. Wide-ranging content is delivered by a presenter, narration, a range of visuals and text. It makes an excellent introduction for upper secondary and higher education students to many facets of business and its important role in all of our lives.
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Nobel prizes and nature's surprises / Erling Norrby.

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by Norrby, Erling.
Call Number 570.79 23
Publication Date 2013
Summary Each year the Nobel Prizes in the natural sciences reveal amazing discoveries. New milestones in the relentless advance of science are identified. The growth of knowledge and its evolution can be researched in the Nobel archives where nominations are kept secret for 50 years after the awards have been made. They represent a treasure for real-time assessment of science. Norrby's earlier book, Nobel Prizes and Life Sciences (2010) examined the unique archival records until 1959. The present book takes us up to 1962, surveying a range of dazzling discoveries. All prizes in immunology are reviewed. Their impact on our capacity to control infectious diseases and transplant organs are highlighted. The Nobel year 1962 is exceptional in recognizing the most major advance in biology since Darwin in 1859 presented his theory of evolution. This was the dramatic discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA by Watson and Crick in 1953. The era of molecular biology had begun. Its explosive development continues into the present.
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Vitalizing nature in the Enlightenment / Peter Hanns Reill.

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by Reill, Peter Hanns.
Call Number 509.409033 22
Publication Date 2005
Summary "This study redraws the intellectual map of the Enlightenment and reassesses the legacy of that highly influential period for us today. Peter Hanns Reill argues that in the middle of the eighteenth century a major shift occurred in the way Enlightenment thinkers conceived of nature that caused many of them to reject the prevailing doctrine of mechanism and turn to a vitalistic model to account for phenomena in natural history, the life sciences, and chemistry. As he traces the ramifications of this new way of thinking through time and across disciplines, Reill complicates our understanding of the way key Enlightenment thinkers viewed nature. His sophisticated analysis ultimately questions postmodern narratives of a monolithic Enlightenment - characterized by the dominance of instrumental reason - that has led to many of the disasters of modern life."--Jacket.
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The Routledge Handbook of Nature Based Tourism Development.

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by Mandić, Ante.
Call Number 910.684
Publication Date 2023
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Meditations on nature : the art of flower arrangement.

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Call Number 745.92 MED
Publication Date 1979
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The Wickaninnish Cookbook : Rustic Elegance on Nature's Edge.

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by Inn, Wickaninnish.
Call Number 641.59711
Publication Date 2018
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Coconut Every Day : Cooking with Nature's Miracle Superfood.

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by Seymour, Sasha.
Call Number 641.6461
Publication Date 2014
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Einkorn : Recipes for Nature's Original Wheat: a Cookbook.

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by Bartolucci, Carla.
Call Number 641.6311
Publication Date 2015
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Introduction to Economics : The Nature of Economics [electronic resource]

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by ClickView (Firm)
Call Number XX(302442.1)
Summary The economic problem arises because people have unlimited wants, but limited resources with which to satisfy them. We investigate the characteristics of wants and resources, and the principle of opportunity cost, and it's application to everyday life.
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The Mindful Kitchen : Vegetarian Cooking to Relate to Nature.

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by Thomas, Heather.
Call Number 641.56359999999995
Publication Date 2019
Summary The Mindful Kitchen serves up a unique recipe for life from eco-cook Heather Thomas, founder of The Mindful Kitchen.
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Australian Relationships with Nature : 1850 - Present Day [electronic resource]

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by ClickView (Firm)
Call Number XX(301282.1)
Summary In recent history, Australia's relationship with nature has evolved with the arrival of settlers and increased population. We are more aware of the importance of preserving our natural environment. In this programme we investigate how white settlers with a different view on nature attempted to modify Australia's landscape to suit foreign farming practices. Nature was a tough adversary, but provided the early Europeans with enough resource to grow into a nation. We discuss the creation of Australia's first national park in 1878, which forever changed future relationships with the land. Also investigated is the need to respect historical, traditional and cultural heritages of the land.
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The garlic book : nature's powerful healer / Stephen Fulder.

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by Fulder, Stephen.
Call Number ARC STA 616.1206854 FIL
Publication Date 1997
Summary To answer all your questions about garlic, world-renowned medicinal plant expert Dr. Stephen Fulder has written The Garlic Book. Here is an easy-to-understand guide to using garlic, based on the latest scientific findings. In this book, Dr. Fulder provides you with the information you need to make garlic a part of your everyday life. The prevention of heart disease is garlic's most important role, and this is discussed thoroughly in all its aspects. You will learn how heart disease occurs, and how garlic is beneficial in preventing and treating it. Suggestions are given on how to include garlic in your diet. Garlic's traditional use as a natural medicine is discussed, and its use in the treatment of various infections is also examined. Finally, detailed information is provided on including garlic in a self-care regimen for maximum benefit.
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Nature in Translation : Japanese Tourism Encounters the Canadian Rockies.

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by Satsuka, Shiho.
Call Number 971.2332
Publication Date 2015
Summary In Nature in Translation Shiho Satsuka studies Japanese tour guides who lead Japanese tourists on trips through the Canadian Rockies. By presenting nature in ways attuned to Japanese culture, these guides translate nature, a process that makes visible the cultural construction of nature and subjectivities.
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Nature and numbers : a mathematical photo shooting / Georg Glaeser.

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by Glaeser, Georg, author.
Call Number 778.93 23
Publication Date 2013
Summary The book offers 180 pages of spectacular photos and unusual views and insights. Learn to see the world with different eyes and be prepared for many surprises and new facts. The photos give rise to questions that are carefully explained with mathematics.
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Developmental psychology : how nature and nurture interact / Keith Richardson.

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by Richardson, Keith, 1943-
Call Number 155 22
Publication Date 2000
Summary The developmental psychology text covers such topics as Darwinian dichotomies and their dissolution, dynamic systems theories, the creation and origins of knowledge, and coupled primal and plastic interactions in humans.
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Mark Twain and human nature [electronic resource] / Tom Quirk.

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by Quirk, Tom, 1946-
Call Number 818.409 22
Publication Date 2007
Summary "Explores Mark Twain's works--including The Innocents Abroad, Following the Equator, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Puddin' Head Wilson, and What Is Man?--in terms of his interest in the subject of human nature, examining how his outlook on the human condition changed over the years"--Provided by publisher.
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Second nature : economic origin of human evolution / Haim Ofek.

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by Ofek, Haim, 1936-
Call Number 306.3093 22
Publication Date 2001
Summary Was exchange an early agent of human evolution or is it merely a de novo artifact of modern civilisation? Here, Haim Ofek explores the impact of market forces on human evolution, from the feed-as-you-go strategy typical of primates to the development of agriculture and the domestication of fire.
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Faking nature : the ethics of environmental restoration / Robert Elliot.

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by Elliot, Robert, 1950-
Call Number 179.1 21
Publication Date 1997
Summary Faking Nature is a timely and provocative analysis of the simultaneous destruction and restoration of the natural world and the ethics related to those processes, in an era of accelerated environmental damage and repair.
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Agri-Culture : reconnecting people, land, and nature / Jules Pretty.

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by Pretty, Jules N.
Call Number 333.7616 21
Publication Date 2002
Summary Something is wrong with our agriculture and food systems. Despite great progress in increasing productivity in the last century, hundreds of millions of people remain hungry and malnourished. Can nothing be done or is it time for the expansion of another sort of agriculture, founded on more ecological principles, and in harmony with people, their societies and cultures?; This work draws on many stories of successful transformation. A sustainable agriculture making the best of nature and people's knowledge and collective capacities has been showing increasingly good promise. Everyone is in favour of sustainability, yet few go seriously beyond the fine words. The text shows that there is no alternative to radical reform of national agricultural, rural and food policies and institutions - the time has come for the next agricultural revolution.
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Emerson's nonlinear nature [electronic resource] / Christopher J. Windolph.

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by Windolph, Christopher J., 1973-
Call Number 814.3 22
Publication Date 2007
Summary "Examines Emersonian naturalism from the standpoint of nonlinearity, offering new ways of reading and thinking about Emerson's stance toward nature and the influence of science on his thought. Windolph breaks new ground by exploring how considerations of shape and the act of seeing underpin all of Emerson's theories about nature"--Provided by publisher.
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War and human nature [electronic resource] / Stephen Peter Rosen.

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by Rosen, Stephen Peter, 1952-
Call Number 355.02 22
Publication Date 2005
Summary Why did President John F. Kennedy choose a strategy of confrontation during the Cuban missile crisis even though his secretary of defense stated that the presence of missiles in Cuba made no difference? Why did large numbers of Iraqi troops surrender during the Gulf War even though they had been ordered to fight and were capable of doing so? Why did Hitler declare war on the United States knowing full well the power of that country?War and Human Nature argues that new findings about the way humans are shaped by their inherited biology may help provide answers to such questions.
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The nature of value : axiological investigations / Ramon M. Lemos.

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by Lemos, Ramon M., 1927-
Call Number 121.8 20
Publication Date 1995
Summary One of the central theses of this book is that value is neither identical with nor reducible to psychological phenomena such as liking or disliking, preferring, evaluating, and valuing or disvaluing. He examines various kinds of value, the place of moral value within them, the ontological status of the bearers of value, and the relationship between morality and rationality. In clear writing he defines the issues he considers, sets out his position, and supports his views with original arguments that display his awareness of the history of moral philosophy.
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The nature of value : axiological investigations / Ramon M. Lemos.

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Nature [electronic resource] : an economic history / Geerat J. Vermeij.

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by Vermeij, Geerat J., 1946-
Call Number 576.8 22
Publication Date 2004
Summary From humans to hermit crabs to deep water plankton, all living things compete for locally limiting resources. This universal truth unites three bodies of thought--economics, evolution, and history--that have developed largely in mutual isolation. Here, Geerat Vermeij undertakes a groundbreaking and provocative exploration of the facts and theories of biology, economics, and geology to show how processes common to all economic systems--competition, cooperation, adaptation, and feedback--govern evolution as surely as they do the human economy, and how historical patterns in both human and nonhum.
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Hidden unity in nature's laws / John C. Taylor.

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by Taylor, John C. (John Clayton), 1930-
Call Number 530.09 21
Publication Date 2001
Summary "As physics has progressed through the ages it has succeeded in explaining more and more diverse phenomena with fewer and fewer underlying principles. This book explains how this understanding has developed by periodically uncovering unexpected "hidden unities" in nature. The author deftly steers the reader on a fascinating path that goes to the heart of physics - the search for and discovery of elegant laws that unify and simplify our understanding of the intricate universe in which we live." "Starting with the ancient Greeks, the author traces the development of major concepts in physics right up to the present day. Throughout, the presentation is crisp and informative, and only a minimum of mathematics is used. Any reader with a background in mathematics or physics will find this book provides fascinating insight into the development of our fundamental understanding of the world, and the apparent simplicity underlying it."--Jacket.
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Life's intrinsic value : science, ethics, and nature / Nicholas Agar.

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by Agar, Nicholas.
Call Number 179.1 21
Publication Date 2001
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The harmony of nature and spirit [electronic resource] / Irving Singer.

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by Singer, Irving.
Call Number 128 22
Publication Date 2010
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The Chia Cookbook : Inventive, Delicious Recipes Featuring Nature's Superfood.

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by Hoffman, Janie.
Call Number 641.302
Publication Date 2014
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Hobbes and the law of nature [electronic resource] / Perez Zagorin.

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by Zagorin, Perez.
Call Number 171.2 22
Publication Date 2009
Summary Thomas Hobbes remains one of the most challenging and controversial of early modern philosophers, and debates persist about the interpretation of many of his ideas, particularly his views about natural law and natural right. In this book, Perez Zagorin argues that these two concepts are the twin foundations of the entire structure of Hobbes's moral and political thought. Zagorin clears up numerous misconceptions about Hobbes and his relation to earlier natural law thinkers, in particular Hugo Grotius, and he reasserts the often overlooked role of the Hobbesian law of nature as a moral standard from which even sovereign power is not immune. Because Hobbes is commonly thought to be primarily a theorist of sovereignty, political absolutism, and unitary state power, the significance of his moral philosophy is often underestimated and widely assumed to depend entirely on individual self-interest. Zagorin reveals Hobbes's originality as a moral philosopher and his importance as a thinker who subverted and transformed the idea of natural law. --From publisher's description.
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John Burroughs and the place of nature / James Perrin Warren.

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by Warren, James Perrin.
Call Number 814.4 22
Publication Date 2006
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The balance of nature : ecology's enduring myth / John Kricher.

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by Kricher, John C.
Call Number 577 KRI
Publication Date 2009
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Field notes on science & nature / edited by Michael R. Canfield.

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by Canfield, Michael R.
Call Number 570.72 22
Publication Date 2011
Summary Pioneering a new niche in the study of plants and animals in their natural habitat, this book allows readers to peer over the shoulders and into the notebooks of a dozen eminent field workers, to study firsthand their observational methods, materials, and fleeting impressions.
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Frontiers : histories of civil society and nature / Michael R. Redclift.

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by Redclift, M. R.
Call Number 304.2 22
Publication Date 2006
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The play of nature : experimentation as performance / Robert P. Crease.

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by Crease, Robert P.
Call Number 507.24 20
Publication Date 1993
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Nature's experts : science, politics, and the environment / Stephen Bocking.

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by Bocking, Stephen, 1959-
Call Number 333.7 22
Publication Date 2004
Summary "With clarity and grace, Stephen Bocking tackles the complicated question of the role of scientific expertise in environmental policy making. Nature & rsquo;s Experts is a timely and important book." & mdash;David H. Guston, author of Between Politics and Science: Assuring the Integrity and Productivity of Research "This book by Stephen Bocking is as much about deliberative democracy as it is about science and the environment. Stephen Bocking & rsquo;s treatment is deep, perceptive, and profoundly wise. He has caught the heart of present and future environmental science, poli.
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Slide Mountain, or, The folly of owning nature / Theodore Steinberg.

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by Steinberg, Theodore, 1961-
Call Number 333.30973 20
Publication Date 1995
Summary Tours America to explore some of the more unusual dilemmas that have arisen in our struggle to possess nature. This book recounts the battle for three thousand acres of land the river carved from a Nebraska Indian reservation and deposited in Iowa. It illuminates what it means to live in a culture of property where everything must have an owner.
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More than nature needs : language, mind, and evolution / Derek Bickerton.

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by Bickerton, Derek, author.
Call Number 401.9 23
Publication Date 2014
Summary "The human mind is an unlikely evolutionary adaptation. How did humans acquire cognitive capacities far more powerful than anything a hunting-and-gathering primate needed to survive? Alfred Russel Wallace, co-founder with Darwin of evolutionary theory, saw humans as 'divine exceptions' to natural selection. Darwin thought use of language might have shaped our sophisticated brains, but his hypothesis remained an intriguing guess--until now. Combining state-of-the-art research with forty years of writing and thinking about language evolution, Derek Bickerton convincingly resolves a crucial problem that both biology and the cognitive sciences have hitherto ignored or evaded. What evolved first was neither language nor intelligence--merely normal animal communication plus displacement. That was enough to break restrictions on both thought and communication that bound all other animals. The brain self-organized to store and automatically process its new input, words. But words, which are inextricably linked to the concepts they represent, had to be accessible to consciousness. The inevitable consequence was a cognitive engine able to voluntarily merge both thoughts and words into meaningful combinations. Only in a third phase could language emerge, as humans began to tinker with a medium that, when used for communication, was adequate for speakers but suboptimal for hearers. Starting from humankind's remotest past, More than Nature Needs transcends nativist thesis and empiricist antithesis by presenting a revolutionary synthesis--one that instead of merely repeating 'nature and nurture' clichés shows specifically and in a principled manner how and why the synthesis came about"--Provided by publisher.
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Mother/nature : popular culture and environmental ethics / Catherine M. Roach.

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by Roach, Catherine M., 1965-
Call Number 304.2 22
Publication Date 2003
Summary This brief but ambitious book explores the relationship with nature through the imagery we use when we talk about Mother Nature. Employing the critical tools of religious studies, psychology, and gender studies, Roach examines the various manifestations of nature as 'mother' and what that idea implies for the way we approach the natural world.
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Australian languages : their nature and development / R.M.W. Dixon.

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by Dixon, Robert M. W.
Call Number 499.15 22
Publication Date 2002
Summary Aboriginal people have been in Australia for at least 40,000 years, speaking about 250 languages. Through examination of published and unpublished materials on each of the individual languages, Professor Dixon surveys the ways in which the languages vary typologically and presents a profile of this long-established linguistic area.
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Nature Tourism / edtied by Joseph S. Chen & Nina K. Prebensen.

