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Sale: $62.75
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Manufacturer: W. H. Freeman
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Steven M. Stanley
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Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Edition: 2nd
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Dewey Decimal Number: 551.7
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Publication Date: 2004-10-29
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Reading Level: 608
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Description: Earth System History shows how Earth's ecosystem has developed over time, and how events in the past can help us deal with present and future changes. Key themes and concepts are examined and a range of examples given, from the extinction of the dinosaurs to drilling off the shore of New Jersey, to demonstrate real - world examples of Earth system history in action. Clear and concise, this introduction to historical geology will be an invaluable guide for students of geology and earth science.
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Price: $15.00
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Sale: $4.99
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Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Ivor van Heerden::Mike Bryan
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Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Dewey Decimal Number: 904
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Publication Date: 2007-07-31
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Reading Level: 336
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Description: The ultimate inside story of the Katrina tragedy—from the cofounder of the LSU Hurricane Center
After warning for years about the looming threat of catastrophic flooding in New Orleans, Ivor van Heerden was one of the highest-profile media experts during the Katrina disaster. Over the following eighteen months, he was even more prominent as he challenged the official version of those events and campaigned for an engineering plan that would protect all of southeastern Louisiana, once and for all. In The Storm, van Heerden lays out in full detail the stunning incompetence among the bureaucrats, the politicians, and the Army Corps of Engineers that culminated in the catastrophe that crippled, perhaps forever, a great American city.
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Price: $143.95
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Sale: $112.15
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Manufacturer: Brooks Cole
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: C. Donald Ahrens
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Publisher: Brooks Cole
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Edition: 9
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Dewey Decimal Number: 551
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Publication Date: 2008-07-02
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Reading Level: 549
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Description: METEOROLOGY TODAY, Ninth Edition, is one of the most widely used and authoritative texts for the introductory meteorology course. This ninth edition helps you understand and appreciate the dynamic nature of the inevitable weather phenomena that continually influence our lives. The text’s clear and inviting narrative is supplemented by numerous pedagogical features that encourage observing, calculating, and synthesizing information.
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Price: $40.00
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Sale: $23.72
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Manufacturer: The Johns Hopkins University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Eric D. Conway
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Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 621.3678
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Publication Date: 1997-05-12
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Reading Level: 264
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Description: Eric D. Conway and the Maryland Space Grant Consortium present a fascinating introduction to the interpretation of satellite imagery, a technology of increasing importance for a wide variety of scientific applications. Prepared in association with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), this extensively illustrated text and accompanying CD-ROM offer a thorough overview of the use of satellite technology in Earth and planetary science, weather forecasting, and environmental research. The book covers the foundations of remote sensing, the types of satellites, and the basics of satellite image interpretation. Other topics include geographical, oceanographical applications, and atmospheric science applications of satellite imagery. With a fully indexed glossary, this well-written and thoughtfully presented text is ideal for science teachers, undergraduate and graduate students, professionals working in the field of operational meteorology, and others interested in knowing more about interpreting satellite imagery. The accompanying CD-ROM of satellite images enables the user to zoom in on many images (some of which appear in color), use overlays to identify important elements in the satellite image, and keep a notes file. The program requires a Macintosh, Windows, or Windows 95 operating system.
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Price: $38.00
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Sale: $25.00
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Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: Yale University Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 577.22
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Publication Date: 2006-08-10
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Reading Level: 440
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Description: Leading researchers discuss what is now known about the effects of climate change on the natural world. They examine recent trends in and projections about climate change; ways that particular organisms are responding to climate change; conservation challenges, including social and policy issues; and more.
"This book will be a milestone in the emerging discipline of climate change biology. No issue is more important for the global environment; the impressive line-up of experts here gives it definitive coverage."—Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University
"A well-written treatise on the past, present, and future effects of climate change on plant and animal biodiversity. . . . It is destined to become a classic."—Choice
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Price: $85.00
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Sale: $76.47
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Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 363.738742
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Publication Date: 2008-02-04
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Reading Level: 986
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Description: The Climate Change 2007 volumes of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provide the most comprehensive and balanced assessment of climate change available. This IPCC Working Group II volume brings us completely up-to-date on the vulnerability of socio-economic and natural systems to climate change. Written by the world's leading experts, the IPCC volumes will again prove to be invaluable for researchers, students, and policymakers, and will form the standard reference works for policy decisions for government and industry worldwide.
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Price: $13.95
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Sale: $8.73
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Manufacturer: iUniverse, Inc.
