管麟Peter: 17025 books
by Peter Marren
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
A history of the most successful, significant and long-running natural history series in the world. A history of the most successful, significant and long-running natural history series in the world. In 1995 Collins published the 82nd volume in the New Naturalist series to coincide with its 50th anniversary....
The Shadows of Consumption
Consequences for the Global Environment
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2010
An environmentalist maps the hidden costs of overconsumption in a globalized world by tracing the environmental consequences of five commodities.
The Shadows of Consumption gives a hard-hitting diagnosis: many of the earth's ecosystems and billions of its people are at risk from the consequences...
Convergence
The Idea at the Heart of Science
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
“Those seeking a grand overview of science’s greatest hits over the past century will find it here” (The Washington Post). Peter Watson’s bold history of science offers a powerful argument—that the many disparate scientific branches are converging on the same truths.
Convergence is...
by Peter A. Galbraith
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
In mid-December, 1981, a small air taxi crashed at 10,300' on the slopes of Mt. McKinley in Denali National Park, Alaska. All four people aboard survived the crash and the wreckage was quickly located. The weather was good the next morning but no rescuers landed nearby and no emergency supplies were...
Not Even Wrong
The Failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law for Unity in Physical Law
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2007
When does physics depart the realm of testable hypothesis and come to resemble theology? Peter Woit argues that string theory isn't just going in the wrong direction, it's not even science. Not Even Wrong shows that what many physicists call superstring theory” is not a theory at all. It makes...
Paranormal Niagara
Cases of the Mysterious and the Macabre
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2013
Peter Sacco, the host of the local TV series "Niagara's Most Haunted", brings you more spine-chilling tales from the grave. His real life stories focus on several unique, bizarre cases that have haunted the Niagara Region for many decades, stories shrouded in secrecy where the locals would...
Wohllebens Waldführer
Tiere und Pflanzen bestimmen – das Ökosystem entdecken
Language: German
Release Date: April 14, 2016
In diesem Naturführer stellt Ihnen der bekannte Förster Peter Wohlleben in seiner erfrischend unkonventionellen Art über 250 Tiere und Pflanzen des Waldes vor. Er beleuchtet die Zusammenhänge zwischen den einzelnen Waldbewohnern und den Funktionen des Waldes sowie die Einflüsse von Förstern...
Healing Trauma
A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Researchers have shown that survivors of accidents, disaster, and childhood trauma often en endure lifelong symptoms ranging from anxiety and depression to unexplained physical pain, fatigue, illness, and harmful "acting out" behaviors. Today, professionals and clients in both the bodywork and the...
Solving Deer Problems
How to Deerproof Your Yard and Garden
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
What can I do? Gardeners are asking themselves-and experts-this question with increasing urgency about the deer that threaten their carefully cultivated lawns and gardens. With the increased development of suburban and rural land and the lack of natural predators, deer populations are exploding and...
The Pope's Last Crusade
How an American Jesuit Helped Pope Pius XI's Campaign to Stop Hitler
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Drawing on untapped resources, exclusive interviews, and new archival research, The Pope’s Last Crusade by Peter Eisner is a thrilling narrative that sheds new light on Pope Pius XI’s valiant effort to condemn Nazism and the policies of the Third Reich—a crusade that might have changed the course...
Heirs of the Fisherman: Behind the Scenes of Papal Death and Succession
Behind the Scenes of Papal Death and Succession
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2004
The death of Pope John Paul II and consequent election of Pope Benedict XVI has shed light on a political process that the world has not been privy to for almost twenty-six years. People from around the world gathered in St. Peter's Square, wondering who the next Vatican leader would be and how the...
Herman Goring Fighter Ace
The World War I Career of German's Most Infamous Airman
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2010
Over the last 70 years, in countless books and essays, Hermann Göring has been defined by his crimes and excess during the Third Reich and the Second World War. But his activities as a young career military officer in World War I have invariably been glossed over until now. 'Hermann Göring Fighter...
Killing the Buddha
A Heretic's Bible
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2004
"If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him."
The ninth-century sage Lin Chi gave this advice to one of his monks, admonishing him that this Buddha would only be a reflection of his unexamined beliefs and desires. Peter Manseau and Jeff Sharlet took Lin Chi's advice to heart and set out on a car...
by Peter S. Williamson, Peter Williamson, Mary Healy
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
In this addition to the well-received Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture (CCSS), seasoned New Testament scholar and popular speaker Peter Williamson interprets Revelation from within the living tradition of the Church for pastoral ministers, lay readers, and students alike. The seventeen-volume...