Geography

In August 1979 twenty-seven-year-old Mike Trueman set sail from the south-west coast of Wales, en route to Cornwall. The young army helicopter pilot was helping to move his friend's yacht from Northern Ireland to the south coast of England. But as they...

Knoydart & Kintail, seventh in this highly successful & innovative British Mountain Map series, is a long awaited title. It is the only detailed map to cover this famous wilderness area on one sheet. This all weather map for climbers, hillwalkers,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781119538509Author Kristen A. HiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 388Imprint Wiley-BlackwellPublisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd

In Casting Iconic Waters, writer, naturalist, and educator Steve Ramirez takes the reader on a physical and philosophical journey to some of the most legendary rivers and wild landscapes in America. Imbued with fly-fishing throughout, this journey will...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316260206Author Jeff GoodellFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912190058Author Andy OwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Insight & PerspectivePublisher Insight & PerspectiveWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 245mm...

This volume includes changes in the switch from DOS-based to Windows-based, menu-driven forms of SPSS and MINITAB is the most important. The other change shows availability of data in digital form from websites or via CD-ROMs. The book is useful for...

British Plant Communities is the first systematic and comprehensive account of the vegetation types of this country. It covers all natural, semi-natural and major artificial habitats in Great Britain (but not Northern Ireland), representing the fruits of...

'Evocative and intelligent' Guardian Discover the secret history of our green belts.The first book to tell the story of Britain's green belts, Outskirts is at once a fascinating social history, a stirring evocation of the natural world, and a poignant...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784565732Author Desmond McGrathFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint FastPrint PublishingPublisher Upfront PublishingDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 23mm

We know there's a climate emergency but what does that mean we should do? What does a 'better future' look like and how do we get there? Having spent over a decade on the frontlines of climate activism - organising, campaigning, and holding the powerful...

Statistics in Geography has established itself as the best introductory textbook on the subject: the author makes statistical concepts and techniques intellible and their applications in a wide variety of problems comprehensible, even exciting. The main...

Have you ever thought about why a country's borders are where they are? 'Dividing up the World; the story of our international borders and why they are where they are', is an utterly fascinating study of how borders have come about and the stories behind...

The world's population is currently undergoing a significant transition towards urbanisation, with the UN expecting that 70% of people globally will live in cities by 2050. Urbanisation has multiple political, cultural, environmental and economic...

Exam board: WJECLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016 (AS); Summer 2017 (A-level)Build, reinforce and revise the historical knowledge and exam skills required for WJEC AS/A-level History.Matched to the...

The fourth edition of this comprehensive course supports individual enquiry and research as well as encouraging discussion and debate. It sets concepts and skills in context and can be used by students following any A Level specification or the...

This text focuses on the contemporary economic, social, geographical, environmental and political realities of the Caribbean region. Historical aspects of the Caribbean, such as slavery, the plantation system and plantocracy are explored in order to...

In providing clear practice messages for practitioners, contemporary issues such as problematic online sexual behaviour and adolescent harmful sexual behaviour are covered and a formulation-based, trauma-informed and multi-systemic approach to working...

Geophysics is a term that might discourage any but the most inquisitive Earth Scientist but, simply put, it is the study of the Physics of the Earth. As the Earth is very large and relatively slow-moving it is described by the classical Physics...

The world's coastlines represent a myriad of dynamic and constantly changing environments. Heavily settled and intensely used areas, they are of enormous importance to humans and understanding how they are shaped and change is crucial to our future...

Rural Geographies provides a critical, contemporary and accessible introduction to rural change by using geographical ideas to understand current issues affecting the countryside.The book discusses how the countryside has been studied by geographers...

Exam board: WJECLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016 (AS); Summer 2017 (A-level)Build, reinforce and revise the historical knowledge and exam skills required for WJEC AS/A-level History.Matched to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912190010Author Andy OwenFormat PaperbackImprint Insight & PerspectivePublisher Insight & Perspective

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780446581219Author President Kevin CahillFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Warner Books IncPublisher Time Warner Trade PublishingWeight(grams)...

This book provides undergraduates with a step-by-step guide to successfully carrying out an independent research project or dissertation. The book addresses each stage of the project by answering the questions that a student is likely to ask as the work...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913668464Author B C Lester BooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Vkc&b BooksPublisher Vkc&b BooksWeight(grams) 467gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm *...

In You Are Here, celebrated astronaut Chris Hadfield gives us the really big picture: this is our home, as seen from space. The millions of us who followed Hadfield's news-making Twitter feed from the International Space Station thought we knew what we...

Uganda's capital, Kampala, is undergoing dramatic urban transformations as its new technocratic government seeks to clean and green the city. Waste Worlds tracks the dynamics of development and disposability unfolding amid struggles over who and what...

"Michael Woods has taken on the formidable task of giving an overview of rural places and society in advanced economies as a single author and has presented a book that rightly deserves to be called state-of-the-art." - Geographische Rundschau ...

A large-format, folded paper map with a protective card cover. Printed by the best cartographic press in the UK with special pantone inks to highlight amazing walks and fun activities. Double-sided, with a city atlas on the reverse. It shows Glasgow in...

The third edition of Fundamentals of Hydrology provides an absorbing and comprehensive introduction to the understanding of how fresh water moves on and around the planet and how humans affect and manage the freshwater resources available to them. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506400105Author Tim DowleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Fortress Press,U.S.Publisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

This boredom-busting activity pad that will keep children entertained for hours is the ideal travel companion for young art lovers. Each page explores a different location, from Newgrange to Bunratty, the Giant's Causeway to the Cliffs of Moher...

Britain's foremost woman travel writer Sara Wheeler records her life of adventure, from the Antarctic to Zanzibar'Funny, furious writing from the queen of intrepid travel' Daily Telegraph'Intrepid and sparky, full of canny quips and lightly poetic...

In photographs, artworks, and words Gloria Wilson celebrates the rugged fishing village where she was brought up, and from which she set her course to a career recording, both visually and verbally, the North Sea fishery she loves. She writes: In this...

Exam board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: GeographyFirst teaching: September 2018First exam: Summer 2019Practice makes permanent. Feel confident and prepared for the SQA Higher Geography exam with this two-in-one book, containing practice questions for every...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913627126Author Helen MortFormat PaperbackPage Count 20Imprint Candlestick PressPublisher Candlestick Press

Glaciers and Glaciation is the classic textbook for all students of glaciation. Stimulating and accessible, it has established a reputation as a comprehensive and essential resource.In this new edition, the text, references and illustrations have been...

Capitalism has become so dominant that it is difficult to ever imagine a world in which its injustices and inequalities are not violently present. In this ambitious and compelling book, Oli Mould turns his diagnosis of capitalism's perversions towards...

The transatlantic slave trade forced millions of Africans into bondage. Until the early nineteenth century, African slaves came to the Americas in greater numbers than Europeans. "In the Shadow of Slavery" provides a startling new assessment of the...