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Here Comes the Sun

A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization

de Bill McKibben ...

Narrado por Patrick Lawlor ...

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7 hora 36 minutos

From the acclaimed environmentalist, a call to harness solar power and rewrite our scientific, economic, and political future.Every eighteen hours, the world puts up a nuclear power plant's–worth of solar panels. At the same time, combustion continues to melt our poles, poison our bodies, and drive our global inequality. And it is no longer necessary: For the first time in 700,000 years, we know ... Leer más

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From the acclaimed environmentalist, a call to harness solar power and rewrite our scientific, economic, and political future.Every eighteen hours, the world puts up a nuclear power plant's–worth of solar panels. At the same time, combustion continues to melt our poles, poison our bodies, and drive our global inequality. And it is no longer necessary: For the first time in 700,000 years, we know
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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs

A New History of a Lost World

de Steve Brusatte ...

Narrado por Patrick Lawlor ...

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10 hora 7 minutos

A sweeping and revelatory new history of the age of dinosaurs, from one of our finest young scientists."THE ULTIMATE DINOSAUR BIOGRAPHY." — Scientific AmericanThe dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth’s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today they remain one of our planet’s great mysteries. Now The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs reveals their extraordinary, 200-million-year-long story ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

A sweeping and revelatory new history of the age of dinosaurs, from one of our finest young scientists."THE ULTIMATE DINOSAUR BIOGRAPHY." — Scientific AmericanThe dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth’s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today they remain one of our planet’s great mysteries. Now The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs reveals their extraordinary, 200-million-year-long story
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The Rise and Reign of the Mammals

A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us

de Steve Brusatte ...

Narrado por Patrick Lawlor ...

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13 hora 25 minutos

New from the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (“A masterpiece of science writing.” —Washington Post) and “one of the stars of modern paleontology” (National Geographic), a sweeping and revelatory history of mammals, illuminating the lost story of the extraordinary family tree that led to us.We humans are the inheritors of a dynasty that has reigned over the ... Leer más

$32.99 USD

New from the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (“A masterpiece of science writing.” —Washington Post) and “one of the stars of modern paleontology” (National Geographic), a sweeping and revelatory history of mammals, illuminating the lost story of the extraordinary family tree that led to us.We humans are the inheritors of a dynasty that has reigned over the
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Mapping the Deep

Innovation, Exploration, and the Dive of a Lifetime

de Dawn J. Wright ...

Narrado por Dawn J. Wright, Gwen Steel ...

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5 hora 32 minutos

Embark on an extraordinary journey into the depths of the ocean.Oceanographer Dawn Wright made history in 2022 when she became the first Black person to visit Challenger Deep, the deepest and most unexplored place on Earth—a trip that took her over 10,000 meters beneath the Pacific Ocean’s surface. We know less about the ocean floor than we do about the surface of the moon. To date, barely one ... Leer más

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Embark on an extraordinary journey into the depths of the ocean.Oceanographer Dawn Wright made history in 2022 when she became the first Black person to visit Challenger Deep, the deepest and most unexplored place on Earth—a trip that took her over 10,000 meters beneath the Pacific Ocean’s surface. We know less about the ocean floor than we do about the surface of the moon. To date, barely one
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StarTalk

Everything You Ever Need to Know about Space Travel, Sci-Fi, the Human Race, the Universe, and Beyond

de Neil deGrasse Tyson, Charles Liu, Jeffrey Lee Simons, Jesse Bickford ...

Narrado por Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lauren Fortgang, Luzma Ortiz, Kevin R. Free, various narrators ...

Completo

9 hora 2 minutos

For decades, beloved astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has interpreted science with a combination of brainpower and charm that resonates with fans everywhere.This pioneering, provocative audiobook brings together the best of StarTalk, his beloved podcast and television show devoted to solving the most confounding mysteries of Earth, space, and what it means to be human. Filled with brilliant ... Leer más

$19.95 USD

For decades, beloved astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has interpreted science with a combination of brainpower and charm that resonates with fans everywhere.This pioneering, provocative audiobook brings together the best of StarTalk, his beloved podcast and television show devoted to solving the most confounding mysteries of Earth, space, and what it means to be human. Filled with brilliant
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A Little History of the Earth

de Jamie Woodward ...

Narrado por David Linski ...

