Greenprofile (7 Ergebnisse)

softcover. Zustand: Fine copy. 1st. 8vo, 208 pp.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: Very Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 288 pages. We've heard a lot about climate change - but what can we do about it? Wallace Broecker, the eminent scientist who coined the term global warming way back in 1975, believes in a solution emerging on the horizon: 'artificial trees' designe d to remove CO2 directly from the air.Penned by Broeker with award-winning scien ce writer Robert Kunzig, this riveting and important book looks back at Earth's volatile climate history to shed light on the challenges we face ahead. Ice ages , planetary orbits, a giant 'conveyor belt' in the ocean.it's a story full of extraordinary discoveries and maverick thinkers.Broecker likens climate to a slu mbering beast, ready to react to the smallest of prods. And prodding it we are, by pumping 70 million tonnes of CO2 into the air each year. Fixing Climate expla ins why we need not just to reduce emissions but to start removing our carbon wa ste from our atmosphere. And in a thrilling last section of the book, we learn h ow this could become reality, using 'artificial trees' and underground storage.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Editions (first printings). 8vo. 207pp, 208pp, 206pp & 208pp. Card wrappers (not issued in casebound format). All four volumes in virtually fine state. A total of thirty-seven original stories over four volumes (with each volume also containing a poem on each element by Vikram Seth), all contributed free-of-charge to help raise awareness of the work of Oxfam. Contributors include William Boyd, John le Carré, Ali Smith, Jeanette Winterson, Geoff Dyer, Beryl Bainbridge, Sebastian Faulks, Rose Tremain, Jonnathan Coe, Kate Atkinson, Ian Rankin, Hanif Kureishi, Nicholas Shakespeare, Michel Faber, Esther Freud, Michael Morpurgo, Lionel Shriver, Xiaolu Guo, William Sutcliffe, Alexander McCall Smith, Helen Simpson, D. B. C. Pierre, A. L. Kennedy, Helen Fielding, &c.…

Zustand: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

FIRST TRADE EDITIONS, SIGNED BY 15 CONTRIBUTORS, 4 vols., 8vo, pp. 207, [1]; 208; 206; 208. Original colour-printed card wrappers. Just a touch of shelfwear to extremities. Signed by 15 contributors to the title-pages of their contributions. A complete set of the trade paperback editions of these charity anthologies published for Oxfam, based loosely around the 4 classical elements and highlighting aspects of the charity?s work in related areas (for example, the afterword of the third volume ?Fire? summarises their work in arms control). In this set Kate Atkinson, Ian Rankin, Marina Lewycka, Alexander McCall Smith, DBC Pierre, A.L. Kennedy, Kamila Shamsie, Louise Welsh, Geoff Dyer, Xiaolu Guo, Ali Smith, Jeanette Winterson, William Boyd, Michel Faber, Giles Foden and Michael Morpurgo have all signed their contributions.…