The updated sixth edition features revised and expanded chapters that reflect recent changes in dwelling house construction. It builds on the foundation established by previous editions, ensuring that readers receive the most current information and practices in the field.
From the internationally bestselling author of Fat, Forty and Fired this funny, thought-provoking memoir will make you laugh -- and want to make the most of your life.
An authoritative visual guide to marine and freshwater life around the world including hundreds of fish, shells, crabs, corals, echinoderms, seals, jellyfish, sharks, turtles, rays, whales and amphibians.
Diving with Sharks is a complete guide for divers seeking sharks or anyone interested in these incredible creatures. The book takes a detailed look at shark biology and behaviour, and features all the popular, and many lesser known, shark species that divers can encounter. Shark diving hot spots from around the world are also featured. The book also provides information to assist divers to get the best from their shark diving experiences, looking at the dos and don'ts, the pros and cons and the possible dangers. The book also includes feature stories, including the sad story of shark finning, which has seen massive reductions in shark numbers around the world from overfishing. With over 500 known species of sharks, and more being discovered every year, Diving with Sharks is the ultimate guide for learning more about these incredible creatures of the deep and also where to see them, up close and personal.
"Muck diving today is a global phenomenon, with divers travelling around the world to marvel at exotica such as mimic octupus, flamboyant cuttlefish, bobbit worms, stargazers, frogfish, demon ghouls and blue-ringed octupus. This book -- the first complete guide to muck diving -- explores different muck environments, the history of muck diving, techniques and photography tips. It tells you all you need to know about the most popular muck critters, and the best muck diving destinations in the Indo-Pacific, making it a must have guide for divers everywhere."--Back cover.
Wildlife photography onland is nearly always donewith a telephoto lens, withthe photographer rarelygetting close to thesubject. Underwaterphotography on the otherhand is the completeopposite, with thephotographer required toget very close to thesubject to capture greatimages. Fortunately, mostmarine animals are happy going about their daily liveswith a diver looking on, allowing for memorable closeencounters with these wonderful creatures of the deep.Nigel Marsh has been documenting his close encounterswith marine life for more than 40 years and in that timehe has observed and photographed octopus mating,sharks feeding, fish fighting, seals showing off and manyother incredible sights. Close Encounters with MarineLife details Nigel's underwater adventures with camera inhand, featuring some of his best images and manyremarkable stories of his experiences with amazingmarine life.
Nature in Mind explores a kind of madness at the core of the developed world that has separated the growth of human cultural systems from the destruction of the environment on which these systems depend. It is now becoming increasingly clear that the contemporary Western lifestyle not only has a negative impact on the ecosystems of the earth but also has a detrimental effect on human health and psychological wellbeing. The book compares the work of Gregory Bateson and Henry Corbin and shows how an understanding of the "imaginal world" within the practice of systemic psychotherapy and ecopsychology could provide a language shared by both nature and mind. This book argues the case for bringing nature-based work into mainstream education and therapy practice. It is an invitation to radically reimagine the relationship between humans and nature and provides a practical and epistemological guide to reconnecting human thinking with the ecosystems of the earth
In 1775, just prior to the start of the American Revolution, the British schooner Halifax was wrecked off the Maine coast. The pilot of the vessel was a Colonial seaman who'd been impressed into the Royal Navy. Drawing on true events and real people, noted maritime author and historian Roger Duncan traces the fictional life of Halifax's pilot in this historical novel.
A graphic guide to the history of Romanticism.
A frank and funny memoir about one man's story of escaping the rat race and finding his life.