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  • The Rocks Don't Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood

    How the mystery of the Bible's greatest story shaped geology: a MacArthur Fellow presents a surprising perspective on Noah's Flood.In Tibet, geologist David R. Montgomery heard a local story about a great flood that bore a striking similarity to Noah’s Flood. Intrigued, Montgomery began investigating the world’s flood stories and—drawing from historic works by theologians, natural philosophers, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Assembling California

    by John McPhee ...
    Series Book 4 - Annals of the Former World
    At various times in a span of fifteen years, John McPhee made geological field surveys in the company of Eldridge Moores, a tectonicist at the University of California at Davis. The result of these trips is Assembling California, a cross-section in human and geologic time, from Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada through the golden foothills of the Mother Lode and across the Great Central Valley to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks

    Tales of Important Geological Puzzles and the People Who Solved Them

    Every rock is a tangible trace of the earth’s past. The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks tells the fascinating stories behind the discoveries that shook the foundations of geology. In twenty-five chapters—each about a particular rock, outcrop, or geologic phenomenon—Donald R. Prothero recounts the scientific detective work that shaped our understanding of geology, from the unearthing of exemplary ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • The Great Quake

    How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet

    New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • A riveting narrative about the biggest earthquake in North American recorded history—the 1964 Alaska earthquake that demolished the city of Valdez and swept away the island village of Chenega—and the geologist who hunted for clues to explain how and why it took place.At 5:36 p.m. on March 27, 1964, a magnitude 9.2. earthquake—the second most powerful in ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • How To Find Genuine Diamonds in Arkansas

    Series Book 2 - Genuine Diamonds Found in Arkansas
    The author teaches the three, main methods for finding diamonds in Arkansas. He also gives examples of people who have found success using these methods. Men, women, children, and the elderly can use these methods to find valuable diamonds at Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park which is open to the public 362 days each year. The author writes from experience because he has found over 200 ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rockhounding for Beginners

    Your Comprehensive Guide to Finding and Collecting Precious Minerals, Gems, Geodes, & More

    Go on an outdoor treasure hunt and enjoy all nature has to offer with this field guide to rockhounding, perfect for armchair geologists or anyone headed out on an adventure!Geology meets treasure hunting with this field guide to rockhounding! If you’ve ever kept an interesting rock or shell, bought a polished stone from a gift shop, or even just enjoyed a ’gram of a really cool crystal, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Alaska Dinosaurs

    An Ancient Arctic World

    Anthony Fiorillo has been exploring the Arctic since 1998. For him, like many others, the Arctic holds the romance of uncharted territory, extreme conditions, and the inevitable epic challenges that arise. For Fiorillo, however, the Arctic also holds the secrets of the history of life on Earth, and its fossils bring him back field season after field season in pursuit of improving human ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Volcanoes: A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Volcanoes are some of the most dramatic expressions of the powerful tectonic forces at work in the Earth beneath our feet. But volcanism, a profoundly important feature of Earth, and indeed of other planets and moons too, encompasses much more than just volcanoes themselves. On a planetary scale, volcanism is an indispensable heat release mechanism, which on Earth allows the conditions for life. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs

    The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe

    by Lisa Randall ...
    In this brilliant exploration of our cosmic environment, the renowned particle physicist and New York Times bestselling author of Warped Passages and Knocking on Heaven’s Door uses her research into dark matter to illuminate the startling connections between the furthest reaches of space and life here on Earth.Sixty-six million years ago, an object the size of a city descended from space to crash ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Map That Changed the World

    William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology

    In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in his excavations, one could follow layers of rocks as they dipped and rose and fell—clear across England and, indeed, clear across the world—making it possible, for the first time ever, to draw a chart of the hidden underside of the earth. Smith spent ... Read more

    $12.49 USD $1.99 USD

  • Krakatoa

    The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883

    The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano -- Krakatoa.The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa -- the name has since become a byword for a cataclysmic disaster -- was followed by an ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Annals of the Former World

    by John McPhee ...
    Series series Annals of the Former World
    The Pulitzer Prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4.6 billion yearsTwenty years ago, when John McPhee began his journeys back and forth across the United States, he planned to describe a cross section of North America at about the fortieth parallel and, in the process, come to an understanding not only of the science but of the style of the geologists ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Underland: A Deep Time Journey

