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Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future Ed Conway 9780753559178
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.65THE TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR**Shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award**Picked as a Book of the Year by FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST and NEW STATESMANA BBC RADIO 4 Book... -
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.68The ultimate eye-opening journey through time and space, A Short History of Nearly Everything is the biggest-selling popular science book of the 21st century and has sold over 2 million copies... -
i-SPY Fossils and Rocks: Spy it! Score it! (Collins Michelin i-SPY Guides) by i-SPY
RRP: $5.35Booksplease Price: $4.54Beat the boredom and take time out from screens with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for hours of fun! Kids will have fun collecting points outdoors... -
Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making by Chris Packham 9780008507206
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $25.11'Combines the natural history of programmes such as David Attenborough's Planet Earth with the planetary focus of Brian Cox's Universe' Guardian A beautiful, full... -
Rocks & Minerals: The Definitive Visual Guide by DK
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $20.17Explore Earth's natural treasures, from their primeval origins to traditional uses and modern-day appeal with this illustrated guide to rocks, minerals, crystals, gems and more!Featuring sparkling... -
A History of the World in Twelve Maps by Jerry Brotton
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.08Throughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it. But far from being purely scientific objects, maps of the world are unavoidably ideological and... -
Gemstones of the World: Newly Revised Fifth Edition by Walter Schumann 9781454909538
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $23.69Newly published in a fifth edition, this definitive guide takes the mystery out of appreciating, buying and selling gemstones. It covers everything from the romance and history of more than 1,800... -
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters by Andrew H. Knoll 9780062853929
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.84Harvard's acclaimed geologist "charts Earth's history in accessible style" (AP)"A sublime chronicle of our planet." -Booklist, STARRED reviewHow well do you know the ground beneath your feet? Odds... -
The Making Of The British Landscape: From the Ice Age to the Present Nicholas Crane 9780753826676
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.36How much do we really know about the place we call 'home'? In this sweeping, timely book, Nicholas Crane tells the story of Britain.Over the course of 12,000 years of continuous human occupation, the... -
The Map That Changed the World: A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption by Simon Winchester
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.37THE EXTRAORDINARY TALE OF THE FATHER OF MODERN GEOLOGYHidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first... -
Geophysics: A Very Short Introduction by William Lowrie 9780198792956
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.36Geophysics is the physics of the Earth. Central to the Earth Sciences today, it encompasses areas such as seismology, volcanism, plate tectonics, gravitational anomalies, and the Earth's magnetic... -
Lapidarium: The Secret Lives of Stones Hettie Judah 9781529394948
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $19.77'A delightful storybook . . . a portrait of our whole world created from the contents of the ground' Literary Review'A real cabinet of curiosities' Sunday TimesFrom the hematite used in cave... -
Geological Map of the British Islands by 9780751837896
Booksplease Price: $7.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780751837896Imprint British Geological SurveyPublisher British Geological Survey -
Everything: Rocks and Minerals by National Geographic Kids
RRP: $10.71Booksplease Price: $8.50Packed with facts and tantalising anecdotes from experts and bursting with colour photographs, learn all about rocks and minerals in this fresh take on the subject that kids with love. ... -
Geology: A Very Short Introduction by Jan Zalasiewicz
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.36Ranging across the 4.6 billion year history of the planet, geology is the subject that encompasses almost all that we see around us, in one way or another, and also much that we cannot see, beneath... -
Cairngorms: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy 9781780273709
RRP: $9.37Booksplease Price: $7.22The geology of the Cairngorms was created on a timeline that stretches back hundreds of millions of years. Much of the land is underlain by granite that formed deep within the Earth's crust and... -
Southern Scotland: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy
RRP: $10.71Booksplease Price: $8.07The south of Scotland has a long and turbulent geological past. Perhaps most notably, it marks the place where, 432 million years ago, an ocean, once as wide as the north Atlantic, was compressed by... -
Geological Map of the British Islands by 9780751812084
Booksplease Price: $7.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780751812084Imprint British Geological SurveyPublisher British Geological Survey -
The Pebble Spotter's Guide - National Trust Edition by Clive Mitchell
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.22The perfect stocking filler for beach lovers. A beautiful little guide to one of life's simple pleasures - pebble spotting. Where science meets mindfulness. Learn to appreciate their... -
Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond by Robin George Andrews
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $18.61Volcanoes 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... -
Geology: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself by David Rothery 9781473601550
