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100 Most Dangerous Things on the Planet
A&C Black 2010; US$ 7.80In this exciting book, children learn how to face and survive the world's most dangerous situations. From natural disasters and wild weather, to getting lost in the wild and fighting off dangerous animals, readers learn the skills needed to combat 100 real life dramas. Each danger is rated in terms of how likely you are to meet it, and how likely... more...
101 Best Australian Beaches
NewSouth 2012; US$ 20.99This book answers all of those questions and more. Between them, authors Andy Short and Brad Farmer have visited every one of Australias 11,761 mainland beaches, making them uniquely qualified to tell us which are the ones we have to see before we die. This superbly illustrated and thoroughly researched book will make you want to start the journey... more...
Advances in Coastal Modeling
Elsevier Science 2003; US$ 215.00This book unifies and enhances the accessibility of contemporary scholarly research on advances in coastal modeling. A comprehensive spectrum of innovative models addresses the wide diversity and multifaceted aspects of coastal research on the complex natural processes, dynamics, interactions and responses of the coastal supersystem and its associated... more...
Advances in Research in Karst Media
Springer 2010; US$ 139.99"The Malaga Symposia Series" provides an international forum for scientific debate on the progress made in research into karst environments. The 2010 meeting of the 4th International ISKA presents 80 papers in four key areas: karst hydrogeology and investigations, karst landscape and ecosystems, human interaction with karst environments,... more...
Anthropogenic Geomorphology
Springer 2010; US$ 99.99Today, society s impact on the geographical environment, and especially on the Earth s surface, is obvious. Yet up until the last century, the forces of nature held sway, with mankind vulnerable and exposed to its vagaries. However, our recent development has meant that our effect on our surroundings is now commensurate with the power of nature itself.... more...
Applications in Coastal Modeling
Elsevier Science 1989; US$ 272.00The importance of models to facilitate our understanding and management of the coastal system is evident from this book, which shows that the preference for using models to study the coastal system is shared not only by different research institutions (government, military, industry and academia), but also by researchers from diverse backgrounds. ... more...
Aralkum - a Man-Made Desert
Springer 2011; US$ 139.99Having been the fourth largest lake on the globe roughly 50 years ago, today the Aral Sea no longer exists. Human activities caused its desiccation and the formation of a huge new desert, the Aralkum, which can be regarded as one of the greatest ecological catastrophes and - at the same time - the largest primary succession experiment of mankind. This... more...
Aria, acqua, terra e fuoco - Volume II
Springer 2012; US$ 31.99Questo secondo volume prosegue la breve trattazione sulle catastrofi naturali. È la volta delle catastrofi dellacqua e dellaria, spesso sui giornali quando un uragano o uninondazione colpiscono il nostro pianeta. E anche delle minacce cosmiche, rare ma in grado di annientare la nostra civiltà.Vedremo quegli straordinari... more...
Arid Land Geom: Geom Crit Conc
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 520.00This volume, also available as part of the collection "Geomorphology: Critical Concepts in Geography" constitutes an instant archive of esential benchmark papers and makes available in one place key published material on its area.. more...









