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Themes: Geology • Earth Sciences • Nature

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The Fluvial System

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Themes: Geology • Earth Sciences • Nature

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Matthew R. Bennett

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Geological Highlights of the East Africa’s National Parks : Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and the Virunga Mountains — Roger N. Scoon

Geological Highlights of the East Africa’s National Parks : Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and the Virunga Mountains

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Rockhounding for Beginners Your Comprehensive Guide to Finding and Collecting Precious Minerals, Gems, Geodes, & More

Lars W. Johnson

Themes: Geology • Earth Sciences • Nature

Climate Since A.D. 1500 — Raymond S. Bradley

Climate Since A.D. 1500

Raymond S. Bradley

Themes: Geology • Earth Sciences • Nature

Reefs of Time What Fossils Reveal about Coral Survival — Lisa S. Gardiner

Reefs of Time What Fossils Reveal about Coral Survival

Lisa S. Gardiner

Themes: Geology • Earth Sciences • Nature

Scottish Fossils — N. H. Trewin

Scottish Fossils

Themes: Geology • Earth Sciences • Nature

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Ice The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance — Mariana Gosnell

Ice The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance

Mariana Gosnell

Themes: Geology • Earth Sciences • Nature

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Fractures and Fracture Networks

Themes: Geology • Earth Sciences • Nature

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The Western Highlands of Scotland

Themes: Geology • Earth Sciences • Nature

Underland A Deep Time Journey — Robert Macfarlane

Underland A Deep Time Journey

Robert Macfarlane

Themes: Geology • Earth Sciences • Nature

Estimating Abundance of African Wildlife An Aid to Adaptive Management — Hugo Jachmann

Estimating Abundance of African Wildlife An Aid to Adaptive Management

Themes: Geology • Earth Sciences • Nature

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Travels with Trilobites Adventures in the Paleozoic

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Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Eastern North America

Themes: Geology • Earth Sciences • Nature

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