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by Chen, Joseph S., editor.
Call Number 338.4791 NAT
Publication Date 2017
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Les pauvres de France en Angleterre : croquis d'apres nature

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by Simon, André Louis, 1877-1970.
Call Number FUL 305.569 SIM
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The physical nature of consciousness / edited by Philip van Loocke.

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by Loocke, Philip R. Van, 1963-
Call Number 612.82 22
Publication Date 2001
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Hans Christian Orsted : reading nature's mind / Dan Charly Christensen.

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by Christensen, Dan Ch., 1941- author.
Call Number 537.1 23
Publication Date 2013
Summary This is the narrative of the Scandinavian scientist, Hans Christian Ørsted, the discoverer of electromagnetism. Ørsted was also one of the cultural leaders and organizers of the Danish Golden Age, making significant contributions to aesthetics philosophy, pedagogy, politics, and religion.
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For love of the world : essays on nature writers / Sherman Paul.

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by Paul, Sherman.
Call Number 810.936 20
Publication Date 1992
Summary Along with poets, philosophers, and deep ecologists, nature writers-who may be something of all three-address the world alienation of Western civilization. By example as well as with words, they teach us to turn from the self to the world, from ego to ecos. In these deeply felt meditative essays, Sherman Paul contemplates the cosmological homecoming of nature writers who show us how to reenter the world, participate in it, and recover respect for it. In For Love of the World Sherman Paul considers Thoreau, John Muir, and Aldo Leopold, major writers in th.
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Final solutions [electronic resource] : human nature, capitalism and genocide / Sabby Sagall.

2024-05-03T23:10:23Z

by Sagall, Sabby.
Call Number 364.15109 23
Publication Date 2013
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Secret World of Materials (Clips) : Technology Inspired by Nature [electronic resource]

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by ClickView (Firm)
Call Number XX(305241.1)
Summary From a material science perspective, sometimes a revisit to nature is needed to inspire new technologies.
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Let's Talk about Religion : The Nature of God [electronic resource]

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by ClickView (Firm)
Call Number XX(302810.1)
Summary What kind of god do you believe in? Can human beings get in touch with a higher power? In this programme we look at some core beliefs across the three religions of Buddhism, Islam and Christianity. Viewers are introduced to the Buddhist, Islamic and Christian conceptions of a supreme being in this thought-provoking programme.
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Matters of mind [electronic resource] : consciousness, reason and nature / Scott Sturgeon.

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by Sturgeon, Scott.
Call Number 126 21
Publication Date 2000
Summary Matters of Mind examines the mind-body problem. It will prove invaluable for those interested in epistemology, philosophy of mind and cognitive science.
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The Nature and Uses of Lotteries : A Historical and Theological Treatise.

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by Gataker, Thomas.
Call Number 306.482
Publication Date 2008
Summary Thomas Gataker was a disputatious Puritan divine. His The Nature and Uses of Lotteries (1627) was the first systematic exposition of a modern view of lotteries, not just as a form of gambling, but as a fair method of division. Gataker approved of these uses, but condemned divination and sorcery using random signs or spells. This important treatise is often referred to, but is generally inaccessible due to its rarity and old-style of language. The text of this edition has been fully modernised, with notes on important sources used by Gataker and includes a new introduction.
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Science and the revenge of nature : Marcuse & Habermas / C. Fred Alford.

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by Alford, C. Fred.
Call Number 501 19
Publication Date 1985
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Science and the revenge of nature : Marcuse & Habermas / C. Fred Alford.

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by Alford, C. Fred.
Call Number 501 19
Publication Date 1985
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Mind the gap : the education of a nature writer / John Hay.

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by Hay, John, 1915-
Call Number 813.54
Publication Date 2004
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The Nature and Future of Tourism : A Post-COVID-19 Context.

2024-05-03T23:10:23Z

by Korstanje, Maximiliano E.
Call Number 338.4791
Publication Date 2022
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Structural colors in the realm of nature [electronic resource] / Shuichi Kinoshita.

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by Kinoshita, Shåuichi, 1949-
Call Number 591.472 22
Publication Date 2008
Summary Coloring in nature comes mostly from inherent colors of materials, though it sometimes has a purely physical origin such as diffraction or interference of light. The latter, called structural color or iridescence, has long been a problem of scientific interest. Recently, structural colors have attracted great interest because various photonic architectures, now developing in modern technologies, have been spontaneously created in the self-organization process and have been extensively used as one of the important visual functions. In this book, the fundamental optical properties underlying structural colors are explained, and these mysteries of nature are surveyed from the viewpoint of biological diversity and according to their sophisticated structures. The book proposes a general principle of structural colors based on the structural hierarchy and presents up-to-date applications.
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Naturoids [electronic resource] : on the nature of the artificial / Massino Negrotti.

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by Negrotti, Massimo, 1944-
Call Number 601 22
Publication Date 2002
Summary Since antiquity, technology has tried to either control or imitate nature. Both these traditions take advantage of the progress of science, but their teleology and their typical design problems remain basically different. The technology of the artificial may be defined as the effort to reproduce natural objects or processes by means of current conventional technology and materials. This book reports on the results of a theoretical study of the logic characterizing any attempt to design something artificial. While designers of artificial devices work in their own area facing field-specific problems (e.g. bioengineering, artificial organs, robotics, AI, ALife, remakings, etc.), the present study refers to the artificial in itself, trying to find out what is common to instances very far from each other, in an intrinsically interdisciplinary way. The result may be defined as a proposal of a general theory of the artificial.
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Refiguring the map of sorrow : nature writing and autobiography / Mark Allister.

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by Allister, Mark Christopher, 1956-
Call Number 818.5409492 22
Publication Date 2001
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Out of the woods : seeing nature in the everyday / Julia Corbett.

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by Corbett, Julia B., author.
Call Number 304.2 23
Publication Date 2018
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Fundamental forces of nature : the story of gauge fields / Kerson Huang.

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by Huang, Kerson, 1928- author.
Call Number 530.1435 22
Publication Date 2007
Summary "Gauge fields are the messengers carrying signals between elementary particles, enabling them to interact with each other. Originating at the level of quarks, these basic interactions percolate upwards, through nuclear and atomic physics, through chemical and solid state physics, to make our everyday world go round. This book tells the story of gauge fields, from Maxwell's 1860 theory of electromagnetism to the 1954 theory of Yang and Mills that underlies the Standard Model of elementary particle theory. In the course of the narration, the author introduces people and events in experimental and theoretical physics that contribute to ideas that have shaped our conception of the physical world"--Provided by publisher.
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Nature's way : vegetarian cookery in a nutshell / illustrated by Andrea Brinsmead.

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by Nelson, Kay,.
Call Number ARC 641.5636 NEL
Publication Date 1978
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Baking with Agave Nectar : Over 100 Recipes Using Nature's Ultimate Sweetener.

2024-05-03T23:10:23Z

by Hata, Lara.
Call Number 641.815
Publication Date 2011
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Conflict Management in Health Care : Understanding the Nature of Conflict [electronic resource]

2024-05-03T23:10:23Z

by ClickView (Firm)
Call Number XX(301586.1)
Summary Conflict, it occurs in any workplace, and always needs to be carefully managed. In many ways, there is a greater potential for conflict to occur in an aged care environment than in a number of other workplaces. Relationships with residents or clients, their families and carers, other health professionals and managers of aged care services can require delicate balancing. There is generally a range of emotions and issues involved in the care of vulnerable people, and aged care workers often find themselves in positions where they need to think on their feet and deal with conflict effectively. A range of skills needed for conflict resolution are examined, and the programme finishes with a look at behaviours that elicit resistance, and those that elicit cooperation.
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The Social Nature of Persons [electronic resource] : One Person is No Person.

2024-05-03T23:10:23Z

by Ormay, A.
Call Number 128.46
Publication Date 2012
Summary Group analysis developed out of psychoanalysis, but kept the fundamental principles of the latter. The classical structural theory of the personality comprises the id that is an ego-centred instinct, the ego that develops out of it, and the superego representing the influences of our guardians. It presents us with a lonely person, not a very useful image for group analysis. The recently discovered social instinct enables us to complete the structural theory, with an instinct based social function we call "nos", Latin for "we". The new human paradigm gives us the social person. We are together.
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Nature, God, and humanity : envisioning an ethics of nature / Richard L. Fern.

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by Fern, Richard L.
Call Number 179.1 21
Publication Date 2002
Summary Nature, God and Humanity weaves together philosophical, scientific, religious and cultural considerations to show why non-human animals and nature in general are proper objects of moral concern and how our well-being depends on harmony with nature-as-created.
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Beyond nature's housekeepers : American women in environmental history / Nancy C. Unger.

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by Unger, Nancy C.
Call Number 304.20820973 23
Publication Date 2012
Summary This book highlights the unique and complex role women have played in the shaping of the American environment from pre-Columbian Native Americans to present day environmental justice activists.
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Proving our case : a scientific exposition of the nature & effects of alcohol.

2024-05-03T23:10:23Z

by Edwards, Walter N.
Call Number FUL 178.1 EDW
Publication Date 1906
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Bacchus : an essay on the nature, causes, effects, and cure, of intemperance

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by Grindrod, Ralph Barnes
Call Number FUL 362.292 GRI
Publication Date 1839
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Silicon second nature : culturing artificial life in a digital world / Stefan Helmreich.

2024-05-03T23:10:23Z

by Helmreich, Stefan, 1966-
Call Number 570.113 21
Publication Date 1998
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Sticky fingers, green thumb : baked sweets that taste of nature / Hayley McKee.

2024-05-03T23:10:23Z

by McKee, Hayley, author.
Call Number 641.86 MCK
Publication Date 2018
Summary Hayley McKee is passionate about creating sweets that taste of nature, where the ingredients are familiar, the colouring is genuine, and the flavours are unmasked. In Sticky Fingers, Green Thumb she celebrates the use of vegetables, edible flowers and herbs in her incredible baked desserts. Sticky Fingers, Green Thumb includes recipes such as spiced parsnip and willow blossom cake; sweet pea and green tea cake; passionfruit cupcakes with raspberry basil frosting; peanut butter, rock salt and rosemary cookies; hibiscus brownies and lemon myrtle & fennel seed honey cake. Broken into five chapters: Real Baking Know-how; Vegetables in Baked Desserts; Herbs in Baked Desserts and Edible Flowers, each section includes a handy flavour wheel and gardening tips and tricks. This is baking as it should be - soulful, earthy and seasonal in Hayley's signature, delicious style.
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The nature and nurture of antisocial outcomes [electronic resource] / Kevin M. Beaver.

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by Beaver, Kevin M.
Call Number 364.3 22
Publication Date 2008
Summary Beaver introduces the reader to biosocial criminology, including the ways in which genes and the environment combine together to produce different antisocial outcomes. He then proceeds to provide an empirical examination of the genetic underpinnings to criminal behaviors by analyzing data drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). The results of the analyses provide some evidence indicating that antisocial phenotypes are due to interactions between genetic and environmental factors. Beaver concludes with a call for criminologists and other social scientists t.
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Lines in the water : nature and culture at Lake Titicaca / Ben Orlove.

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by Orlove, Benjamin S.
Call Number 984.12 22
Publication Date 2002
Summary This beautifully written book weaves reflections on anthropological fieldwork together with evocative meditations on a spectacular landscape as it takes us to the remote indigenous villages on the shore of Lake Titicaca, high in the Peruvian Andes. Ben Orlove brings alive the fishermen, reed cutters, boat builders, and families of this isolated region, and describes the role that Lake Titicaca has played in their culture.
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Male Crime and Deviance [electronic resource] : Exploring Its Causes, Dynamics, and Nature.

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by Flowers, R. Barri.
Call Number 364.0810973
Publication Date 2003
Summary MALE CRIME AND DEVIANCE seeks to explore in-depth the types of offenses most identified with and committed by males, dynamics of male crime, characteristics of male offenders, how male criminality and delinquency compare with and differ from female delinquent and criminal behavior, explanations for male crime, and efforts at combating crime in this country. Particular attention is given to exploring the relationship between male aggression and masculinity, as well as the role that testosterone and other biological factors play in male crime and violence. The book also focuses on the correlatio.
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The free animal : Rousseau on free will and human nature / Lee MacLean.

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by MacLean, Lee, 1962-
Call Number 848.509 23
Publication Date 2013
Summary "Free will is a key but contested concept in the work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: while the famed philosopher is known to have asserted that free will distinguishes human beings from animals, several interpreters have argued that he merely pretends to have this belief for the sake of healthy politics and to avoid persecution by religious authorities. Through careful readings of key texts and letters, The Free Animal offers a new and original exploration of Rousseau's views on free will, just in time for the 200th anniversary of his birth. Lee MacLean shows that Rousseau needs and uses the idea of human consciousness of free will to explain the development of morality, convention, and vice. MacLean bases her argument on a broad range of texts, from canonical works to Rousseau's untranslated letters and drafts. Featuring careful analyses and an extensive engagement with the secondary literature, The Free Animal offers a novel interpretation of the changing nature and complexity of Rousseau's intention."--Pub. desc.
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Living with yards : negotiating nature and the habits of home / Ursula Lang.

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by Lang, Ursula, author.
Call Number 307.76 23
Publication Date 2022
Summary "Yards are not quite wild, yet rarely tamed. Across diverse residential landscapes in North America and beyond, yards are regulated by the state and markets, defined by imaginary property lines on maps, and sometimes central to privilege and exclusion. As urban life is reimagined for greater sustainability, resilience, and adaptation, Living with Yards invites readers to more fully engage with the possibilities of how we can coexist with our urban habitats. Ursula Lang uses the yard as a faceted lens through which to examine the multiple and contradictory ways people live in urban environments, and how perceptions of those environments are shaped by contemporary environmental policies and projects. Visual ethnography and narrative illustrate how inhabitants of Minneapolis live with their yards as sites of social and environmental care while also negotiating difference. Throughout, Lang's subjects engage in diverse and creative everyday practices of cultivation and property ownership, often quite distinct from the environmental policies and projects in place. The process of reimagining cities as more sustainable and equitable must include knowledge of how people live within urban spaces. By conducting in-depth visits to more than forty yards and sharing her results, Lang provokes us to think about what else these realms of daily life might become. Living with Yards chronicles the interplay between the yard as habitat and our inhabitation of it, exploring the changes and innovations a better understanding of urban living might spark."--
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Envisioning nature, science, and religion [electronic resource] / edited by James D. Proctor.

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by Proctor, James D., 1957-
Call Number 113 22
Publication Date 2011 2009
Summary Contemporary scholarship has given rise to several different modes of understanding biophysical and human nature, each of which is entangled with related notions of science and religion. Envisioning Nature, Science, and Religion represents the culmination of three years of collaboration by an international group of fourteen natural scientists, social scientists, humanists, and theologians. The result is an intellectually stimulating volume that explores how the ideas of nature pertain to science and religion.
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Reconfiguring modernity : concepts of nature in Japanese political ideology / Julia Adeney Thomas.

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by Thomas, Julia Adeney, 1958-
Call Number 304.20952 22
Publication Date 2001
Summary The author turns the concept of nature into a powerful analytical lens through which to view Japanese modernity bringing the study of both Japanese history and political modernity to a new level of clarity.
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Ecotourism & nature-based holidays / Janet Richardson and the editors of Choice Books

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by Richardson, Janet (Janet Austin)
Call Number 338.479194 RIC
Publication Date 1993
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Nature cures : the history of alternative medicine in America / James C. Whorton.

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by Whorton, James C., 1942-
Call Number 615.50973 21
Publication Date 2002
Summary This text establishes historical context for the contemporary debate over the role of unconventional medicine in health care by examining the evolution of the major alternative systems in America from 1800 onwards.
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The nature of suffering : and the goals of medicine / Eric J. Cassell.

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by Cassell, Eric J., 1928-
Call Number 610.1 22
Publication Date 1994 1991
Summary The Nature of Suffering underscores the change that is taking place in medicine from a basic concern with disease to a greater focus on the sick person. Cassell centers his discussion on the problem of suffering because, he says, its recognition and relief are a test of the adequacy of any system of medicine. He describes what suffering is and its relationship to the sick person: bodies do not suffer, people do. An exclusive concern with scientific knowledge of the body and disease, therefore, impedes an understanding of suffering and diminishes the care of the suffering patient. The growing c.
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Mother nature's daughters : 21st century women farmers / Paula vW. Dáil.

