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• Author : Callum Roberts
• Publisher : Island Press
• Release Date : 2009-01-05
• Total pages : 615
• ISBN : 9781597265775
• File Size : 10,5 Mb
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Download The Unnatural History of the Sea in PDF, Epub, and Kindle

A fascinating journey through 1,000 years of human exploitation and exploration of the sea.

• Author : Callum Roberts
• Publisher : Island Press
• Release Date : 2007-07-14
• Total pages : 456
• ISBN : 1597261610
• File Size : 45,5 Mb
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Humanity can make short work of the oceans’ creatures. In 1741, hungry explorers discovered herds of Steller’s sea cow in the Bering Strait, and in less than thirty years, the amiable beast had been harpooned into extinction. It’s a classic story, but a key fact is often omitted. Bering Island was the last redoubt of a species that had been decimated by hunting and habitat loss years before the explorers set sail. As Callum M. Roberts reveals in The Unnatural History of the Sea, the oceans’ bounty didn’t disappear overnight. While today’s fishing industry is ruthlessly efficient, intense exploitation began not in the modern era, or even with the dawn of industrialization, but in the eleventh century in medieval Europe. Roberts explores this long and colorful history of commercial fishing, taking readers around the world and through the centuries to witness the transformation of the seas. Drawing on firsthand accounts of early explorers, pirates, merchants, fishers, and travelers, the book recreates the oceans of the past: waters teeming with whales, sea lions, sea otters, turtles, and giant fish. The abundance of marine life described by fifteenth century seafarers is almost unimaginable today, but Roberts both brings it alive and artfully traces its depletion. Collapsing fisheries, he shows, are simply the latest chapter in a long history of unfettered commercialization of the seas. The story does not end with an empty ocean. Instead, Roberts describes how we might restore the splendor and prosperity of the seas through smarter management of our resources and some simple restraint. From the coasts of Florida to New Zealand, marine reserves have fostered spectacular recovery of plants and animals to levels not seen in a century. They prove that history need not repeat itself: we can leave the oceans richer than we found them.

• Author : Jonathan Kellerman
• Publisher : Ballantine Books
• Release Date : 2023-02-07
• Total pages : 321
• ISBN : 9780525618621
• File Size : 17,6 Mb
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The most enduring detectives in American crime fiction are back in this electrifying thriller of art and brutality from the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense. Los Angeles is a city of stark contrast, the palaces of the affluent coexisting uneasily with the hellholes of the mad and the needy. That shadow world and the violence it breeds draw brilliant psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis into an unsettling case of altruism gone wrong. On a superficially lovely morning, a woman shows up for work with her usual enthusiasm. She’s the newly hired personal assistant to a handsome, wealthy photographer and is ready to greet her boss with coffee and good cheer. Instead, she finds him slumped in bed, shot to death. The victim had recently received rave media attention for his latest project: images of homeless people in their personal “dream” situations, elaborately costumed and enacting unfulfilled fantasies. There are some, however, who view the whole thing as nothing more than crass exploitation, citing token payments and the victim’s avoidance of any long-term relationships with his subjects. Has disgruntlement blossomed into homicidal rage? Or do the roots of violence reach down to the victim’s family—a clan, sired by an elusive billionaire, that is bizarre in its own right? Then new murders arise, and Alex and Milo begin peeling back layer after layer of intrigue and complexity, culminating in one of the deadliest threats they’ve ever faced.

• Author : Julien I. E. Hoffman
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release Date : 2011-09-07
• Total pages : 624
• ISBN : 9781444360219
• File Size : 38,5 Mb
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Download The Natural and Unnatural History of Congenital Heart Disease in PDF, Epub, and Kindle

Evaluates the natural history of congenital heart lesions as a background to finding out if and how much treatment has improved outcomes Introduces and defines lesions, providing general information about its frequency, familial or syndromic associations, and associated congenital heart lesions Provides sections on pathological anatomy and physiology – important in determining outcomes Includes results of surgery, both in terms of survival and also in terms of event-free survival, that is, survival free of reoperation, cardiac failure, arrhythmias, and other late complications that are often seen Helps cardiologists and cardiac surgeons understand what is likely to happen to patients with or without treatment, and which forms of treatment currently in use provide the best outcomes to date

• Author : Ron Barrett,George Armelagos
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Release Date : 2013-09-19
• Total pages : 153
• ISBN : 9780199608294
• File Size : 17,8 Mb
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Download An Unnatural History of Emerging Infections in PDF, Epub, and Kindle

These include changing modes of subsistence, shifting populations, environmental disruptions, and social inequalities.

