This book explores the development of ideas about enormous floods, both gradual and catastrophic, and the role of floods in fashioning the Earth's surface. Floods of immense size are recorded in ancient myths and classical writings. Renaissance scholars believed that sea shells found on mountains were relics of Noah's Flood, and natural philosophers during the Restoration and Enlightenment proposed elaborate theories of the Earth which accounted for a universal Deluge. During the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, field evidence suggested that there had been several grand cataclysms during the course of Earth's history, the most recent of which was identified with the Noachian Cataclysm. In the nineteenth century too, a gradual inundation of continents was proposed, an idea which was taken up by proponents of marine regression and transgression cycles. During the present century the notion of marine transgression has been refined. Recently, the possibility of catastrophic flooding has again been raised. The author traces the developments of each of these theories and provides a comprehensive bibliography of the exploration of these ideas through the centuries.

Cataclysms and Earth History: The Development of Diluvialism

Science & Math

Huggett, Richard

Biological Sciences

Oxford University Press

This book examines the life of the little-known but highly successful man whose productions dominated London theatre for over 30 years. Following 10 years of research, the author has uncovered the background and career of this elusive man of mystery, beginning with his origins in Cardiff. Binkie Beaumont was rarely photographed and avoided publicity, yet his company at one time had no less than 14 productions running simultaneously in London. He kept actors such as John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Vivien Leigh and designers including Cecil Beaton and Rex Whistler regularly in work. Authors such as Noel Coward, Terrence Rattigan and Peter Schaffer sent him their latest plays. Yet at the time of his death "The Times" admitted that they did not even know the man's real name. Richard Huggett is better known as an actor and playwright, but has written several book including "The Truth about Pygmalion" and "The Curse of Macbeth".

Binkie Beaumont: Eminence Grise of the West End Theatre, 1933-1973

Humor & Entertainment

Hodder&Stoughton

Physical Geography: A Human Perspective introduces physical geography by examining the interactions between people and their physical, chemical and biological surroundings. This exciting and accessible new textbook develops central ideas through discussions that focus on humanenvironment interactions. The authors take an innovative new approach and detail the connections between environmental, social, cultural, ethical, economic and technological factors, to give a full introduction to the physical, chemical, biological and ecological processes that underpin the behaviour of the Earths system and its components. Physical Geography contains a wealth of pedagogic features, including learning outcomes, glossary entries on the page where terms are first used, essay questions and boxes. The interactive companion website www.physicalgeo.co.uk complements the learning resources in the book and enables students to develop their understanding further. Physical Geography: A Human Perspective is an essential core text for first year undergraduate students studying physical geography.

Physical Geography: A Human Perspective

Politics & Social Sciences

Gavin, Helen

Richardson, Kate

Lindley, Sarah

Social Sciences

Hodder Education Publishers

The Truth About Pygmalion

Random House]

Geoecology: An Evolutionary Approach

Animals, plants and soils interact with one another, with the terrestrial spheres, and with the rest of the Cosmos. On land, this rich interaction creates landscape systems or geoecosystems. Geoecology investigates the structure and function of geoecosystems, their components and their environment. The author develops a simple dynamic systems model, the `brash' equation, to form the conceptual framework for the book suggesting an `ecological' and `evolutionary' approach. Exploring internal of `ecological' interactions between geoecosystems and their near-surface environments - the atmosphere, hydrosphere, toposhere, and lithosphere - and external influences, both geological and cosmic, Geoecology presents geoecosystems as dynamic entities constantly responding to changes within themselves and their surroundings. An `evolutionary' view emerges of geoecological systems, and the animals, plants, and soils comprising them, providing a new way of thinking for the whole environmental complex and the rich web of interdependencies contained therein.

Routledge

Animals, plants and soils interact with one another, with the terrestrial spheres, and with the rest of the Cosmos. On land, this rich interaction creates landscape systems or geoecosystems. Geoecology investigates the structure and function of geoecosystems, their components and their environment. The author develops a simple dynamic systems model, the `brash' equation, to form the conceptual framework for the book suggesting an `ecological' and `evolutionary' approach. Exploring internal of `ecological' interactions between geoecosystems and their near-surface environments - the atmosphere, hydrosphere, toposhere, and lithosphere - and external influences, both geological and cosmic, Geoecology presents geoecosystems as dynamic entities constantly responding to changes within themselves and their surroundings. An `evolutionary' view emerges of geoecological systems, and the animals, plants, and soils comprising them, providing a new way of thinking for the whole environmental complex and the rich web of interdependencies contained therein.

Environmental Change explores the nature, causes, rates and directions of environmental change throughout earth history. Huggett introduces the interdependent parts of the natural environment - cosmic, ecological, geological - and the dynamic nature of the environmental system. Integrating a wealth of examples and illustrations from around the world, the book examines evidence and causes of change in life, climate (air and water), soils, sediments and landforms, and the impacts of human-environment interaction.

Environmental Change: The Evolving Ecosphere

Environmental Change explores the nature, causes, rates and directions of environmental change throughout earth history. Huggett introduces the interdependent parts of the natural environment - cosmic, ecological, geological - and the dynamic nature of the environmental system. Integrating a wealth of examples and illustrations from around the world, the book examines evidence and causes of change in life, climate (air and water), soils, sediments and landforms, and the impacts of human-environment interaction.

Environmental Change

A witty biography of the play itself and the behind-the-scenes scandals and drama that went into bringing it to the stage.

This is an accessible exploration of the influence of topography on environmental factors -- air, water, soils and life. Topography is an important part of every environment and physical geography course, involving as it does the location and character of, and connections between, different environmental elements. 
Topographic factors influence climate and ecosystems at both local and global scales - similarly the climate and the ecosystem influences the further evolution of topography. The book is split into two sections, the first introducing students to the main facets of topography and the second exploring individual topographic influences on various environmental elements, such as climate, water, soils and plants. The authors also include sections on oceanographic features and mountain climates. 
Topography is, in a narrow sense, the ground surface and, in a broad sense, all the Earth's surface features, natural and human-made. Topography and the Environment explores the role of topography in shaping environmental patterns and processes, looking at topographic influences upon climate, water, soils and sediments, life, and humans. In doing so, it draws together material from a range of disciplines, and includes traditional ideas on topographic influences as well as modern ideas developed in landscape ecology and elsewhere. 
In addition, it explores the application of digital terrain models to physical geographical and environmental sciences, promotes the revival of topography as all Earth-surface features, and serves up a wealth of up-to-date case studies and examples from around the world. To aid students' learning, the book is lucidly written with a host of classic and new case studies and examples, contains a large number of carefully selected and prepared diagrams, and includes long reference lists at the end of each chapter. The book offers a novel and unique insight into topography, topographic influences, and their analysis. 
Dr Richard Huggett is Senior Lecturer in geography. University of Manchester. Jo Cheessman is Lecturer in Geography, University of Manchester.

Topography and the Environment

Cheesman, Jo

Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd

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Cataclysms and Earth History: The Development of Diluvialism

Binkie Beaumont: Eminence Grise of the West End Theatre, 1933-1973

Physical Geography: A Human Perspective

The Truth About Pygmalion

Geoecology: An Evolutionary Approach

Geoecology: An Evolutionary Approach

Environmental Change: The Evolving Ecosphere

Environmental Change

The Truth About Pygmalion

Topography and the Environment