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Texas

Why Earth Is Exceptional-And What That Means for Life in the Universe

Humankind has long fantasized about life elsewhere in the universe. And as we discover countless exoplanets orbiting other stars--among them, rocky super-Earths and gaseous Hot Jupiters--we become ever more hopeful that we may come across extraterrestrial life. Yet even as we become aware of the vast numbers of planets outside our solar system, it has also become clear that Earth is exceptional. The question is: why?

In Lucky Planet, astrobiologist David Waltham argues that Earth's climate stability is one of the primary factors that makes it able to support life, and that nothing short of luck made such conditions possible. The four-billion-year stretch of good weather that our planet has experienced is statistically so unlikely, he shows, that chances are slim that we will ever encounter intelligent extraterrestrial others.

Describing the three factors that typically control a planet's average temperature--the heat received from its star, how much heat the planet absorbs, and the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere--Waltham paints a complex picture of how special Earth's climate really is. He untangles the mystery of why, although these factors have shifted by such massive measures over the history of life on Earth, surface temperatures have never fluctuated so much as to make conditions hostile to life. Citing factors such as the size of our Moon and the effect of an ever-warming Sun, Waltham challenges the prevailing scientific consensus that other Earth-like planets have natural stabilizing mechanisms that allow life to flourish.

A lively exploration of the stars above and the ground beneath our feet, Lucky Planet seamlessly weaves the story of Earth and the worlds orbiting other stars to give us a new perspective of the surprising role chance plays in our place in the universe.


Lucky Planet

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#hardcover #Nature #Weather #Planet #Forces #Earth #Volcanoes #Disasters #Photography #Illustrative box : oversized 

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Extreme Planet

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#hardcover #childrens #science #space #earth

California

Earth and Space

Part of a series of first information books designed to stimulate children's interest in the world around them, this is a book on Earth and space. The book supports the National Curriculum and Scottish National Guidelines.

Starters

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X-Library Copy
Signs Of Wear/Use
#homeschool #teach #earth #earthday #nonfiction #environment #volcanoes #experiments #planet #educational #classroom

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

New Jersey

Science

Uses facts, stories, activities, and experiments to showcase different environments including mountains, deserts, forests, and the ocean.

Planet Earth

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A Garden of Poems about Our Planet

An excellent collection of poetry about nature and the environment that includes many by contemporary poets but also old favorites like "Daffodils."

The Earth Is Painted Green

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#hardcover #nonfiction #americanastronaut #earth #fighterpilot #history #marine 

Kentucky

A Memoir

The first American astronaut to orbit the globe recalls a life testing the limits, from his days as a daredevil test pilot, to his terms in the U.S. Senate, to his most recent flight into space aboard the shuttle Discovery.

John Glenn

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#hardcover #memoir #nonfiction #bird #birds #earth #nature 

Pennsylvania

From the New York Times bestselling author of H is for Hawk and winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for nonfiction, comes a transcendent collection of essays about the human relationship to the natural world

Vesper Flights

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#hardcover #nature #earth #thought-provoking #green

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Tennessee

A penetrating, page-turning tour of a post-human Earth

In The World Without Us, Alan Weisman offers an utterly original approach to questions of humanity's impact on the planet: he asks us to envision our Earth, without us.In this far-reaching narrative, Weisman explains how our massive infrastructure would collapse and finally vanish without human presence; which everyday items may become immortalized as fossils; how copper pipes and wiring would be crushed into mere seams of reddish rock; why some of our earliest buildings might be the last architecture left; and how plastic, bronze sculpture, radio waves, and some man-made molecules may be our most lasting gifts to the universe.
The World Without Us reveals how, just days after humans disappear, floods in New York's subways would start eroding the city's foundations, and how, as the world's cities crumble, asphalt jungles would give way to real ones. It describes the distinct ways that organic and chemically treated farms would revert to wild, how billions more birds would flourish, and how cockroaches in unheated cities would perish without us. Drawing on the expertise of engineers, atmospheric scientists, art conservators, zoologists, oil refiners, marine biologists, astrophysicists, religious leaders from rabbis to the Dali Lama, and paleontologists---who describe a prehuman world inhabited by megafauna like giant sloths that stood taller than mammoths---Weisman illustrates what the planet might be like today, if not for us.
From places already devoid of humans (a last fragment of primeval European forest; the Korean DMZ; Chernobyl), Weisman reveals Earth's tremendous capacity for self-healing. As he shows which human devastations are indelible, and which examples of our highest art and culture would endure longest, Weisman's narrative ultimately drives toward a radical but persuasive solution that needn't depend on our demise. It is narrative nonfiction at its finest, and in posing an irresistible concept with both gravity and a highly readable touch, it looks deeply at our effects on the planet in a way that no other book has.

