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Changing Arctic Landscape
ISBN: HB: 9781602230804, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, April 2010
56 pp., 23x28 cm, 30 halftones, 41 colour illus.
With this book, photographer Ken Tape sets changes in the landscape in stark relief, pairing decades-old photos of the arctic landscape of Alaska with photos of the same scenes taken in the present. The resulting volume is a stunning reminder of in...
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£26,50
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Gems and Gemstones Timeless Natural Beauty of the Mineral World
ISBN: HB: 9780226305110, University of Chicago Press, November 2009
352 pp., 25.9x22.1 cm, 290 colour plates, 7 line drawings, 5 tables
Gems are objects of wealth, icons of beauty, and emblems of the very best of everything. They are kept as signs of prestige or power. Given as tokens of love and affection, they also come in a kaleidoscopic array of hues and can be either mineral or...
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£34,00
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Coast Lines How Mapmakers Frame the World and Chart Environmental Change
ISBN: HB: 9780226534039, University of Chicago Press, May 2008
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 85 halftones
In the next century, sea levels are predicted to rise at unprecedented rates, causing flooding around the world, from the islands of Malaysia and the canals of Venice to the coasts of Florida and California. These rising water levels pose serious cha...
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£19,00
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