• Author : Leonardo Ambasciano
• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release Date : 2018-12-27
• Total pages : 280
• ISBN : 9781350062405
• File Size : 27,9 Mb
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Download An Unnatural History of Religions in PDF, Epub, and Kindle

An Unnatural History of Religions examines the origins, development, and critical issues concerning the history of religion and its relationship with science. The book explores the ideological biases, logical fallacies, and unwarranted beliefs that surround the scientific foundations (or lack thereof) in the academic discipline of the history of religions, positioning them in today's 'post-truth' culture. Leonardo Ambasciano provides the necessary critical background to evaluate the most important theories and working concepts dedicated to the explanation of the historical developments of religion. He covers the most important topics and paradigm shifts in the field, such as phenomenology, postmodernism, and cognitive science. These are taken into consideration chronologically, each time with case studies on topics such as shamanism, gender biases, ethnocentrism, and biological evolution. Ambasciano argues that the roots of post-truth may be deep in human biases, but that historical justifications change each time, resulting in different combinations. The surprising rise of once-fringe beliefs, such as conspiracy theories, pseudoscientific claims, and so-called scientific creationism, demonstrates the alarming influence that post-truth ideas may exert on both politics and society. Recognising them before they spread anew may be the first step towards a scientifically renewed study of religion.

• Author : J.J. Holt
• Publisher : J.J. Holt
• Release Date : 2014-03-10
• Total pages : 29
• ISBN : 1230987654XX
• File Size : 38,8 Mb
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Download The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History...Summarized in PDF, Epub, and Kindle

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• Author : Terence Bumbly
• Publisher : Figment
• Release Date : 2009-04
• Total pages : 136
• ISBN : 9780980585001
• File Size : 24,6 Mb
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Download The Museum of Unnatural History in PDF, Epub, and Kindle

One of the most impressive collections of unnatural history of all time - as eclectic as the universe and as strange as life itself. Built by the enigmatic Terence Brumby in the 25th century, the Museum of Unnatural History was a living catalogue of what humans created after ethical constraints were removed. With dry humour and masterful understatement, Bumbly explores the ethical dilemmas and unimaginable extremes of human ingenuity that resulted from unchecked technological, biological and social advances. Lavishly illustrated throughout with drawings from Bumbly's notebooks.

• Author : Elise Blackwell
• Publisher : Unbridled Books
• Release Date : 2009-03-25
• Total pages : 240
• ISBN : 9781936071319
• File Size : 44,5 Mb
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Download The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish in PDF, Epub, and Kindle

Set in southern Louisiana in the weeks preceding the great flood of 1927, this novel depicts a place and way of life about to be forever changed. On the verge of manhood and a stone’s throw of the rising Mississippi River, Louis Proby is pulled between his love of the natural world and the glittering temptations of New Orleans, between the beautiful Nanette Lançon and a father who no longer seems larger-than-life, between the simplicity of childhood and the complicated decisions of adulthood. Louis comes of age at a time when the country is coming of age. In Louisiana, it’s a time when the powerful prove themselves willing to sacrifice the poor to protect their position. As the people of Cypress Parish go about their daily lives, bankers in New Orleans are plotting to alter those lives irrevocably. Like so many calamities, the one that befalls Cypress Parish has both natural and human causes. Based on historical events and narrated on the eve of another disaster, The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish tells the story of a young man growing up in a time and place not quite like any other. And in doing so it reveals the complexity of our own relationship to the past. This a beautifully turned novel of love and natural history, married to the shadowy politics of Louisiana, a novel about what manhood means now and what it meant in the south in the 1920s.

• Author : Jan Bondeson
• Publisher : Cornell University Press
• Release Date : 1999
• Total pages : 336
• ISBN : 0801436095
• File Size : 34,6 Mb
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Download The Feejee Mermaid and Other Essays in Natural and Unnatural History in PDF, Epub, and Kindle

A research physician whose specialties are rheumatology and internal medicine, Bondeson indulges his (and our) fascination with natural anomalies by presenting his findings concerning such historical scientific curiosities as the dragon-like basilisk, Jumbo the king of elephants, the raining down of fish and frogs, the vegetable lamb, and the title creature, the Feejee Mermaid. His approach is assuredly more scientific than anecdotal, but it still reads as a bit of a morbid history of natural science fraud and human gullibility. Quite a few bandw photos and drawings illustrate the text. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