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by Dáil, Paula vW, author.
Call Number 630.82 23
Publication Date 2016
Summary "Nearly half of all farmland in the U.S. is owned by women--295,000 of them. In an enterprise traditionally dominated by men, they are taking a lead role in overhauling a complex, often dysfunctional food system. This book features the stories of eight women farmers who persevere despite treacherous weather and erratic commodities markets"--
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The social evolution of human nature : from biology to language / Harry Smit.

2024-05-03T23:10:23Z

by Smit, Harry, 1955- author.
Call Number 302 23
Publication Date 2014
Summary "This book sheds new light on the problem of how the human mind evolved. Harry Smit argues that current studies of this problem misguidedly try to solve it by using variants of the Cartesian conception of the mind, and shows that combining the Aristotelian conception with Darwin's theory provides us with far more interesting answers. He discusses the core problem of how we can understand language evolution in terms of inclusive fitness theory, and investigates how scientific and conceptual insights can be integrated into one explanatory framework, which he contrasts with the alternative Cartesian-derived framework. He then explores the differences between these explanatory frameworks with reference to co-operation and conflict at different levels of biological organization, the evolution of communicative behaviour, the human mind, language, and moral behaviour. His book will interest advanced students and scholars in a range of subjects including philosophy, biology and psychology"--
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Yuck! [electronic resource] : the nature and moral significance of disgust / Daniel Kelly.

2024-05-03T23:10:23Z

by Kelly, Daniel R. (Daniel Ryan)
Call Number 152.4 22
Publication Date 2011
Summary An exploration of the character and evolution of disgust and the role this emotion plays in our social and moral lives.
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Why beliefs matter : reflections on the nature of science / E. Brian Davies.

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by Davies, E. B. (Edward Brian)
Call Number 215 22
Publication Date 2010
Summary This title discusses deep problems about our place in the world with a minimum of jargon. It argues that 'absolutist' ideas dating back to Plato continue to mislead generations of mathematicians, physicists and theologians, and reveals the underlying reasons for the current conflicts between science and religion. This book discusses deep problems about our place in the world with a minimum of technical jargon. It argues that 'absolutist' ideas dating back to Plato continue to mislead generations of theoretical physicists and theologians. It explains that the multi-layered nature of our present descriptions of the world is unavoidable, not because of anything about the world but because of our own human natures. It tries to rescue mathematics from the singular and exceptional status that it has been assigned, as much by those who understand it as by those who do not. It provides direct quotations from many of the important contributors to its subject, and concludes with a penetrating criticism of many of the recent contributions to the often acrimonious debates about science and religions.
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Complexus mundi [electronic resource] : emergent patterns in nature / editor, Miroslav M. Novak.

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by Novak, M. M. (Miroslav Michal), 1949-
Call Number 514.742 22
Publication Date 2006
Summary This important book reviews applications of optimization and optimal control theory to modern problems in physics, nano-science and finance. The theory presented here can be efficiently applied to various problems, such as the determination of the optimal shape of a laser pulse to induce certain excitations in quantum systems, the optimal design of nanostructured materials and devices, or the control of chaotic systems and minimization of the forecast error for a given forecasting model (for example, artificial neural networks). Starting from a brief review of the history of variational calculus, the book discusses optimal control theory and global optimization using modern numerical techniques. Key elements of chaos theory and basics of fractional derivatives, which are useful in control and forecast of complex dynamical systems, are presented. The coverage includes several interdisciplinary problems to demonstrate the efficiency of the presented algorithms, and different methods of f.
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Connecting with nature [electronic resource] : a naturalist's perspective / Robert C. Stebbins.

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by Stebbins, Robert C. (Robert Cyril), 1915-2013.
Call Number 578.076 23
Publication Date 2012
Summary Taking what he calls?a nature-centered worldview,? author Robert Stebbins blends activities, examples, and stories with his perspectives on the importance of dealing objectively yet compassionately with social and environmental problems. Even a quick glance through Connecting With Nature will make you wish you could give your students the joy of a day in the hills with the author. Failing that, you can use his book to instill a love of nature in your students?and rekindle it in yourself.
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Eating Nature in Modern Germany : Food, Agriculture and Environment, c.1870 to 2000.

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by Treitel, Corinna.
Call Number 641.302
Publication Date 2017
Summary A study of vegetarianism, raw food diets, organic farming, and other 'natural' ways to eat and farm in Germany since 1850.
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Amazing Edible Seeds : Health-Boosting and Delicious Recipes Using Nature's Nutritional Powerhouse.

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by Edgson, Vicki.
Call Number 641.656
Publication Date 2017
Summary Trained nutritionist Vicki Edgson and experienced food writer Heather Thomas set out the origins, nutritional make-up and potential health benefits of 20 seed varieties before exploring their diverse and delicious culinary uses.
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Understanding Chemistry in Our World : Nuclear Chemistry: Nature's Power Pack [electronic resource]

2024-05-03T23:10:23Z

by ClickView (Firm)
Call Number XX(302286.1)
Summary We begin by analysing nuclear reactions so you can identify what is occurring at the atomic level. We then use this information to explore why nuclear reactions are so energetic as well as build awareness around the differences between the three types of nuclear reactions.
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The Wildcrafting Brewer : Creating Unique Drinks and Boozy Concoctions from Nature's Ingredients.

2024-05-03T23:10:23Z

by Baudar, Pascal.
Call Number 663.31
Publication Date 2018
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Harvesting the biosphere [electronic resource] : what we have taken from nature / Vaclav Smil.

2024-05-03T23:10:23Z

by Smil, Vaclav.
Call Number 333.95 23
Publication Date 2013
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Finding oil [electronic resource] : the nature of petroleum geology, 1859-1920 / Brian Frehner.

2024-05-03T23:10:23Z

by Frehner, Brian.
Call Number 333.8232097309034 22
Publication Date 2011
Summary Oil has made fortunes, caused wars, and shaped nations. Accordingly, no one questions the idea that the quest for oil is a quest for power. The question we should ask, Finding Oil suggests, is what kind of power prospectors have wanted. This book revises oil's early history by exploring the incredibly varied stories of the men who pitted themselves against nature to unleash the power of oil. Brian Frehner shows how, despite the towering presence of a figure like John D. Rockefeller as a quintessential "oil man," prospectors were a diverse lot who saw themselves, their interests, and their relat.
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Possessing nature : museums, collecting, and scientific culture in early modern Italy / Paula Findlen.

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by Findlen, Paula.
Call Number 508.07445 20
Publication Date 1994
Summary In 1500 few Europeans regarded nature as a subject worthy of inquiry. Yet fifty years later the first museums of natural history had appeared in Italy, dedicated to the marvels of nature. Italian patricians, their curiosity fueled by new voyages of exploration and the humanist rediscovery of nature, created vast collections as a means of knowing the world and used this knowledge to their greater glory. Drawing on extensive archives of visitors' books, letters, travel journals, memoirs, and pleas for patronage, Paula Findlen reconstructs the lost social world of Renaissance and Baroque museums.
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Tahiti Beyond the Postcard : Power, Place, and Everyday Life (Culture, Place, and Nature).

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by Kahn, Miriam.
Call Number 996.211
Publication Date 2011
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Evolution's rainbow : diversity, gender, and sexuality in nature and people / Joan Roughgarden.

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by Roughgarden, Joan.
Call Number 305.3
Publication Date 2013
Summary "In this innovative celebration of diversity and affirmation of individuality in animals and humans, Joan Roughgarden challenges accepted wisdom about gender identity and sexual orientation. A distinguished evolutionary biologist, Roughgarden takes on the medical establishment, the Bible, social science-and even Darwin himself. She leads the reader through a fascinating discussion of diversity in gender and sexuality among fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals, including primates. Evolution's Rainbow explains how this diversity develops from the action of genes and hormones and how people come to differ from each other in all aspects of body and behavior. Roughgarden reconstructs primary science in light of feminist, gay, and transgender criticism and redefines our understanding of sex, gender, and sexuality. Witty, playful, and daring, this book will revolutionize our understanding of sexuality. Roughgarden argues that principal elements of Darwinian sexual selection theory are false and suggests a new theory that emphasizes social inclusion and control of access to resources and mating opportunity. She disputes a range of scientific and medical concepts, including Wilson's genetic determinism of behavior, evolutionary psychology, the existence of a gay gene, the role of parenting in determining gender identity, and Dawkins's "selfish gene" as the driver of natural selection. She dares social science to respect the agency and rationality of diverse people; shows that many cultures across the world and throughout history accommodate people we label today as lesbian, gay, and transgendered; and calls on the Christian religion to acknowledge the Bible's many passages endorsing diversity in gender and sexuality. Evolution's Rainbow concludes with bold recommendations for improving education in biology, psychology, and medicine; for democratizing genetic engineering and medical practice; and for building a public monument to affirm diversity as one of our nation's defining principles."--
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On nature and language / Noam Chomsky ; edited by Adriana Belletti and Luigi Rizzi.

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by Chomsky, Noam.
Call Number 401 22
Publication Date 2002
Summary Publisher's description: In On Nature and Language Noam Chomsky develops his thinking on the relation between language, mind and brain, integrating current research in linguistics into the burgeoning field of neuroscience. The volume begins with a lucid introduction by the editors Adriana Belletti and Luigi Rizzi. This is followed by some of Chomsky's recent writings on these themes, together with a penetrating interview in which Chomsky provides the clearest and most elegant introduction to current theory available. It should make his Minimalist Program accessible to all. The volume concludes with an essay on the role of intellectuals in society and government. Nature and Language is a significant landmark in the development of linguistic theory. It will be welcomed by students and researchers in theoretical linguistics, neurolinguistics, cognitive science and politics, as well as anyone interested in the development of Chomsky's thought.
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Crabgrass Crucible : Suburban Nature and the Rise of Environmentalism in Twentieth-Century America.

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by Sellers, Christopher.
Call Number 304.20973
Publication Date 2012
Summary Although suburb-building created major environmental problems, Christopher Sellers demonstrates that the environmental movement originated within suburbs--not just in response to unchecked urban sprawl. Drawn to the countryside as early as the late nineteenth century, new suburbanites turned to taming the wildness of their surroundings. They cultivated a fondness for the natural world around them, and in the decades that followed, they became sensitized to potential threats. Sellers shows how the philosophy, science, and emotions that catalyzed the environmental movement sprang directly from s.
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Heatstroke [electronic resource] : nature in an age of global warming / Anthony D. Barnosky.

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by Barnosky, Anthony D.
Call Number 577.22 22
Publication Date 2009
Summary Renowned paleoecologist Barnosky shows how global warming is fundamentally changing the natural world and its creatures. Plants and animals that have followed the same rhythms for millennia are suddenly being confronted with a world they're unprepared for--and adaptation usually isn't an option.--From publisher description.
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Remaking reality : nature at the millenium / edited by Bruce Braun and Noel Castree.

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by Braun, Bruce, 1964-
Call Number 304.2 21
Publication Date 1998
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Reclaiming nostalgia [electronic resource] : longing for nature in American literature / Jennifer K. Ladino.

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by Ladino, Jennifer K.
Call Number 810.936 23
Publication Date 2012
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Cities and nature in the American West [electronic resource] / edited by Char Miller.

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by Miller, Char, 1951-
Call Number 307.760978 22
Publication Date 2010
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The nature of space and time [electronic resource] / Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose.

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by Hawking, Stephen, 1942-
Call Number 530.11 22
Publication Date 2010 1996
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The mathematical nature of the living world : the power of integration / Gilbert Chauvet.

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by Chauvet, G. (Gilbert)
Call Number 612 22
Publication Date 2005
Summary The topic of the book a theory of functional biology thatincorporates the fundamental principles underlying the functioning ofliving organisms is clearly appropriate as we celebrate the 50thanniversary of the discovery by Watson and Crick of the structure ofthe DNA molecule.
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The trouble with nature : sex in science and popular culture / Roger N. Lancaster.

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by Lancaster, Roger N.
Call Number 306.7 22
Publication Date 2003
Summary Roger N. Lancaster provides the definitive rebuttal of evolutionary just-so stories about men, women, and the nature of desire in this spirited expose of the heterosexual fables that pervade popular culture, from prime-time sitcoms to scientific theories about the so-called gay gene.
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Fauna and flora, earth and sky : brushes with nature's wisdom / Trudy Dittmar.

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by Dittmar, Trudy, 1944-
Call Number 508.78 22
Publication Date 2003
Summary "[Fauna and Flora, Earth and Sky] is, in fact, the most intelligent, thoughtful, original, challenging, and highly entertaining work of nature writing since Barry Lopez's Artic Dreams. ... It is her broad scope of contemplation, combined with her fiercely beautiful and detailed renderings of passion, natural and human, that give Trudy Dittmar's first but fully mature book its remarkable originality and considerable power."--Robert Finch, Los Angeles Times Book Review.
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Reading human nature [electronic resource] : literary Darwinism in theory and practice / Joseph Carroll.

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by Carroll, Joseph, 1949-
Call Number 809.9336 22
Publication Date 2011
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The legal nature of international human rights [electronic resource] / by Michael K. Addo.

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by Addo, Michael K.
Call Number 341.48 22
Publication Date 2010
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Thinking in patterns : fractals and related phenomena in nature / editor, Miroslav M. Novak.

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by Mandelbrot, Benoit B.
Call Number 514.742 22
Publication Date 2004
Summary Fractal geometry, together with the broader fields of nonlinear dynamics and complexity, represented a large segment of modern science at the end of the 20th century. Penetration of the resulting new paradigms into practically all academic disciplines has confirmed the fundamental assertion of universal formalism common to a wide range of human endeavors. This book contains an extended article by B B Mandelbrot, reviewing his contribution to fractal geometry and outlining some unsolved problems, with illustrations especially of finance and physics. It covers a range of multidisciplinary topics.
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The nature of urban design : a New York perspective on resilience / Alexandros Washburn.

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by Washburn, Alexandros, author.
Call Number 307.121609747 23
Publication Date 2013
Summary The best cities become an ingrained part of their residents identities. Urban design is the key to this process, but all too often, citizens abandon it to professionals, unable to see a way to express what they love and value in their own neighborhoods. In this visually rich book, Alexandros Washburn, Chief Urban Designer of the New York Department of City Planning, redefines urban design. His book empowers urbanites and lays the foundations for a new approach to design that will help cities to prosper in an uncertain future. He asks his readers to consider how cities shape communities, for it is the strength of our communities, he argues, that will determine how we respond to crises like Hurricane Sandy, whose floodwaters he watched from his home in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Washburn draws heavily on his experience within the New York City planning system while highlighting forward-thinking developments in cities around the world. He grounds his book in the realities of political and financial challenges that hasten or hinder even the most beautiful designs. By discussing projects like the High Line and the Harlem Childrens Zone as well as examples from Seoul to Singapore, he explores the nuances of the urban design process while emphasizing the importance of individuals with the drive to make a difference in their city. Throughout the book, Washburn shows how a well-designed city can be the most efficient, equitable, safe and enriching place on earth. The Nature of Urban Design provides a framework for participating in the process of change and will inspire and inform anyone who cares about cities.
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Mountain nature : a seasonal natural history of the Southern Appalachians / Jennifer Frick-Ruppert.

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by Frick-Ruppert, Jennifer.
Call Number 508.75 22
Publication Date 2010
Summary The Southern Appalachians are home to a breathtakingly diverse array of living things--from delicate orchids to carnivorous pitcher plants, from migrating butterflies to flying squirrels, and from brawny black bears to more species of salamander than anywhere else in the world. Mountain Nature is a lively and engaging account of the ecology of this remarkable region. It explores the animals and plants of the Southern Appalachians and the webs of interdependence that connect them. Within the region's roughly 35 million acres, extending from north Georgia through the Carolinas to northern Virgini.
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Imposing wilderness : struggles over livelihood and nature preservation in Africa / Roderick P. Neumann.

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by Neumann, Roderick P., 1954-
Call Number 333.7809678 21
Publication Date 1998
Summary "Arusha National Park in northern Tanzania, known for its scenic beauty, embodies in microcosm all the political-ecological dilemmas facing protected areas throughout Africa: it is, in part, a battle ground. The roots of the ongoing struggle between the park on Mount Meru and the neighboring Meru peasant communities go much deeper, in Roderick Neumann's illuminating analysis, than the issues of poverty, population growth, and ignorance usually cited. The conflicts regularly erupting there and elsewhere reflect differences that go back to the beginning of colonial rule. By imposing a European ideal of pristine wilderness, Neumann says, the establishment of national parks and protected areas displaced African meanings as well as material access to the land." "The book focuses on the symbolic importance of natural landscapes among various social groups in this setting, and how it relates to conflicts between peasant communities and the state. Neumann's thoughtful framing of the issues that fuel ongoing controversies will interest ecologists as well as those interested in political economy and development in Africa."--Jacket.
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Heavenly errors : misconceptions about the real nature of the universe / Neil F. Comins.

