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In Search of Ancient Oregon: A Geological and Natural History
by Ellen Morris Bishop
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The exciting story of how Oregon's diverse landscapes evolved is seen through 220 fine art quality photographs and beautiful writing.... ( read more)
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Roadside Geology of Oregon (Roadside Geology)
by David Alt
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"[It] provides a handy and understandable account, either to read at home, or to carry along on trips."-Oregon Historical... ( read more)
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A Crack in the Edge of the World
by Simon Winchester
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Subtitled, "The Great American Earthquake Of 1906". From the bestselling author of "The Map That Changed The World" and "Krakatoa" comes this enthralling story of the extraordinary earthquake that took place in San Francisco in 1906. He brings together... ( read more)
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Prize : the Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power (91 Edition)
by Daniel Yergin
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Pulitzer Prize Winner -- and Now an Epic PBS Series The Prize recounts the panoramic history of oil -- and the struggle for wealth power that has always surrounded oil. This struggle has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, and... ( read more)
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
by Simon Winchester
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Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. The... ( read more)
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The Map That Changed the World
by Simon Winchester
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In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in his excavations, one could follow layers of rocks as they dipped and rose and fell -- clear across England... ( read more)
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 (P.S.)
by Simon Winchester
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Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. The... ( read more)
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In Suspect Terrain
by John Mcphee
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From the outwash plains of Brooklyn to Indiana’s drifted diamonds and gold In Suspect Terrain is a narrative of the earth, told in four sections of equal length, each in a different way reflecting the three others—a biography; a set piece... ( read more)
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Cataclysms on the Columbia
by John Eliot Allen
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The formation of the Grand Coulee remained a mystery for many years, until J. Harlen Bretz set out to prove that the Columbia River basin was the site of huge floods 15,000 years ago that covered 16,000 square miles to depths of hundreds of feet... ( read more)
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Roadside Geology of Arizona (Roadside Geology)
by Halka Chronic
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Informative travel companions about roadside terrain and geology with photos, diagrams, and glossary.... ( read more)
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Oregon's Golden Years
by Miles F Potter
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Gold! A single handful of shiny nuggets changed Oregon from a quiet settlement in the Willamette Valley to a brawling frontier that stretched from the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean. Thousands of adventuresome souls faced staggering hardships as they... ( read more)
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Simon & Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones (Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones)
by Kennie Lyman
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SimonandSchuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones provides both the connoisseur and the casual collector with a compact, easy-to-use volume describing more than 100 rare varieties of minerals whose beauty and mystery have possessed our imaginations... ( read more)
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Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage
by Kenneth S. Deffeyes
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I read this book with pleasure and profit, learning a great deal painlessly.... ( read more)
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Roadside Geology of Utah (Roadside Geology)
by Halka Chronic
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Informative travel companions about roadside terrain and geology with photos, diagrams, and glossary.... ( read more)
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Assembling California (93 Edition)
by John Mcphee
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At various times in a span of fifteen years, John McPhee made geological field surveys in the company of Eldridge Moores, a tectonicist at the University of California at Davis. The result of these trips is Assembling California, a cross-section in human... ( read more)
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A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
by Simon Winchester
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"If you liked Krakatoa, The Professor and the Madman, or any of Winchester's other works, you'll like this one. He explains geological ideas well, and is well on his way to being the new ambassador of geology's influence on human history. He places... ( read more)
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Windows Into the Earth: The Geologic Story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks
by Robert Baer Smith
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Millions of years ago, the North American continent was dragged over the world's largest continental hotspot, a huge column of hot and molten rock rising from the Earth's interior that traced a 50-mile wide, 500-mile-long path northeastward across Idaho.... ( read more)
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When Life Nearly Died : Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time (03 Edition)
by Michael Benton
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"The focus is the most severe mass extinction known in earth's history… .The science on which the book is based is up-to-date, thorough, and balanced. Highly recommended."--"Choice" <BR>Today it is common knowledge that the dinosaurs were... ( read more)
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A Dangerous Place: California's Unsettling Fate
by Marc Reisner
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Writing with a signature command of his subject and with compelling resonance, Marc Reisner leads us through California's improbable rise from a largely desert land to the most populated state in the nation, fueled by an economic engine more productive... ( read more)
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The Myth of Solid Ground: Earthquakes, Prediction, and the Fault Line Between Reason a
by David L Ulin
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From the first earthquake David L. Ulin experienced in San Francisco at age eighteen, he was fascinated with the daily lives of Californians, who seem to be going about their business with just an occasional rumbling interruption. But these tectonic... ( read more)
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