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Papers presented at the Rubey Colloquium, held at the University of California, Los Angeles, Jan. 1986. It contains 40 chapters. Heavy volume.

Unpurified drinking water. Improper use of antibiotics. Local warfare. Massive refugee migration. Changing social and environmental conditions around the world have fostered the spread of new and potentially devastating viruses and diseases—HIV, Lassa, Ebola, and others. Laurie Garrett takes you on a fifty-year journey through the world's battles with microbes and examines the worldwide conditions that have culminated in recurrent… Read more about this item

This volume contains the entries of Lyell's seven notebooks and his correspondence with Charles Darwin between 1855 and 1861. They reveal the intricate web of evidence drawn from geology, paleontology, anthropology, and the geographical distribution of species. They are remarkable documents, revealing the difficulties of a great scientist. The book is in excellent condition, like new. It contains the name… Read more about this item

The first of three volumes on the life of Sir Charles Lyell, a Scottish geologist, is a much-needed and definitive study of one of the giants of geological science. This is a work of heroic proportions in which the author uses Lyell's letters, journals, and notebooks to elucidate his reasoning and to assemble evidence that led to the first truly… Read more about this item

Vol 8 in a series of 9 vols. Contents: Cantons de Lucerne et d'Argovie. French language. Hardcover. Numerous color photographs in each volume. Clean, unmarked pages. Very good condition. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

This volume I is a German translation by Reinhard Strecker of the Russian original and published as a 2. revised and expanded edition. 360 pgs. It is published in the former East Germany by the Aufbau Verlag. The supplement by B. H. Neumann is a very valuable addition. In very good condition with the dusk jacket a little frayed.

Vol 9 in a series of 9 vols. Contents: Cantons de Berne et de Fribourg. French edition. Hardcover. Numerous color photographs in each volume. Clean, unmarked pages. Excellent condition. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Vol 7 in a series of 9 vols. Contents: Cantons de Balee-Ville, Bale-Campagne, Soleure, Neuchatel, Jura, Vallée de Laufon. French edition. Hardcover. Numerous color photographs in each volume. Clean, unmarked pages. Minimal damage on front and back cover due to shelf life. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Vol 4 in a series of 9 vols. Contents: Cantons de Genéve, Vaud, Valais. French edition. Hardcover. Numerous color photographs in each volume. Clean, unmarked pages. Minimal damage on front and back cover due to shelf life. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Vol 3 in a series of 9 vols. Contents: Cantons de Grisons (régions linguistiques allemande et romane). French language. Hardcover. Numerous color photographs in each volume. Clean, unmarked pages. Minimal damage on front cover. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Vol 2 in a series of 9 vols. Contents: Cantons du Tessin et des Grisons (région linguistique italienne). French language. Hardcover. Numerous color photographs in each volume. Clean, unmarked pages. Minimal damage on front cover due to shelf life. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Description: Vol 1 in a series of 9 vols. Contents: Cantons d'Uri, Schwytz, Unterwald, Glaris, Zoug. French language. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Numerous color photographs in each volume. Clean, unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Other title: Burgen der Schweiz.

Biography of a Russian statesman and prince in seventeenth century Russia. As one of the leading figures in Russian politics, Prince Golitsyn developed an appreciation of contemporary Western cultures and mixed freely with Western visitors. In 1682 he assumed the control of Russia's foreign affairs and became the regent's chief minister. After he fell from power and was ousted by… Read more about this item

This volume explores the influence and the impact of the frontier in the development of the early Russian state. Publ. in 1976 by the University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, 101 pages, in new condition. A valuable contribution to Russian Studies.

Text and instructions in Japanese and English. Dramatic color and black and white photo illustrations and diagrams, followed by pattern pages that can be copied or used as is. 79 pages. Published in Tokyo in 1987. First edition, signed by author.

Text and instructions in Japanese and English. Dramatic color and black and white photo illustrations and diagrams, followed by pattern pages that can be copied or used as is. 71 pages. Published in Japan in 1985. Signed by the author.

The book is in very good condition with a small rip in the back of the dust jacket and a stamped name inside the book. This book provides an overview of quantum physics and the historical development of science. First edition, 370 pgs.

This volume 1 (of 2 volumes) is used but in very good condition. 581 pgs. Name stamp of former owner inside book. It is written for the professional geologist and for students as well. It deals with the facts and principles of the history of the earth from the records left in the rocks.

Experts from both sides of the nuclear controversy clarify the issues regarding nuclear power. Hardcover book in excellent condition. Name stamp of former owner inside book. 288 pgs.

New book in excellent condition and exquisitely illustrated. 255 pgs. The authors consider in this book the implications of size and shape for organisms.