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by Comins, Neil F., 1951-
Call Number 520 21
Publication Date 2001
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Addiction : a guide to understanding its nature and essence / editor, Colin O'Driscoll.

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by O'Driscoll, Colin, editor.
Call Number 362.29 23
Publication Date 2014
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The informed vision [electronic resource] : essays on learning and human nature / David Hawkins.

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by Hawkins, David, 1913-2002.
Call Number 370.1 21
Publication Date 2002
Summary An education classic is back in print. 15 seminal essays explore how children develop their understanding of the world around them.
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Living through the end of nature : the future of American environmentalism / Paul Wapner.

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by Wapner, Paul Kevin, author.
Call Number 333.720973 22
Publication Date 2010
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Technological nature : adaptation and the future of human life / Peter H. Kahn, Jr.

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by Kahn, Peter H., Jr.
Call Number 303.483 22
Publication Date 2011
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Industrial Development and Eco-Tourisms : Can Oil Extraction and Nature Conservation Co-Exist?.

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by Stoddart, Mark C. J.
Call Number 338.4791
Publication Date 2020
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Nature's oracle : the life and work of W.D. Hamilton / Ullica Segerstrale.

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by Segerstråle, Ullica Christina Olofsdotter.
Call Number 576.82092 22
Publication Date 2013
Summary W.D. Hamilton (1936-2000) was responsible for a revolution in thinking about evolutionary biology - a revolution that changed our understanding of life itself. He played a central role in the realization that what matters in evolution is not the survival of the individual but of the survival of its genes. This provided the solution to the long standing problem of animal altruism that vexed even Darwin himself, and in due course resulted in terms like selfish genes, kin selection, and sociobiology becoming familiar to a wider public. Hamilton went on to solve many more major problems, and open u.
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Living factories [electronic resource] : biotechnology and the unique nature of capitalism / Kenneth Fish.

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by Fish, Kenneth, 1971- author.
Call Number 338.476606 23
Publication Date 2013
Summary "Techniques of genetic engineering are changing the role of living things in the production process. From rabbits that produce human pharmaceuticals in their milk to plants that produce plastics and other building materials in their leaves, life itself is increasingly harnessed as a force of industry - a living factory. What do these cutting edge developments in biotechnology tell us about our relation to nature? Going beyond the usual focus on the ethics and risks surrounding genetically modified organisms, Kenneth Fish takes the emergence of living factories as an opportunity to revisit fundamental questions concerning the relation between human beings, technology, and the natural world. He examines the coincidence of the living factory metaphor in contemporary accounts of biotechnology and in the work of Karl Marx, who described the machine as "a mechanical monster whose body fills whole factories, and whose demonic powers ... burst forth in the fast and feverish whirl of its countless working organs." Weaving together accounts of biotechnology in the molecular- and cyber-sciences, corporate literature, and environmental sociology, Living Factories casts our contemporary relation to nature in a new light. Fish shows that living factories reveal the unique role of capitalism in infusing the forces of nature with conscious purpose subordinated to processes of commodification and accumulation, and that they give a new meaning, and urgency, to the liberation of the forces of production from the fetters of capital."--Publisher's website.
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Nature-friendly communities : habitat protection and land use / Chris Duerksen and Cara Snyder.

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by Duerksen, Christopher J., 1948-
Call Number 333.9516 22
Publication Date 2005
Summary "Nature-Friendly Communities tackles some of the thorniest problems of our communities today - land conservation, quality of life, and damaged habitats. And it offers the most creative and successful tools and programs to create healthier communities and a better quality of life." "In this book, Christopher Duerksen and Cara Snyder detail the most successful nature protection programs in towns and counties across America. They discover creative examples that other communities can easily follow and document the many social and economic benefits of living in a nature-friendly community." "The case studies range across the map looking at communities with unique environmental conditions, different political make-ups, and diverse local economies. They document the benefits of comprehensive nature protection efforts, analyze best community practices, and establish benchmarks for evaluating programs. Duerksen and Snyder summarize the most successful strategies that other communities can use to become nature-friendly communities." "Nature-Friendly Communities offers an inspiring overview of the increasing number of communities that have forged successful nature protection programs. This book is an essential resource for public officials, planners, environmentalists, and community activists."--Jacket.
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The nature of concepts : evolution, structure and representation / edited by Philip van Loocke.

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by Loocke, Philip R. Van, 1963-
Call Number 153.23 21
Publication Date 1999
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The physiologic nature of sleep / [edited by] Pier Luigi Parmeggiani, Ricardo A. Velluti.

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by Parmeggiani, P. L. (Pier Luigi), 1928-
Call Number 612.821 22
Publication Date 2005
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Nature's foods / by Peter Deadman & Karen Betteridge ; script and drawings by Karen Betteridge.

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by Deadman, Peter.
Call Number ARC 641.302 DEA
Publication Date 1977
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Beyond measure [electronic resource] : a guided tour through nature, myth, and number / Jay Kappraff.

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by Kappraff, Jay.
Call Number 516 22
Publication Date 2002
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Death and the disinterested spectator : an inquiry into the nature of philosophy / Ann Hartle.

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by Hartle, Ann.
Call Number 101 19
Publication Date 1986
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Browsing Nature?s Aisles : A Year of Foraging for Wild Food in the Suburbs.

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by Brown, Wendy.
Call Number 581.632
Publication Date 2013
Summary Mud clams, knotweed, and plants that bite back  one family's adventures in suburban foraging.
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Ecotourism, Nature Conservation and Development [electronic resource] : Re-imagining Jordan's Shobak Arid Region

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by Chaouni, Aziza.
Call Number 577.54095695
Publication Date 2014
Summary Ecotourism is a major source for financing ecological environmental development. The fundamental challenge of this globally persued approach is how to unite the conflicting goals of ecotourism and nature conservation. The World Bank has co-financed a model project in Jordan. Landscape architecture took a leading role in the masterplanning. This book documents the results and gives an account of the lessons to be learnt.
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The changing nature of democracy / edited by Takashi Inoguchi, Edward Newman, and John Keane.

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by Inoguchi, Takashi.
Call Number 321.8 21
Publication Date 1998
Summary This volume brings together preeminent scholars from around the world in a collection of essays that point to a changing and broadening agenda of democracy. Themes addressed include challenges to democracy in established democracies and in transitional societies, the media and communications, globalization, criteria of democracy, religion, culture, civil society, and the internationalization of the democratic ethos. "This volume gathers essays by eminent scholars which point to a changing and broadening agenda of democracy. Challenges to democracy in established democracies and in transitional societies are addressed, as are democracy's relations to the media and communications, globalization, religion, culture, and civil society." "While the internationalization of the democratic ethos has marked the post-Cold War context, democracy's sphere of applicability also has widened beyond the state enclosure. This book highlights the limitations and tensions of this worldwide movement."--Jacket.
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Roadside Nature Tours through the Okanagan : A Guide to British Columbia's Wine Country.

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by Cannings, Richard.
Call Number 917.115045
Publication Date 2009
Summary The Okanagan attracts thousands of visitors each year to enjoy its beaches and wine, but more and more people are discovering its natural beauty. With desert sands and deep lakes, towering rock cliffs and rich benchlands, cold mountain forests and hot grasslands, the Okanagan has an ecological diversity unequalled in Canada. Roadside Nature Tours through the Okanagan opens with an introduction to the region's biodiversity, climate, geology, and human history, setting the stage for the route descriptions that follow. Richard Cannings then takes us on twenty-one tours through the valley, from the arid benchlands of Osoyoos to the snowy forests east of Vernon. The routes vary from main highways to quiet roads, and along each one we're introduced to the animals, plants, and bedrock that create this national treasure. Each route also has a focal topic, ranging from owls to salmon and rattlesnakes to rock rabbits.
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Nature is enough [electronic resource] : religious naturalism and the meaning of life / Loyal Rue.

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by Rue, Loyal D.
Call Number 211.8 22
Publication Date 2011
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Green volunteers : the world guide to voluntary work in nature conservation / [editor, Fabio Ausenda].

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by Ausenda, Fabio, 1957-
Call Number 333.72025 AUS
Publication Date 2011
Summary Considered the "Bible of Conservation Volunteering," Green Volunteers highlights hundreds of volunteer projects throughout the world. Green Volunteers lists more than two hundred projects worldwide for those who want to experience active conservation work as a volunteer. Projects are in a variety of habitats and countries, lasting from one week to one year or more.
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Still speaking of nature [electronic resource] : further explorations in the natural world / Bill Danielson.

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by Danielson, Bill, 1940-
Call Number 508.74 22
Publication Date 2011
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Masks of the universe : changing ideas on the nature of the cosmos / Edward Harrison.

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by Harrison, Edward Robert.
Call Number 523.1 22
Publication Date 2003
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The emerald horizon [electronic resource] : the history of nature in Iowa / Cornelia F. Mutel.

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by Mutel, Cornelia Fleischer.
Call Number 508.777 22
Publication Date 2008
Summary Since so much of the tallgrass state has been transformed into an agricultural landscape, Mutel focuses on understanding today's natural environment by understanding yesterday's changes. After summarizing the geological, archaeological, and ecological features that shaped Iowa's modern landscape, she recreates the once-wild native communities that existed prior to Euroamerican settlement. Next she examines the dramatic changes that overtook native plant and animal communities as Iowa's prairies, woodlands, and wetlands were transformed. Finally she presents realistic techniques for restoring n.
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A river and its city : the nature of landscape in New Orleans / Ari Kelman.

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by Kelman, Ari, 1968-
Call Number 304.00976335 22
Publication Date 2003
Summary This engaging environmental history explores the rise, fall, and rebirth of one of the nation's most important urban public landscapes, and more significantly, the role public spaces play in shaping people's relationships with the natural world. Ari Kelman focuses on the battles fought over New Orleans's waterfront, examining the link between a river and its city and tracking the conflict between public and private control of the river.
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The nature of grief : the evolution and psychology of reactions to loss / John Archer.

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by Archer, John, 1944-
Call Number 155.937 21
Publication Date 1999
Summary In this study on the evolution of grief John Archer shows that grief is a natrual reaction to losses of many sorts and he proves this by bringing together material from evolutionary psychology, ethology and experimental psychology. "The Nature of Grief is a new synthesis of material from evolutionary psychology, ethology and experimental psychology on the process of grief. It steps outside of the psychiatric and psychoanalytic perspectives that have dominated grief research for so long, and argues that grief is not an illness or a disorder but a natural reaction to losses of many kinds ... John Archer identifies grief as a common experience throughout all human cultures that has evolved from simpler versions in animals ... The Nature of Grief also considers the cultural and historical context of contemporary ideas about grief, discusses literary, biographical and other non-scientific writings, and includes a wide-ranging, comprehensive and up-to-date review of research. It will be of interest to developmental and clinical psychologists and all those in the caring professions"--Jacket.
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With respect for nature : living as part of the natural world / J. Claude Evans.

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by Evans, Joseph Claude.
Call Number 179.3 22
Publication Date 2005
Summary "We eat, inevitably, at the expense of other living creatures. How can we take the lives of plants and animals while maintaining a proper respect for both ecosystems and the individuals who live in them - including ourselves? In this book philosopher J. Claude Evans challenges much of the accepted wisdom in environmental ethics and argues that human participation in the natural cycles of life and death can have positive moral value."--Jacket.
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War and nature : the environmental consequences of war in a globalized world / Jurgen Brauer.

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by Brauer, Jurgen, 1957-
Call Number 363.7 22
Publication Date 2009
Summary War and Nature sifts through the available data from past wars to evaluate the actual impact that combat has on natural surroundings. Examining conflicts of various kinds--the long war in tropical Vietnam, the relatively brief and highly technical wars in the Persian Gulf, and various civil wars in Africa and South-Central Asia fought with small arms--Brauer asks whether differences in technology, location, and duration are critical in causing environmental and humanitarian harm. A number of unexpected conclusions are drawn from this data, including practical agendas for collecting scientific evidence in future wars and suggestions about what the world's environmental and conservation organizations can do.--From publisher description.
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Instituting nature [electronic resource] : authority, expertise, and power in Mexican forests / Andrew S. Mathews.

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by Mathews, Andrew S.
Call Number 333.7516097274 22
Publication Date 2011
Summary Here, Mathews describes Mexico's efforts over the past hundred years to manage its forests through forestry science and biodiversity conservation. He shows that transparent knowledge was produced by encounters between the relatively weak forestry bureaucracy and the indigenous people who manage and own the pine forests of Mexico.
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Beyond versus : the struggle to understand the interaction of nature and nurture / James Tabery.

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by Tabery, James, 1978- author.
Call Number 155.234 23
Publication Date 2014
Summary Why the "nature versus nurture" debate persists despite widespread recognition that human traits arise from the interaction of nature and nurture.
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Nature and madness [electronic resource] / Paul Shepard ; with a foreward by C.L. Rawlins.

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by Shepard, Paul, 1925-1996.
Call Number 304.2 22
Publication Date 1998 1982
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Ecosee [electronic resource] : image, rhetoric, nature / edited by Sidney I. Dobrin and Sean Morey.

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by Dobrin, Sidney I., 1967-
Call Number 333.7 22
Publication Date 2009
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At home in nature : modern homesteading and spiritual practice in America / Rebecca Kneale Gould.

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by Gould, Rebecca Kneale, 1963-
Call Number 306.0973 22
Publication Date 2005
Summary Motivated variously by the desire to reject consumerism, to live closer to the earth, to embrace voluntary simplicity, or to discover a more spiritual path, homesteaders have made the radical decision to go "back to the land," rejecting modern culture and amenities to live self-sufficiently and in harmony with nature.
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Nature's magic : synergy in evolution and the fate of humankind / Peter A. Corning.

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by Corning, Peter A., 1935-
Call Number 576.8 22
Publication Date 2003
Summary In Nature's Magic, Peter Corning describes how synergy - a vaguely familiar term to many of us - has been a wellspring of creativity in the natural world and has played a key role in the evolution of co-operation and complexity, from physics and chemistry to the latest human technologies.
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Planting nature : trees and the manipulation of environmental stewardship in America / Shaul E. Cohen.

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by Cohen, Shaul Ephraim, 1961-
Call Number 333.751520973 22
Publication Date 2004
Summary Trees hold a powerful place in American constructions of what is good in nature and the environment. As we attempt to cope with environmental crises, trees are increasingly enlisted with great fervor as agents of our stewardship over nature. In this innovative and impassioned book, Shaul E.
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Paradise for sale : a parable of nature / Carl N. McDaniel and John M. Gowdy.

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by McDaniel, Carl N., 1942-
Call Number 333.7099685 21
Publication Date 2000
Summary The grim history of Nauru Island, a small speck in the Pacific Ocean halfway between Hawaii and Australia, represents a larger story of environmental degradation and economic dysfunction. For more than 2,000 years traditional Nauruans, isolated from the rest of the world, lived in social and ecological stability.
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Descent of Socrates : self-knowledge and cryptic nature in the Platonic dialogues / Peter Warnek.

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by Warnek, Peter A., 1962-
Call Number 184 22
Publication Date 2005
Summary Since the appearance of Plato's dialogues, philosophers have been preoccupied with the identity of Socrates and have maintained that successful interpretation of the work hinges upon a clear understanding of what thoughts and ideas can be attributed to him. In this volume, Peter Warnek offer a new interpretation of Plato by considering the appearance of Socrates within Plato's work as a philosophical question. Warnek reads the dialogues as an inquiry into the nature of Socrates and in doing so opens up the relationship between humankind and the natural world. The author reveals the importan.
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Incest avoidance and the incest taboos : two aspects of human nature / Arthur P. Wolf.

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by Wolf, Arthur P., author.
Call Number 390 23
Publication Date 2014
Summary Why do most people never have sex with close relatives? And why do they disapprove of other people doing so? Incest Avoidance and Incest Taboos investigates our human inclination to avoid incest and the powerful taboo against incest found in all societies. Both subjects stir strong feelings and vigorous arguments within and beyond academic circles. With great clarity, Wolf lays out the modern assumptions about both, concluding that all previous approaches lack precision and balance on insecure evidence. Researchers he calls ""constitutionalists"" explain human incest avoidance by.
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Food, social politics and the order of nature in Renaissance Italy / Allen J. Grieco.

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by Grieco, Allen J., author.
Call Number 394.120945 GRI
Publication Date 2019
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Democracy and the nature of American influence in Iran, 1941-1979 / David R. Collier.