• Author : Worth Books
• Publisher : Open Road Media
• Release Date : 2017-02-14
• Total pages : 38
• ISBN : 9781504044172
• File Size : 55,8 Mb
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Download Summary and Analysis of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History in PDF, Epub, and Kindle

So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Sixth Extinction tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Elizabeth Kolbert’s book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert includes: Historical context Chapter-by-chapter overviews Detailed timeline of key events Important quotes Fascinating trivia Glossary of terms Supporting material to enhance your understanding of the original work About The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert: Our planet has endured five events of mass extinction, from centuries of catastrophic heating and cooling to the asteroid that fell to earth and ended the Cretaceous Period. We are currently facing the sixth extinction, and this time the human species is to blame. Elizabeth Kolbert travels the world and meets with scientists who are grappling with the ecological outcomes of human activity. Her Pulitzer Prize–winning modern science classic tells the stories of thirteen different species that have already disappeared or are on the brink of extinction as a result of human activity. A captivating blend of research and historical anecdotes enlightens readers about the unintentional consequences of our behaviors, from climate change and global warming to invasive species and overexploitation. The summary and analysis in this ebook are intended to complement your reading experience and bring you closer to a great work of nonfiction.

• Author : Elizabeth Kolbert
• Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
• Release Date : 2014-02-11
• Total pages : 336
• ISBN : 9780805099799
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Download The Sixth Extinction in PDF, Epub, and Kindle

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. This time around, the cataclysm is us. In The Sixth Extinction, two-time winner of the National Magazine Award and New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert draws on the work of scores of researchers in half a dozen disciplines, accompanying many of them into the field: geologists who study deep ocean cores, botanists who follow the tree line as it climbs up the Andes, marine biologists who dive off the Great Barrier Reef. She introduces us to a dozen species, some already gone, others facing extinction, including the Panamian golden frog, staghorn coral, the great auk, and the Sumatran rhino. Through these stories, Kolbert provides a moving account of the disappearances occurring all around us and traces the evolution of extinction as concept, from its first articulation by Georges Cuvier in revolutionary Paris up through the present day. The sixth extinction is likely to be mankind's most lasting legacy; as Kolbert observes, it compels us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human.

• Author : Sharman Apt Russell
• Publisher : Basic Books
• Release Date : 2008-08-01
• Total pages : 272
• ISBN : 9780786722396
• File Size : 47,6 Mb
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Download Hunger in PDF, Epub, and Kindle

Every day, we wake up hungry. Every day, we break our fast. Hunger explores the range of this primal experience. Sharman Apt Russell, the highly acclaimed author of Anatomy of a Rose and An Obsession with Butterflies, here takes us on a tour of hunger, from eighteen hours without food to thirty-six hours to seven days and beyond. What Russell finds-both in our bodies and in cultures around the world-is extraordinary. It is a biological process that transcends nature to shape the very of fabric of societies. In a fascinating survey of centuries of thought on hunger's unique power, she discovers an ability to adapt to it that is nothing short of miraculous. From the fasting saints of the early Christian church to activists like Mahatma Gandhi, generations have used hunger to make spiritual and political statements. Russell highlights these remarkable cases where hunger can inspire and even heal, but she also addresses the devastating impact of starvation on cultures around the world today. Written with consummate skill, a compassionate heart, and stocked with facts, figures, and fascinating lore, Hunger is an inspiring window on history and the human spirit.

• Author : Florence Williams
• Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
• Release Date : 2012-05-07
• Total pages : 352
• ISBN : 9780393083866
• File Size : 15,5 Mb
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Download Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History in PDF, Epub, and Kindle

A 2012 New York Times Notable Book A 2013 Los Angeles Times Book Award Winner in the Science & Technology category An engaging narrative about an incredible, life-giving organ and its imperiled modern fate. Did you know that breast milk contains substances similar to cannabis? Or that it’s sold on the Internet for 262 times the price of oil? Feted and fetishized, the breast is an evolutionary masterpiece. But in the modern world, the breast is changing. Breasts are getting bigger, arriving earlier, and attracting newfangled chemicals. Increasingly, the odds are stacked against us in the struggle with breast cancer, even among men. What makes breasts so mercurial—and so vulnerable? In this informative and highly entertaining account, intrepid science reporter Florence Williams sets out to uncover the latest scientific findings from the fields of anthropology, biology, and medicine. Her investigation follows the life cycle of the breast from puberty to pregnancy to menopause, taking her from a plastic surgeon’s office where she learns about the importance of cup size in Texas to the laboratory where she discovers the presence of environmental toxins in her own breast milk. The result is a fascinating exploration of where breasts came from, where they have ended up, and what we can do to save them.

