Geography Books
Usborne Publishing Ltd Look Inside Our World
Book SynopsisEmily Bone grew up among the rolling hills of Hampshire, writing stories about the ants and birds in her garden. After studying English at Cambridge, she found her dream job at Usborne in 2007. Since then, she's written about many weird and wonderful creatures, along with books on space, fashion and food.Trade ReviewThis ingenious and enthralling journey to the centre of the Earth features bold illustrations, simple explanations to complex questions and over 60 flaps to lift in the quest to understand the basics of geography and geology. * Lancashire Evening Post *From the moment you turn the first page, both you and your children will be caught up with looking further into our world of geography and geology - and this clever book... pure educational fun. * Life as it is *The Look Inside series of books are ingenious and this title is no exception. The colourful and exciting pages will have children engrossed from the moment that they turn the cover. * Adventures in Homeschooling *
£9.49
Octopus Publishing Group 2027 Philips Big Easy to Read Road Atlas of Britain A3 Spiral
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£15.29
HarperCollins Publishers An Atlas of Extinct Countries
Book SynopsisPrisoners of Geography meets Bill Bryson: a funny, fascinating, beautifully illustrated and timely history of countries that, for myriad and often ludicrous reasons, no longer exist.Countries are just daft stories we tell each other. They're all equally implausible once you get up close'Countries die. Sometimes it's murder, sometimes it's by accident, and sometimes it's because they were so ludicrous they didn't deserve to exist in the first place. Occasionally they explode violently. A few slip away almost unnoticed. Often the cause of death is either got too greedy' or Napoleon turned up'. Now and then they just hold a referendum and vote themselves out of existence.This is an atlas of nations that fell off the map. The polite way of writing an obituary is: dwell on the good bits, gloss over the embarrassing stuff. This book fails to do that. And that is mainly because most of these dead nations (and a lot of the ones that are still alive) are so weird or borderline nonsensical that it's impossible to skip the embarrassing stuff.The life stories of the sadly deceased involve a catalogue of chancers, racists, racist chancers, conmen, madmen, people trying to get out of paying tax, mistakes, lies, stupid schemes and General Idiocy. Because of this and because treating nation states with too much respect is the entire problem with pretty much everything these accounts are not fussed about adding to all the earnest flag saluting in the world, however nice some of the flags are.Trade Review‘This entertaining atlas of nations that fell off the map is a joyously compiled catalogue of chancers, conmen, madmen, mistakes, lies and far fetches schemes that laid waste the genuine hopes of a nation or exploded the overreaching ambitions of bombastic megalomaniac … a riot of revisionist history and political ambition’ Traveller Magazine ‘A whirlwind tour through the pleasingly oddball tales of history's also-rans … If you’re looking for a delightful stocking stuffer for the travel and history aficionado in your life, look no further’ Frommers
£13.49
Extend Education WJEC GCSE Geography Study and Revision Guide
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£18.04
Insight & Perspective Environmental Science A level AQA Approved
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£25.99
Biteback Publishing Islands: Searching for truth on the shoreline
Book SynopsisNo man is an island, wrote John Donne. BBC Home Editor Mark Easton argues the opposite: that we are all islands, and it is upon the contradictory shoreline where isolation meets connectedness, where 'us' meets 'them', that we find out who we truly are. Suggesting that a continental bias has blinded us, Easton chronicles a sweep of 250 million years of island history: from Pangaea (the supercontinent mother of all islands) to the first intrepid islanders pointing their canoes over the horizon, from exploration to occupation, exploitation to liberation, a hopeful journey to paradise and a chastening reminder of our planet's fragility. But that is only half of this mesmerising book: aided by the muse he names Pangaea, Easton also interweaves reflections on what he calls 'the psychological islands that form the great archipelago of humankind'. Taking readers on an enchanting adventure, he illustrates how understanding islands and island syndrome might help humanity get closer to the truth about itself. Brave, intelligent and haunting, Islands is a deep dive into geography, myth, literature, politics and philosophy that reveals nothing less than a map of the human heart.
