John L. Foster Knihy

"In "The Return of Nature," John Bellamy Foster uncovers a long history of efforts to unite issues of social justice and environmental sustainability that will help us comprehend and counter today's unprecedented planetary emergencies. Beginning with the deaths of Darwin and Marx, Foster moves on through the rise of the ecological age in the 1960s and 1970s, exploring how socialist analysts and materialist scientists ought to develop a dialectical naturalism, rooted in a critique of capitalism"-- Provided by publisher

Explores capitalism's role in creating the current state of climate emergency. Over the last 11,700 years, during which human civilization developed, the earth has existed within what geologists refer to as the Holocene Epoch. Now science is telling us that the Holocene Epoch in the geological time scale ended, replaced by a new more dangerous

This photographic non-fiction book examines how animals and people move.

Preface --Introduction --pt. 1. Causes --1. Thehousehold debt bubble --2. Theexplosion of debt and speculation --3. Monopoly-finance capital --4. Thefinancialization of capitalism --pt. 2. Consequences --5. Thefinancialization of capital and the crisis --6. Back to the real economy --Notes --Index.

What Do You Call a One-eyed Dinosaur? is a hilarious concoction of jokes, riddles, and rhymes compiled by the master of witty verse, John Foster. Warning! Contains aliens, monsters, magicians, creepy-crawlies, and the abominable snowman!

Published as a companion volume to the best-selling Twinkle, Twinkle, Chocolate Bar and Whizz Bang Orang-Utan, this book is, like them, designed first to be read aloud, and then for children to read for themselves.

Contains six books with illustrations by a variety of artists. This poetry selection has been chosen to match topics relevant to the age group - pets, special days, food, farms, seasons, and shopping. The level of difficulty matches Y1 T3/P2 T3. The poems can be introduced alongside storybooks at Stages 5 and 6.

Go on a rhythmic romp through the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous eras to meet the prehistoric creatures every child loves: dinosaurs! With colourful artwork and a funky fresh beat, Dinosaur Rap introduces children to paleontology, the relative sizes of dinosaur species and the abstract concept of time.

By 1974 a mobilised trade union movement had forced a Conservative government from office, compelled the abandonment of its anti-trade union legislation, released imprisoned dockers from Pentonville prison and twice provided the miners with the solidarity required for victory.