Author: David Beerling
By OUP Oxford

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How the other half live, 2009-05-18
This is a superb and very up to date look at the history of plants and the role plants have played in the history of life. The writing style is engaging and easy to read, although the potted histories of scientific ideas at the start of most chapters were perhaps a little too long and sometimes not entirely to the point. This is a minor criticism, though; as the rest of the content is a unique description of some of the major changes in life on Earth since the start of the Palaeozoic.

Author: Oliver Rackham
By Collins

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A beautiful and inspiring read, 2010-08-19
This is a beautifully written and beautiful book about a feature of the countryside that has inspired awe, fear and wonder over generations: woodlands. The book left me torn! On the one hand I couldn't put it down and didn't want to leave; on the other I was longing to get out and explore some of the magical worlds he evokes. A wonderful book - as evocative and inspiring as Robert Macfarlane's The Wild Places, which I'd read previously. A tonic for this city-centre dweller.

Author: Chris Tibbs
By Royal Yachting Association

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Essential reading for sailors, 2010-06-14
My husband is doing Day Skipper Practical and Yachtmaster Theory courses and needed this book. He is finding it very useful.Packed with information.

Author: Harvey Map Services Ltd
By Harvey Map Services Ltd

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Fantastic Map, 2010-08-15
I have just completed the coast to coast and found the Harvey strip maps to be excellent. The material they are made from is fantastic - durable and water proof. Can't recommend them enough.

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Good value Glue Gun, 2010-05-31
I've only had this about a month, and usually deplore the idiots who rush to review a product when they've hardly got it out of the box, let alone used it over a period of time. However, this glue gun has worked consistently well and as long as it lasts (and Bosch products usually do) I shall be satisfied.

I'm a professional bookseller so I use a glue gun for an hour or more three or four times a week to pack my parcels of books. This model produces a thin consistent line of glue through a metal tube, ideal for my purposes. My last glue gun had a wider outlet, rubber tipped. The rubber soon perished and fell off, leaving an overlarge delivery hole. It also gave out after five years, having cost £100. At £16 or £17 the Bosch only has to last a bit more than a year and I will have had my money's worth.

The only downside with this gun, compared with the other, is that it is very light and easily knocked over. One solution, which Bosch could contemplate, would be to enlarge the wire stand in front to make it wider. This would give a bit more stability.

Overall the gun has a good feel. If I were using it for craftwork its ability to produce small dots of hot glue would be ideal, and for bigger projects it works well for me.

Author: Mike Hulme
By Cambridge University Press

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Simply superb! A must read for those with a genuine interest in the debate and healthy skepticism, 2010-04-20
This book is a must read regardless of your side on this debate, and highly recommended for healthy skeptics and those with a genuine interest in the climate change controversy and its related policies. Not surprisingly the book was included in The Economist list of Best Books of 2009.

Mike Hulme is a renowned climate scientist with a 30 year experience in the field who works at the University of East Anglia, and even was Director at the now famous CRU (though he was not involve in the Climategate scandal). Considering his honest view on this subject and his openness in the discussion of such contentious issue, in order to avoid any misunderstandings, right at the beginning of the book Mr. Hulme makes explicit his position regarding climate change: he believes the risks posed by climate change are tangible and serious, and require human intervention and management, and also that the global climate is influenced by an array of human activities. However, he does not believe that the way the UN FCCC and the Kyoto protocol are neither the only nor the most appropriate way to attack this problem. Also he "feels uncomfortable that climate change is widely reported through the language of catastrophe and imminent peril, as `the greatest problem facing humanity', which seeks to trump all others."

Mr. Hulme presents quite an innovative and insightful approach to the climate change discussion, by looking at it as a social phenomenon, as an "idea" interpreted differently by different cultures and by our different sets of believes, values, and concerns, and therefore, what it means to different people in different places. He explores the different dimensions of this "idea" in several political, economical, cultural and ethical contexts, and by identifying the different meanings of climate change he argues we can better understand why we disagree about climate change. Some of these meanings include climate change as a justification to fight globalization, as a desire to return to simpler times, while for others is a great opportunity to develop to technologies that will solve the problem, the desire of pride and control. He summarizes these views to what he calls four myths: Eden, Apocalypses, Babel, and Jubilee. Simply brilliant! He also looks at climate change as a wicked problem, and presents a very insightful analysis of the possibilities of elegant and clumsy solutions.

Despite the strong sociological and philosophical discourse, Mr. Hulme makes a very strong case for his view of the problem, and his main argument has been confirmed by two recent events, Climategate and the failure of the Copenhagen meeting. On a second thought, I think this book is also recommended for hard-die global warming advocates, so they can begin to understand why they movement is beginning to erode, and it is not because the science is a hoax, as the deniers camp has declared recently in light of Climategate.

PS: Some critics have said that Hulme's ideas are naive, or that he went loony. Well, if you are in doubt, read the the Hartwell Paper published in May 2010 by the London School of Economics (available for free in pdf format in the web, just google). In this publication Hulme and another 13 academics and energy advocates argued that the Kyoto Protocol has failed to produce any discernable real world reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases in fifteen years, and therefore, after the Copenhagen fiasco, Kyoto has crashed. They argued that this failure opens an opportunity to set climate policy free from Kyoto and they propose a controversial and piecemeal approach to decarbonization of the global economy which will be more pluralistic and much more effective than the policies based on Kyoto. Do not miss it.

Author: Richard Hamblyn
By David & Charles PLC

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Clouds to watch for., 2010-08-09
This book is excellent. The pictures are fantastic, with a good explanation of each effect. Well written in easy to follow language. If you are interested in clouds and weather, this is one of the books for you. Highly recommended.

Author: Prof Joseph Holden
By Prentice Hall

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Educational, 2009-03-22
This is an ecellent book and well worth the money paid for it. I only wish I had this book prior to starting my education.

Author: Ewald Lieske, Robert F. Myers
By Collins

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Splendid!, 2010-08-13
I bought this on the basis of other reviews. Also the 'frequently bought together' reccomendation of identification sheet and guide. I think these will be perfect for my fothcoming trip to Sharm.

Author: Bob Digby, Russell Chapman, Anna King, Catherine Hurst, Andy Owen
By OUP Oxford

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Not bad, not bad, 2009-07-04
This was okay I guess, I liked the way it was laid out and it helped me to understand the course loads, however after the january exams I found that the questions in the paper itself had very little relevance to what I'd learnt from the book. Maybe this is the nature of the course and the exam, but just a word of caution that i think it may be better if you do 'Look Inside' and see for yourself. Happy shopping!