Annals of the Former World
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  • 1
    Basin and Range: Annals of the Former World, Book 1 | John McPhee
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    Basin and Range: Annals of the Former World, Book 1

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    • By John McPhee
    • Narrated By Nelson Runger
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    To geologists, rocks are beautiful, roadcuts are windowpanes, and the earth is alive, a work in progress. The cataclysmic movement that gives birth to mountains and oceans is ongoing and can still be seen at certain places on our planet. One of these is the Basin and Range region centered in Nevada and Utah.

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    McPhee is an amazing writer. I love geology, but he makes it positively lush and compelling to listen to. I am so glad Audible added this to their col..Show More »

    Reviewed on Oct 12 2004 by Julie (Niles, IL, USA)
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    In Suspect Terrain: Annals of the Former World, Book 2 | John McPhee
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    In Suspect Terrain: Annals of the Former World, Book 2

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    • By John McPhee
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    John McPhee's Pulitzer Prize-winning Annals of the Former World takes readers on mind-expanding adventures in geology. In the first book, Basin and Range, McPhee traveled to Nevada with a proponent of plate techtonics. Now, an engaging sceptic working for the United States Geological Survey is his guide to some of eastern America's most fascinating geologic formations.

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    McPhee is an amazing writer. I love geology, but he makes it positively lush and compelling to listen to. I am so glad Audible added this to their col..Show More »

    Reviewed on Oct 12 2004 by Julie (Niles, IL, USA)
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    Rising From the Plains: Annals of the Former World, Book 3 | John McPhee
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    Rising From the Plains: Annals of the Former World, Book 3

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    Rising From the Plains takes McPhee to the high country of Utah along the Continental Divide. His guide is David Love, "the grand old man of Rocky Mountain geology". Helping McPhee see the physical changes that have shaped this region over millions of years, Love also traces his own family's history in this oil-rich, windswept land.

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    This book is an extremely well-written & informative blend of science and history. While Wyoming geology is the book's primary focus, the story has a..Show More »

    Reviewed on Nov 07 2004 by Nancy (Vancouver, WA, USA)
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    Crossing the Craton: Annals of the Former World, Book 4 | John McPhee
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    Crossing the Craton: Annals of the Former World, Book 4

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    With his Pulitzer Prize-winning Annals of the Former World, John McPhee explores not only the richly varied surface of the United States, but the geological wonders hidden deep beneath our feet. In this final book of the series, he embarks on a fascinating journey across the basement of the continent - the land masses forming Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and thereabouts - with a professor and geochronologist acting as a guide.

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