Wild Problems

The events of our time reveal a world where people are more able than ever before to exploit their environment. There are questions about when and how to use resources and about the ability of current institutions to make the appropriate decisions concerning their allocation. Natural Resource Economics explores the positive contribution that economics can make to resolving issues of all kinds: the atmosphere, the land and water, and wild animals and plants. This book establishes a concert framework for thinking about resource allocation that borrows from the familiar microeconomic theory of the firm by elaborating the concept of capital asset management and extends these concepts to deal with the problems of resource utilization. In addition, the idea of market failures is used to justify the assertion that collective action is needed to achieve a more economical allocation of resources when ordinary markets are conspicuously inefficient. The book serves the student who wants to learn

Homer Price uses common sense and ingenuity to deal with the problems that result when a mad scientist grows ragweed taller than fire ladders, a jukebox gone wild sets a whole town dancing, and other

They called Jack “Golden Boy.” Star high school athlete, lots of money and a big house on the lake. No problems, no worries. Until his mom’s funeral. Now his dad’s in jail for running a Ponzi sche

A dryly funny new picture book about a lap dog with a wild inner life, from multi-award-winning author-illustrator Tohby Riddle.Cynthia is a wild dog. She hunts anything that moves ... She scavenges for food … She'll even eat ice-cream if she has to.Perfect for readers 4 and up who like their humour wry and dry – think Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen’s The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse and Jory John & Lane Smith’s Penguin Problems.

With instruction on a wide range of popular animals, including farm animals, wild animals, birds, reptiles, and insects, a comprehensive guide to drawing one of the most popular, but one of the most p

With time travel and mysteries that need solving, the Galactic Academy of Science (G.A.S.) series instructs readers on how to think like scientists. Under the guidance of a Dude or Dudette from the future, the middle school characters are faced with treacherous, present-day crimes that require a historical knowledge of science in order to be solved. From investigating problems to analyzing data and constructing explanations and solutions, this series blends elements of sci-fi with educational methods that distill the key thinking habits of scientists and engineers.An adventure that investigates the causes and consequences of climate changeSomething strange is going on during Anita and Benson’s field trip to a greenhouse as their guide is making wild claims about carbon dioxide and their science teacher, Mr. Fazmel, has mysteriously disappeared. That’s when Quarkum Phonon, a Dude from the future, sends Anita and Benson on a Galactic Academy of Science mission to learn about the origins