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by Collier, David R., author.
Call Number 327.73055 23
Publication Date 2017
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Salmon and acorns feed our people : colonialism, nature, and social action / Kari Marie Norgaard.

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by Norgaard, Kari Marie, author.
Call Number 304.209794 23
Publication Date 2019
Summary "Once the third largest salmon-producing stream in the Western United States, the Klamath River has, as of 2014, fallen to only 4% of its previous productivity. This gives the once wealthy Karuk Tribe the dubious honor of having one of the most dramatic and recent diet shifts in North America. Unable to fulfill their traditional fishermen roles, Karuk people are now among the most impoverished in the state. In Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People, noted environmental sociologist Kari Norgaard investigates how their inability to fish affected the sense of identity and self-esteem of Karuk men. How does environmental degradation inscribe racialized power relations or do the work of colonial violence? Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People tells a story set in the cultural and political experiences of the Karuk Tribe, while expanding theoretical conversations on health, identity, food, race, and gender that preoccupy many disciplines today."-- "How does environmental degradation inscribe racialized power relations, advance assimilation and genocide or do the work of colonial violence? Salmon Feeds Our People tells a story that is set in the cultural and political experiences of the Karuk Tribe, while expanding theoretical conversations on health, identity, food, race, and gender that are at the center of conversations in multiple disciplines both inside and outside the academy today"--
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Knowledge, nature, and the good [electronic resource] : essays on ancient philosophy / John M. Cooper.

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by Cooper, John M. (John Madison), 1939-
Call Number 180 22
Publication Date 2004
Summary Knowledge, Nature, and the Good brings together some of John Cooper's most important works on ancient philosophy. In thirteen chapters that represent an ideal companion to the author's influential Reason and Emotion, Cooper addresses a wide range of topics and periods--from Hippocratic medical theory and Plato's epistemology and moral philosophy, to Aristotle's physics and metaphysics, academic scepticism, and the cosmology, moral psychology, and ethical theory of the ancient Stoics. Almost half of the pieces appear here for the first time or are presented in newly expanded, extensively revised versions. --From publisher's description.
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Another kind of war : the nature and history of terrorism / John A. Lynn II

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by Lynn, John A. (John Albert), 1943- author.
Call Number 363.325 23
Publication Date 2019
Summary An accessible and comprehensive history of terrorism from ancient times to the present In the years since 9/11, there has been a massive surge in interest surrounding the study of terrorism. This volume applies distinguished military historian John Lynn's lifetime of research and teaching experience to this difficult topic. As a form of violence that implies the threat of future violence, terrorism breeds insecurity, vulnerability, and a desire for retribution that has far-reaching consequences. Lynn distinguishes between the paralyzing effect of fear and the potentially dangerous and chaotic effects of moral outrage and righteous retaliation guiding counterterrorism efforts. In this accessible and comprehensive text, Lynn traces the evolution of terrorism over time, exposing its constants and contrasts. In doing so, he contextualizes this violence and argues that a knowledge of the history and nature of terrorism can temper its psychological effects, and can help us more accurately and carefully assess threats as well as develop informed and measured responses.
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The republic of nature [electronic resource] : an environmental history of the United States / Mark Fiege.

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by Fiege, Mark.
Call Number 304.20973 23
Publication Date 2012
Summary In The Republic of Nature, Mark Fiege reframes the canonical account of American history based on the simple but radical premise that nothing in the nation's past can be considered apart from the natural circumstances in which it occurred.
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An Avocado a Day : More Than 70 Recipes for Enjoying Nature's Most Delicious Superfood.

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by Ferroni, Lara.
Call Number 641.64653
Publication Date 2017
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The Coconut Miracle Cookbook : Over 400 Recipes to Boost Your Health with Nature's Elixir.

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by Fife, Bruce.
Call Number 641.6461
Publication Date 2014
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The Superfoods Cookbook : Nutritious Meals For Any Time of Day Using Nature's Healthiest Foods.

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by Jacobi, Dana.
Call Number 641.563
Publication Date 2014
Summary Packed with more than 80 recipes, this book offers easy ways to get nourishing meals on the table any time of day. It also features a comprehensive visual gallery of wholesome foods-rainbow of plant-based ingredients like vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and legumes-that serve as building blocks for a healthy lifestyle. For easy planning, the more than 80 recipes are organized by course and feature short ingredient lists and sensible prep times, making them achievable any day of the week. Some recipes, such as Bulgur Salad with Peppers, Chickpeas & Pistachios; Sicilian-Style Shrimp with Cauliflower & Almonds; Cashew Chicken Lettuce Tacos; and Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Cumin & Cilantro offer a simple ethnic twist or an unexpected combination of flavors. Others, like Swiss Chard & Onion Frittata; Barley Risotto with Chicken, Mushrooms & Greens; and Three-Berry Cobbler are healthy versions of favorite comfort foods.
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Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You [electronic resource] : Busting Myths about Human Nature.

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by Fuentes, Agustín.
Call Number 155.7 23
Publication Date 2012
Summary There are three major myths of human nature: humans are divided into biological races; humans are naturally aggressive; men and women are truly different in behavior, desires, and wiring. In an engaging and wide-ranging narrative Agustín Fuentes counters these pervasive and pernicious myths about human behavior. Tackling misconceptions about what race, aggression, and sex really mean for humans, Fuentes incorporates an accessible understanding of culture, genetics, and evolution requiring us to dispose of notions of "nature or nurture." Presenting scientific evidence from diverse fields, inclu.
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On the Nature Trail : Converting the Rural into the Ecological through a State Tourism Policy.

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by Toniol, Rodrigo.
Call Number 918.16200684
Publication Date 2015
Summary This book presents an ethnography of nature walks in a rural area of Paraná state, southern Brazil. The event is organized by government agencies responsible for implementing public policies for farming, tourism, the environment and culture, as well as by the local community of small farmers. However, a deeper inquiry into the layers of experiences and practices accumulated over the history of human walking reveals a multiplicity of lines interwoven into this event. Over the course of this book, the authors have presented different aspects and epistemological consequences of the phrase "walking is knowing.".
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China's state-owned enterprises [electronic resource] : nature, performance and reform / Sheng Hong, Zhao Nong.

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by Sheng, Hong.
Call Number 338.7490951 23
Publication Date 2012
Summary This book provides a detailed description of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China with respect to both efficiency and income distribution. It demonstrates that state ownership in the form of SOEs does not use resources efficiently, holds a poor record.
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A second genesis [electronic resource] : stepping-stones towards the intelligibility of nature / Julian Chela-Flores.

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by Chela Flores, Julián.
Call Number 576.839 22
Publication Date 2009
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Down to the waterline [electronic resource] : boundaries, nature, and the law in Florida / Sara Warner.

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by Warner, Sara, 1953-
Call Number 346.7590432 22
Publication Date 2005
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Sparing nature : the conflict between human population growth and earth's biodiversity / Jeffrey K. McKee.

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by McKee, Jeffrey Kevin.
Call Number 333.95 22
Publication Date 2003
Summary Annotation "Are humans too good at adapting to the earth's natural environment? Every day, there is a net gain of more than 200,000 people on the planet - that's 146 a minute. Has our explosive population growth led to the mass extinction of countless species in the earth's plant and animal communities?" "Jeffrey K. McKee contends it has. The more people there are, the more we push aside wild plants and animals. In Sparing Nature, he explores the cause-and-effect relationship between these two trends, demonstrating that nature is too sparing to accommodate both a richly diverse living world and a rapidly expanding number of people. The author probes the past to find that humans and their ancestors have had negative impacts on species biodiversity for nearly two million years, and that extinction rates have accelerated since the origins of agriculture. Today entire ecosystems are in peril due to the relentless growth of the human population."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Ecofeminism : women, culture, nature / edited by Karen J. Warren with editorial assistance from Nisvan Erkal.

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by Warren, Karen, 1947-
Call Number 305.4201 20
Publication Date 1997
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Gardeners of Eden : rediscovering our importance to nature / Dan Dagget ; with photography by Tom Bean.

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by Dagget, Dan, 1944- author.
Call Number 304.2 23
Publication Date 2017
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Ecofeminism : towards integrating the concerns of women, poor people, and nature into development / Jytte Nhanenge.

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by Nhanenge, Jytte, author.
Call Number 304.2082 22
Publication Date 2011
Summary "Ecofeminism is for those who desire to improve their understanding of the current crises of poverty, environmental destruction, violence, and human rights abuses, and their causes. It is an ecofeminist analysis of modern society's dualized, patriarchal structure, showing that one-sided reductionist, masculine, and quantitative (yang) perceptions inform science, economics, and technology, resulting in subordination of holistic, feminine, and qualitative (yin) values. This yin-yang imbalance manifests as patriarchal domination of women, poor people, and nature, leading to the above crises. Since similar values inform Third World Development, its activities are also exploitative. Thus, rather than improving human well-being, development increases poverty and natural degradation in the South. Modern patriarchy manifests in neo-liberal policies that promote "free" global economic markets and trades, generating huge profits to the political and economic elites with devastating results for societies and nature worldwide. Unless we increase our awareness and demand changes that balance the yang and yin forces, patriarchal domination will eradicate life on planet Earth."--Pub. desc.
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The ecological Eugene O'Neill : nature's veiled purpose in the plays / Robert Baker-White.

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by Baker-White, Robert, 1959- author.
Call Number 812.52 23
Publication Date 2015
Summary "O'Neill's figures move within purposefully animated natural environments--ocean, dense forest, desert plains, the rocky soil of New England. This explores ecological settings as crucial to O'Neill's characters' ability to carry out their conscious and unconscious desires. Attention is paid to the connection of ecology and theological quest, and to evocation of an exotic, natural "other.""--
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Chance in biology [electronic resource] : using probability to explore nature / Mark Denny and Steven Gaines.

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by Denny, Mark W., 1951-
Call Number 570.15192 21
Publication Date 2000
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Human nature [electronic resource] : reflections on the integration of psychology and Christianity / Malcolm A. Jeeves.

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by Jeeves, Malcolm A., 1926-
Call Number 261.515 22
Publication Date 2006 1997
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Nature's clocks [electronic resource] : how scientists measure the age of almost everything / Doug Macdougall.

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by Macdougall, J. D., 1944-
Call Number 551.701 22
Publication Date 2008
Summary Radioactivity is like a clock that never needs adjusting, writes Doug Macdougall. "It would be hard to design a more reliable timekeeper." In Nature's Clocks, Macdougall tells how scientists who were seeking to understand the past arrived at the ingenious techniques they now use to determine the age of objects and organisms. By examining radiocarbon (C-14) dating?the best known of these methods?and several other techniques that geologists use to decode the distant past, Macdougall unwraps the last century's advances, explaining how they reveal the age of our fossil ancestors such as.
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A little corner of freedom : Russian nature protection from Stalin to Gorbachëv / Douglas R. Weiner.

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by Weiner, Douglas R., 1951-
Call Number 363.70560947 21
Publication Date 1999
Summary A little corner of freedom sheds new light on Soviet politics, revealing how a Russian nationalist movement used the protective umbra of environmentalism to become a cultural and political force, and how ordinary citizens used it to launch the first mass protests at the dawn of glasnost. It shows how activists were able to establish personal ties with local, provincial, and republic-level politicians who came to regard the movement and the nature reserves it promoted as a source of local pride.
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Emergent nature [electronic resource] : patterns, growth and scaling in the sciences / Miroslav M. Novak, editor.

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by Novak, M. M. (Miroslav Michal), 1949-
Call Number 003.85 22
Publication Date 2001
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Green equilibrium : the vital balance of humans and nature / Christopher Wills with photographs by the author.

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by Wills, Christopher.
Call Number 304.2 23
Publication Date 2013
Summary In Green Equilibrium, Christopher Wills explains the rules by which ecosystems maintain a diversity of interdependent species, in particular the balance of predators and prey. Wills is both an eminent academic and a hugely experienced field-biologist. In presenting the concept of 'green equilibrium', he draws on a fascinating range of examples, including coral reefs off the densely populated Philippines, the isolated and densely forested valleys of Papua New Guinea, thechanging Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, and a Californian ranch being allowed to return to a wild state. In each case he assesse.
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The Whole Coconut Cookbook : Vibrant Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free Recipes Featuring Nature's Most Versatile Ingredient.

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by Fraise, Nathalie.
Call Number 641.6461
Publication Date 2016
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Mind in nature [electronic resource] : from science to philosophy / Marko Uršič, Olga Markič and Andrej Ule.

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by Markič, Olga.
Call Number 128.2 23
Publication Date 2012
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The hidden value of kelp forests [electronic resource] : how we benefit from nature's pristine ecosystems

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by ClickView (Firm)
Call Number XX(308943.1)
Publication Date 2023
Summary Experts discuss the importance of kelp forests and their role as the foundation of the Great Southern Reef in Australia. Dr Scott Bennett, Prof Adriana Verges, Dr Karen Filbee-Dexter and Aaron Eger explore the various ways in which we benefit from these pristine ecosystems and the potential consequences if we were to lose them. From economic value to cultural significance, this video sheds light on the immeasurable benefits we derive from nature and the need to value and protect it.
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Foraging Wild Edible Plants of North America : More than 150 Delicious Recipes Using Nature's Edibles.

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by Nyerges, Christopher.
Call Number 641.302
Publication Date 2016
Summary A full-color field and feast guide with images to the most common edible wild plants, complete with recipes and folklore.
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Skinny Seafood [electronic resource] : Over 100 delectable low-fat recipes for preparing nature's underwater bounty

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by Grunes, Barbara.
Call Number 641.692
Publication Date 2012
Summary Seafood eating is healthy eating. But preparing exciting and delicious fish and shellfish can be a challenge. Skinny Seafood meets the challenge with 100 new recipes that are as inventive as they are easy to make. Banish bland, ho-hum fish forever, and start enjoying the bounty of the sea for great taste as well as good health. Skinny Seafood 's recipes make it easy to prepare seafood. Most dishes require little cooking time, and fish is surprisingly economical when purchased fresh. All of the recipes employ simple preparation techniques to control fat, calories, and cholesterol. Likewise, the
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Transcendental wordplay : America's romantic punsters and the search for the language of nature / Michael West.

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by West, Michael, 1937-
Call Number 808.042097309034 21
Publication Date 2000
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Mao's war against nature [electronic resource] : politics and the environment in Revolutionary China / Judith Shapiro.

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by Shapiro, Judith, 1953-
Call Number 363.7009510904 22
Publication Date 2001
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Environmental evasion [electronic resource] : the literary, critical, and cultural politics of "Nature's Nation" / Lloyd Willis.

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by Willis, Lloyd, 1978-
Call Number 810.936 22
Publication Date 2010
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Nature loves to hide [electronic resource] : quantum physics and reality, a western perspective / by Shimon Malin.

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by Malin, Shimon, 1937-
Call Number 530.12 21
Publication Date 2012
Summary It is naturally important for any of us to have a correct view of the universe we are in. Having realized that the Newtonian world-view is untenable, this book joins others that are searching for an alternative world-view. It is unique in using quantum physics to promote this search. One aim of the book is to present a lucid exposition of quantum mechanics in terms accessible to the general reader. Another aim is to show that realism (the belief that the outside world exists "from its own side" regardless of acts of consciousness) and locality (the belief that nothing moves faster than light).
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Queer ecologies [electronic resource] : sex, nature, politics, desire / edited by Catriona Mortimer-Sandilands and Bruce Erickson.

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by Mortimer-Sandilands, Catriona.
Call Number 306.76601 22
Publication Date 2010
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The Optics of Life [electronic resource] : a Biologist's Guide to Light in Nature / Sönke Johnsen.

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by Johnsen, Sönke, author.
Call Number 571.455
Publication Date 2012 2011
Summary Optics--a field of physics focusing on the study of light--is also central to many areas of biology, including vision, ecology, botany, animal behavior, neurobiology, and molecular biology. The Optics of Life introduces the fundamentals of optics to biologists and nonphysicists, giving them the tools they need to successfully incorporate optical measurements and principles into their research. Sönke Johnsen starts with the basics, describing the properties of light and the units and geometry of measurement. He then explores how light is created and propagates and how it interacts with matter.
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Engineering nature [electronic resource] : water, development, & the global spread of American environmental expertise / Jessica B. Teisch.

