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  • Biomimicry

    Innovation Inspired by Nature

    by Janine M. Benyus ...
    Repackaged with a new afterword, this "valuable and entertaining" (New York Times Book Review) book explores how scientists are adapting nature's best ideas for sustainability, solving tough 21st century problems.Biomimicry, a revolutionary approach to innovation inspired by nature, is rapidly transforming life on earth. Biomimics study nature's most successful ideas over the past 3.5 million ... Read more

    S$ 19.39 SGD

  • Power Trip

    The Story of Energy

    by Michael E. Webber ...
    A global tour of energy--the builder of human civilization and also its greatest threat.Energy is humanity's single most important resource. In fact, as energy expert Michael E. Webber argues in Power Trip, the story of how societies rise can be told largely as the story of how they manage energy sources through time. In 2019, as we face down growing demand for and accumulating environmental ... Read more

    S$ 20.37 SGD

  • Of Cockroaches and Crickets

    Learning to Love Creatures That Skitter and Jump

    by Frank Nischk ...
    Translated by Jane Billinghurst ...
    This deep dive into the wonderful world of insects teaches us to love the tiny, seemingly terrifying creatures all around us.For many people, cockroaches are the most pesky of pests. Not so for entomologist Frank Nischk. In this funny and fascinating book, Frank reveals his love and admiration for so-called “nasty” creatures like cockroaches, crickets, and more. He shows us that even seemingly ... Read more

    S$ 26.69 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Darwin's Dragons (ebook)

    by Lindsay Galvin ...
    How to Train Your Dragon meets Robinson Crusoe in this high-flying dragon adventure from Lindsay Galvin!'A striking and original adventure ... just the sort of story I love.' EMMA CARROLL'WHAT a voyage! [Darwin's Dragons] is everything you hope it will be ...' LUCY STRANGE'[A] beautifully fictionalised story' THE TELEGRAPHSyms Covington has land... ... Read more

    S$ 11.54 SGD

  • Gone

    A search for what remains of the world's extinct creatures

    by Michael Blencowe ...
    Dynamic naturalist Michael Blencowe has travelled the globe to uncover the fascinating backstories of eleven extinct animals, which he shares with charm and insight in Gone.***'Really, really well written'***– CHRIS PACKHAMInspired by his childhood obsession with extinct species, Blencowe takes us around the globe – from the forests of New Zealand to the ferries of Finland, from the urban sprawl ... Read more

    S$ 16.78 SGD

  • Treading Softly

    Paths to Ecological Order

    by Thomas Princen ...
    How to imagine and then realize an ecological order based on living within our biophysical means.We are living beyond our means, running up debts both economic and ecological, consuming the planet's resources at rates not remotely sustainable. But it's hard to imagine a different way. How can we live without cheap goods and easy credit? How can we consume without consuming the systems that support ... Read more

    S$ 24.84 SGD

  • Ecology and Power in the Age of Empire

    Europe and the Transformation of the Tropical World

    by Corey Ross ...
    Ecology and Power in the Age of Empire provides the first wide-ranging environmental history of the heyday of European imperialism, from the late nineteenth century to the end of the colonial era. It focuses on the ecological dimensions of the explosive growth of tropical commodity production, global trade, and modern resource management-transformations that still visibly shape our world today-and ... Read more

    S$ 42.06 SGD

  • Is It Really Green?

    Everyday Eco Dilemmas Answered

    by Georgina Wilson-Powell ...
    Find clarity on everyday green-living dilemmas to maximise your sustainabilityAre paper bags always more environmentally friendly than plastic? How much better for the planet are electric cars? What saves more water - using the dishwasher or washing up by hand?We all want to do the right thing for the planet, but with so many factors at play it can be difficult to work out which is the greenest ... Read more

    S$ 19.06 SGD

  • Aroha

    Maori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet

    by Hinemoa Elder ...
    As seen on Oprah's Book Club! The #1 New Zealand Bestseller!Discover how to live a happier life - simple, traditional wisdom for difficult modern times.Aroha is an ancient Maori word and way of thinking. Maori psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder explores how Aroha can help us all by sharing 52 thought-provoking whakatauki, traditional Maori life lessons - one for each week of the year.Discover h... ... Read more

    S$ 19.06 SGD

  • The Day the World Stops Shopping

    How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves

    by J.B. MacKinnon ...
    Consuming less is our best strategy for saving the planet—but can we do it? In this thoughtful and surprisingly optimistic book, journalist J. B. MacKinnon investigates how we may achieve a world without shopping.We can’t stop shopping. And yet we must. This is the consumer dilemma.The economy says we must always consume more: even the slightest drop in spending leads to widespread unemployment, ... Read more

    S$ 24.62 SGD

  • This Sacred Earth

    Religion, Nature, Environment

    by Roger S. Gottlieb ...
    Updated with nearly forty new selections to reflect the tremendous growth and transformation of scholarly, theological, and activist religious environmentalism, the second edition of This Sacred Earth is an unparalleled resource for the study of religion's complex relationship to the environment. ... Read more

    S$ 121.02 SGD

  • Active Coral Restoration

    Techniques for a Changing Planet

    Edited by David E. Vaughan ...
    Coral reefs around the world are in peril and approximately half of the world's coral cover has been lost since 1970 due to impacts from climate change, pollution, disease, and fishing practices that can destroy entire reefs. This rate of decline has been quite rapid, particularly when compared to the average rate of growth for a healthy coral in the wild. This ratio of decline to growth had ... Read more

    S$ 101.59 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Book of Vanishing Species

