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The Snowflake: Winter's Secret Beauty
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...
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Used: $25.00 Hardcover List Price $30.00
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The Art of the Snowflake: A Photographic Album
by Kenneth Libbrecht Publisher Comments "I found that snowflakes were miracles of beauty; and it seemed a shame that this beauty should not be seen and appreciated by others. Every crystal was a masterpiece of design, and no one design was ever repeated. When a snowflake melted, that...
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The Ice Finders: How a Poet, a Professor, and a Politician Discovered the Ice Age
by Edmund Blair Bolles Synopsis Louis Agassiz (1807-1873) was a Swiss professor who conceived of the Ice Age and then spent decades trying to persuade other scientists he had not gone mad. Charles Lyell (1797-1875) was the century's most influential geologist and a master politician...
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Frozen Earth: The Once and Future Story of Ice Ages
by Doug Macdougall Publisher Comments In this engrossing and accessible book, Doug Macdougall explores the causes and effects of ice ages that have gripped our planet throughout its history, from the earliest known glaciation (nearly three billion years ago) to the present. Following the...
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Ken Libbrecht's Field Guide to Snowflakes
by Ken Libbrecht Publisher Comments The next time the forecast calls for snow, you can be prepared with this fun, informative pocket-sized guide to the amazing world of snowflakes. This guide will not only explain the science behind these one-of-a-kind natural masterpieces, but...
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Ice: The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance
by Mariana Gosnell Publisher Comments Like the adventurer who circled an iceberg to see it on all sides, Mariana Gosnell, former Newsweek reporter and author of Zero Three Bravo, a book about flying a small plane around the United States, explores ice in all its complexity, grandeur, and...
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Little Book of Snowflakes
by Kenneth Libbrecht
Publisher Comments "Snowflakes, like people, are all different and beautiful, but they can be a nuisance when they lose their identity in a mob." The Little Book of Snowflakes presents these evanescent formations in their breathtaking individuality, pinpointing their...
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Used: $21.00 Hardcover List Price $30.00
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Ice: The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance
by Mariana Gosnell Publisher Comments Like the adventurer who circled an iceberg to see it on all sides, Mariana Gosnell, former Newsweek reporter and author of Zero Three Bravo, a book about flying a small plane around the United States, explores ice in all its complexity, grandeur, and...
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Glacial Landsystems
by David J A Evans Publisher Comments This book is a comprehensive overview of the ever- captivating field of glaciation from the perspective of glacial landsystems. This approach models the many processes, forms and interactions that can be found in glaciated landscapes throughout the world....
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Frozen Oceans: The Floating World of Pack Ice
by David N Thomas Publisher Comments Discover and explore worlds containing unexpected life. As some scientists search for life on the frozen planet of Mars, others are discovering life in unexpected places here on Earth. Frozen Oceans follows the expeditions of polar scientists in the...
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Thin Ice: Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in the World's Highest Mountains
by Mark Bowen Publisher Comments “One of the best books yet published on climate change . . . The best compact history of the science of global warming I have read.”—Bill McKibben, The New York Review of Books The world’s premier climatologist, Lonnie Thompson...
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Darkening Peaks: Glacier Retreat, Science, and Society
by Ben Orlove Publisher Comments Looking up at mountains, people now see bare, dark rock where white snow and ice once stood--dramatic evidence of the accelerating pace of glacier retreat due to climate change. This groundbreaking work is the first to provide an integrated...
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Used: $8.95 Trade Paper List Price $21.95
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Glaciers of North America: A Field Guide
by Sue A Ferguson Publisher Comments This complete guide to North America's glaciers details what they are, where they are, how to reach them, and how to explore them safely....
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Ice Age Earth: Late Quaternary Geology and Climate (Routledge Physical Environment Series)
by Alastair G Dawson Synopsis "Ice Age Earth" is the first detailed review of global climate change in the Late Quaternary, combining a summary of research and a synthetic description. Alastair Dawson focuses on changes in the Earth's geology and climate between the last interglacial...
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Exploring Other Worlds (04 Edition)
by David Chapin Synopsis Exploring Other Worlds tells the intertwined stories of the Arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane and the spiritualist medium Margaret Fox and examines their unlikely relationship. Kane, from a prominent Philadelphia family, became one of the most renowned...
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Snow
by Ruth Kirk Synopsis Snow has had an astonishing influence on the shape of the land and human history. Ruth Kirk writes perceptively of how animals and people survive in the snow; of glaciers, continental ice sheets, blizzards, and avalanches; and of the awesome hazards of...
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| Used: $9.95 Hardcover List Price $24.00
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The Ice Finder: How a Poet, a Professor, and a Politician Discovered the Ice Age
by Edmund Blair Bolles Synopsis The surprising story of three ambitious men and how their clash of egos, ignorance, and imaginations led to the discovery of the Ice Age. Maps & illustrations....
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Man & the Glacial Period 2ND Edition
by D Frederick Wright
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Exploring Glaciers With a Camera
by A E Harrison
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The Ice Age in Northern America and its Bearings Upon the Antiquity of Man
by G Frederick Wright
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