Summary: "Contains a collection of 80 ... specially commissioned world maps that show you where everything is on our planet. The world's most dangerous predators, ancient mummies, disastrous asteroid impacts, and towering skyscrapers--find out where they all are in this ultimate atlas that showcases the best of geography, history, nature, culture, and technology"--Flap p. [1] of dust jacket.
Format: cartographic
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 912 WHEGeorge Philip & Son
Summary: Provides maps and satellite photography that reflect the most recent political, economic, and demographic statistics, and presents articles addressing the environment and population matters in major cities of the world.
Format: cartographic
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2010
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: OVS 912 OXFCheshire, James
Summary: "An unprecedented portrait of the hidden patterns in human society-visualized through the world of data. Award-winning geographer-designer team James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti transform enormous datasets into rich maps and cutting-edge visualizations. In this triumph of visual storytelling, they uncover truths about our past, reveal who we are today, and highlight what we face in the years...
Format: cartographic
Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.2 CHEPhilip's (Firm)
Summary: With superbly crafted maps covering the entire globe, this new edition of Oxford's Essential World Atlas offers thorough geographical coverage at an affordable price. In addition to topographic and political maps, city maps, and satellite imagery, the Essential Atlas features dozens of thematic maps, charts, and graphs that explain many fundamental concepts in human geography. The new Eighth...
Format: cartographic
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press USA 2021
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 912 ESSNational Geographic Society (U.S.)
Summary: "This comprehensive atlas contains essential maps of the world, graphics illustrating timely themes, and flags and facts on every country"--
Format: cartographic
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: "Kids are naturally curious. They want to know all about everything around them, near and far. And the completely updated Beginner's World Atlas is the perfect tool to introduce them to the people, places, and animals of the world. We have combined our world-famous mapmaking skills and color photography with input from specialists in geography education to create an atlas designed for kids ages...
Format: cartographic
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Barnes, Ian
Summary: Explores the history of the native peoples of North America, from the early arrival of humans from Asia and their migration through the continent, the first and subsequently devastating contacts with European explorers and settlers, to the present day plight of the surviving tribes and their attempts to adapt to modern society.
Format: cartographic
Publisher / Publication Date: Chartwell Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 BARNational Geographic Society (U.S.)
Summary: A comprehensive, up-to-date atlas encompasses more than three hundred thematic maps, along with more than six hundred color photographs, illustrations, charts, and graphs, that document the world's natural and cultural wonders.
Format: cartographic
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2017
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 912 NAT1 available in Reference, Call number: R 912 NAT
Harris, Nathaniel
Contents: How deserts form -- Sand, rock, and rubble -- Plants of the desert -- Creatures of the desert -- The desert in history -- The modern desert -- Wealth from the desert -- Spreading deserts.
Format: cartographic
Publisher / Publication Date: Fitzroy Dearborn 2003
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 910.0215 HARBarnes, Ian
Summary: This fascinating book explores the history of the native peoples of North America, from the early arrival of humans from Asia and their migration throughout the continent, the first and subsequently devastating contacts with European explorers and settlers, to the present day plight of the surviving tribes and their attempts to adapt to modern society. Particular emphasis is placed on the role...
Format: cartographic
Publisher / Publication Date: Chartwell Books, an imprint of Book Sales, a division of Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 BARFonstad, Karen Wynn.
Summary: Find your way through every part of Tolkien's great creation from Middle-Earth to the undying lands of the west. Completely revised, Karen Wynn Fonstad's The Atlas of Middle-Earth is an indispensable volume that will enchant all Tolkien fans. Here is the essential guide to the geography of Middle-Earth from its founding in the Elder Days through the Third Age, re-creating the journeys of Bilbo,...
Format: cartographic
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.912 FONFormat: cartographic
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 1999