    Illustrated Lives

    by Beatrice Forshall ...
    __________________Our Earth is more beautiful and more diverse than we can possibly conceive of.The Book of Vanishing Species is a stunning homage to the planet's most mysterious, bizarre and wondrous creatures and plants. Their stories are captivating, from the eyeless and tiny dragonlike olm to the hawksbill turtle, whose gender will be determined by the temperature of the sand it is born in. ... Read more

    S$ 23.75 SGD

  • Water for All

    Global Solutions for a Changing Climate

    by David Sedlak ...
    A fresh look at the world’s water crises, and the existing and emerging solutions that can be used to solve themIt is not your imagination: water crises are more frequent. Our twentieth-century systems for providing the water that grows food, sustains cities, and supports healthy ecosystems are failing to meet the demands of growing population and the challenges brought on by climate change. But ... Read more

    S$ 29.75 SGD

  • Guns, Germs And Steel

    The MILLION-COPY bestselling history of everybody

    by Jared Diamond ...
    This book answers the most obvious, the most important, yet the most difficult question about human history: why history unfolded so differently on different continents. Geography and biogeography, not race, moulded the contrasting fates of Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, sub-Saharan Africans, and aboriginal Australians.An ambitious synthesis of history, biology, ecology and linguistics, Guns ... Read more

    S$ 19.06 SGD

  • The Darkness Manifesto

    How light pollution threatens the ancient rhythms of life

    by Johan Eklöf ...
    Translated by Dr Elizabeth DeNoma ...
    **** An FT Book of the Year and Winner of the Penn Libraries Book Prize for Sustainability**The Darkness Manifesto** urges us to cherish darkness for the sake of the environment, our own wellbeing, and all life on earth. To ensure a bright future, we must embrace the darkness.Entire ecosystems rely on natural darkness to flourish, from bats and keen-eyed owls capering across the starry sky to the ... Read more

    S$ 16.12 SGD

  • The Loop Trilogy (The Loop, The Block, The Arc) ebook bundle

    by Ben Oliver ...
    Series series The Loop
    All three books in the dark, twisty and totally unputdownable YA series – perfect for fans of THE HUNGER GAMES and THE MAZE RUNNER.'A terrifying and sinister look into the future that will leave your jaw on the floor.' KASS MORGAN, New York Times bestselling author of THE 100'Your next YA obsession.' ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'Fans of The Hunger Games and The Maze Runner should lo... ... Read more

    S$ 28.44 SGD

  • How Not to Be Eaten

    The Insects Fight Back

    by Dr. Gilbert Waldbauer ...
    All animals must eat. But who eats who, and why, or why not? Because insects outnumber and collectively outweigh all other animals combined, they comprise the largest amount of animal food available for potential consumption. How do they avoid being eaten? From masterful disguises to physical and chemical lures and traps, predatory insects have devised ingenious and bizarre methods of finding food ... Read more

    S$ 32.69 SGD

  • An Ambush of Tigers

    The BRAND NEW unputdownable British cozy murder mystery for 2026!

    by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett ...
    Series Book 7 - A Dr Nell Ward Mystery
    'What a delight to return to Fitchmere... entertaining, full of twists and turns with a few red herrings thrown in, suspenseful and unputdownable. The final reveal was a complete surprise to me!' NetGalley reviewer, 5 starsAt Finchmere, beneath the snow, an ambush lies in wait...After a dazzling Indian wedding, Nell and Rav return to a frost-kissed Finchmere, eager to host their blessing in the ... Read more

    S$ 8.49 SGD

  • Life Between the Tides

    In Search of Rockpools and Other Adventures Along the Shore

    by Adam Nicolson ...
    LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2022‘A remarkable and powerful book, the rarest of things … Nicolson is unique as a writer … I loved it’ EDMUND DE WAALFew places are as familiar as the shore – and few as full of mystery and surprise.How do sandhoppers inherit an inbuilt compass from their parents? How do crabs understand the tides? How can the death of one winkle guarantee the lives of its ... Read more

    S$ 24.62 SGD

  • The Way of Imagination

    Essays

    by Scott Russell Sanders ...
    Prize–winning essayist turns to the imagination as a spiritual guide and material method of living through climate disruption, as climate change and broad extinction forever alter our place on the planet and our lives together.Scott Russell Sanders shows how imagination, linked to compassion, can help us solve the urgent ecological and social challenges we face. While reflecting on the conditions ... Read more

    S$ 16.99 SGD

  • Dispatches from the Sweet Life

    One Family, Five Acres, and a Community's Quest to Reinvent the World

    by William Powers ...
    Many fantasize about dramatically changing their lives — living in accordance with their ideals rather than the exigencies of job, bills, and possessions. William Powers actually does it. In his book Twelve by Twelve, Powers lived in an off-grid tiny house in rural North Carolina. In New Slow City, he and his wife, Melissa, inhabited a Manhattan micro-apartment in search of slow in the fastest ... Read more

    S$ 14.70 SGD

  • We Are the Middle of Forever

    Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island on the Changing Earth

    Edited by Dahr Jamail, Stan Rushworth ...
    With a new afterword by the authorsA powerful, intimate collection of conversations with Indigenous Americans on the climate crisis and the Earth’s futureAlthough for a great many people, the human impact on the Earth—countless species becoming extinct, pandemics claiming millions of lives, and climate crisis causing worldwide social and environmental upheaval—was not apparent until recently, this ... Read more

    S$ 20.81 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dragonflies

    by Philip Corbet, Stephen Brooks ...
    Series Book 106 - Collins New Naturalist Library
    Dragonflies are among the most ancient of living creatures – few insect groups fascinate as much or are more immediately recognisable.In this seminal new work, Philip Corbet and Stephen Brooks examine the behaviour, ecology and distribution of dragonflies in Britain and Ireland, placing emphasis on the insects' habitats and also on measures needed to conserve them.Published in 1960 – with Philip ... Read more

    S$ 30.29 SGD