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by David Alt  Synopsis "[It] provides a handy and understandable account, either to read at home, or to carry along on trips."-Oregon Historical Quarterly... (read more)  List Price $16.00 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Simon Winchester Publisher Comments In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in his excavations, one could follow layers of rocks as they dipped and rose and fell -- clear across England... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $6.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David Alt 
Publisher Comments The tale of the Northwest's geology began more than two billion years ago when an ancient continent split, creating oceanfront property in what is now western Idaho. Pacific islands mashed into that coastline, making large parts of Washington and Oregon.... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price $16.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Richard L Hill Publisher Comments Towering, majestic, beautiful—the Cascade Range is the centerpiece of the Northwest's renowned beauty. These rugged, snowcapped summits provide an inspiring backdrop to the landscape from Washington to northern California. Yet underneath this... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Simon Winchester Publisher Comments Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. The... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Cathy Connor Synopsis "You'll never again consider geology 'boring' once you consult this book." -Anchorage Times... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Miles F Potter Synopsis Gold! A single handful of shiny nuggets changed Oregon from a quiet settlement in the Willamette Valley to a brawling frontier that stretched from the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean. Thousands of adventuresome souls faced staggering hardships as they... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Richard W Hazlett Synopsis 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 $20.00 Your price $13.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Cally Oldershaw Publisher Comments A comprehensive, up-to-date and beautifully illustrated reference. This new book is a practical, comprehensive guide to the identification and use of precious and semi-precious gems, novelty stones, agates and crystals. Presenting the latest information... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $23.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by John Mcphee Publisher Comments Rising from the Plains is John McPhee’s 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 parallel—a series gathering under the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $5.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Audubon Publisher Comments Perfect for mountain climbers and hikers, this valuable reference covers more rocks and minerals in North America than any other available guide. 794 full-color photographs depict all the important rocks, gems, and minerals -- in many variations of color... (read more) Your price $13.95 (Used - Flexible) check for new and sale copies
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by Phillip Manning Publisher Comments Many of us have seen dinosaur bones and skeletons, maybe even dinosaur eggs...but what did those fearsome animals really look like in the flesh? Soft-tissue fossils give tantalizing clues about the appearance and physiology of the ancient animals. In... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price $19.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Paul Roberts Publisher Comments You live in this world. You use oil. You must read this book. The situation is alarming and irrefutable: within thirty years, even by conservative estimates, we will have burned our way through most of the oil that is readily available to us. Already... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Matthew Hart Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-258) and index.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $4.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Simon Winchester Publisher Comments Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. The... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $5.75 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Stephen L Harris Book News Annotation A nicely presented discussion of causes, effects, and likely places of future occurrences. Includes a subject-arranged bibliography. For general audiences. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $1.74 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John Savino Synopsis Approximately 75,000 years ago, an event occurred that almost wiped out human life. According to a stunning new theory, this singular event may also have completely altered the genetic evolution of humankind. It was an event that released 3,000 times the... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price $11.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Peter Ward
Powells.com Staff Pick "Written for a broad audience, Gorgon has more in common with John McPhee's geology books like Rising from the Plains than it does with scholarly bone catalogs. This is a book about people, frustration, curiosity, friendship, family, and change, all set... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Ellen Morris Bishop Synopsis Fun, easy-to-use guides to hiking and understanding the dramatic geologic formations of these regions.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John Mcphee Publisher Comments At various times in a span of fifteen years, John McPhee made geological field surveys in the company of Eldridge Moores, a tectonicist at the University of California at Davis. The result of these trips is Assembling California, a cross-section in human... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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