New Releases by Laurence Pringle

release date: Jan 01, 1992

Surveys the plant and animal life, impact on global ecology, history, and politics of the White Continent.

Death is Natural

release date: Jan 01, 1991

A simple discussion of death as it applies to the plant and animal kingdom.

Batman

release date: Jan 01, 1991

Global Warming

release date: Jan 01, 1990

Jesse Builds a Road

release date: Jan 01, 1989

Jesse''s toys seem to come to life and shape a new road as the little boy plays with his dump truck, bulldozer, and other road-building equipment.

Living in a Risky World

release date: Jan 01, 1989

Discusses the risks our society faces everyday as we deal with frightening uncertainties about food, transportation, clothing, air, disease, natural disasters, and almost every area of our lives.

Rain of Troubles

release date: Jan 01, 1988

Discusses the discovery, formation, transportation, and effects on plant and animal life of acid rain and how economic and political forces have delayed action needed to reduce this slow poison from the sky.

Nuclear War

Traces the history of nuclear warfare from the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the present situation created by the arms race and predicts the effects of both a limited and a large-scale nuclear war.

Nuclear Power

Surveys the history and development of nuclear power and presents both sides of the controversy surrounding its use.

Dinosaurs and People

Traces the research on dinosaurs since the first discoveries of their fossils and presents some of the startling new ideas now being considered regarding what they were really like.

The Controversial Coyote

Discusses controversial attempts to control the coyote population of the United States.

The Gentle Desert

Describes the plant and animal life of the North American desert.

Our Hungry Earth

Discusses food supplies, population growth, agricultural advances, and natural resources as aspects of the world food crisis.

Follow a Fisher

Describes the domain and habits of fishers--weasels that live in North American forests.

Estuaries; where Rivers Meet the Sea

Introduces in text and photographs the physical characteristics and plant and animal inhabitants of one of earth''s most valuable ecosystems - the estuary.

Ecology

Summary: An introduction to the basic principles of ecology such as natural cycles, population patterns, ecosystems, biomes, and natural and man-made environmental changes.

One Earth, Many People

Discusses the effects of an expanding population upon man and his resources pointing out the proposals of various scientists for dealing with the major problems of growth.

Dinosaurs and Their World

Chronicles the discovery of the fossil reptiles that, until 150 years ago, were unknown. Relates how scientists are able to reconstruct the appearance of these animals and shows how some of them looked.

Over-Population