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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning

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Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning

Hardback. Sweeping research on the frozen continent of Antarctica is yielding insights of global importance. Num Pages: 232 pages, 158 colour images + 5 black-&-white illustrations, with 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1MTS; RBGD; RNPG; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 212 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1206.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300187007
ISBN
9780300187007
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.77

Hardback. These essays collected here, by both eminent and emerging scholars, engage interlocutors from Machiavelli to Arendt. Individually, they contribute compelling readings of important political thinkers and add fresh insights to debates in areas such as envir Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 18. Weight in Grams: 423.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823251414
ISBN
9780823251414
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.68

Paperback. These essays collected here, by both eminent and emerging scholars, engage interlocutors from Machiavelli to Arendt. Individually, they contribute compelling readings of important political thinkers and add fresh insights to debates in areas such as envir Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823251421
ISBN
9780823251421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.75

Paperback. With chapters on the roles these forests play in carbon and nutrient cycling, sustaining biodiversity, providing timber and non-timber products, and integrated agriculture, this book offers an overview of successional and restoration pathways. It also underscores the need to conserve, and further study, regenerating tropical forests. Num Pages: 472 pages, 31 colour plates, 26 halftones, 31 line drawings, 22 tables. BIC Classification: RNF; TVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 782.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
472
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226118079
ISBN
9780226118079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.28

Hardcover. Editor(s): White, Mathew R. Num Pages: 135 pages. BIC Classification: RBKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
135
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628086065
ISBN
9781628086065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.84
€ 111.99

Hardback. Located where the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea converge, the Florida Keys are distinctive for their rich and varied marine fauna. The Keys are home to nearly sixty taxonomic families of bivalves such as clams and mussels - roughly half the world's bivalve family diversity. This volume provides a treatment of these bivalves. Num Pages: 496 pages, 1,359 color illus. 74 line illus. BIC Classification: RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1799.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691116068
ISBN
9780691116068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.40

Paperback. Historians have only recently begun to chart the experiences of maritime regions in rich detail and penetrate the historical processes at work there. Seascapes makes a major contribution to these efforts by bringing together original scholarship on historical issues arising from maritime regions around the world. Editor(s): Bentley, Jerry H.; Bridenthal, Renate; Wigen, Karen. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTM; RBKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Hawai'i Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824867669
ISBN
9780824867669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Hardback. Though centered on a single Jamaican sugar estate, and dealing largely with the period of formal slavery, this book is firmly placed in far wider contexts of place and time. The "Invisible Man" of the title is found, in the end, to be not just the formal slave but the ordinary black worker throughout the history of the plantation system. Num Pages: 466 pages, 39 halftones, 44 figures and charts, 14 maps, 71 tables. BIC Classification: RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 210 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1543.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
466
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674796294
ISBN
9780674796294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.41

Paperback. The signs of economic change loom large in the mountain West of the USA as shuttered mines and lumber mills are overshadowed by luxurious homes. This text explains these changes, assesses their effects on the natural environment, and gauges the reactions of local communities. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; JFSF; RGCM; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742518766
ISBN
9780742518766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.09

Hardback. The signs of economic change loom large in the mountain West of the USA as shuttered mines and lumber mills are overshadowed by luxurious homes. This text explains these changes, assesses their effects on the natural environment, and gauges the reactions of local communities. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; JFSF; RGCM; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742518759
ISBN
9780742518759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.93

Paperback. The 'Cradle of Humankind' (COH), bordering Gauteng and the North-West Province in South Africa, was declared a World Heritage Site for the wealth of the human and animal fossils found there. This work aims to provide an overview of the history of the COH, and of the important discoveries that have been made there, for a non-specialist audience. Editor(s): Bonner, Phillip; Esterhuysen, Amanda; Jenkins, Trefor. Num Pages: 420 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 838.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Wits University Press South Africa
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868144181
ISBN
9781868144181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

