Geography, Earth Sciences

In the 19th century astronomers, geologists and evolutionists first suggested that the Earth and Sun were (at least) millions of years old. By the early 20th century, many assumed that...

This authoritative volume chronicles humanity's long quest to understand its own origins. Peter J. Bowler brilliantly synthesizes discoveries in geography, geology, and evolutionary biology that have brought us to our...

Best New Books on Space 2024 - Forbes 'Rarely is a non-fiction book about science this engaging' - Forbes Why darkness is so important - to plants, to animals, and...

Author: Robin KerrodBinding: HardbackPublished: Multimedia Productions, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: large chips and tears along folds of dust jacketThis comprehensive volume...

The fascinating narrative of the remarkable life of Junipero Serra, the intrepid priest who led Spain and the Catholic Church into California in the 1700s and became a key figure...

A uniquely personal meditation on Britain's gulls by one of today's leading wildlife writers From a distance, gulls are beautiful symbols of freedom over the oceanic wilderness. Up close, however,...

Take a trip around Earth, with a front-row seat on the International Space Station and an astronaut as your guide. The Earth in Our Hands is a work of amazing...

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...

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: 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...

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 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...

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 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...

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...

Blending memoir, travelogue, and history, The Seine is a love letter to Paris and the river that determined its destiny. Master storyteller and longtime New York Times foreign correspondent Elaine...

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...

Eastern astrolabes from the Adler's collection are described in detail with numerous illustrations.

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...

The ultimate guide to the night sky. This popular guide by astronomer and author Dr Nick Lomb provides stargazers with the perfect companion to the southern night sky. Opening with...

'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...

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...

Welcome to the Galapagos Islands, a pristine archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, where locals and visiting scientists work among giant tortoises, salt-snorting iguanas, diving penguins and erupting volcanoes. They are...

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...

Author: Willy LeyBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsFor Your Information: On Earth And In The Sky by Willy Ley presents a...

Author: S. M. Burton And Gilbert F. CunninghamBinding: HardbackPublished: George Philip & Son, Ltd., 1963Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis essential reference...

In the words of those who trod the void and those at mission control, here are over 50 of the greatest true stories of suborbital, orbital and deep-space exploration. From...

Space is quiet. Billion trillions of stars slowly burning out their lives. Bodies of rock, moons, planets, floating in the dark. Most of the time. Sometimes violence is unleashed on...

The forty-five tales in Man Against Nature cover an extraordinary range of time and terrain.

The new edition of this popular textbook, once again, provides an indispensable guide for the next generation of mineralogists. Designed for use on one- or two-semester courses, this second edition...

Captured by Christian pirates in the Mediterranean and imprisoned by the Pope, then released, baptized, and allowed a European life of scholarship as the Christian writer Giovanni Leone, Al-Hasan al-Wazzan...

Author: A. C. B. LovellBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1959Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe Individual And The Universe presents a profound scientific and...

STAR VOYAGER: EXPLORING SPACE ON SCREEN is a book that celebrates the history and future of space exploration through the moving image. Originally published in conjunction with the exhibition of...

Author: Susan PriestleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Four Winds Press, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling non-fiction work chronicles humanity's enduring fascination with life beyond our planet, presenting a comprehensive...

A fleet of modern rockets among the most powerful in the world. A lunar land rush that has sparked a competition over the strategic high ground. Scientific discoveries that could...