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Water

The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource

By: Marq De Villiers

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Water

The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource

By: Marq De Villiers

This book provides an eye-opening account of how we are using, misusing and abusing our planet's most vital resource.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0618127445

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9780618127443

Our Way Out

Principles for a Post-apocalyptic World

By: Marq De Villiers

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Our Way Out

Principles for a Post-apocalyptic World

By: Marq De Villiers

Global warming, energy shortages, overpopulation — it's no wonder that as a society, we're in an apocalyptic mood. Out of an endless stream of gloomy prognoses for humanity's future, we have emerged with little inspiration and few concrete ideas for change. Our Way Out is the first time that our most urgent global challenges have been treated as aspects of a single, larger crisis — and the first to acknowledge that while crises reinforce each other, solutions enable each other. The transformation to sustainability is already happening, in many small ways, in many parts of the world. Our Way Out shows us how we can scale up these efforts to create meaningful and lasting change. This is not a book on climate change, energy, or any other single issue — it is the story of how within the solutions to the global crises we face, lie the seeds of something greater. It is a handbook for immense and exciting worldwide change. And, not least of all, it offers us robust hope that we can make things better.

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McClelland & Stewart

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0771026498

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9780771026492

Our Way Out

Principles for a Post-apocalyptic World

By: Marq De Villiers

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Principles for a Post-apocalyptic World

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The End

Natural Disasters, Manmade Catastrophes, and the Future of Human Survival

By: Marq de Villiers

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The End

Natural Disasters, Manmade Catastrophes, and the Future of Human Survival

By: Marq de Villiers

What is the fate of the world as we know it? Tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, pandemics, cosmic radiation, gamma bursts from space, colliding comets, and asteroids—these things used to worry us from time to time, but now they have become the background noise of our culture. Are natural calamities indeed more probable, and more frequent, than they were? Are things getting worse? Are the boundaries between natural and human-caused calamities blurring? Are we part of the problem? If so, what can we do about it? In The End, award-winning writer Marq de Villiers examines these questions at a time when there is an urgent need to understand the perils that confront us, to act in such a way as best we can for the inevitable disasters when they come. We can do nothing about some natural calamities, but about others we can do a great deal. De Villiers helps us understand which is which, and lays out some provocative ideas for mitigating the damage all such calamities can inflict on us and our world. The End is a brilliant and challenging look at what lies ahead, and at what we can do to influence our future.

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370

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Macmillan

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1429934409

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9781429934404

Sable Island

The Strange Origins and Curious History of a Dune Adrift in the Atlantic

By: Marq de Villiers,Sheila Hirtle

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Sable Island

The Strange Origins and Curious History of a Dune Adrift in the Atlantic

By: Marq de Villiers,Sheila Hirtle

Presents the story of Sable Island, an island adrift in the North Atlantic, tracing its history and topology from its probable origins in glacial times to its fate at the mercy of the continental shelf and North Atlantic currents. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0802777406

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9780802777409

Water

The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource

By: Marq de Villiers

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Water

The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource

By: Marq de Villiers

An award-winning, alarming account of “one of the central challenges facing civilization” (The Washington Post Book World). Offering ecological, historical, and cultural perspectives, this “well-researched and thought-provoking book” (Minneapolis Tribune) explains how we are using, misusing, and abusing our planet’s most vital resource. Reporting from hot spots as diverse as China, Las Vegas, and the Middle East, where swelling populations and unchecked development have stressed fresh water supplies nearly beyond remedy, this account reveals how political struggles for control of water are raging around the globe, and rampant pollution increases already dire environmental threats. This powerful narrative about the lifeblood of civilizations is “a wake-up call for concerned citizens, environmentalists, policymakers, and water drinkers everywhere” (Publishers Weekly). Winner of the Governor General’s Award

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HMH

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0547526385

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9780547526386

Timbuktu

The Sahara's Fabled City of Gold

By: Marq De Villiers,Sheila Hirtle

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Timbuktu

The Sahara's Fabled City of Gold

By: Marq De Villiers,Sheila Hirtle

The first book for general readers about the storied past of one of the world’s most fabled cities. Timbuktu — the name still evokes an exotic, faraway place, even though the city’s glory days are long gone. Unspooling its history and legends, resolving myth with reality, Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle have captured the splendour and decay of one of humankind’s treasures. Founded in the early 1100s by Tuareg nomads who called their camp “Tin Buktu,” it became, within two centuries, a wealthy metropolis and a nexus of the trans-Saharan trade. Salt from the deep Sahara, gold from Ghana, and money from slave markets made it rich. In part because of its wealth, Timbuktu also became a centre of Islamic learning and religion, boasting impressive schools and libraries that attracted scholars from Alexandria, Baghdad, Mecca, and Marrakech. The arts flourished, and Timbuktu gained near-mythic stature around the world, capturing the imagination of outsiders and ultimately attracting the attention of hostile sovereigns who sacked the city three times and plundered it half a dozen more. The ancient city was invaded by a Moroccan army in 1600, beginning its long decline; since then, it has been seized by Tuareg nomads and a variety of jihadists, in addition to enduring a terrible earthquake, several epidemics, and numerous famines. Perhaps no other city in the world has been as golden — and as deeply tarnished — as Timbuktu. Using sources dating deep into Timbuktu’s fabled past, alongside interviews with Tuareg nomads and city residents and officials today, de Villiers and Hirtle have produced a spectacular portrait that brings the city back to life.

