Frozen Earth: The Once and Future Story of Ice Ages MacDougall, Doug University of California Press 2006 0520275926 / 9780520275928 Soft cover New Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall New paperback. RRP £23.95. pp. xxvi, 256. In this engrossing and accessible book, Doug Macdougall explores the causes and effects of ice ages that have gripped our planet throughout its history, from the earliest known glaciation - nearly three billion years ago - to the present. Following the development of scientific ideas about these dramatic events, Macdougall traces the lives of many of the brilliant and intriguing characters who have contributed to the evolving understanding of how ice ages come about. As it explains how the great Pleistocene Ice Age has shaped the earth's landscape and influenced the course of human evolution, Frozen Earth also provides a fascinating look at how science is done, how the excitement of discovery drives scientists to explore and investigate, and how timing and chance play a part in the acceptance of new scientific ideas. Macdougall describes the awesome power of cataclysmic floods that marked the melting of the glaciers of the Pleistocene Ice Age. He probes the chilling evidence for Snowball Earth, an episode far back in the earth's past that may have seen our planet encased in ice from pole to pole. He discusses the accumulating evidence from deep-sea sediment cores, as well as ice cores from Greenland and the Antarctic, that suggests fast-changing ice age climates may have directly impacted the evolution of our species and the course of human migration and civilization. Frozen Earth also chronicles how the concept of the ice age has gripped the imagination of scientists for almost two centuries. It offers an absorbing consideration of how current studies of Pleistocene climate may help us understand earth's future climate changes, including the question of when the next glacial interval will occur. 306421
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17.96 GBP
The Lone Swallows and Other Essays of Boyhood and Youth Williamson, Henry ; illustrated by C. F. Tunnicliffe (wood engravings) G. P. Putnam's Sons 1933 First Thus Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Hardback, with dust jacket. First impression of this new and enlarged illustrated edition of 1933. Original green cloth. Both the book and dust jacket are in very good clean condition. There is a very slight forwards lean to the spine. Neat gift inscription (dated 1933) written on the front endpaper. There are just a couple of foxing spots to the outer closed textblock edges and to preliminary pages (very few). The binding is nice and firm and pages clean. The dust jacket has a very few small foxing spots and is browned at the spine. A flattened crease to the front flap of the dust jacket; not price clipped. pp. xiv, 242. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. 106007
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40.00 GBP
Exporting Workers: The Turkish Case (Dept. Of Applied Economics Occasional Paper 41) Paine, Suzanne Cambridge University Press Cambridge, United Kingdom 1974 0521098793 / 9780521098793 Soft Cover Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Soft back. A few minor marks to the covers and a very pale water-type stain to the top outer closed textblock page edge (pages not affected). Minor crease in the front cover. Contents clean - no marks to pages, no previous owner's names or inscriptions. The binding is firm. pp. 227. 020030
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6.00 GBP
