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The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring
by Richard Preston  Publisher Comments Hidden away in foggy, uncharted rain forest valleys in Northern California are the largest and tallest organisms the world has ever sustained — the coast redwood trees, Sequoia sempervirens. Ninety-six percent of the ancient redwood forests have...
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The World without Us
by Alan Weisman 
Powells.com Staff Pick "Let us try a creative experiment," Alan Weisman proposes on page three: If humans disappeared from earth, what would happen? To your home, for example. To our cities, farms, and oceans. To the animals that remain. Or to the billion tons of plastic we'd...
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Water, Ice, and Stone: Science and Memory on the Antarctic Lakes
by Bill Green Publisher Comments "Nature writing of a very high order . . . a joyride for those who enjoy deep explorations of logic, human frailty and the laws of nature."-San Francisco Chronicle "[Bill Green's] prose rings with the elemental clarity of the ice he knows so well."-PEN...
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Earth: The Biography
by Iain Stewart and John Lynch Publisher Comments After four and a half billion years, our planet is approaching old age: the perfect time to look back on an extraordinary life. In Earth: The Biography, renowned science writers Iain Steward and John Lynch use groundbreaking imagery and the latest...
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Solid Earth an Introduction To Global Geoph 2ND Edition
by C M R Fowler Publisher Comments Geophysics is a broad subject that encompasses not only the physics of the Earth, but also the physics of the atmosphere and oceans. The heart of geophysics, however, is the theory of the solid Earth. The Solid Earth is a general introduction to the...
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Oxygen: The Molecule That Made the World
by Nick Lane Publisher Comments Three hundred million years ago, dragonflies grew as big as seagulls, with wingspans nearly a yard across. Researchers claim they could have flown only if the air had contained more oxygen than today-probably as much as 35 per cent. But oxygen is a toxic...
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Grand Canyon: Solving Earth's Grandest Puzzle
by James Lawren Powell Publisher Comments Vast and majestic, the Grand Canyon represents one of scienceas most challenging puzzles: How did this massive canyon come to be? This is the story of the search for the answers, and the first account of the consensus geologists have reached in the last...
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Our Changing Planet: The View from Space
by Michael D King Publisher Comments For over 40 years, satellites have been orbiting the Earth quietly monitoring the state of our planet. Unseen by most of us, they are providing information on the many changes taking place, from movements in the land and volcanic eruptions, to human...
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The Life and Death of Planet Earth: How the New Science of Astrobiology Charts the Ultimate Fate of Our World
by Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee Publisher Comments In a landmark work of science two distinguished scientists offer a vivid narrative describing the second half of the life of our planet Planet Earth is middle-aged. Science has worked hard to piece together the story of the evolution of our world up to...
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Geodynamics
by Donald Lawson Turcotte Publisher Comments New, completely up-to-date edition of the classic textbook for students in geology and geophysics....
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Manual of Mineral Science -with CD (23RD 08 Edition)
by Cornelis Klein Synopsis The classic in the field since 1848, this extraordinary reference offers readers unsurpassed coverage of mineralogy and crystallography. The book is known for integrating complete coverage of concepts and principles with a more systematic and descriptive...
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Geology
by Stanley Chernicoff Synopsis This book teaches what everyone needs to know about geology and how science and scientists work. Readers will discover a new appreciation for their surroundings, learning how to prepare for any number of geologic and environmental threats and how our...
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Groundwater in Geologic Processes
by Steven E. Ingebritsen Publisher Comments Explores the role of subsurface fluids in geologic processes - ideal for graduate-level hydrogeologists and geologists....
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Earth Science (Cliffs Quick Review)
by Scott Ryan Publisher Comments Your effective tutorial for mastering Earth Science Why CliffsQuickReview Guides? Go with the name you know and trust Get the information you need—fast Written by teachers and educational specialists About the contents: The Earth's Structure...
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Life's Devices : the Physical World of Animals and Plants (88 Edition)
by Steven Vogel Publisher Comments This entertaining and informative book describes how living things bump up against non-biological reality. "My immodest aim," says the author, "is to change how you view your immediate surroundings." He asks us to wonder about the design of plants and...
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The Facts on File Dictionary of Earth Science, Revised Edition (Facts on File Science Dictionary)
by Book News Annotation Aimed at high school students, this dictionary provides clear explanations of difficult concepts essential to the study of earth science, such as absorption, hydrology, radiocarbon dating, and wind drift current. The revised and expanded edition adds...
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The Earth Care Manual
by Patrick Whitefield Publisher Comments The long-awaited exploration of permaculture specifically for cooler Northern Hemisphere climates is finally here! Already regarded as the definitive book on the subject, The Earth Care Manual is accessible to the curious novice as much as it is...
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Developments in Environmental Science #5: Concepts and Applications in Environmental Geochemistry
by Dibyendu (edt) Sarkar Publisher Comments This volume is for environmental researchers and government policy makers who are required to monitor environmental quality for their environmental investigators and remediation plans. It uses concepts and applications to aid in the exchange of...
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The Basics of Earth Science (Basics of the Hard Sciences)
by Robert E. Krebs Publisher Comments Earth science forces, including earthquakes, fossils, the Earth's spheres, the Big Bang Theory, El Nino, and the atmosphere, are presented at a level appropriate for beginners. Concepts are clarified through the use of examples, tables, and figures...
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The Crust: Treatise on Geochemistry
by R. L. (edt) Rudnick Publisher Comments Volume 3 examines the chemical composition of the Earth's crust, starting with the continental crust and the rocks exposed therein, moving on to oceanic crust (MORB and oceanic plateaus) and finishing with island arc crust. In addition to providing a...
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