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The Rhine: Following Europe's Greatest River from Amsterdam to the Alps by Ben Coates
RRP: €13.08€8.81*SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD*The Rhine is one of the world's greatest rivers. Once forming the outer frontier of the Roman Empire, it flows 800 miles from the social democratic playground of the Netherlands, through... -
Water: A Very Short Introduction by John Finney
RRP: €10.70€7.68Water dominates the surface of Earth and is vital to life on our planet. It is a remarkable liquid which shows anomalous behaviour. In this Very Short Introduction John Finney introduces the science of water, and explores how the structure of water... -
Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid & Vapor by Gerald Pollack 9780962689543
RRP: €42.83€28.45Professor Pollack takes us on a fantastic voyage through water, showing us a hidden universe teeming with physical activity that provides answers so simple that any curious person can understand. In conversational prose, Pollack lays a simple foundation... -
The Three Ages of Water: Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future by Peter Gleick
RRP: €35.70€22.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541702271Author Peter GleickFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint PublicAffairsPublisher PublicAffairsWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 165mm * 48mm -
Liquid: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives by Mark A. Miodownik
RRP: €13.08€9.25BY THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING, PRIZE-WINNING STUFF MATTERS Sometimes explosive, often delightful, occasionally poisonous, but always fascinating: the secret lives of liquids, from one of our best-known scientists________________A series of glasses of... -
H2O: A Biography of Water by Philip Ball
RRP: €13.08€8.81The 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 extraordinary, despite its prevalence and central... -
The Way of the Water Priestess: Entering the World of Water Magic by Annwyn Avalon
RRP: €15.46€15.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578637249Author Annwyn AvalonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser -
Wild Waters: A wildlife and water lover's companion to the aquatic world by Susanne Masters
RRP: €23.80€16.85About seventy-one per cent of the Earth's surface is water, and even on dry land we remain closely connected to aquatic life. It provides us with oxygen, food, medicine and materials. Wild waterlife infiltrates our lives in many surprising ways. Every... -
Rivers of Power: How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World by Laurence C. Smith
RRP: €15.46€10.82'As fascinating as it is beautifully written' JARED DIAMOND, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs and SteelRivers, more than any road, technology or political event, have shaped the course of civilization. Rivers have opened frontiers, defined... -
Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge by Erica Gies 9781800247376
RRP: €13.08€8.47A journey through time and around the world to uncover water's true nature, and how it can help us adapt to climate change. Trouble with water - increasingly frequent, extreme floods and droughts - is one of the first obvious signs of climate change... -
Sensitive Chaos: The Creation of Flowing Forms in Water and Air by Theodor Schwenk
RRP: €26.78€22.34Why does water always take a winding course in streams and rivers? Do common principles and rhythms underlie its movement - whether it be in the sea, in a plant, or even in the blood of a human being? In this seminal and thought-provoking work, the laws... -
Bubbles: A Ladybird Expert Book by Helen Czerski
RRP: €10.70€7.68Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Bubbles is a clear, surprising and entertaining introduction to the science of bubbles. Bubbles are beautiful, ephemeral, fun, fragile, jolly and slightly unpredictable. We're all familiar with them, but we don't... -
Tides: A Very Short Introduction by David George Bowers
RRP: €10.70€7.68The tide is the greatest synchronised movement of matter on our planet. Every drop of seawater takes part in tidal motion, driven by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun. At the coast, we see the tide as a twice-daily rise and fall of sea level... -
Principles of Glacier Mechanics by Roger LeB. Hooke 9781108446075
RRP: €83.29€71.54The 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... -
Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid & Vapor by Gerald Pollack 9780962689536
RRP: €60.68€40.19Professor Pollack takes us on a fantastic voyage through water, showing us a hidden universe teeming with physical activity that provides answers so simple that any curious person can understand. In conversational prose, Pollack lays a simple foundation... -
British River Structure and Function: Implications for Restoration by Andy Large
RRP: €77.29€67.26Temperate rivers are influenced by many factors including geology, climate, soils, sediment type, flow, as well as human activity. The complex interactions of the non-anthropogenic controlling factors have led to a wonderful diversity of river type... -
Fundamentals of Hydrology by Tim Davie
RRP: €52.35€46.22The 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... -
The Water Book by Alok Jha
RRP: €13.08€8.81Water is the most every day of substances. It pours from our taps and falls from the sky. We drink it, wash with it, and couldn't live without it. Yet, on closer examination it is also a very strange substance (it is one of only a very small number of... -
Water and Peace: A journey through the world's most explosive conflict zones in search of deep water by Dr Alain Gachet 9781529426885
RRP: €29.75€19.49In countries where scarce surface water causes disease and conflict, an abundance of water can bring peace.With the growing impact of climate change, an estimated one third of the world's population lacks fresh water. By 2050 it could well be over... -
Fluvial Processes in Geomorphology: Seco by Luna B. Leopold
RRP: €35.09€22.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486845524Author Luna B. LeopoldFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Water in Plain Sight: Hope for a Thirsty World by Judith Schwartz
RRP: €17.84€11.66Water scarcity is on everyone's mind. Long taken for granted, water availability has become dependent on economics, politics, and people's food and lifestyle choices. But as anxiety mounts-and even as a swath of California farmland has been left fallow,... -
Where The Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River by David Owen
