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We are all drawn to the sea. Those who call the shores of Fundy home take the twice-daily flooding and ebbing of massive tides as a matter of daily routine. But to visiting mariners, the Bay of Fundy posed particular challenges for their sea-borne commerce. Shipwrecks became part of the lore of Fundy life. They were usually enormously dramatic events, too often sadly tragic, occasionally even touched with humour. The strong currents associated...

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Originally published in 1988, Conservation at Home looks at practical methods of conservation that can be carried out within the home.

Why are economic inequalities greatest in the southern countries where most people are Christians? This book teases out the web of influences that have created this situation, and concludes that Christians could help reduce economic inequalities by opposing corruption. Interviews with key informants in the Philippines, Kenya, Zambia, and Peru reveal the opportunities and challenges for Christians as they face up to corruption.

How do Christians in the Global South see the relationship between the church and corruption? This book summarizes the views of 101 leaders of churches, Christian faith-based organizations, and anti-corruption organizations, as told during in-depth interviews with the author. Capturing voices from across three continents, this summary and analysis of their views makes for some uncomfortable reading, but suggests constructive ways forward.

Clarissa is the story of a courageous German girl, who thwarted a communist plot to infiltrate NATO during the Cold War and found her true love. During the partition of Germany, intrigues between the East and the West flourish amid kidnapping, theft, and espionage schemes. As Clarissa participates in a high-stakes operation in which she is the target, she wonders, will the romantic Canadian Aurthur Lundy rescue her from adversity?

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A Dictionary of Zoology comprises over 6, 000 entries, covering all aspects of zoology, including terms from the areas of ecology, animal behaviour, evolution, earth history, zoogeography, genetics, and physiology. The dictionary is supplemented by useful web links, accessible via the companion website, as well as diagrams and detailed appendices.

A Dictionary of Geology and Earth Sciences contains more than 10, 000 entries covering all areas of geoscience, including planetary science, oceanography, palaeontology, mineralogy, and volcanology. In this edition, 675 new entries have been added, along with three new appendices, and web links have been fully revised and updated.

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Set in a generic Fredericton suburb called Skyline Acres, this is the fictional biography of Martin Peters, a teenager with Type 1 diabetes. The story revolves around Martin's relationship with his on-again off-again high school girlfriend, and how, desperate to fit in, he begins neglecting his health. His condition deteriorates until, eventually, he finds himself fighting for his life in the hospital.

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Martin Allaby is a British public health doctor and researcher who worked for ten years in south Asia and conducted field research in Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, the Philippines, Kenya, Zambia and Peru. During the Maoist insurgency and revolution in Nepal he helped the United Mission to Nepal focus its strategy on poverty reduction and worked for the UK Department for International Development on health sector reform. His experiences hav...

This new fourth edition has been completely updated, with over 500 new entries increasing the coverage of botanical terms, key drugs derived from plants, and plant orders and families. Numerous appendices include new timelines and phylogenies, with vernacular plant names transferred to a fully cross-referenced appendix.

Wist je dat de bijenorchis mannelijke insecten lokt om seks met hen te bedrijven? Of dat een avocadobloem de ene dag opengaat als vrouwelijke bloem, en de volgende dag als mannelijke? Michael Allaby, auteur van vele populair-wetenschappelijke publicaties, legt het seksleven van meer dan 200 wonderen uit de natuur bloot in dit sensationele boek. De seksuele uitspattingen van planten zijn veel afwisselender dan die van mensen. Vast geworteld op ...

Un volume spettacolare che, per qualità delle illustrazioni e completezza degli argomenti, non può mancare nella libreria dei ragazzi appassionati di scienza, natura e geografia. Tutti i temi legati al pianeta Terra sono trattati in modo completo: dalla formazione della Terra agli ambienti naturali, dalla composizione delle profondità del globo fino all'esplorazione delle diverse forme di vita presenti. Con testi vivaci, grandi tavole a colori...

Sobald der Frühling Einzug hält, blüht und duftet es überall. Pflanzen und Blumen brezeln sich ordentlich auf, um das Korn in der Narbe zu versenken. Problematisch ist dabei, dass sie fest im Erdreich verwurzelt sind und sich nicht vom Fleck rühren können. Also müssen sie allerlei Tricks einsetzen, um zum Zug zu kommen! Und so finden in den Hecken die raffiniertesten Verabredungen statt, nähern sich Waldpflanzen im Unterholz einander an, geht ...

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