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This book describes how humankind can more fully industrialize our society without overwhelming the Earth's natural systems.In the five main parts of this book, contributors discuss the industrialization of society; the main natural systems cycles; toxic chemicals in the environment; industrial ecology in firms; and policy-making with respect to industrial ecology. The book will appeal to professionals in a wide range of environmental fields. ... Read more

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Telling Stories to Change the World is a powerful collection of essays about community-based and interest-based projects where storytelling is used as a strategy for speaking out for justice. Contributors from locations across the globe—including Uganda, Darfur, China, Afghanistan, South Africa, New Orleans, and Chicago—describe grassroots projects in which communities use narrative as a way of exploring what a more just society might look like and what civic engagement means. These compelling accounts of resistance, hope, and vision showcase the power of the storytelling form to generate critique and collective action. Together, these projects demonstrate the contemporary power of stories to stimulate engagement, active citizenship, the pride of identity, and the humility of human connectedness.

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A definitive examination from a distinguished array of scholars.

Is humankind on a fast track to self-destruction? Can society develop ways to live in concert with the environment? Are our environmental problems as grave as they seem? The included essays address these issues and much more. 57 b/w illustrations. ... Read more

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With increasing greenhouse gas emissions, we are embarked on an unprecedented experiment with an uncertain outcome for the future of the planet. The Kyoto Protocol serves as an initial step through 2012 to mitigate the threats posed by global climate change but policy-makers, scholars, businessmen, and environmentalists have begun debating the structure of the successor to the Kyoto agreement. Written by a team of leading scholars in economics, law and international relations, this book contributes to this debate by examining the merits of six alternative international architectures for climate policy. ... Read more

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Well organized book
This isn't a technical book, but it's not lazy Sunday reading either. It is a well laid out book though. There are 6 proposed "architectures" (post-Kyoto frameworks) presented-- along with 1 or 2 competing reviews are each proposal. Due to this organization, you get a total 360 view of the policy issues and trade-offs involved. Perhaps, due to the academic tone, it might be a little off-balanced away from business realities. However, this is not, in any way, a biased environmental ranting book. ... Read more

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Climate change will inflict damage on every continent, but it will hit the world's poor disproportionately hard. Whatever hard-fought human development gains have been made may be impeded or reversed by climate change as new threats emerge to water and food security, agricultural production and access, and nutrition and public health. "Climate Change and Global Poverty: A Billion Lives in the Balance" draws on expertise from the climate change and development communities to ask how the public and private sectors can help the world's poor manage the global climate crisis. Increasingly, climate change and development are two sides of the same coin. Effective climate solutions must empower global development by improving livelihoods, health, and economic prospects, while poverty alleviation itself must become a central strategy for both mitigating emissions and reducing global vulnerability to adverse climate impacts.The contributors include Jessica Ayers (London School of Economics), Manish Bapna (World Resources Institute), Ian Burton (University of Toronto), Joshua Busby (University of Texas),Thea Dickinson (Clean Air Partnership), Elliot Diringer (Pew Center on Global Climate Change), Kristie Ebi (ESS, LLC), Ned Helme (Center for Clean Air Policy), Saleemul Huq (International Institute for Environment and Development), Michael Jenkins (Forest Trends), Heather Kaplan (Oxfam America),Vinca LaFleur(WestWingWriters), Heather McGray (World Resources Institute), Robert Mendelsohn (Yale), Jane Nelson (Harvard),Anthony Nyong (African Development Bank), Raymond Offenheiser (Oxfam America),Atiq Rahman (Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies), and DavidWaskow (Oxfam America). ... Read more

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Climate Change is geared toward a variety of students and general readers who seek the real science behind global warming. Exquisitely illustrated, the text introduces the basic science underlying both the natural progress of climate change and the effect of human activity on the deteriorating health of our planet. Noted expert and author Edmond A. Mathez synthesizes the work of leading scholars in climatology and related fields, and he concludes with an extensive chapter on energy production, anchoring this volume in economic and technological realities and suggesting ways to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.

Climate Change opens with the climate system fundamentals: the workings of the atmosphere and ocean, their chemical interactions via the carbon cycle, and the scientific framework for understanding climate change. Mathez then brings the climate of the past to bear on our present predicament, highlighting the importance of paleoclimatology in understanding the current climate system. Subsequent chapters explore the changes already occurring around us and their implications for the future. In a special feature, Jason E. Smerdon, associate research scientist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, provides an innovative appendix for students.

