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Earth: The Power of the Planet

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by: Iain Stewart, John Lynch

October 18, 2007
Beautiful book and, like the TV series, is a well presented and informative guide to our planet, its formation and also addresses the problems that may occur from the legacy of human impact.

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The Geology of Britain

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by: Peter Toghill

November 15, 2002
The book is excellently presented, with plenty of diagrams and photographs to clarify points made in the text. It is well written but, considering it is produced with the lay person in mind it is easy to become lost in the blizzard of facts, figures and events which are presented on many pages.

The one-page diagram of the Geological time scale is great. The book would be so much easier to digest if other such information was displayed on one page (even as an appendix) for the movement of continents around the planet. Similarly for a table of the various events and the dates they occurred in Britain. Trying to keep track of it all from the text is bemusing.

The glossary, too, could be significantly expanded; as it is ... Read More:

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The Earth: An Intimate History

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by: Richard Fortey

March 07, 2005
Looking forward to reading a well received book on a fantastic subject matter, I was left struugling to find the will to live after page after page of tedious digression into irrelevant nonsense. Richard Fortey is clearly well read, well travelled and cultured but his digressions are only vaguely relevant. I can only think he might be a bit insecure and wants to bragg about how much he knows about stuff. Buy this if you are the guy who ends up listening to the monotonous nerd at parties, otherwise walk away. It is hard work.

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Understanding Earth

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by: John Grotzinger, Thomas H. Jordan, Frank Press, Raymond Siever

May 02, 2006
Looking forward to reading a well received book on a fantastic subject matter, I was left struugling to find the will to live after page after page of tedious digression into irrelevant nonsense. Richard Fortey is clearly well read, well travelled and cultured but his digressions are only vaguely relevant. I can only think he might be a bit insecure and wants to bragg about how much he knows about stuff. Buy this if you are the guy who ends up listening to the monotonous nerd at parties, otherwise walk away. It is hard work.

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Understanding Earth

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by: Frank Press, Raymond Siever, John Grotzinger, Thomas H. Jordan

August 18, 2003
An excellent text book for people with little prior geological knowledge. Everything is well explained in clear and simple sections. There are loads of colourful diagrams and pictures helping get the facts across. A glossary at the back makes understanding tricky vocabulary easy. This text book is amazing and I'd be lost without it!

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Hutton's Arse: 3 Billion Years of Extraordinary Geology in Scotland's Northern Highlands

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by: M.H. Rider

August 12, 2005
I've enjoyed this book immensely since I found it in a little shop in Gairloch. Its compelling title drew me in and as soon as I saw Scotland's geology was being discussed with that of the Moon and Mars, I knew Rider was on the right track. At times, Rider leans a bit heavily on the terms and expressions he knows so well from his geology background and gentler guidance for the reader would help get some of the finer points of geology across. I also could have done without the rants about wind farms. They seemed so out of place in such a good book. Nevertheless, Rider ably mixes fine storytelling of a human dimension with the awe of Earth's history and context in the Solar System.

Well done, Malcolm Rider. Your book is a gem.

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A Colour Atlas of Rocks and Minerals in Thin Section

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by: W. S. Mackenzie, A. E. Adams

April 01, 1994
I am currently studying geology through the Open University, and was really struggling to get my head around what minerals I was actually trying to identify. It's hard to read a description of a mineral and then try to interpret it visually. This book has come to the rescue and has been invaluable to me. Nice book and pictures are great.

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Global Geomorphology

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by: Michael Summerfield

April 02, 1991
This book is a very useful and helpful introduction book for Physical Geography with regards to Geomorph - well written and very informative without being over the top in excessive details. Clear & comprehensible.

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Beach Stones

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by: Margaret Carruthers

April 28, 2006
This book is a very useful and helpful introduction book for Physical Geography with regards to Geomorph - well written and very informative without being over the top in excessive details. Clear & comprehensible.

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The Rough Guide to the Earth (Rough Guides Reference Titles)

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by: Martin Ince

April 26, 2007
This book is a very useful and helpful introduction book for Physical Geography with regards to Geomorph - well written and very informative without being over the top in excessive details. Clear & comprehensible.