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Reddit mentions of Planet Earth: Cosmology, Geology, and the Evolution of Life and Environment
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So it sounds like you are looking for some thing at the pretty basic level?
For David Attenborough books, try something coffee-table-y like the Smithsonian Earth guide. It's about much more than geo, but it's got everything you listed above and lots of pretty pictures and interesting things.
For something more academic, but still introductory, try Understanding Earth. Easy to read yet descriptive. If you don't want to pay $120, try going back a couple of editions.
One more step up might be Planet Earth: Cosmology, Geology, and the Evolution of Life and Environment which has a few less pretty pictures and a few more maths (optional). Even though this book is supposedly "below" my educational level I still love it. I also wish I'd read it back when I was first starting down the scientific path - it really covers the basics of just about everything you'd every need to know.
If you are interested in the real history of the world rather than dumbed-down versions, I'd very highly recommend started with this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Planet-Earth-Cosmology-Evolution-Environment/dp/0521409497/
It has a little dated info here and there, but the person who wrote it died after the first edition. Still, by far, one of the best books about the planet and it covers a lot more than the other books I've seen mentioned here.