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A Missed Opportunity to Broker Peace
When interpretations of scientific evidence differ radically and acrimoniously, you can be certain that the interest of at least one of the parties is not a better understanding of what makes things tick in the natural world.Whether the topic is the heliocentric solar system, descent with modification, or rapid climate change, rarely are the scientific facts themselves a matter of contention.Edmond Mathez' book is a case in point.

The true value in Mathez' book is his treatment of the carbon cycle and the complexity of the interrelationships between the atmosphere, the lithosphere, the biosphere, the hydrosphere, and the cryosphere.Mathez' packaging of these topics for the scientifically literate reader, complete with illustrations, is masterful.Once Mathez equips us with the necessary vocabulary and the conceptual framework, he takes us back into deep geologic time to experience "climates past."Here we learn how carbon cycle disequilibria have created millennia of glacial and interglacial cycles, and we learn where we are in the present interglacial.And he shows the complexities and limitations of the climate models designed to forecast our destiny.

Mathez describes the three types of irregularities in the Earth's orbit which interact to create Milankovitch cycles, which explain much of the naturally-occurring cyclicality in Earth's' historic climate.He also describes the naturally-occurring accelerators, principally the polar albedo effect and water vapor, as well as the climate system's balancing factors.

One of the most startling of the historic cycles is the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), some 55 million years ago, which the author states "is analogous to resent-day climate change."During the Paleocene, climate had been slowly warming, but then a sudden, enormous mass of carbon flooded the ocean and atmosphere.During the PETM, 1,500 to 4,500 gigatons (billion metric tons) of carbon entered the Earth's climate system. This influx of carbon increased the Earth's temperature by 9 to 16 degrees Fahrenheit, about the amount of carbon and temperature we'd expect at current levels of anthropogenic carbon production.Another startling precedent was the Younger Dryas, only about 12,900 years ago, which in the space of only 1,300 years increased the Earth's temperature some 13 degrees Fahrenheit.The Younger Dryas warming period does not appear, however, to have been caused by an increase in carbon, but to a sudden decrease in the salinity of the oceans.

The author shows that in the last 100 thousand years there have been 23 naturally-occurring warm periods, the last of them causing the current increases in atmospheric and hydrospheric temperatures which account for the retreating glaciers.It is clear that with humans introducing some 36 gigatons of carbon dioxide annually, the current rate of naturally-occurring warming can only accelerate.

Edmond Mathez, provides all of this information, and more, yet he fails to draw the key conclusion which could have easily brokered a peace between partisans in the climate debate.Why doesn't he state unequivocally that there are both natural and anthropogenic causes to the current interglacial warming period and that climate research should focus on quantifying the percentages of each?Of course it makes sense for humans to reduce carbon emissions, but won't the impact of any reductions depend on the relative impact of our emissions?That is a question that Mathez curiously leaves unanswered.
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The volume discusses global commons against the complex global political relations. It explores the nature of the global economic crisis, the search for finding a solution to the climate change problem, and efforts to conserve biodiversity in their centres of origin. The narratives from within India-the desert terrains of Rajasthan, the hills of Darjeeling, and the Western Ghats-reach across the borders to the world of industrial complexes in the North that produce and spew chemicals for disposal and re-use in the South, the soft belly of the globe. ... Read more

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SELECTED AS A 2008 BEST BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST

"ONE OF THE SMARTEST INVESTORS ON THE PLANET."--MONEY MAGAZINE

“This book is an essential read for those whowish to understand the modern world of investing.”
—Alan Greenspan

Winner of the 2008 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award

When Markets Collide is a timely alert to the fundamental changes taking place in today's global economic and financial systems--and a call to action for investors who may fall victim to misinterpreting important signals. While some have tended to view asset class mispricings as mere“noise,” this compelling book shows why they areimportant signals of opportunities and risks that will shape the market for years to come. One of today's most respected names in finance, Mohamed El-Erian puts recent events in their proper context, giving you the tools that can help you interpret the markets, benefit from global economic change, and navigate the risks.

