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The Routledge Handbook of Placemaking by Cara Courage 9780367684099
RRP: €52.35€46.93This 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... -
The Age of Islands: In Search of New and Disappearing Islands by Alastair Bonnett 9781786498120
RRP: €11.89€7.97'Extraordinary... A fascinating and intelligent book.' Sunday TimesNew islands are being built at an unprecedented rate whether for tourism or territorial ambition, while many islands are disappearing or fragmenting because of rising sea levels. It is a... -
Local and Regional Development by Andy Pike
RRP: €57.11€50.23Actors and institutions in localities and regions across the world are seeking prosperity and well-being amidst tumultuous and disruptive shifts and transitions generated by: an increasingly globalised, knowledge-intensive capitalism; global financial... -
Geographic Data Science with Python by Sergio Rey 9781032445953
RRP: €59.49€51.77This book provides the tools, the methods, and the theory to meet the challenges of contemporary data science applied to geographic problems and data. In the new world of pervasive, large, frequent, and rapid data, there are new opportunities to... -
Romeyn B. Hough. The Woodbook. The Complete Plates by Klaus Ulrich Leistikow
RRP: €35.70€26.83Culled and assembled by Romeyn Beck Hough between 1888 and 1913 in what still remains a stunning and unparalleled achievement, American Woods-originally published in 14 volumes, with actual specimens mounted on card stock-is a work of breathtaking beauty... -
Alien Ocean: Anthropological Voyages in Microbial Seas by Stefan Helmreich 9780520250628
RRP: €35.70€27.63"Alien Ocean" immerses readers in worlds being newly explored by marine biologists, worlds usually out of sight and reach: the deep sea, the microscopic realm, and oceans beyond national boundaries. Working alongside scientists at sea and in labs in... -
Atlas of Sedimentary Rocks Under the Microscope by A. E. Adams
€98.96Provides a very clear guide to sedimentary rock types as seen under the microscope supported by practical aspects of slide preparation.About the AuthorA.E. Adams, W.S. MacKenzie, C. GuilfordBook InformationISBN 9780582301184Author A.E. AdamsFormat... -
Regionalism Contested: Institution, Society and Governance by Henrik Halkier
RRP: €160.65€140.04As we move further into the 21st century, the prominence of regions can no longer be taken for granted. A certain skepticism has developed with regard to the feasibility of marginal regions achieving self-sustained growth and states have maintained their... -
The Lost Land of Lemuria: Fabulous Geographies, Catastrophic Histories by Sumathi Ramaswamy 9780520244405
RRP: €32.13€24.55During the nineteenth century, Lemuria was imagined as a land that once bridged India and Africa but disappeared into the ocean millennia ago, much like Atlantis. A sustained meditation on a lost place from a lost time, this elegantly written book is the... -
World City by Doreen Massey 9780745640600
RRP: €22.60€20.08Cities around the world are striving to be 'global'. This book tells the story of one of them, and in so doing raises questions of identity, place and political responsibility that are essential for all cities. World City focuses its account on London,... -
The Small Isles: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy
RRP: €9.51€6.50The Small Isles comprise the Inner Hebridean islands of Rum, Eigg, Canna and Muck. The landscapes, rocks and fossils of these beautiful, remote islands tells of a drama involving erupting volcanoes, an ancient ecosystem that included dinosaurs and an... -
The Atmosphere: A Very Short Introduction by Paul I. Palmer
RRP: €10.70€7.87The atmosphere is the thin, diffuse fluid that envelops the Earth's surface. Despite its apparent fragility, the existence of this fluid is vital for human and other life on Earth. In this Very Short Introduction Paul Palmer describes the physical and... -
Most Unimaginably Strange: An Eclectic Companion to the Landscape of Iceland by Chris Caseldine
RRP: €35.70€24.93For all who yearn to travel to the home of the sagas, a beautifully illustrated companion to the terrain of Iceland-from puffins to ponies, glaciers and volcanoes to legendary trolls. Described by William Morris as "most unimaginably strange," the... -
Planetary Geology: An introduction by Claudio Vita-Finzi
RRP: €47.60€43.40Recent planetary missions by NASA, the European Space Agency and other national bodies have reaffirmed that geological processes familiar from our studies of the Earth operate on many solid planets and satellites. Common threads link the internal... -
