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  Collapse

  Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed is the glass-half-empty follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel. While Guns, Germs, and Steel explained the ...  > read more
• Wildfires
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  Young Men and Fire

  On August 5, 1949, lightning came crashing down in the vast spruce forest above Seeley Lake, Montana, and touched off a roaring blaze. As every Westerner knows, lightning means fire, but the fire ...  > read more
• Environmental Issues
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  Environmental Science: Toward A Sustainable Future (10th Edition)

  As the field of environmental science continues to evolve, this highly readable guide presents a full spectrum of views and information to help readers evaluate issues and make informed decisions. ...  > read more
• Geochemistry
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  Chemistry For Changing Times (11th Edition)

  This popular book is a useful and interesting read for the layperson, as it is colorful, conversational in tone, and easily understandable. Knowledge of chemistry leads to better understanding about ...  > read more
• Energy and the Environment
  Energy Issues
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  Energy: Its Use and the Environment (with InfoTrac®)

  What is the impact of energy issues such as lobal warming, radioactive waste, municipal solid waste, and nuclear energy production materials on the individual and society? ENERGY: ITS USE AND THE ...  > read more
• Educational Policy
  Educational Psychology
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  Psychology of Learning for Instruction (3rd Edition)

  The Third Edition of this popular text continues its in-depth, practical coverage with a focus on learning and instruction that presents the latest psychological and educational models and research ...  > read more
• Physics
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  How Everything Works: Making Physics Out of the Ordinary

  Why do golf balls have dimples? How does an iPod turn binary digits into Bon Jovi? How do microwave ovens cook? How does a pitcher make a curveball curve and a knuckleball jitter?Why don't you ...  > read more
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  Fundamentals of Astrodynamics

  Teaching text developed by U.S. Air Force Academy and designed as a first course emphasizes the universal variable formulation. Develops the basic two-body and n-body equations of motion; orbit ...  > read more
• Endangered Plants
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  Landscaping with Native Plants of Minnesota

  Gardeners use native plants for several reasons. For many, their initial attraction is to native plants’ reputation for being low maintenance, as well as their ability to survive difficult soil ...  > read more
• Wildfires
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  Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire

  Colorado and its neighboring states battle thousands of wildfires every year, scrub and sagebrush blazes often ignited by lightning strikes in the dry, hot days of summer. A vast, intertwined ...  > read more

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