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  • The Animal Victoria Cross

    The Dickin Medal

    Seventy-Four animals have won the Dicken Medal, the highest award for animal bravery. Their inspiring stories are told, for the first time in one book, The Animal Victoria Cross. Four types of animal have been honored, dogs, horses, pigeons and one cat. Simon, the feline, is credited with saving an entire ship's crew. Canine breeds include Alsatians, Terriers, Collies and Spaniels. The majority of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Animal Victoria Cross

    The Dickin Medal

    Sixty-three animals have won the Dickin Medal, the highest award for animal bravery. Their inspiring stories are told, for the first time in one book, The Animal Victoria Cross. Four types of animal have been honored, dogs, horses, pigeons and one cat. Simon, the feline, is credited with saving an entire ships crew. Canine breeds include Alsatians, Terriers, Collies and Spaniels. The majority of ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Energy Sprawl Solutions

    Balancing Global Development and Conservation

    Over the next several decades, as human populations grow and developing countries become more affluent, the demand for energy will soar. Parts of the energy sector are preparing to meet this demand by increasing renewable energy production, which is necessary to combat climate change. But many renewable energy sources have a large energy sprawl—the amount of land needed to produce energy—which can ... Read more

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  • Nature's Frontiers

    Achieving Sustainability, Efficiency, and Prosperity with Natural Capital

    Series series Environment and Sustainable Development
    This report examines the use of natural capital (natural resources and services) around the world. It finds that most countries are using these resources inefficiently, and closing these efficiency gaps can address many of the world's pressing economic and environmental problems. ... Read more

    $39.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Nature's Frontiers

    Achieving Sustainability, Efficiency, and Prosperity with Natural Capital

    Series series Environment and Sustainable Development
    The great expansion of economic activity since the end of World War II has caused an unprecedented rise in living standards, but it has also caused rapid changes in earth systems. Nearly all types of natural capital—the world’s stock of resources and services provided by nature—are in decline. Clean air, abundant and clean water, fertile soils, productive fisheries, dense forests, and healthy ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Audiobook

    Knowledge Capsule: Start With Why

    Series Audiobook 1 - Start With Why

    Unabridged

    19 min

    Knowledge Capsules capture the core patterns, principles, and insights from powerful books and ideas, distilled into clear, actionable wisdom you can absorb in minutes. Each capsule breaks down how great thinkers, leaders, and innovators operate — revealing the mindsets and methods that drive real impact. With these concise learning units, anyone can understand and apply transformative concepts ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The House of the Seven Gables

    Narrated by Peter Marinker ...

    Abridged

    3 hours 57 min

    To inherit a great fortune. To inherit a great misfortune.’ These words, from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s notebook, neatly encapsulate the theme of The House of the Seven Gables that of a family whose fortunes are poisoned by its past misdeeds. The sins of the Pyncheon father are visited upon his children over a period of several generations, until such time as one of his descendants unites with a ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Scarlet Letter

    Narrated by Donada Peters ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 56 min

    Introduction by Kathryn HarrisonCommentary by Nathaniel Hawthorne, W. D. Howells, and Carl Van DorenA stark tale of adultery, guilt, and social repression in Puritan New England, The Scarlet Letter is a foundational work of American literature. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s exploration of the dichotomy between the public and private self, internal passion and external convention, gives us the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The House of the Seven Gables, with eBook

    Narrated by Donada Peters ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 52 min

    The wealthy Colonel Pyncheon covets the carpenter Mathew Maule's land. A few years later, during the witch hysteria in Salem, Maule is brought before a judge on witchcraft charges and is sentenced to death. Before his execution, Maule curses the Pyncheon family. The Colonel, undaunted, continues to build an extravagant house on Maule's property. After the house is finished, however, the Colonel is ... Read more

    $19.99 USD