Wednesday, July 25, 2012

New Library Acquisitions -- Week of July 16th


Featured Book:
The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World's Greatest Creatures


Lawrence Anthony with Graham Spence, The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World's Greatest Creatures (2012).
The Last Rhinos is a 326 page monograph that recounts the author's efforts to save the northern white rhino whose habitat is located in the war-ravaged Congo. The book, which is written in the first person, is the thrid authored by Anthony and Spence involving renown international conservationist Lawrence Anthony's efforts in Africa.  For a list of other books click here.  While not a legal text per se, the book provides invaluable insight into the actual struggles involved in preserving endangered species in third world countries.  Moreover the text is aptly named as Anthony tragically died of a heart attack prior to the publication of this book.

New Library Acquisitions:

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW.
A guide to federal agency rulemaking / Jeffrey S. Lubbers

AFRICA
Natural resource investment and Africa's development / edited by Francis N. Botchway

ANIMAL LAW.
The last rhinos : my battle to save one of the world's greatest creatures / Lawrence Anthony ; with Graham Spence

BIOGRAPHY.
The man who planted trees : lost groves, champion trees, and an urgent plan to save the planet / Jim Robbins 

CHINA.
China's climate change policies / chief editors Weiguang Wang, Guoguang Zheng ; deputy editors Jiahua Pan ... [et al.]

CLIMATE CHANGE.

LAND USE.
Environmental land use planning and management / John Randolph


LAW OF THE SEA.
Laws of the sea [electronic resource] : rights of seamen, coaster's & fisherman's guide, and master's and mate's manual ... / by I.R. Butts ; assisted by an attorney

POPULAR CULTURE
Gunfight at the eco-corral : western cinema and the environment / Robin L. Murray and Joseph K. Heumann

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