RRP: €16.65€11.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735216099Author David OwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Energizing Water: Flowform Technology and the Power of Nature by Jochen Schwuchow
RRP: €29.75€24.16The poor quality of water, as well as its restricted supply and availability, is one of the biggest challenges of our time, with presently two-fifth's of the world's population unable to find adequate fresh water for essential usage. Over 40 years'... -
Ocean Recovery: A sustainable future for global fisheries? by Ray Hilborn 9780198839767
RRP: €47.59€41.21Over the last two decades, the scientific and popular media have been bombarded by gloom and doom stories of the future of fisheries, the status of fish stocks, and the impact of fishing on marine ecosystems. Dozens of certification and labeling schemes... -
Hydrogeology: Principles and Practice by Kevin M. Hiscock
RRP: €93.95€81.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781119569534Author Kevin M. HiscockFormat PaperbackPage Count 600Imprint Wiley-BlackwellPublisher John Wiley and Sons LtdWeight(grams) 178g -
Hydrology: An Introduction by Wilfried Brutsaert
RRP: €59.49€53.97Wilfried Brutsaert (2022 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate) has revised and updated his classic textbook to take into account recent developments, while retaining the rigor and structure of the previous edition to introduce the fundamental principles of... -
Water Wells and Boreholes by Bruce Misstear 9781118951705
RRP: €90.38€80.65Water Wells and Boreholes focuses on wells that are used for drinking, industry, agriculture or other supply purposes. Other types of wells and boreholes are also covered, including boreholes for monitoring groundwater level and groundwater quality. This... -
Engineering Hydrology by E.M. Wilson
€103.47An established and popular text written for students of civil engineering and practising engineers. Plenty of practical examples are provided, as well as problems for the reader to attempt.Book InformationISBN 9780333517178Author E.M. WilsonFormat... -
On Sea Ice by Willy Weeks 9781602230798
RRP: €92.82€72.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602230798Author Willy WeeksFormat HardbackPage Count 664Imprint University of Alaska PressPublisher University of Alaska Press -
Water Harvesting for Groundwater Management: Issues, Perspectives, Scope, and Challenges by Partha Sarathi Datta 9781119471905
€127.40Outlines the concept and principles of water harvesting for groundwater management for an international audience, and looks at the positives and negatives surrounding water harvesting technologies This book is the first to fully outline the concept and... -
Ecohydraulics: An Integrated Approach by Ian Maddock 9780470976005
€124.39Ecohydraulics: An Integrated Approachprovides a research level text which highlights recent developments of this emerging and expanding field. With a focus on interdisciplinary research the text examines:- * the evolution and scope of ecohydraulics *... -
Development of Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources in the Appalachian Basin: Workshop Summary by Committee on Earth Resources 9780309298810
RRP: €35.70€31.75Development of Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources in the Appalachian Basin is the summary of a workshop convened by the National Research Council to examine the geology and unconventional hydrocarbon resources of the Appalachian Basin; technical... -
National Water Resources Challenges Facing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by National Research Council 9780309211321
RRP: €27.36€23.93The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is responsible for construction, operations, and maintenance of much of the nation's water resources infrastructure. This infrastructure includes flood control levees, multi-purpose dams, locks, navigation... -
Toward a Sustainable and Secure Water Future: A Leadership Role for the U.S. Geological Survey by Committee on Water Resources Activities 9780309139151
RRP: €44.03€38.87Water is our most fundamental natural resource, a resource that is limited. Challenges to our nation's water resources continue to grow, driven by population growth, ecological needs, climate change, and other pressures. The nation needs more and... -
Prospects for Managed Underground Storage of Recoverable Water by National Research Council 9780309114387
RRP: €63.07€55.60Growing demands for water in many parts of the nation are fueling the search for new approaches to sustainable water management, including how best to store water. Society has historically relied on dams and reservoirs, but problems such as high... -
Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities by Committee on the Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act 9780309114097
RRP: €53.55€46.99The Mississippi River is, in many ways, the nation's best known and most important river system. Mississippi River water quality is of paramount importance for sustaining the many uses of the river including drinking water, recreational and commercial... -
Confronting the Nation's Water Problems: The Role of Research by National Research Council 9780309092586
RRP: €65.45€57.16In order to confront the increasingly severe water problems faced by all parts of the country, the United States needs to make a new commitment to research on water resources. A new mechanism is needed to coordinate water research currently fragmented... -
Does Water Flow Influence Everglades Landscape Patterns? by National Research Council 9780309089630
RRP: €46.41€40.90The report evaluates a White Paper written by restoration planners in South Florida on the role of water flow in restoration plans. The report concludes that there is strong evidence that the velocity, rate, and spatial distribution of water flow play... -
Riparian Areas: Functions and Strategies for Management by National Research Council 9780309082952
RRP: €67.83€59.67The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires that wetlands be protected from degradation because of their important ecological functions including maintenance of high water quality and provision of fish and wildlife habitat. However, this protection generally does... -
Sedimentation Control to Reduce Maintenance Dredging of Navigational Facilities in Estuaries: Report and Symposium Proceedings by National Research Council 9780309077958
RRP: €72.59€63.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780309077958Author National Research CouncilFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint National Academies PressPublisher National Academies Press