Series series The Little Histories Series
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10 hora

A lively account of the history of our planet, from its earliest origins to the present day, told through the major geological changes and scientific breakthroughsWhere has our planet come from, and what lies beneath its surface? How have we come to understand its past and present environments, and what does its future look like? Thanks to scientists who study its rocks, fossils, and landscapes, ... Leer más

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A lively account of the history of our planet, from its earliest origins to the present day, told through the major geological changes and scientific breakthroughsWhere has our planet come from, and what lies beneath its surface? How have we come to understand its past and present environments, and what does its future look like? Thanks to scientists who study its rocks, fossils, and landscapes,
... Leer más
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The Ministry for the Future

A Novel

de Kim Stanley Robinson ...

Narrado por Jennifer Fitzgerald, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Ramon de Ocampo, Gary Bennett, Raphael Corkhill, Barrie Kreinik, Natasha Soudek, Nikki Massoud, Joniece Abbott Pratt, Vikas Adam, Inés del Castillo ...

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20 hora 42 minutos

From legendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson comes a remarkable vision of climate change over the coming decades.The Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all. Its setting is not a desolate, postapocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us—and in which we might ... Leer más

$44.99 USD

From legendary science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson comes a remarkable vision of climate change over the coming decades.The Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all. Its setting is not a desolate, postapocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us—and in which we might
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Less is More

How Degrowth Will Save the World

de Jason Hickel ...

Narrado por Ben Crystal, Clifford Samuel ...

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9 hora 5 minutos

Brought to you by Penguin.The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we must face up to its primary cause. Capitalism demands perpetual expansion, which is devastating the living world. There is only one solution that will lead to meaningful and immediate change: DEGROWTH.If we want to have a shot at halting the crisis, we need to restore the ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

Brought to you by Penguin.The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we must face up to its primary cause. Capitalism demands perpetual expansion, which is devastating the living world. There is only one solution that will lead to meaningful and immediate change: DEGROWTH.If we want to have a shot at halting the crisis, we need to restore the
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need

de Bill Gates ...

Narrado por Bill Gates, Wil Wheaton ...

Completo

7 hora 11 minutos

In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical--and accessible--plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe.Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical--and accessible--plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe.Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and
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A Brief History of Earth

Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters

de Andrew H. Knoll ...

Narrado por Tom Parks ...

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4 hora 57 minutos

***How well do you know the ground beneath your feet?***A primer for every Earth resident, by Harvard’s acclaimed geologist.“A sublime chronicle of our planet." –Booklist, STARRED reviewOdds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering sheet of ice, rocked by a nearby meteor strike, or perhaps choked by poison gases, drowned beneath ocean, perched ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

***How well do you know the ground beneath your feet?***A primer for every Earth resident, by Harvard’s acclaimed geologist.“A sublime chronicle of our planet." –Booklist, STARRED reviewOdds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering sheet of ice, rocked by a nearby meteor strike, or perhaps choked by poison gases, drowned beneath ocean, perched
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A Life on Our Planet

My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future

de Sir David Attenborough ...

Narrado por Sir David Attenborough ...

Completo

6 hora 20 minutos

In this scientifically informed account of the changes occurring in the world over the last century, award-winning broadcaster and natural historian shares a lifetime of wisdom and a hopeful vision for the future.See the world. Then make it better.I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary.As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

In this scientifically informed account of the changes occurring in the world over the last century, award-winning broadcaster and natural historian shares a lifetime of wisdom and a hopeful vision for the future.See the world. Then make it better.I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary.As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild,
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A dictionary of green finance

Narrado por Matt Rees ...

Abreviado

1 horas 37 minutos

What is green? Apart from a colour, obviously. Green is the most important word in the world, because it's at the heart of the battle to finance climate action. We need to understand what's really good for the environment and what's really going to slow climate change… so that we can find the money to pay for it. If it's truly green, then it's going to help save humanity. And you'll find out what ... Leer más

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What is green? Apart from a colour, obviously. Green is the most important word in the world, because it's at the heart of the battle to finance climate action. We need to understand what's really good for the environment and what's really going to slow climate change… so that we can find the money to pay for it. If it's truly green, then it's going to help save humanity. And you'll find out what
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The New Climate War

The Fight to Take Back Our Planet

de Michael E. Mann ...

Narrado por Tim Campbell ...

