Geography, Earth Sciences

Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Winchester returns with a thought-provoking history of the wind, written in his edifying and entertaining style. What is going on with our atmosphere? The headlines...

This reference source for students, teachers and everybody with a professional or amateur interest in astronomy contains over 3500 entries and describes the range of astronomical bodies, both well-known and...

Author: Richard BaumBinding: HardbackPublished: David & Charles, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling non-fiction work presents a fascinating dual perspective on our celestial neighbors, meticulously detailing both...

The book titled The Voyage of the Endeavour by the author W. MacDonald. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Author: John W. MacveyBinding: HardbackPublished: Abelard-Schuman - London, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markings'Whispers From Space' chronicles humanity's enduring quest to understand the cosmos...

Author: Brian O'LearyBinding: HardbackPublished: Stackpole Books, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some stains on book block. This compelling non-fiction work chronicles the ambitious vision...

Author: Henry S. F. Cooper, Jr.Binding: HardbackPublished: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980Condition:Book: Fair, ex-libraryJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsThis compelling non-fiction work chronicles humanity's enduring fascination with...

Author: Patrick MooreBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis astronomical work chronicles the fascinating history of humanity's enduring fascination with the cosmos. Watchers Of The...

The book titled London Under London: A Subterranean Guide by the author Richard Trench. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Building transportation routes through the Rockies is dangerous. It always has been. It is also expensive, labour-intensive, and highly political. But railway and highway construction through the western cordillera succeeded...

Earth From Space: A Visual Tour is a collection of 180 gorgeous, colorful, and detailed images of our Earth taken from space: our great cities, mountains, oceans, reefs, mountains, farms,...

Hubble Images from Space: a Virtual Tour is a book of images from the Hubble telescope curated and edited by Beth Alesse who works in Los Angeles, California. The images...

In the almost 15 years since the release of the fifth edition of The Universe and Beyond, our understanding of the universe has advanced exponentially. Previous editions guided readers through...

Space Shuttle: A Photographic Journey is a captivating visual celebration of NASA's pioneering spacecraft. Commemorating 30 years of space shuttle exploration, this beautifully crafted photography book, now in a revised...

Features more than 80 powerful photographs of this majestic animal. Moose features the biology and natural history of the northwood's largest land mammal. Illustrated with the exquisite photographs of famed...

An illustrated look back at ancient Rome discusses the remnants of a once-flourishing civilization--including the Colosseum, the Pantheon, and Diocletian's baths--and its twenty centuries of pillage. Original.

In the almost 15 years since the release of the fifth edition of The Universe and Beyond, our understanding of the universe has advanced exponentially. Previous editions guided readers through...

The seat of the Cavendish family since 1549, Chatsworth is more than a great country house: it is one of Europe's finest designed landscapes. This book tells the story of...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. An inventive biography of one of the most famous ships of all time - an alluring combination of history, adventure and science. 'HISTORY BOOK OF THE...

Planets, moons, comets, constellations, shooting stars, galaxy clusters -- there are so many incredible objects in our Universe, but most of us know so little about them, and even fewer...

The book titled Pirates: Terror on the High Seas, from the Caribbean to the South by the author David Cordingly. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...

In 1979, the author of this work read "Arabian Sands" by W. Thesiger, which had an impact on his life and made him become a desert explorer. In tribute to...

Author: Kip S. ThorneBinding: HardbackPublished: PICADOR, 1994Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis seminal work by a Nobel laureate physicist presents a captivating journey into the most extreme phenomena...

Rocks to Riches is the story of Australia's national geological survey, which started life as the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, and is now known as the Australian...

English was shaped by a damp green land in the far north and became the language of a wide brown land, Australia. How does that affect people's response to the...

The book titled Balmain, Glebe & Annandale Walks by the author Joan Lawrence. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Family Bush Walks in and Around Melbourne by the author Andrew J. McKenna. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The first such dictionary since that of Platner and Ashby in 1929, 'A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome' defines and describes the known buildings and monuments, as well as...

The Nile, stretching for a distance of 4,163 miles, is the longest river in the world. The ancient Greeks were obsessed by the provenance of so much water, feeding a...

Shortlisted, Historical + Critical Studies Award Western Australian Premier's Book Awards 1995

A remarkable story in the grand tradition of nineteenth-century romantic seafaring adventures, A Woman of Courage records the extraordinary journey of 22-year-old Rose de Freycinet, through her spellbinding letters to...

Accompanying a major new BBC1 series presented by Alan Titchmarsh, British Isles- A Natural History is a fascinating journey through the natural history of Britain from its birth to the...

The definitive book on the James Webb Space Telescope, including its most stunning images to date, written by space expert Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock. Despite the huge advances in space technology...

Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardiere was one of the great traveller-naturalists of the 18th century. He is most famous for his account of his voyage to the South Seas with Bruny...

The Zambezi is the fourth-longest river in Africa, and one of the continent's principal arteries of movement, migration, conquest and commerce. In this book, historian Malyn Newitt quotes rarely used...

Time to roar! Explore the dinosaurs Down Under, which ranged from ferocious carnivores to herbivorous behemoths. Meet Australia's most famous dinosaur species, and learn about the science behind palaeontology -...

Author: Timothy FerrisBinding: PaperbackPublished: Little, Brown and Company., 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA monumental...

'A riveting account about Scott of Antarctica and the machinations of his demise. Of the food depots that were diminished and the rescue that never came.' - Peter Hillary, mountaineer...

In 1984 Dr Muller caused international controversy with his theory that a killer star, christened "Nemesis", is orbiting the sun and causing cataclysmic comet storms to batter the earth every...

This book explores the solar system and beyond and the science and technology astronomers use to discover its secrets. It covers subjects such as telescopes and technology, the origins of...

In 1802 a Frenchman and an Englishman famously encountered each other off the shores of South Australia. The voyages of discovery of Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders opened the way...

This is one of the most significant works of reference ever published. Here is our planet as you've never seen it before: 366 digitally modified maps known as cartograms depict...

The essential guide that shows you how to get the most from your observations. For thousands of years observers have gazed up at the night sky and wondered at the...

Eight years ago, while still at university, Robert Swan became possessed by the idea of a journey on foot to the South Pole. No such attempt had been made since...

'My name is Mike and I am a map addict. There, it's said...' Mike Parker, presenter of Radio 4's On the Map, celebrates the richness of all things maps in...

Going to Extremes is a four-part series in which writer, presenter and Oxford geography don Nick Middleton visits the world's hottest, coldest, wettest and driest inhabited places. He will visit...