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Biology
Oceanarium
Loveday Trinick âą 2021
VĂ€lkommen till museet som Ă€r öppet varje dag, Ă„ret om! De fantastiska faktaböckerna Animalium och Botanicum har gjort succĂ© vĂ€rlden över, och nu fĂ„r vi följa med pĂ„ en fascinerande resa ner i vĂ€rldshavens djup i Oceanarium. Dyk ner under ytan och lĂ„t dig trollbindas av de magiskt vackra varelser som lever i vĂ„ra hav: allt frĂ„n mikroskopiska plankton till livsfarliga maneter och enorma blĂ„valar. Följ med pĂ„ en vĂ€rldsomspĂ€nnande resa frĂ„n de hotade korallrevens otroliga artrikedom till de mörkaste djuphavsgravarna och de minst sagt mĂ€rkliga varelser som lever dĂ€r - urĂ„ldriga havsdjur som funnits nĂ€stan lika lĂ€nge som jorden sjĂ€lv. Ăr det kanske i vĂ€rldshaven vi kan finna svaret pĂ„ gĂ„tan om vĂ„rt ursprung, och rentav en lösning för planetens framtid? De utsökt vackra, detaljerade bilderna av Teagan White Ă€r skapade i samma tradition som gammaldags planschverk och gör varje sida till ett eget konstverk. Stig in och upptĂ€ck vĂ€rldshavens hĂ€pnadsvĂ€ckande hemligheter!
Marine Life
Linda Svendsen âą 2000
In these seamlessly interwoven stories Linda Svendsen charts with tenderness and devastating accuracy the longings, pleasures, and terrors of belonging to a family. Through the watchful and sometimes astonished eyes of Adele Nordstrom, we see her chaotic working-class home in her mother, June, a cocktail pianist who never stops believing in the redemptive power of another marriage, and who soothes a frightened daughter by playing "Away in a Manger" on her back; and her brother Ray, the roving charmer. And there's Adele herself, who as a child will look unsparingly at the failures of her elders, and as a grownup will find herself helplessly repeating them
La Vida En El Océano (Spanish Edition)
Grace Hansen âą 2017
Ocean Life introduces young readers to their favorite sea creatures. Titles will give general information about the species (habitats, main body parts, behaviors), as well as some interesting facts. Each title is enhanced with beautiful and vibrant underwater photographs. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson âą 2022
THE CLASSIC THAT LAUNCHED THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT<br/>âRachel Carson is a pivotal figure of the twentieth centuryâŠpeople who thought one way before her essential 1962 book Silent Spring thought another way after it.ââMargaret Atwood<br/>Rarely does a single book alter the course of history, but Rachel Carsonâs Silent Spring did exactly that. The outcry that followed its publication in 1962 forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Carsonâs passionate concern for the future of our planet reverberated powerfully throughout the world. As Carson reminds us, "In nature, nothing exists alone.â<br/>The introduction by the acclaimed biographer Linda Lear, author of Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature, tells the story of Carsonâs courageous defense of her truths in the face of a ruthless assault form the chemical industry following the publication of Silent Spring and before her untimely death.<br/>âWonder and humility are just some of the gifts of Silent Spring. They remind us that we, like all other living creatures, are part of the vast ecosystems of the earth of the earthâŠthis is a book to relish: not for the dark side of human nature, but for the promise of lifeâs possibility.â âfrom the Introduction
El mar que nos rodea
Rachel Carson âą 2007
Product Description<br/><br/>Rachel Carson estĂĄ considerada como una de las pioneras de la ecologĂa. Dotada de la rara habilidad de conjugar el rigor cientĂfico con una prosa sugestiva y envolvente, sus libros pulsaron la conciencia de millones de ciudadanos y constituyeron un verdadero acontecimiento editorial. Aunque escrita hace medio siglo, su obra no ha perdido ni un ĂĄpice de vigencia, y el tiempo ha confirmado sus predicciones. El mar que nos rodea es un cautivador estudio acerca del proceso de formaciĂłn de los ocĂ©anos, a la vez que un alegato en favor de su conservaciĂłn. Carson no sĂłlo se remonta al origen de la vida, ligada al agua, sino que propone un recorrido fascinante por todos los aspectos de la ciencia marina, como si se adentrara en los ocĂ©anos y desvelara para el lector toda la complejidad, la maravilla y la delicadeza que Ă©stos encierran. Publicada originalmente en 1951, la obra fue catapultada de inmediato al primer puesto de la lista de los libros mĂĄs vendidos del New York Times, donde permaneciĂł durante treinta y una semanas consecutivas, y siguiĂł en listas mĂĄs de un año y medio. Se han vendido mĂĄs de dos millones de ejemplares del libro en inglĂ©s, ha sido traducido a mĂĄs de treinta lenguas y en 1952 fue galardonado con el National Book Award, entre otros muchos reconocimientos. Un clĂĄsico indiscutido de la ecologĂa que nos recuerda la imperiosa necesidad de preservar la naturaleza y la vida en todas sus formas.<br/><br/>Book Description<br/><br/>Un clĂĄsico indiscutido de la ecologĂa que nos recuerda la imperiosa necesidad de preservar la naturaleza y la vida en todas sus formas.<br/><br/>About the Author<br/><br/>Rachel Carson (1907-1964), biĂłloga marina por la Universidad Johns Hopkins, enseñó ZoologĂa en la Universidad de Maryland y trabajĂł para el U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. En CrĂtica ha publicado Primavera silenciosa (2001), donde nos alertaba del peligro de los pesticidas y sus terribles consecuencias en la Tierra, y El mar que nos rodea (2019), que se ha convertido en un clĂĄsico indiscutible de la ecologĂa que nos recuerda la imperiosa necesidad de preservar la naturaleza y la vida en todas sus formas. Sus libros han jugado un importante papel en la puesta en marcha de la conciencia ambiental moderna y en el paso de la ecologĂa de ser solo una materia cientĂfica a ser tambiĂ©n una materia de interĂ©s social.
The Sea Around Us
Rachel Carson âą 2018
Originally published in 1951, The Sea Around Us is one of the most influential books ever written about the natural world. Rachel Carson's ability to combine scientific insight with poetic prose catapulted her book to the top of The New York Times best-seller list, where it remained for more than a year and a half. Ultimately it sold well over a million copies, was translated into 28 languages, inspired an Academy Award-winning documentary, and won both the National Book Award and the John Burroughs Medal.<br/><br/>The Sea Around Us remains as fresh today as when it first appeared over six decades ago. Carson's genius for evoking the power and primacy of the world's bodies of water, combining the cosmic and the intimate, remains almost unmatched: the newly formed Earth cooling beneath an endlessly overcast sky; the centuries of nonstop rain that created the oceans; giant squids battling sperm whales hundreds of fathoms below the surface; the power of the tides moving 100 billion tons of water daily in one bay alone; the seismic waves known as tsunamis that periodically remind us of the oceans' overwhelmingly destructive power. The seas sustain human life and imperil it. Today, with the oceans endangered by the dumping of medical waste and ecological disasters such as the Exxon oil spill in Alaska, the gradual death of the Great Barrier Reef, and the melting of the polar ice caps, Carson's book provides a timely reminder of both the fragility and the centrality of the ocean and the life that abounds within it. Anyone who loves the sea, or who is concerned about our natural environment, will want to read, or re-read, this classic work.
