'What is your dog doing?!'[Running and jumping in circles on my bed.]'Yes, that's normal. It's called zoomies or huckle-butting.She'll get an energy hangover in a moment and fall asleep.'This was followed by, 'What type of dog is she?'and then, the next time we chatted on Zoom,'Where is your dog, today?'And that is how this book was born.Working from home in early 2020, when South Africa went into lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemi...

There is increasing understanding that climate change will have profound, mostly harmful effects on human health. In this authoritative book, international experts examine long-recognized areas of health concern for populations vulnerable to climate change, describing effects that are both direct, such as heat waves, and indirect, such as via vector-borne diseases. Set in a broad international, economic, political and environmental context, this unique book expands these issues by reviving...

The fourth title from Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson.Eight-year-old Spencer takes himself to social services and demands to be taken into care. It’s a desperate act, a cry for help, but his parent’s reaction – good riddance – speaks volumes. Casey’s hackles are immediately up for this poor child.Spencer is the middle child of four siblings. His parents claim all their other kids are ‘normal’ and that Spencer was born ‘vicious and evil’. Casey and her family ar...

From one of the world's leading experts on the history of energy, a rigorous examination of the transitions that structure our modern world--and the environmental reckoning that will mark its success or failure. What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four "grand transitions" of civilization--in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics--which have transformed the way we live. Societies that have undergone all four tra...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! • A Today Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick • A February 2023 Indie Next Pick**"****Sparkling." —**The New York Times"An utterly charming and deeply moving portrait of the joys**—and the guilt—**of trying to find your own way in life." **—**Celeste Ng, #1 New York Times bests...

Bjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and staggeringly expensive actions now being considered to meet the challenges of global warming ultimately will have little impact on the world’s temperature. He suggests that rather than focusing on ineffective solutions that will cost us trillions of dollars over the coming decades, we should be looking for smarter, more cost-effective approaches (such as massively increasing our commitment to green energy R&D) that will allow us to deal n...

‘Oh My God!!… Had me gripped instantly… A MUST read!’ NetGalley reviewer ★★★★★A devoted wife and motherBella has the perfect life with her husband Jack and their two children – until the ex who stalked her years ago is released from prison.A tragic past that haunts herNow Bella is convinced he’s back to hurt her, and sees him everywhere – but no one else can see that anything is wrong.One last chance to put it ...

The Skeptical Environmentalist challenges widely held beliefs that the environmental situation is getting worse and worse. The author, himself a former member of Greenpeace, is critical of the way in which many environmental organisations make selective and misleading use of the scientific evidence. Using the best available statistical information from internationally recognised research institutes, Bjørn Lomborg systematically examines a range of major environmental problems that feature ...

"Gorgeous, addictive and impossible to put down, this is a must read for contemporary romance lovers!" -Cody, Literary-ly ObsessedFor "Perfect Paige" Westfeld, today is "D" Day. As in, she just got one on her calculus test. With her dreams of Stanford, her reputation, and her parents' expectations at stake, Paige needs to find a way to save face before everything she's worked for goes up in flames.Ben Franklin (yes, he's related) is from the wrong side of t...

Biodiversity Change and Human Health brings together leading experts from the natural science and social science realms as well as the medical community to explore the explicit linkages between human-driven alterations of biodiversity and documented impacts of those changes on human health. The book utilizes multidisciplinary approaches to explore and address the complex interplay between natural biodiversity and human health and well-being. The five parts examinehealth tr...

Another great title in the best-selling Go Girl series. Cassie is sick of looking cute, so her sister cuts her hair! Her mum isnt happy. Her sisters in trouble. But maybe Cassie likes her new look ...

We live in unprecedented times - the Anthropocene - defined by far-reaching human impacts on the natural systems that underpin civilisation. Planetary Health explores the many environmental changes that threaten to undermine progress in human health, and explains how these changes affect health outcomes, from pandemics to infectious diseases to mental health, from chronic diseases to injuries. It shows how people can adapt to those changes that are now unavoidable, through actions that bot...