50 Things to Do at the Beach by Easkey Britton 9781616899950
RRP: €21.36€16.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616899950Author Easkey BrittonFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Princeton Architectural PressPublisher Princeton Architectural PressWeight(grams)... -
Ivory, Apes & Peacocks: Animals, adventure and discovery in the wild places of Africa by Alan Root
RRP: €19.03€13.82Alan Root is one of the great wildlife pioneers. His unmatched experience of East African wildlife and his appetite for risk have made him a world-class naturalist and film-maker. Ivory, Apes & Peacocks tells the story of his life's work, from his... -
CBAC TGAU Daearyddiaeth Ail Argraffiad (WJEC GCSE Geography Second Edition Welsh-language edition) by Andy Owen 9781398387102
€41.30Develop students' subject knowledge and skills. This fully revised edition features updated case studies, practice questions and clear presentation of key terms.> Contains coherent coverage of every core and optional theme in a single volume, with clear... -
Garibaldi: Citizen of the World: A Biography by Alfonso Scirocco 9780691115405
RRP: €53.55€41.73What adventure novelist could have invented the life of Giuseppe Garibaldi? The revolutionary, soldier, politician, and greatest figure in the fight for Italian unification, Garibaldi (1807-1882) brought off almost as many dramatic exploits in the... -
Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey by Peter Victor Hobbs 9780127329512
RRP: €67.82€64.32Atmospheric Science, Second Edition, is the long-awaited update of the classic atmospheric science text, which helped define the field nearly 30 years ago and has served as the cornerstone for most university curricula. Now students and professionals... -
Collins Primary Geography Teacher's Book 1 & 2 (Primary Geography) by Stephen Scoffham
RRP: €32.13€30.67Collins Primary Geography has been developed to provide full coverage of the national curriculum requirements for geography in the primary school. The Teacher's Guide contains a wide selection of follow-up work and encourages reinforcement of... -
The Urban Planning Imagination: An International Survey by Nicholas A. Phelps
RRP: €21.41€19.09Urban planning is not just about applying a suite of systematic principles or plotting out pragmatic designs to satisfy the briefs of private developers or public bodies. Planning is also an activity of imagination, with a stock of wisdom and an array of... -
Climate System Dynamics and Modelling by Hugues Goosse
RRP: €58.30€53.99This textbook presents all aspects of climate system dynamics, on all timescales from the Earth's formation to modern human-induced climate change. It discusses the dominant feedbacks and interactions between all the components of the climate system:... -
You Are Here: A Brief Guide to the World by Nicholas Crane
RRP: €10.70€5.60One word binds us all: geography. We are all geographers, human beings who care about the places we think of as 'home' - our habitat. And yet we have lost touch with the connection between our actions and the state of the planet that we all share. We... -
Fighting for the River: Gender, Body, and Agency in Environmental Struggles by Özge Yaka 9780520393615
RRP: €29.75€22.82Fighting for the River portrays women's intimate, embodied relationships with river waters and explores how those relationships embolden local communities' resistance to private run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plants in Turkey. Building on extensive... -
School Leadership by Jim O'Brien
RRP: €47.60€40.76Schools become increasingly complex organisations and, as their role in socialising young people is recognised, the task of leading the school community is receiving greater attention than ever before.School Leadership summarises current thinking about... -
Skipper's Cockpit Weather Guide by Frank Singleton
RRP: €15.46€11.35With weather conditions continually evolving, skippers need to factor forecast data into every passage plan and be prepared to modify it if the situation changes. This spiral-bound instant reference guide will help you draw the most relevant weather... -
Reinventing Sustainability: How Archaeology Can Save the Planet by Erika Guttmann-Bond 9781785709920
RRP: €35.64€28.71There have been many books written about what we can learn from the failures of the past, but I want to take a more optimistic view, focussing on what we have to learn from past successes.This book is about sustainable agriculture and architecture in the... -
