Geography

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...

Few of us will ever get to Antarctica. The bitter cold and three months a year without sunlight makes the sixth continent virtually uninhabitable for humans. Yet marine biologist James B. McClintock has spent three decades studying the frozen land in...

Regional Geology Guides provide a broad view and interpretation of the geology of a region.Book InformationISBN 9780852724248Author N. AitkenheadFormat PaperbackImprint British Geological SurveyPublisher British Geological Survey

This workbook: targets key misconceptions and barriers to help your students get back on track addresses areas of underperformance in a systematic way, with a unique approach that builds, develops and extends students' skills gets students ready for...

This atlas draws together crucial social and economic data on England, Scotland and Wales between 1780 and 1914, and gives a clear guide to the industrial development of Great Britain during the modern period.About the AuthorJohn Langton St John's...

Stratigraphy is the branch of geology which studies rock layers (strata) and layering (stratification).Stratigraphy deals primarily with sedimentary rocks but also embraces layered igneous rocks where layers result from successive lava flows.A common...

The use of renewables is spreading rapidly. Over a quarter of global electricity is already generated from solar, wind, hydro and biomass energy. With costs falling significantly, renewables are booming, helping to avoid the major climate change risks...

We live in atmospheres, we talk about them and we move through them. They offer us an important route into comprehending several aspects of human life and experience, what is important to people, the environments life is played out in, and the processes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854114211Format PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint SerenPublisher Poetry Wales PressWeight(grams) 275g

Dimensions: H77cm x W60cm The reference map of New Zealand uses Expertly researched and designed, National Geographic's Executive style with an antique-style color palette and stunning shaded relief. The map shows this island nation in great detail,...

An explanatory guide for the 1: 625 000 Bedrock Geology UK (North) MapBook InformationISBN 9780852725856Format PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint British Geological SurveyPublisher British Geological Survey

This fully-revised comprehensive fourth edition covers the whole field of physical geography including climate and atmosphere, geomorphology, biogeography, hydrology, oceans, Quaternary, environmental change, soils, remote sensing and GIS. This new...

The grass family, known as Poaceae, is probably the most important plant family on earth. Grasses were the first food plants to be cultivated by man. Grass crops, such as maize, wheat, rice and sugarcane are still our most important food source to farm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241500474Author AnonymousFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library, Historical Print...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682806081Author Baby ProfessorFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Baby ProfessorPublisher Baby ProfessorWeight(grams) 91gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 216mm *...

For 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...

Exam 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...

Now with a new introduction. The story of the Great Lakes unfolds during an epic journey on The Malabar, a two-masted schooner the author helped sail from Lake Michigan to Bar Harbor, Maine. Battling storms and internal strife, the crew of five...

This edited collection explores our often-surprising modes of co-inhabiting the cultural and aerial worlds of birds. It focuses on our encounters with non-captive birds and the cultural geographies of feathered flight. This book offers a timely...

Introducing Tectonics, Rock Structures and Mountain Belts is written to explain the key concepts of tectonics and rock structures to students and to the interested non-specialist, especially those without a strong mathematical background. The study and...

Embodying the aims of the new curriculum for Wales, and forming part of the Humanities Area of Learning and Experience, Curriculum for Wales: Geography for 11-14 years will help you plan your curriculum, offering 18 chapters packed full of geographical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743216760Author Ken AlderFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 608gDimensions(mm) 217mm * 141mm *...

In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history of urban life. Investigating across the centuries and around the world, Newitz explores the rise and fall...

This volume provides a global treatment of historical and regional geomorphic work as it developed from the end of the nineteenth century to the hiatus of the Second World War. The book deals with the burgeoning of the eustatic theory, the concepts of...

City map with register. Easy to read due to the clear map image and with tourist sights displayed in symbols: monuments, museums, stadiums, etc. Also useful things like post offices, parking garages and stations. Often also with a public transport or...

This textbook introduces political ecology as an interdisciplinary approach to critically examine land and environmental issues. Drawing on discourse and narrative analysis, Marxist political economy and insights from natural science, the book points at...

In 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'...

Easy to read due to the clear map image and with tourist sights displayed in symbols: monuments, museums, stadiums, etc. Also useful things like post offices, parking garages and stations. Often also with a public transport or metro card. Symbols...

Traceless takes inspiration from the Lake District, the Gerry Charnley Round and Gerry Charnley himself. Charnley is little remembered, but was a prolific fell runner, orienteer and climber who founded the Karrimor International Mountain Marathon (KIMM),...

Through a series of case studies this book brings to the fore the voices, lives, and capacities of people with mental health problems as well as the difficulties they face. It effectively demonstrates the ways people with mental health problems are...

National Geographic Wall Maps offer a special glimpse into current and historical events, and they inform about the world and environment. Offered in a variety of styles and formats, these maps are excellent reference tools and a perfect addition to any...

For epidemiologists, evolutionary biologists, and health-care professionals, real-time and predictive modeling of infectious disease is of growing importance. This book provides a timely and comprehensive introduction to the modeling of infectious...

RESCALING URBAN POVERTY "In this path-breaking book, Mahito Hayashi explores the rescaled geographies of homelessness that have been produced in contemporary Japanese cities. Through an original synthesis of regulationist political economy and immersive...

The hiking map of Southern Pindus [3.2/4.2] Peristeri - Kakarditsa - Tzoumerka - Koziakas - Avgo - Tringia. It covers a huge mountainous area that extends between the pass of Katara (and the new Egnatia highway) and the northern edge of Agrafa massif...

Pickup an old stamp album and flick through it. You'll find a host of exotic and unfamiliar names: Cyrenaica, Fernando Poo, Fiume, North Ingria, Obock, Stellaland, Tuva, - distant lands, vanished territories, lost countries. Do they still exist? If not,...

The ideal school leader is often portrayed heroically, as someone who is able to drive forward an agenda of change and improvement whatever the challenges. Yet the experience of school leadership is more complex. School leaders often find gaps between...

The complete study and revision guide for the International Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW).For all ranks and serving crew in the mercantile marine, this study pack covers everything students need to revise when preparing for...

What is the shortest route between one point and another in a road network? Where is the incidence of disease the highest? How does rainfall correlate with altitude? How does the concentration of a pollutant vary in space, and where do high...

"If you're looking for a dose of wonder in your reading life, I recommend this beautiful book about the magic of fig trees."-Book Riot Over millions of years, fig trees have shaped our world, influenced our evolution, nourished our bodies and fed our...

Geological research does not flow steadily onwards by means of small incremental advances but can be better understood as a series of significant discoveries or changes in interpretation that transformed the way we understand the Earth. Each of these...