Humanity is failing at solving complex socioecological problems like global climate change, biodiversity loss, and population growth. The existing sustainable development paradigm and its reliance on tradeoffs between the three pillars of environment, economics, and equity is not robust enough to maintain global carrying capacity. In this timely intervention, Craig Thomas argues that the holistic and transdisciplinary thinking of four iconic American naturalists--Henry David Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, and Edward O. Wilson--can instead help to solve our biggest twenty-first-century challenges by synthesizing values from four eras of cultural and environmental history.

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A British agent uncovers a secret nest of Nazi submarines. German agents multiply in Ireland. A massive Nazi parachute drop is imminent somewhere in the British Isles.

Fra sin nye og fremtredende stilling i KGB forsøker forræderen Andrew Babbington, i allianse med general Brigitte Winterbach fra den Øst-Tyske etteretningstjenesten, å bestemme over Nepals skjebne. hos sine foresatte, forkludrer at generalens eneste sønn hopper av til vesten. Ved en skjebnens ironi snubler Aubreys tidligere vakthund Tim Gardiner over Sovjets Nepalplaner. Gardiner blir offer for en nådeløs jakt, mens Aubrey desperat forsøker å bevise Babbingtons planer i London, Malaya og til sist i Nepal, hvor Brigitte venter på ham

På sin siste testflyvning styrter et nytt amerikansk fly i Arizonas ørken. Mitchell Gant, som nå er blitt ekspert på flyulykker, må finne årsaken. I Storbritannia finner parlamentsmedlemmet Marian Pyott bevis i en stor svindelsak som involverer en britisk flyprodusent, Aero UK, som har økonomiske problemer. Marians barndomsvenn, David Winterborne, som er sjefen for eierselskapet til Aero UK, er en hensynsløs mann som nekter å se sitt verdensomspennende imperium gå i oppløsning. Når så et annet fly styrter utenfor Finlands kyst, er det tydelig at det er noe veldig alvorlig på ferde.

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Et laservåpen er klart til bruk. Når det er montert, vil det bli brukt til å ødelegge verdens maktbalanse. CIAs russiske agent er den eneste som kan bevise at våpenet eksisterer. Innen fire dager må USAs president ha dette beviset, før han undertegner en våpenavtale som forbyr alle atomvåpen. Major Mitchell Gant må få beviset ut av Sovjet. Hvis han mislykkes, er den neste og siste krig uunngåelig.

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An all-new collection of both black-and-white and color erotic art photography, featuring the work of 74 leading photographers from the US, Europe, and beyond who have made a name for themselves with their female nude and erotic work, including Renee Jacobs, Thomas Karsten, Chas Ray Krider, Steven Lyon, Natacha Merritt, Craig Morey.

Political scientists have long been concerned about the tension between institutional fragmentation and policy coordination in the U.S. bureaucracy. The literature is rife with examples of agencies competing with each other or asserting their independence, while cooperation is relatively rare. This is of particular importance in policy areas such as biodiversity, where species, habitats, and ecosystems cross various agency jurisdictions. Bureaucratic Landscapes explores the reasons for the success and failure of interagency cooperation, focusing on several case studies of efforts to preserve biodiversity in California. The book examines why public officials tried to cooperate and the obstacles they faced, providing indirect evidence of policy impacts as well. Among other topics, it examines the role of courts in prompting agency action, the role of scientific knowledge in organizational learning, and the emergence of new institutions to resolve collective-action problems. Notable findings include the crucial role of environmental lawsuits in prompting agency action and the surprisingly active role of the Bureau of Land Management in resource preservation.

Get a complete introduction to Salt, the widely used Python-based configuration management and remote execution tool. This practical guide not only shows system administrators how to manage complex infrastructures with Salt, but also teaches developers how to use Salt to deploy and manage their applications. Written by two Salt experts, this book provides the information you need to deploy Salt in a production infrastructure right away. You'll also learn how to customize Salt and use salt-cloud to manage your virtualization. If you have experience with Linux and data formats such as JSON or XML, you're ready to get started. Understand what Salt can do, and get a high-level overview of basic commands Learn how execution modules let you interact with many systems at once Use states to define how you want a host or a set of hosts to look Dive into grains and pillars, Salt's basic data elements Control your infrastructure programmatically by extending Salt Master's functionality Extend Salt with custom modules, the Jinja templating language, and Python scripts

Two outstanding Texas trial lawyers-one now an equally respected district judge-have written On the Jury Trial, a "must have" reference for any trial lawyer aspiring to excellence or seeking to maintain it. Topics include voir dire, opening statement, preparing witnesses, cross examination, using exhibits, closing argument, jury research, and more, with excellent examples and "do's and don'ts" provided throughout. Think of this book as the senior law partner's memo to associates on how to really try a case.Looking for fly-on-the-wall insight into world-class trial preparation and strategy? Here it is. A behind-the-scenes tour of the inner workings of the judicial process? This book has you covered. Its combination of advice, illustration, and commentary is every bit as valuable as it is unique. Every litigator should have this book on the shelf, no matter the state in which they practice.

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