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David Boyd

    David R. Boyd is an environmental lawyer, professor, and advocate for the right to live in a healthy environment. His literary work centers on environmental law and sustainability. Boyd explores pressing environmental issues, advocating for stronger legal frameworks to protect our planet. Through his writing, he aims to inspire readers to consider our collective responsibility towards the environment.

    A History
    The Environmental Rights Revolution
    Film and the interpretive process
    The Rights Of Nature
    Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Graphic Novels: Level 15: Beware The Vikings
    Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Graphic Novels: Level 14: Marco Polo And The Roc
    • 2017

      The Rights Of Nature

      • 272 pages
      • 10 hours of reading
      4.2(291)Add rating

      A growing body of law around the world supports the idea that humans are not the only species with rights. More laws are being passed recognizing that ecosystems -- rivers, forests, mountains, and more -- have legally enforceable rights. And if nature has rights, then humans have responsibilities.

      The Rights Of Nature
    • 2015

      The Optimistic Environmentalist

      • 219 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      In a world besieged by bad news about the state of the planet, this book explores the surprising breadth of our success stories - from endangered species brought back from the brink to the growing use of clean renewable energy and the progress we have made in cleaning up our air and water.

      The Optimistic Environmentalist
    • 2014

      The famous writer Christopher Marlowe does secret work as the Queen's spy in The Hidden Message. But when the young actor Jasper Kyd decides to take revenge against his boss, William Shakespeare, things get complicated and dangerous... TreeTops Graphic Novels are visual, action-packed, historically- themed stories.

      Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Graphic Novels: Level 16: The Hidden Message
    • 2014

      When Marco Polo visits the Emperor of China, Kublai Khan, he is given an impossible task. Marco Polo and the Roc tells the story of his journey to find a mythical bird, the Roc, and bring back one of its eggs to the Great Khan. TreeTops Graphic Novels are visual, action-packed, historically-themed stories.

      Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Graphic Novels: Level 14: Marco Polo And The Roc
    • 2014
    • 2011

      David Boyd shows that recognition of the right to a healthy environment is not only growing, it is having a profound influence on public policy and environmental protection.

      The Environmental Rights Revolution
    • 2007

      A History

      Greeley And The Union Colony Of Colorado

      • 500 pages
      • 18 hours of reading

      The book is a facsimile reprint of a scarce antiquarian work, preserving its historical significance despite potential imperfections like marks and flawed pages. It reflects a commitment to protecting and promoting cultural literature through high-quality, affordable editions that remain true to the original text.

      A History
    • 1989

      This original contribution to the study of film narrative examines six classic films which themselves focus on interpretive inquiries. By exploring the relationship between the interpretive processes depicted in the films and those in which they involve their viewers, it reveals the ways in which they expose theoretical problems basic to the practice of textual interpretation generally.

      Film and the interpretive process