With over 25 percent of its land set aside in national parks and other protected areas, Costa Rica is renowned worldwide as "the green republic." In this very readable history of conservation in Costa Rica, Sterling Evans explores the establishment of the country's national park system as a response to the rapid destruction of its tropical ecosystems due to the expansion of export-related agriculture.Drawing on interviews with key players in the conservation movement, as well as ar...

Environmental Activism on the Ground draws upon a wide range of interdisciplinary scholarship to examine small scale, local environmental activism, paying particular attention to Indigenous experiences. It illuminates the questions that are central to the ongoing evolution of the environmental movement while reappraising the history and character of late twentieth and early twenty-first environmentalism in Canada, the United States, and beyond. This collection considers the different ways ...

A frank and engaging exploration of the burgeoning academic field of environmental historyInspired by the pioneering work of preeminent environmental historian Donald Worster, the contributors to A Field on Fire: The Future of Environmental History reflect on the past and future of this discipline. Featuring wide-ranging essays by leading environmental historians from the United States, Europe, and China, the collection challenges scholars to rethink some ...

The fifth volume in the Science Fiction Megapack series collects 25 tales of high adventure through other worlds and times, including 5 Hugo and Nebula Award-winners and nominees. Featured this time are:AGAPE AMONG THE ROBOTS, by Allen SteeleTHE STARSHIP MECHANIC, by Jay Lake and Ken ScholesPEACEMAKER, by Gardner DozoisOR ALL THE SEAS WITH OYSTERS, by Avram DavidsonGRANDMA, by Carol EmshwillerTHE GIFT BEARER, by Charles L. FontenayI, ROBOT,...

I am stuck at a Hawaiian resort with my rival coworker…He's terrible to work with but way too good at playing fake-boyfriend.When I won a week-long trip to Hawaii for being a star employee, I did one of those happy dances at my desk. I immediately ordered a cute bikini, a floppy beach hat, and new sandals. Then I arrived and discovered my good luck wasn't all good.Yes, I won the trip… but so did my nemesis.Jack Morgan is imp...

Farming across Borders uses agricultural history to connect the regional experiences of the American West, northern Mexico, western Canada, and the North American side of the Pacific Rim, now writ large into a broad history of the North American West. Case studies of commodity production and distribution, trans-border agricultural labor, and environmental change unite to reveal new perspectives on a historiography traditionally limited to a regional approach.Sterling Evans...

Following the success of Flame Tree's Gothic Fantasy collections, this new title gathers together Romantic Fantasy stories inspired by the ecstasy and mystery of Time.Time – at once fleeting and eternal – is a tricksy, intangible dimension. A Breath of Time, part of Flame Tree's exciting new series of Romantic Fantasy titles, is a collection filled with stories of lost loves, love discovered, love unreachable unless Time itself is conquered; stories of tim...

Fake-dating my hunky professor was not supposed to be part of my story. He's older. A single dad. The last person in this town I should fall for…How I wanted the start of my science doctorate program to go:I'd finally study the brain.I'd no longer be a puppet in my parents' cosmetics company empire.I'd date and get over my ex.That was my vision. My plan. I journaled about it all summer. I v...

Will Rogers was quoted more often than any other source besides the Bible and Shakespeare. Now his insightful wit is brought together in a collection of sayings organized by topic.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Feel financially successful… but still financially unsettled?You earn well. You carry responsibility. You run operations, manage clients, solve problems daily.Yet money still creates quiet stress.Irregular income. Lingering debt. Unclear investing. No real financial structure.Money Without the Stress is not another generic personal finance book. It’s a practical financial...

For six years, Brock Benson was the monster I worked for.The gorgeous monster—who never even said hello. Then, one Monday morning, everything changed.When Brock's assistant quit in tears and chucked her phone in my waste bin, I had no choice but to answer it. Brock approved, and gave me a promotion I didn't even want…Now, I'm stuck fielding calls from his desperate ex. Managing his hectic schedule. Even taking care of the two adorable Golden Retriev...

In Working Women into the Borderlands, author Sonia Hernández sheds light on how women’s labor was shaped by US capital in the northeast region of Mexico and how women’s labor activism simultaneously shaped the nature of foreign investment and relations between Mexicans and Americans. As capital investments fueled the growth of heavy industries in cities and ports such as Monterrey and Tampico, women’s work complemented and strengthened their male counterparts’ labor in industries...