Geography
Geography
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Latitude and Longitude
All it takes are a few coordinates to locate Bear Cave, the international Date Line, and the equator...Read more
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Hungry Planet
On the banks of Mali's Niger River, Soumana Natomo and his family gather for a communal dinner of mi...Read more
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Worlds of Food: Place, Power, and Provenance in the Food Chain
Three leading scholars in the field explain why place and provenance are assuming more importance in...Read more
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As the Crow Flies: A First Book of Maps
Maps -- they help you get where you want to go. People use road maps to find their way. These maps s...Read more
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The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History: Volume 2: Continental America, 1800-1867
Continental America offers a rather different way of looking at a period of enormous expansion, deve...Read more
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Planet of Slums
Mike Davis charts the expected global urbanization explosion over the next 30 years and points out t...Read more
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Maya's World: Angelina of Italy
ANGELINA LOVES PIZZA. So much so that when she hears that there is a Leaning Tower of Pisa, and mist...Read more
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The Adventures of Marco Polo
Was Marco Polo the world's greatest explorer -- or the world's greatest liar? Newbery Medalist Russe...Read more
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Marco Polo: A Photographer's Journey
This volume brings to life Marco Polo's 13th-century legendary expedition from Italy to China, and h...Read more
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The Rough Guide to Weather
Whether you're an adventurer who enjoys wild weather, a traveller seeking climate details for Madaga...Read more
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The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future
Richard Alley, one of the world's leading climate researchers, tells the fascinating history of glob...Read more
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A Life Like Mine: How Children Live Around the World
After ten years of study and consultation, UNICEF, the premier organization devoted to the care and ...Read more