Here is the first collection ever published of this great American naturalist: the classic Travels, descriptions of southeastern Indian cultures, and much more - including Bartram's beautiful drawings, many rare and reproduced in full color, which like his writings convey the wonder of seeing a new world for the first time

Kaplan's SAT® 1600 provides the extra tactics and advanced practice you need to help you get the absolute maximum score. Using this book with the practice tests you can get the perfect score

A guide to preparing for the ACT, based on the Princeton Review coaching course, offers advice on test-taking, specific suggestions for each section of the exam, and four full-length practice exams with answers and explanations

The Princeton Review realizes that acing the SAT Math Subject Tests is very different from earning straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about math—only the techniques and information you’ll need to maximize your score. In Cracking the SAT Math 1 and 2 Subject Tests, we’ll teach you how to think like the test writers and ·Learn what subject matter will be tested so you can study more effectively ·Review key math vocabulary, basic functions, and equations ·Use proven techniques to solve complicated questions

In Parks and Plates, Robert J. Lillie explains the fascinating geological processes that have formed these dramatic volcanoes, shorelines, and landscapes. Structuring the text around major geological features, Lillie highlights geologic patterns across many different parks and uses over 100 park sites to illustrate plate tectonics visually. Lavishly illustrated with full-color photographs, diagrams, and maps, Parks and Plates is the ideal text to enrich undergraduates experience of our national parks

This compact, easy-to-use format is the first product built on our cutting-edge cartographic database and offers the convenience of smaller scale without sacrificing clarity or detail. Identically scaled maps on a given continent enable readers to compare physical, political, and regional information simply and accurately. After a fascinating explanation of the latest technology, the atlas examines our world as a whole, presenting 25 global themes, from tectonics and the biosphere to population, health, literacy, and more, along with such timely topics as environmental stress and flash points for conflict and terror

This 32nd World Development Report seeks to advance knowledge about Development and Climate Change. This Report calls for action on climate issues : If we act now, act together, and act differently, there are real opportunities to shape our climate future for an inclusive and sustainable globalization

The purpose of this assessment is threefold. First, it seeks to assess how and how well the World Bank Group has supported its clients from the public and private sectors in their efforts to achieve greater environmental sustainability over the past 15 years.

In this book, two eminent ecologists explain how the millions of species living on Earth-some microscopic, some obscure, many threatened-not only help keep us alive but also hold possibilities for previously unimagined products, medicines, and even industries

It is the story of the Owenses' life with lions, brown hyenas, jackals, giraffes, and the many other creatures they came to know. It is also a gripping account of how they survived the dangers of living in one of the last and largest pristine areas on Earth