books about: protection     books:       Biological diversity and environmental protection: Authorities to reduce risk47 reviews Robert L Fischman Environmental Law Institute, 1991 Essential reading for all parents I was given this book when my daughter was young and found it excellent and easy to read after a long day dealing with children. The examples are a bit dated but it is easy to get over that with such good practical advice on raising responsable children. I now share it with all parents to be that I know.             Tom Patire's Personal Protection Handbook: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know to Keep Yourself, Your ...150 reviews Tom Patire Three Rivers Press, 2003 Information To Teh Safer Side A family from my town in Wisconsin recently appeared on the Montel Show. Watching the show one had to feel for the terrible ordeal that the family went through during their violent home invasion. At the end of the show Montel brought out a security expert named Tom Patire. Mr. Patire's comments were for everyday people and his tone and way of speaking showed his compasion for human life and left ...             The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure (The Humanure Hand Book, 2)64 reviews Joseph Jenkins Jenkins Publishing (PA), 1999 Great for the environment Due to a plumbing fault in the house, my family have been composting in the back garden on a daily basis for over a year. What a bonus to stumble upon this book and find out that our actions have been helping to preserve the future of our planet! A number of residents in our street have complainined that the local environment has been suffering from some kind of unpleasant air pollution of late, ...             The River Why92 reviews David James Duncan Sierra Club Books, 2002 Wise Like A Fish Lovers of fishing, or Oregon, or life, or the search for life's meaning should love this book. So should readers interested in thoughtful, creative and honest writing; or of clever, insightful and profound character development. Gus Orviston is an enduring main character, and his discovery of his brother, Bill Bob's, unique and beautiful self, by itself, makes the book worth reading. With a ...             Ami: Child of the Stars45 reviews Enrique Barrios Lotus Press (WI), 1989 Simply magical!! Ami is one of the best guides for the spirit ever.I highly recomend it to anyone. It gives hope and truth to one's life: Love is the only way to solve our problems, and to wake up from any nightmare. Everyday is more and more the people that is awake, be brave and act just or simply love...             To Sleep with the Angels: The Story of a Fire91 reviews David Cowan, John Kuenster Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 1996 An Entire Community Destroyed by a Tragic Arson Fire This is one Chicago tragedy that resonates with me strongly. My former attorney, recently deceased, was a survivor of the deadly fire at Our Lady of Angels Catholic School. Despite our shared interest in history, he never spoke of the fire during the twenty years in which I knew him. Last year, I found a web site maintained by survivors of the fire and questioned him about the inclusion of his ...             Steve & Me68 reviews Simon & Schuster Spotlight Entertainment, 2007 Touching! I had always been a fan of Steve Irwin, but this touching tribute by his wife, not only showed how deeply they were in love but what a family man and true Wildlife Warrior he was. Excellent read.             Blessed Unrest46 reviews Viking, 2007 A book full of hope This is a wonderfully documented guide about groups working for social justice and for bringing balance and restoring our planet's seriously damaged environment. Among many issues, Paul Hawken tells us that fighting for those important objectives, ideology or partisan politics play a secondary role, because civilization survival is on the balance and people's direct involvement is vital. ...             Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills, Third Edition (Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to ...65 reviews Skyhorse Publishing, 2008 Can't Improve Upon It This book was published twice by Reader's Digest when there wasn't much demand for it. Skyhorse Publishing took it over and made enough "significant changes" to establish their own copyright over it. But the changes are just different pictures and rearranged pages! This book is just about to come into its own due to the demise of oil and the Dollar. These are skills the general population ...             Counter Hack Reloaded: A Step-by-Step Guide to Computer Attacks and Effective Defenses42 reviews Prentice Hall, 2007 Another winner Nutshell review - Another great book by Ed Skoudis. Covers all the popular attack vectors and a variety of possible defence techniques. A solid book from which further study and investigation can be undertaken. Management people should read this too.             Options for North Carolina coastal highways vulnerable to long term erosion23 reviews John R Stone North Carolina State University, Center for Transportation Engineering Studies, 1991 Truly, one of the giants When you think of the best poets ever, T.S. Eliot is one of those that comes to mind. His work is well crafted, intelligent, beautifully written, and has a flow to it that few poets can match. And this is a fine collection for the Eliot lover or for the reader unfamiliar with Eliot. It's divided into several sections. The first section is his Prufrock section, poems from 1917, which contains ...             