New Books Party: books received this week | @GrrlScientist

This week, I tell you about these books: The White Planet: The Evolution and Future of Our Frozen World; Wind Wizard: Alan G. Davenport and the Art of Wind Engineering; The Kingdom of Rarities; A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Indonesia; and The Unfeathered Bird.Below the jump, I mention the books that I received recently in the mail. These are the books that I may review in more depth later, either here or in print somewhere in the world. When I get new books, I like to share them with people. Unfortunately, you are all so far away, so I cannot host a book party in my crib where you can look then over, so I'll do the next best thing. I'll host a book party on my blog each Friday of the week when books arrive by giving you my quick "first impression" along with relevant links so you can get a copy of your own. Books that arrived this week: The White Planet: The Evolution and Future of Our Frozen World by Jean Jouzel, Claude Lorius and Dominique Raynaud [Princeton University Press; 2012: Guardian Bookshop; Amazon UK/kindle UK; Amazon US/kindle US] In-depth description: From the Arctic Ocean and ice sheets of Greenland, to the glaciers of the Andes and Himalayas, to the great frozen desert of Antarctica, The White Planet takes readers on a spellbinding scientific journey through the shrinking world of ice and snow to tell the story of the expeditions and discoveries that have transformed our understanding of global climate. Written by three internationally renowned scienti...
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