• Author : Dean Bavington
• Publisher : UBC Press
• Release Date : 2011-01-01
• Total pages : 224
• ISBN : 9780774859509
• File Size : 41,7 Mb
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Download Managed Annihilation in PDF, Epub, and Kindle

The Newfoundland and Labrador cod fishery was once the most successful commercial fishery in the world. When it collapsed in 1992, many pointed to failures in management, such as uncontrolled harvesting, as likely culprits. Managed Annihilation makes the case that the idea of natural resource management itself was the problem. The collapse occurred when the fisheries were state-managed and still, two decades later, there is no recovery in sight. Although the collapse raised doubts among policy-makers about their ability to understand and control nature, their ultimate goal of control through management has not wavered and has been transferred from wild fish to fishermen and farmed cod.

• Author : Christopher Moriarty
• Publisher : Universe Publishing(NY)
• Release Date : 1978
• Total pages : 200
• ISBN : UCSD:31822011257276
• File Size : 23,6 Mb
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Download Eels, a Natural and Unnatural History in PDF, Epub, and Kindle

PDF book entitled Eels, a Natural and Unnatural History written by Christopher Moriarty and published by Universe Publishing(NY) which was released on 1978 with total hardcover pages 200, the book become popular and critical acclaim.

• Author : Terry Tempest Williams
• Publisher : Vintage
• Release Date : 1992-09-01
• Total pages : 337
• ISBN : 9780679740247
• File Size : 48,6 Mb
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Download Refuge in PDF, Epub, and Kindle

In the spring of 1983 Terry Tempest Williams learned that her mother was dying of cancer. That same season, The Great Salt Lake began to rise to record heights, threatening the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and the herons, owls, and snowy egrets that Williams, a poet and naturalist, had come to gauge her life by. One event was nature at its most random, the other a by-product of rogue technology: Terry's mother, and Terry herself, had been exposed to the fallout of atomic bomb tests in the 1950s. As it interweaves these narratives of dying and accommodation, Refuge transforms tragedy into a document of renewal and spiritual grace, resulting in a work that has become a classic.

• Author : Stephen T. Asma
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Release Date : 2011-09
• Total pages : 369
• ISBN : 9780199798094
• File Size : 14,8 Mb
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Download On Monsters in PDF, Epub, and Kindle

Original publication and copyright date: 2009.

• Author : Robert A. Aronowitz
• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• Release Date : 2013-09-19
• Total pages : 0
• ISBN : 1107651468
• File Size : 47,5 Mb
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Download Unnatural History in PDF, Epub, and Kindle

In the early nineteenth century in the United States, cancer in the breast was a rare disease. Now it seems that breast cancer is everywhere. Written by a medical historian who is also a doctor, Unnatural History tells how and why this happened. Rather than there simply being more disease, breast cancer has entered the bodies of so many American women and the concerns of nearly all the rest, mostly as a result of how we have detected, labeled, and responded to the disease. The book traces changing definitions and understandings of breast cancer, the experience of breast cancer sufferers, clinical and public health practices, and individual and societal fears.

• Author : Libby Hill
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 2019-02-21
• Total pages : 330
• ISBN : 9780809337071
• File Size : 17,7 Mb
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Download The Chicago River in PDF, Epub, and Kindle

Originally published: Lake Claremont Press, 2000.

• Author : Ruth Mostern
• Publisher : Yale University Press
• Release Date : 2021-09-28
• Total pages : 536
• ISBN : 9780300263114
• File Size : 39,6 Mb
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Download The Yellow River in PDF, Epub, and Kindle

A three-thousand-year history of the Yellow River and the legacy of interactions between humans and the natural landscape From Neolithic times to the present day, the Yellow River and its watershed have both shaped and been shaped by human society. Using the Yellow River to illustrate the long-term effects of environmentally significant human activity, Ruth Mostern unravels the long history of the human relationship with water and soil and the consequences, at times disastrous, of ecological transformations that resulted from human decisions. As Mostern follows the Yellow River through three millennia of history, she underlines how governments consistently ignored the dynamic interrelationships of the river’s varied ecosystems—grasslands, riparian forests, wetlands, and deserts—and the ecological and cultural impacts of their policies. With an interdisciplinary approach informed by archival research and GIS (geographical information system) records, this groundbreaking volume provides unique insight into patterns, transformations, and devastating ruptures throughout ecological history and offers profound conclusions about the way we continue to affect the natural systems upon which we depend.