The World Without Us

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Arkansas

Discovering the Geologic Events That Shaped Our Earth

THE MAJOR NEW WORK BY THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF T. REX AND THE CRATER OF DOOM -- A FASCINATING EXPLORATION OF THE EARTH'S HISTORY.

Walter Alvarez and his team made one of the most astonishing scientific discoveries of the twentieth century -- that an asteroid smashed into the Earth 65 million years ago, exterminating the dinosaurs. Alvarez had the first glimmer of that amazing insight when he noticed something odd in a rock outcrop in central Italy. Alvarez now returns to that rich terrain, this time to take the reader on an excavation of the Earth's distant past. We encounter the volcanoes that formed the Seven Hills of Rome; the majestic limestone Apennine mountains that started to develop millions of years ago under water; the evidence that the Mediterranean Sea completely evaporated to a sunken desert, perhaps several × and the proof that continental plates once overran one another to form the Alps. In Alvarez's telling, all major geologic episodes are as dramatic as the great impact that killed the dinosaurs, even when they happen over eons and without huge creatures to witness them.

8 pages of color, 60 black-and-white illustrations.

The Mountains of Saint Francis

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#paperback #pollution #climatechange #ecology #environment #environmental #environmentaleducation #education #science #earth 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Oregon

Pollution is a growing problem around the globe. Using chemicals, old appliances, exhaust fumes, and plastics are just a few of the things that cause pollution on our planet. Pollution examines how water, soil, and the atmosphere have become increasingly polluted and the impact that pollution has on people's health. In the face of these challenges, people and countries have cooperated to clean up natural environments. They are also working to prevent pollution through technology, better planning, transportation alternatives, and more.

Global Issues: Pollution (on-Level)

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#paperback #earth #science #juvenile #nonfiction 

New Mexico

Our Home Planet

Unique in our solar system, Earth contains water required for life to exist, and is home to millions of species of animals including humans. This highly illustrated book takes an in depth look at our home planet, including the inside core, the oceans and continents, the atmosphere surrounding it, and how it is affected by other celestial bodies.

The Earth

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#paperback #cookbook #cooking #foods #Earth #nonfiction

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Your Guide to the Best Foods on Earth

The author of Almost Vegetarian presents the one book that full-time and part-time vegetarians need on their shelves--a book that contains more than 600 contemporary low-fat recipes and invaluable nutritional and culinary information about the vegetarian way of life. 500 line drawings.

The Essential Vegetarian Cookbook

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Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Utah

The Earth, Its Landscape and Life Forms

The Atlas of Life on Earth offers a comprehensive, chronological survey of the Earth, its landscape and its life forms, from the beginning of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago to the present.The atlas is accessibly organized in six major parts, with 18 chapters devoted to each of the major geological periods, in which the crucial geological and biological developments in the history of our planet are described in lucid and intriguing detail. A concluding section looks at the ways in which the Earth and its biosphere continue to evolve today.

Each chapter begins with a timeline of the geological period in question and a vivid and arresting map presenting a 'snapshot from space' of the world as it was then. These maps, together with detailed artworks (including lavish reconstructions of prehistoric landscapes), stunning photographs, and explanatory diagrams, take the reader on a fascinating, informative, and awe-inspiring journey through time.

Specially devised feature spreads illustrating graphically and elegantly the evolution and relationships of each major group of plants and animals provide the reader with an incomparable reference source. Each section of the atlas has been written by an acknowledged expert in the relevant field, ensuring clear, informed coverage of the exciting and extraordinary story of the evolution of our planet.