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $13.39What processes and physical materials have shaped the planet we live on? Why do earthquakes happen? And what can geology teach us about contemporary issues such as climate change?From volcanoes and... -
The Planet in a Pebble: A journey into Earth's deep history by Jan Zalasiewicz
RRP: $16.74Booksplease Price: $13.11This is the story of a single pebble. It is just a normal pebble, as you might pick up on holiday - on a beach in Wales, say. Its history, though, carries us into abyssal depths of time, and across... -
London Clay: Journeys in the Deep City by Tom Chivers
RRP: $16.07Booksplease Price: $11.81'A lyrical meditation on landscapes and cities, vivid reportage and a memoir. And also a beautifully realised and moving read.' Financial Times'A beguiling mix of history, geology, folklore and... -
Catching Stardust: Comets, Asteroids and the Birth of the Solar System Natalie Starkey 9781472944009
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.63'Astonishing' - New Scientist Icy, rocky, sometimes dusty, always mysterious - comets and asteroids are among the Solar System's very oldest inhabitants, formed within a swirling cloud of gas and... -
The Spectroscope and Gemmology by R. Keith Mitchell 9780943763521
RRP: $48.23Booksplease Price: $41.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780943763521Author Basil AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint -
Bedrock Geology UK North 9780751835021
RRP: $13.40Booksplease Price: $12.73Illustrates the bedrock geology of northern England and Wales on one sheet. A perfect map for those wanting to explore the overall geology of the United Kingdom. A South sheet is also available The... -
Notes from Deep Time: A Journey Through Our Past and Future Worlds by Helen Gordon
RRP: $16.07Booksplease Price: $11.58'Astounding ... To call this a "history" does not do justice to Helen Gordon's ambition' Simon Ings, Daily Telegraph 'Awe-inspiring ... She has imbued geological tales with a beauty and... -
The Earth: A Very Short Introduction by Martin Redfern
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.72For generations, the ground beneath the feet of our ancestors seemed solid and unchanging. Around 30 years ago, two things happened that were to revolutionize the understanding of our home planet... -
Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations by David R. Montgomery 9780520272903
RRP: $28.14Booksplease Price: $21.44Dirt, soil, call it what you want - it's everywhere we go. It is the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our farms, and our cities. This fascinating yet disquieting book finds, however, that... -
Central Scotland: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy
RRP: $10.71Booksplease Price: $8.07The written history and archaeological records of Central Scotland takes us back to Pictish times some 5,000 years ago. The geology of the area stretches back a further 400 million years. The... -
Geology For Dummies Alecia M. Spooner 9781119652878
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $18.88Get a rock-solid grasp on geology Geology For Dummies is ideal reading for anyonewith an interest in the fundamental concepts of geology, whether they're lifelong learners with a fascination for the... -
Landscapes and Geomorphology: A Very Short Introduction by Andrew S. Goudie
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.72What were the landscapes of the past like? What will landscapes look like in the future? Landscapes are all around us, but most of us know very little about how they have developed, what goes on... -
The Wood for the Trees: The Long View of Nature from a Small Wood by Richard A. Fortey 9780008104696
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.84From one of our greatest science writers, this biography of a beech-and-bluebell wood through diverse moods and changing seasons combines stunning natural history with the ancient... -
Set in Stone: The Geology and Landscapes of Scotland Alan McKirdy 9781780271514
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.80The land that was to become Scotland has travelled across the globe over the last 3,000 million years - from close to the South Pole to its current position. During these travels, there were many... -
Isotopes: A Very Short Introduction by Rob Ellam 9780198723622
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.77An isotope is a variant form of a chemical element, containing a different number of neutrons in its nucleus. Most elements exist as several isotopes. Many are stable while others are radioactive,... -
H2O: A Biography of Water by Philip Ball
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.41The brilliantly told and gripping story of the most familiar - yet, amazingly, still poorly understood - substance in the universe: Water.The extent to which water remains a scientific mystery is... -
Cumbria Rocks: 60 extraordinary rocky places that tell the story of the Cumbrian landscape by Ian Jackson
RRP: $18.76Booksplease Price: $17.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916237681Author Ian JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint -
Durham Rocks - 50 Extraordinary Rocky Places That Tell The Story of the Durham Landscape by Ian Jackson 9781916237698
RRP: $16.08Booksplease Price: $13.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916237698Author Ian JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint -
The Geology Of Devon by E. M. Durrance 9780859892476
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $31.54Devon shows perhaps one of the most varied displays of geology in the British Isles. Intended for anyone with an interest in geology, The Geology of Devon covers the geological development of the... -
When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time by Michael J. Benton
RRP: $30.15Booksplease Price: $21.88The greatest mass extinction in Earth's history happened some 251 million years ago. In this cataclysm at least 90% of life was killed, both on land and in the sea, almost bringing evolution to a...