    **National Bestseller • New York Times "100 Notable Books of the Year" • NPR "Favorite Books of 2019" • Guardian "100 Best Books of the 21st Century" • Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award"Mesmerizing…Underland is a portal of light in dark times." —Terry Tempest Williams, New York Times Book Review**In Underland, Robert Macfarlane delivers an epic exploration of the Earth’s underworlds as ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • A Brief History of Earth

    Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters

    Harvard’s acclaimed geologist “charts Earth’s history in accessible style” (AP)“A sublime chronicle of our planet." –Booklist, STARRED reviewHow well do you know the ground beneath your feet?Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering sheet of ice, rocked by a nearby meteor strike, or perhaps choked by poison gases, drowned beneath ocean, ... Read more

    $14.49 USD

  • The Heat Will Kill You First

    Life and Death on a Scorched Planet

    by Jeff Goodell ...
    **INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!NATIONAL BESTSELLERFinalist for The Los Angles Times Book Prize in Science & TechnologyFinalist for the Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in JournalismMost Anticipated Book by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times** • A Next Big Idea Book Club Selection • The New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice<... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Story of Earth

    The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet

    Hailed by The New York Times for writing “with wonderful clarity about science . . . that effortlessly teaches as it zips along,” nationally bestselling author Robert M. Hazen offers a radical new approach to Earth history in this intertwined tale of the planet’s living and nonliving spheres. With an astrobiologist’s imagination, a historian’s perspective, and a naturalist’s eye, Hazen calls upon ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $12.99 USD

  • Here on Earth

    A Natural History of the Planet

    by Tim Flannery ...
    From the internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer, and conservationist comes an awe-inspiring account of earth’s evolution.Beginning at the moment of creation with the Big Bang, Here on Earth explores the evolution of Earth from a galactic cloud of dust and gas to a planet with a metallic core and early signs of life within a billion years of being created. In a compelling narrative, Flannery ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Human Planet

    How We Created the Anthropocene

    An exploration of the Anthropocene and “a relentless reckoning of how we, as a species, got ourselves into the mess we’re in today” (The Wall Street Journal).Meteorites, mega-volcanoes, and plate tectonics—the old forces of nature—have transformed Earth for millions of years. They are now joined by a new geological force—humans. Our actions have driven Earth into a new geological epoch, the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bretz's Flood

    The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood

    The masterful story of the scientific rebel who dared to think outside the box—and changed the course of geologic historyThe land between Idaho and the Cascade Mountains is characterized by gullies, coulees, and deserts—in geologic terms, it is a wholly unique place on the earth. In the 1920s, legendary geologist and professor J Harlen Bretz peered back in time to answer the riddle of how this ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • A Crack in the Edge of the World

    America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906

    The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an enthralling and informative informative look at the tumultuous subterranean world that produces earthquakes, the planet's most sudden and destructive ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Rock From Mars

    A True Detective Story on Two Planets

    by Kathy Sawyer ...
    In this riveting book, acclaimed journalist Kathy Sawyer reveals the deepest mysteries of space and some of the most disturbing truths on Earth. The Rock from Mars is the story of how two planets and the spheres of politics and science all collided at the end of the twentieth century.It began sixteen million years ago. An asteroid crashing into Mars sent fragments flying into space and, eons later ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Basin and Range

    by John McPhee ...
    Series Book 1 - Annals of the Former World
    The first of John McPhee's works in his series on geology and geologists, Basin and Range is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world—a history of vanished landscapes, enhanced by the histories of people who bring them to light. The title refers to the physiographic province of the United States that reaches from eastern Utah to eastern ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Earth's Deep History

    How It Was Discovered and Why It Matters

    “Tells the story . . . of how ‘natural philosophers’ developed the ideas of geology accepted today . . . Fascinating.” —San Francisco Book ReviewEarth has been witness to dinosaurs, global ice ages, continents colliding or splitting apart, and comets and asteroids crashing, as well as the birth of humans who are curious to understand it. But how was all this discovered? How was the evidence for it ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Underground

    A Human History of the Worlds Beneath Our Feet

    by Will Hunt ...
    “[A] winningly obsessive history of our relationship with underground places” (The Guardian), from sacred caves and derelict subway stations to nuclear bunkers and ancient underground cities—an exploration of the history, science, architecture, and mythology of the worlds beneath our feetNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPRWhen Will Hunt was sixteen years old, he discovered an abandoned ... Read more

    $14.99 USD