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  • Full House
    Hal Kane / Lester R. Brown
    Originally published in 1995, this book was written at a time when the world’s food supply was no longer keeping up with population increases. This book examines the causes of the imbalance in the food/population equation and suggests ways in which Malthusian checks can be countered. ...
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    63,70 €

  • Outgrowing the Earth
    Lester R. Brown
    Historically, food security was the responsibility of ministries of agriculture but today that has changed: decisions made in ministries of energy may instead have the greatest effect on the food situation. Recent research reporting that a one degree Celsius rise in temperature can reduce grain yields by 10 per cent means that energy policy is now directly affecting crop produc...
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    43,46 €

  • Great Transition
    Lester R. Brown / Lester RBrown
    As oil insecurity deepens, the extraction risks of fossil fuels rise, and concerns about climate instability cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new world energy economy is emerging. The old economy, fueled by oil, natural gas, and coal is being replaced with one powered by wind, solar, and geothermal energy. The Great Transition details the accelerating pace of this globa...
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    16,73 €

  • A Study Of The Case Construction Of Words Of Time (1904)
    Lester Dorman Brown
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    26,95 €

  • New Latin Composition (1905)
    Moses Grant Daniell / Seldon Lester Brown
    New Latin Composition is a comprehensive guide to writing Latin prose and verse, written by Moses Grant Daniell and first published in 1905. The book is intended for students of Latin who have already mastered the basics of the language and are ready to begin composing their own original works. The book is divided into two parts. The first part covers the principles of Latin co...
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    31,21 €

  • Outgrowing the Earth
    Lester R Brown
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    17,40 €

  • The Earth Policy Reader
    Bernie Fischlowitz-Roberts / Janet Larsen / Lester R. Brown
    In this study, the award-winning environmental analyst Lester Brown and his colleagues have charted progress in building the eco-economy - an economy in harmony with the Earth’s ecosystems, not undermining them. This edition of the biennial reader highlights 12 key trends, from population growing by 80 million annually, to ice melting, to the boom in use of solar cells. It expl...
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    72,89 €

  • Earth Policy Reader
    Bernie Fischlowitz-Roberts / Janet Larsen / Lester R Brown
    Brown explains, for example, why wind-generated electricity with its abundance and falling cost is emerging as the foundation of the new post-fossil fuel energy economy: now cheaper than electricity from coal, oil, or natural gas, it can be used to electrolyze water and produce hydrogen, the fuel of choice for the new fuel cell engines that every major automobile manufacturer i...
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    15,28 €

  • Eco-Economy
    Lester Russell Brown
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    16,08 €

  • Vital Signs 2000
    Lester Russell Brown / Worldwatch Institute
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    22,45 €

  • State of the World 2000
    Lester Russell Brown
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    27,31 €

  • Beyond Malthus
    Brian Halweil / Gary Gardner / Lester R. Brown
    On the bicentennial of Malthus’ legendary essay on the tendency of population to grow more rapidly than the food supply, this book examines the impacts of population growth on 19 global resources and services, including food, fresh water, fisheries, jobs, education, income and health. Despite current hype of a ’birth dearth’ in parts of Europe and Japan, the fact remains that h...
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    77,68 €

  • Beyond Malthus
    Brian Halweil / Gary T Gardner / Lester R Brown
    Human demands are pressing up against more and more of the Earth's limits. This book from the Worldwatch Institute examines the impacts of population growth on global resources and services, including food, fresh water, fisheries, jobs, education, income, and health. Despite the current hype of a -birth dearth- in parts of Europe and Japan, the fact remains that human numbe...
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    17,75 €

  • Two Spirit People
    Lester B Brown
    Two Spirit People is the first-ever look at social science research exploration into the lives of American Indian lesbian women and gay men. Editor Lester B. Brown posits six gender styles in traditional American Indian culture: men and women, not-men and not-women (persons of one biological sex assuming the identity of the opposite sex in some form), and gays and lesbians. He ...
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    88,63 €

  • Vital Signs 1997
    Christopher Flavin / Lester Russell Brown / Michael Renner
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    20,32 €

  • Tough Choices
    Lester Russell Brown
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    16,86 €

  • Who Will Feed China?
    Lester Russell Brown
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    15,01 €

  • Full House
    Hal Kane / Lester R. Brown / Lester RBrown
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    20,12 €

  • Saving the Planet
    Flavin Postel Brown / Lester Russell Brown
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    16,60 €

  • The Twenty Ninth Day
    Lester Russell Brown
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    20,58 €

  • In the Human Interest
    Lester R. Brown / Lester RBrown
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    19,50 €