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Oceans

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Review: I bought this book for my daughter's christmas as she was fascinated by the programme recently shown on the BBC. I did wonder whether she would find the written book a little too hard-going, but she loves it and finds it an easy and interesting read. She is 13. T....

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Coast: The Walks

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Review: I had the choice between this book and the readers digest equivalent. The Book People were at work so all I got was a quick look through and decided on this one pretty much just down to the fact this book had little maps which provided an overveiw of each walk - I ....

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The Atlas of the Real World: Mapping the Way We Live

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Review: This book is brilliant! It uses maps of the world to display data by distorting the physical size of countries according to the relevant data - the result is a very visual feel for the data - much more powerful than figures or words could be. Every page has a glo....

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Cloud Book: How to Understand the Skies

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Review: This is a fantastic book and I was glad I bought it. The foreword is very informative and well written and doesn't boggle the reader with too much science. This book is ideal for those armchair cloud watchers who know a bit about clouds but need to further their k....

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Since Records Began!: The Highs and Lows of Britain's Weather

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Review: I found this book fascinating. I really enjoyed reading about the records concerning British weather, such as The Weirdest Showers or The 1987 Storm. It is interesting to see how the British climate has changed so much over the 1000 years the book covers and the fr....

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Mapping England

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Great British Weather Disasters

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Review: This is a good book for anyone interested not just in disasters, but in the Weather & Climate of the British Isles. It is easy to read, irrespective of your level of knowledge on the subject, and is very well researched. It is written in an individual, sometime....

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Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean

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Review: This is not a indepth review but a general sweep of the history of the mediterranean! You should read this if you are unsure how to get into a particular area of history...please read, you will lover it.......

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The Emerald Planet: How Plants Changed Earth's History

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Review: For many years, as fossil plants emerged from the rocks, it was believed that these records reflected changes in climate. Plants, it was assumed, had to adapt to variations in weather and other conditions. According to Beerling, plant life was instead the major pro....

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The Real Gorbals Story: True Tales from Glasgow's Meanest Streets

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Review: Colin has captured the genuine feel of what may have been a physically run-down area but what the people turned into a tightly-knit community. To anyone growing up in 1950's or early 1960's Glasgow the Gorbals was an area to be avoided. These infamous slums however....

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