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9 hora 48 minutos

Shortlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year awardA renowned climate scientist shows how fossil fuel companies have waged a thirty-year campaign to deflect blame and responsibility and delay action on climate change, and offers a battle plan for how we can save the planet.Recycle. Fly less. Eat less meat. These are some of the ways that we've been told can slow climate change. But the ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

Shortlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year awardA renowned climate scientist shows how fossil fuel companies have waged a thirty-year campaign to deflect blame and responsibility and delay action on climate change, and offers a battle plan for how we can save the planet.Recycle. Fly less. Eat less meat. These are some of the ways that we've been told can slow climate change. But the
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Saving Us

A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World

de Katharine Hayhoe ...

Narrado por Katharine Hayhoe ...

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8 hora 7 minutos

United Nations Champion of the Earth, climate scientist, and evangelical Christian Katharine Hayhoe changes the debate on how we can save our future in this nationally bestselling “optimistic view on why collective action is still possible—and how it can be realized” (The New York Times).Called “one of the nation’s most effective communicators on climate change” by The New York Times, Katharine ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

United Nations Champion of the Earth, climate scientist, and evangelical Christian Katharine Hayhoe changes the debate on how we can save our future in this nationally bestselling “optimistic view on why collective action is still possible—and how it can be realized” (The New York Times).Called “one of the nation’s most effective communicators on climate change” by The New York Times, Katharine
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The Year Without Summer

1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History

de William K. Klingaman, Nicholas P. Klingaman ...

Narrado por David Colacci ...

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11 hora 27 minutos

1816 was a remarkable year—mostly for the fact that there was no summer. As a result of a volcanic eruption at Mount Tambora in Indonesia, weather patterns were disrupted worldwide for months, allowing for excessive rain, frost, and snowfall through much of the Northeastern US and Europe in the summer of 1816.In the US, the extraordinary weather produced food shortages, religious revivals, and ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

1816 was a remarkable year—mostly for the fact that there was no summer. As a result of a volcanic eruption at Mount Tambora in Indonesia, weather patterns were disrupted worldwide for months, allowing for excessive rain, frost, and snowfall through much of the Northeastern US and Europe in the summer of 1816.In the US, the extraordinary weather produced food shortages, religious revivals, and
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Goliath's Curse

The History and Future of Societal Collapse

de Luke Kemp ...

Narrado por Luke Kemp ...

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23 hora 7 minutos

**“In the modern tradition of Big Books of human history like Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens and David Graeber and David Wengrow’s The Dawn of Everything, Goliath’s Curse provides a novel theory of civilizational development. . . . [It] feels something like reading the French economist Thomas Piketty filtered through Mad Max: Fury Road.” —Ed Simon, The New York Times Book ReviewNAMED A BEST BOOK OF ... Leer más

$28.00 USD

**“In the modern tradition of Big Books of human history like Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens and David Graeber and David Wengrow’s The Dawn of Everything, Goliath’s Curse provides a novel theory of civilizational development. . . . [It] feels something like reading the French economist Thomas Piketty filtered through Mad Max: Fury Road.” —Ed Simon, The New York Times Book ReviewNAMED A BEST BOOK OF
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Global Crisis

War, Climate Change, & Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century

de Geoffrey Parker ...

Narrado por Peter Noble ...

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48 hora 44 minutos

The acclaimed historian demonstrates a link between climate change and social unrest across the globe during the mid-seventeenth century.Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides, government collapses—the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were unprecedented in both frequency and severity. The effects of what historians call the "General Crisis" extended from England to ... Leer más

$39.99 USD

The acclaimed historian demonstrates a link between climate change and social unrest across the globe during the mid-seventeenth century.Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides, government collapses—the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were unprecedented in both frequency and severity. The effects of what historians call the "General Crisis" extended from England to
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Not the End of the World

How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet

de Hannah Ritchie ...

Narrado por Hannah Ritchie, Ph.D. ...

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9 hora 26 minutos

This "truly essential" audiobook will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems (Margaret Atwood)—and explains how we can solve them.It’s become common to tell kids that they’re going to die from climate change. We are constantly bombarded by doomsday headlines that tell us the soil won’t be able to support crops, fish will vanish from our oceans, and that we should reconsider ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

This "truly essential" audiobook will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems (Margaret Atwood)—and explains how we can solve them.It’s become common to tell kids that they’re going to die from climate change. We are constantly bombarded by doomsday headlines that tell us the soil won’t be able to support crops, fish will vanish from our oceans, and that we should reconsider
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Ice Diaries

An Antarctic Memoir

de Jean McNeil ...

