Human Geography
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Masters of the Lost Land: The Untold Story of the Amazon and the Violent Fight for the World’s Last Frontier
$24.99 Add to cart“Gripping. … Araujo’s accretion of detail has a powerful effect, demonstrating how deeply the culture of violence has seeped into the social fabric of Amazonia — and how hard it will be to eradicat
- Author: Araujo, Heriberto
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 0063024276
- Language: English
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Anthropocene: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe proposal that the impact of humanity on the planet has left a distinct footprint, even on the scale of geological time, has recently gained much ground. Global climate change, shifting global cycl… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Ellis, Erle C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 22 2018
- ISBN10: 0198792980
- 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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First Peoples of Great Salt Lake: A Cultural Landscape from Nevada to Wyoming
$34.95 Add to cartGreat Salt Lake is a celebrated, world-recognized natural landmark. It, and the broader region bound to it, is also a thoroughly cultural landscape; generations of peoples made their lives there. In
- Series: Utah Great Salt Lake and the Great Basin
- Author: Simms, Steven R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: November 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1647691370
- Language: English
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Speaking American: How Y’All, Youse, and You Guys Talk: A Visual Guide
$17.99 Read moreFrom the creator of the New York Times dialect quiz that ignited conversations about how and why we say the words we say, a stunning and delightful exploration of American language.
Did you know that … [more below]
- Author: Katz, Josh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0358359937
- Language: English
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Time Shifting: Creating More Time to Enjoy Your Life
$19.00 Add to cartDo you ever feel so rushed that you can’t stop to think? That you don’t have enough time to do your job well–or even to read this paragraph carefully? That’s because you spend your time either speedi… [more below]
- Author: Rechtschaffen, Stephan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 10 1997
- ISBN10: 0385483902
- Language: English
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Carbon Colonialism: How Rich Countries Export Climate Breakdown
$29.95 Read moreAround the world, leading economies are announcing significant progress on climate change. World leaders are queuing up to proclaim their commitment to tackling the climate crisis, pointing to data th
- Author: Parsons, Laurie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1526169185
- Language: English
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The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updated Third Edition: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It’s Too Late
$17.99 Add to cartWhile everything appears to be collapsing around us – ecodamage, genetic engineering, virulent diseases, the end of cheap oil, water shortages, global famine, wars – we can still do something about it… [more below]
- Author: Hartmann, Thom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 27 2004
- ISBN10: 1400051576
- Language: English
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Move: Where People Are Going for a Better Future
$20.00 Add to cart*A Financial Times Best Book of the Year* A “provocative” (Booklist) and compelling look at the powerful global forces that will cause billions of us to move geographically over the next decades, ushe… [more below]
- Author: Khanna, Parag
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1982168986
- 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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The Control of Nature
$19.00 Add to cartThe Control of Nature is John McPhee’s bestselling account of places where people are locked in combat with nature. Taking us deep into these contested territories, McPhee details the strageties and t
- Author: McPhee, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 01 1990
- ISBN10: 0374522596
- Language: English
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Infinite Cities: A Trilogy of Atlases–San Francisco, New Orleans, New York
$59.95 Add to cart“The maps themselves are things of beauty.”–The New York Times
Explore the hidden histories of San Francisco, New Orleans, and New York with this brilliant reinvention of the traditional atlas. From- Author: Solnit, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 574
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 0520314298
- Language: English
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Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds as They Were and as They Are Today
$15.00 Read moreImagine what the world once looked like as you discover places that have disappeared from modern atlases in this stunningly illustrated and award-winning book.
Have you ever wondered about cities tha- Author: Elborough, Travis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 711281157
- Language: English
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Heartland: Three Essays on Geopolitics
$14.00 Add to cartHeartland is a fascinating introduction to a pioneer of geopolitics. Halford Mackinder’s trailblazing ideas have influenced international politics to this day. His concept that world domination depend
- Author: Mackinder, Halford
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 108
- Publish Date: March 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0648531570
- Language: English
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Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas
$37.43 Add to cartWinner of the 2017 Brendan Gill Prize from the Municipal Arts Society of New York
“The maps themselves are things of beauty . . . A document of its time, of our time.”
–Sadie Stein, New York Times- Author: Solnit, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 19 2016
- ISBN10: 520285956
- Language: English
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Summary and Analysis of Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies: Based on the Book by Jared Diamond
$7.99 Add to cartSo much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Guns, Germs, and Steel tells you what you need to know–before or after you read Jared Diamond’s book.
Crafted and edited with care, Worth Book- Series: Smart Summaries
- Author: Worth Books
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 62
- Publish Date: May 02 2017
- ISBN10: 1504046579
- Language: English
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Armas, Germenes Y Acero / Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
$17.95 Add to cartHace trece mil anos la evolucion de las distintas sociedades humanas comenzo a tomar rumbos diferentes. La domesticacion de los animales y el cultivo de plantas silvestres en China, Mesoamerica y otra… [more below]
- Author: Diamond, Jared
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: April 26 2016
- ISBN10: 607313925X
- Language: Spanish
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Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World
$260.00 Read more- Our world as it is today in one beautiful volume.
- Fully updated mapping with over 200,000 place names.
- World topics include migration, health and resources.
The 16th edition of The Times Comprehensi… [more below]
- Author: Times Uk
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: December 12 2023
- ISBN10: 0008610118
- Language: English
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A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet
$31.18 Add to cartNature, money, work, care, food, energy, and lives: these are the seven things that have made our world and will shape its future. In making these things cheap, modern commerce has transformed, govern… [more below]
- Author: Patel, Raj
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: July 30 2018
- ISBN10: 520299930
- Language: English
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Walls: The Long History of Human Barriers and Why We Build Them
$29.95 Add to cartBuilding walls that separate us from others is as old as humanity.
People have built walls to keep others out for thousands of years, from the Great Wall of China to Hadrian’s Wall to security fences
- Series: Orca Timeline
- Author: Craigie, Gregor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1459833112
- Language: English
