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The Outermost House
Henry Holt and Co. 2013; US$ 15.99The seventy-fifth anniversary edition of the classic book about Cape Cod, ?written with simplicity, sympathy, and beauty? ( New York Herald Tribune ) A chronicle of a solitary year spent on a Cape Cod beach, The Outermost House has long been recognized as a classic of American nature writing. Henry Beston had originally planned to spend just... more...
Glaciers
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 79.95This book offers a comprehensive and detailed summary of our knowledge and understanding of glaciers and sets them within a global environment context. The text explains the significance both of recent advances in glaciology, and of teh many research problms that remain to be solved. The accessible style adopted in the text facilitates a clear understanding... more...
Oceanography: an Earth Science Perspective
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 79.95This work provides a wide perspective of the oceans by examining their places in the earth sciences, drawing together all the key strands of ocean study and presenting a holistic view of ocean processes, ancient and modern. more...
Ocean Circulation
Wiley 2013; US$ 120.00Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series . The ocean's meridional overturning circulation (MOC) is a key factor in climate change. The Atlantic MOC, in particular, is believed to play an active role in the regional and global climate variability. It is associated with the recent debate on rapid climate... more...
Ocean Modeling in an Eddying Regime
Wiley 2013; US$ 124.00Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series . This monograph is the first to survey progress in realistic simulation in a strongly eddying regime made possible by recent increases in computational capability. Its contributors comprise the leading researchers in this important and constantly evolving field.... more...
Methods for Study of Marine Benthos
Wiley 2013; US$ 214.50Originally put together by the International Biological Programme (IBP) and published in its first edition in 1971, this popular book is now in it's 4th edition. The benthos is the area at the bottom of the sea (or a lake) and the term is often used to mean all the plants and animals living there. Ecosystems of the benthic environment are a... more...
Instrumentation and Metrology in Oceanography
Wiley 2013; US$ 165.00Through research, physical oceanography aims to solve the numerous problems stated by thermal, optical and dynamical properties of the oceans. Instrumentation and Metrology in Physical Oceanography describes the means used in oceanography to determine physical properties of the oceans by medium of in situ measurements. ... more...
The Men of the Mary Rose
The History Press 2013; US$ 24.78A J Stirland uses archaeological and skeletal evidence to give the reader a welcome insight into the lives and soldiers of the Mary Rose, from their ages and height to their health, diet and physical condition. more...
The Mojette Transform
Wiley 2013; US$ 140.00Applied sciences in the 20th century have developed and used unitary transforms for concentrating energy. Now, the challenge lies in the expression and use of redundancy to build redundant systems. The Mojette transform is a very simple transform using only additions but with strong properties that break this challenge. The first part of the book gives... more...
Traveling the 38th Parallel
University of California Press 2013; US$ 29.95Between extremes of climate farther north and south, the 38th North parallel line marks a temperate, middle latitude where human societies have thrived since the beginning of civilization. It divides North and South Korea, passes through Athens and San Francisco, and bisects Mono Lake in the eastern Sierra Nevada, where authors David and Janet Carle... more...