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A Bit Haughty
Almost any serious investor knows the name Mohamed El-Erian. The coverage on CNBC of him and his firm, PIMCO, is ubiquitous.So when Mr. El-Erian has something to say, people will tend to listen.Such was the case in 2008 when he published "When Markets Collide".That the book was hailed by The Financial Times as the best business book of the year only proves the point. When I read it, however, I was disappointed.

I have 2 main criticisms.First, the book was far longer than it needed to be.I agree with Mr. El-Erian's central thesis: that the global markets failure adjust to the rise of new players creates imbalances that will effect investors for years to come.After everything that has happened since 2008, that can hardly be in dispute.The fact that Mr. El-Erian was making this point when few were confirms his brilliance.At the same time, the point could have been made far more succinctly--and enjoyable.

Which leads me to my second gripe: it was far to high on jargon.I prefer "plain language".Its not that I do not understand "eco-geek" phraseology; its only that I find it a bore.Mr. El-Erian is the worst offender of that rule I've yet encountered.

When Markets Collide, Chapter 1: Aberrations, Conundrums, and Puzzle
What a rip off! More than half the price for the whole book for one chapter and everything about the description is for the whole book. The "Chaper 1" in the title can be easily overlooked. Instead of a bargain on a once popular book what is offered is an overpriced, brief excerpt.

New Realities - New Strategies
When Markets Collide, by Mohamed El-Erian, offers significant insight into the changing dynamics of the global economies and the responses of policy makers and leaders of countries to the new financial landscape.

Information shared in this book is comparable to the visions of the future addressed by Thomas Friedman in "The World is Flat" and by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his book, "The Black Swan."

Disruptive innovation, structural transformation and new technological capabilities are mentioned frequently in this book.Discussing these factors helps to raise investor awareness on the speed of change and the lack of capacity and capability of current structures and business practices to respond.

Disruptions not previously experienced prior to the recent financial meltdown
* Decline in trust among counterparties
* Sudden stops in market liquidity
* Policy makers simultaneously thrown into crisis management mode

Dynamic Changes
* Emerging countries transition from debtor to creditor nation status
* US and European countries burdened by extraordinary debt
* China as the largest underwriter of US debt

Challenges
* Emergence of global financial disruptions occurring simultaneously
* Ability of emerging economies to successfully manage the new found wealth and avoid the pitfalls of excessive spending and free credit
* Potential inability of policy makers (FED, IMF, etc.) to influence monetary and fiscal policies

Aside from alerting his readers to the changes noted above, Mr. El-Erian's goal is to help others "recognize and understand turning points in the markets" to "have a way to identify and think about signals within the noise" of change.

Good return on investment now for success in the future.

Raises The Right Questions
This is good background reading for reconsidering what your portfolio should look like and how you should manage it. Many of the points are becoming the "new consensus". The answers may not be perfect, but the highly experienced author raises many of the right questions

Great work
very insightful, this man has great vision and wisdom that he shares with thr rest of us. ... Read more

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Survey based confirmation of drivers of change
At last here is a book that gives a thorough account of the basic drivers of global change and their consequences, rather than trying to force observed events into some predetermined theory. Lawrence bases his book on in-depth interviews with a wide range of organizations and does a masterly job of synthesizing the findings and presenting them in an informal, highly readable and logical way.
Lawrence is particularly good at conveying the systemic connections between the drivers of change and the various organizational responses to change. For this reason the book provides an excellent guide both to understanding and for action. The main arguments and findings are well summarized through the book, which makes it easy to focus on issues of specific concern, such as downsizing, mergers and strategic partnering.
Because the book is based on interviews with executives of organizations, certain important drivers are not highlighted. For example, although the fact that customers (both business and personal) are becoming more demanding is highlighted, the underlying changes in attitudes between the generations is not. Similarly, the rapidly rising concern with sustainability does not figure strongly. This is perhaps a reflection of what is in the consciousness of the author's respondents, rather than a reflection on the author himself. ... Read more

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Climate change has become an important topic on the business agenda with strong pressure being placed on companies to respond and contribute to finding solutions to this urgent problem. This text provides a comprehensive analysis of international business responses to global climate change and climate change policy.

Embedded in relevant management literature, this book gives a concise treatment of developments in policy and business activity on global, regional and national levels, using examples and systematic data from a large number of international companies. The first part outlines the international climate policy landscape and voluntary initiatives taken by companies, both alone and together with others. The second part examines companies’ strategies, covering innovation for climate change, as well as compensation via emissions trading and carbon offsetting.

