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The Waterside Ape: An Alternative Account of Human Evolution by Peter H. Rhys Evans 9780367145484
RRP: $50.68$44.13Why are humans so fond of water? Why is our skin colour so variable?Why aren't we hairy like our close ape relatives?A savannah scenario of human evolution has been widely accepted primarily due to fossil evidence; and fossils do not offer insight into... -
Atmospheric Things: On the Allure of Elemental Envelopment by Derek P. McCormack 9780822371236
RRP: $44.83$39.02In 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 Companion to Development Studies Vandana Desai 9781444167245
RRP: $126.73$114.58The Companion to Development Studies contains over a hundred chapters written by leading international experts within the field to provide a concise and authoritative overview of the key theoretical and practical issues dominating contemporary... -
A Feminist Urban Theory for Our Time: Rethinking Social Reproduction and the Urban Linda Peake (York University, Toronto, Canada) 9781119789154
RRP: $38.98$34.50What does a feminist urban theory look like for the twenty first century? This book puts knowledges of feminist urban scholars, feminist scholars of social reproduction, and other urban theorists into conversation to propose an approach to the urban that... -
David Harvey: A Critical Introduction to His Thought by Noel Castree
RRP: $38.98$34.50David 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... -
Combatting Modern Slavery: Why Labour Governance is Failing and What We Can Do About It Genevieve LeBaron (University of Sheffield) 9781509513673
RRP: $31.18$28.10Over the last decade, the world's largest corporations - from The Coca Cola Company to Amazon, Apple to Unilever - have taken up the cause of combatting modern slavery. Yet, by most measures, across many sectors and regions, severe labour exploitation... -
Tambora and the Year without a Summer: How a Volcano Plunged the World into Crisis Wolfgang Behringer (University of York) 9781509525492
RRP: $48.75$32.72In 1816, the climate went berserk. The winter brought extreme cold, and torrential rains unleashed massive flooding in Asia. Western Europe and North America experienced a 'year without a summer', while failed harvests in 1817 led to the 'year of famine'... -
A Geological Excursion Guide to the Stirling and Perth Area by M.A.E. Browne
RRP: $31.18$25.99An up-to-date geological excursion guide to the Stirling and Perth area.Book InformationISBN 9781905267880Author M.A.E. BrowneFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint NMSE - Publishing LtdPublisher NMSE - Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 545gDimensions(mm) 210mm... -
Ancient Denvers: Scenes from the Past 300 Million Years of the Colorado Front Range by Kirk Johnson 9781555915544
RRP: $23.30$15.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781555915544Author Kirk JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 34Imprint Chicago Review Press - FulcrumPublisher Chicago Review Press - FulcrumWeight(grams)... -
Garibaldi: Citizen of the World: A Biography by Alfonso Scirocco 9780691115405
RRP: $87.75$69.65What 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... -
Climatology by Robert V. Rohli 9781284119985
$124.22Welcome to the exciting journey of learning about one of the most widely discussed sciences. Praised for its detail and accuracy, Climatology continues to lead as the most comprehensive presentation of our dynamic climate system. The Fourth Edition... -
The Sailor's Book of Weather by Simon Keeling
RRP: $33.13$22.50Introducing 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... -
Geography Coloring Book by Wynn Kapit
RRP: $41.89$34.94For introductory courses in Geography. This unique educational tool introduces the countries of the world and the states of the United States to students. Each section begins with a plate containing a political map, a physical map, and regional maps... -
Cultural Geographies: An Introduction by John Horton
RRP: $134.53$130.03Cultural geography is a major, vibrant subdiscipline of human geography. Cultural geographers have done some of the most important, exciting and thought-provokingly zesty work in human geography over the last half-century. This book exists to provide an... -
Alien Ocean: Anthropological Voyages in Microbial Seas by Stefan Helmreich 9780520250628
RRP: $58.50$46.20"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... -
Thirdspace: Journeys to Los Angeles and Other Real-and-Imagined Places Edward W. Soja (University of California at Los Angeles) 9781557866752
RRP: $66.20$59.24Contemporary critical studies have recently experienced a significant spatial turn. In what may eventually be seen as one of the most important intellectual and political developments in the late twentieth century, scholars have begun to interpret space... -
Ordinary Cities: Between Modernity and Development by Jennifer Robinson 9780415304887
RRP: $74.08$65.09With the urbanization of the world's population proceeding apace and the equally rapid urbanization of poverty, urban theory has an urgent challenge to meet if it is to remain relevant to the majority of cities and their populations, many of which are... -
The Age of Islands: In Search of New and Disappearing Islands by Alastair Bonnett
RRP: $33.13$23.95'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... -
Need to Know: Higher Geography by Sheena Williamson
RRP: $18.53$17.12Exam board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: GeographyFirst teaching: September 2018 First exams: Summer 2019 What do you really need to know for the SQA Higher Geography exam?This revision guide covers the essentials in less than 90 pages, so it's perfect... -
Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Myron G. Best (Brigham Young University) 9781405105880
RRP: $192.95$171.85Igneous and metamorphic petrology has over the last twenty years expanded rapidly into a broad, multifaceted and increasingly quantitative science. Advances in geochemistry, geochronology, and geophysics, as well as the appearance of new analytical... -
Stories From the Deep: Reflections on a Life Exploring Ireland's North Atlantic Waters by Ken O'Sullivan 9780717186525
RRP: $33.13$23.95Spun from the author's first-hand experience as an underwater cameraman and filmmaker, from memory, natural history and the culture of Ireland's coastal communities, Stories from the Deep is a profound and lyrical exploration of Ireland's ocean waters... -
