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- Our plastic problem : a call for global solutions / by Durnford, Megan.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Part of the nonfiction Orca Footprints series for middle-grade readers and illustrated with color photographs throughout, this book explores the history, uses and problems with plastic"--- Subjects: Plastics; Plastics; Environmental protection;
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- The heat will kill you first : life and death on a scorched planet / by Goodell, Jeff,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The Heat Will Kill You First is about the extreme ways in which our planet is already changing. It is about why spring is coming a few weeks earlier and fall is coming a few weeks later and the impact that will have on everything from our food supply to disease outbreaks. It is about what will happen to our lives and our communities when typical summer days in Chicago or Boston go from 90° F to 110°F. A heatwave, Goodell explains, is a predatory event--one that culls out the most vulnerable people. But that is changing. As heatwaves become more intense and more common, they will become more democratic. As an award-winning journalist who has been at the forefront of environmental journalism for decades, Goodell's new book may be his most provocative yet, explaining how extreme heat will dramatically change the world as we know it"--- Subjects: Climatic changes.; Global warming.; Heat waves (Meteorology);
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- The games : a global history of the Olympics / by Goldblatt, David,1965-;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC- Subjects: Olympics;
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- The end of Eden : wild nature in the age of climate breakdown / by Welz, Adam,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A revelatory exploration of climate change from the perspective of wild species and natural ecosystems--an homage to the miraculous, vibrant entity that is life on Earth.- Subjects: Animals; Climatic changes.; Global warming; Nature;
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- Brick city : global icons to make from Lego / by Elsmore, Warren.;
LSC- Subjects: Architectural models.; LEGO toys.;
- © 2013., Barron's Educational Series,
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- Master of persuasion : Brian Mulroney's global legacy / by Hampson, Fen Osler,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Biographies.; Mulroney, Brian, 1939-; Prime ministers;
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- Horizons : a global history of science / by Poskett, James,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A radical retelling of the history of science-The Silk Roads for science We are told that modern science was invented in Europe, the product of great minds like Nicolaus Copernicus, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein. But this is wrong. The history of science is not, and has never been, a uniquely European endeavour. Copernicus relied on mathematical techniques borrowed from Arabic and Persian texts. When Newton set out the laws of motion, he relied on astronomical observations made in India and Africa. When Darwin was writing On the Origin of Species, he consulted a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopaedia. And when Einstein was studying quantum mechanics, he was inspired by the young Bengali physicist, Satyendra Nath Bose. Horizons pushes the history of science beyond Europe, exploring the ways in which scientists from Africa, America, Asia and the Pacific fit into this global story.- Subjects: Science;
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- Empty planet : the shock of global population decline / by Bricker, Darrell,1961-author.; Ibbitson, John,author.;
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- Subjects: Demographic transition.; Population; Population;
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- Making sense of climate change : know your facts; understand the science; what can we do? / by Standish, Alex,1970-;
"Climate change is happening and no one is more ready to tackle this issue than kids. But in recent times, discussion of climate change and its effects has begun to cause fear and anxiety in many young people. This new book gives an evidence based, informative and calm overview of what's happened in Earth's past, what's happening now, what could happen in the future, and what kids, adults and governments worldwide can do to help protect our planet. Plenty of science and lots of ideas to help everyone make sense of climate change. Table of contents; Full-color photos; Charts/Graphs/Diagrams; Sidebars; Glossary; Index"--Provided by publisher.LSC- Subjects: Climatic changes; Global warming;
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- The expendables : how the middle class got screwed by globalization / by Rubin, Jeff,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Union membership has collapsed. Full-time employment is beginning to look like a quaint idea from the distant past. If it seems that the middle class is in retreat around the developed world, it is. Former CIBC World Markets Chief Economist Jeff Rubin argues that all this was foreseeable back when Canada, the United States and Mexico first started talking free trade. Labour argued then that manufacturing jobs would move to Mexico. Free-trade advocates disagreed. Today, Canadian and American factories sit idle. More steel is used to make bottlecaps than cars. Meanwhile, Mexico has become one of the world's biggest automotive exporters. And it's not just NAFTA. Cheap oil, low interest rates, global deregulation and tax policies that benefit the rich all have the same effect: the erosion of the middle class. Growing global inequality is a problem of our own making, Rubin argues. And solving it won't be easy if we draw on the same ideas about capital and labour, right and left, that led us to this cliff. Articulating a vision that dovetails with the ideas of both Naomi Klein and Donald Trump, The Expendables is an exhilaratingly fresh perspective that is at once humane and irascible, fearless and rigorous, and most importantly, timely. GDP is growing, the stock market is up and unemployment is down, but the surprise of the book is that even the good news is good for only one percent of us."-- Provided by publisher.- Subjects: Equality.; Globalization.; Middle class;
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