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The Gilded Age is the collaborative work of Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner that satirized the era that followed the Civil War. This period is often referred to as the “Gilded Age” because of this book. The corruption and greed that was typical of the time is exemplified through two fictional narratives: one, of the Hawkins, a poor family from Tennessee that tries to persuade the government to purchase their seventy-five thousand acres of unimproved land.

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An eye-opening and essential tour of the vanishing world in the age of climate change and rising tides. What if Atlantis wasn't a myth, but an early precursor to a new age of great flooding? Across the globe, scientists and civilians alike are noticing rapidly rising sea levels, and higher and...

Mars, the red planet, is ingrained in our culture, from David Bowie's extra-terrestrial spiders to Captain Scarlet to War of the Worlds. It has inspired hundreds of authors, scientists and science-fiction writers - but why? What is it about this particular planet that makes it so intriguing? Ancient mythologies defined Mars as a violent harbinger of war, star-gazers puzzled over its peculiar motion, and astrologers defined human personalities by its position and bizarre dance through the sky.

Glaciers: The Politics of Ice is a scientific, cultural, and political examination of the cryosphere - the earth's ice - and the environmental policies that aim to protect it. Jorge Daniel Taillant discusses the debates and negotiations behind the passing of the world's first glacier protection law in the mid-2000s and reveals the tension between the industry experts, politicians, and glacier conservationists.

Why past climate change tells us it's almost too late. A warning and a rallying-cry. 'Read it and weep, or read it and win' Chris Packham Why winding the clock back 50 million years is a bad idea The Fate of the World is a 4.6 billion-year history of the earth, which shows the deep roots of our...

AudioLearn’s College Level Courses presents Meteorology. Developed by experienced professors and professionally narrated for easy listening, this course is a great way to explore the subject of meteorology. The audio is focused and high-yield, covering the most important topics you might expect to learn in a typical undergraduate course in Meteorology. The material is accurate, up-to-date, and broken down into bite-sized sections.There are quizzes and key takeaways following each section to review questions commonly tested and drive home key points.

Freeman Dyson is a world-renowned astrophysicist who dreams of exploring the heavens and has designed a spaceship to take him there. His son, George, a brilliant high-school dropout, lives in a tree house and is designing a giant kayak to explore the icy coastal wilderness of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.  

Throughout Lewis and Clark for Dummies, you find out about Jefferson's western exploration from his earliest efforts to see the Corps assembled through the aftermath for the explorers, the tribes, and the United States. But the focus of Lewis & Clark for Dummies is on the period between Jefferson's confidential letter to Congress requesting dollars to mount a western exploration (January 18,1803) and the expedition's triumphant (and improbable) return to St. Louis (September 23, 1806): 42 months that changed the world.

The Grand Canyon’s Secrets takes listeners on a journey through science, history, and myth to answer these questions. Moving beyond tourist brochures, this book explores the canyon as a geological archive, a cultural landmark, and a still-active natural laboratory.

Organized in keeping with our knowledge of the migration of human groups through history, with statistics and a cultural portrait of each ethnic group, People of the World becomes a fascinating round-the-world tour of customs and traditions, as well as a go-to source for background information to round out one's own family history. From the Tuvans of Siberia to the Samoans and Tahitians of Polynesia, from the Mapuche of Chile to the Sami of Scandinavia, 222 of the world's 10,000-plus ethnic groups are featured.

In an era of unprecedented economic, regulatory, and societal shifts, staying informed on corporate sustainability is no longer optional – it's essential. "Corporate Sustainability Innovation," brought to you by the sustainability consulting experts at Third Partners, delivers the insights you need to thrive. We break down emerging topics of critical importance for brands and manufacturers, from building resilient sustainable supply chains to optimizing energy efficiency, managing climate change risk, and navigating the complexities of sustainability reporting. Join the Third Partners team ...

Learn about the enormous benefits that are accruing to humanity from modest warming and increasing carbon dioxide. By nearly every metric, Earth’s ecosystems are thriving, and the human condition is improving.

Roar into the prehistoric world with Dino-Mite Adventures! Join us on an exciting journey through time as we explore the fascinating lives of dinosaurs. From the towering T. rex to the speedy Velociraptor, each episode brings these ancient creatures to life with amazing facts, recent discoveries, and mind-blowing science.Perfect for curious kids and dinosaur enthusiasts of all ages, Dino-Mite Adventures combines education and entertainment in every bite-sized episode. Our AI narrators guide you through the Mesozoic Era, making complex paleontology concepts easy to understand and fun to ...

Climate change: a man-made doom and gloom disastrous event on the horizon, or a false god made up by a clever devil often called Lucifer? This book offers some common sense to help you decide. The difference between a diamond and a chunk of coal is just a little "know-how." They are both pure carbon. In the last few years, man has learned how to grow diamonds in labs, not mines, but the prices are nearly the same. Sell the sizzle when you've got no facts; carbon is simply carbon.

Siroccos, Santa Anas, chinooks, monsoons...the wind has as many names as moods. Few other forces have so universally shaped the lands and waters of the earth, the plants and animals, the patterns of exploration, settlement, and civilization. Few other phenomena have exerted such a profound influence on the history and psyche of humankind. Wind touches all of us every day of our lives, yet remarkably little has been written about it except as a component of the weather.

Stone walls tell nothing less than the story of how New England was formed, and in Robert Thorson's hands they live and breathe. Millions of years ago, New England's stones belonged to ancient mountains thrust up by prehistoric collisions between continents. Buried again over centuries by forest and soil buildup, the stones gradually worked their way back to the surface, only to become impediments to the farmers cultivating the land in the eighteenth century, who piled them into "linear landfills," a place to hold the stones.

Fluviul Amur e cvasinecunoscut. Cu toate acestea, e al zecelea fluviu că lungime din lume, izvorând din munții Mongoliei, străbătând Siberia și vărsându-se în Pacific. Pe o lungime de aproape 1.800 de kilometri, reprezintă granița marcată de tensiuni dintre Rusia...

SeaScapes is a four-year programme of focused activity, with projects taking place under four main themes, all aiming to boost visibility and shift the focus of individuals and communities to better understanding and protecting our oceans and coastline. A series of events, engagement and interpretation is woven throughout to ensure we are meaningfully connecting as many people and communities to the seascape as possible.

All of life is profoundly shaped by the daily, monthly, and yearly cycles of our planet, and all creatures have internal timekeeping systems that rely on cues from the surrounding environment. With modern technology, we are changing our environments—and by proxy, the ecosystems around us—to override these innate rhythms of life. But at what cost? Life in Sync reveals how Earth’s rotations shape our biology, what human sleep cycles looked like before the advent of artificial light, and why technology can’t free us from the constraints of our circadian clocks.