£17.00
Hodder Education OCR A Level Geography Third Edition
Book SynopsisHelp your students to develop the geographical skills and knowledge they need to succeed using this new Edition Student book, which includes new case studies and practice questions. Written by our expert author team, the new edition is structured to provide support for A-Level Geography learners of all abilities. The book includes: Activities and regular review questions to reinforce geographical knowledge and build up core geographical skills Clear explanations to help students to grapple with tricky geographical concepts and grasp links between topics Case studies from around the world to vividly demonstrate geographical theory in action Exciting fieldwork projects that meet the fieldwork and investigation requirementsThis student book is supported by digital resources on our new digital platform Boost, providing a seamless online and offline teaching experience.
£44.00
Coordination Group Publications Ltd (CGP) AS and ALevel Geography Edexcel Complete Revision
Book SynopsisThis Edexcel A-Level Geography Complete Revision & Practice book contains everything students need to know for both years of the A-Level course. It''s packed with clear study notes, lots of case studies and plenty of exam-style practice for every Edexcel topic - with full answers included.There''s also a section of in-depth advice on the skills needed for the exam, plus a breakdown of the exam papers to help students secure top marks on the day!What''s more, we''ve thrown in a free Online Edition that lets you read the entire book on a PC, Mac or tablet. When the book arrives, just use the unique code printed inside the cover to gain full access.
£20.89
Pearson Education Limited GCSE 91 Geography specification B Investigating
Book SynopsisGeography for all: developing confident, capable and successful geographers. Our new resources* include a Student Book for each Edexcel GCSE (9–1) Geography specification for first teaching from 2016 and more.
£31.99
Octopus Publishing Group Philips Britain and Ireland Road Map
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£6.99
Jossey Bass Be Expert with Map and Compass
£16.79
ORDNANCE SURVEY Ordnance Survey Thermal 500ml Bottle Insulated
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£28.55
Octopus Publishing Group 2026 Philips Big Easy to Read Britain Road Atlas
Book SynopsisWith the detail you need at a size you can read, the latest edition of 2026 Philip's Big Easy to Read Road Atlas of Britain is super-clear, super-sized and bang up-to-date in a large paperback format. Over 100,000 copies sold of thePhilip's Easy Read Road Atlases of Britain.
£15.29
Hodder Education Essential Maths Skills for ASAlevel Geography
Book SynopsisExam Board: AQA, OCR, Edexcel, WJEC Eduqas, WJECLevel: A-levelSubject: GeographyFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2017 (AS), Summer 2018 (A-level)Don''t let your students miss out on easy marks; help them improve their skills and feel confident about the maths they need for AS/A-level Geography with this essential guide.If your students struggle with student t-test or Spearman rank correlation, this is the book for them. This textbook companion will improve students'' essential maths skills for geography, whichever awarding body specification you''re following. You can use it throughout the course, whenever you feel your students need some extra help.- Develop understanding of both maths and geography using worked examples and questions that are all set within a geography context- Improve confidence with a step-by-step approach to every maths skill- Measure progress with
£15.09
Hodder Education AQA Alevel Geography Fifth Edition
Book SynopsisCramming all new-case studies and 100s of new questions into one book, this new edition of our AQA A-level Geography student book will capture imaginations as it travels around the globe. This book has been written by our expert author team and structured to provide support for learners of all abilities. The book includes: Activities and regular review questions to reinforce geographical knowledge and build up core geographical skills Clear explanations to help students to grapple with tricky geographical concepts and grasp links between topics Case studies from around the world to vividly demonstrate geographical theory in action Exciting fieldwork projects that meet the fieldwork and investigation requirements The most up-to-date theory of plate tectonicsThis student book is supported by digital resources on our new digital platform Boost, providing a seamless online and offline teaching experience.
