Overview :Island tells the groundbreaking story of humans and islands throughout history, and illuminates the ways in which islands transform the worl... Read More
Overview :For centuries, the unique and astonishing geography of the Himalaya has attracted those in search of spiritual and literal elevation: pilgri... Read More
Overview :The Appalachian Trail is America's most beloved trek, with millions of hikers setting foot on it every year. Yet few are aware of the fascin... Read More
Overview :3,822 perimeter miles. 11,247 rivers and streams. 8,749 feet at its height. 268,596 square miles in total. Texas is big. Julius Caesar once ... Read More
Overview :In The Un-Discovered Islands, critically acclaimed author Malachy Tallack takes the reader on fascinating adventures to the mysterious and f... Read More
Overview :On This Spot...See buildings soar and traffic zoom, a kaleidoscope of color and movement. Now turn the page and time-travel back 175 years, ... Read More
Overview :This second edition of An Environmental History of the World continues to present a concise history, from ancient to modern times, of the in... Read More
Overview :A lively and stimulating companion to standard classroom texts in human geography. Selections are influential in the development of the d... Read More
Overview :Following on from Mapping New York and Mapping London, Mapping America: Exploring the Continent takes a similar approach in its presentation... Read More
Overview :Mapping England shows, through a series of compelling maps, both historic and contemporary, how England has scrutinised itself, been seen by... Read More
Overview :The only high school geography text co-authored by the National Geographic Society, Glencoe World Geography offers not only a fascinating vi... Read More
Overview :Americans call Niagara Falls a natural wonder, but the Falls aren't very natural anymore. In fact, they are a study in artifice. Water diver... Read More
Overview :The discovery of the Americas around 1500 AD was an extraordinary watershed in human experience. It gave rise to the modern period of human ... Read More
Overview :"Unusual and engaging . . . A subjective, Whitmanesque meditation on the way we live today . . . What makes this book compelling is not so m... Read More
Overview :This volume discusses gardens as designed landscapes of mediation between nature and culture, embodying different levels of human control ov... Read More