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Coal: A Human History by Barbara Freese Staff Pick Coal generates over half of the electricity we consume yet we know little about this charred material save a few mining songs and horror stories about canaries and black lungs. In this sumptuous book we follow the black rock through time and discover its... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Snowball Earth: The Story of a Maverick Scientist and His Theory of the Global Catastrophe That Spawned Life as We Know It by Gabrielle Walker Publisher Comments Did the Earth once undergo a super ice age, one that froze the entire planet from the poles to the equator? In Snowball Earth, gifted writer Gabrielle Walker has crafted an intriguing global adventure story, following maverick scientist Paul Hoffman?s... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Rocks & Minerals a Field Guide & Introduction To the Geo by Golden Synopsis From common rocks such as granite and limestone to exotic crystals and minerals, this easy-to-use guide tells beginning "rock-hounds" all they need to know.... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Simon and Schuster's Guide To Fossils by Palolo Arduini Publisher Comments Practical, concise, and easy to use, SimonandSchuster's Guide to FossilsSimonandSchuster's Guide to Fossils contains everything the fossil enthusiast needs to know. A thorough introduction discusses science, evolution, and history and describes the... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester Staff Pick Krakatoa is the eloquent narrative of the cataclysmic destruction in 1883 of the volcanic island of the same name. Killing nearly 40,000 people (mostly from the resultant tsunamis), this violent eruption was "the most violent explosion ever recorded and... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight by Pat Shipman Publisher Comments In 1861, just a few years after the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, a scientist named Hermann von Meyer made an amazing discovery. Hidden in the Bavarian region of Germany was a fossil skeleton so exquisitely preserved that its... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Roadside Geology of Colorado by Halka Chronic Publisher Comments Professional geologists write and edit the "Roadside Geology" books for people who are not geologists but would like to learn something about the rocks and landforms around them. Each book begins with an introductory chapter that briefly reviews the... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Magnitude 8: Earthquakes and Life Along the San Andreas Fault by Philip L Fradkin Publisher Comments The archetypal natural disaster defined on the verge of the millennium. To understand the cataclysmic earthquake that will tear California apart one day, Philip L. Fradkin has written a dramatic history of earthquakes and an eloquent guide to the San... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Krakatoa by Simon Winchester Publisher Comments On 27th August 1883 the most terrifying volcanic eruption occurred on the island of Krakatoa, five miles off the western tip of Java. The island was destroyed and almost 40,000 people were killed. The impact was truly global: ships sailing in the Red Sea... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Rocks and Minerals (Collins Wild Guides) by Adrian Jones Publisher Comments Easy-to-use introductory illustrated guidesto discovering the natural world Rocks and Minerals covers 220 commonly found types of rock, mineral, and gemstone throughout the world. This pocket-size guide is the ideal companion for beginner geologists and... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Mass Market
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The Pebble First Guide to Dinosaurs (Pebble First Guides) by Sally Lee Synopsis Full-color photographs - Field guide format - Bulleted information - Table of contents, glossary, bibliography, index/word list - Labeled photographs - Extended glossary definitions - Note to Parents and Teachers - www.FactHound.com Internet... (read more) Your price: $6.95 New - Trade Paper
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Essentials of Geology, 2e, Part 1 by Stephen Marshak, Publisher Comments Based on the best-selling Earth: Portrait of a Planet, Essentials of Geology offers the same engaging writing, spectacular artwork, and helpful pedagogy as the parent text in a more concise format. This accessible introduction integrates traditional... (read more) Your price: $5.25 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Mountains: Geology, Natural History & Ecosystems (Worldlife Library) by Martin F Price Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 71) and index.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $2.98 Used - Trade Paper
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Farewell Fossil Fuels: Reviewing America's Energy Policy by Sidney Borowitz Publisher Comments Sidney Borowitz presents a concise, coherent narrative of the major sources of energy currently in use throughout the world, and explains in a cogent, jargon-free manner how these other sources of energy - nuclear, solar photovoltaics, biomass, wind... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Dinosaurs (Collins Gem) by Adam Yates Publisher Comments A colorful, authoritative pocket guide to the lost world of dinosaurs Profiles of nearly seventy dinosaurs, from the Diplodocus to the Parasaurolophus Descriptions of their most significant features and habits Explanations of what the dinosaur names... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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Rising from the Plains by John Mcphee Publisher Comments Rising from the Plains is John McPhees third book on geology and geologists. Following Basin and Range and In Suspect Terrain, it continues to present a cross section of North America along the fortieth parallela series gathering under the overall title... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Evidence by Dave Martill Publisher Comments The Evidence goes beyond the fascinating material in Walking with Dinosaurs, the best-selling book that accompanied the phenomenally successful TV series. The Evidence covers the methods of the research processes that formed the backbone of the series... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Geology (Pocket Naturalist) by James Kavanagh Publisher Comments Accessible and authoritative, this reference explains geological processes; the differences between rocks, minerals and gemstones; the most common types of North American rocks and minerals; and the best rockhounding locations. It also reviews the... (read more) Your price: $5.95 New - Other
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Glacier: The Story Behind the Scenery by Kathlee Ahlenslager Publisher Comments The very best in brilliant full-color photography in a large format book, with accurate, readable, interpretive text on the natural scene and the human history of national parks and monuments throughout the country... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Pamphlet
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T. Rex and the Crater of Doom by Walter Alvarez Publisher Comments How was "Tyrannosaurus rex" toppled from the apex of creation? In a gripping work that is both a scientific detective story and a convincing account of "one terrible day in the history of the Earth", Alvarez makes his case for the mysterious... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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