£46.00
Pearson Education Edexcel GCSE 91 Geography B Investigating
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£30.39
Little, Brown Book Group Myths of Geography
Book SynopsisIs geography really destiny?Our maps may no longer be stalked by dragons and monsters, but our perceptions of the world are still shaped by geographic myths. Myths like Europe being the centre of the world. Or that border walls are the solution to migration. Or that Russia is predestined to threaten its neighbours.In his punchy and authoritative new book, Paul Richardson challenges recent popular accounts of geographical determinism and shows that how the world is represented often isn''t how it really is - that the map is not the territory.Along the way we visit some remarkable places: Iceland''s Thingvellir National Park, where you can swim between two continents, and Bir Tawil in North Africa, one of the world''s only territories not claimed by any country. We follow the first train that ran across Eurasia between Yiwu in east China and Barking in east London, and scale the US-Mexico border wall to find out why such fortifications don''t work.Written with verve and full of quotable facts, Myths of Geography is a book that will turn your world upside down.
£11.69
HarperCollins Publishers Ultimate Navigation Manual
Book SynopsisAll the techniques you need to become an expert navigator.The Ultimate Navigation Manual is a unique guide to finding your way on land from the basic principles right up to the advanced technology of GPS. Designed to allow even the absolute beginner to find their way anywhere in the world, it also develops a unique confidence in navigation with or without technical aids.With a preface by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, contents will also include:Environmental clues Using the natural environment to navigateMaps An introduction to the different types of mapsThe Compass and North How compasses work, how to use them and how to choose the right oneMap and Compass Navigation twenty-five easy-to-learn skills are describedRelocation Procedures What to do when lost, dealing with well-known relocation procedures and some ground-breaking new onesStellar Navigation Simple methods that are easy to learnGNSS (GPS) Navigation Why Global Satellite Navigation Systems are the most significant advance in nTrade ReviewOutdoors Magic 'The Collins Ultimate Navigation Manual is the best and most comprehensive navigation guide we've come across'. Trail Magazine 'Seamlessly integrating traditional methods with cutting-edge GPS techniques into a fresh and intuitive format' Adventure Travel ‘Defines the word ‘comprehensive’. It’s got everything you could think of to do with navigation’ Field Magazine ‘It’s an essential for anyone who spends time in the countryside’ The Great Outdoors ‘This is an excellent reference manual for all navigators, both amateur and professional, and I recommend it highly’ Walk Magazine ‘This comprehensive and richly illustrated guide has everything you could ever wish to know about navigation’ The Royal Institute of Navigation ‘(An) outstanding achievement in writing…a comprehensive book for Land Navigation’
£16.99
Hodder Education OCR A-level Geography Coursework Workbook:
Book SynopsisExam board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: GeographyFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2017 (AS); Summer 2018 (A-level)Secure higher marks in OCR A-level Geography coursework, using this step-by-step guide to complete the project with confidence.Providing a clear structure to follow, this write-in workbook contains information and activities that help students to produce a manageable, relevant and interesting independent investigation.- Takes you through every stage of the process, from choosing a topic to conducting research, presenting data and writing up the report- Offers the support that students need to work independently without teacher involvement- Enables students to organise their thinking, record their progress and review their coursework against a self-assessment checklist and example paragraphs- Keeps students on track by breaking the investigation down into chunks, with tasks to undertake at each stage- Increases students' chance of success as they benefit from the expert advice of David Holmes, who has worked closely with exam boards and delivers teacher training on the independent investigation
£10.64
Coordination Group Publications Ltd (CGP) AS and ALevel Geography AQA Complete Revision
Book SynopsisAchieve the best grades with this all-in-one book from CGP - including study notes, case studies and practice questions!This chunky AQA A-Level Geography Complete Revision & Practice book contains everything students will ever need to know for both years of the A-Level course! It's packed with clear study notes covering every topic, a variety of case studies and plenty of exam-style practice throughout the book - including answers. There's also plenty of advice on the skills needed for the exam with a section of in-depth exam advice to help students secure top marks on the day!
