Earth Sciences
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I’m a Black Hole
$18.99 Add to cartJourney to the event horizon in this playful, mind-bending introduction to one of our universe’s most mysterious marvels–narrated by a black hole itself.
Lurking at the center of our galaxy and in t- Series: Meet the Universe
- Author: Vavagiakis, Eve M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1536222089
- Language: English
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The Amazon: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)
$16.95 Add to cartThe Amazon is a land of superlatives. The complex ecosystem covers an area about the size of the continental U.S. The Amazon River discharges 57 million gallons of water per second–in two hours, this… [more below]
- Series: What Everyone Needs to Know
- Author: Plotkin, Mark J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: March 30 2020
- ISBN10: 0190668288
- Language: English
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Next Time You See a Seashell
$19.99 Add to cartThis book tells the amazing story behind seashells: how they are made by mollusks, used for protection and camouflage, and full of clues about all they’ve been through. Inspired by Next Time You See a… [more below]
- Series: Next Time You See
- Author: Morgan, Emily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 01 2012
- ISBN10: 1936959151
- Language: English
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Responding to the Climate Threat: Essays on Humanity’s Greatest Challenge
$44.99 Add to cartThis book demonstrates how robust and evolving science can be relevant to public discourse about climate policy. Fighting climate change is the ultimate societal challenge, and the difficulty is not j
- Author: Yohe, Gary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 3030963713
- Language: English
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Firmament: The Hidden Science of Weather, Climate Change and the Air That Surrounds Us
$19.99 Read moreCompelling . . . Clark’s enthusiasm shines through on every page’ Sunday Times
A thin, invisible layer of air surrounds the Earth, sustaining
‘An engaging and lively history’ Financial Times
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- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1529362318
- Language: English
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Wind: Nature and Culture
$29.00 Read moreA natural and cultural history of wind from ancient deity to Twister.
By turns creative and destructive, wind spreads seeds, fills sails, and disperses the energy of the sun. Worshipped since antiqui- Series: Earth
- Author: Pryke, Louise M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147204
- Language: English
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Ripple Effects: How We’re Loving Our Lakes to Death
$26.95 Add to cartLakes are among the Upper Midwest’s greatest treasures and most valuable natural resources. The Great Lakes define the region, and thousands of smaller lakes offer peace, joy, and recreation to millio… [more below]
- Author: Rulseh, Ted J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0299339602
- Language: English
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After Lewis and Clark: Mountain Men and the Paths to the Pacific
$21.95 Add to cartIn 1807, a year after Lewis and Clark returned from the shores of the Pacific, groups of trappers and hunters began to drift West to tap the rich stocks of beaver and to trade with the Native nations…. [more below]
- Author: Utley, Robert M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 426
- Publish Date: November 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0803295642
- Language: English
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The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes
$19.95 Add to cartThis classic work was used by NASA in studying sand dunes on Mars and is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students. The first book to deal exclusively with the behavior of blown sand and rel… [more below]
- Series: Dover Earth Science
- Author: Bagnold, Ralph A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 265
- Publish Date: January 26 2005
- ISBN10: 0486439313
- Language: English
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Clouds in a Glass of Beer: Simple Experiments in Atmospheric Physics
$14.95 Add to cartMemorable and thoroughly understandable science lessons, liberally sprinkled with humor, will fascinate beginning physics students as well as other readers in such chapters as “On a Clear Day You Can’… [more below]
- Author: Bohren, Craig F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 10 2001
- ISBN10: 0486417387
- Language: English
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The Secret Life of Dust: From the Cosmos to the Kitchen Counter, the Big Consequences of Little Things
$16.95 Add to cartHannah Holmes A mesmerizing expedition around our dusty world
Some see dust as dull and useless stuff. But in the hands of author Hannah Holmes, it becomes a dazzling and mysterious force; Dust, we dis… [more below]- Author: Holmes, Hannah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: March 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0471426350
- Language: English
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The Last Winter: The Scientists, Adventurers, Journeymen, and Mavericks Trying to Save the World
$18.99 Read moreOne man’s “curiously thrilling joyride” of travelogue, history, and climatology, across a planet on the brink of cataclysmic transformation (Donovan Hohn).
As the planet warms, winter is shrinking. In- Author: Fox, Porter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 15, 2022
- ISBN10: 0316460907
- Language: English
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The Starship and the Canoe
$18.95 Add to cart“The Starship and the Canoe is neither a wilderness survival manual nor a book of blueprints. It is another of those rare books impossible to define: the kind that seeks you in time. And you will know… [more below]
- Author: Brower, Kenneth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 15 2020
- ISBN10: 1680512781
- Language: English
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The Handy Geography Answer Book
$54.95 Add to cartThe world, its people, its countries, its history, the maps, and more
Geography is more than just maps and finding your destination. It is about the land, the people on that land, the delicate balan
- Series: Handy Answer Books
- Author: Tucci, Paul A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: August 09 2016
- ISBN10: 1578595762
- Language: English
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Geology Book (Wonders of Creation Series) [With Pull-Out Poster]
$18.99 Add to cartRocks firmly anchored to the ground and rocks floating through space fascinate us. Jewelry, houses, and roads are just some of the ways we use what has been made from geologic processes to advance civ… [more below]
- Series: Wonders of Creation
- Author: Morris, John Dr
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: December 22 2000
- ISBN10: 0890512817
- Language: English
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Weather: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartFrom deciding the best day for a picnic, to the devastating effects of hurricanes and typhoons, the weather impacts our lives on a daily basis. Although new techniques allow us to forecast the weather… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Dunlop, Storm
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0199571317
- Language: English
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The Measure of All Things
$26.99 Add to cartIn June 1792, amidst the chaos of the French Revolution, two intrepid astronomers set out in opposite directions on an extraordinary journey. Starting in Paris, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre would mak… [more below]
- Author: Alder, Ken
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0743216768
- Language: English
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Earth: The Definitive Visual Guide, New Edition
$50.00 Add to cartExplore and understand the natural and human wonders of our planet.
Now, in its third edition, this landmark encyclopedia celebrates our planet and explains the science underpinning the forces and pro- Series: DK Definitive Visual Encyclopedias
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 0744069831
- Language: English
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The Story of the Plate Tectonics Revolution: A Geology Coloring Book
$11.99 Add to cartIn 1915, a German meteorologist named Alfred Wegener came up with an idea. What if, he proposed, the continents moved around over the face of Earth? When Wegener published his thoughts, he was subject
- Author: Terry, Kelly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 62
- Publish Date: August 10 2022
- ISBN10: 0578946882
- Language: English
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The Deep Hot Biosphere: The Myth of Fossil Fuels
$54.99 Add to cartForeword by Freeman Dyson; (1) Our Garden of Eden; (2) Life at the Borders; (3) The Deep-Earth Gas Theory; (4) Evidence for Deep-Earth Gas; (5) Resolviong the Petroleum Paradox; (6) The Siljan Experim… [more below]
- Author: Gold, Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 262
- Publish Date: November 06 1998
- ISBN10: 0387985468
- Language: English
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