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The News at the Ends of the Earth
The Print Culture of Polar Exploration
By Hester Blum
Duke University Press Books
Hester Blum examines the rich, offbeat collection of printed ephemera created by nineteenth- and early twentieth-century polar explorers, showing how ship newspapers and other writing shows how explores wrestled with questions... Learn MorePublished: 26th April 2019Hardback | £80.00
Paperback | £20.99
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Coral Empire
Underwater Oceans, Colonial Tropics, Visual Modernity
By Ann Elias
Duke University Press Books
Ann Elias traces the history of two explorers whose photographs and films of tropical reefs in the 1920s cast corals and the sea as an unexplored territory to be exploited in ways that tied the tropics and reefs to colonialism,... Learn MorePublished: 15th March 2019Hardback | £80.00
Paperback | £20.99
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A Field Guide to the Natural World of the Twin Cities
Written by John J. Moriarty, Photographs by Siah L. St. Clair
University Of Minnesota Press
An illustrated guide to the natural habitats and rich diversity of wildlife in the greater Minneapolis and St. Paul metro area Though the Twin Cities and environs have proven a fine habitat for one particular species, the three... Learn MorePublished: 3rd October 2018Paperback | £22.99
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Global Mountain Regions
Conversations toward the Future
Edited by ANN KINGSOLVER and SASIKUMAR BALASUNDARAM
Series Framing the Global
Indiana University Press
No matter where they are located in the world, communities living in mountain regions have shared experiences defined in large part by contradictions. ... Learn MorePublished: 1st October 2018Hardback | £72.00
Paperback | £36.00
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Noah's Ravens
Interpreting the Makers of Tridactyl Dinosaur Footprints
By James O. Farlow
Series Life of the Past
Indiana University Press
How can the tracks of dinosaurs best be interpreted and used to reconstruct them? In many Mesozoic sedimentary rock formations, fossilized footprints of bipedal, three-toed (tridactyl) dinosaurs are preserved in huge numbers,... Learn MorePublished: 1st October 2018Hardback | £68.00
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Searching for Minnesota's Native Wildflowers
A Guide for Beginners, Botanists, and Everyone in Between
Written by Phyllis Root, Photographs by Kelly Povo
University Of Minnesota Press
A beautifully illustrated, family-friendly guide to Minnesota\u2019s native wildflowers and how to find them Once prairie grasses and flowers bloomed for hundreds of miles in the western part of what we now call Minnesota. Once... Learn MorePublished: 15th May 2018Hardback | £18.99
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The story of the Ham Lake fire, at the time the most destructive wildfire in modern Minnesota history—the blaze, the firefighters\u2019 battle, the human toll On May 5, 2007, two days into his twenty-seventh trip to the... Learn MorePublished: 8th May 2018
Hardback | £19.99
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From Lake Coeur d’Alene to its confluence with the Columbia, the Spokane River travels 111 miles of varied and often spectacular terrain—rural, urban, in places wild. The river has been a trading and gathering place for Indigenous... Learn MorePublished: 19th April 2018
Hardback | £72.00
Paperback | £18.99
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Fossil Frogs and Toads of North America
By J ALAN HOLMAN
Series Life of the Past
Indiana University Press
Despite being among the most versatile and interesting amphibians in North America, frogs and toads (otherwise known as anurans) have not traditionally received enough attention from science. But now, with the population of modern... Learn MorePublished: 9th March 2018Paperback | £22.99
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Bringing Whales Ashore
Oceans and the Environment of Early Modern Japan
Written by Jakobina K. Arch, Foreword by and Series edited by Paul S. Sutter
Series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
University of Washington Press
Today, Japan defends its controversial whaling expeditions by invoking tradition—but what was the historical reality? In examining the techniques and impacts of whaling during the Tokugawa period (1603–1868), Jakobina Arch... Learn MorePublished: 2nd March 2018Hardback | £32.00
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Only in Texas could a snowstorm pelt the Panhandle at the very moment abrasive dust is scouring the Permian Basin while searing heat is wilting the Winter Garden region in the south. The state's large size and central location... Learn MorePublished: 1st December 2017
Paperback | £18.99
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Life Through the Ages, A Commemorative Edition
Edited by New Foreword by Stephen Jay Gould, Introduction by Philip J. Currie. Charles R. Knight, By Charles R. Knight
Series Life of the Past
Indiana University Press
First published in 1946, Charles R. Knight’s Life Through the Ages was for many a beloved first look at the strange animals of the prehistoric past. For much of the 20th century, Knight’s reconstructions were the key resource... Learn MorePublished: 1st November 2017Paperback | £13.99
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Seismic City
An Environmental History of San Francisco's 1906 Earthquake
Written by Joanna L. Dyl, Foreword by and Series edited by Paul S. Sutter
Series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
University of Washington Press
On April 18, 1906, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook the San Francisco region, igniting fires that burned half the city. The disaster in all its elements — earthquake, fires, and recovery — profoundly disrupted the urban order... Learn MorePublished: 4th October 2017Hardback | £26.99
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Oceans of Kansas, Second Edition
A Natural History of the Western Interior Sea
By Michael J. Everhart
Series Life of the Past
Indiana University Press
Revised, updated, and expanded with the latest interpretations and fossil discoveries, the second edition of Oceans of Kansas adds new twists to the fascinating story of the vast inland sea that engulfed central North America... Learn MorePublished: 11th September 2017Hardback | £40.00
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In this lively history and celebration of the Pacific razor clam, David Berger shares with us his love affair with the glossy, gold-colored Siliqua patula and gets into the nitty-gritty of how to dig, clean, and cook them using... Learn MorePublished: 1st September 2017
Hardback | £20.99
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Patrons of Paleontology
How Government Support Shaped a Science
By Jane P. Davidson
Series Life of the Past
Indiana University Press
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, North American and European governments generously funded the discoveries of such famous paleontologists and geologists as Henry de la Beche, William Buckland, Richard Owen, Thomas Hawkins,... Learn MorePublished: 21st August 2017Hardback | £32.00