Hardback. Seamounts are ubiquitous undersea mountains rising from the ocean seafloor that do not reach the surface. There are likely many hundreds of thousands of seamounts, they are usually formed from volcanoes in the deep sea and are defined by oceanographers as independent features that rise to at least 0. Editor(s): Pitcher, Tony J.; Morato, Telmo; Hart, Paul J. B.; Santos, Ricardo S.; Clark, Malcolm R.; Haggan, Nigel. Series: Fish and Aquatic Resources. Num Pages: 552 pages, 235 illustrations. BIC Classification: KNAF; RBKC; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405133432
ISBN
9781405133432
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.69

Hardcover. Editor(s): Nikiforov, Sergey. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: RBKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 183 x 261 x 17. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616685096
ISBN
9781616685096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 272.80
€ 183.27

Hardcover. Series: Geophysical Monograph Series. Num Pages: 414 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
American Geophysical Union
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875904177
ISBN
9780875904177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.68

Paperback. Series: The Lawrence Stone Lectures. Num Pages: 472 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJ; HBJK; HBTB; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 33. Weight in Grams: 744.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173603
ISBN
9780691173603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.73

Hardback. Series: The Lawrence Stone Lectures. Num Pages: 472 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBTB; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 245 x 36. Weight in Grams: 832.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691157566
ISBN
9780691157566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.64

paperback. A study of sea monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps. Num Pages: 128 pages, 115 colour. BIC Classification: HBTP; JFHF; RGV; WTRM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 239 x 13. Weight in Grams: 660.
Publisher
British Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712357715
ISBN
9780712357715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.55

Hardback. Offers an in-depth examination of the rise and fall of sea levels in the past and the science behind the current data, both measured and projected. The authors also discuss ongoing and potential consequences for natural marine and coastal systems and how we can begin to plan strategically for the inevitable changes. Num Pages: 176 pages, 79 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; RBKC; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813062891
ISBN
9780813062891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.37

Hardcover. Over the past 20 years the study of the frozen Arctic and Southern Oceans and sub-arctic seas has progressed at a remarkable pace. Editor(s): Thomas, David N. Num Pages: 664 pages. BIC Classification: RBG; RBKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 197 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1576.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118778388
ISBN
9781118778388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 255.90

Paperback. A renowned marine naturalist, author, and artist explores--through both word and image--the discoveries, predatory habits, appearance, locomotion, environment, diet, and extinction of the ferocious swimming reptiles that ruled the oceans of the Mesozoic era. Num Pages: 326 pages, 51 line drawings. BIC Classification: RBX; WNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700613946
ISBN
9780700613946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.89

Hardcover. The hills of Scotland are a significant part of the landscape and the names of these hills reflect the social and cultural history of Scotland over the past 500 years and those who have been there. This book explains the origin and the meaning of the names of Scotland's hills, as well as how to pronounce them. Num Pages: 240 pages, 38 pen & ink drawings,8 pages of colour illustrations including old maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; GBGP; RGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 176 x 19. Weight in Grams: 784. Their Origin and Meaning. 240 pages, 38 pen & ink drawings,8 pages of colour illustrations including old maps. The hills of Scotland are a significant part of the landscape and the names of these hills reflect the social and cultural history of Scotland over the past 500 years and those who have been there. This book explains the origin and the meaning of the names of Scotland's hills, as well as how to pronounce them. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKS; GBGP; RGB. Dimension: 244 x 176 x 19. Weight: 806.
Publisher
Scottish Mountaineering Trust
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907521952
ISBN
9780907521952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.68

Scotland's Pariah is the first book to examine the remarkable life of John Pinkerton: antiquarian, poet, forger, cartographer, historian, serial adulterer, bigamist, and religious skeptic. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; RGV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 232 x 25. Weight in Grams: 662.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442649286
ISBN
9781442649286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.93

Paperback. Describing the origins of wildlife in Scotland, this book captures in words, drawings, paintings and photographs the dramatic sceneries - erupting volcanoes, colliding continents - and ever-changing landscape of Scotland. Num Pages: 88 pages, 120 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBLA; RBGF; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 209 x 6. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
NMSE - Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
88
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901663266
ISBN
9781901663266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.14

Paperback. Series: Special Publications. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; RB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119067788
ISBN
9781119067788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 98.44
€ 76.99

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