**A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020SHORTLISTED FOR THE ESTWA AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATED TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022One of the least-known places on the planet, the only continent on earth with no indigenous population, Antarctica is a world apart. From a leading cartographer with the British Antarctic Survey, this new collection of maps and data reveals Antarctica as we have never seen it before.**This is not just a book of traditional maps. It measures ev...

Monde à part, l’Antarctique reste avec les abysses l’un des endroits les moins connus de la planète. Découvert en 1819, ce vaste continent attire depuis l’intérêt des scientifiques et des chercheurs, mais aussi des États et des industriels. Avec le réchauffement climatique, il devient un enjeu majeur, tant d’un point de vue de l’exploitation des ressources naturelles que des problèmes de fonte des glaces et de préservation des espèces animales.Cet atlas révè...

'An ode to one of the world’s best-loved birds' Harper’s Bazaar'The perfect book for the penguin person in your life' Daunt Books'A joy' Horatio Clare, The Spectator‘Electrifyingly charismatic’ Dan Snow, author of On This Day in History‘The world's best-loved bird from the world's best-known publisher – what's not to like?’ Stephen Moss, author of The Bird Biography series'Simply wo...

Brought to you by Penguin.A charming and beautifully illustrated book about the world’s most beloved bird, written by a leading scientist at The British Antarctic Survey, illustrated by his wife.There’s something about penguins that makes them irresistible. Maybe it’s their comical waddle, their black-and-white ‘tuxedo’ plumage, or their apparent cheerfulness in the face of extreme weather conditions. Whatever the reason, their cult following around the glob...

Why were the American POWs imprisoned at the “Hanoi Hilton” so resilient in captivity and so successful in their subsequent careers? This book presents six principles practiced within the POW organizational culture that can be used to develop high-performance teams everywhere. The authors offer examples from both the POWs’ time in captivity and their later professional lives that identify, in real-life situations, the characteristics necessary for sustainable, high-performance teamwork. Th...

Das Buch für alle Pinguin-Fans: Alles was man über diese charismatischen Vögel wissen muss, anschaulich erzählt und illustriert von zwei Pinguin-KennernPinguine gehören zu den beliebtesten Tieren auf dem Globus, ihre Fangemeinde ist riesig und ihr Abbild begegnet uns überall. Ihre auffällige Erscheinung hat offensichtlich etwas Unwiderstehliches: Sie tragen ein einprägsames schwarz-weißes Federkleid, können zwar nicht fliegen, aber haben einen liebenswert-komischen...

The Politics and Economics of Park Management examines national protected area systems, in both developed and developing countries, that have made a transformation from "fortress parks" to a sustainable use model. The contributors-park management, academics, and members of nongovenmental organizations-contend that successful institutional change in protected area systems involves not only the adoption of appropriate legal and regulatory regimes covering sustainable use, but also t...