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by Teisch, Jessica B.
Call Number 333.70973 22
Publication Date 2011
Summary Focusing on globalization in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Jessica Teisch examines the processes by which American water and mining engineers who rose to prominence during and after the California Gold Rush of 1849 exported the United States' growing technical and environmental knowledge and associated social and political institutions. Teisch argues that by examining the successes and failures of various projects as American influence spread, we can see the complex role of globalization at work, often with incredibly disproportionate results.
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Perspectives on embodiment : the intersections of nature and culture / edited by Gail Weiss & Honi Fern Haber.

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by Weiss, Gail, 1959-
Call Number 128.6 21
Publication Date 1999
Summary A collection of essays from contributors including Martin Jay, Hubert Dreyfus and David Hoy, this text offers a look at the ways in which nature and culture interact to produce embodied subjects.
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The sacred balance : rediscovering our place in nature / David Suzuki with Amanda McConnell and Adrienne Mason.

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by Suzuki, David T., 1936-
Call Number 304.2 SUZ
Publication Date 2008
Summary In the ten years since The Sacred Balance was first published, global warming has become a major issue as glaciers and polar ice caps have begun to melt at an alarming rate, populations of polar bears have dwindled, the intensity of hurricanes and tsunamis has drastically increased, coral bleaching is occurring globally, and the earth has experienced its hottest years in over four centuries. In this new and extensively revised and amplified edition of his best-selling book, David Suzuki reflects on these changes and examines what they mean for our place in the world.
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New world poetics : nature and the adamic imagination of Whitman, Neruda, and Walcott / George B. Handley.

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by Handley, George B., 1964-
Call Number 811.00936 22
Publication Date 2007
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A treatise on wines : their origin nature and varieties with practical directions for viticulture and vinification

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by Thudichum, J.L.W.
Call Number FUL 663.2 THU
Publication Date 1894
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Nature's compass [electronic resource] : the mystery of animal navigation / James L. Gould, Carol Grant Gould.

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by Gould, James L., 1945-
Call Number 591.568 23
Publication Date 2012
Summary "Explores the methods by which animals navigate throughout the world, examining such examples as the monarch butterfly's use of an internal clock and the honey bee's reliance on the sun and mental maps."--
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The nature of race [electronic resource] : how scientists think and teach about human difference / Ann Morning.

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by Morning, Ann Juanita, 1968-
Call Number 305.8 22
Publication Date 2011
Summary "What do Americans think 'race' means? What determines one's race, appearance, ancestry, genes, or culture? How do education, government, and business influence our views on race? To unravel these complex questions, the author takes a close look at how scientists are influencing ideas about race through teaching and textbooks. Drawing from in-depth interviews with biologists, anthropologists, and undergraduates, she explores different conceptions of race, finding for example, that while many sociologists now assume that race is a social invention or 'construct, ' anthropologists and biologists are far from such a consensus. She discusses powerful new genetic accounts of race, and considers how corporations and the government use scientific research, for example, in designing DNA ancestry tests or census questionnaires, in ways that often reinforce the idea that race is biologically determined. Widening the debate about race beyond the pages of scholarly journals, this book dissects competing definitions in straightforward language to reveal the logic and assumptions underpinning today's claims about human difference"--Provided by publisher.
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Ecology and the environment [electronic resource] : the mechanisms, marring, and maintenance of nature / R.J. Berry.

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by Berry, R. J. (Robert James)
Call Number 577 23
Publication Date 2011
Summary Ecology and the Environment: The Mechanisms, Marring, and Maintenance of Nature is the ninth title published in the Templeton Science and Religion Series, in which scientists from a wide range of fields distill their experience and knowledge into brief tours of their respective specialties. In this volume, R.J. Berry, a well-known leader in the field of ecology, describes the basic concepts in ecology and seeks to put them into a general context for a reader who lacks any scientific background. Berry explores the implications of these basic concepts and how they affect human life and the decisions we have to make, both as individuals and as members of a species which has colonized and influenced every part of the globe. He points out that we are a part of the animal world, but at the same time we are apart from it, and he makes it clear that how we relate to our environment affects the quality of our life--indeed it may affect our very survival. Going well beyond a simple introduction of concepts, the book goes on to explore wider questions about the nature of humanity and how human ecology relates to humanness. Berry proposes that we are more than machines or even advanced apes--we are Homo divinus, transformed from an organism descended from the same stock as the apes but qualitatively different and able to relate to a creator God. The book argues that those who conclude otherwise are neglecting relevant data.
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The pursuit of wonder : how Australia's landscape was explored, nature discovered and tourism unleashed / Julia Horne.

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by Horne, Julia.
Call Number 338.479194 HOR
Publication Date 2005
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At home in the world [electronic resource] : human nature, ecological thought, and education after Darwin / Eilon Schwartz.

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by Schwartz, Eilon, 1958-
Call Number 370.12 22
Publication Date 2009
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Hewing to experience : essays and reviews on recent American poetry and poetics, nature and culture / Sherman Paul.

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by Paul, Sherman.
Call Number 811.509 20
Publication Date 1989
Summary ". . . The celebration of a point of view that Paul is uniquely equipped to communicate. ... It provides an excellent treatment of the development and practice of a powerful poetic force in modern poetry today, showing the theoretic coherence of Emerson, Whitman, Pound, Williams, and particularly, Olson, as originators and practitioners of 'open' forms."--Thomas Merrill"This book is going to be of value to a number of different readers. For teachers and writers it is a resource and a stimulus for participating in an open poetics. On a utilitarian level it will help to respond to the recent.
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Holy bishops in late antiquity : the nature of Christian leadership in an age of transition / Claudia Rapp.

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by Rapp, Claudia.
Call Number 262.1214 22
Publication Date 2005
Summary Between 300 and 600, Christianity experienced a momentous change from persecuted cult to state religion. One of the consequences of this shift was the evolution of the role of the bishop--as the highest Church official in his city--from model Christian to model citizen. Claudia Rapp's exceptionally learned, innovative, and groundbreaking work traces this transition with a twofold aim: to deemphasize the reign of the emperor Constantine, which has traditionally been regarded as a watershed in the development of the Church as an institution, and to bring to the fore the continued importance of the religious underpinnings of the bishop's role as civic leader. Rapp rejects Max Weber's categories of "charismatic" versus "institutional" authority that have traditionally been used to distinguish the nature of episcopal authority from that of the ascetic and holy man. Instead she proposes a model of spiritual authority, ascetic authority and pragmatic authority, in which a bishop's visible asceticism is taken as evidence of his spiritual powers and at the same time provides the justification for his public role. In clear and graceful prose, Rapp provides a wholly fresh analysis of the changing dynamics of social mobility as played out in episcopal appointments.
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Thomas Aquinas on human nature : a philosophical study of Summa theologiae 1a, 75-89 / Robert Pasnau.

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by Pasnau, Robert.
Call Number 128 21
Publication Date 2002
Summary Pasnau sets the philosophy in the context of ancient and modern thought, looking at some of the most difficult areas of Aquinas's thought: the relationship of soul to body, workings of sense and intellect, will and passions, and personal identity.
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The new economy of nature : the quest to make conservation profitable / Gretchen C. Daily and Katherine Ellison.

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by Daily, Gretchen C.
Call Number 333.72 22
Publication Date 2002
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Investing in nature [electronic resource] : case studies of land conservation in collaboration with business / William J. Ginn.

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by Ginn, William J.
Call Number 333.7616 22
Publication Date 2005
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Dr. Jensen's juicing therapy : nature's way to better health and a longer life / Bernard Jensen.

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by Jensen, Bernard, 1908-
Call Number 613.26 JEN
Publication Date 2000
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A smaller God : on the divinely human nature of Biblical literature / Petri Merenlahti ; foreword by David Rhoads.

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by Merenlahti, Petri, author.
Call Number 220.1 23
Publication Date 2015
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Epistemology and skepticism : an enquiry into the nature of epistemology / George Chatalian ; foreword by Roderick M. Chisholm.

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by Chatalian, George, 1920-
Call Number 121 20
Publication Date 1991
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A smaller God : on the divinely human nature of Biblical literature / Petri Merenlahti ; foreword by David Rhoads.

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by Merenlahti, Petri, author.
Call Number 220.1 23
Publication Date 2015
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A smaller God : on the divinely human nature of Biblical literature / Petri Merenlahti ; foreword by David Rhoads.

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by Merenlahti, Petri, author.
Call Number 220.1 23
Publication Date 2015
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Nature out of place : biological invasions in the global age / Jason Van Driesche and Roy Van Driesche.

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by Van Driesche, Jason.
Call Number 577.18 22
Publication Date 2000
Summary Annotation "Though the forests are still green and the lakes full of water, an unending stream of invasions in changing many ecosystems around the world from productive, tightly integrated webs of native species to loose assemblages of stressed native species and aggressive invaders." "Nature Out of Place brings this devastating but overlooked crisis to the forefront of public consciousness by offering a fascinating exploration of its causes and consequences, along with a thoughtful and practical consideration of what can be done about it. The father and son team of Jason and Roy Van Driesche offer a unique combination of narratives that highlight specific locations and problems along with comprehensive explanations of the underlying scientific and policy issues." "Chapters examine Hawaii, where introduced feral pigs are destroying the islands' native forests, zebra mussel invasion in the rivers of Ohio, the decades long effort to eradicate an invasive weed on the Great Plains, and a story about the restoration of both ecological and human history in an urban natural area. In-depth background chapters explain topics ranging from how ecosystems become diverse, to the characteristics of effective invaders to procedures and policies that can help prevent future invasions. The book ends with a number of specific suggestions for ways that individuals can help reduce the impacts of invasive species, and it offers resources for further information."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Nature-Based Tourism in Asia's Mountainous Protected Areas : A Trans-Regional Review of Peaks and Parks.

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by Jones, Thomas E.
Call Number 338.479143
Publication Date 2021
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Snakes : the evolution of mystery in nature / Harry W. Greene ; with photographs by Michael and Patricia Fogden.

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by Greene, Harry W., 1945-
Call Number 597.96 20
Publication Date 1997
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Snakes : the evolution of mystery in nature / Harry W. Greene ; with photographs by Michael and Patricia Fogden.

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by Greene, Harry W., 1945-
Call Number 597.96 20
Publication Date 1997
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The gifts of interpretation : fifteen guiding principles for interpreting nature and culture / Larry Beck, Ted T. Cable.

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by Beck, Larry, 1953-, author.
Call Number 508.07 BEC
Publication Date 2011
Summary In its newest edition, each of the 15 principles of interpretation is associated with a gift, including revelation, provocation, wholeness, illumination, beauty, joy, passion, and hope. This edition features illustrations by Tsuyoshi Matsumoto.
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The nature of the farm : contracts, risk, and organization in agriculture / Douglas W. Allen and Dean Lueck.

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by Allen, Douglas W. (Douglas Ward), 1960-
Call Number 630.68 21
Publication Date 2002
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The better angels of our nature [electronic resource] : freemasonry in the American Civil War / Michael A. Halleran.

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by Halleran, Michael A. (Michael Anthony), 1963-
Call Number 973.71 22
Publication Date 2010
Summary One of the enduring yet little examined themes in Civil War lore is the widespread belief that on the field of battle and afterward, members of Masonic lodges would give aid and comfort to wounded or captured enemy Masons, often at great personal sacrifice and danger. This work is a deeply researched examination of the recorded, practical effects of Freemasonry among Civil War participants on both sides. From first-person accounts culled from regimental histories, diaries, and letters, Michael A. Halleran has constructed an overview of 19th-century American freemasonry in general and Masonry i.
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The centrality of agriculture [electronic resource] : between humankind and the rest of nature / Colin A.M. Duncan.

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by Duncan, Colin A. M. (Colin Adrien MacKinley), 1954-
Call Number 338.101
Publication Date 1996
Summary Using ecological, historical, humanist, institutionalist, and Marxist methodologies, Colin Duncan argues that the entire project of developing the theory of political economy has been seriously sidetracked by industrialism. Using England as a case study he shows that the relationship between modernity and agriculture need not be so uncomfortable and suggests ways in which the original socialist project can be rejuvenated to make it both more feasible and more attractive. Duncan concludes that no sustainable human future can be conceived unless and until the centrality of agriculture is properly recognized and new economic institutions are developed that will encourage people to take care of their landscapes.
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Up and down the cline-- the nature of grammaticalization / edited by Olga Fischer, Muriel Norde, Harry Perridon.

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by New Reflections on Grammaticalization II Conference (2002 : University of Amsterdam)
Call Number 415 22
Publication Date 2004
Summary The basic idea behind this volume is to probe the nature of grammaticalization. Its contributions focus on the following questions: (i) In how far can grammaticalization be considered a universal diachronic process or mechanism of change and in how far is it conditioned by synchronic factors? (ii) What is the role of the speaker in grammaticalization? (iii) Does grammaticalization itself provide a cause for change or is it an epiphenomenon, i.e. a conglomeration of causal factors/mechanisms which elsewhere occur independently? (iv) If it is epiphenominal, how do we explain that similar pathway.
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Deep nature [electronic resource] : photographs from Iowa / photographs by Linda Scarth and Robert Scarth ; essay by John Pearson.

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by Scarth, Linda, 1941-
Call Number 779.309777 22
Publication Date 2009
Summary Photographers Linda and Robert Scarth have an incredible eye for that magic moment when small becomes beautiful. Matched with patience and skill, their eye for magic produces dazzling images of Iowa nature up close. Revealing the miniature beauties hidden among the patches of prairie, woodland, and wetland that remain in Iowa's sadly overdeveloped landscape, the seventy-five color photographs in Deep Nature give us a breathtaking cross section of the state's smallest inhabitants. The Scarths' close-up images of showy orchis and northern monkshood, great spangled fritillary and painted lady,
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20,000 secrets of tea : the most effective ways to benefit from nature's healing herbs / Victoria Zak.

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by Zak, Victoria.
Call Number 615.321 ZAK
Publication Date 1999
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The Nature of the Word : Studies in Honor of Paul Kiparsky / Edited by Kristin Hanson and Sharon Inkelas.

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by Kiparsky, Paul.
Call Number 415 22
Publication Date 2009
Summary Paul Kiparksy's work in linguistics has been wide-ranging and fundamental. His contributions have influenced virtually every field of contemporary linguistics, from generative phonology to poetic theory. This is a collection of essays by his colleagues and students.
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Broth : Nature's Cure-All for Health and Nutrition, with Delicious Recipes for Broths, Soups, Stews and Risottos.

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by Edgson, Vicki.
Call Number 641.81299999999999
Publication Date 2016
Summary Nourishing, restorative and comforting, bone broth is the concentrated meaty elixir with a clear, bright, essential flavour.
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The space between the stars : on love, loss and the magical power of nature to heal / Indira Naidoo.

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by Naidoo, Indira, author.
Call Number 155.9 23
Publication Date 2022
Summary A deeply moving and uplifting exploration of the power of nature, even urban nature, to heal the deepest hurts. 'For as long as I can remember, there has always been just the three of us. Three sisters. Only a year between each. Inseparable. It's been like that for almost 50 years. Until my youngest sister walked out into her suburban backyard and took her life. Is it possible to ever heal a tear in your universe?' After her younger sister died suddenly, broadcaster Indira Naidoo's world was shattered. Turning to her urban landscape for solace, Indira found herself drawn to a fig tree overlooking Sydney harbour. A connection began to build between the two, one with a fractured heart, the other a centurion offering quiet companionship while asking nothing in return. As Indira grappled with her heartbreak, an unnoticed universe of infinite beauty revealed itself: pale vanilla clouds pirouetting across the sky, resilient weeds pushing through cracks in the footpath, the magical biodiversity of tiny puddles. With the help of a posse of urban guides, she began to explore how nature, whatever bits of nature are within reach can heal us during life's darker chapters, whether nursing a broken heart or an anxious mind. The Space Between the Stars is a heart-rending, at times funny, and uplifting tribute to love and our innate need to connect to the natural world, a celebration of the reassuring cycle of renewal that sustains and nourishes us all. 'As long as you can see the stars, you can never truly be lost.'.
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The fire ant wars [electronic resource] : nature, science, and public policy in twentieth-century America / Joshua Blu Buhs.

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by Buhs, Joshua Blu.
Call Number 632.796 22
Publication Date 2004
Summary Telling the story of the ill-fated campaigns to eradicate the fire ant from American soil, this is also the history of changing attitudes to nature, to science & a reconsideration of the place of humankind in the natural world.
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The self-evolving cosmos [electronic resource] : a phenomenological approach to nature's unity-in-diversity / Steven M. Rosen.

