Historical Geography
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Hella Town: Oakland’s History of Development and Disruption
$33.68 Add to cartHella Town reveals the profound impact of transportation improvements, systemic racism, and regional competition on Oakland’s built environment.
Often overshadowed by San Francisco, its larger and mo- Author: Schwarzer, Mitchell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 520381122
- Language: English
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Teche: A History of Louisiana’s Most Famous Bayou
$25.00 Add to cartRecipient of a 2017 Book of the Year Award presented by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
Shane K. Bernard’s Teche examines this legendary waterway of the American Deep South. Bernard delves- Series: America’s Third Coast
- Author: Bernard, Shane K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 03 2016
- ISBN10: 1496809416
- Language: English
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Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain’s Lost Cities and Vanished Villages
$18.95 Read moreDrowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. This is the extraordinary tale of Britain’s eerie and remarkable ghost towns and villages; shadowlands that once hummed with life. P
- Author: Green, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1324064498
- Language: English
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Atlas of Nebraska
$34.95 Add to cart2018 Nebraska Book Award
The state of Nebraska has a rich and varied culture, from the eastern metropolitan cities of Omaha and Lincoln to the ranches of the western Sand Hills. The first atlas of Ne- Author: Archer, J. Clark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1496227832
- Language: English
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Ecological Imperialism
$24.99 Add to cartPeople of European descent form the bulk of the population in most of the temperate zones of the world – North America, Australia and New Zealand. The military successes of European imperialism are ea… [more below]
- Series: Canto Classics
- Author: Crosby, Alfred W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: October 06 2015
- ISBN10: 1107569877
- Language: English
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The Book of Unconformities: Speculations on Lost Time
$22.95 Add to cart- Author: Raffles, Hugh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1891241737
- Language: English
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An Atlas of Countries That Don’t Exist: A Compendium of Fifty Unrecognized and Largely Unnoticed States
$29.95 Add to cartWhat is a country? Acclaimed travel writer and Oxford geography don Nick Middleton brings to life the origins and histories of 50 states that, lacking international recognition and United Nations memb… [more below]
- Author: Middleton, Nick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 28 2017
- ISBN10: 1452158681
- Language: English
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The English and Their History
$29.00 Add to cartNamed a Book of the Year by the Daily Telegraph, Times Literary Supplement, The Times, Spectator, and The Economist
The English first materialized as an idea, before they had a common ruler and before- Author: Tombs, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1040
- Publish Date: November 29 2016
- ISBN10: 1101873361
- Language: English
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The Sierra Nevada Before History: Ancient Landscapes, Early Peoples
$20.00 Add to cartThis is the story of the beginnings of the southern Sierra Nevada, the High Sierra region, from its birth to the historic era. It describes the geologic history, natural history, and prehistoric cultu… [more below]
- Author: Jackson, Louise A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 218
- Publish Date: April 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0878425675
- Language: English
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Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait
$18.99 Add to cartFloating Coast is the first-ever comprehensive history of Beringia, the Arctic land and waters stretching from Russia to Canada. The unforgiving territories along the Bering Strait had long been home
- Author: Demuth, Bathsheba
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 25 2020
- ISBN10: 0393358321
- Language: English
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A People’s Guide to New York City: Volume 5
$31.18 Add to cartThis alternative guidebook for one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations explores all five boroughs to reveal a people’s New York City.
The sites and stories of A People’s Guide to New Yor- Series: People’s Guide
- Author: Bank Mu?oz, Carolina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0520289579
- Language: English
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Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada’s Arctic
$17.00 Read moreNational bestseller
A thrilling odyssey through an unforgiving landscape, from “Canada’s greatest living explorer.” In the spring of 2017, Adam Shoalts, bestselling author and adventurer, set off on a- Author: Shoalts, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 05, 2020
- ISBN10: 0735236852
- Language: English
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The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
$28.00 Read moreFrom the author of the New York Times bestseller Prisoners of Geography, a fascinating, “refreshing, and very useful” (The Washington Post) follow-up that uses ten maps to explain the challenges to to… [more below]
- Series: Politics of Place #4
- Author: Marshall, Tim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1982178620
- Language: English
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Portland in Three Centuries: The Place and the People
$22.95 Read moreA compact and comprehensive history of Portland from first European contact to the twenty-first century, Portland in Three Centuries introduces the women and men who have shaped Oregon’s largest city…. [more below]
- Author: Abbott, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: June 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0870712071
- Language: English
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Along the Trail with Lewis & Clark: A Guide to the Trail Today (Revised)
$18.95 Add to cartFollow the journey of the Corps of Discovery from Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello through the Midwest and the Rockies, to the Pacific Ocean and back with this detailed chronicle of the Lewis & Clark Exp… [more below]
- Author: Fifer, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: June 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1560378034
- Language: English
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A People’s Guide to Orange County: Volume 4
$31.18 Read moreOne of the Top Urban Planning Books of 2022, Planetizen
The full and fascinating guidebook that Orange County deserves. A People’s Guide to Orange County is an alternative tour guide that documents si- Series: People’s Guide
- Author: Lewinnek, Elaine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0520299957
- Language: English
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Great Maps: The World’s Masterpieces Explored and Explained
$38.00 Read moreA superbly illustrated guide to 64 maps from all around the world!
From examples of medieval Mappa Mundi and the first atlas to Google Earth and maps of the moon, this captivating maps book is a must-… [more below]- Series: DK Great
- Author: Brotton, Jerry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 18 2014
- ISBN10: 1465424636
- Language: English
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ESV Archaeology Study Bible
$69.99 Add to cartWinner of the ECPA Book of the Year Award for Bibles Explore the Ancient World Behind the Written Word
The ESV Archaeology Study Bible roots the biblical text in its historical and cultural context,
- Author: Adams, David L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 2048
- Publish Date: April 30 2018
- ISBN10: 1433550407
- Language: English
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The Appalachian Trail: A Biography
$16.99 Read moreThe Appalachian Trail is America’s most beloved trek, with millions of hikers setting foot on it every year. Yet few are aware of the fascinating backstory of the dreamers and builders who helped brin… [more below]
- Author: D’Anieri, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 0358697409
- Language: English
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Atlas of World History
$58.00 Add to cartOxford’s Atlas of World History is the result of years of intensive work by a specialist team of scholars, editors, and cartographers. It presents the story of humanity in its physical setting, from t… [more below]
- Author: O’Brien, Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: October 15 2010
- ISBN10: 0199746532
- Language: English
