Since the dawn of time, volcanoes have been both worshipped and feared. Celebrated by some cultures as a source of life and dreaded by others as the ultimate manifestation of the gods' anger, their volatile outbursts have left massive, indelible pockmarks on the planet's landscape. Today, scientists better understand the natural phenomena behind volcanic eruptions, but their impact is no less destructive. In Volcanoes, award-winning photographer Philippe Bourseiller documents the awesome power a...
Living on an Active Earth
by National Research Council Committee on the Science of Earthquakes
Letter Tracing Book Handwriting Alphabet for Preschoolers Cute Cow
by John J Dewald
Explosive Volcanism (Developments in Volcanology)
The 2007-2012 World Outlook for File Jackets and File Pockets
by Philip M. Parker
Advances in Geophysics Supplement 2 (Advances in Geophysics. Supplement)
by W H K Lee and Lee
Mother Nature Is Awesome (from Volcanoes to Earthquakes) (Books for Kids)
Biopolymers: Volume 14 (Rapra Review Reports)
by Lietuenant Colonel R M Johnson, L Y Mwaikambo, and N Tucker
Built on sugar, slaves, and piracy, Jamaica's Port Royal was the jewel in England's quest for Empire until a devastating earthquake sank the city beneath the sea A haven for pirates and the center of the New World's frenzied trade in slaves and sugar, Port Royal, Jamaica, was a notorious cutthroat settlement where enormous fortunes were gained for the fledgling English empire. But on June 7, 1692, it all came to a catastrophic end. Drawing on research carried out in Europe, the Caribbean, and t...
Kinematics and Dynamics of Lava Flows (Geological Society of America Special Papers (Paper Edition))
Birds of East Asia (Princeton Field Guides) (Helm Field Guides)
by Mark Brazil
This is the first single volume guide ever devoted to the eastern Asian avifauna. The eastern Asian region, centering especially on the major islands off the continental coast (including Japan and Taiwan) and the immediately adjacent areas of the Asian continent from Kamchatka in the north and including the Korean Peninsula are an important centre of endemism. Birds endemic to this region include representatives of many of the major families, from the world's largest eagle - Steller's Sea Eagle...
