Black, Riley – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Thu, 07 Nov 2024 09:55:26 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Black, Riley – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 The last days of the dinosaurs https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-last-days-of-the-dinosaurs/ Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=39019 A fascinating exploration of the world's worst mass extinction - and how it shaped all subsequent life on our planet

]]> Some 66 million years ago, an asteroid some seven miles across slammed into the Earth, leaving a geologic wound over 50 miles in diameter. In the terrible mass extinction that followed, more than half of known species vanish seemingly overnight. But this worst single day in the history of life of Earth was as critical for us as it was for the dinosaurs, as it allowed for evolutionary opportunities that were closed for the previous 100 million years. In The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Riley Black walks readers through what happened in the days, the years, the centuries and the million years after the impact. Life’s losses were sharp and deeply felt, but the hope carried by the beings that survived sets the stage for the world as we know it now.

]]> Deep water https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/deep-water-2/ Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=35484 The life story of the deep sea and its ancient creatures. Deep Water explains how this unique and largely unexplored habitat came into being, what lives there and why, how it has evolved and what the future will bring in this dark and mysterious environment.

]]> What lies beneath the surface of the ocean has mystified humankind for millennia.

We have explored more of the surface of the Moon than we have of the deep sea. From vampire squid to giant spider crabs, and from hydrothermal vents to bioluminescence, its watery depths are both fascinating and terrifying.

Deep Water explores, through spectacular images and expert text, how this unique habitat came into being, what lives there and why, how it has evolved and what the future will bring for this dark and mysterious environment.

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