Many plants can ultimately survive being eaten by animals or being destroyed by people. But there’s one threat they sometimes can’t withstand—invasive plant species. Readers will learn how invasive pl
Cats, rabbits, and goats may seem harmless, but they’re actually invasive species! These animals are just some of the mammal invaders covered in this engaging educational text. Age-appropriate languag
The wide, expansive sky is a highway for many beautiful, flying creatures. Though they have wings to help them escape danger, they’re not safe from the invasive species in the air that try to take ove
Readers enter the intriguing world of invasive insect species with this text, a fun yet informative look at the insects whose goal is not just to survive, but to dominate new territories. Readers will
Water ecosystems rely on a delicate balance of plant and animal species to survive. Each creature plays a role in keeping the ecosystem healthy. But what happens when an unwelcome invader upsets an ec
Reptiles and amphibians can be scaly, slimy, creepy, and crawly—and some can also be invasive! This engaging text illuminates the world of invasive reptile and amphibian species, introducing readers t
THE GREATEST GENERATION OF MARVEL HEROES IS BACK - TO STOP ONE OF THEIR OWN! In commemoration of Marvel's 80th anniversary and springing from events in the pages of AVENGERS and DEFENDERS: THE BEST DE
Published in the 1970s, set in the 1940s, the Invaders was Marvel's best and brightest retro revival of the Golden Age heroes of World War II...and now, the series is collected across two massive volu
The Original Sin event touches down in All-New Invaders! A secret is revealed that examines the critical relationships between Captain America, Namor the Sub-Mariner, the Winter Soldier, and the origi
★音樂系畢業的少年郎，分享定位解放軍設施的獨門祕訣，邀請大家一起守護台灣！★普通人也能運用公開來源情報（OSINT）看透軍事迷霧！★特別收錄：〈解放軍信息支援部隊的編制與任務導向〉絕密資訊首次公開！身處資訊過載卻真相稀缺的時代如何將人人都看得到的公開資訊統整化為有用的資料？2021年6月14日之前，溫約瑟只是一個平凡的大學生，逃離升學至上的國中生活，高中選擇投向音樂的懷抱，但也曾對未來感到迷茫；在一個百無聊賴的夜晚，他突發奇想，開始在地圖上標註解放軍設施。就這樣一個、兩個、三個……，一年過去了，這份地圖的軍事座標已經來到了八百多個，他完成了一件全台灣沒有人做過的事情：一份詳細的「解放軍部署地圖」就此誕生。這張地圖羅列了解放軍海陸空三軍的營區與戰術位置外，還包括飛彈部隊、軍工產業以及重要軍政機關的位置。不只吸引大量網友前來朝聖觀看，也吸引了不少海內外的軍事專家關心。至今，這份地圖仍持續更新中，已超過七千處標記。一個平凡的音樂系大學生，是如何搖身一變成為影像情報分析工作者？本書將分成三個部分──第一部分回溯了溫約瑟的成長經歷，自小開始閱讀的聖經圖像故事；國中與軍事迷好友課餘閱讀的軍事雜誌與地圖；學習音樂時被鋼琴老師提醒「能彈多慢就能彈多快」、培養耐心、領悟不斷練習就會有所收穫與累積……。一段段的人生自述中，可看見他如何累積各種隱性知識與經驗，最後串聯成為專屬於他的知識之路。第二部分則深入探討公開來源情報蒐集與分析的實用技能，帶領讀者一步步由淺入深，從如何入門，利用各種免費開源工具（如Google Earth、SunCalc等）進行地理定位，並逐步建立問題意識，提出對的問題，查找正確的資料；作者也大方分享如何辨識解放軍營的視覺特徵、車牌編碼系統等寶貴經驗累積的獨門祕訣，幫助讀者建立背景知識；並佐以大量的實際影像案例，逐步拆解分析過程。第三部分更收錄作者獨立完成的研究報告，首度揭密中共解放軍信息部隊（PLA Information Support Force）的組織，實際呈現本書提到的知識與方法如何推演出一支中共部隊的編制與任務導向，亦增進當前公眾對共軍信息支援部隊的了解和研究。無論你是想要學習如何透過公開資訊找到解放軍設施、了解解放軍部分現況，或是純粹想要知道公開來源情報（OSINT）的分析方法與應用，都可以透過本書來提升自我的推理、觀察與分析能力，並打造專屬自己的知識資
As major actors in the unfolding drama of climate change, glaciers feature prominently in Earth's past and its future. Wherever on the planet we live, glaciers affect each of us directly. They control
The North Pole has long held surprising importance for many of the world’s cultures. Interweaving science and history, this book offers the first unified vision of how the North Pole has shaped
In Ice, Klaus Dodds provides a wide-ranging exploration of the cultural, natural, and geopolitical history of this most slippery of subjects. Beyond Earth, ice has been found on other planets, moons,
The rainbow is a compelling spectacle in nature—a rare, evanescent, and beautiful bridge between subjective experience and objective reality—and no less remarkable as a cultural phenomenon
Throughout history, swamps have been idealized and demonized, purged and protected. Today, they are simultaneously considered metaphorical places of evil, pestilence, and death, and treasured as diver
Radiating fire and ice, comets as a phenomenon seem part science, part myth. Two thousand years ago when a comet shot across the night sky, it convinced the Romans that Julius Caesar was a god. In 106
Clouds have been objects of delight and fascination throughout human history, their fleeting magnificence and endless variety having inspired scientists and daydreamers alike. Described by Aristophane
From spoons to bullets to sterling coins, silver permeates our everyday culture and language. For millennia we’ve used it to buy what we need, adorn our bodies, or trumpet our social status, and likew
Majestic and awe-inspiring, there is nothing like the sight of a mountain on the horizon. Throughout all of human history mountains have been linked to the eternal, attracting us to their dizzying hei
Told through the eyes of two narrators, "Earth In Love" explores the human experience. Flowing seamlessly between engaging dialogue and internal musings, the story shares cynical insights from a young
Gleaming and perfect, gold has beguiled humankind for many millennia, attracting treasure hunters, adorning the living and the dead, and symbolizing wealth, power, divinity, and eternity. This book of
As one of two points where the Earth’s axis meets its surface, the South Pole should be a precisely defined place. But as Elizabeth Leane shows in this book, conceptually it is a place of paradoxes. A
Long before a rocket hit the Man in the Moon in the eye in Georges Melies’s early film Le Voyage dans la Lune, the earth’s lone satellite had entranced humans. We have worshipped it as a deity, believ
Outside of yoga class, we don’t pay too much attention to the air we take in every day. Long one of the essential elements to life on earth?from the atmospheric composition that gave life to the coal-
From the flood that remade the earth in the Old Testament to the 1931 China floods that killed almost four million people, from the broken levees in New Orleans to the almost yearly rising waters of r
Sand. Cacti. Lizards. Mirages. Deserts call to mind exotic places, a sense of adventure and freedom, but also thirst and desolation. In Desert, Roslynn D. Haynes takes a fresh look at this geographica
The 2011 devastating, tsunami-triggering quake off the coast of Japan and 2010’s horrifying destruction in Haiti reinforce the fact that large cities in every continent are at risk from earthquakes. Q
For over 400 million years, fire has been an integral force on our planet. It can be as innocent as a bonfire or as destructive and lethal as a wildfire. Human history is rife with fires that have lev
For years, tourists have trekked across cracked rock at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano to witness the awe-inspiring sight of creeping lava and its devastating effects on the landscape. In 2010, Eyjafjallajo
