Earth Sciences

In Atmospheric Things Derek P. McCormack explores how atmospheres are imagined, understood, and experienced through experiments with a deceptively simple object: the balloon. Since the invention of balloon flight in the late eighteenth century, balloons...

The landscape of southwestern Wyoming around the ghost town of Fossil is beautiful but harsh; a dry, high mountain desert with cool nights and long, cold winters inhabited by a sparse mountain desert community. But during the early Eocene, more than...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143202592Author Jocelyn ThorntonFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Penguin Group (NZ)Publisher Penguin Group (NZ)Weight(grams) 759gDimensions(mm)...

A refreshing source of ideas to help you explore all aspects of maps, this book encourages you to travel through the exciting world of cartography. It features 52 fun and creative map-related activities set into weekly artistic exercises. Travel through...

In the Anthropocene, the thawing of frozen earth due to global warming has drawn worldwide attention to permafrost. Contemporary scientists define permafrost as ground that maintains a negative temperature for at least two years. But where did this...

The best Yorkshire Dales walks in one handy box. Immerse yourself in the Yorkshire Dales and South Pennines' wonderful landscape with this unique collection of walks on pocketable cards. In this boxed collection of walking cards you'll find a happy mix...

"This book clearly outlines key concepts that all geographers should readily be able to explain. It does so in a highly accessible way. It is likely to be a text that my students will return to throughout their degree." - Dr Karen Parkhill,...

An increasing number of enthusiasts are attracted by the rich variety of rocks and minerals around us, and new ways of looking at them.In this book, Walther Cloos views the Earth as a living organism, with different kingdoms of nature -- mineral, plant...

This new, fully revised, 5th edition of the "Northern England 'Regional Geology' Guide" describes the wide variety of rocks, with a geological history spanning almost 500 million years, which underlie Northumberland and Durham, the English Lake District...

It was not until the beginning of the twentieth century that the physicist Wallace Clement Sabine developed his theory of reverberation, which has remained fundamental to architectural acoustics to this day, and has subsequently been applied to many...

Scotland's mountains and glens retain the secrets of the long and frequently violent geological history that has gone into their making. Volcanoes have played a major role in the creation of Scotland and while the youngest, a mere sixty million years...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062691552Author Jill HeinerthFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

The Antarctic is one the most hostile natural environments in the world. It is an extraordinary physical space, which changes significantly in shape and size with the passing of the seasons. Politically, it is unique as it contains one of the few areas...

Learning to draw field sketches is an essential task for geologists, however it is often overlooked. This book presents simple techniques, useful tips and detailed examples to teach geologists how to draw rocks successfully. Field sketches are the best...

This easy-to-use, handy A5 sized road atlas with popular lie-flat spiral binding features extremely clear route planning maps of Britain and Ireland and fits neatly into your glove box, briefcase or bag. The atlas has been fully updated for 2020. ...

A comprehensible reference manual for palaeontologists on many aspects of their science. Topics discussed range from the esoteric, such as palaeoecology and preservation, to the practical, such as the storing of specimens and photography.Book...

River Planet introduces readers to the epic geological history of the world's rivers, from the first drop of rain on the Earth to the modern environmental crisis. The river journey begins with the first evidence of flowing water four billion years ago...

The new fifth edition of Ecotourism focuses on an array of economic, social and ecological inconsistencies that continue to plague ecotourism in theory and practice, and examines the sector in reference to other related forms of tourism, impacts,...

The Thames Estuary is the gateway into London that had to be defended against seaborne invasion. Through proximity to the Continent, these waters were a likely passageway for those intent upon seaborne raids or invasion, necessitating the need for a...

Go on an outdoor treasure hunt and enjoy all nature has to offer with this field guide to rockhounding, perfect for armchair geologists or anyone headed out on an adventure!Geology meets treasure hunting with this field guide to rockhounding! If you've...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780878425761Author Marc S HendrixFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Mountain PressPublisher Mountain PressWeight(grams) 553gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 155mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681373690Author Lyall WatsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books, Inc

International borders have become deadly barriers of a proportion rivaled only by war or natural disaster. Yet despite the damage created by borders, most people can't - or don't want to - imagine a world without them. What alternatives do we have to...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. No matter how much you fight against it, dust pervades everything. It gathers in even layers, adapting to the contours of things and marking...

Landscape is a stimulating introduction to and contemporary understanding of one of the most important concepts within human geography. A series of different influential readings of landscape are debated and explored, and, for the first time, distinctive...

Geographical Thought provides a clear and accessible introduction to the key ideas and figures in human geography. The book provides an essential introduction to the theories that have shaped the study of societies and space. Opening with an exploration...

Volcanoes are capable of acts of pyrotechnical prowess verging on magic: they spout black magma more fluid than water, create shimmering cities of glass at the bottom of the ocean and frozen lakes of lava on the moon and can even tip entire planets over...

David Harvey is among the most influential Marxist thinkers of the last half century. This book offers a lucid and authoritative introduction to his work, with a structure designed to reflect the enduring topics and insights that serve to unify Harvey's...

Singer and Avery present-in popular language supported by in-depth scientific evidence-the compelling concept that global temperatures have been rising mostly or entirely because of a natural cycle. Using historic data from two millennia of recorded...

Introducing key principles that influence the weather, this guide gives sailors the tools to forecast from observations and the available information. Wind, clouds and weather patterns are all covered, arming mariners with the knowledge required to...

The diversity of Scotland's mountains is remarkable, encompassing the isolated summits of the far northwest, the serrated ridges of Skye, the tor-studded high plateau of the Cairngorms and the rolling hills of the Southern Uplands. Born on ancient...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143116721Author Tom ZoellnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 337g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780761344056Author Michael WoodsFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Lerner BooksPublisher Lerner Publishing Group

In this original book, Dennis Klocek considers climate to be an expression of Gaia, and presents climate as the soul of Earth within which human beings live and develop. The cosmic destiny of Earth, he argues, is intimately connected with human destiny...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781582381329Author Paul R ShafferFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Golden Books Adult Publishing GroupPublisher St Martin's Press

Conducting Research in Conservation is the first textbook on social science research methods written specifically for use in the expanding and increasingly multidisciplinary field of environmental conservation. The first section on planning a research...

Written by one of the leading experts in the field, Paul Ekins, Stopping Climate Change provides a comprehensive overview of what is required to achieve 'real zero' carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, and negative emissions thereafter, which is the only...

For courses in Optical Mineralogy, Mineralogy, Crystallography, Petrology, and Petrography; and for routine petrographic work in the lab. This clear and concise text assists students as they look at thin sections. It focuses on the practical,...

"Eye-popping proof that water-wise gardens are bold, beautiful and brilliantly hued." -San Diego Home and Garden Dry weather defines the Southwest, and it's getting dryer. As water becomes more precious, our gardens suffer. If we want to keep gardening,...

This Handbook is the first to explore the emergent field of 'placemaking' in terms of the recent research, teaching and learning, and practice agenda for the next few years. Offering valuable theoretical and practical insights from the leading scholars...