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83) Payback Time
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The city is reeling under consecutive droughts resulting in scarcity of water and electricity. Rahul has to step-in, to set things right and bring about changes. Will he be successful?
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"La bioeconomía constituye una estrategia basada en la idea de un uso más eficiente de los recursos, tecnologías y procesos biológicos para la provisión de bienes y servicios que nuestras sociedades demandan. Rápidamente está evolucionado hacia una visión amplia para el desarrollo sostenible que no solo se trata del aprovechamiento de los nuevos conocimientos y tecnologías que convergen y se potencian entre sí para ofrecer nuevas opciones...
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Nature cries for help as the climate changes. Will you heed its whispers in the wind?
Eliza fears for her sanity after being invited to join a life-or-death climate mission by an extraordinary collection of characters. Fearful and struggling with how she can juggle their mission with her demanding job as a local TV reporter, she accepts the challenge and begins an epic adventure.
Collaborating with these beings, including her previous canine companion,...
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In the first book IPJET published in 2007 on the legal issues involved in the Western Sahara dispute a number of esteemed scholars discussed a myriad of issues that were pertinent to the topic at that time. Since then a number of other issues have arisen which have added to or complemented the discussions raised in that book, and the current edition seeks to present some of the most important of these in four sections: first, an updated discussion...
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Discover practical solutions to safeguard our planet and pave the way for a sustainable future with 'Sustainability Solutions.' In this empowering guide, you'll explore the pressing environmental issues threatening our world, from climate change and biodiversity loss to pollution and resource depletion. Uncover the vital role individuals play in creating positive change and learn how to reduce your carbon footprint, conserve precious resources, and...
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For generations, Whidbey Island's vivid beauty has made it a home for those drawn in by a rural landscape and thriving communities. Whether native tribes, pioneers, vacationers or retirees, all have enjoyed the island's legacy. Their stories illustrate Whidbey Island residents' devotion to their home. Authors Elizabeth Guss, Janice O'Mahony and Mary Richardson offer a compelling anthology that captures the history behind the intentional protection...
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Memoirs of a former career National Park Ranger, and how he began a career with the National Park Service. This body of work describes many incidents that occurred in his 26 years as a National Park Ranger and how a government bureaucracy impacted this Ranger's life in a job he loved.
This work covers how the National Park Service evolved during his career and focusing on how the park service management dealt with law enforcement issues and including...
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John Ford Sr. returns to the outdoors of Maine with "This Cider Still Tastes Funny! Further Adventures of a Game Warden in Maine," his follow-up to the highly popular and critically acclaimed "Suddenly, the Cider Didn't Taste So Good." Ford is a retired Maine game warden, sheriff and gifted storyteller who carved out a reputation as a man of the law, but one who wasn't a by-the-book enforcer. He often came up with a good quip as he slipped the handcuffs...
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Gothic art finds its roots in the powerful architecture of the cathedrals of northern France. It is a medieval art movement that evolved throughout Europe over more than 200 years.
Leaving curved Roman forms behind, the architects started using flying buttresses and pointed arches to open up cathedrals to daylight. A period of great economic and social change, the Gothic era also saw the development of a new iconography celebrating the Holy Mary—in...
93) Fishes of the Last Frontier: Life Histories, Biology, Ecology, and Management of Alaska's Fishes
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Fishes of the Last Frontier answers many of your fish questions and others you haven't even thought of yet in a nontechnical, plain talk voice. Learn about the fishes that are of value or special interest to Alaskans: how fish are able to survive and grow, how they get along with each other--or not--and what they eat, where and how our Alaska fishes spawn, the difference between a red and a redd, and the difference between anadromous and catadromous...
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Adani's license to mine 60 million tonnes of coal for 60 years threatens Australia's precious ancient source of groundwater in the Galillee Basin, a vast underground water reservoir, part of the Great Artesian Basin, occupying more than 20% of Australia. How could a company with a globally disastrous reputation for environmental destruction along with a dubious financial status woo an Australian Prime Minister, a State Premier and a handful of regional...
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If you have not already realized, there are numerous changes happening across the world and they are affecting our water supply in a negative manner. There is an overwhelming saturation of diseases and too many innocent people are dying worldwide because of unclean water. How can we sustain clean water in our homes, neighborhoods, cities, states, countries across the world? In this book, you will find ideas and ways you can assist in keeping water...
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Esta publicación reúne las tesis defendidas en la jornada celebrada en el 2015 entre la Universitat de Valencia y el colectivo de institutos de estudios comarcales y municipales, centrada en un tema clave y de actualidad cómo es el análisis y debate en torno a los resultados de las elecciones locales de 2015 y sus repercusiones territoriales en la escala local valenciana. El libro recoge las reflexiones territoriales de los institutos y docentes...
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More than a billion people worldwide lack access to clean, safe water. Some 12 million people die annually as a result, and millions more are struck by diseases associated with the lack of sanitary water. Those afflicted live mainly in poor countries where water distribution is run by inefficient public providers-97 percent of all water distribution in poor countries is public. In recent years, a small number of developing country governments have...
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