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by Nancy Sappington  Synopsis How do airline pilots avoid hitting flocks of birds? How do businesses know where to locate the most profitable branches? How do conservation groups monitor species, prioritize conservation efforts, and conduct environmental reviews? Find the answers to... (read more)  List Price $19.95 Your price $13.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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Publisher Comments From the AA - the experts on Britain's roads - comes a ground-breaking new range of street atlases - AA Street by Street. Probably the biggest launch in the history of cartography consisting of 119 separate titles, available in a total of 236 different... (read more) Your price $16.95 (Used - Spiral) check for new and sale copies
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by Charles Wohlforth Publisher Comments Scientists and natives wrestle with our changing climate in the land where it has hit first--and hardest A traditional Eskimo whale-hunting party races to shore near Barrow, Alaska--their comrades trapped on a floe drifting out to sea--as ice that should... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $10.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Richard Moore Publisher Comments On September 16, 1999, rainfall from Hurricane Floyd swelled North Carolina's rivers, flooding tens of thousands of homes, businesses, and communities across the eastern third of the state; taking 52 lives; and causing an estimated $6 billion in damages.... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price $9.60 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Bruce Buckley Publisher Comments An introductory guide to understanding weather and its effect on our lives. It is human nature to try to understand, predict and control the weather that affects crops, wildlife...even one's mood. The world's favorite topic of conversation is also the... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Marc Reisner Publisher Comments Overtapped Oasis analyzes the West's water allocation system from top to bottom and offers dozens of revolutionary proposals for increased efficiency and policy reform. Marc Reisner and Sarah Bates argue that the West's underlying problem is not a... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Gareth Shaw Publisher Comments This compact, updated edition of the popular textbook features a thorough treatment of computational methods. Covers a range of statistical techniques from simple descriptive to parametric and nonparametric methods in bivariate and multivariate settings.... (read more) List Price $108.50 Your price $30.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Rutherford H Platt Synopsis "An excellent and timely treatise on preserving and restoring biodiversity in the urban landscape....An ecological classic for the '90s". -- Choice... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Bruce Ferguson Publisher Comments Stormwater management is a growing concern for landscape architects and related professionals— most urban development projects now require some type of stormwater management to comply with local, state, or federal regulations. This book gives... (read more) Your price $99.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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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 $17.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jan DeBlieu Publisher Comments The winds of the world have sculpted the land and all aspects of nature, but they?ve also shaped humans: histories, cultures, and settlements. Ephemeral and powerful, the wind is impossible to capture in a single phrase or image. In Wind, Jan DeBlieu... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Constance Eliz Hunt Publisher Comments America's rivers are the heart of rich and vital riparian ecosystems: home to unique communities of plants and animals. Aesthetically pleasing as well as a crucial food source for wildlife, these habitats are slowly being destroyed by the nation's... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price $16.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Tim Palmer Publisher Comments In The Columbia, author and photographer Tim Palmer celebrates the beauty and natural resources of this grand region and shows why this watershed is so important to everyone who lives in or cares about the Northwest and the Northern Rockies. Focusing on... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Kerry Emanuel Publisher Comments Imagine standing at the center of a Roman coliseum that is 20 miles across, with walls that soar 10 miles into the sky, towering walls with cascades of ice crystals falling along its brilliantly white surface. That's what it's like to stand in the eye... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price $32.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael S., Ph.d. Hamilton Synopsis A fascinating journey into the science of studying the world around us. With a sense of wonder, Hamilton elucidates the complex forces that shape our environment, from the discovery of the atom to modern forecasting.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Gale Research Staff Publisher Comments The 5th edition of this useful tool includes more than 507 major cities and 2,900 smaller cities. Profiles are based on U.S. State Department Post Reports. Photos and maps help bring the text alive.... (read more) Your price $20.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Amy J Stevermer Publisher Comments The Weather Channel helps us stay informed about daily meteorological events, but for a macro view of the hot topics, key individuals, and notable occurrences in the field of meteorology turn to this interesting and informative review of the most recent... (read more) List Price $79.75 Your price $16.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by John Stillwell Publisher Comments Public and private sector organisations are increasingly looking towards spatial analysis and what it can do for their business or organisation. This book, structured in two complementary parts to convey this public-private focus, provides readers with a... (read more) List Price $125.00 Your price $79.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Ray Suarez
Publisher Comments "Life in the city, for the millions who lived it, was once something less than the sum of their lifestyle choices: they woke up, they ate, they shoveled coal, loved, hated, prayed, mated, reproduced, died. For most, the home was not a display object but... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $5.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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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
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