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Arctic Gold Rush
Continuum International Publishing 2009; US$ 25.95On 2 August 2007, a Russian submarine captured world headlines by making a dangerous journey to the bottom of the Arctic seabed and planting a metal, rust-free national flag more than 14,000 feet beneath the North Pole. The aim was to assert Russia’s legal sovereignty over a region whose importance had only recently started to become apparent... more...
Natural Resource Management
International Development Research Centre 2010; US$ 10.00This book reveals how innovation in natural resource management can contribute to rural poverty reduction. Drawing from research throughout eastern and southern Africa, the contributing authors present a synthesis of lesson from both policy and practice. They look at various multi-stakeholder approaches to natural resource management, showing which... more...
Resource Economics
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 28.00A text for students with a background in calculus and intermediate microeconomics and a familiarity with the spreadsheet software Excel. more...
Resource and Environmental Economics
Cambridge University Press 1981; US$ 34.00This book presents the major themes of the economic literature on natural resources and the environment. more...
Quaternary carbonate and evaporite sedimentary facies and their ancient analogues
Wiley 2010; US$ 125.00This book is part of the International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS) Special Publications. The Special Publications from the IAS are a set of thematic volumes edited by specialists on subjects of central interest to sedimentologists. Papers are reviewed and printed to the same high standards as those published in the journal Sedimentology... more...
The Fossil Detectives
Ebury Publishing 2012; US$ 22.67Fossils provide us with a tantalizing glimpse of Britain's prehistoric past and hold the key to unlocking the secrets of life's history and evolution. Since the appearance of primitive organisms in Britain more than a billion years ago, oceans, deserts, swamps and vast mountains have come and gone in our corner of western Europe; forests of long-extinct... more...
Sedimentary Rocks in the Field
Wiley 2011; US$ 65.00This fourth edition builds on the success of previous editions and for the first time is produced in full colour throughout with improved photos and diagrams. It retains its popular pocket size and is an essential buy for all students working in the field. The text shows how sedimentary rocks are tackled in the field and has been written for all those... more...
A Handful of Silver
Hodder & Stoughton 2011; US$ 18.11Banished from her father's sight and home since the age of four, wheelchair-bound Esther Kerral is horrified when Jos Kerral forces her into an arranged marriage with Morgan Cosmore, the son of a local factory owner. Both fathers hope the union will save their ailing businesses; little do they know that each is as bankrupt as the other. But Morgan's... more...
Conflict and Cooperation in Participating Natural Resource Management
Palgrave Macmillan 2001; US$ 145.00Over the past one hundred years in particular, there has been a steady process by which natural resources (such as ground-water, forests, fishing grounds and grazing land) have been increasingly managed by centralised institutions. Governments and other national agencies have argued that this promotes efficiency, equity, and other wide national goals.... more...
A Handful of Silver
Hodder & Stoughton 2011; Not AvailableBanished from her father's sight and home since the age of four, wheelchair-bound Esther Kerral is horrified when Jos Kerral forces her into an arranged marriage with Morgan Cosmore, the son of a local factory owner. Both fathers hope the union will save their ailing businesses; little do they know that each is as bankrupt as the other. But Morgan's... more...









