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Ecology

Greening the Alliance The Diplomacy of NATO's Science and Environmental Initiatives

Turchetti Simone

ISBN: PB: 9780226595795, ISBN: HB: 9780226595658, University of Chicago Press, December 2018
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 19 halftones

Following the launch of Sputnik, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization became a prominent sponsor of scientific research in its member countries, a role it retained until the end of the Cold War. As NATO marks sixty years since the establishment of...

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Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program The First 20 Years

Turner D. D., Ellingson R. G.

ISBN: HB: 9781944970055, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, December 2018
100 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 10 colour plates, 10 halftones, 5 maps

The U. S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program was established in 1990 and is still going strong today. This monograph chronicles the history of the first 20 years of the ARM Program and provides descriptions of its...

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Multiscale Convection-Coupled Systems in the Tropics A Tribute to Dr. Michio Yanai

Tung Wen-wen, Fovell Robert G.

ISBN: HB: 9781944970048, University of Chicago Press, American Meteorological Society, December 2018
50 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 10 colour plates, 10 halftones, 5 maps

This monograph was inspired by the life and work of Professor Michio Yanai, a seminal figure and dedicated mentor in tropical meteorology. Conceived initially at the AMS Michio Yanai Symposium as "lessons" organized around the principal research area...

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Contemporary Art

Ecology

Ecologies, Agents, Terrains

Heuer Christopher P., Zorach Rebecca

ISBN: PB: 9780300233162, Yale University Press, October 2018
300 pp., 24.1x17.8 cm, 150 colour illus.

The newest volume in the acclaimed Clark Studies in the Visual Arts series, this collection of essays explores the intrinsic connection between art and the environment. The romance and rejection of "nature" have always occupied places at the heart of...

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Architecture

Ecology

Architecture in Context Contemporary Design Solutions Based on Environmental, Social and Cultural Identities

The Plan

ISBN: HB: 9788416851720, Hoaki, October 2018
240 pp., 30x24 cm, 250 colour illus., 140 black&white illus.

"Architecture in Context" analyzes the work of contemporary international architects through the presentation of projects that exemplify their architectural vision and their connection with the spaces with which they work. It explains how the interac...

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Culture Studies

Ecology

Seeing Green The Use and Abuse of American Environmental Images

Dunaway Finis

ISBN: PB: 9780226597614, ISBN: HB: 9780226169903, University of Chicago Press, October 2018
344 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 73 halftones

American environmentalism is defined by its icons: the "Crying Indian", who shed a tear in response to litter and pollution; the cooling towers of Three Mile Island, site of a notorious nuclear accident; the sorrowful spectacle of oil-soaked wildlife...

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Way of Coyote Shared Journeys in the Urban Wilds

Van Horn Gavin

ISBN: HB: 9780226441580, University of Chicago Press, October 2018
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 9 halftones

A hiking trail through majestic mountains. A raw, unpeopled wilderness stretching as far as the eye can see. These are the settings we associate with our most famous books about nature. But Gavin Van Horn isn't most nature writers. He lives and works...

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Design

Ecology

Why Materials Matter Responsible Design for a Better World

Solanki Seetal

ISBN: HB: 9783791384719, Prestel Publishing, September 2018
240 pp., 30x24 cm, 250 colour illus.

This visually stunning investigation of natural and man-made materials will change the way you look at the world around you, while offering hope for the future of our planet. What does it mean to live in a material world, and how do materials of the...

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Craft

Ecology

Sustainable Jewellery Principles and Processes for Creating an Ethical Brand

Fettolini Jose Luis

ISBN: PB: 9788416851201, Hoaki, September 2018
176 pp., 23.9x17.8 cm, richly illustrated

In jewellery, the new consumer trends are demanding products that are crafted, personal, and created with respect to the environment. This implies a sustainability strategy that takes into account the entire supply chain, from the extraction of metal...

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Middle East

Ecology

Environmental Politics in the Middle East Local Struggles, Global Connections

Verhoeven Harry

ISBN: PB: 9781849049672, Hurst Publishers, September 2018
336 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! This book investigates how ecology and politics meet in the Middle East and how those interactions connect to the global political economy. Through region-wide analyses and case studies from the Arabian Peninsula, the Gulf of A...

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