Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning

THEORY AND EXPLANATION IN GEOGRAPHY "e;With this book Henry Yeung puts Geography back into the driver's seat of new theory development.

Hunt for Gold: Sunken Galleons in the New World is the engaging tale of the legendary oceanic explorers Bob ';Frogfoot' Weller and his wife Margaret.

Before 1947, when Marjory Stoneman Douglas named The Everglades a river of grass, most people considered the area worthless.

Everglades National Park's mangrove ecosystem, extending over 230,000 acres of south Florida, is the most expansive in the western hemisphere and the largest continuous system of mangroves in the world.

Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle beckon curious beachcombers with miles of wave-swept Gulf coastline.

What's the weather like today?

Deep in the wilderness of northern Maine in the mid-1950s, a Harvard PhD student is wading down a mountain stream into a remote valley.

Ein revolutionärer wie zukunftsweisender Ansatz im Klima- und ArtenschutzDie Welt steht kurz vor dem ökologischen Kollaps und uns bleibt kaum noch Zeit die Richtung zu ändern.

Cyrill Herman, Klimaaktivist:in, fragt sich im Buch What do we want?

A soulful collection of illuminating essays and interviews that explore Black peoples spiritual and scientific connection to the land, waters, and climate, curated by the acclaimed author of Farming While BlackAuthor of Farming While Black and co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, Leah Penniman reminds us that ecological humility is an intrinsic part of Black cultural heritage.

Geographic information systems (GIS) is a rapidly advancing field that has become thoroughly integrated into our society and inseparable from our daily lives.

How important is a constant intercourse with nature and the contemplation of natural phenomena to the preservation of moral and intellectual health!

There is no creature that quite embodies the beauty and grandeur of the American West as does the wild horse.

A reporters account of the people, culture, and terrain of Texas in the mid-1800s.

Liars--Al Gore, the United Nations, the New York Times.

Dont wait until its too late.

The best tips anyone can use to take better outdoor pictures.

One of the original seventeenth-century historical accounts of the Apaches and the southwestern American Indians.

Decades of isolation from tourism and development have left Cuba's coral reefs among the most pristine in the world, an ';exceptionalism' that stands in stark contrast to the island nation's poverty and political situation.

A journalists eyewitness account of the explosive 1849 California gold rush and his travels through Mexico.

From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, The CIA World Factbook 2015 offers complete and up-to-date information on the worlds nations.

On the hot Sunday afternoon of June 25, 1876, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer decided to go for broke.

The classic Old West narrative of the chase, trial, capture, and execution of outlaw Henry Plummer and his road agent band.

Whether youre a suburbanite looking to live more simply or a die-hard homesteader interested in taking your garden to the next level, this guide is packed with step-by-step instructions, useful tips, vintage photographs and illustrations, and time-honored wisdomcreating one of the most comprehensive books on country skills available.

Biographer Steven J.

Born in Boston, Stephen Bodio wandered into Magdalena, New Mexico, in the 1970s while on his way to Montana and never left.

Seventy-five percent of processed foods on supermarket shelvesfrom soda to soup, crackers to condimentscontain genetically engineered ingredients.

Originally published in 1964, Fishermans Fall brings a unique perspective to the world of fall fishing.

From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, The CIA World Factbook 2014 offers complete and up-to-date information on the worlds nations.

Being a homesteader today may seem difficult; the world is full of so many gadgets and conveniences, many of which most of us consider necessary to live a full and happy life.

In 1832, Washington Irving, Americas first literary superstar, returned to the United States after seventeen years abroad and swiftly set out to explore Pawnee countrythe wild uncharted territory deep in the young nations interior.

A luxury volume on the world's most elegant beverage--by world renowned champagne expert Richard Juhlin, with an introduction by douard CointreauIn this beautiful and heavily illustrated volume the world's foremost champagne expert, Richard Juhlin takes the reader on a journey to the geographical area of Champagne and through the history of the beverage.

In daily life, we can take control of the resources and services we depend on.

Well-known nature and conservation writer Ted Williams is an avid fisherman who has devoted many years to writing about the sport and advocating the preservation of bodies of water and species of fish.

The first book that J.

Not since Jacques Cousteau has anyone brought us the sense of the ocean as our home .

A distinguished expert offers a dazzling preview of the cars of the future, while exploring the science and politics behind climate change.

A 2016 Green Book Festival "e;Future Forecasts"e; WinnerA stunningly original, lushly illustrated vision for a Green Utopia, published on the 500th anniversary of the original Big Idea.

Like Guns, Germs, and Steel, a work of breathtaking sweep and originality that reinterprets the human story.

A scientific expedition into unknown parts of the Caribbean to study the tectonic plates of the region answers the intriguing question: Is there a language of fish?

Como nos dice Antonio Muñoz Molina en estas páginas, mucho antes de que irrumpiera la actual pasión por las cosas del campo Joaquín Araújo estaba ahí.

"e;If Outside magazine had been around during the first turn of the century, Fridtjof Nansen would have been its No.

For thousands of years, we have set out sailing for all kinds of reasonsfor battle, for infinite wealth, for the excitement of exploring the unknown, and for escape from the mundane.

When the farm is a lifestyle, but not quite a way to earn a living, its considered hobby farming.

In 1914, as Europe braces for an unfathomably deadly war, explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton sets sail for Antarctica to do the impossible: traverse the continent.

Although the American cowboy has long been a favorite subject for novelists, filmmakers, and illustrators, too often the picture they paint bears little relation to reality.

A poet at heart, Amy Minato rejects her life of consumption in Chicago to go back to naturespecifically, to a commune in Oregon, where she rediscovers herself.

While floating down on the ice-floe, in the midst of dirt and darkness, hungry and cold I wondered at myself that I could have learned, in a few short months, to have eaten such things, and submitted to such practices, as but few civilized persons have ever been called to endure.

First published in 1906, Geronimo is the collaborative work between Geronimo, chief of the Chiricahua Apache, and author S.

This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known.