Narrado por Bridget Wareham ...

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13 hora 27 minutos

A decade ago, novelist and short story writer Jean McNeil spent a year as writer-in-residence with the British Antarctic Survey, and four months on the world’s most enigmatic continent — Antarctica. Access to the Antarctic remains largely reserved for scientists, and it is the only piece of earth that is nobody’s country. Ice Diaries is the story of McNeil’s years spent in ice, not only in the ... Leer más

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A decade ago, novelist and short story writer Jean McNeil spent a year as writer-in-residence with the British Antarctic Survey, and four months on the world’s most enigmatic continent — Antarctica. Access to the Antarctic remains largely reserved for scientists, and it is the only piece of earth that is nobody’s country. Ice Diaries is the story of McNeil’s years spent in ice, not only in the
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Fresh Banana Leaves

Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science

de Jessica Hernandez Ph.D. ...

Narrado por Stacy Gonzalez ...

Completo

9 hora 35 minutos

**A 2022 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist in Science & TechnologyAn Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, personal stories, and family histories that center the voices of Latin American women and land protectors.**Despite the undeniable fact that Indigenous communities are among the most ... Leer más

$36.99 USD

**A 2022 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist in Science & TechnologyAn Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, personal stories, and family histories that center the voices of Latin American women and land protectors.**Despite the undeniable fact that Indigenous communities are among the most
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Escaping from Eden

Does Genesis teach that the human race was created by God or engineered by ETs?

de Paul Wallis ...

Narrado por Paul Wallis ...

Series Audiolibro 1 - The Eden Series
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6 hora

The familiar stories of the book of Genesis affirm that God made the universe, planet Earth, and you and me. However, various anomalies in the text clue us that we are not reading the original version of these stories. So what were the original narratives and what did they say about who we are and where we all came from? What was the earlier story of human origins, almost obliterated from the ... Leer más

$19.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

The familiar stories of the book of Genesis affirm that God made the universe, planet Earth, and you and me. However, various anomalies in the text clue us that we are not reading the original version of these stories. So what were the original narratives and what did they say about who we are and where we all came from? What was the earlier story of human origins, almost obliterated from the
... Leer más
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The Blue Machine

How the Ocean Works

de Helen Czerski ...

Narrado por Helen Czerski ...

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14 hora 51 minutos

**A Financial Times Best Science Book of 2023A scientist’s exploration of the "ocean engine"—the physics behind the ocean’s systems—and why it matters.**All of Earth’s oceans, from the equator to the poles, are a single engine powered by sunlight, driving huge flows of energy, water, life, and raw materials. In The Blue Machine, physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski illustrates the mechanisms ... Leer más

$22.99 USD

**A Financial Times Best Science Book of 2023A scientist’s exploration of the "ocean engine"—the physics behind the ocean’s systems—and why it matters.**All of Earth’s oceans, from the equator to the poles, are a single engine powered by sunlight, driving huge flows of energy, water, life, and raw materials. In The Blue Machine, physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski illustrates the mechanisms
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Atlas of a Lost World

Travels in Ice Age America

de Craig Childs ...

Narrado por Craig Childs ...

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9 hora 11 minutos

From the author of Apocalyptic Planet comes a vivid travelogue through prehistory, that traces the arrival of the first people in North America at least twenty thousand years ago and the artifacts that tell of their lives and fates.In Atlas of a Lost World, Craig Childs upends our notions of where these people came from and who they were. How they got here, persevered, and ultimately thrived is a ... Leer más

$19.95 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

From the author of Apocalyptic Planet comes a vivid travelogue through prehistory, that traces the arrival of the first people in North America at least twenty thousand years ago and the artifacts that tell of their lives and fates.In Atlas of a Lost World, Craig Childs upends our notions of where these people came from and who they were. How they got here, persevered, and ultimately thrived is a
... Leer más
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Living Planet

The Web of Life on Earth

de David Attenborough ...

Narrado por David Attenborough ...

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11 hora 33 minutos

The Sunday Times BestsellerA new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough’s seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet.Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt to make the most of ice cap and tundra, forest and plain, desert, ocean ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

The Sunday Times BestsellerA new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough’s seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet.Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt to make the most of ice cap and tundra, forest and plain, desert, ocean
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