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Eager

The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter

de Ben Goldfarb ...

This “marvelously humor-laced page-turner” about one of the world’s most influential species is “a masterpiece of a treatise on the natural world” (The Washington Post, “50 Notable Works of Nonfiction”).“Takes us inside the amazing world of nature’s premier construction engineer . . . and shows us why the restoration of an animal almost driven to extinction is producing wide-ranging, positive ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

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This “marvelously humor-laced page-turner” about one of the world’s most influential species is “a masterpiece of a treatise on the natural world” (The Washington Post, “50 Notable Works of Nonfiction”).“Takes us inside the amazing world of nature’s premier construction engineer . . . and shows us why the restoration of an animal almost driven to extinction is producing wide-ranging, positive
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Crossings

How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet

de Ben Goldfarb ...

**Grand Prize Winner of the 2024 Banff Mountain Book CompetitionWinner of the Rachel Carson Award for Excellence in Environmental JournalismFinalist for the NYPL Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in JournalismFinalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardFinalist for the Reading the West Book Award in NonfictionFinalist for the Colorado Book AwardNamed a Best Book of the ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

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**Grand Prize Winner of the 2024 Banff Mountain Book CompetitionWinner of the Rachel Carson Award for Excellence in Environmental JournalismFinalist for the NYPL Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in JournalismFinalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardFinalist for the Reading the West Book Award in NonfictionFinalist for the Colorado Book AwardNamed a Best Book of the
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Eager

The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter

de Ben Goldfarb ...

Narrado por Will Damron ...

Completo

11 hora 24 minutos

In Eager, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb reveals that our modern idea of what a healthy landscape looks like and how it functions is wrong, distorted by the fur trade that once trapped out millions of beavers from North America’s lakes and rivers. The consequences of losing beavers were profound: streams eroded, wetlands dried up, and species from salmon to swans lost vital habitat. Today, ... Leer más

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In Eager, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb reveals that our modern idea of what a healthy landscape looks like and how it functions is wrong, distorted by the fur trade that once trapped out millions of beavers from North America’s lakes and rivers. The consequences of losing beavers were profound: streams eroded, wetlands dried up, and species from salmon to swans lost vital habitat. Today,
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與路共生：道路生態學如何改變地球命運

Crossing: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet

de 戈德法布, Ben Goldfarb ...

Traducido por 鄧子衿 ...

Series series 科學文化
《紐約時報》年度最受注目百大好書《書單》雜誌環境永續類十大好書美國山岳協會最佳環境寫作瑞秋．卡森獎你看過紫斑蝶飛翔在高速公路旁嗎？或曾在夜晚，看到小青蛙呆坐鄉間小路中央？-----------------------------------------------一條道路，改變一個生態系！-----------------------------------------------人類打造的道路長達 6400 萬公里，足足可繞地球赤道 1600 圈。這些道路「裁」短了崖燕的翅膀、扭曲了美洲獅的基因，阻擋黑尾鹿和鮭魚的遷徏與繁殖，讓蛙類和龜類遭到大屠殺，土石因而滑動，就連人類社區也難逃被夷平的命運！道路對動物、對人類本身，具有長遠而廣大的影響，已成為一種... ... Leer más

$14.99 USD

《紐約時報》年度最受注目百大好書《書單》雜誌環境永續類十大好書美國山岳協會最佳環境寫作瑞秋．卡森獎你看過紫斑蝶飛翔在高速公路旁嗎？或曾在夜晚，看到小青蛙呆坐鄉間小路中央？-----------------------------------------------一條道路，改變一個生態系！-----------------------------------------------人類打造的道路長達 6400 萬公里，足足可繞地球赤道 1600 圈。這些道路「裁」短了崖燕的翅膀、扭曲了美洲獅的基因，阻擋黑尾鹿和鮭魚的遷徏與繁殖，讓蛙類和龜類遭到大屠殺，土石因而滑動，就連人類社區也難逃被夷平的命運！道路對動物、對人類本身，具有長遠而廣大的影響，已成為一種...
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L'effet castor

Les leçons d'un bâtisseur de mondes

de Ben Goldfarb, Baptiste Morizot ...

Traducido por Baptiste Morizot, Fanny Morizot ...

Plongez avec humour dans la vie passionnante des castors, nos meilleurs alliés face aux défis climatiques ! De son style vif et incisif, Ben Goldfarb nous entraîne dans un voyage au pays des castors, à travers l’ensemble du territoire nord-américain et au- delà. Il part à la rencontre de scientifiques, de trappeurs, de ranchers… de tous ceux qui ont déjà compris l’importance décisive de ce rongeur ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

Plongez avec humour dans la vie passionnante des castors, nos meilleurs alliés face aux défis climatiques ! De son style vif et incisif, Ben Goldfarb nous entraîne dans un voyage au pays des castors, à travers l’ensemble du territoire nord-américain et au- delà. Il part à la rencontre de scientifiques, de trappeurs, de ranchers… de tous ceux qui ont déjà compris l’importance décisive de ce rongeur
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Crossings

How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet

de Ben Goldfarb ...

Narrado por Malcolm Hillgartner ...