Standing Next to History: An Agent's Life Inside the Secret Service28 reviews Joseph Petro, Jeffrey Robinson St. Martin's Griffin, 2006 No gossip, no name dropping, just an enthralling memoir This is another book I read cover to cover in one sitting. I'm sad that it's over. The thoughtfulness and ethics and, well, honor of the writer touched me. Lots of cool insider info without compromising security. No bitchy backstabbing. No gratuitous back-slapping either. A very easy read that I couldn't tear myself away from. A couple months back, the current president was in my city for a ...             Hope Is the Thing with Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds22 reviews Christopher Cokinos Tarcher, 2000 A hidden gem - - beautiful poetic writing This is a great book. It's a sad one in realizing the destruction of various bird species. The chronicles of various species during the late 19th/early 20th century are astonishing to read. It was incredible to read and learn of biologists determined to collect species before they vanished - rather than attempt to preserve them. Particularly entertaining (in an ironic and sick sort of way) ...             Just 2 Seconds35 reviews Gavin de Becker, Tom Taylor, ... Gavin de Becker Center for the Study and Reduction of Violence, 2008 A MUST READ Set to revolutionize the world of private security and law enforcement, Just 2 Seconds is next in a line of best sellers from Gavin DeBecker. I highly recommend this book for anyone charged with the protection of others. It's packed with plenty of examples of real life situations that will lead the reader from page to page learning something new with each turn. Thank you to all who had a hand ...             The Man Who Laughs27 reviews LeClue, 2008 Quality Literature This is extremely well written and the story is easy to follow. The story had me smile and cry. The method that Victor Hugo collected the sections of this book is similiar to the style Ayn Rand used in writing Atlas Shrugged-my favorite book. The Man Who Laughs is one I think every Victor Hugo fan would want to read and read again--I loved it!             The Wilderness Family: At Home with Africa's Wildlife23 reviews Kobie Kruger Ballantine Books, 2001 The biggest problem with non-fiction is no sequels. Probably one of the most touching and stirring non-fiction books I've ever read, I finished it far too quickly. Kobie Kruger is a very talented author, with a natural talent for engendering empathy to her deepest maternal love for both animals and her children. I found myself in tears at their losses and beaming at their joys, and craving a life in Africa, far from telephones and the other modern ...             The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise23 reviews Michael Grunwald Simon & Schuster, 2007 "There is only one Everglades" The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise Once dismissed as a dismal swamp fit only for alligators, snakes, flamingos and Indians, the Everglades has become a battle ground in Florida's continuing tension between development and conservation. In "The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise," Michael Grunwald writes a well-researched and fluently ...             Rainforest (Postcards)38 reviews Thomas Marent DK ADULT, 2007 Breathtaking Even people who aren't as avid about nature as I am have found this book to be simply spectacular. It was given to me as a Christmas present and promptly got passed around the room. People who only take a glance have bought their own copy! The large, professionally printed photographs will take your breath away, and the captions and stories are just as entertaining. This book is organized neatly ...             Reflections in Bullough's Pond: Economy and Ecosystem in New England (Revisiting New England)37 reviews Diana Muir UPNE, 2000 An Intriguing Glimpse at New Englandýs History Using a pond near her home in Newton, MA as a backdrop, Diana Muir weaves a compelling view of New England history, which she argues is a series of ecological crises. From pre-Columbian times, Muir says, New England was populated by individuals struggling on a land that was not conducive to making a living. Radical solutions to unsolvable problems were their only escape. In the 1790s, when ...             Song for the Blue Ocean: Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas32 reviews Carl Safina Holt Paperbacks, 1999 Absolute poetry I'm only about halfway through this book, but it's so moving that I decided I needed to rave now. Carl Safina uses an amazing grasp of language to paint mental pictures of what he writes about. I work in the scientific community and have spent a lot of time on that water, and his writings are not only objective and scientifically sound, he constructs them in such a way that they are beautiful. ...          • The fields of human computer interaction (HCI) and information retrieval (IR) have both developed innovative techniques to address the challenge of navigating the complex information spaces, but their insights have to date often failed to cross disciplinary borders. Human computer information retrieval (HCIR) has emerged in academic research and industry practice as the study of information retrieval techniques that bring human intelligence into the search process.     search for books absolutely, authorities, biological, carolina, chronicle, complete, composting, computer, defenses, diversity, ecosystem, effective, encounters, environmental, everglades, everything, feathers, handbook, highways, postcards, protection, rainforest, reflections, revisiting, standing, step-by-step, traditional, vanished, vulnerable, wilderness books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen sporting goods: Just Jump System with Download Interface home  impressum - about us