Written by well-known experts in the field, International Business and Global Climate Change illustrates how an environmental topic becomes strategically important in a mainstream sense, affecting corporate decision-making, business processes, products, reputation, advertising, communication, accounting and finance. This is a must-read for academics as well as practitioners concerned with this issue.

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"More than ever, leaders are expected to be the change agents of their organizations. Yet CEO turnover continues to rise and organizations continue to struggle in their efforts to confront the fearsome adaptive challenges of the global age. Epic Change is a path-breaking contribution to the study of leadership and organizational change. Based on a landmark study of 53 cases of large-scale organizational change in business, healthcare, government, education, and the non-profit sector, acclaimed thought leader and researcher, Dr. Timothy R. Clark unveils the "Power Curve of Change" framework and EPIC system for change management (Evaluate, Prepare, Implement, Consolidate) for leaders who are charged to lead high-stakes change initiatives in their organizations. Epic Change presents a strategic-level road map, along with tactical level tools, for the every-day needs of leaders who must respond to all types of adaptive challenge to remain competitive. It represents a comprehensive, research-based program for leaders who want to develop the indispensable competency of leading change in a permanently and profoundly different age.

Change rarely fails for lack of strategy—Clark shows that only the discretionary efforts of people can make change happen—and this requires leadership and energy management. The Epic Change approach has been successfully field-tested with leaders at all levels and in organizations around the world. This important resource provides leaders new research-based tools to increase and sustain the energy of any change effort." ... Read more

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A helpful framework for self-reflection in a change environment.
The EPICmodel is very helpful for framing the environment of change. I found myself reflecting on my experiences within a transformational environment and verifying the model holds true. What I liked most was that the book is written from a practitioners point of view. While the contents are educational they are equally practical. If you are working in an environment of change, you will be able to appy these concepts on a dialy basis.

A must-read for all Corporations
This is a compelling journey with a touch of history and wit through the global challenges facing every organization.For the sake of the future, I earnestly hope this eloquent read will be viewed by as many corporations as possible.

Tom DonahoeA Good Book about Leadership from a College Student's Prospective, Epic Change
I am a college student at the University of Pittsburgh, so I have not had much exposure to the business world.Because of this, I have not directly benefited from this book, Epic Change, by Timothy Clark, but I feel some day that I will be able to successfully apply some of his ideas into my career. In a world that is constantly changing because of new technology advances, it is becoming increasingly harder for people to remain at the top of their fields without feeling threatened by younger people and their newer ideas. Timothy Clark does an exemplary job of explaining different, but useful ways to be able to stay at the top of your business field and also be able to be an effective leader. He highlights some very important ideas that even an inexperienced reader of such a book can easily identify with and also apply to their lives in a business setting. The book Epic Change details exactly what it takes for a leader to stay competent in his environment with so much change taking place in all aspects of management. Timothy Clark uses studies to support his ideas regarding change and leadership. Clark does not hesitate to make a point that there is change taking place all over the globe, and if leaders do not step up and adapt to the change they will definitely fail at their role as successful leaders and managers. He portrays an idea that is quite admirable, which is that a good leader is not one who only will stick to his or her own ideals, but is able to successfully adapt to change in a way that will make it benefit him or her. This is particularly a good message to send to college students my age because many young adults who will soon graduate college have the idea that what they know now is going to be the only type of knowledge that will be necessary for them to flourish in their career in the future. Many students my age do not think that the changes that are inevitable will affect their lives and careers years down the road, but they will.If a student my age reads such a book, they can acquire the same message that I did, and that is to expect change to come and learn to adapt to it. If you do that, you will be able to maybe one day become a respected, competent leader in the field that is of interest to you. The message of the book is that change is just aspect of being a good leader, and it is something that all good leaders have to deal with. If leaders fail to recognize the significance of change they will parish as effective leaders. Tom Donahoe

Essential Training for Those Leading Change
Businesses and organizations are faced with the challenge of change.Market globalization and technological advancement are just two of the many pressures forcing organizations to make timely adaptations or risk extinction.The vast majority of today's businesses cannot long maintain both status quo and market share.This book sets forth compelling arguments regarding the need for both large and small-scale organizational change to increase one's relevance and revenue.