Completo

11 hora 52 minutos

Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the earth, yet we tend to regard them only as infrastructure for human convenience. While roads are so ubiquitous they're practically invisible to us, wild animals experience them as entirely alien forces of death and disruption. In Crossings, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb travels throughout the United States and around the world to investigate ... Leer más

$25.99 USD

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Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the earth, yet we tend to regard them only as infrastructure for human convenience. While roads are so ubiquitous they're practically invisible to us, wild animals experience them as entirely alien forces of death and disruption. In Crossings, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb travels throughout the United States and around the world to investigate
... Leer más

Disponible también en: eBook
Solastalgia

An Anthology of Emotion in a Disappearing World

de Paul Bogard, Laura Erin England, Kathryn Nuernberger, Kathryn Miles, Suzanne Roberts, Joan Naviyuk Kane, Meera Subramanian, Lauren K. Alleyne, Roopali Phadke0, Cynthia Belmont1, Angela Pelster2, Nickole Brown3, Sean Hill4, Holly Haworth5, Kathleen Dean Moore6, J. Drew Lanham7, Genevieve Guenther8, Ken Hada9, Susan Clayton0, Priscilla Solis Ybarra1, Ben Goldfarb2, Douglas Haynes3, Leah Naomi Green4, Jennifer Westerman5, Erica Cavanagh6, Priya Shukla7, Marco Wilkinson8, Janisse Ray9, Jennifer Atkinson0, Elena Passarello1, Taylor Brorby2, Sarah Jaquette Ray3, Alison Hawthorne Deming4, Scott Russell Sanders5 ...

Series series Ecologia
"One of the penalties of an ecological education," wrote Aldo Leopold, "is that one lives alone in a world of wounds." As climate change and other environmental degradations become more evident, experts predict that an increasing number of people will suffer emotional and psychological distress as a result. Many are feeling these effects already. In the pages of Solastalgia, they will find a ... Leer más

$23.99 USD

"One of the penalties of an ecological education," wrote Aldo Leopold, "is that one lives alone in a world of wounds." As climate change and other environmental degradations become more evident, experts predict that an increasing number of people will suffer emotional and psychological distress as a result. Many are feeling these effects already. In the pages of Solastalgia, they will find a
... Leer más
Winning Your Election the Wellstone Way

A Comprehensive Guide for Candidates and Campaign Workers

de Jeff Blodgett, Bill Lofy, Ben Goldfarb, Erik Peterson ...

Not politics as usual—advanced strategy for running and winning a progressive campaignAs the 2008 presidential race dominates political discussion and media coverage worldwide, thousands of lesser-known local contests are being hard-fought in our neighborhoods, cities, and states. Winning Your Election the Wellstone Way is based on the work of Wellstone Action, a leading-edge progressive training ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

Not politics as usual—advanced strategy for running and winning a progressive campaignAs the 2008 presidential race dominates political discussion and media coverage worldwide, thousands of lesser-known local contests are being hard-fought in our neighborhoods, cities, and states. Winning Your Election the Wellstone Way is based on the work of Wellstone Action, a leading-edge progressive training
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Speaking in Tongues

de J. M. Coetzee, Mariana Dimópulos ...

Narrado por M.L. Sanchez ...

Completo

2 hora 38 minutos

Language, historically speaking, has always been slippery. Two dictionaries provide two different maps of the universe: which one is true, or are both false? Speaking in Tongues—taking the form of a dialogue between Nobel laureate novelist J. M. Coetzee and eminent translator Mariana Dimópulos—examines some of the most pressing linguistic issues that plague writers and translators well into the ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

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Language, historically speaking, has always been slippery. Two dictionaries provide two different maps of the universe: which one is true, or are both false? Speaking in Tongues—taking the form of a dialogue between Nobel laureate novelist J. M. Coetzee and eminent translator Mariana Dimópulos—examines some of the most pressing linguistic issues that plague writers and translators well into the
... Leer más

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Botticelli's Secret

The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance

de Joseph Luzzi ...

Narrado por Keith Szarabajka ...

Completo

6 hora 55 minutos

A true historical “detective story” full of insight about how we look at art―and the artists and eras that produced itSome five hundred years ago, Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, created work of unearthly beauty. An intimate associate of Florence’s unofficial rulers, the Medici, he was commissioned by a member of their family to execute a near-impossible project: to illustrate all ... Leer más

$16.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

A true historical “detective story” full of insight about how we look at art―and the artists and eras that produced itSome five hundred years ago, Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, created work of unearthly beauty. An intimate associate of Florence’s unofficial rulers, the Medici, he was commissioned by a member of their family to execute a near-impossible project: to illustrate all
... Leer más
The Coming Storm

Power, Conflict, and Warnings from History

de Odd Arne Westad ...

An Economist best book of the yearA Foreign Affairs best book of the yearA Foreign Policy most anticipated book of the yearFrom a renowned Yale historian comes a chilling look at the looming threat of the next Great Power war and the urgent interventions necessary to avoid it in the twenty-first century.The vast majority of people al... ... Leer más

$14.99 USD

An Economist best book of the yearA Foreign Affairs best book of the yearA Foreign Policy most anticipated book of the yearFrom a renowned Yale historian comes a chilling look at the looming threat of the next Great Power war and the urgent interventions necessary to avoid it in the twenty-first century.The vast majority of people al...
... Leer más
Speaking in Tongues

de J. M. Coetzee, Mariana Dimópulos ...

**Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2025In this provocative dialogue, a Nobel laureate novelist and a leading translator investigate the nature of language and the challenges of translation.“An intelligent, moving, and supremely humane act of criticism that reveals just how difficult and wondrous it can be to inhabit a language that is not your own.” — Merve Emre**Language, historically speaking ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

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**Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2025In this provocative dialogue, a Nobel laureate novelist and a leading translator investigate the nature of language and the challenges of translation.“An intelligent, moving, and supremely humane act of criticism that reveals just how difficult and wondrous it can be to inhabit a language that is not your own.” — Merve Emre**Language, historically speaking
... Leer más

Disponible también en: Audiolibro

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