Earth Time
Exploring the Deep Past from Victorian England to the Grand Canyon
by Douglas Palmer

The dramatic history of planet Earth and the rocky road to understanding the past
* A probing account of the history of the earth and an introduction to the many eccentric characters that have attempted to understand its origins.
* Full of fascinating anecdotes about 19th century explorers and natural philosophers who first carved up Earth's history just as others were carving up the globe.
* Unravels the fascinating history of rock strata and the implications they have had on accepted theories on the Earth's life.
* Considers the future of the earth, and what a repeat of some of the catastrophic events of the earth's past, such as major earthquakes and asteroid collisions, could mean for life today.

Planetary Geology by NASA Education Pubs
A Teacher’s Guide with Activities in Physical and Earth Sciences

There is a guide for each activity level.

Many earth science courses include an introduction to the solar system. The challenge of earth science is to understand the natural processes that shape not only our planet, Earth, but all objects in the solar system. But there are more compelling arguments for including planetary science in the classroom.
Those arguments, some of which are outlined below, inspired NASA to conduct short courses in planetology for earth science teachers at the secondary and college levels. This book is an outgrowth of these short courses.

The Little Book of Planet Earth
An amazing introduction to what scientific research through the past centuries up to the modern day has learned about our planet.

In this lay reader's introduction to the most spectacular and devastating of all geological events, Rolf Schick describes how earthquakes and volcanoes are related, and how they are an integral part of Earth's structure. Tracing the latest findings and theories in plate tectonics, he helps readers ask and answer the basic questions: What was it during the formation of Earth that led to these phenomena? Why do they occur in certain areas and not in others? How can we, within reason, protect ourselves from their devastation?