Adams, Simon
Summary: Examines geography all over the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 910 ADAMarshall, Tim
Summary: "Tim Marshall's global bestseller Prisoners of Geography offered us a "fresh way of looking at maps" (The New York Times Book Review), showing how every nation's choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Since then, the geography hasn'tchanged, but the world has. Now, in this revelatory new book, Marshall takes us into ten regions that are set to shape global politics and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.1 MARTaylor, Barbara Brown.
Contents: Practice of waking up to God -- Vision -- The practice of paying attention -- Reverence -- The practice of wearing skin -- Incarnation -- The practice of walking on the earth -- Groundedness -- The practice of getting lost -- Wilderness -- The practice of encountering others -- Community -- The practice of living with purpose -- Vocation -- The practice of saying no -- Sabbath -- The practice...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 283.092 TAYSides, Hampton
Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.92 SIDMarshall, Tim
Summary: "Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries' GDP. People on Mars within the next ten years. This isn't science fiction--it's reality. Humans are venturing up and out, and we're taking our competitive spirit with us. Soon, what happens in space will shape human history as much the mountains, rivers, and seas have impacted civilizations around the world. It's no...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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Summary: Traces the history of mapmaking while offering insight into the role of cartography in human civilization and sharing anecdotes about the cultural arenas frequented by map enthusiasts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 912 JENSummary: Covering the essential curriculum areas of human geography, physical geography, geology, and ecology, First Earth Encyclopedia is a comprehensive introduction to the world around us. The engaging style of DK's First Reference series is applied to such topics as where and how people live, how to use maps, weather, world environments, and the changing climate -- inspiring younger readers to think...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2018
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Summary: Draws on the author's experiences as a foreign correspondent to evaluate more than three dozen countries for their happiness potential, in a survey that includes profiles of such locales as the American shores, glacial Iceland, and the Bhutan jungles.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Auio 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD 910.4 WeinerWeiner, Eric.
Summary: Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, this book takes the reader from America to Iceland to India in search of happiness, or, in the crabby author's case, moments of "un-unhappiness." The book uses a mixture of travel, psychology, science and humor to investigate not what happiness is, but where it is. Are people in Switzerland happier because it is the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.4 WEIGeorge 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 OXFSmall, Meredith F.
Summary: "In 1459 a Venetian monk named Fra Mauro completed an astonishing map of the world. Seven feet in diameter, Fra Mauro's mappamundi is the oldest and most complete Medieval map to survive into modernity. And in its time, this groundbreaking mappamundi provided the most detailed description of the known world, incorporating accurate observation, and geographic reality, urging viewers to see water...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 912.09 SMARobbins, Paul
Summary: Cultural and human geography focuses on the distribution and actions of people, and the way people influence and are influenced by regional environments, economics, cultures and politics.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.2 ROBDuguid, Naomi
Summary: Naomi Duguid takes "a deep dive into the miracle of salt and its essential role in preserving, fermenting, and transforming food. Learn age-old techniques for making sauerkraut, miso, butter, prosciutto, kimchi, salt-fermented pickles, basturma, salt-preserved lemons, brined eggs, and much more. Create a vibrant "salt pantry" filled with enticing blends of salt and spices, and with easy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan, a division of Workman Publishing Co., Inc. 2022
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Summary: "In the tradition of Erik Larson's Isaac's Storm, a riveting narrative about the biggest earthquake in recorded history in North America--the 1964 Alaskan earthquake that demolished the city of Valdez and obliterated the coastal village of Chenega--and the scientist sent to look for geological clues to explain the dynamics of earthquakes, who helped to confirm the then controversial theory of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.2 FOUNational Geographic Society (U.S.)
Summary: Maps and text provide information on the geography, industries, and other vital facts of the countries of the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 1993
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 912 NATSummary: 'To know the history of the American South, within its own context, is to come to terms with one of modern history's most astonishing, polarizing, and illuminating stories. In these 24 lectures, you'll relive the unforgettable drama of the South, from the rise and fall of the slave South to the making of the New South, examining the full scope of a historical epoch that still affects life in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975 NEWCroy, Anita.
Summary: Provides a basic overview of the history, wildlife, geography, climate, culture, government, and economy of Spain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 946 CROTyler, William
Contents: Country of illusion -- The geography of nowhere -- Cadillac desert -- We can't go home again -- A portrait of Sarah -- Hotel Catatonia -- The last residents of Westfall -- The world set free.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Merge Records 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK TYLBusch, Akiko
Summary: "Vivid, surprising, and utterly timely, Akiko Busch's How to disappear explores the idea of invisibility in nature, art, and science, in search of a more joyful and peaceful way of living in today's increasingly surveilled and publicity-obsessed world Inour increasingly networked and image-saturated lives, the notion of disappearing has never been both more enchanting and yet fanciful. Today,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.2 BUSZach, Emily
Summary: An intimate glimpse into Potter's private world and the places that inspired her stories. She found must of her inspiration in her surroundings, and Zach takes readers on a visual tour of the areas in the British Isles that most influenced her work. The work includes early sketches as well as photos of Potter's family and household items that inspired her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books LLC 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.6092 ZACSummary: From the 8-bit adventure to Twilight Princess HD, here is everything you've always wanted to know-- and more!-- about The Legend of Zelda! Delve into the era of Hyrule in the historical records. Read the developer notes of each game in the archives. And there's even an exclusive interview with series producer Eiji Aonuma.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 793.93 LEGBaxter, Stephen.
Summary: Ten thousand years ago, a vast, fertile plain linked the British Isles to Europe. Home to a tribe of simple hunter-gatherers, Northland teems with nature's bounty, but is also subject to its whims. Fourteen-year-old Ana calls Northland home, but her world is changing. The air is warming, the ice is melting, and the seas are rising. One day Ana meets a traveler from a far-distant city called...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roc 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BAXChiarelli, Brunetto.
Summary: Examines the people of the world and their unique cultures, religions, languages, geography and politics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peter Bedrick Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306 CHIJohnson, Hugh
Summary: Concentrating on wine-producing regions of the world, this atlas emphasizes the relationship between geography and its effects on a wine's character and notes important geographic features of famous vineyards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mitchell Beazley 2019