by Gavin Pretor-Pinney  Publisher Comments A quirky, clever guide for everyone who loves to look up. Where do clouds come from? Why do they look the way they do? And why have they captured the imagination of timeless artists, Romantic poets, and every kid who's ever held a crayon? Journalist and... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your Price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
by Marc Reisner 
Synopsis Newly updated, this timely history of the struggle to discover and control water in the American West is a tale of rivers diverted and damned, political corruption and intrigue, billion-dollar battles over water rights, and economic and ecological... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your Price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Vincent Virga Publisher Comments CARTOGRAPHIA offers a stunning array of 200 of the most beautiful, important, and fascinating maps in existence, from the world's largest cartographic collection, at the Library of Congress. These maps show how our idea of the world has shifted and grown... (read more) Your Price $60.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Bill Gifford Publisher Comments For decades after his death in 1789, John Ledyard was celebrated as the greatest explorer America had ever produced. A veteran of Captain Cook's final voyage, he walked across nearly all of Russia and suggested to his friend Thomas Jefferson that... (read more) Your Price $10.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Miles Harvey
Publisher Comments U.S.A. $24.95 Canada $35.95 "Every once in a blue moon you read a book that leaves you absolutely breathless, reminding you of the bright, hidden worlds within our world. This is that book, a glimmering, supersonic journey into terra incognita, where... (read more) Your Price $6.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Eric Sloane Publisher Comments Sloane instructs readers how to glean climate information by "reading" such natural phenomena as winds, skies, and animal sounds. A beautifully illustrated and practical treasure trove of enlightening lore for outdoorsmen, farmers, sailors, and anyone... (read more) Your Price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Kenneth Libbrecht
Publisher Comments Snowflakes may be an everyday, common subject, but youve never seen them like this! A collection of amazing photography of snow crystals using a unique system designed to take super-detailed micro images of these miniature ice masterpieces, "The... (read more) Your Price $13.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Marq De Villiers Publisher Comments The story of a small but deadly sand dune in the middle of the North Atlantic Sable Island—one hundred miles due east of Nova Scotia, in the midst of the worst weather in the North Atlantic—is a thirty mile-long sand dune, uninhabited except... (read more) Your Price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Emerson W Baker Publisher Comments This illustrated collection of essays examines early Native American contact with European explorers, fishermen, and traders in “Norumbega,” the sixteenth-century name of the Atlantic coast of New England near the Penobscot River in Maine... (read more) Your Price $22.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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Friday May 16, 2008
by Jared Diamond
Powells.com Staff Pick Diamond crafts a careful and thorough account of the environmental and cultural fragility of civilizations, from present-day Montana to the toppled statues of Easter Island. Collapse is both a fascinating study of humanity's ecological relationships and... (read more) Your Price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Daniel Mathews Publisher Comments An illustrated guide, in both book and CD-ROM, of landscapes seen from commercial airplane windows across the United States. This is a guide to what an airline passenger sees from his seat while flying over the United States. Through its ingenious... (read more) Your Price $19.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by David Quammen
Publisher Comments David Quammen's book, The Song of the Dodo, is a brilliant, stirring work, breathtaking in its scope, far-reaching in its message -- a crucial book in precarious times, which radically alters the way in which we understand the natural world and our place... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your Price $11.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Jared Diamond
Powells.com Staff Pick Diamond crafts a careful and thorough account of the environmental and cultural fragility of civilizations, from present-day Montana to the toppled statues of Easter Island. Collapse is both a fascinating study of humanity's ecological relationships and... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your Price $11.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Maude Barlow Publisher Comments A passionate call to action from one of the leading voices in the global struggle for universal access to the earth's most vital element—a sequel to the acclaimed Blue Gold. "Life requires access to clean water; to deny the right to water is to deny... (read more) Your Price $24.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Simon Winchester Publisher Comments In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in his excavations, one could follow layers of rocks as they dipped and rose and fell -- clear across England... (read more) Your Price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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