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by Rosen, Steven M.
Call Number 530.01 22 22
Publication Date 2008
Summary This unique book offers an original way of thinking about two of the most significant problems confronting modern theoretical physics: the unification of the forces of nature and the evolution of the universe. In bringing out the inadequacies of the prevailing approach to these questions, the author demonstrates the need for more than just a new theory. The meanings of space and time themselves must be radically rethought, which requires a whole new philosophical foundation. To this end, the book turns to the phenomenological writings of Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Martin Heidegger. Their insights into space and time bring the natural world to life in a manner well-suited to the dynamic phenomena of contemporary physics. In aligning continental thought with problems in physics and cosmology, the book makes use of topology. Phenomenological intuitions about space and time are systematically fleshed out via an unconventional and innovative approach to this qualitative branch of mathematics. The author's pioneering work in topological phenomenology is applied to such topics as quantum gravity, cosmogony, symmetry, spin, vorticity, dimension theory, Kaluza-Klein and string theories, fermion-boson interrelatedness, hypernumbers, and the mind-matter interface.
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The statesman's science : history, nature, and law in the political thought of Samuel Taylor Coleridge / Pamela Edwards.

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by Edwards, Pamela, 1956-
Call Number 821.7 22
Publication Date 2004
Summary Author of ""Kubla Khan"" and the epic ""The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, "" Samuel Taylor Coleridge is remembered principally for his contributions as a romantic poet. This innovative reconsideration of Coleridge's thought and career not only demonstrates his importance as a philosopher but also recovers romanticism as both an aesthetic and a political movement. Pamela Edwards radically departs from classic theories of Coleridge's development and reads his writing within the framework of a constantly shifting political and social landscape. Drawing on the ideology, rhetoric, and i.
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Landscape with figures [electronic resource] : nature and culture in New England / Kent C. Ryden ; foreword by Wayne Franklin.

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by Ryden, Kent C., 1959-
Call Number 304.20974 22
Publication Date 2001
Summary Traveling across the invisible landscape in which we imaginatively dwell, Kent Ryden--himself a most careful listener and reader--asks the following questions. What categories of meaning do we read into our surroundings? What forms of expression serve as the most reliable maps to understanding those meanings?
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Decolonizing nature : strategies for conservation in a post-colonial era / edited by William M. Adams and Martin Mulligan.

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by Adams, W. M. (William Mark), 1955-
Call Number 333.720994 22
Publication Date 2003
Summary An exploration of the enduring influence of the colonial legacy on attitudes about relationships between people and nature in countries that were once part of the British Empire, either at the periphery or the centre. Colonial annexation and government were accompanied by the colonization and exploitation of nature, both for production and even in the name of conservation. At the start of the 21st century, the conservation of nature is still of vital importance in these countries, but what should this conservation look like? What ideas can it be based upon? This work argues that there is a need for new forms of ethical engagement between people and nature.
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Nature-based tourism and conservation [electronic resource] : new economic insights and case studies / Clem Tisdell and Clevo Wilson.

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by Tisdell, C. A. (Clement Allan)
Call Number 338.4791 TIS
Publication Date 2012
Summary Nature-based Tourism and Conservation unearths new or neglected principles relevant to tourism and recreational economics, environmental valuation and economic theory. Its three parts have chapters on nature-based tourism and its relationships to conservation including case studies dealing with the consequences of World Heritage listing of natural sites, Antarctic, subtropical and tropical national park-based tourism and an NGO's conservation efforts modelled on ecotourism. The final part focuses on tourism utilizing particular wildlife, including sea turtles, whales, penguins, royal albatross, glow-worms and tree kangaroos.
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Humans in nature : the world as we find it and the world as we create it / Gregory E. Kaebnick.

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by Kaebnick, Gregory E.
Call Number 113 23
Publication Date 2013
Summary Should there be limits to the human alteration of the natural world? Through a study of debates about the environment agricultural biotechnology, synthetic biology, and human enhancement, Gregory E. Kaebnick argues that such moral concerns about nature can be legitimate but are also complex contestable, and politically limited.
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Green volunteers : the world guide to voluntary work in nature conservation / [edited by Fabio Ausenda ; assisted by Erin McCloskey].

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by Ausenda, Fabio, 1957-
Call Number 333.72025 AUS
Publication Date 2007
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Crimes against nature : squatters, poachers, thieves, and the hidden history of American conservation / Karl Jacoby ; with a new afterword.

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by Jacoby, Karl, 1965-
Call Number 333.78
Publication Date 2014
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Mimicking nature's fire [electronic resource] : restoring fire-prone forests in the West / Stephen F. Arno, Carl E. Fiedler.

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by Arno, Stephen F.
Call Number 577.240978 22
Publication Date 2005
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Catastrophes in nature and society : mathematical modeling of complex systems / Rem G. Khlebopros, Victor A. Okhonin, Abram I. Fet.

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by Khlebopros, Rėm Grigorʹevich.
Call Number 304.2015118 22
Publication Date 2007
Summary Many people are concerned about crises leading to disasters in nature, in social and economic life. The book offers a popular account of the causative mechanisms of critical states and breakdown in a broad range of natural and cultural systems? which obey the same laws? and thus makes the reader aware of the origin of catastrophic events and the ways to avoid and mitigate their negative consequences. The authors apply a single mathematical approach to investigate the revolt of cancer cells that destroy living organisms and population outbreaks that upset natural ecosystems, the balance betwe.
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Farming with nature [electronic resource] : the science and practice of ecoagriculture / [edited by] Sara J. Scherr, Jeffrey A. McNeely.

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by Scherr, Sara J.
Call Number 630 22
Publication Date 2007
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What people believe when they say that people believe : folk sociology and the nature of group intentions / Todd Jones.

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by Jones, Todd E.
Call Number 303.38 22
Publication Date 2010
Summary People are often unclear about what is meant by sentences such as 'Catholics don't believe in birth control.' In this book, Todd Jones explores what people are talking about when they ascribe beliefs or actions to entire groups rather than individuals. This discussion should help settle some basis questions for philosophers, social scientists, and casual conversationists.
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The barbarian principle : Merleau-Ponty, Schelling, and the question of nature / edited by Jason M. Wirth with Patrick Burke.

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by Wirth, Jason M., 1963- editor.
Call Number 113 23
Publication Date 2013
Summary "Essays explore a rich intersection between phenomenology and idealism with contemporary relevance"--Provided by publisher.
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The very nature of God [electronic resource] : baroque Catholicism and religious reform in Bourbon Mexico City / Brian R. Larkin.

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by Larkin, Brian R., 1969-
Call Number 282.725309033 22
Publication Date 2010
Summary Using wills and other testaments of faith, Larkin examines the complex efforts by secular and religious authorities to reform religious practice during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
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The nature way [electronic resource] / Corbin Harney, as told to and edited by Alex Purbrick ; foreword by Tom Goldtooth.

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by Harney, Corbin, 1920-2007.
Call Number 978.004974574 22
Publication Date 2009
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A certain uncertainty : nature's random ways / Mark P. Silverman, G.A. Jarvis Professor of Physics, Trinity College, Connecticut.

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by Silverman, Mark P., author.
Call Number 530.1595 23
Publication Date 2014
Summary "Based around a series of real-life scenarios, this engaging introduction to statistical reasoning will teach you how to apply powerful statistical, qualitative and probabilistic tools in a technical context. From analysis of electricity bills, baseball statistics, and stock market fluctuations, through to profound questions about physics of fermions and bosons, decaying nuclei, and climate change, each chapter introduces relevant physical, statistical and mathematical principles step-by-step in an engaging narrative style, helping to develop practical proficiency in the use of probability and statistical reasoning. With numerous illustrations making it easy to focus on the most important information, this insightful book is perfect for students and researchers of any discipline interested in the interwoven tapestry of probability, statistics, and physics"--
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Essays on nature and landscape / Susan Fenimore Cooper ; edited by Rochelle Johnson and Daniel Patterson ; foreword by John Elder.

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by Cooper, Susan Fenimore, 1813-1894.
Call Number 508 22
Publication Date 2002
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Easy to prepare dairy foods nature's finest : dairy foods recipes for health & happy mealtimes / Australian Dairy Produce Board.

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by Australian Dairy Produce Board 1935-1975
Call Number ARC 641.563 EAS
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Hawthorne's wilderness [electronic resource] : nature and Puritanism in Hawthorne's the Scarlet letter and "Young Goodman Brown" / Marina Boonyaprasop.

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by Boonyaprasop, Marina.
Call Number 813.3 23
Publication Date 2013
Summary Hauptbeschreibung Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of America's most noted and highly praised writers, and a key figure in US literature. Although, he struggled to become an acknowledged author for most parts of his life, his work ""stands in the limelight of the American literary consciousness"" (Graham 5). For he is a direct descendant of Massachusetts Bay colonists in the Puritan era of the 17th and 18th century, New England served as a lifelong preoccupation for Hawthorne, and inspired many of his best-known stories. Hence, in order to understand the author and his work, it is cr.
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"Good observers of nature" [electronic resource] : American women and the scientific study of the natural world, 1820-1885 / Tina Gianquitto.

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by Gianquitto, Tina.
Call Number 508.092 22
Publication Date 2007
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Social connections in China : institutions, culture, and the changing nature of guanxi / edited by Thomas Gold, Doug Guthrie, David Wank.

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by Gold, Thomas.
Call Number 306.095128 22
Publication Date 2002
Summary Guanxi (social networks) is among the most important and studied phenomena in China today. In this volume, the editors bring together many of the top scholars of guanxi to present a dynamic view of the role of social networks in Chinese society.
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The nature of leadership : reptiles, mammals, and the challenge of becoming a great leader / B. Joseph White, with Yaron Prywes.

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by White, B. Joseph.
Call Number 658.4092 22
Publication Date 2007
Summary "The Nature of Leadership looks at the universal qualities of great contemporary leaders as well as those historical figures - such as Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - whose leadership brilliance still resonates. It cites modern organizational leaders ranging from IBM's tough Lou Gestner to the mammalian Herb Kelleher of Southwest Airlines."--Jacket.
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Changes of state [electronic resource] : nature and the limits of the city in early modern natural law / Annabel S. Brett.

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by Brett, Annabel S.
Call Number 306.2 22
Publication Date 2011
Summary This is a book about the theory of the city or commonwealth, what would come to be called the state, in early modern natural law discourse. Annabel Brett takes a fresh approach by looking at this political entity from the perspective of its boundaries and those who crossed them. She begins with a classic debate from the Spanish sixteenth century over the political treatment of mendicants, showing how cosmopolitan ideals of porous boundaries could simultaneously justify the freedoms of itinerant beggars and the activities of European colonists in the Indies. She goes on to examine the boundarie.
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Vulnerability to psychosis [electronic resource] : a psychoanalytic study of the nature and therapy of the psychotic state / Franco De Masi.

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by De Masi, Franco.
Call Number 616.8914 22
Publication Date 2009
Summary 'Franco De Masi is well known for his psychoanalytic work with patients suffering psychotic illnesses. In this book, he addresses the human vulnerability to psychosis, but the modest title of his book belies the depth of its investigations and conclusions. De Masi invites the reader into a thoughtful, systematic exploration of many aspects of the complex problems associated with psychotic illnesses: its ontogenesis and the emotional crises that lead to the dominance of psychotic thinking, the function of psychosis with regard to reality, its eruption or progression (depending upon the type of.
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The nature of an ancient Maya city [electronic resource] : resources, interaction, and power at Blue Creek, Belize / Thomas H. Guderjan.

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by Guderjan, Thomas H.
Call Number 972.821 22
Publication Date 2007
Summary For two millennia, the site now known as Blue Creek in northwestern Belize was a Maya community that became an economic and political center that included some 15,000-20,000 people at its height. Fairly well protected from human destruction, the site offers the full range of city components including monumental ceremonial structures, elite and non-elite residences, ditched agricultural fields, and residential clusters just outside the core. Since 1992, a multi-disciplinary, multi-national research team has intensively investigated Blue Creek in an integrated study of the dynamic structure and.
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Blackland prairies of the Gulf coastal plain [electronic resource] : nature, culture, and sustainability / edited by Evan Peacock and Timothy Schauwecker.

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by Peacock, Evan, 1961-
Call Number 304.20976 22
Publication Date 2003
Summary This comprehensive study of one of the most ecologically rich regions of the Southeast underscores the relevance of archaeological research in understanding long-term cultural change. Taking a holistic approach, this compilation gathers ecological, historical, and archaeological research written on the distinctive region of the Southeast called the Gulf coast blackland prairie. Ranging from the last glacial period to the present day, the case studies provide a broad picture of how the area has changed through time and been modified by humans, first with nomadic bands of Indians trailing the gr.
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Career as a professional photographer : commercial, corporate and industrial, fashion, fine art, forensic, portrait, scientific, medical, stock, wildlife and nature.

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by Institute for Career Research.
Call Number 770.232 22
Publication Date 2007
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The nature of gold [electronic resource] : an environmental history of the Klondike gold rush / Kathryn Morse ; foreword by William Cronon.

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by Morse, Kathryn Taylor, author.
Call Number 971.91 21
Publication Date 2003
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Trophic cascades [electronic resource] : predators, prey, and the changing dynamics of nature / edited by John Terborgh and James A. Estes.

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by Terborgh, John, 1936- editor.
Call Number 577.16 22
Publication Date 2010
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The Nature of The Beasts : Empire and Exhibition At The Tokyo Imperial Zoo / Ian Jared Miller ; foreword by Harriet Ritvo.

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by Miller, Ian Jared, 1970- author.
Call Number 590.52135 23
Publication Date 2013
Summary It is widely known that such Western institutions as the museum, the university, and the penitentiary shaped Japan's emergence as a modern nation-state. Less commonly recognized is the role played by the distinctly hybrid institution-at once museum, laboratory, and prison-of the zoological garden. In this eye-opening study of Japan's first modern zoo, Tokyo's Ueno Imperial Zoological Gardens, opened in 1882, Ian Jared Miller offers a refreshingly unconventional narrative of Japan's rapid modernization and changing relationship with the natural world. As the first zoological garden in the wo.
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Nature and farming : sustaining native biodiversity in agricultural landscapes / David Norton, University of Canterbury, Nick Reid, University of New England.

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by Norton, David A. (David Andrew), 1958- author.
Call Number 338.1620994 23
Publication Date 2013
Summary Conserving and enhancing native biodiversity on farms brings many benefits as well as providing many challenges. Nature and Farming explains why it is important to sustain native plants and animals in agricultural landscapes, and outlines the key issues in developing and implementing practical approaches to safeguarding native biodiversity in rural areas.The book considers the range of ecological and agricultural issues that determine what native biodiversity occurs in farmland and how it can be secured. Many inspiring case studies are presented where innovative approaches towards integrating.
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Nature and farming : sustaining native biodiversity in agricultural landscapes / David Norton, University of Canterbury, Nick Reid, University of New England.

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Nature and farming : sustaining native biodiversity in agricultural landscapes / David Norton, University of Canterbury, Nick Reid, University of New England.

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Proclus on nature [electronic resource] : philosophy of nature and its methods in Proclus' Commentary on Plato's Timaeus / by Marije Martijn.

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by Martijn, Marije.
Call Number 113 22
Publication Date 2010
Summary Of Proclusa (TM) immense philosophical system, the part concerning the natural world may well be the most fascinating. Traditional scholarship tends to downplay that part of Neoplatonism, in favour of idealism, but recently this attitude is changing. This study contributes to that development by showing how Proclusa (TM) natural philosophy relates to theology, while remaining a science in its own right. Starting from his "Commentary on Platoa (TM)s" Timaeus, it presents a revision of Proclusa (TM) metaphysics of nature and provides new insight into his surprisingly peripatetic philos.
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Encountering the past in nature : essays in environmental history / edited by Timo Myllyntaus and Mikko Saikku ; foreword by Alfred W. Crosby.

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by Myllyntaus, Timo.
Call Number 304.209 21
Publication Date 2001
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Reading the book of nature in the Dutch golden age, 1575-1715 [electronic resource] / by Eric Jorink ; translated by Peter Mason.

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by Jorink, Eric.
Call Number 508.09492 22
Publication Date 2010
Summary Traditionally, Dutch scientific culture of the Golden Age is regarded as rational, pragmatic, and utilitarian. The role of Christiaan Huygens, Johannes Swammerdam and Antoni van Leeuwenhoek in the so called Scientific Revolution was recognised long ago, as was the fact that the revolutionary philosophy of René Descartes made its first impact in the Netherlands. This book challenges the traditional picture. First, it shows how nature was regarded as a second book of God, next to the Bible. For many, contemplating, investigating, representing and collecting natural objects was a religious activity. Secondly, this book demonstrates that the deconstruction of the old picture of nature was partly caused by the pioneering exegetical research conducted in the Dutch Republic, more specifically, the emergence of radical biblical criticism.
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Nature : simple, healthy and good / [Alain Ducasse ; with dietician Paule Neyrat ; recipes by Christophe Saintagne] ; photography, Françoise Nicol ; illustrations, Christine Roussey.