Part 1: In the Beginning

Part 2: The Early Paleozoic

Part 3: The Late Paleozoic

Part 4: The Mesozoic

Part 5: The Tertiary

Part 6: The Quaternary

The Atlas of Life on Earth

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Did you know that an oil spill occurs somewhere in the world almost every day of the year Oil spills can have many different causes, but the result is the same. Oil harms plants and wildlife that make the oceans and coastlines their home. Scientists are learning the best ways to combat oil spills. Learn how you can help, too! This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 4 to 6. It's a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children.

This is a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science title, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades and supports the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

Oil Spill!

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New York

Rocking and Rolling

#paperback #scifi #thriller #futuristic #awardwinningauthor #vintage #vintagebooks #cautionarytale #earth 

Mississippi

A Novel 

Earth 

#hardcover #atlas #science #nature #earth

Atlas of Earth's Mysteries

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Such a lovely book ♥️

 #hardcover #fiction #poetry #illustrated #nature #forests #earth 

U

Michigan

A Celebration of Nature, in Word and Image

A sampler collection of art, poetry, and literature evokes the richness, tranquility, and primeval wonders of Earth's deep forests and explores the ways in which they have inspired humankind for centures.

The Forests

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A 1958 publication of the study of earth's tides and the effects on our air and water.#science #nonfiction #paperback #educational #earth #weather

Kansas

The Tides of Earth, Air and Water

Ebb and Flow 

#paperback #Plants #Ecology #Science #World #Illustrated #Children’s￼ #Photosynthesis #Earth #Energy￼￼ box 20
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Living sunlight

#paperback #childrens #earth #science #ya #youngadult #middlegrades #school #education #elementary 

Ohio

Earth Beneath Your Feet

#fiction #hardcover #aliens #war #earth #thelemity

"We never saw them coming. Entire cities disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving nothing but dust and rubble. When an alien race came to make Earth theirs, they brought with them a weapon we had no way to fight, a universe-altering force known as thelemity. It seemed nothing could stop it--until we discovered we could wield the power, too. Five hundred years later, the Earth is locked in a grinding war of attrition"--

Ninth City Burning

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Bright pics with interesting facts! #science #earth #kids #children #juvenile #nonfiction #paperback #preschool #learning 

Missouri

Know Your Planet

"Travel the planet from sun-scorched deserts and soggy rain forests to frozen tundra and ever-changing oceans. Discover Earth's wild ecosystems and see how humans are affecting the plants and animals that make the ecosystems home"--

Wild Earth

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#hardcover #earth #fiction has writing on inside cover see photos 

Florida

All of nature argues about the forms of God, so people are sent as a reminder of all that God is, although they do not seem to understand the message themselves.

David Waltham - Please read the description

Lucky Planet

Philip Steele; Neil Morris; Nicola Barber

Extreme Planet

John Stringer

Starters

Two-Can Publishing Ltd. Staff (Contribution by)

Planet Earth

Barbara Brenner; S. D. Schindler (Illustrator)

The Earth Is Painted Green

John Glenn; Nick Taylor

John Glenn

Helen Macdonald

Vesper Flights

Alan Weisman

The World Without Us

Walter Alvarez

The Mountains of Saint Francis

Andrew J. Milson

Global Issues: Pollution (on-Level)

David Jefferis

The Earth

Diana Shaw; Kathy Warriner (Illustrator)

The Essential Vegetarian Cookbook

Windmill Windmill Books (Produced by)

The Atlas of Life on Earth

Melvin Berger; Paul Mirocha (Illustrator)

Oil Spill!

Philip Steele

Rocking and Rolling

David Brin

Earth

Rand McNally Staff

Atlas of Earth's Mysteries

Michelle Lovric

The Forests

Albert Defant

Ebb and Flow

Molly bang and Penny Chrisholm

Living sunlight

Dan Greenberg

Earth Beneath Your Feet

J. Patrick Black

Ninth City Burning

Meredith Books

Wild Earth

Douglas Wood

The Old Turtle