Transportation Issues Books

• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Urbanization
  Severe Weather
  Transportation Issues
  Consumer Behavior
  Anthropology
   
  

  Patron Saints: How the Saints Gave New Orleans a Reason to Believe

  In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, devastating not only buildings and homes, but the hope, spirit and faith of its people. The Saints were cast out on the road, not knowing when ...  > read more
• Archaeology
  Racial Issues
  Anthropology
  Ancient Civilizations
  Fossils
  Exotic Species
   
  

  Skull Wars: Kennewick Man, Archaeology, and the Battle for Native American Identity

  Since its discovery in 1996, the issues surrounding Kennewick Man have grown ever more complicated and controversial. Out of this fracas comes Skull Wars, David Hurst Thomas's masterful contribution ...  > read more
• Extinction
  Environmental Policies
  Environmental Issues
  Global Warming
  Climate
  Early Climate
   
  

  Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future

  University of Washington paleontologist Peter D. Ward demonstrates in UNDER A GREEN SKY that the ancient past is not just of academic concern. Everyone has heard about how an asteroid did in the ...  > read more
• Fossils
  Dinosaurs
  Early Mammals
  Paleontology
  Tyrannosaurus Rex
  Privacy Issues
   
  

  Discovering Fossils: How to Find and Identify Remains of the Prehistoric Past (Fossils & Dinosaurs)

  160 drawings 6 x 9 Complete beginners guide to fossil collecting Includes lesser-studied vertebrate fossils Detailed illustrations for identification and comparison Earlier life forms are buried ...  > read more
• Astrophysics
  Cosmology
  Astronomy
  Big Bang
  Solar System
  Galaxies
   
  

  The Essential Cosmic Perspective Media Update with Astronomy Place website, Skygazer Planetarium Software, eBook CDROM and Astronomy media workbook (3rd Edition)

  The Essential Cosmic Perspective, Third Edition Media Update features a new an effective learning program that uses chapter openers, headers, callouts in the text, and highly-visual chapter ...  > read more
• Physics
  Cosmology
  Chemistry
  Earth Science
  Big Bang
  Astrophysics
   
  

  The Physical Universe

  This is an outstanding text with a long history that has been updated and given a fresh look, including worked examples pulled out of the text into numbered boxes. The text is now also accompanied by ...  > read more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Cultures
  Anthropology
  Archaeology
  Resource Shortage
  Climate
   
  

  The Incas and Their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peru (Revised Edition)

  In 1532, when Pizarro conquered Peru, the Inca realm was one of the largest empires on earth, graced by gold masterpieces, towns with great palaces and temples, and an impressive network of roads. ...  > read more
• Earth Science
  Geology
  Earthquakes
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Geochemistry
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
   
  

  Earth Lab: Exploring the Earth Sciences

  Filled with simple experiments, EARTH LAB: EXPLORING THE EARTH SCIENCES covers a variety of topics in physical geology, environmental geology, and earth science course. Hands-on activities help you ...  > read more
• Geochemistry
  Chemistry
  Organic Chemistry
  Organic
  Biochemistry
  Thermodynamics
   
  

  Study Guide to accompany Organic Chemistry, 8th Edition

  Work more effectively and gauge your progress along the way! The Study Guide for Organic Chemistry, 8th Edition contains explained solutions to all of the problems in the text. The Study Guide also ...  > read more
• Sun
  Geomagnetic Storms
  Solar Flare
  Earth Science
  Astronomy
  Geology
   
  

  The Sun Kings: The Unexpected Tragedy of Richard Carrington and the Tale of How Modern Astronomy Began

  In September of 1859, the entire Earth was engulfed in a gigantic cloud of seething gas, and a blood-red aurora erupted across the planet from the poles to the tropics. Around the world, telegraph ...  > read more

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