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by Bruce Buckley  Publisher Comments Using dramatic, never-before-published aerial and satellite photography, this book provides up-to-the-minute information about a fascinating spectrum of natural phenomena, including extreme weather, forecasting, and more. 1-55297-957-1$29.95 / Firefly... (read more)  List Price $29.95 Your price $8.00 (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 Robert Gottlieb Publisher Comments What if you turned on your faucet one day -- and nothing came out? Not an impossible scenario in such states as California, where years of severe drought have made the allocation and management of water paramount political matters. But is the... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Rutherford H Platt Publisher Comments "An excellent and timely treatise on preserving and restoring biodiversity in the urban landscape....An ecological classic for the '90s... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price $11.95 (Used - Trade Paper) 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 Aaron T Wolf Book News Annotation Based on the premise that peace can be achieved in the Jordan River watershed through increased cooperation in planning and project implementation. Describes the history of water conflict and cooperation in the watershed, and explores the possible... (read more) Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Dava Sobel and William J. H. Andrewes Publisher Comments A fully illustrated edition of the international best-seller Longitude. The Illustrated Longitude recounts in words and images the epic quest to solve the greatest scientific problem of the eighteenth and three prior centuries: determining how a... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price $12.00 (Used - Trade Paper) 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 $29.95 Your price $11.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by David Hackett Fischer Publisher Comments This book is the first volume in a cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price $18.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Caroline Alexander Publisher Comments In August 1914, days before the outbreak of the First World War, the renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first crossing... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $15.00 (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 $65.00 Your price $16.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Darcy Jenish Publisher Comments Epic Wanderer, the first full-length biography of mapmaker David Thompson (1770–1857), is set in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries against the broad canvas of dramatic rivalries between the United States and British North America... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $21.00 (Used - Hardcover) 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 $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John Mcphee
Publisher Comments "The Control of Nature" is John McPhee's bestselling account of places where people are locked in combat with nature. Taking us deep into these contested territories, McPhee details the strageties and tactics through which people attempt to control... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Deblij Publisher Comments In this entertaining work, de Blij demonstrates how geography's perspectives yield unique and penetrating insights into the interconnections that mark the shrinking world. Includes maps and charts.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $9.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Kenneth C. Davis Publisher Comments Who killed the dead sea?...Where was the garden of Eden?...What's so bad about the badlands? The author of the critically acclaimed national bestseller Don't Know Much About History now takes us on a fascinating, breathtaking and hilarious grand tour of... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Philip L Jackson Publisher Comments No other single volume provides more comprehensive and up-to-date information about the natural environment and human activities in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $13.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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