Avalanche Books

• Space Policy
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Space Missions
  Solar System
  Astronomy
   
  

  Entering Space: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization

  Humans are not native to the Earth. So posits astronautical engineer Bob Zubrin in the opening of Entering Space. We're native to just a small sliver of it, the spot where our species originated in ...  > read more
• Ice Ages
  Early Mammals
  Geography
  Ancient Civilizations
  Earth Science
  Fossils
   
  

  Prehistoric America: A Journey through the Ice Age and Beyond

  When human beings first arrived in North America at the end of the last Ice Age, they encountered a teeming variety of animals, from ground sloths and mastodons to zebras and camels. This ...  > read more
• Ice Ages
  Ancient Civilizations
  Global Warming
  Geography
  World Development
  Nature of Water
   
  

  Lost World: Rewriting Prehistory---How New Science Is Tracing America's Ice Age Mariners

  For decades the issue seemed moot. The first settlers, we were told, were big-game hunters who arrived from Asia at the end of the Ice Age some 12,000 years ago, crossing a land bridge at the Bering ...  > read more
• Anthropology
  Archaeology
  Civil Engineering
  Urbanization
  Cosmology
  Land Management
   
  

  The Last Giant Of Beringia: The Mystery of The Bering Land Bridge

  "A tale of science, adventure, and personality that evolves into a complete review of the history and knowledge of Beringia.... I recommend it to everyone." -The Times (London) The intriguing theory ...  > read more

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