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The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems»rank: 986by: Van Jones, Ariane Conrad
: :Provocative, personal, and inspirational, The Green Collar Economy is not a dire warning but rather a substantive and viable plan for solving the biggest issues facing the country—the failing economy and our devastated environment. From a distance, it appears that these two problems are separate, but when we look closer, the connection becomes unmistakable. In The Green Collar Economy, acclaimed activist and political advisor Van Jones delivers a real solution that both rescues our economy and saves the environment. The economy is built on and powered almost exclusively by oil, natural gas, and coal—all fast-diminishing nonrenewable resources. As supplies disappear, the price of energy climbs and nearly everything becomes more expensive. With ... |
Harcourt Science, Grade 4»rank: 250000by: Marjorie Slavick Frank, Robert M. Jones, Gerald H. Krockover, Mozell P. Lang, Joyce C. McLeod, Carol J. Valenta, Barry A. Van Deman
: :Provocative, personal, and inspirational, The Green Collar Economy is not a dire warning but rather a substantive and viable plan for solving the biggest issues facing the country—the failing economy and our devastated environment. From a distance, it appears that these two problems are separate, but when we look closer, the connection becomes unmistakable. In The Green Collar Economy, acclaimed activist and political advisor Van Jones delivers a real solution that both rescues our economy and saves the environment. The economy is built on and powered almost exclusively by oil, natural gas, and coal—all fast-diminishing nonrenewable resources. As supplies disappear, the price of energy climbs and nearly everything becomes more expensive. With ... |
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Classic Savannah: History, Houses, and Gardens»rank: 160657by: William Robert Mitchell Jr.
: :Provocative, personal, and inspirational, The Green Collar Economy is not a dire warning but rather a substantive and viable plan for solving the biggest issues facing the country—the failing economy and our devastated environment. From a distance, it appears that these two problems are separate, but when we look closer, the connection becomes unmistakable. In The Green Collar Economy, acclaimed activist and political advisor Van Jones delivers a real solution that both rescues our economy and saves the environment. The economy is built on and powered almost exclusively by oil, natural gas, and coal—all fast-diminishing nonrenewable resources. As supplies disappear, the price of energy climbs and nearly everything becomes more expensive. With ... |
Architecture of the Old South»rank: 563877by: Mills Lane
: :From early colonial times to the onset of the Civil War, the finest examples of antebellum architecture in the South--Colonial, Federal, Greek Revival, and Romantic--are revealed in glorious photographs and a scholarly text by prolific Southern culturalist Mills Lane. 250 illustrations, 225 in full-color. |
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Batman & Dracula: Red Rain»rank: 735521by: Doug Moench, Kelly Jones, Malcolm Jones, Eric Van Lustbader
: :Graphic novel fans won't be able to resist as Dracula comes to make Gotham City his dark dominion, first preying on the homeless and then amassing an army to take on the good citizens of Gotham. Batman must forge an alliance with the undead to defeat this unholy foe in a duel that stretches beyond the boundaries of death. Review:Batman and the world's most famous vampire--seems like a perfect combination. Except for the fact that Dracula wants to turn Gotham City into his personal kingdom of the undead. Batman is left with no choice but to side with a renegade band of vampires and face Dracula face to face. Kelley Jones ... |
Captain America: Red, White & Blue»rank: 205030by: Paul Dini, Bruce Jones, Paul Pope, Peter Kuper, Max Allan Collins, Mark Waid, Evan Dorkin, Dan Jurgens, Jen Van Meter, John Rhett Thomas, & more, Alex Ross, Bruce Timm, Frank Quitely, Dean Haspiel, David Lloyd, Pasqual Ferry
: :In this thought-provoking original graphic novel, a world-class collection of top comic-book creators from around the globe presents a series of uniquely personal visions of the heroic icon that is Captain America! Red,White & Blue roams between the humorous and the serious, the farcical and the personal invoking the power people give over to Captain America. In all, more than 50 creators have crafted timeless stand-alone stories each told with a color palette limited to Cap's signature colors of red, white and blue! In addition to these original short stories, this anthology reprints the back-up stories in Captain America #50 (2002) And Marvel Spotlight: Captain America Remembered. |
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Landmark Homes of Georgia 1733-1983»rank: 600783by: Van Jones Martin, William Robert, Jr. Mitchell
: :In this thought-provoking original graphic novel, a world-class collection of top comic-book creators from around the globe presents a series of uniquely personal visions of the heroic icon that is Captain America! Red,White & Blue roams between the humorous and the serious, the farcical and the personal invoking the power people give over to Captain America. In all, more than 50 creators have crafted timeless stand-alone stories each told with a color palette limited to Cap's signature colors of red, white and blue! In addition to these original short stories, this anthology reprints the back-up stories in Captain America #50 (2002) And Marvel Spotlight: Captain America Remembered. |
The Megapodes: MegaPodiidae (Bird Families of the World)»rank: 969838by: Darryl N. Jones, Rene W. R. J. Dekker, Cees S. Roselaar
: :Beautifully illustrated and magnificently comprehensive, The Megapodes is the most authoritative guide on the subject available. Distributed over Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, The Philippines, the Nicobar Islands of India, and several southwest Pacific Islands, the Megapodes are heavy-bodied birds of the forest floor (they can fly, but move mostly by walking) who forage for insects, seeds, and fallen fruit. The only birds known to use external heat sources rather than body heat for incubation, their young emerge fully able to fend for themselves and receive no parental care. The first part of the book provides an overview of the family as a whole; describes their taxonomy, distribution, biology, and behavior; and ... |
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Visionaire 36: Power: Limited Edition»rank: 1015985by: Wolfgang Tillmans, Mariko Mori
: :For their latest issue, Power,Visionaire has teamed up with the renowned cosmetic house Shiseido to create a hardcover book housed in an iridescent injection-molded case. Nature and beauty are the starting points for Power/, an issue combining saturated colors, 'natural' elements and 'supernatural' holographic papers. Contributions from Visionaire's usual all-star list of artists, photographers, and image-makers include Mariko Mori, Wolfgang Tillmans, Thomas Struth, Roni Horn, Mark Quinn, Richard Misrach, Nick Knight, Richard Burbridge, Warren du Preez, Nick Thornton-Jones, Fabien Baron, Peter Saville and Me Company. The cover features an image of the singer and actress Bjork, photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. |
Intensive Care: An Illustrated Colour Text»rank: 1120095by: Michael Avidan, Kara M. Barnett, Laureen L. Hill, Lara Hopley, Nicola Jones, Johan M. van Schalkwyk
: :This book is an accessible and highly illustrated introduction to intensive care medicine, suitable for junior doctors, medical students and nurses.Offers an accessible and highly illustrated introduction to intensive care medicine - ideal for any medical personnel working in the intimidating environment of the ICU for the first timeConcise, double page spread design permits rapid review of essential information Concise but comprehensive coverage of all the main intensive care topics ranging from patient evaluation and ICU procedures through to organ system problems, infection, burns and poisoningText is enlivened by clinical case-based questions and answers and pull out 'practice point boxes' and 'fine print' points for more advanced readersWide range of colour clinical ... |