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322

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McClelland & Stewart

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1551992779

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9781551992778

Windswept

The Story of Wind and Weather

By: Marq de Villiers

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Windswept

The Story of Wind and Weather

By: Marq de Villiers

Examines the dramatic impact on Earth of the wind, describing how it controls the weather and planet environment, shaped the landscape, and transformed human civilization, and explores humankind's long struggle to understand and control wind and weather. Reprint.

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354

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0802715192

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9780802715197

Witch in the Wind

The True Story of the Legendary Bluenose

By: Marq de Villiers

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Witch in the Wind

The True Story of the Legendary Bluenose

By: Marq de Villiers

De Villiers takes readers deep into the heart of Canadian maritime history, giving new life to the long-standing legend of the magnificent Bluenose.

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336

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Thomas Allen Publishers

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0887624081

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9780887624087

Down the Volga

A Journey Through Mother Russia in a Time of Troubles

By: Marq De Villiers

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Down the Volga

A Journey Through Mother Russia in a Time of Troubles

By: Marq De Villiers

Author combines travel writing with history and folklore as he travels along the Volga River in the heart of modern Russia.

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New York : Viking

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0670843539

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9780670843534

Sable Island

The Strange Origins and Curious History of a Dune Adrift in the Atlantic

By: Marq de Villiers,Sheila Hirtle

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Sable Island

The Strange Origins and Curious History of a Dune Adrift in the Atlantic

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0802777406

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The End

Natural Disasters, Manmade Catastrophes, and the Future of Human Survival

By: Marq de Villiers

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The End

Natural Disasters, Manmade Catastrophes, and the Future of Human Survival

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Macmillan

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1429934409

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Timbuktu

The Sahara's Fabled City of Gold

By: Marq de Villiers,Sheila Hirtle

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Timbuktu

The Sahara's Fabled City of Gold

By: Marq de Villiers,Sheila Hirtle

Traces the storied past of one of the world's most fabled cities, examining the history, myths, and legends of Timbuktu as it rose from a camp for nomadic tribes, to a wealthy metropolis and nexus for trans-Saharan trade, to a center of Islamic learning and religion, to its long decline.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0802714978

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White Tribe Dreaming

Apartheid's Bitter Roots as Witnessed by Eight Generations of an Afrikaner Family

By: Marq De Villiers

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White Tribe Dreaming

Apartheid's Bitter Roots as Witnessed by Eight Generations of an Afrikaner Family

By: Marq De Villiers

The author uses family letters and journals to offer a personal history of the country and discusses possible solutions to the problem of apartheid

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New York : Penguin Books

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0140102701

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9780140102703

Windswept

The Story of Wind and Weather

By: Marq de Villiers

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The Story of Wind and Weather

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Down the Volga

A Journey Through Mother Russia in a Time of Troubles

By: Marq De Villiers

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Down the Volga

A Journey Through Mother Russia in a Time of Troubles

By: Marq De Villiers

The Russians call the longer river in Europe "Mother Volga" & view it as the lifeblood of their country. Marq de Villiers traveled in its 2,000-mile entirety to escape the chatter of the official Soviet media & to hear the emotional, unadorned voices of the real Russian people. His book combines genuine adventure with history & folklore as it offers a telling look at the paradoxical heart of modern Russia. It reveals the heart & soul of Russia with extraordinary sympathy, humor, & emotional richness. This book is a snapshot of a moment in time, a time of great anguish & wild hopefulness. Maps.

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0788160699

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9780788160691

Sahara

The Extraordinary History of the World's Largest Desert

By: Marq de Villiers,Sheila Hirtle

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Sahara

The Extraordinary History of the World's Largest Desert

By: Marq de Villiers,Sheila Hirtle

In the parched and seemingly lifeless heart of the Sahara desert, earthworms find enough moisture to survive. Four major mountain ranges interrupt the flow of dunes and gravel plains, and at certain times waterfalls cascade from their peaks. Even the sand amazes: massive dunes can appear almost overnight, and be gone just as quickly. We think we know the Sahara, the largest and most austere desert on Earth--yet it is full of surprises, as Marq de Villiers reveals in his brilliant and evocative biography of the land and its people. "If you traveled across the United States from Boston to San Diego, you still wouldn't have crossed the Sahara," writes de Villiers, painting a vivid picture of this most extraordinary place. He charts the course of Atlantic hurricanes, many of which are born in the Tibesti Mountains of northern Chad, and offers a fascinating disquisition on the physics of windblown sand and the formation of dunes. He chronicles the formation of the massive aquifers that lie beneath the desert, some filled with water that pre-dates the appearance of modern man on Earth. He marvels at the jagged mountains and at ancient cave paintings deep in the desert, which reveal that the Sahara was a verdant grassland 10,000 years ago--a cycle that has been repeated several times. Woven through de Villiers's story is a chronicle of the desert's nations and people: the Berbers and Arabs of the north; its black African south, whose ancestors peopled the greatest empires of Old Africa; and the extraordinary nomads--the Moors, the Tuareg (the famous "blue men"), and the Tubu--who call the desert home today. Illuminated by the eloquent written testimonies of past travelers, Sahara is a glittering geographic tour conveying the majesty, mystery, and abundance of life in what the outside world thinks of as the Great Emptiness.

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Walker

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0802776787

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9780802776785

Water Wars

Is the World's Water Running Out?

By: Marq De Villiers

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Water Wars

Is the World's Water Running Out?

By: Marq De Villiers

Water is as vital as air but it can no longer be taken for granted. More than one billion people currently live in conditions of extreme water stress. Why are deserts spreading? What effects will climate change have on rainfall and water tables? How is pollution affecting the global water supply?

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0297842706

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9780297842705

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