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Science Fiction: Voyage to the Edge of Imagination
Author: Glyn MorganFormat: Hardback, 210mm x 245mm, 1420g, 288 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2022A compelling, fully illustrated account of the worldwide phenomenon of science fiction as depicted...
The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
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Guide to Mars
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Author: Moore, Patrickbinding: HardbackPublished: Lutterworth Press, 1977Condition: book: Good, jacket: Wear and tear, page: Good, markings: No markingsWritten by one of the best known British 'celebrity' astronomers of the 20th...
Fortress London: Why we need to save the country from its capital
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The Iconography of Landscape: Essays on the Symbolic Representation, Design and Use of Past Environments
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Water and Peace: A journey through the world's most explosive conflict zones in search of deep water
Author: Dr Alain Gachet Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 In countries where scarce surface water causes disease and conflict, an abundance of water can bring peace. With the growing...
Deep Sea: 10 Things You Should Know
Author: Jon Copley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Uncover what lies at the deepest depths of our oceans... In ten brief and informative essays, marine biologist and TV science...
Trees: 10 Things You Should Know
Author: Carolyn Fry Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 Discover the wonders at the centre of our planet's ecosystem. In ten short and accessible essays, science and nature writer Carolyn...
Where the Wild Winds Are: Walking Europe's Winds from the Pennines to Provence
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Earth is Big: A Book of Comparisons
Author: Steve Tomecek Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 48 Earth is big! (compared to a frog) Earth is small! (when it's hiding in a galaxy) And that's not all. Earth...
The Empire of Climate: A History of an Idea
Author: David N. LivingstoneFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 235mm, 552 pagesPublished: Princeton University Press, United States, 2024How the specter of climate has been used to explain history since antiquity.Scientists, journalists, and...
The Little Book of Trees
Author: Herman Shugart (W. W. Corcoran Professor of Natural History (Emeritus) and Research Professor) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 A charming, richly illustrated, pocket-size exploration of the world's trees....
The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity
Author: Claudia de Rham Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 232 A world-renowned physicist seeks gravity's true nature and finds wisdom in embracing its force in her life. Claudia de Rham...
The Lives of Lichens: A Natural History
Author: Robert Lucking (Curator) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 A richly illustrated guide to lichens and their biology. Existing at the margins of life, lichens are the result of...
Antarctica: The Melting Continent
Author: Karen Romano Young Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 64 Explore a frozen continent full of incredible animals, places, people and stories. Antarctica - vast, cold and mysterious. This frozen...
Earth is Big: A Book of Comparisons
Author: Steve Tomecek Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 48 Earth is big! (compared to a frog) Earth is small! (when it's hiding in a galaxy) And that's not all. Earth...
Fortunes in Minerals: Simple Tests and How to Make Them
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Passion and Principle: John and Jessie Fremont, the Couple Whose Power, Politics, and Love Shaped Nineteenth-Century America
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Don't Know Much about the Universe: Everything You Need to Know about the Cosmos But Never Learned
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Carl Sagan: A Life in Science
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The Greatest Adventure: A History of Human Space Exploration
Author: Colin Burgess Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 356 The space race was perhaps the greatest technological contest of the 20th century. It was a thrilling era of innovation, discovery...
Mercury
Author: William Sheehan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 The last of the five naked-eye planets discovered in ancient times, Mercury has long been an elusive, enigmatic world. As seen...
Kings of Their Own Ocean: Tuna and the Future of our Oceans
Author: Karen Pinchin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 This is a tale of human obsession, one intrepid tuna, the dedicated fisherman who caught and set her free, the promises...
The Moon
Author: Bill Leatherbarrow Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 184 Our nearest celestial neighbour, the Moon, has always been the most conspicuous feature in our night sky. It has compelled observers...
The Blue Commons: Rescuing the Economy of the Sea
Author: Guy Standing Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 592 An expose of the plunder of the world's oceans, and the devastating environmental and economic impact that is having across the...
Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making
Author: Chris Packham Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'Combines the natural history of programmes such as David Attenborough's Planet Earth with the planetary focus of Brian Cox's Universe' Guardian...
Education, Participatory Action Research, and Social Change: International Perspectives
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Little Forest Folk: How to raise happy, healthy children who love the great outdoors
Author: Leanna Barrett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 This is a book with a mission. A mission to help parents get their little ones into loving and caring for...
The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths
Author: Brad Fox Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 11 June, 1930. On a ship floating near the Atlantic island of Nonsuch, a curious steel ball is lowered 3000ft into...
Frogs of the World: A Guide to Every Family
Author: Mark O'Shea Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 A richly illustrated guide to the world's frogs that includes species from every family. With more than 7,600 known species, frogs...
Plankton: A Worldwide Guide
Author: Tom Jackson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Plankton are the unsung heroes of planet Earth. Passive drifters through the world's seas, oceans, and freshwater environments, most are invisible...
The World Atlas of Rivers, Estuaries, and Deltas
Author: Jim Best (Jack C. Threet and Richard L. Threet Professor) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 A stunningly illustrated atlas of the world's rivers, estuaries, and deltas, and their...
The Lives of Seaweeds: A Natural History of Our Planet's Seaweeds and Other Algae
Author: Julie A. Phillips Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 The Lives of Seaweeds presents an inside look at the remarkable world of seaweeds and other algae. Coming in all...
The Lives of Octopuses and Their Relatives: A Natural History of Cephalopods
Author: Danna Staaf Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 An engaging and beautifully illustrated introduction to some of the world's most interesting and charismatic marine creatures. Dive deep into the...
The Complete Insect: Anatomy, Physiology, Evolution, and Ecology
Author: David A. Grimaldi Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 With an astounding 3.5 million species occupying virtually every habitat on Earth, insects are one of the most diverse groups...
Elemental: How Five Elements Changed Earth's Past and Will Shape Our Future
Author: Stephen Porder Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 It is rare for life to change Earth, yet three organisms have profoundly transformed our planet over the long course of...
What Is a Bird?: An Exploration of Anatomy, Physiology, Behavior, and Ecology
Author: Tony D. Williams Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 There are some 10,000 bird species in existence today, occupying every continent and virtually every habitat on Earth. The variety...
The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World
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The Deepest Map: The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World's Oceans
Author: Laura Trethewey Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 A SCIENCE NEWS MAGAZINE BEST BOOK OF 2023 A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF 2023 "Should be required reading....
The Young Traveller in Space
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The Crab Nebula
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Barrow'S Boys
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Collins World Atlas: Reference Edition
Author: Collins Maps Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 A beautiful gift for the adventurers in your family. A new, fully updated edition of this popular atlas in the Collins...
The Deepest Map: The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World's Oceans
Author: Laura Trethewey Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 "Should be required reading. . . . A gripping and all-too-timely account of what in more ways than one is turning...
Captain James Cook RN, FRS: Seaman and Scientist
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Wild Air: In Search of Birdsong
Shortlisted for the 2023 Highland Book Prize'Joyful and mindful, a powerful argument for being still and listening' Sunday TimesA book about birds, birdsong and the countryside they inhabit, from the...
Exploring the World: Two centuries of remarkable adventurers and their journeys
Author: Alexander Maitland Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 Explorers and travellers have always been attracted by the lure of the unknown. By traversing and mapping our planet, they have...