Heterotopia and Globalisation in the Twenty-First Century by Simon Ferdinand
RRP: €47.59€41.72Can heterotopia help us make sense of globalisation? Against simplistic visions that the world is becoming one, Heterotopia and Globalisation in the Twenty-First Century shows how contemporary globalising processes are driven by heterotopian tension and... -
An Introduction to Atmospheric Physics by David G. Andrews
RRP: €49.97€47.71A quantitative introduction to the Earth's atmosphere for intermediate-advanced undergraduate and graduate students, with an emphasis on underlying physical principles. This edition has been brought completely up-to-date, and now includes a new chapter... -
Reading the Rocks: How Victorian Geologists Discovered the Secret of Life by Brenda Maddox
RRP: €15.46€10.82A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 A rich and exuberant group biography of the first geologists, the people who were first to excavate from the layers of the world its buried history. These first geologists were made up primarily, and... -
The Norns in Old Norse Mythology by Karen Bek-Pedersen
RRP: €47.60€38.28The nornir or norns were a group of female supernatural beings closely related to ideas about fate in Old Norse tradition. Karen Bek-Pedersen provides a thorough understanding of the role played by norns and other beings like them in the relevant sources... -
Utterly Amazing Earth: Packed with Pop-ups, Flaps, and Explosive Facts! by DK
RRP: €17.84€11.82Utterly Amazing Earth is a jaw-dropping pop-up book packed with fascinating facts about our amazing planet.Go deep below the Earth's crust to discover earthshattering facts. From volcanoes to earthquakes, the water cycle to seasons, this beautiful pop-up... -
Sedimentary Rocks in the Field: A Practical Guide by Maurice E. Tucker
RRP: €38.02€33.67This fourth edition builds on the success of previous editions and for the first time is produced in full colour throughout with improved photos and diagrams. It retains its popular pocket size and is an essential buy for all students working in the... -
Geomorphology & Time by J.B. Thornes
RRP: €35.69€31.70Time is a central feature of geomorphological research, and is used in this book (first published in 1977) to provide a conceptual framework within which to consider and compare old and new approaches to the field of geomorphology. The emphasis is on... -
Earth Science, Global Edition by Edward J. Tarbuck
RRP: €92.81€82.85For Introductory Earth Science Courses Ideal for undergraduates with little or no science background, Earth Science provides a student-friendly overview of our physical environment that offers balanced, up-to-date coverage of geology, oceanography,... -
The Atmospheric General Circulation by John M. Wallace
€66.32An engaging, comprehensive, richly illustrated textbook about the atmospheric general circulation, written by leading researchers in the field. The book elucidates the pervasive role of atmospheric dynamics in the Earth System, interprets the structure... -
Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics: An Introductory Text by John Marshall 9780125586917
RRP: €84.48€75.95For advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in atmospheric, oceanic, and climate science, Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics is an introductory textbook on the circulations of the atmosphere and ocean and their interaction, with an... -
GIS for Science: Applying Mapping and Spatial Analytics by Christian Harder 9781589485303
RRP: €41.64€36.34GIS for Science presents a collection of real-world stories about modern science and a cadre of scientists who use mapping and spatial analytics to expand their understanding of the world.The accounts in this book are written for a broad audience... -
Coastal Systems by Simon Haslett 9780415440608
RRP: €35.69€31.70The coast represents the crossroads between the oceans, land and atmosphere, and all three contribute to the physical and ecological evolution of coastlines. Coasts are dynamic systems, with identifiable inputs and outputs of energy and material. Changes... -
Climate Change: A Multidisciplinary Approach by William James Burroughs
RRP: €70.20€61.69Providing a concise, up-to-date presentation of current knowledge of climate change and its implications for society as a whole, this new edition has been thoroughly updated and extended to include the latest information. The text describes the...