Guide to Deserts (Firefly Pocket series)

By Tony Allan, Andrew Warren, Andrew Allan, Tony; Warren

A richly illustrated and comprehensive survey of the world's great desert regions. This compact reference begins by defining deserts and the climatic conditions that bring about their existence. With... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554072131
• ISBN13: 9781554072132
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.6" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

An excellent pick for both science and social science holdings.

General-interest libraries strong on biomes and natural history will find a fine lay reader's guide to deserts in this illustrated survey of the ecology and nature of world deserts. Color photos and illustrations abound in a presentation packed with not only natural history but cultural and social insights into the societies which inhabit desert environments around the world, making for an excellent pick for both science and social science holdings. Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch