The paperback of the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals how the earth became the shape it is today. This book will change the way you see the world -- permanently. The face of the earth criss-crossed by chains of mountains like the scars of old wounds has changed constantly over billions of years. Its shape records a remote past of earthquakes volcanos & continental drift & the ongoing subtle shifts that bring our planet alive. Richard Fortey introduces us to the earths distinct character revealing the life that it leads when humans arent watching. He follows the continual movement of seabeds valleys mountain ranges & ice caps & shows how everything -- our culture natural history even the formation of our cities -- has its roots in geology. In Richard Forteys hands geology becomes vital & exhilarating & unmistakably informs our lives in the most intimate way. ...

In this profound ecological fable a mysterious plague has destroyed the vast majority of the human race. Isherwood Williams one of the few survivors returns from a wilderness field trip to discover that civilization has vanished during his absence. Eventually he returns to San Francisco & encounters a female survivor who becomes his wife. Around them & their children a small community develops living like their pioneer ancestors but rebuilding civilization is beyond their resources & gradually they return to a simpler way of life. ...

What would alien visitors in the far future piecing together the history of earth find of our brief reign? What clues will we leave? What fossils? Just as we have gained knowledge of the past of ancient climates & the activities of creatures long dead so too might they decode the rocks. The Earth After Us takes a novel approach to show how geologists unravel the information in the rocks. As the alien scientists start investigating the strata what story will they tell of us? What kind of fossils will humans leave behind? What will happen to cities cars & plastic cups? How thick a layer will the human stratum be? & will it be obvious which species dominated the planet? ...

A Pocket Guide for Incarnated Angels Elementals Starpeople Walk-Ins & Wizards"! If you feel different from other people as if you were dropped off on this planet & wonder when the bus is coming by to take you Home then you may be an Earth Angel. If you have a passion or talent for healing teaching or helping others yet you yourself have struggled with addictions relationship challenges & such then.. .you may be an Earth Angel. In this fascinating book Dr. Doreen Virtue helps you understand how your spiritual-realm origin has affected your lifes mission personality relationships health & even your looks. Shell also teaches you how to feel better about yourself & all aspects of your life." ...

As Tyranno prepares to unleash his alien armies on Earth only one person stands in his way
- YOU! Your quest is to save the planet
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This stunning daybook presents 365 entirely new utterly dazzling images from master aerial photographer Yann Arthus-Bertr&. ...

Gwenni Morgan is not like any other girl in this small Welsh town. Inquisitive bookish & full of spirit she can fly in her sleep & loves playing detective. So when a neighbour mysteriously vanishes & no one seems to be asking the right questions Gwenni decides to conduct her own investigation. She records everything she sees & hears: but are her deductions correct? What is the real truth? & what will be the consequences of finding out for Gwenni her family & her community? ...

Earth is our Business takes forward the argument of Polly Higgins first book Eradicating Ecocide. This book proposes new Earth law but it is also about something more than law: it advocates a new form of leadership which places the health & well-being of people & planet first. Polly Higgins shows how law can provide the tools & be a bridge to a new way of doing business. She argues in fact that Earth is the business of us all not the exclusive preserve of the executives of the worlds top corporations. Expanding on the proposal in her first book to make Ecocide an international crime this book sets out the institutional framework for sustainable development & international environmental governance. It proposes new rules of the game to transform our economies energy supplies & political landscape in a radical but practical way. The implications of Polly Higgins proposal are far-reaching & profound. Like her award-winning first book Earth is our Business is written for anyone who is engaging in the new & emerging discourse about the future of our planet. Instead of merely examining the problem Earth is our Business sets out a solution: new rules of the game. They are says Polly Higgins a new set of laws based on the sacredness of all life. Included as appendices are a draft Ecocide Act a proposal for revising World Bank investment rules & the indictment used in the mock Ecocide Trial held in the UK Supreme Court in September 2011. Polly Higgins barrister & international environmental lawyer proposed to the United Nations in April 2010 that Ecocide be classed as the 5th Crime Against Peace alongside Genocide Crimes Against Humanity Crimes of Aggression & War Crimes. In June 2012 world leaders will meet in Rio for the 20th anniversary of the first Earth Summit to discuss global governance mechanisms for creating a green economy. Making Ecocide a crime will be among the issues raised. Eradicating Ecocide won The Peoples Book Prize for non-fiction in 2011... .the book isnt another wild diatribe against business
- rather it is an examination of international law & how environmental protection has somehow been left by the wayside.. .[ It] asks everyone to re-examine the legal framework within which we are attempting to accomplish this & provides business leaders with a golden opportunity of making it happen. corporate-eye.com
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The ways of magic are revealed in nature... The secrets are written in meandering streams & drifting clouds whispered by the roaring ocean & cooling breeze echoed through caves & rocks & forests. When you draw a heart in the sand call on the four winds for assistance or ask the rain to wash away a bad habit you are practicing earth magic. By working in harmony with nature we can transform ourselves our lives & our world. This tried-&-true guide offers more than one hundred spells rites & simple rituals you can perform using the powerful energy of the earth. Scott Cunningham was a greatly respected teacher & one of the most influential members of the modern Craft movement. A practitioner of elemental magic for twenty years he wrote more than fifty books including the seminal Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner. ...

The Second Edition also benefits from new artwork that clearly illustrates complex concepts. New to the Second Edition: New Chapter: 15 Geophysical Imaging " by Frederick Cook Within Chapters 21 & 22 four new essays on " Regional Perspectives" discuss the European Alps the Altaids the Appalachians & the Cascadia Wedge. New & updated art for more informative illustration of concepts. The Second Edition now has 570 black & white figures." ...