Best Sellers in Geology

-- Library Journal, 08/13/2009

1) Sand: The Never-Ending Story
Welland, Michael
University of California Press
2009. ISBN 0520254376 [9780520254374]. $24.95

2) Darwin’s Lost World: The Hidden History of Animal Life
Brasier, M.D.
Oxford University Press
2009. ISBN 0199548978 [9780199548972]. $34.95

3) End: Natural Disasters, Manmade Catastrophes, and the Future of Human Survival
De Villiers, Marq
St. Martin’s
2008. ISBN 0312365691 [9780312365691]. $26.95

4) Medea Hypothesis: Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive?
Ward, Peter Douglas
Princeton University Press
2009. ISBN 0691130752 [9780691130750]. $24.95

5) Global Catastrophic Risks
Bostrom, Nick
Oxford University Press
2008. ISBN 0198570503 [9780198570509]. $50

6) Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks?
Zalasiewicz, J.A.
Oxford University Press
2008. ISBN 0199214972 [9780199214976]. $34.95

7) Mountains of Saint Francis: Discovering the Geologic Events That Shaped Our Earth
Alvarez, Walter
W.W. Norton
2009. ISBN 039306185X [9780393061857]. $25.95

8) For the Rock Record: Geologists on Intelligent Design
Schneiderman, Jill S.
University of California Press
2009. ISBN 0520257588 [9780520257580]. $55

9) Deserts and Desert Environments
Laity, Julie
Wiley Blackwell
2008. ISBN 157718033X [9781577180333]. $64.99

10) Flotsametrics and the Floating World: How One Man’s Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science
Ebbesmeyer, Curtis C.
Smithsonian Books
2009. ISBN 0061558419 [9780061558412]. $26.99

11) Earthquakes and Tsunamis in the Past: A Guide to Techniques in Historical Seismology
Guidoboni, Emanuela
Cambridge University Press
2009. ISBN 0521837952 [9780521837958]. $144

12) Floods, Famines and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations
Fagan, Brian M.
Basic Books
2009. ISBN 0465005306 [9780465005307]. $17.95

13) Hydrologic Effects of a Changing Forest Landscape
Committee on Hydrologic Impacts of Forest Management, National Research Council
National Academies
2008. ISBN 0309121086 [9780309121088]. $41.25

14) How To Build a Dinosaur: Extinction Doesn’t Have To Be Forever
Horner, John R.
Dutton
2009. ISBN 0525951040 [9780525951049]. $25.95

15) Paleobiological Revolution: Essays on the Growth of Modern Paleontology
Sepkoski, David
University of Chicago Press
2009. ISBN 0226748618 [9780226748610]. $65

16) Geochemical Kinetics
Zhang Youxue
Princeton University Press
2008. ISBN 0691124329 [9780691124322]. $70

17) Water: Life in Every Drop
Caldecott, Julian
Virgin Books
2008. ISBN 0753513242 [9780753513248]. $12.95

18) El Nino, Catastrophism, and Culture Change in Ancient America
Sandweiss, Daniel H.
Dumbarton Oaks
2008. ISBN 0884023532 [9780884023531]. $55

19) Tsunamiites: Features and Implications
Shiki, Tsunemasa
Elsevier
2008. ISBN 0444515526 [9780444515520]. $165

20) Isotope Geology
Allegre, Claude J.
Cambridge University Press
2008. ISBN 0521862280 [9780521862288]. $80

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