This book walks the change leader step by step through the process of evaluating, preparing, implementing, and consolidating change based on a breathtaking array of real-life examples presented in a straightforward, easily accessible style. (See, for example, page 84).

The depth of the research is amazing, but it never gets in the way of the practical guidance.One of the best features of the book is the summary of key points at the end of each chapter, which greatly enhances the utility of the book for both teaching and training.(See pages 120-21).

A must read for anyone dealing with change
Having been involved in small and large change efforts with startup and global organizations, and having read dozens of books and articles on the topic, this is the best I have seen.In fact, this is one of the few books I have on my "keeper" bookshelf - it has displaced a few of what I have called "keepers" before that I have had on my shelf for a very long time. ... Read more

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Climate change will shape the political, economic, and cultural landscape as surely as it shapes the natural landscape. It challenges our existing political institutions, ethical theories, and ways of conceptualizing the human relationship to the environment; it defies current principles of distributive justice, transcends current discourses on rights, and disrupts our sense of place. Political Theory and Global Climate Change argues that the conceptual tools of political theory can help us understand the obstacles to fair and effective global climate change policies, and this volume offers a selection of innovative and integrative scholarly efforts to do so. Illuminating the variety of political, economic, and social problems caused by global warming, the book applies a range of theoretical approaches and methodologies—from analytic philosophy and constitutional and legal theory to neo-Marxism and critical theory—using climate change as a case to test standard normative and empirical premises.

The book first looks at distributive justice concerns raised by climate change, including allocation of the global atmospheric commons and how to establish the basis for a fair and effective global climate policy regime, then examines the complex relationships between climate change and society, including the way that social institutions and practices construct, reinforce, aim to address, and are disrupted by climatic instability. Showing how political theory challenges and is challenged by global climate change, the book both demonstrates and evaluates innovative approaches in the developing field of environmental political theory.

Contributors: Martin J. Adamian, John Barry, Peter F. Cannavò, Stephen Gardiner, George Gonzalez, Amy Lovecraft, Timothy W. Luke, Leigh Raymond, Steve Vanderheiden. ... Read more

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Reforestation and avoiding deforestation are methods of harnessing nature to tackle global warming - the greatest challenge facing humankind. In this book, Colin Hunt deals comprehensively with the present and future role of forests in climate change policy and practice.

The author provides signposts for the way ahead in climate change policy and offers practical examples of forestry's role in climate change mitigation in both developed and tropical developing countries. Chapters on measuring carbon in plantations, their biodiversity benefits and potential for biofuel production complement the analysis. He also discusses the potential for forestry in climate change policy in the United States and other countries where policies to limit greenhouse gas emissions have been foreshadowed. The author employs scientific and socio-economic analysis and lays bare the complexity of forestry markets. A review of the workings of carbon markets, based both on the Kyoto Protocol and voluntary participation, provides a foundation from which to explore forestry's role. Emphasis is placed on acknowledging how forests' idiosyncrasies affect the design of markets for sequestered carbon. The realization of forestry's potential in developed countries depends on the depth of cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, together with in-country rules on forestry. An increase in funding for carbon retention in tropical forests is an immediate imperative, but complexities dictate that the sources of finance will likely be dedicated funds rather than carbon markets.

This timely and comprehensive book will be of great value to any reader interested in climate change. Policy-makers within international agencies and governments, academics and students in the fields of geography, economics, science policy, forestry, development studies as well as carbon market participants and forest developers in the private sector will find it especially useful. ... Read more

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This second edition of Richard Turco's successful book, Earth Under Siege, provides a basic understanding of how our physical environment functions and how human activities affect it. Intended to educate the lay person-especially the policy makers, business administrators, and political leaders of the future-about some of the most pressing problems facing our modern world, this important book effectively describes the realities of environmental pollution and global change. It provides a comprehensive description of the natural environment and builds a foundation on which the science and policy of current environmental issues can be understood, including key local, regional, and global issues and their implications for society and human life. ... Read more

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Author's note
Slightly updated.Ought to be useful for both high school and college reading assignments. Unlike most climate books, it has a thorough examination of abrupt shifts in climate. (There have been six, global in scale, since 1976.)

Global Fever
Excellent book!Written in such a way as to be understandable to those with little background in climate issues yet blunt enough in its analysis to wake up those who politically or otherwise are laggards when it comes to moving forward on existential environmental issues.Written in plain english!