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by Ducasse, Alain.
Call Number 641.56384 DUC
Publication Date 2011 2009
Summary In Nature, Michelin-starred chef Alain Ducasse, in collaboration with nutritionist Paule Neyrat, rediscovers the pleasure of simple food, and presents delicious French cuisine without the fat or the fuss.
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Roots and collapse of empathy [electronic resource] : human nature at its best and at its worst / Stein Bråten, University of Oslo.

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by Bråten, Stein.
Call Number 152.41 22
Publication Date 2013
Summary Spanning from care-giving infants and civilian rescuers risking their life to the collapse of empathy in agents of torture and extinction, this unique book deals with and illustrates the altruistic best and atrocious worst of human nature. It begins with infant roots of empathy, then turns to the neurosocial support of empathic participation, and to the nature and nurture of good and ill. It raises questions about how abuse may invite vicious circles of re-enactment, and as to how ordinary people may come to commit torture and mass murders, such as the Auschwitz doctors and the sole terrorist.
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Social science and the challenge of relativism. Vol. III Cultures of nature, an essay on the production of nature / Lawrence Hazelrigg.

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by Hazelrigg, Lawrence E.
Call Number 300 20
Publication Date 1995
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The nature of nutrition [electronic resource] : a unifying framework from animal adaptation to human obesity / Stephen J. Simpson and David Raubenheimer.

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by Simpson, Stephen J.
Call Number 612.3 23
Publication Date 2012
Summary Nutrition has long been considered more the domain of medicine and agriculture than of the biological sciences, yet it touches and shapes all aspects of the natural world. The need for nutrients determines whether wild animals thrive, how populations evolve and decline, and how ecological communities are structured. The Nature of Nutrition is the first book to address nutrition's enormously complex role in biology, both at the level of individual organisms and in their broader ecological interactions. Stephen Simpson and David Raubenheimer provide a comprehensive theoretical approach to the analysis of nutrition - the Geometric Framework. They show how it can help us to understand the links between nutrition and the biology of individual animals, including the physiological mechanisms that determine the nutritional interactions of the animal with its environment, and the consequences of these interactions in terms of health, immune responses, and lifespan. Simpson and Raubenheimer explain how these effects translate into the collective behavior of groups and societies, and in turn influence food webs and the structure of ecosystems. Then they demonstrate how the Geometric Framework can be used to tackle issues in applied nutrition, such as the problem of optimizing diets for livestock and endangered species, and how it can also help to address the epidemic of human obesity and metabolic disease. Drawing on a wealth of examples from slime molds to humans, The Nature of Nutrition has important applications in ecology, evolution, and physiology, and offers promising solutions for human health, conservation, and agriculture.
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Mega-crises [electronic resource] : understanding the prospects, nature, characteristics, and the effects of cataclysmic events / edited by Ira Helsloot [and others].

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by Helsloot, I. (Ira)
Call Number 363.34
Publication Date 2012
Summary "We live in turbulent times with continents and nations facing ever-heightening risks such as natural disasters, intense and protracted conflicts, terrorism, corporate crises, cyber threats to infrastructures and mega-events. We are witnessing the rise of mega-crises and a new class of adversity with many unknowns. The prospect of mega-crises presents professionals and students in the field of crisis management with four major tasks. First, they should engage in 'deep thinking' about the causes of the increasing occurrence of mega-crises. Second, they should identify and work through the dominant trends which complicate contemporary crisis management. Third, they should upgrade institutional crisis management capacity. Fourth, they should improve societal resilience since no institutional complex can mitigate or manage these mega-crisis on its own. This book is divided into four primary parts, each of which looks at one facet of mega-crises. Part I focuses on the concept of a mega-crisis and mega-crisis management; Part II examines crisis management of mega-natural disasters; Part III evaluates crisis management of man-made mega-crises; and Part IV identifies mega-threats and vulnerabilities. Additional major topics include Hurricane Katrina; Hurricane Gustav; the London Bombings; the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks of July 7, 2005; corporate meltdowns; the subprime crisis; the Olympic Games; electricity grids; global climate change; the Dutch Delta; risks to food security; and mega-crises and the Internet. This comprehensive text will provide practitioners and academics with the results of an across-the-board research effort in the prospects, nature, characteristics, and the effects of mega-crises"--Provided by publisher.
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Religion is not about God : how spiritual traditions nurture our biological nature and what to expect when they fail / Loyal Rue.

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by Rue, Loyal D.
Call Number 200.19 22
Publication Date 2005
Summary Annotation Thousands of religious traditions have appeared over the course of human history but only a relative few have survived. Since some speak of a myriad of gods, others speak of only one, and some recognize no gods at all, we can conclude that belief in a supernatural being is not the only thing that holds a faith tradition together. Volumes have been written attempting to prove the existence or non-existence of supernatural being(s). So, if religion is not about God, then what on earth is it about? In this provocative book, Loyal Rue contends that religion, very basically, is about us. Successful religions are narrative (myth) traditions that influence human nature so that we might think, feel, and act in ways that are good for us, both individually and collectively. Through the use of images, symbols, and rituals, religion promotes reproductive fitness and survival through the facilitation of harmonious social relations. Rue builds his argument by first assembling a theory of human nature, drawn from recent developments in cognitive science and evolutionary theory. He shows how cognitive and emotional systems work together and how they are conditioned by cultural influences, including religion. He then surveys the major religious traditions-Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism-to show how each one, in its own way, has guided human behavior to advance the twin goals of personal fulfillment and social coherence. As all religions are increasingly faced with a crisis of intellectual plausibility and moral relevance, they are being rendered incapable of shaping behavior in ways that might prevent unsustainable patterns of human population and consumption. Rue warns that when religions outlive their adaptive utility, they become positive threats to human survival. Despite its bold and ambitious goals, this book is hostile to neither the idea of God nor religious life. Written respectfully throughout, Religion Is Not about God will appeal to a broad audience interested in issues of faith and science. Annotation In the course of human history, thousands of religious traditions have appeared, each with distinctive patterns of meaning. Some speak of a myriad of gods, others speak of only one, while some recognize no gods at all. Volumes have been written attempting to prove the existence or non-existence of supernatural being(s). But, if religion is not about God, then what on earth is it about? In this provocative book, Loyal Rue contends that religion, very basically, is about us. More specifically, it is a series of strategies that aims to influence human nature so that we might think, feel, and act in ways that are good for us, both individually and collectively. Employing images, symbols, and rituals, religion's main goals are to promote reproductive fitness and survival through the facilitation of harmonious social relations. Rue builds his argument by first assembling a theory of human nature, drawn from recent developments in cognitive science and evolutionary theory. He shows how cognitive and emotional systems work together and how they are conditioned by cultural influences, including religion. He then surveys the major religious traditions--Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism--to show how each, in its own way, has guided human behavior to advance the twin goals of personal fulfillment and social coherence. Rue also considers the prospects for religious traditions in the light of contemporary challenges. As all religions are increasingly faced with a dual crisis of intellectual plausibility and moral relevance, they are being rendered less capable of shaping behavior in ways that are usefully adaptive. Rue warns that when religions outlive their adaptive utility, theybecome positive threats to human survival. Despite its bold and ambitious goals, this book is hostile to neither the idea of God nor religious life in general. Rue acknowledges that both can coexist with the idea of religion. Annotation If religion is not about God, then what on earth is it about? Loyal Rue contends that religion is a series of strategies that aims to influence human nature so that we might think, feel, and act in ways that are good for us, both individually and collectively.
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International entrepreneurship in emerging markets : nature, drivers, barriers and determinants / edited by Mohamed Yacine Haddoud, Paul Jones, Adah-Kole Emmanuel Onjewu.

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by Haddoud, Mohamed Yacine, editor.
Call Number 658.421 23
Publication Date 2020
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Ecological understanding : the nature of theory and the theory of nature / Steward T.A. Pickett, Jurek Kolasa, and Clive G. Jones.

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by Pickett, Steward T., 1950-
Call Number 577 22
Publication Date 2007
Summary This widely anticipated revision of the groundbreaking book, Ecological Understanding, updates this crucial sourcebook of contemporary philosophical insights for practicing ecologists and graduate students in ecology and environmental studies. The second edition contains new ecological examples, an expanded array of conceptual diagrams and illustrations, new text boxes summarizing important points or defining key terms, and new reference to philosophical issues and controversies. Although the first edition was recognized for its clarity, this revision takes the opportunity to make the exposition of complex topics still clearer to readers without a philosophical background. Readers will gain an understanding of the goals of science, the structure of theory, the kinds of theory relevant to ecology, the way that theory changes, what constitutes objectivity in contemporary science, and the role of paradigms and frameworks for synthesis within ecology and in integration with other disciplines. Finally, how theory can inform and anchor the public use of ecological knowledge in civic debates is laid out. This new edition refines the understanding of how the structure and change of theory can improve the growth and application of one of the 21st centurys key sciences. Explains the philosophical basis of ecology in plain English Contains chapter overviews and summaries Text boxes highlight key points, examples, or controversies Diagrams explain structure and development of theory, and integration Evaluates and relates paradgims in ecology Illustrates philosophical issues with classic and new ecological research.
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Nanoscience and technology [electronic resource] : a collection of reviews from Nature journals / edited by Peter Rodgers ; with an introduction by James Heath.

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by Rodgers, Peter.
Call Number 620.5 22
Publication Date 2010
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The whole coconut cookbook : vibrant dairy-free, gluten-free recipes featuring nature's most versatile ingredient / Nathalie Fraise ; photography by Erin Scott.

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by Fraise, Nathalie, author.
Call Number 641.6461 FRA
Publication Date 2016
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Joyce's rare view [electronic resource] : the nature of things in Finnegans wake / by Richard Beckman ; foreword by Sebastian D.G. Knowles.

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by Beckman, Richard, 1932-
Call Number 823.912 22
Publication Date 2007
Summary Richard Beckman argues that readers of Finnegans Wake must develop a new method of reading that flows from the text itself. Focusing on the mode of perception in the Wake --seeing the world obliquely because that is often the only way to get at the nature of things--Beckman maintains that Joyce's satire depends on looking at the public scene from behind, a view at the same time vaudevillian and philosophic.
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People in nature : wildlife conservation in South and Central America / Kirsten M. Silvius, Richard E. Bodmer, and José M.V. Fragoso, editors.

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by Silvius, Kirsten M.
Call Number 333.95416098 22
Publication Date 2004
Summary This book reviews wildlife management and conservation in Central and South America. The book discusses the threats to biodiversity in this area including habitat fragmentation, development, ranching, tourism as well as hunting. The book contains contributions from many local Latin American authors who work there daily and are exposed to the numerous and unique issues that need to be taken into account when talking about conservation in Central and South America. Contributors:abundance and spatial distribution of Orinoco Crocodiles in the Cojedes River sy; Amazonas, Brazil, Aug.
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Mind and nature [electronic resource] : selected writings on philosophy, mathematics, and physics / Hermann Weyl ; edited and with an introduction by Peter Pesic.

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by Weyl, Hermann, 1885-1955.
Call Number 510.1 22
Publication Date 2009
Summary Hermann Weyl (1885-1955) was one of the twentieth century's most important mathematicians, as well as a seminal figure in the development of quantum physics and general relativity. He was also an eloquent writer with a lifelong interest in the philosophical implications of the startling new scientific developments with which he was so involved. Mind and Nature is a collection of Weyl's most important general writings on philosophy, mathematics, and physics, including pieces that have never before been published in any language or translated into English, or that have long been out of print. Co.
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Genetic nature/culture : anthropology and science beyond the two-culture divide / edited by Alan H. Goodman, Deborah Heath, and M. Susan Lindee.

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by Goodman, Alan H., editor.
Call Number 599.935 21
Publication Date 2003
Summary The so-called science wars pit science against culture, and nowhere is the struggle more contentious--or more fraught with paradox--than in the burgeoning realm of genetics. A constructive response, and a welcome intervention, this volume brings together biological and cultural anthropologists to conduct an interdisciplinary dialogue that provokes and instructs even as it bridges the science/culture divide.
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Discover entropy and the second law of thermodynamics [electronic resource] : a playful way of discovering a law of nature / Arieh Ben-Naim.

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by Ben-Naim, Arieh, 1934-
Call Number 536.73 22
Publication Date 2010
Summary This is a sequel to the author's book entitled "Entropy Demystified" (Published by World Scientific, 2007). The aim is essentially the same as that of the previous book by the author : to present Entropy and the Second Law as simple, meaningful and comprehensible concepts. In addition, this book presents a series of "experiments" which are designed to help the reader discover entropy and the Second Law. While doing the experiments, the reader will encounter three most fundamental probability distributions featuring in Physics : the Uniform, the Boltzmann and the Maxwell-Boltzmann distributions. In addition, the concepts of entropy and the Second Law will emerge naturally from these experiments without a tinge of mystery. These concepts are explained with the help of a few familiar ideas of probability and information theory. The main "value" of the book is to introduce entropy and the Second Law in simple language which renders it accessible to any reader who can read and is curious about the basic laws of nature. The book is addressed to anyone interested in science and in understanding natural phenomenon. It will afford the reader the opportunity to discover one of the most fundamental laws of physics - a law that has resisted complete understanding for over a century. The book is also designed to be enjoyable. There is no other book of its kind (except "Entropy Demystified" by the same author) that offers the reader a unique opportunity to discover one of the most profound laws - sometimes viewed as a mysterious - while comfortably playing with familiar games. There are no pre-requisites expected from the readers; all that the reader is expected to do is to follow the experiments or imagine doing the experiments and reach the inevitable conclusions.
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Symbolism and reality [electronic resource] : a study in the nature of mind / by Charles W. Morris ; with a preface by Achim Eschbach.

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by Morris, Charles W. (Charles William), 1903-1979.
Call Number 128.2 22
Publication Date 1993
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Man in the landscape [electronic resource] : a historic view of the esthetics of nature / Paul Shepard ; with a new foreword by Dave Foreman.

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by Shepard, Paul, 1925-1996.
Call Number 111.85 22
Publication Date 2002 1991
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Geometries of nature, living systems and human cognition [electronic resource] : new interactions of mathematics with natural sciences and humanities / edited by Luciano Boi.

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by Boi, L. (Luciano), 1957-
Call Number 530 22
Publication Date 2005
Summary Intended to provide a study of some mathematical and physical subjects which are at the core of developments in the natural and living sciences. This book aims to show that an accomplished movement of geometrisation has enabled the discovery of a varietyof structures and behaviors in physical reality and in living matter.
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Key texts of Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776-1810) on the science and art of nature [electronic resource] / translations and essays by Jocelyn Holland.

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by Ritter, Johann Wilhelm, 1776-1810.
Call Number 500 22
Publication Date 2010
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Globalisation and tertiary education in the Asia-Pacific [electronic resource] : the changing nature of a dynamic market / editors, Christopher Findlay, William G. Tierney.

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by Findlay, Christopher C. (Christopher Charles)
Call Number 378.5 22
Publication Date 2010
Summary The rapid development and adoption of technology along with open economies has created an integrated global economy. The globalisation process has brought with it significant changes in all areas of life, including tertiary education. This book outlines the features of the new wave of globalisation and draws out specific trends and challenges associated with this new wave for universities and policy makers.
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The good in nature and humanity : connecting science, religion, and spirituality with the natural world / edited by Stephen R. Kellert and Timothy J. Farnham.

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by Kellert, Stephen R.
Call Number 261.55 21
Publication Date 2002
Summary The good in nature and humanity brings together 20 leading thinkers and writers - including Ursula Goodenough, Lynn Margulis, Dorion Sagan, Carl Safina, David Petersen, Wendell Berry, Terry Tempest Williams, and Barry Lopez - to examine the divide between faith and reason, and to seek a means for developing an environmental ethic that will help us confront two of our most imperiling crises: global environmental destruction and an impoverished spirituality. The book explores the ways in which science, spirit, and religion can guide the experience and understanding of our ongoing relationship with the natural world and examines how the integration of science and spirituality can equip us to make wiser choices in using and managing the natural environment. The book also provides compelling stories that offer a narrative understanding of the relations among science, spirit, and nature. Grounded in the premise that neither science nor religion can by itself resolve the prevailing malaise of environmental and moral decline, contributors seek viable approaches to averting environmental catastrophe and, to achieving a more harmonious relationship with the natural world.
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