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When the power goes out, the water stops running, or wildfire warnings appear on your phone, will your home still function — or will small failures turn into costly disasters? Most families believe they’re prepared — until extreme weather, flooding, fire, or extended power outages expose hidden vulnerabilities. Disaster Preparedness for Homeowners is your practical, step-by-step guide to emergency preparedness and home survival — built for real houses, real apartments, real families, and real budgets. Whether you own your home or rent, preparation starts with understanding your risk...

No running water, no car, no electricity or any of the things it powers: the internet, phone, washing machine, radio, or light bulb. Just a wooden cabin, on a smallholding, by the edge of a stand of spruce. The Way Home is a modern-day Walden - an honest and lyrical account of a remarkable life lived in nature without modern technology. Mark Boyle, author of The Moneyless Man, explores the hard-won joys of building a home with his bare hands, learning to make fire, collecting water from the stream, foraging, and fishing.

Master the essential concepts and practical skills required to operate a wastewater treatment plant with confidence. This comprehensive study guide covers biological treatment, clarification, disinfection, sludge management, chemical dosing, instrumentation, and laboratory testing. Each topic is presented clearly and concisely, emphasizing core operational principles while providing detailed insight into process control, hydraulic management, and effluent quality. Designed for operators preparing for licensing exams or seeking professional mastery, this guide balances technical depth with ...

Master the principles and practices of modern water treatment with this comprehensive study guide for water treatment operators. Covering filtration, chemical dosing, disinfection, process control, and water quality monitoring, this guide provides a complete overview of the essential technical knowledge needed to operate and manage water systems effectively. Each chapter delivers detailed explanations of key concepts, ensuring operators understand both theory and practical application. The guide addresses critical treatment processes, including coagulation, sedimentation, softening, ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Most people assume that the world has been explored and true adventure is dead: This book is one man’s rebuttal. Explorer and conservationist Paul Rosolie shares his incredible life in the Amazon rainforest—and what we can learn from the people fighting to...

As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers.

A moving and fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the story of one woman’s unlikely friendship with a wild hare. Imagine you could hold a baby hare and bottle-feed it. Imagine that it lived under your roof and lolloped...

Cosmos is one of the bestselling science books of all time. In clear-eyed prose, Sagan reveals a jewel-like blue world inhabited by a life form that is just beginning to discover its own identity and to venture into the vast ocean of space.

The Little Ice Age tells the story of the turbulent, unpredictable, and often very cold years of modern European history, how climate altered historical events, and what they mean in the context of today’s global warming.

Prepare for success in wastewater collection operations with this comprehensive study guide designed for operators seeking mastery of sewer system management. Covering everything from pipeline hydraulics and lift station function to debris removal and inspection techniques, this guide provides clear explanations of critical concepts and operational principles. Each topic is presented in a concise, audiobook-friendly format, allowing operators to absorb information efficiently while working in the field or studying on the go. Understand the practical challenges of maintaining a collection ...

Master the essential knowledge required for modern water system operation with Conquer the Drinking Water Operator Exam: Comprehensive Study Guide for Treatment Systems, Distribution Basics, Disinfection, Regulations, Monitoring, Hydraulics, Sampling, Compliance, and Safety. This guide delivers a focused and practical explanation of how drinking water systems function, from source collection through treatment, storage, and distribution. Designed for clarity and efficiency, the book explains technical concepts in straightforward language while maintaining professional accuracy. Topics ...

One of AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of 2019! A New York Times Best Book of the Year A Time Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Winner From journalist Adam Higginbotham, the New York Times bestselling “account that...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WITH OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE A “brilliant [and] entrancing” (The Guardian) journey into the hidden lives of fungi—the great connectors of the living world—and their astonishing and intimate roles in human life, with the power to heal our...

Narrated by the author: Experience the Southern California wildfires through Jacob Soboroff’s eyes—and voice. New York Times Bestseller and #1 Los Angeles Times Bestseller A "gripping, unshakeable firsthand account" (San Francisco Chronicle) of the firestorm that consumed Los Angeles, from...

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the book’s first publication, David Attenborough has revisited Life on Earth, completely updating and adding to the original text, taking account of modern scientific discoveries from around the globe....

The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America–majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you’re going to take a hike, it’s probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaining guide...

Sunday Times Bestseller ‘A paradigm-smashing chronicle of joyous entanglement’ Charles Foster Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month (September) Are trees social beings? How do trees live? Do they feel pain or have awareness of their surroundings? In The Hidden Life of Trees Peter...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An Audible Best Nonfiction Listen of 2024 TIME’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 A Best Book of the Year: Barnes & Noble and Publishers Weekly An Amazon Best Nonfiction Book of the Year “A masterpiece of science writing.” –Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of...

How the Earth Works takes you on an astonishing journey through time and space. In 48 lectures, you will look at what went into making our planet - from the big bang, to the formation of the solar system, to the subsequent evolution of Earth.

Robert Macfarlane brings his glittering style to a profound work of travel writing, reportage, and natural history. Is a River Alive? is a joyful, mind-expanding exploration of an ancient, urgent idea: that rivers are living beings who should be recognized as such in imagination and law. Macfarlane takes listeners on three unforgettable journeys teeming with extraordinary people, stories, and places: to the miraculous cloud-forests and mountain streams of Ecuador, to the wounded creeks and lagoons of India, and to the spectacular wild rivers of Canada.