Even Handed Approach on How to Get Out of the GW Problem
The author is a neurosurgeon by training, but has a solid background in science that certainly qualifies him to write on the topic of this book. As such, he provides a fairly even handed view without a particular ax to grind. Years ago I read his very enjoyable and interesting The River That Flows Uphill -- From the Big Bang to the Big Brain. It's about his thoughts on such matters as he journeys down the Colorado River.In this book the backdrop is global warming, or, as he puts it, global fever. That backdrop isn't quite so pleasing. It starts with the defensible premise that it exists and we need to do something about it soon, 2020, to stop its catastrophic effects.

The book has some formidable forerunners, such as those by Tim Flannery (Weather Makers) or Elizabeth Kolbert (Field Notes ...). Calvin has plenty to say about how to proceed against antropogenic global warming, and takes the reader through many technical aspects of it with descriptions of (scientific) feedback (as opposed to social), mechanisms of sudden climate shifts, the importance of CO2 versus water and methane as key indicators, and the basics of climate modeling. Particularly important are his comments about the spread of disinformation. It's widespread, but after reading his book, you'll be in a better position to recognize it. There's an interesting comment early in the book about why Al Gore does not appear to support nuclear power, page 30.

He has a good appendix on further reads, and interesting notes in the back to supplement the text. His Read Widely appendix, in the last paragraph, discusses reliable sources, e.g., Real Climate (maintained by climate scientists, Google), and some that are just front organizations for business as usual (GlobalWarming ...). To get a good feel for the writing style, see his web page (Google). He has a couple of downloadable chapters, and more information on the subject of global fever. One fun one that caught my eye was a reference to the old (60s) Bell (Telephone) Science, a TV series. One episode was called Unchained Goddess. A one minute snippet can be found on YouTube. Yes, even then we new about the threat. (The complete DVD, 1 hour, of it can be found on Amazon. It's still a very good and light introduction to the basics of climate.)

A small word of warning. His book says the charts and diagrams are available on his web site for use. This is partly true. They are in the pdf files, but for only three chapters. A few minor points about the book are the charts and diagrams are sometimes hard to read, and the text sometimes loosely describes them. If you get stuck on explanations, skip ahead. There's lots of interesting material in the book. ... Read more

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This volume addresses the topic of ethics on an international scale. Written by scholars from six continents and 14 countries, this collection offers a perspective on the political, methodological, technological and comparative views of nations towards ethical codes for their mass media. It describes the gulfs that separate - and the bridges that relate - conceptions of media ethics for nations ranging from Australia to Peru, Nigeria to the Soviet Union. It includes international references, bibliographies, and codes of ethics, and also offers a topical introduction orienting general readers to the field. ... Read more

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This volume examines the various drivers of global change, including climate change, and the use of agricultural knowledge, science, and technology, as well as the outcomes of global change processes, including impacts on water quality and human well-being. Several authors examine potential policy and institutional solutions afforded by globalization to the challenges ahead, particularly the role of trade policy. Financing water development in a more globalized world and adapting to global warming are also examined.

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This global, multicultural anthology shows how women from some thirty countries, across twenty-six centuries, have found ways to resist oppression and gain power over their lives. Organized around themes of concern to contemporary readers, Women Imagine Change explores: relationships between women's sexuality and spirituality; women's interlinked struggles to control their labor and education; their work reshaping representations of gender; and their varied translations of knowledge into power. Extensive introductions combine a broad theoretical perspective on gender and resistance with vivid biographical context.

Not only do the writings show women's resistance from an historical perspective; they also offer crucial insight into questions women are posing today about the relationships between their own power, the power of the various groups to which they belong, and the larger systems of power they confront in the world around them. ... Read more

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Rascal Run Books are the greatest
I love this book, I actually bought it for a class but ended up reading it for pleasure ... Read more

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Global Climate Change and Pedogenic Carbonates summarizes whatwe know about soil inorganic carbon and develops strategies that could lead to the retention of more carbon in the soil. It covers basic concepts, analytical methods, secondary carbonates, and research and development priorities. With this book you will get a better understanding of the global carbon cycle, organic and inorganic carbon, and their role, or what we know of it, in the greenhouse effect. ... Read more