New Releases by Dennis Driscoll

A play about class and family expectations. It has nothing to do with earning capacity or brains or usefulness, but prestige of the 'clean job'. It is often the ambition of many working-class parents to see their sons elevated to offices or banks. Maggie Lomax is the anxious spokeswoman for these aspirations. She has seen her boy David win a university scholarship and graduate with a degree fitting him, she is confident, for a clean and respectable career possibly at the Town Hall, which is evidently her ideal of respectability. But David is of a new generation that has not inherited the old snobberies; he comes home with the dismaying determination to take a technical post in a coalmine.

Os autores guiam os leitores numa expedição ao meio ambiente, apresentando dados sobre a escassez da água, a qualidade do ar, a construção de hidrelétricas, espécies de animais em extinção, produção de energia eólica, aquecimento global, reciclagem, erosão do solo e muito mais. A cada tema tratado são apresentados experimentos científicos e dicas para a criança colocar em prática ações em prol de um planeta sustentável, como economizar energia, reciclar o lixo, utilizar menos o carro, evitar desperdício de água, entre outras atitudes direcionadas a toda família. Com consultoria do biólogo Guilherme Domenichelli.

Explore the water, land, and air around us with this entertaining and informative look at our magnificent planet—and learn how your experiments, activities, and everyday actions can help save the environment. This book looks at the wide variety of ecosystems and environmental regions of the Earth, from deserts and forests, to cities and farms, to oceans and ice caps, as well as the atmosphere, weather, energy sources, plants, and animals of each area. Michael Driscoll and professor of meteorology Dennis Driscoll explain the changes to our planet that are currently taking place, including rising temperatures and sea levels, and the effects they can have on our environment. They also profile young environmental activists like Greta Thunberg and Isra Hirsi, and highlight important, everyday actions such as water conversion and recycling that kids can do on their own or with their parents. Also included are fun projects and experiments to do at home like brewing sun tea, creating lightning, and making a smog detector. Packed with facts, experiments, and a removable poster with tips on how to save the planet, this comprehensive guide will inspire kids and their families to think about our planet in new ways and help keep it beautiful and healthy for years to come.