Geological Sciences
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Lifeworld: A Fresh Approach to Environmental Philosophy
Lifeworld: A Fresh Approach to Environmental Philosophy argues that environmental responsibility is an existential reality rather than a traditional moral obligation. Foster suggests that viewing ecological care merely as a duty creates "pseudo-obligations" that result in political procrastination, proposing instead a framework of "deep naturalism" that sees the natural world as a reflection of humanity's creative species-life.
Uploaded September 2026
Uploaded September 2026
Earth & Life: A Four Billion Year Conversation
In this captivating book, Andrew Knoll traces how all life is sustained by Earth's geological and atmospheric dynamics, and how life itself shapes the physical environment. Taking readers on a thrilling journey across four billion years of Earth history, he shows how Earth and life interact to cycle the very elements of life from rocks, water, and air, and how these and related processes control our climate, regulate our atmosphere, and support the diversification of life-forms great and small.
Uploaded September 2026
Uploaded September 2026
Climate Justice Now: Crossing Disciplines to Combat Our Planetary Crisis
Climate Justice Now: Crossing Disciplines to Combat Our Planetary Crisis bridges the gaps between the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities to build a unified approach to the climate crisis. This book clarifies the complex debates surrounding environmental inequality, and offers a new conceptual framework and actionable research strategies to turn academic climate theory into real-world solutions.
Uploaded September 2026
Uploaded September 2026
The Princeton Field Guide to Sauropod and Prosauropod Dinosaurs
An authoritative illustrated guide to the long-necked herbivores that roamed the dinosaur world, from the enormous Brontosaurus and Brachiosaurus to their prosauropod ancestors. New discoveries are transforming our understanding of the sauropod and prosauropod dinosaurs, revealing startling new insights into the lives and look of these awesome herbivores. The Princeton Field Guide to Sauropod and Prosauropod Dinosaurs provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the mighty plant eaters that ruled the earth for many tens of millions of years.
Uploaded July 2026
Uploaded July 2026
Sauropods
The Princeton Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: Sauropods brings together every species of long-necked dinosaur known to have roamed the prehistoric world, with a dedicated entry for each species describing its key characteristics, taxonomic classification, location, and known remains along with a concise history of its discovery. Each species is beautifully brought to life with vivid illustrations and is supported by meticulously detailed diagrams of all known fossils.
Uploaded July 2026
Uploaded July 2026
Princeton Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: Ornithischians
The Princeton Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: Ornithischians brings together every species of armored and horn-faced dinosaur known to have roamed the prehistoric world, with a dedicated entry for each species describing its key characteristics, taxonomic classification, location, and known remains along with a concise history of its discovery. Each species is beautifully brought to life with vivid illustrations and is supported by meticulously detailed diagrams of all known fossils. These visual aids enable readers to explore how scientists reconstruct these incredible creatures from fossilized remains. Whether you're curious about Stegosaurus, Triceratops, or the multitude of less familiar ornithischian species, this encyclopedia covers them all.
Uploaded July 2026
Uploaded July 2026
No Option but Sabotage: The Radical Environmental Movement and the Climate Crisis
In No Option But Sabotage, Thomas Zeitzoff traces the origins, rise, fall, and potential rise again of the movement. Using in-depth interviews with past and current activists, as well as experts, Zeitzoff covers the main factions and actors. These include: Earth First! and its early advocacy for "monkeywrenching;" the "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski and his years-long anti-technology bombing campaign; the connections between animal liberation, punk, and the emergence of the Earth Liberation Front and its arson campaign; and more recent climate activists and their use of disruptive tactics.
Uploaded July 2026
Uploaded July 2026
Making Truth: Eco-Communication in the Anthropocene
This book aims for an in-depth exploration of eco-strategies and expands on how we could - perhaps even should - communicate sustainability issues. Homing in on problems related to communication, Making Truth probes into the role of signs, the importance of reality effects, repetitions, scripts, emotions, and strategies of (de)politicization.
Uploaded June 2026
Uploaded June 2026
Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
Our everyday lives are shaped by processes that vastly predate us, and our habits will in turn have consequences that will outlast us by generations. Timefulness reveals how knowing the rhythms of Earth's deep past and conceiving of time as a geologist does can give us the perspective we need for a more sustainable future.
Uploaded June 2026
Uploaded June 2026
We Dig Ammonites: Fact, Folklore, and History
Jodi Summers—an accomplished journalist and passionate fossil collector—guides readers through the entire arc of ammonite history. She explores the evolution, proliferation, extinction, and fossilization of these captivating cephalopods, situating the story in the progression of deep time.
Uploaded May 2026
Uploaded May 2026