Earth Sciences
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Origins: How Earth’s History Shaped Human History
$30.00 Read moreA New York Times-bestselling author explains how the physical world shaped the history of our species
When we talk about human history, we often focus on great leaders, population forces, and decisive … [more below]- Author: Dartnell, Lewis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1541617908
- Language: English
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Minerals of Georgia: Their Properties and Occurrences
$38.95 Add to cartMinerals of Georgia presents an illustrated, alphabetized record of every mineral (or mineral group) identified in the state. Under each entry is a county-by-county listing of every occurrence known,
- Series: Wormsloe Foundation Nature Book
- Author: Santamaria, Jose
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: February 01 2016
- ISBN10: 082034558X
- Language: English
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T. Rex and the Crater of Doom
$19.95 Add to cartSixty-five million years ago, a comet or asteroid larger than Mount Everest slammed into the Earth, inducing an explosion equivalent to the detonation of a hundred million hydrogen bombs. Vaporized de
- Series: Princeton Science Library #39
- Author: Alvarez, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 15 2015
- ISBN10: 0691169667
- Language: English
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Doppler Radar and Weather Observations: Second Edition
$29.95 Add to cartGeared toward upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, this book reviews the principles of Doppler radar and emphasizes the quantitative measurement of meteorological parameters. It illustrat… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Engineering
- Author: Doviak, Richard J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: May 26 2006
- ISBN10: 0486450600
- Language: English
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The Blue Wonder: Why the Sea Glows, Fish Sing, and Other Astonishing Insights from the Ocean
$26.95 Read moreAn intimate account of the beauty, mystery, and amazing science of the ocean.
In The Blue Wonder, marine biologist and diver Frauke Bagusche brings readers on a fascinating and beautiful deep-sea dive- Author: Bagusche, Frauke
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 08 2021
- ISBN10: 1771646047
- Language: English
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The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the acclaimed author of Tubes, a lively and surprising tour of the infrastructure behind the weather forecast, the people who built it, and what it reveals about our climate and our planet
The wea
- Author: Blum, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 09 2020
- ISBN10: 006236863X
- Language: English
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The Whole Story of Climate: What Science Reveals about the Nature of Endless Change
$18.00 Add to cartThis book, written by a geologist, describes the important contributions that geology has made to our understanding of climate change since the 1830s. What emerges is a much more complex and nuanced p… [more below]
- Author: Peters, E. Kirsten
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1633886026
- Language: English
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New Mexico Rocks and Minerals: The Collecting Guide
$14.95 Add to cartIt has been said that mineral and rock collecting is one of the most popular hobbies throughout the world and one that can be very rewarding and pleasurable for both the serious collector and for the … [more below]
- Series: Rock Collecting
- Author: Kimbler, Frank S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: July 15 2007
- ISBN10: 0913270970
- Language: English
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In Suspect Terrain
$19.00 Read moreFrom the outwash plains of Brooklyn to Indiana’s drifted diamonds and gold In Suspect Terrain is a narrative of the earth, told in four sections of equal length, each in a different way reflecting the
- Series: Annals of the Former World #2
- Author: McPhee, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 01 1984
- ISBN10: 374517940
- Language: English
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Field Guide to the Weather: Learn to Identify Clouds and Storms, Forecast the Weather, and Stay Safe
$14.95 Add to cartThis handy reference introduces the basics of meteorology and helps readers to understand and prepare for the weather ahead.
- Author: Henning, Ryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 25 2019
- ISBN10: 1591938244
- Language: English
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Daily Geography Practice Grade 4: EMC 3713
$29.99 Add to cartIn Daily Geography Practice, Grade 4, 36 map lessons introduce basic geography skills and over 100 geography terms. What a perfect hands-on approach to geography instruction!
The geography skills pres
- Series: Daily Geography Practice
- Author: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 01 2004
- ISBN10: 1557999732
- Language: English
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Firmament: The Hidden Science of Weather, Climate Change and the Air That Surrounds Us
$28.99 Read more‘Compelling . . . Clark’s enthusiasm shines through on every page’ Sunday Times
‘An engaging and lively history’Financial Times
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A thin, invisible layer of air surrounds the Earth, sustaining- Author: Clark, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 13 2022
- ISBN10: 152936227X
- Language: English
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When the Sahara Was Green: How Our Greatest Desert Came to Be
$46.58 Add to cartThe little-known history of how the Sahara was transformed from a green and fertile land into the largest hot desert in the world
The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, equal in size to Ch- Author: Williams, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 05 2021
- ISBN10: 0691201625
- Language: English
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Life Lessons from Explorers: Learn How to Weather Life’s Storms from History’s Greatest Explorers
$14.95 Read moreGreat explorers are known for their hard-earned skills and meticulously honed character traits which have made their astonishing endeavours possible. Valuable lessons are waiting to be learned from th
- Author: Aston, Felicity
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 1787396118
- Language: English
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Biogeography: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartBiogeography is the study of geographic variation in all characteristics of life – ranging from genetic, morphological and behavioural variation among regional populations of a species, to geographic … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Lomolino, Mark V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198850069
- Language: English
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Six Inches of Partly Cloudy: Cleveland’s Legendary TV Meteorologist Takes on Everything–And More
$15.95 Read moreLegendary Cleveland TV personality and pioneering meteorologist Dick Goddard celebrates a remarkable 50 years on television with this grab-bag of personal stories, witty cartoons, fun facts, and essay
- Author: Goddard, Dick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 143
- Publish Date: May 06 2011
- ISBN10: 1598510665
- Language: English
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Roadside Geology of Indiana
$24.00 Read moreHundreds of millions of years ago, warm, coral-rich seas deposited mud on the ocean floor, and in time it became limestone–the cornerstone of Indiana geology. From the fossil-studded rocks and twisti… [more below]
- Series: Roadside Geology
- Author: Camp, Mark J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 326
- Publish Date: June 15 1999
- ISBN10: 0878423966
- Language: English
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Water: A Natural History
$16.50 Add to cartAn environmental engineer turned ecology writer relates the history of our waterways and her own growing understanding of what needs to be done to save this essential natural resource.
Water: A Natura- Author: Outwater, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 27 1997
- ISBN10: 0465037801
- Language: English
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Don’t Know Much About(r) Geography: Revised and Updated Edition
$18.99 Add to cartDon’t Know Much About Geography by New York Times bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis is a fascinating and fun exploration of our planet.
Geography is the hub from which other disciplines radiate: mete
- Series: Don’t Know Much about
- Author: Davis, Kenneth C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 21 2013
- ISBN10: 0062043560
- Language: English
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If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens … Where Is Everybody?: Seventy-Five Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life
$29.99 Add to cartGiven the fact that there are perhaps 400 billion stars in our Galaxy alone, and perhaps 400 billion galaxies in the Universe, it stands to reason that somewhere out there, in the 14-billion-year-old
- Series: Science and Fiction
- Author: Webb, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 434
- Publish Date: May 29 2015
- ISBN10: 3319132350
- Language: English
