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This lively book sweeps across dramatic and varied terrains - volcanoes and glaciers, billabongs and canyons, prairies and rain forests - to explore how humans have made sense of our planet's marvelous landscapes. In a rich weave of scientific, cultural, and personal stories, "The Face of the Earth" examines mirages and satellite images, swamp-dwelling heroes and Tibetan nomads, cave paintings and popular movies, investigating how we live with the great shaping forces of nature - from fire to changing climates and the intricacies of adaptation. The book illuminates subjects as diverse as the literary life of hollow Earth theories, the links between the Little Ice Age and Frankenstein's monster, and the spiritual allure of deserts and their scarce waters. Including vivid, on-the-spot accounts by scientists and writers in Saudi Arabia, Australia, Alaska, England, the Rocky Mountains, Antarctica, and elsewhere, "The Face of the Earth" charts the depth and complexity of our interdependence with the natural world.

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Lifestyle, sport & leisure Natural history The Earth: natural history general

• Plný název: Face of the Earth
• Autor: Sue Ellen Campbell, Alex Hunt, Richard Kerridge, Tom Lynch, Ellen Wohl
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Pevná
• Počet stran: 334
• EAN: 9780520269262
• ISBN: 0520269268
• ID: 04618100
• Nakladatelství: University of California Press
• Hmotnost: 580 g
• Rozměry: 157 × 233 × 27 mm
• Datum vydání: 22. August 2011

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