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Vesuvius
By Gillian Darley
Paperback
Published 24-May-2012
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Volcanoes continue to grab our imagination - and Vesuvius is the most famous of them all. For Greeks and Romans Vesuvius was a fearsome sacred place. Spartacus launched his slave rebellion from its crater. The Enlightenment brought the serious study of the phenomenon of volcanic activity. This book deals with Vesuvius.
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1493
By Charles Mann
Paperback
Published 06-Sep-2012
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A sweeping, hugely readable account of history's biggest ecological invasion, when Europe and the Americas collided for the first time in millennia.
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Flora Britannica
By Richard Mabey
Hardback
Published 07-Oct-1996
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Covering the native and naturalized wild plants of England, Scotland and Wales, this reference guide to plants and flowers contains over 500 colour images.
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Lie of the Land
By Ian Vince
Paperback
Published 03-Jun-2011
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From ancient volcanos and deserts to long-forgotten seas, a spotter's guide to the Britain beneath your feet
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Fire Season
By Philip Connors
Paperback
Published 29-Mar-2012
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An unforgettable memoir of solitude, wilderness and wildfires
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Life
By Richard Fortey
Paperback
Published 06-Apr-1998
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A magisterial exploration of the natural history of the first four thousand million years of life on and in the earth, by one of Britain's most dazzling science writers.
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Meadow
By Barney Wilczak
Hardback
Published 05-Apr-2012
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A photographic celebration of Clattinger Farm, probably the finest remaining traditional hay meadow in Britain.
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Rivers
By Nick Middleton
Paperback
Published 26-Apr-2012
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This Very Short Introduction is a celebration of rivers in all their diversity. Nick Middleton covers a wide and eclectic range of river-based themes, from physical geography to mythology, to industrial history and literary criticism. Worshipped and revered, respected and feared, rivers reflect both the natural and social history of our planet.
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Those Who Dared
By Richard Nelsson
Hardback
Published 30-Sep-2005
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Draws together first person accounts, news reports and obituaries that demonstrate the awe-inspiring lengths to which explorers and adventurers have gone to push back the boundaries of human endeavour. This title collects Gordon Laing's doomed journey to Timbuctoo in 1828, and Captain Webb's epic swim across the English Channel in 1875.
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Europe's Lost World, the Rediscovery of Doggerland
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Published 15-Mar-2009
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