Arid zones, deserts books

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Sustainable Livelihoods in Kalahari Environments: A Contribution to Global Debates

Sustainable Livelihoods in Kalahari Environments: A...
Author: Deborah Sporton (, Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield) , David S. G. Thomas (, Professor of Physical Geography, University of Sheffield) ISBN: 9780198234197 Format: Hardback	$153.95
Provides an overview of the dynamics of contemporary natural resource based livelihoods in the marginal, drought-prone... Read More >>

A Desert Calling: Life in a Forbidding Landscape

A Desert Calling: Life in a Forbidding Landscape
Author: Michael A. Mares , Stephen Jay Gould ISBN: 9780674007475 Format: Hardback	$74.95
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Assessment of Drylands and Desertified Areas in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Assessment of Drylands and Desertified Areas in the...
Author: Economic & Social Commission for Asia & the Pacific ISBN: 9789211200713 Format: Paperback	$23.95
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The Jepson Desert Manual: Vascular Plants of Southeastern California

The Jepson Desert Manual: Vascular Plants of Southeastern...
Author: Bruce G. Baldwin , Steve Boyd ISBN: 9780520227750 Format: Paperback	$95.95
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Ecology of Desert Systems

Ecology of Desert Systems
Author: Walter G. Whitford (USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USA) ISBN: 9780127472614 Format: Hardback	$287.76
Focuses on the interactions of climate, soil, and biota along a spectrum of spatial and temporal scales. This book... Read More >>

The Lost World of the Kalahari: With 'The Great and the Little Memory'

The Lost World of the Kalahari: With 'The Great and...
Author: Sir Laurens Van Der Post ISBN: 9780099428756 Format: Paperback	$24.99
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Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering in Arid Lands

Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering in Arid...
Author: H.A. Alawaji ISBN: 9789058095145 Format: Hardback	$355.00
These papers are classified into two parts. The first section deals with geotechnical engineering, covering topics... Read More >>

Productive Water Points in Dryland Areas: Guidelines on integrated planning for rural water supply

Productive Water Points in Dryland Areas: Guidelines...
Author: Chris Lovell ISBN: 9781853395161 Format: Paperback	$51.62
This book shows how research in Southern Africa has shed light on why conventional wells and boreholes fail, on... Read More >>

The Desert and the Sown: The Syrian Adventures of the Female Lawrence of Arabia

The Desert and the Sown: The Syrian Adventures of the...
Author: Gertrude Bell , Rosemary O'Brien ISBN: 9780815411352 Format: Paperback	$52.67
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Southwestern Desert Life: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Plants & Animals

Southwestern Desert Life: A Folding Pocket Guide to...
Author: James Kavanagh , Waterford Press ISBN: 9781583551240 Format: Pamphlet	$12.99
This beautifully illustrated guide to Southwest Desert Life highlights over 140 species of mammals, birds, reptiles,... Read More >>

Secret Knowledge of Water

Secret Knowledge of Water
Author: Craig Childs ISBN: 9780316610698 Format: Paperback	$39.57
Craig Childs, who has spent years in the deserts of the American West-as an adventurer, a river guide, and a field... Read More >>

Southwestern Desert Birds: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

Southwestern Desert Birds: A Folding Pocket Guide to...
Author: James Kavanagh , Waterford Press ISBN: 9781583550915 Format: Pamphlet	$12.99
Southwestern Desert Birds is a pocket-sized, folding Pocket Naturalist guide highlighting the most commonly viewed... Read More >>

Wastewater Treatment in Dry Climates: Desert or Desert with Some Rain

Wastewater Treatment in Dry Climates: Desert or Desert...
Author: Mark J. Hammer ISBN: 9781572782495 Format: Paperback	$211.20
This publication details the most appropriate unit processes for wastewater treatment in a dry climate. Read More >>

the desert

the desert
Author: Wilfred Thesiger , etc. ISBN: 9780500974919 Format: Hardback	$118.80
Organized around a series of historical and contemporary works, this catalogue examines the ways photography and... Read More >>

Plants in the Deserts of the Middle East

Plants in the Deserts of the Middle East
Author: Kamal H. Batanouny ISBN: 9783540525721 Format: Hardback	$736.56
Usually authors write introductions for their books, although they know that not many readers will read it. The... Read More >>

Sustainable Land Use in Deserts

Sustainable Land Use in Deserts
Author: Siegmar-W. Breckle , Maik Veste ISBN: 9783540677628 Format: Hardback	$580.77
Changing desert areas for land use implies a lot of ecological problems. This book gives a broad survey on some... Read More >>

The Archaeology of Drylands: Living at the Margin

The Archaeology of Drylands: Living at the Margin
Author: Graeme Barker , David Gilbertson ISBN: 9780415230018 Format: Hardback	$280.00
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Sunbelt Gardening: Success in Hot-Weather Climates

Sunbelt Gardening: Success in Hot-Weather Climates
Author: Tom Peace ISBN: 9781555913564 Format: Paperback	$79.07
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Geoengineering in Arid Lands

Geoengineering in Arid Lands
Author: A.M.O. Mohamed , K.I. Al Hosani ISBN: 9789058091604 Format: Hardback	$255.00
The papers in this volume cover topics in the field of geoengineering in arid lands. Topics include: coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical... Read More >>

Desert Arthropods: Life History Variations

Desert Arthropods: Life History Variations
Author: Fred Punzo ISBN: 9783540660415 Format: Hardback	$604.56
It is difficult for me to recollect a time when I was not fascinated with the very notion of a desert. The indomitable... Read More >>

A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert: Revised and Updated Edition

A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert: Revised and...
Author: Arizona-Sonora Desert Mus ISBN: 9780520219809 Format: Paperback	$84.35
A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert provides the most complete collection of Sonoran Desert natural history... Read More >>

Encyclopedia of Deserts

Encyclopedia of Deserts
Author: Michael A. Mares ISBN: 9780806131467 Format: Hardback	$145.20
The first comprehensive reference to the first comprehensive reference to deserts and semideserts of the world.... Read More >>

Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction in Arid Lands

Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction in Arid Lands
Author: E. Derbyshire , A.K. Singhvi ISBN: 9789054107101 Format: Hardback	$205.00
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Desert Landscape Architecture

Desert Landscape Architecture
Author: John C. Krieg , Nancy R.H. Sappington ISBN: 9781574442250 Format: Hardback	$389.00
Presents an understanding of desert environments, their climatic conditions, and unique physical beauty using the... Read More >>

Arid Zone Geomorphology: Process, Form and Change in Drylands

Arid Zone Geomorphology: Process, Form and Change in...
Author: David S. G. Thomas ISBN: 9780471976103 Format: Paperback	$332.51
This book examines the geomorphological processes that operate in arid zone environments. It includes new chapters... Read More >>

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