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The Global Casino: An Introduction to Environmental Issues
Taylor & Francis Ltd 2008; US$ 54.95This new edition of the Global Casino has been fully updated and redesigned in colour. It is the essential introduction to environmental issues linking the physical environment to the political, social and economic contexts in which these issues occur. more...
Deserts
OUP Oxford 2009; US$ 9.99Deserts make up a third of the planet's land surface, but if you picture a desert, what comes to mind? A wasteland? A drought? A place devoid of all life forms?Deserts are remarkable places. Typified by drought and extremes of temperature, they can be harsh and hostile; but many deserts are also spectacularly beautiful, and on occasion teem with... more...
Rivers
OUP Oxford 2012; US$ 9.99Rivers have played an extraordinarily important role in creating the world in which we live. They create landscapes and provide water to people, plants and animals, nourishing both town and country. The flow of rivers has enthused poets and painters, explorers and pilgrims. Rivers have acted as cradles for civilization and agents of disaster; a river... more...
Going to Extremes
Pan Macmillan 2012; US$ 7.66In Going to Extremes writer, presenter and Oxford geography don Nick Middleton visits the world's hottest, coldest, wettest and driest inhabited places. He visits Oymyakon in Siberia, where the average winter temperature is -47 degrees and 40% of the population have lost their fingers to frostbite while changing the car wheel.vNext he travels to Arica... more...
Surviving Extremes
Pan Macmillan 2012; US$ 7.66The intrepid Oxford don, explorer and author of Going to Extremes is back, and he?s set himself a challenge to cope with the worst that nature can throw at him in Surviving Extremes. Travelling to four of the most extreme natural environments: swamps, deserts, jungles and arctic wastelands, the question is, can he pick up enough tips from the indigenous... more...
Going to Extremes
Pan Macmillan UK 2001; US$ 18.03"Going to Extremes" is a four-part series in which writer, presenter and Oxford geography don Nick Middleton visits the world's hottest, coldest, wettest and driest inhabited places. The book and series will consider how and why people live in these harsh environments. How will Nick's body react to these contrasting extremes? He will look at the geographical... more...
Surviving Extremes
Pan Macmillan UK 2003; US$ 15.18Nick Middleton returns to pit himself against the four most extreme environments on the planet in this paperback edition of the successful "Surviving Extremes". The intrepid Oxford don, explorer and author of "Going to Extremes" is back, and he?s set himself a challenge to cope with the worst that nature can throw at him in "Surviving Extremes".... more...
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