Green Planet from Black Sheep Books

Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2010. Soft cover. Very Good/-. We all know what water is, and we often take it for granted. But the spctre of a world-wide water crisis suggests there meight be something fundamentally wrong with the way we think about water. Jamie Linton dives into the history of water as an abstract concept, stripped of… Read more about this item

Surrey, BC: Libros Libertad Publishing Ltd., 2013. Soft cover. Very Good/-. A remarkable biography about a very remarkable man and an inspiring story to bring a much deeper awareness to the plight and importance of our Coastal rivers and streams. Glossy soft cover with flaps, signed by the author Patricia Fraser and by Ken Kirby to title page,… Read more about this item

Berkeley: University of California Press. Soft cover. Very Good/-. The author has a long career in conservation and lines out the "history of man's use and misuse of soil and water" and shows the "complex inner processes that form soil with a lyrical assertion of its powers and significance." Glossy soft cover, 321 pages. Minor shelf wear. For… Read more about this item

Salt Lake City: Gibs Smith Publisher, 2005. Soft cover. Very Good-/-. An idea book presenting a collection of various small buildings beautifully designed. Illustrated soft cover with flaps, richly illustrated with colour photography, line drawings and floorplans, 202 pages. Light shelf wear, original price sticker to back. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg.… Read more about this item

Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons Canada Ltd., 1952. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good+/Good-. An inscribed First Edition, this book is the first comprehensive survey of conservation in Canada. Green cloth with gilt titling on spine, map on endpapers shows the main types of farming in Canada, black and white frontispiece, black and white photographs, diagrams, tables throughout, 215… Read more about this item

Canada: Heartland Associates Inc., 2012. Soft cover. Very Good-. Book is a "cautionary tale of the ill-advised construction of two dams on the Souris River system in southern Saskatchewan, which flooded 80 kilometres of verdant prairie valley. Book begins and ends with the ultimate result of the contentious dam building - the disastrous flooding of Minot, North Dakota,… Read more about this item

London: Barkers Trident Communications, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Collected from newspaper clippings, correspondence, children's poems and memories Jongbloed tells the story of a non-governmental organisation dedicated to wildlife conversation. A hole community sets out to save the rare Arabian leopard. Glossy illustrated white boards, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout, 96 pages. Minor edge wear. Dust jacket is protected… Read more about this item

La Jolla, CA: Christopher Scott, 2005. Coil Binding. Very Good. Advance copy for editing review only. Book contains alternative building methods and ideas based on the author's previous experience as owner/operator of the first IKEA furniture stores in North America. Blue card cover, white plastic coil binding, black and white illustrations throughout, 110 pages. Cover has light edge… Read more about this item