Bound in the publisher's original green cloth over boards, spine and cover stamped in gilt. Profusely illustrated throughout in full color. Dust jacket is chipped and worn at the extremities.

Over California

Starr, Kevin

Morrison, Reg

Collins

Australia, a timeless grandeur

Travel

Australia & South Pacific

Lansdowne Press

The Colours of Australia

Lang, Mark

Science & Math

Lansdowne

From famines and deforestation to water pollution, global warming, and the rapid rate of extinction of plants and animals--the extent of the global damage wrought by humankind is staggering. Why have we allowed our environment to reach such a crisis? What produced the catastrophic population explosion that so taxes the earth's resources? Reg Morrison's search for answers led him to ponder our species' astonishing evolutionary success. His extraordinary book describes how a spiritual outlook combined with a capacity for rational thought have enabled Homo sapiens to prosper through the millennia. It convincingly depicts these traits as part of our genetic makeup--and as the likely cause of our ultimate downfall against the inexorable laws of nature. The book will change the way readers think about human evolution and the fate of our species. Small bands of apes walked erect on the dangerous plains of East Africa several million years ago. Morrison marvels that they not only survived, but migrated to all corners of the earth and established civilizations. To understand this feat, he takes us back to a critical moment when these hominids developed language and with it the unique ability to think abstractly. He shows how at this same time they began to derive increasing advantage from their growing sense of spirituality. He convincingly depicts spirituality as an evolutionary strategy that helped rescue our ancestors from extinction and drive the species toward global dominance. Morrison concludes that this genetically productive spirituality, which has influenced every aspect of our lives, has led us to overpopulate the world and to devastate our own habitats. Sobering, sometimes chilling, consistently fascinating, his book offers a startling new view of human adaptation running its natural course.

The Spirit in the Gene: Humanity's Proud Illusion and the Laws of Nature

Politics & Social Sciences

Anthropology

Cornell University Press

Charming marsupials . . . ancient trees . . . spectacular landscapes. What forces of nature conspired to make Australia unique among continents? Scientists, tourists, and residents alike marvel at its surprises. Australia is Earth's time capsule, harboring geologic and biological relicts, including some of the oldest signs of life on the planet.A companion to the large-screen film of the same name, Australia: Land Beyond Time explores the continent's antiquity with more than 300 stunning color photographs of the continent and its breathtaking landforms, plants, and animals. Reg Morrison draws on the expertise of earth scientists and biologists to make sense of Australia's long history. Seventeen chapters, accompanied by timelines and maps as well as Morrison's excellent photographs, lead the reader effortlessly through Australia's four-billion-year journey. A clear presentation of the complex evolutionary processes at work on the island continent is enriched by discussions of its geography and ecology.

Australia: Land Beyond Time

History

Australia & Oceania

Comstock Pub. Associates

Looks at the evolution and natural history of Australia

Australia: The Four Billion Year Journey of a Continent

MORRISON, MAGGIE

Earth Sciences

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2006, hardcover edition, Bay Books, Australia. Printed in China. 112 pages. Splendid full-color photos on every page. Here is a title that makes a vegetable hater love these new dishes.

Sensational Vegetable (Kitchen Library)

Hill, Diana

Higson, Rosalie

Bader, Joe

Bay books

Fog City Press

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