Category: Educational

The Secret Life of an Arable Field: Plants, Animals and the Ecosystem by Sophie McCallum
Requirements: .PDF reader, 27 MB
Overview: The Field looks at the eco-system of an arable field, complete with photographs from crops, trees, hedgerows and wildflowers, to the wide variety of animals, farmland birds, insects, butterflies and moths that they support; and how they depend on each other; and are all vital for the wonderful environment we need to thrive and enjoy.

The book focuses on the relationship between these key species, how they work together and interact with their environment in order to survive. It is about the eco-system and how they all link together, and how every species, no matter how seemingly insignificant, plays a vital part in the food-chain and ultimate survival of all species. For every species referred there is a photograph detailing it, with over 120 color images throughout the book.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Educational

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Life as We Made It: How 50,000 Years of Human Innovation Refined―and Redefined―Nature by Beth Shapiro
Requirements: .PDF reader, 3 MB
Overview: From the very first dog to glowing fish and designer pigs – the human history of remaking nature.

Virus-free mosquitoes, resurrected dinosaurs, designer humans – such is the power of the science of tomorrow. But this idea that we have only recently begun to manipulate the natural world is false. We’ve been meddling with nature since the last ice age. It’s just that we’re getting better at it – a lot better.

Drawing on decades of research, Beth Shapiro reveals the surprisingly long history of human intervention in evolution through hunting, domesticating, polluting, hybridizing, conserving and genetically modifying life on Earth. Looking ahead to the future, she casts aside the scaremongering myths on the dangers of interference, and outlines the true risks and incredible opportunities that new biotechnologies will offer us in the years ahead. Not only do they present us with the chance to improve our own lives, but they increase the likelihood that we will continue to live in a rich and biologically diverse world.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Educational

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Discovering The Animal Kingdom: A Guide to the Amazing World of Animals (Discovering…, 2) by Marianne Taylor
Requirements: .PDF reader, 2.4 MB
Overview: Discover the wonders of the natural world and the animals that inhabit it in this stunningly visual hardcover guide.

Nature writer Marianne Taylor guides readers through the development of life on earth, from the first living cells to the astonishing diversity we see in species today. Journeying from the invertebrates, including spiders, crustaceans and insects, to fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, this fascinating book explores the animal kingdom is all its oddity and splendour. A numbers of feature spreads give a deeper focus on themes such as coral reefs, the importance of insects in ecology and the era of the dinosaurs.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Educational

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Learning in Governance by Katharina Rietig
Requirements: .PDF reader, 2 MB
Overview: An investigation of the role of learning and its impact on policy change, as exemplified in European Union climate policy integration.

Although learning is often considered an important factor in effective environmental governance, it is not clear to what extent learning affects decision making and policy outcomes. In this book, Katharina Rietig examines the role of learning—understood as additional knowledge or experience that is taken into account by policymakers—in earth system governance and policy change. She does this by examining learning in European Union climate policy integration, looking in detail at the examples of the Renewable Energy Directive, its controversial biofuels component, and the greening measures in the Common Agricultural Policy.

To examine how learning occurs in the policy process, how to differentiate aspects of learning, and under what conditions learning matters for policy outcomes, Rietig introduces the Learning in Governance Framework, applying it to analyze the EU examples. She finds that policy outcomes are affected through leadership of policy entrepreneurs, who use previously acquired knowledge and past experience to achieve outcomes aligned with their deeper beliefs and policy objectives. She concludes that learning does matter in governance as an intervening variable and can affect policy outcomes in combination with dedicated leadership by policy entrepreneurs who act as learning brokers. Bargaining dominates the policymaking process among actors who represent the interests of different organizations. Rietig’s theoretical framework, empirical studies, and nuanced analysis offer a new perspective on the relevance of learning in earth system governance.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Educational

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Trust in Divided Societies: State, Institutions and Governance in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine by Abdalhadi M. Alijla
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Overview: When countries try to navigate through the aftermath of conflict, trust is the main focus and the catalyst for rebuilding societies, nations, economies and democracies. Trust is vital, not only at an individual level, but also at a community level: trust is important to sustain peace and also works as a trigger to end conflicts. But why are some divided societies more prone to the collapse of social trust than others? This book uses empirical and case study research, including qualitative comparative analysis (QCA), statistical methods, observations and interviews, to compare which policies and institutions to build trust have a greater impact on divided societies in the Middle East. The book focuses on Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria, but analyses the results from these societies by also comparing other political and ethno-religiously divided societies beyond the MENA region. The book does not want to forward a universal ‘theory’ that gives us the origin of trust and how it is destroyed. Rather, it aims to provide a comprehensive explanation of generalised trust in divided societies and answer the question: under which institutions is generalised trust in a divided society maintained or destroyed, and how does this happen? Of key importance to Abdalhadi Alijla is to highlight the formal and informal institutions that inspire an elevated level of trust to help make societies less vulnerable to internal conflict, and also to give voice to the real people who live and experience divided societies.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Educational

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