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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $12.52
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Manufacturer: University of California Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Robert Marshall
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Publisher: University of California Press
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Edition: 2
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Dewey Decimal Number: 979.8052
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Publication Date: 2005-01-24
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Reading Level: 236
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Description: Exploring the great wilderness of Alaska's Brooks Range was Robert Marshall's joy and delight during the decade between 1929 and 1939. Marshall traveled this spectacular country, from the Upper Koyukuk drainage to the Arctic Divide, making maps, recording scientific data, and exalting in the beauty of that incredibly pristine landscape. Although his early death at thirty-eight ended an exceptional life too early, he left journals and letters to describe his favorite place on earth. These were edited by his brother George Marshall and were compiled to create this classic of environmental literature, now in its third edition after nearly fifty years in print and with a new foreword by Rick Bass.
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Price: $24.95
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Sale: $14.90
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Manufacturer: Harbour Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Chris Yorath
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Publisher: Harbour Publishing
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Edition: Revised
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Dewey Decimal Number: 557.12332
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Publication Date: 2006-06-01
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Reading Level: 143
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Description: "How Old Is That Mountain?" is about the Rockies. More specifically it's about the Rocky Mountains of Banff and Yoho National Parks and adjacent areas. It's about thrust faults and glaciers, hot springs, carbonate and shale. And time. Vast amounts of time.
Intended for those who don't know a graptolite from a jAkulhlaup, "How Old Is That Mountain?" conveys the most current understanding of how these mountains came to be, keeping geological jargon to a minimum. Yorath distills reports, scientific papers and the work of other geologists into a fascinating and readable account for anyone who is interested in their natural surroundings and has ever wondered "how old is that mountain?"
Illustrated with more than 60 photographs, maps and diagrams, "How Old Is That Mountain?" is also an excellent field guide, offering visitors a new understanding of this popular tourist destination. Taking the reader along the Trans-Canada Highway from the Mountain Front to the Rocky Mountain Trench and from Lake Louise to the Columbia Icefields, Yorath presents a fresh and intriguing look at the geology of this incredible region.
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Price: $59.99
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Sale: $58.95
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Manufacturer: Wiley-Blackwell
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Dewey Decimal Number: 577.7
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Publication Date: 2007-11-28
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Reading Level: 552
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Description: 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 0.5 km above the seafloor, although smaller features may have the same origin.
This book follows a logical progression from geological and physical processes, ecology, biology and biogeography, to exploitation, management and conservation concerns. In 21 Chapters written by 57 of the world's leading seamount experts, the book reviews all aspects of their geology, ecology, biology, exploitation, conservation and management. In Section I of this book, several detection and estimation techniques for tallying seamounts are reviewed, along with a history of seamount research.
This book represents a unique and fresh synthesis of knowledge of seamounts and their biota and is an essential reference work on the topic. It is an essential purchase for all fisheries scientists and managers, fish biologists, marine biologists and ecologists, environmental scientists, conservation biologists and oceanographers. It will also be of interest to members of fish and wildlife agencies and government departments covering conservation and management.
Supplementary material is available at: www.seamountsbook.info
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Price: $125.00
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Sale: $96.01
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Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: C. David Whiteman
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 551.69143
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Publication Date: 2000-05-15
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Reading Level: 355
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Description: Mountain Meteorology: Fundamentals and Applications offers first an introduction to the basic principles and concepts of mountain meteorology, then goes on to discuss their application in natural resources management. It includes over two hundred, beautiful, full-color photographs, figures, and diagrams, as well as observable indicators of atmospheric processes--such as winds, temperature, and clouds--to facilitate the recognition of weather systems and events for a variety of readers. It is ideal for those who spend time in or near mountains and whose daily activities are affected by weather. As a comprehensive work filled with diverse examples and colorful illustrations, it is essential for professionals, scholars, and students of meteorology.
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Price: $24.00
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Sale: $9.07
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Manufacturer: Pantheon
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Robert Macfarlane
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Publisher: Pantheon
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Dewey Decimal Number: 796.522019
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Publication Date: 2003-06-03
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: Three centuries ago, mountains were considered forbidding and forbidden—the abodes of dragons and other ill-tempered grotesque beasts. But with the growing recognition that the Earth’s surface had not been created once and for all but was slowly evolving, mountains came to be seen as the unexplored text of the Earth’s story—a terrain that scientists, adventurers, naturalists, and, finally, travelers began to explore. In Mountains of the Mind, Robert Macfarlane blends cultural history, meditation, and memoir to show how early geologists helped transform our perceptions of the wild, chaotic landscapes; how the allure of height increasingly drew fearless climbers, culminating in the romantic figure of George Mallory, the passionate Englishman who died on Mount Everest in 1924; and how the elemental beauty of snow and ice coalesced into an aesthetic of the sublime.
Mountains of the Mind is at once an enthralling work of history, an intimate account of Macfarlane’s own experiences, and a beautifully written meditation on how memory, landscape, imagination, and the landscape of mountains are joined together in our minds and under our feet.
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Price: $49.95
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Sale: $49.95
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Manufacturer: Rudolf Steiner Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Adrian Cooper
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Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 291
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Publication Date: 1998-10
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Reading Level: 384
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Price: $22.00
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Sale: $3.38
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Manufacturer: North Point Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Jeffery Smith
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Publisher: North Point Press
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 920
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Publication Date: 2001-02-15
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Reading Level: 304
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Description: Winner of the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir
Jeffery Smith was living in Missoula, Montana, working as a psychiatric case manager when his own clinical depression began. Eventually, all his prescribed antidepressant medications proved ineffective. Unlike so many personal accounts, Where the Roots Reach for Water tells the story of what happened to Smith after he decided to give them up. Trying to learn how to make a life with his illness, Smith sets out to get at the essence of--using the old term for depression--melancholia.
Deftly woven into his "personal history" is a "natural history" of this ancient illness. Drawing on centuries of art, writing and medical treatises, Smith finds ancient links between melancholia and spirituality, love and sex, music and philosophy, gardening, and, importantly, our relationship with landscapes.
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Price: $9.95
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Sale: $5.46
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Manufacturer: Mountain Trail Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Bill Lea::Jerry D. Greer::Nye Simmons
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Publisher: Mountain Trail Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 976.88900222
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Publication Date: 2006-09-01
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Reading Level: 60
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Description: The most famous scenic landmarks of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park—Morton Overlook, Mount Le Conte, Clingman’s Dome, Cades Cove, and the Cataloochee Valley—are joined by intimate views of the magnificent natural beauty and abundant wildlife of the park in this captivating photo collection.
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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $20.04
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Manufacturer: Hikingcamping.com
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Kathy Copeland::craig Copeland
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Publisher: Hikingcamping.com
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Dewey Decimal Number: 796.52209712332
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Publication Date: 2008-05-30
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Reading Level: 297
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Price: $15.95
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Sale: $1.96
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Manufacturer: Falcon
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Fred Barstad
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Publisher: Falcon
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 917.9784
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Publication Date: 2004-10-01
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Reading Level: 240
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Description: This comprehensive guide includes detailed information on the natural and cultural history of the area; recreational opportunities, including 23 hiking trails; and historical, geological, and natural exhibits.
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