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20,000 BC was the peak of the last Ice Age and then global warming changed history ushering in a changed life style from hunter-gatherer to farmers and permanent villages and towns - civilization. 622 pages with 16 pages of colour photographs, 4 maps, 8 pages of black and white illustrations. Book in very good+ condition despite number of small ticks in margin of many pages. Dust jacket in very good+ condition.
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After The Ice, A Global History 20,000 - 5,000 BC
by Steven Mithen
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Australia's Wilderness Heritage, A two volume collection
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2 volume set ; World Heritage Areas. Flora and Fauna. Both 400 pages with numerous colour illustrations throughout. Both in near fine if not as new condition. These are heavy large books over 5kg therefore 2 post bags at $12,50 each = $25 postage, I will pay $10, you $15. If you are in Adelaide I will deliver. Contact me.
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Australia's Living Deserts
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The vast central desert touches on all mainland states of Australia and comprise the major portion of South Australia, Western Australia and The Northern Territory. Although of enormous extent nowhere do the deserts become totally barren with sufficient rainfall from time to time to support surprisingly large populations of plants and animals if only for a brief time. 79 pages with numerous colour illustrations throughout and endpaaper map. Book in near fine codition and dust jacket in very good condition with two minor tears top spine and some minor wear.
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Burn, The Epic Story of Bushfire in Australia
by Paul Collins
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The grand narrative of bushfires in Australia, the most fire prone land on Earth - stories of heroism, stupidity, political incompetence, and environmental vandalism. 420 pages with 8 pages of black and white photographs. Book in very good condition ex library with sticker inside back cover, on spine and back cover.
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Centenary Field Guide of Major Parks and Reserves of South Australia
by Allan Fox
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The establishment of national parks and associated reserves in the emerging history of the State has provided a significant resource for future generations and this guide is a recognition the best this state and in most cases other areas elsewhere can offer. 232 pages with maps and colour photographs throughout. Book in very good+ condition.
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Children of the Ice
by John & Mary Gribbin
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The story of the origins and evolution of humankind, set against a backdrop of dramatic climate change. 199 pages. Book in very good condition ex library with sticker on title page, stamps on back endpaper, and reference inside back cover. Dust jacket in good+ condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back, ?water creases on back.
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Climate, Man, and History
by Robert Claiborne
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What is climate and what determines it, and its effects on man and history - the inter-relationship of man's evolution and climatic change, the heavy premium of man's adaptability,, and how climate influenced racial differences. 444 pages with endpaper map. Book in very good+ condition. Dust jacket in good+ condition in clear wrapper with fading to spine and some wear (see photo).
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Daintree, where the rainforest meets the reef
by Rupert Russell
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Daintree is one of the last great tropical rainforests in the world and where it meets the sea two of Australia's living wonders merge the other being the sand and coral of the Great Barrier Reef. 256 pages with numerous colour photographs throughout. Book in very good condition with some minor water damage. Dust jacket in good condition with three small tears, some knocks and chips. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.
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Diary of a Young Naturalist
by Dara McAnulty
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The author, an autistic teenager, explores the natural world. 223 pages with 7 illustrations and endpaper illustration. Book and dust jacket in very good+ condition.
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The Earth Machine: The Science of a Dynamic Planet
by Edmond A Mathez and James D Webster
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An up to date overview of the central theories and major discoveries in earth sciences on how the Earth works and is capable of supporting life. and how scientists have learnt to read nature's subtle clues and interpret Earth's ever evolving narrative. 335 pages with numerous colour photographs and figures and black and white figures. Book in near fine condition ex library but no stamps or other indications. Dust jacket in near fine condition in clear wrapper which has sticker on spine and back.
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Eight Little Piggies, Reflections in natural history
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History on the broadest scale of life's evolution during 3.5 billion years told in a series of essays. 479 pages with illustrations throughout the text. Book in very good condition.
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Floods of Lake Eyre
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Draining an area equal to France, Spain and Portugal combined, Lake Eyre is an immense salt lake and one of the great natural wonders of the world. Considered to be permanently dry, the last forty years witnessed some twenty flood events with spectacular ones in 1950, 1974 and 1984 with the transformation of the desert being miraculous. The origin, occurrence, and behaviour of the water in the Lake is described with an estimate of inflows for the period 1885-1984. 99 pages with aerial and satellite photographs, maps and graphs, and a selection of magnificent colour photographs. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.
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The Green Desert
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Lake Eyre flooded in 2009 and continued to fill for the next four years - defying natural history. The lake and its landscape as we have never seen before. 240 pages with around 200 pages of colour photographs. Book and dust jacket in as new condition. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.
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Harm de Blij's Geography Book
by Harm de Blij
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Subjects range from immediate practical concerns - using maps, coping with changing weather, understanding cities - to broader issues such as the functions of political boundaries, and the scramble for control of the oceans. 336 pages. Book in very good+ condition ex library with stamps om endpapers and title page and sticker on back endpaper. Dust jacket in very good+ condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back.
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Heaven's Breath, A Natural History of the Wind
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Everything you always wanted to know about nothing - winds provide the circulatory and nervous systems of the planet, sharing out energy and information, distributing both warmth and awareness, making something out of nothing. 384 pages. Book in good condition with previous owners name on first page and tanning and part booksellers sticker on back cover. . .
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Kakadu, Looking after the country - The Gagudju Way
by Stanley Breeden and Belinda Wright
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Kakadu National Park is in the top end of the Northern Territory and a place of great richness. Four tribal elders explain how they maintain links with the Dreamtime, how they look after country and pass on traditions to the next generation - a spectacular record of a culture and environment. 208 pages with colour photographs on most pages and two maps. Book in very good condition and if not for missing first page (endpaper) would be in as new condition. Dust jacket in very good+ condition with very minor wear.
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Our Sunburnt Country
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The author, a farmer and scientist, shares how we can grow the courage to protect our land and save our food, and our future. 291 pages. Book in as new condition.
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Out of the Earth
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How soil is formed, its over use by early civilizations, its misuse in modern times, and the need to nurture it before it is too late. 321 pages. Book in very good+ condition ex library with stamps on back endpaper. Dust jacket in very good+ condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back
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The People's Forest, A Living History of the Australian Bush
by Gregg Borschmann
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The first national oral history collection of Australian landscape memory and folklore recorded as a crucial cultural heritage. 279 pages with numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Book in near fine condition with previous owners name and a date on first page and very minor marks to top leading edge. Dust jacket/ slipcase in near fine condition with very minor ?mark on front. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.
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The Secret Life of Wombats
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The author follows the story of Peter Nicholson who as a fifteen year old crawled into wombat burrows and then embarks on his own journey to uncover the true nature of wombats. 229 pages with 8 pages of colour photographs and black and white illustrations throughout. Book in vey good condition.
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