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List Price: £49.87
Our Price: £41.98
Author:
C.W. Fetter
By Pearson Education
 The Bible, 2000-05-21
Elegant and comprehensive introduction to classical hydrogeology. Fetter's other book Contaminant Hydrogeology completes the pair. Unlike most scientific texts, this is an engrossing and highly engaging read - a real page turner. But remember, there is no money in hydrogeology in the UK...
List Price: £32.00
Our Price: £22.40
Author:
David Waugh
By Nelson Thornes
A very good approach, 2005-03-22
This is probably the best geography book.
David Waugh is a renowned geographer and an expert in his field.
The text is so simple that one read will let you understand it thoroughly.
I'm in Vancouver, Canada, and in International Baccalaureate programme, and this is THE text book we use. Arguably the best!
List Price: £7.95
Our Price: £10.37
Author:
Jill Fredston, Doug Fesler
By Alaska Mountain Safety Centre, US
Difficult to fault, 2006-03-01
Probably the most user-friendly of all the books available on staying safe in avalanche terrain. Written (and published) by two of the most experienced practitioners in the avalanche world. It won't bamboozle you with over-technical stuff on snow, snowpack and avalanche dynamics, it just gives practical and accessible advice about what to look out for in order to stay safe (and what to do if it all goes wrong).
Just like all the other books on avalanche safety, you need to combine the content with practical experience. Perhaps 'Snow Sense' is best looked upon as essential preparatory reading for an avalanche course?
List Price: £9.00
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Author:
Mark S. Monmonier
By Chicago University Press
 Could have been better, 2004-08-31
Any book that calls itself, "How to Lie with..." is simply begging for a reviewer to compare it to, "How to Lie with Statistics." The latter is a classic that is fun and educational. Unfortunately, this book falls short of deserving the title but it is still an interesting read. One of the main problems is that rather than being a guide to help avoid being fooled by maps, the author uses the book as an introduction to the science of cartography. It seems that a large portion of the book is aimed towards the prospective mapmaker. I found these parts to be a bit difficult to get through. Also, there are very few real life examples in the book. I would have liked to see more examples from newspapers or magazines in place of the samples the author provides. Some of the few real life examples are from Nazi Germany and the USSR and seem very dated. That was the bad side but there are many good points to the book. The chapter on development maps was very interesting (although the attempts at humor are wasted) and should be required reading for anyone who is serving on a zoning board. Also, the discussion of choropleth maps is excellent and the reader will come away with a clear understanding of how these maps can be abused either deliberately or accidentally by the cartographer. The author shows examples of very different choropleth maps using the same data that will make you skeptical of anyone who uses choropleth maps to prove a point. Although parts of the book drag, the book is short at 150 pages so it is a relatively quick read. I wouldn't say that it is required reading, but it will help you maintain a healthy skepticism about maps that you might encounter.
List Price: £13.50
Our Price: £10.73
Author:
M Anton
By Columbia University Press
The best book ever on hard to find prehistoric cats!!!!!!!!!, 1999-06-20
I never expected the book would be such an impressive accumulation of information and pictures. Everything about this book was done with such detail that nothing I've see so far compares to it. The pictures depict not just the details of each prehistoric cat (and the marsupial convergent evolution 'versions') but presents them in scale to the present and extinct cats to give us an clear idea of the size of these animals. Both author and artist have to do a sequel now that a new sabertooth species was just found in Florida.
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