Reading the Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth, Paperback - Marcia Bjornerud

Reducere. To many of us, the Earth's crust is a relic of ancient, unknowable history. But to a geologist, stones are richly illustrated narratives, telling g...

Why an awareness of Earth's temporal rhythms is critical to our planetary survivalFew of us have any conception of the enormous timescales of our p...

The cocktail is as old as the nation that invented it, yet until this entertaining and authoritative account, its story had never been fully told. ...

DescriptionWhy an awareness of Earth's temporal rhythms is critical to our planetary survivalFew of us have any conception of the enormous timescal...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Marcia BjornerudIllustration(s): 49 b/w illus.Number of pages: 200Collection: Pedia BooksPublicatio...

A sharp and provocative new essay collection from the award-winning author of Freedom and The Corrections

A desperate young father. A lonely ranger. A race against time.Jason Kellerman's life revolves around his eight-year-old daughter. Teenage curiosit...

Reducere. Elements Of the Earth After years in hiding, eighteen-year-old Raya Stravou is going back to her father, Alexander, and to The Revolution: back to ...

This guidebook includes 30 walks on the Jurassic Coast of Devon and Dorset. Covering the coast between Exmouth and Bournemouth, these delightful ro...

Reducere. Whether you're using this educational book as an introduction or refresher about earth sciences, it will continue to be very effective. The secret ...

Every rock is a tangible trace of the earth's past. The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks tells the fascinating stories behind the discoveries that sh...

The thrilling climax to Robert Goddard's bestselling adventure trilogy, The Wide World. Robert Goddard hasnow sold over 4 million books in the UK a...

Available now in paperback, this critically acclaimed biodiversity exploration draws attention to the positive impact of human existence on the env...

'A work of literary criticism that may become - deserves to become - the most influential of its time' Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times

A new edition of Arthur Koestler's gripping tale of arrest, imprisonment, and subsequent escape to London from Nazi-occupied France.

Reducere. Young, school-age Natasha receives pressure from her teachers to give her unquestioning allegiance to the Soviet State. Anti-Christian sentiment do...

Reducere. CONTENTS: Scenes of My Childhood Seeking an Education The Law and Politics In National Politics On Entering and Leaving the Presidency Some of the ...

Presents a sequence of sea novels set in the early nineteenth century, about a voyage from England to Australia.

An ancient book is opened by the eccentric Professor Lidenbrock and his life - and the life of his nephew Axel - is changed for ever. An old piece ...

DescriptionAs we enter a new millennium ruled by technology, will poetry still matter? The Song of the Earth answers eloquently in the affirmative....

Spellbinding and mesmerizing, Ken Folletts classic masterpiece is beloved throughout the world. In medieval England a resourceful monk strives to b...

Just beyond me on the rocky floor of the volcanic crater was the gaping vertical shaft which marked the starting point of our journey.Publisher: Re...

Reducere. Rita Dove served as poet laureate of the United States from 1993 to 1995. She has been awarded many literary and academic honours, including the Pu...

In the third instalment of the Battlestar Suburbia series, robots and humans learn the answers to all their problems lie not in space but under the...

Reducere. Is the Earth relatively young or very old? We've all heard the controversy. The consensus regarding the age of the Earth, based on the best geologi...

Reducere. In 1771, at the age of 65, Benjamin Franklin sat down to write his autobiography, "having emerged from the poverty and obscurity in which I was bor...

Reducere. Written towards the end of 1937 during his Europe trip, after being nominated the President of the Indian National Congress, An Indian Pilgrim trac...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

The Scum Of The Earth follows common soldiers - those whom Wellington angrily condemned as 'scum' for their looting at Vitoria - from victory at Wa...

Reducere. Axel and his uncle find a note that describes a path to Earth's centerThe men climb deep inside a volcano and discover amazing wonders. They also r...