Reissue of second edition of this geography textbook first published in 1984. Designed to cover the year 11 geography syllabus in WA, it includes material for further reading, and a glossary.

The Earth: Home of Humanity

Science & Math

JARVIS

Armstrong, Patrick

ARMSTRONG

Earth Sciences

Longman Publishing Group

Polar Regions (Ladybird Leaders)

Witcomb, Gerald

Penguin Books, Ltd.

Islands (Ladybird Leaders)

Darwin's Desolate Islands

SANDPIPER REMAINDERS

The Log of a Snow Survey: Skiing and working in the Winter World of the Sierra Nevada

Mountain snow is the Western United States' greatest fresh water reservoir. The men and women measuring this resource in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California regularly ski across 12,000 foot passes and at night must dig into rock and log cabins for shelter. On these monthly survey trips they will often ski over 100 miles and climb and descend 25,000 to 30,000 feet along the spine of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. In this actual account of a snow survey trip Armstrong covers many pertinent and practical subjects which range from safe winter travel on skis, practical avalanche assessment and avoidance, bird life and wildlife found high in the mountains in winter, cooking on and maintaining wood burning cook stoves and a short history of these surveys. It includes many humorous incidents and some deadly incidents. The Sierra Nevada snow surveyors travel through some of the most stunning mountain terrain found anywhere in the world. Winter is indeed a wild and beautiful season high in the mountains. It has its obvious dangers and it has its sublime beauties. This account attempts to transport the reader into that remote winter world.

The Log of a Snow Survey: Skiing and Working in the Winter World of the Sierra Nevada

Nature & Ecology

AbbottPress

Mountain snow is the Western United States' greatest fresh water reservoir.The men and women measuring this resource in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California regularly ski across 12,000 foot passes and at night must dig into rock and log cabins for shelter. On these monthly survey trips they will often ski over 100 miles and climb and descend 25,000 to 30,000 feet along the spine of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.In this actual account of a snow survey trip Armstrong covers many pertinent and practical subjects which range from safe winter travel on skis, practical avalanche assessment and avoidance, bird life and wildlife found high in the mountains in winter, cooking on and maintaining wood burning cook stoves and a short history of these surveys. It includes many humorous incidents and some deadly incidents.The Sierra Nevada snow surveyors travel through some of the most stunning mountain terrain found anywhere in the world. Winter is indeed a wild and beautiful season high in the mountains. It has its obvious dangers and it has its sublime beauties. This account attempts to transport the reader into that remote winter world.

Abbott Press

A biography of the provocative nineteenth-century English naturalist.\nBrilliant, hard-working, and immensely productive, the naturalist Richard Owen was a great ambassador for science and played an outsized role in shaping London’s Natural History Museum. Still, Owen was a provocative bully, accused of plagiarism, and the only man Charles Darwin claimed to hate since Owen staunchly opposed his ideas about natural selection despite sharing similar views himself. This biography gives an account of Owen’s life and work and offers some speculation about the reasons behind his controversial behavior and strained relationships.

Richard Owen (Critical Lives)

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Reaktion Books

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