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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
by Marc Reisner
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Newly updated, this timely history of the struggle to discover and control water in the American West is a tale of rivers diverted and damned, political corruption and intrigue, billion-dollar battles over water rights, and economic and ecological... ( read more)
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Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource
by Marq De Villiers
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De Villiers reports from hot spots as diverse as China, Las Vegas and the Middle East, where he has crafted a powerful narrative about the lifeblood of civilizations, the global consequences of human thirst, and solutions that may avert the coming water... ( read more)
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The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Weather
by David M Ludlum
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Interest in our nation's weather patterns is rising -- as witnessed in the popularity of the Weather Channel -- and this guide is the most popular reference to every type of weather system, cloud formation, and atmospheric phenomenon common to North... ( read more)
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The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime
by Miles Harvey
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The Island of Lost Maps tells the story of a curious crime spree: the theft of scores of valuable centuries-old maps from some of the most prominent research libraries in the United States and Canada. The perpetrator was Gilbert Joseph Bland, Jr., an... ( read more)
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Little Book of Snowflakes
by Kenneth Libbrecht
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"Snowflakes, like people, are all different and beautiful, but they can be a nuisance when they lose their identity in a mob." The Little Book of Snowflakes presents these evanescent formations in their breathtaking individuality, pinpointing their... ( read more)
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
by Dava Sobel
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"An account of the man who developed the technology which allowed sailors to determine their longitude at sea. If you don't know where you are, it's hard to know where you're going, whether you've gotten there or if you've missed your target. If, while... ( read more)
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Hot Pink Flying Saucers and Other Clouds
by Gavin Pretor Pinney
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The author of "The Cloudspotter's Guide" presents a whimsical tribute to clouds and their many guises. Filled with color photographs of clouds that look like poodles, dragonflies, Salvador Dali, and the Grim Reaper, "Hot Pink Flying Saucers and Other... ( read more)
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A Dictionary of Weather (Oxford Paperback Reference)
by Storm Dunlop
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What is the coldest place on the planet? How does a hurricane form? What exactly is a low pressure system? And what area has the least, or most, amount of rainfall? Answering these and many other intriguing questions, A Dictionary of Weather provides a... ( read more)
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Water in the West : a High Country News Reader (00 Edition)
by Char (ed.) Miller
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A lively primer on the region's most precious and scarce resource, drawn from the pages of the newspaper that sets the standard for coverage of environmental issues in the West.... ( read more)
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The Handy Weather Answer Book (Handy Answer Books)
by Walter A Lyons
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Well written at a level that is enjoyable to everyone. I highly recommend this book to any lay reader, weather watcher or atmospheric professional. – The Weather Doctor. Everyone has something to say about the weather. Former NASA researcher and... ( read more)
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The End: Natural Disasters, Manmade Catastrophes, and the Future of Human Survival
by Marq De Villiers
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What is the fate of the world as we know it? Tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, pandemics, cosmic radiation, gamma bursts from space, colliding comets, and asteroids—these things used to worry us from time to time, but now they have... ( read more)
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Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It
by Elizabeth Royte
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An incisive, intrepid, and habit-changing narrative investigation into the commercialization of our most basic human need: drinking water.
Having already surpassed milk and beer, and second now only to soda, bottled water is on the verge of becoming... ( read more)
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An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere
by Gabrielle Walker
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Front cover: Tag 3: “A sense of wonder . animates Ms. Walker’s high-spirited narrative and speeds it along like a fresh-blowing westerly.”—The New York Times Back cover: “This is science writing at its best:... ( read more)
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The Map Book
by Peter Barber
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"Journey over all the universe in a map, without the expense and fatigue of traveling, without suffering the inconveniences of heat, cold, hunger, and thirst." Miguel de Cervantes, in Don Quixote
From the earliest of times, maps have fired our... ( read more)
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Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience
by Yi Fu Tuan
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In the 25 years since its original publication, Space and Place has not only established the discipline of human geography, but it has proven influential in such diverse fields as theater, literature, anthropology, psychology, and theology. Eminent... ( read more)
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Visions of Paradise
by John Simpson
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This book synthesizes views of America's changing environment, and the Ideal of that environment, from the time of the Founding Fathers to the present. It is an exceptionally engaging account of American attitudes toward pristine and altered landscapes... ( read more)
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Introduction To Water in California (04 Edition)
by Carle
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This California Natural History Guide addresses the need to educate the citizenry of California on crucial environmental issues by presenting a primer on the state's most important natural resource.... ( read more)
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Riddle of the Ice: A Scientific Adventure Into the Arctic
by Myron Arms
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By any account, the impenetrable barrier of sea ice that blocked the Brendan's Isle halfway up the Labrador Coast should not have been there in late July, in what was one of the hottest summers in memory a few hundred miles to the south. Frustrated and... ( read more)
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Rivers of the United States Volume 1 Estuari
by Ruth Patrick
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Begins a series of six volumes on the structure and functioning of
ecosystems in headwaters, main stems, and estuaries of riverine
systems of the US. Estuaries were selected primarily to represent
geohydrological types, e.g., fjords, drowned river... ( read more)
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Red Delta : Fighting for Life At the End of the Colorado River (02 Edition)
by Charles Bergman
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-302) and index.... ( read more)
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