The most comprehensive description of the physical foundations of methods and instruments in the fields of passive remote sensing applied to investigations of the Earth, Solar system bodies and space....
Global environmental problems pose important diplomatic and legal challenges to the international community. The nature of these problems requires an unprecedented degree of international co-operation...
The study of life in our universe has been given the name 'astrobiology'. It is a relatively new subject, but not a new discipline since it brings together several mature fields of science including a...
Getting cut in half by Obi-Wan Kenobi and being rejected by his former Sith Master Darth Sidious isn't going to defeat Darth Maul. In fact, it only makes him mad enough to take on the galaxy - with a...
VI The Return of the Shadow VII The Treason of Isengard VIII The War of the Ring IX Sauron Defeated
X Morgoth's Ring XI The War of the Jewels XII The Peoples of Middle-Earth
The three heroes of RHAPSODY face up to their destinies and split up tocarry the war against the demon who seeks to wake the dragon at theearth's core forward. This is fantasy with a richly detailed w...
Packed with stunning photographs and fascinating facts, this book covers core subjects such as rocks and minerals, weather and climate and modern concerns about the environment. It also features an ex...
Ferocious debates have always characterized the interpretation of Earth history. After a generally quieter period during the first half of the twentieth century, controversies re-ignited in many branc...
For one semester/quarter courses in introduction to world prehistory offered in the anthropology department. This internationally renowned text provides the only truly global account of human prehisto...
Evolution of the Earth focuses on the formation of Earth. Topics include the differention of the core, mantle and crust; the formation of the ocean basins and continents; outgassing and volcanism; the...
Bernhard Edmaier's source book of the extraordinary and abstract natural patterns that occur on the earth's surface features over 500 photographs by this award-winning aerial photographer and author o...
For courses in Earth Science.The brief, paperback version of the best-selling Earth Science, 9/E, this text offers a user-friendly overview of the physical environment. It retains the hallmarks profes...
When Nell Ingram met skinwalker Jane Yellowrock, she was almost alone in the world, exiled by both choice and fear from the cult she was raised in, defending herself with the magic she drew from her d...
What would you do if life suddenly flipped upside down? Where would you go if your world fell apart? Who would you turn to? When her son Calum dies in a car crash, Alison is left stunned and dazed. B...
A breathtaking and inspirational exploration of planet Earth From the fiery mass of the Earth's core to the tip of the highest ice-capped mountain, explore every aspect of our planet in awe-inspiring ...
It's 2025. Tyrone O'Shaughnessy Tierwater is eking out a bleak living in southern California, managing a pop-star's private menagerie, holding some of the last surviving animals in the world. Global w...
These beautifully illustrated original stories tell tales of five Native American peoples: the Hopi, Comanche, Mohican, Navajo, and Mandan.
The study of the structure and dynamics of Earth's deep interior represents one of the most active frontiers of Earth sciences. This book provides a definitive summary of current research in this fiel...
The first six adventures in the chronicle of the expansion of earthmen into the inhabited galaxy... from the Earth Book kept in the Stormgate archive of the great winged race of Ythri. Contents: 7 • ...
A full-colour fold-out map of Tolkien's famous world of Middle-earth, the setting for the dramatic events which unfold in "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit". The booklet provides a brief backgro...
The Individuated Hobbit: Jung, Tolkien, and the Archetypes of Middle-Earth is a critical study of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien by Timothy R. O'Neill. It was written from a Jungian perspective, with par...
New information on cranes and crane safety|Hazardous material management|Up-dated operating costs|Vacuum excavating and microtunneling|Directional (ĹźhorizontalĹź) drilling equipment and methods|New s...
Inez Fung forecasts the future-a future when Earth could look and feel a lot different than it does now. Inez is a climate scientist, someone who studies the causes of weather patterns and how they ch...
This timely book provides a comprehensive insight into the challenges facing humanity and Earth in the 21st century. It opens with a discussion on the domination of all of the continents and oceans by...
Detailed, well-illustrated explanations, not just definitions|Hundreds of concise yet authoritative articles|An easy-to-understand presentation, accessible and interesting to non-specialists|A portabl...
75th Anniversary Edition! From the crumbling temples of forgotten gods on Venus to the seedy pleasure halls of old Mars, Northwest Smith blazes a trail through the underbelly of the solar system in 1...
Someone has stolen something that belongs to Darth Sidious. Now he wants it back. And when a Sith Lord wants something, there's only one person he can trust to get it— Another Sith Lord.