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Peter S Felknor
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Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
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Edition: 0
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Dewey Decimal Number: 551
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Publication Date: 2004-07-08
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Reading Level: 140
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Description: The Tri-State Tornado is a gripping account of the worst tornado disaster in American history. Claiming 689 lives during a three-hour rampage across Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on March 18, 1925, the storm had one of the longest uninterrupted paths (219 miles) and one of the widest (up to one mile) of any recorded tornado. Its continuous energy was so extreme that it completely obliterated several small towns in its path. Although the fatality count was nearly that of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, with the exception of meteorologists and residents of the affected area, few had ever heard of this catastrophe until this book's initial release in 1992. The Tri-State Tornado reconstructs the tragedy, using vivid eyewitness accounts of fourteen survivors who lived along the tornado's path from the Missouri Ozarks to southwestern Indiana. The clarity with which they recall that day in their lives over sixty years earlier will give readers the unsettling feeling that the tornado struck days, not decades, ago.
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Price: $21.95
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Sale: $12.69
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Manufacturer: Pineapple Pr
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Charles R. Boning
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Publisher: Pineapple Pr
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Dewey Decimal Number: 551.48309759
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Publication Date: 2008-01-01
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Reading Level: 240
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Description: Florida's rivers comprise a tapestry of natural wonders. They support rich ecosystems. They define the landscape and lend character to the regions through which they pass. The first half of the book provides an overview of Florida's waterways, while the second half provides detailed information on 60 of Florida's rivers, covering each one from source to end. From the Blackwater River in the western Panhandle to the Ichetucknee and Kissimmee Rivers in central Florida to the Miami River in south Florida, it traces the flow of these streams as they weave through cypress swamps, pine-studded hills, and hardwood hammocks. It introduces plants and animals endemic to each.
This book also takes the reader on a journey through time. It tracks the history of Florida's rivers, from the dawn of the Paleoindians through the Spanish conquest to the present. It traces human efforts to confine and harness these waters. Finally, it looks at conservation and examines efforts to preserve Florida's rivers and return them to their natural states.
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Price: $24.00
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Sale: $12.00
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Manufacturer: Delacorte Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: John Friedman
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Publisher: Delacorte Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 551.5632
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Publication Date: 2008-05-20
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Reading Level: 304
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Description: The odds of being hit by lightning each year are only about 1 in 750,000 in the U.S. And yet this rare phenomenon has inspired both fear and fascination for thousands of years. In this groundbreaking, brilliantly researched book, journalist John S. Friedman probes lightning’s scientific, spiritual, and cultural roots. Blending vibrant history with riveting first-hand accounts of those who have clashed with lightning and lived to tell about it, Out of the Blue charts an extraordinary journey across the ages that explores our awe and dread in the face of one of nature’s most fearsome spectacles.
Herman Melville called it “God’s burning finger.” The ancient Romans feared it as the wrath of God. Today we have a more scientific understanding, so why our eternal fascination with lightning? Out of the Blue attempts to understand this towering force of nature, exploring the changing perceptions of lightning from the earliest civilizations through Ben Franklin’s revolutionary experiments to the hair-raising adventures of storm chasers like David Hoadley, who’s been chronicling extreme weather for half a century. And Friedman describes one of the most treacherous rescues ever attempted in American mountain climbing.
Friedman profiles a Virginia ranger who was struck by lightning seven times—and dubbed the human lightning rod—along with scores of others who tell astonishing tales of rescue and survival. And he charts lightning’s profound, life-altering effects on the emotional and spiritual lives of its victims.
Combining captivating fact with thrilling personal stories, Out of the Blue tells a remarkable true tale of fate and coincidence, discovery and divine retribution, science and superstition. As entertaining as it is informative, it is a book for outdoor adventurers, sports enthusiasts, science and weather buffs, nature lovers, and anyone who has ever been awed or frightened by the sight of lightning.
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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $11.87
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Manufacturer: Key Porter Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Christopher Essex::Ross McKitrick
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Publisher: Key Porter Books
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Edition: Revised
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Dewey Decimal Number: 363.73874
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Publication Date: 2008-05-28
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Reading Level: 390
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Description: Climate and weather patterns, and their changes over time, can be nearly impossible to predict. Yet thousands of political, social, and societal decisions have been made with the assumption that global climate change can be foretold. In this book, authors Essex and McKitrick dismantle the myth of global warming, and argue that the relationship between science and society needs immediate attention.
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