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Requiem for a Species: Why we resist the truth about climate change

Clive Hamilton

We know how dire the future looks. We know how little time we have left to act. Yet we continue to ignore the warnings. One of Australia’s sharpest thinkers explores…

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The Privileged Few

Clive Hamilton, Myra Hamilton

Male and white privilege are on the decline, yet elite privilege has gone from strength to strength. The privileges enjoyed by the rich and powerful are not only unfair but…

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The Privileged Few

Clive Hamilton, Myra Hamilton

Male and white privilege are on the decline, yet elite privilege has gone from strength to strength. The privileges enjoyed by the rich and powerful are not only unfair but…

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Living Hot

Clive Hamilton, George Wilkenfeld

Living Hot tells the blunt truth about our current climate change predicament: it’s time to get cracking on making Australia resilient to intensifying climate extremes.

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Silent Invasion

Clive Hamilton

In 2008 Clive Hamilton was at Parliament House in Canberra when the Beijing Olympic torch relay passed through. He watched in bewilderment as a small pro-Tibet protest was overrun by…

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Defiant Earth: The Fate of Humans in the Anthropocene

Clive Hamilton

Humans have become so powerful that we are disrupting the functioning of the earth, to the point where scientists now consider we have entered a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene…

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Spirits in Bondage: A Cycle of Lyrics (1919)

Clive Hamilton

In Three Parts: The Prison House, Hesitation, The Escape.

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Freedom Paradox: Towards a post-secular ethics

Clive Hamilton

A radical reconsideration of the meaning of freedom and morality in the modern world.

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Earthmasters: Playing God with the climate

Clive Hamilton

What if there were a magic bullet to fix our ailing planet? What if it meant seizing control of Earth’s climate? Clive Hamilton investigates the huge risks of reaching for…

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Scorcher: The Dirty Politics of Climate Change

Clive Hamilton

This is the book that blows the whistle on the politics of global warming in Australia. Why have our political leaders been so slow to act? How have big corporations…

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Earthmasters: The Dawn of the Age of Climate Engineering

Clive Hamilton

Goes to the heart of the unfolding reality of the twenty-first century: international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have all failed and before the end of the century Earth…

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Defiant Earth: The fate of humans in the Anthropocene

Clive Hamilton

Humans have become so powerful that we are disrupting the functioning of the earth, to the point where scientists now consider we have entered a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene…

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Affluenza: When Too Much is Never Enough

Clive Hamilton

Our houses are bigger than ever, but our families are smaller. Our kids go to the best schools we can afford, but we hardly see them. We’ve got more money…

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Spirits in Bondage: A Cycle of Lyrics (1919)

Clive Hamilton

In Three Parts: The Prison House, Hesitation, The Escape.

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What’s Left?: The Death of Social Democracy: Quarterly Essay 21

Clive Hamilton

According to the author, we need a completely new politics built on the world as we find it. In his provocative new essay, he throws out a challenge to the…

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Growth Fetish

Clive Hamilton

The author argues that the emphasis on economic growth lies at the heart of the West’s political, social and environmental ills. He shows how the feverish pursuit of economic growth…

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Human Ecology, Human Economy: Ideas for an ecologically sustainable future

Comprehensive coverage of the subject, specifically written and designed as an ideal ‘required reading’ text

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Spirits in Bondage: A Cycle of Lyrics (1919)

Clive Hamilton

In Three Parts: The Prison House, Hesitation, The Escape.

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Defiant Earth - The Fate of Humans in the Anthropocene

C Hamilton

Humans have become so powerful that we have disrupted the functioning of the Earth System as a whole, bringing on a new geological epoch the Anthropocene one in which the…

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Defiant Earth - The Fate of Humans in the Anthropocene

C Hamilton

Humans have become so powerful that we have disrupted the functioning of the Earth System as a whole, bringing on a new geological epoch the Anthropocene one in which the…

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Requiem for a Species

Clive Hamilton (Charles Sturt University, Australia.)

There have been several books and reports explaining just how dire the future looks beyond climate chaos. This book tells about why we have ignored the warnings. It discusses the…

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Requiem for a Species

Clive Hamilton (Charles Sturt University, Australia.)

First Published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World

Clive Hamilton,Mareike Ohlberg

China is a growing threat to democracy and liberal values around the world

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Silencing Dissent

Clive Hamilton,Sarah Maddison

A frightening analysis of the tactics used by the Howard government to silence independent experts and commentators as well as public servants and organisations which criticise its policies

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Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World

Clive Hamilton,Mareike Ohlberg

China is a growing threat to democracy and liberal values around the world

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Affluenza: When too much is never enough

Clive Hamilton,Richard Denniss

The Western world is in the grip of a consumerism that is unique in human history. We overwork, we spend huge amounts on things we never use, then we chuck…

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The Anthropocene and the Global Environmental Crisis: Rethinking modernity in a new epoch

The Anthropocene, in which humankind has become a geological force, is a major scientific proposal; but it also means that the conceptions of the natural and social worlds on which…

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The Anthropocene and the Global Environmental Crisis: Rethinking modernity in a new epoch

The Anthropocene, in which humankind has become a geological force, is a major scientific proposal; but it also means that the conceptions of the natural and social worlds on which…

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Science, Systemic Functional Linguistics and Language Change: A Festschrift for David Banks

This book is intended as a Festschrift to honour the work of David Banks, Emeritus Professor of the Universite de Bretagne Occidentale, France.

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Theology on a Defiant Earth: Seeking Hope in the Anthropocene

In this book, theologians and scholars of religion grapple with the political, philosophical, and ethical implications of a climate crisis provoked by one species, our own, serving its needs at…

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Lake Restoration Handbook: A New Zealand Perspective

The Lake Restoration Handbook: A New Zealand Perspective synthesises contemporary issues related to lake restoration and rehabilitation, integrated with social science and cultural viewpoints, and complemented by authoritative topic-area summaries…

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New English File: Beginner: Teacher’s Book with Test and Assessment CD-ROM: Six-level general English course for adults

Clive Oxenden,Christina Latham-Koenig,Jane Hudson,David Jay,Gill Hamilton

Four-skills English course with fun lessons, digital resources, and strong online support - loved by students and teachers at all levels.

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Ecological Understanding: The Nature of Theory and the Theory of Nature

Steward T.A. Pickett (Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, U.S.A.),Jurek Kolasa (McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada),Clive G. Jones (Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, U.S.A.)

Explains the philosophical basis of ecology. This book evaluates and relates paradigms in ecology. It illustrates philosophical issues with classic and fresh ecological research. It is suitable for practicing ecologists…

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Shadows of Reality: W.G. Sebald’s Photographic Materials

W. G. Sebald

A comprehensive, discursive and fully-illustrated catalogue of all photographic materials (negatives, prints, slides) left in the University’s photographic archives by W. G. Sebald at the time of his death in…

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