Oceans Rising - A Companion to "Territorial Agency: Oceans in Transformation" by Daniela Zyman
$45.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783956796098Author Daniela ZymanFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Sternberg PressPublisher Sternberg PressWeight(grams) 785gDimensions(mm) 298mm * 232mm... -
Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster by Prof. Keith Smith
RRP: $111.13$98.30The much expanded sixth edition of Environmental Hazards provides a fully up-to-date overview of all the extreme events that threaten people and what they value in the 21st century. It integrates cutting-edge material from the physical and social... -
Trading Territories: Mapping the Early Modern World by Jerry Brotton 9781780239293
RRP: $31.18$30.38Trading Territories tells the compelling story of maps and geographical knowledge in the early modern world from the fifteenth to the early seventeenth century. Examining how European geographers mapped the territories of the Old World -Africa and... -
Austerity Ecology & the Collapse-porn Addicts - A defence of growth, progress, industry and stuff Leigh Phillips 9781782799603
RRP: $33.13$28.49Economic growth, progress, industry and, erm, stuff have all come in for a sharp kicking from the green left and beyond in recent years. Everyone from black-hoodied Starbucks window-smashers to farmers' market heirloom-tomato-mongers to Prince Charles... -
Sedimentary Rocks in the Field: A Colour Guide Dorrik A.V. Stow 9781874545699
RRP: $93.58$81.53Ideas and concepts in sedimentology are changing rapidly but fundamental field work and data collection remain the basis of the science. This book is intended as a guide to the recognition and description of sedimentary rocks in the field. It aims to... -
Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World by Tom Zoellner
RRP: $42.88$28.12Apologies 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 -
Edinburgh: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy 9781780273716
RRP: $13.63$9.44An ancient and long-extinct volcano lies at the heart of Scotland's capital. It roared into life some 350 million years ago and has been a source of fascination since it was first studied in earnest during the Enlightenment by James Hutton, one of the... -
Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond by Robin George Andrews 9780393542066
RRP: $42.88$35.04Volcanoes 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... -
Environmental Science for Environmental Management by Timothy O'Riordan 9780582356337
RRP: $115.03$111.54Environmental Science for Environmental Management has quickly established itself as the leading introduction to environmental science, demonstrating how a more environmental science can create an effective approach to environmental management on... -
Principles of Glacier Mechanics by Roger LeB. Hooke 9781108446075
RRP: $136.48$117.23The third edition of this successful textbook will supply advanced undergraduate and graduate students with the tools they need to understand modern glaciological research. Practicing glacial geologists and glaciologists will also find the volume useful... -
Living on the Edge: When Hard Times Become a Way of Life Celine-Marie Pascale 9781509548248
RRP: $35.08$31.28For the majority of Americans, hard times have long been a way of life. Some work multiple low-wage jobs, others face the squeeze of stagnant wages and rising costs of living. Sociologist Celine-Marie Pascale talked with people across Appalachia, at the... -
Born of Ice and Fire: How Glaciers and Volcanoes (with a Pinch of Salt) Drove Animal Evolution by Graham Shields 9780300242591
RRP: $39.00$37.83An exploration of how the Cryogenian Period, when our planet was covered in ice for millions of years, created today’s remarkable biodiversity More than half a billion years ago, our world was completely covered by glaciers, a “Snowball Earth” that... -
On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb by Hans Florine 9781493077205
RRP: $29.23$22.48Hans Florine embodies the genius of "and"-collaborative and competitive, fast and safe, audacious and disciplined, visionary and quantitative. The themes that run through Florine's 101 ascents of Yosemite's most iconic route can benefit people who will... -
Future of Exploration,The: Discovering the Uncharted Frontiers of Science, Technology, and Human Potential Terry Garcia 9781647229177
RRP: $68.25$43.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647229177Author Chris RanierFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions -
Introduction to Ore-Forming Processes by Laurence Robb
RRP: $93.50$83.42A comprehensive account of ore-forming processes, revised and updated The revised second edition of Introduction to Ore-Forming Processes offers a guide to the multiplicity of geological processes that result in the formation of mineral deposits. The... -
Dorset and East Devon: Landscape and Geology by Malcolm Hart
RRP: $33.13$31.30The Dorset and East Devon region is characterized by a variety of beautiful landscapes and a wealth of exciting geology, including such features as Lulworth Cove, Durdle Door, Chesil Beach, the fossil-laden cliffs of Lyme Regis and the red cliffs of East... -
Life Lessons from Explorers: Learn how to weather life's storms from history's greatest explorers Felicity Aston 9781787396111
RRP: $25.33$16.77Great explorers are known for their hard-earned skills and meticulously honed character traits which have made their astonishing endeavours possible. Valuable lessons are waiting to be learned from the feats attained by the most revered names in... -
Comrade Kerensky Boris Kolonitskii, II 9781509533640
RRP: $48.75$32.72As one of the heroes of the 1917 February Revolution and then Prime Minister at the head of the Provisional Government, Alexander Kerensky was passionately, even fanatically, lauded as a leader during his brief political reign. Symbolic artefacts -... -
Mass Observation and Everyday Life: Culture, History, Theory by Nick Hubble 9780230247888
RRP: $87.73$87.69The social-research organization Mass-Observation was founded in 1937. In this book, the true extent and significance of Mass-Observation's unique role in the formation of postwar Britain's idea of itself through the examination of everyday life across...