£20.89
Pearson Education Target Grade 9 Reading AQA GCSE 91 French
Book SynopsisCatch up, keep up and make expected progress in your AQA GCSE (9-1) French studies with this new series of intervention workbooks.
£10.69
Wooden Books Earth Grids: The Secret Patterns of Gaia's Sacred
Book SynopsisDo ancient maps prove that the planet was surveyed 12,000 years ago? Were the poles once in a different position to where they are today? Is there a secret pattern joining the great sites of antiquity? In this revolutionary little book, ancient sites expert Hugh Newman outlines various theories concerning geometry in the distribution of sacred sites on Earth and comes to some startling conclusions. Illustrated throughout with fantastic graphics, this book will change your world. WOODEN BOOKS are small but packed with information. "Fascinating" FINANCIAL TIMES. "Beautiful" LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS. "Rich and Artful" THE LANCET. "Genuinely mind-expanding" FORTEAN TIMES. "Excellent" NEW SCIENTIST. "Stunning" NEW YORK TIMES. Small books, big ideas.
£8.18
Hodder Education My Revision Notes OCR ALevel Geography Second
Book SynopsisOur clear and concise approach to revision will help students learn, practise and apply their skills and understanding. Coverage of key content is combined with practical study tips and effective revision strategies to create a guide that can be relied on to build both knowledge and confidence.
£20.99
Dorling Kindersley Ltd Help Your Kids with Geography Ages 1016 Key
Book SynopsisWhen homework feels like a big mountain to climb for your kids, help them reach the top of their geography class with this unique step-by-step visual guide. Covering all the core subjects for 10-16 year olds, from oceans to volcanoes to climate change and population growth, this invaluable guide allows parents and kids to work together to understand even the trickiest topics.Inside of the pages of this subject aid, you''ll find: - Supporting core national curriculum geography topics for ages 10-16 years, Key Stages 2, 3 and 4- Concepts of human and physical geography, including fieldwork skills, using easy to follow explanations- Presents practical skills necessary for succeeding in the subject- Provides key support for developing geography skills at home alongside school studiesFully revised and updated for 2021, to include global pandemics, climate change, mega cities data science. Help Your Kids with Geography build
£13.49
Pearson Education Target Grade 5 Writing Edexcel GCSE 91 Spanish
Book SynopsisCatch up, keep up and make expected progress in GCSE (9-1) with this new series of intervention workbooks.
£10.69
Pearson Education Target Grade 5 Edexcel GCSE 91 Geography Spec A
Book Synopsis Help your students catch up, keep up and make expected progress in Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Geography A with this new series of intervention workbooks.
£10.69
Hodder Education My Revision Notes Pearson Edexcel A level
Book SynopsisTarget exam success with My Revision Notes. Our updated approach to revision will help students learn, practise and apply their skills and understanding. Coverage of key content is combined with practical study tips and effective revision strategies to create a guide that can be relied on to build both knowledge and confidence.My Revision Notes: Pearson Edexcel A-level Geography will help students:- Develop subject knowledge by making links between topics for more in-depth exam answers- Plan and manage revision with our topic-by-topic planner and exam breakdown introduction- Practise and apply skills and knowledge with Exam-style questions and frequent check your understanding questions, and answer guidance online- Build quick recall with bullet- pointed summaries at the end of each chapter- Understand key terms for the exam with user-friendly definitions and a glossary- Avoid common mistakes and enhance exam answers with Examiner tips- Imp
£19.99
Reaktion Books The Idea of North
Book SynopsisAs with the compass needle, so people have always been most powerfully attracted northwards; everyone carries within them their own concept of north. "The Idea of North" is a study, ranging widely in time and place, of some of the ways in which these ideas have found expression. Peter Davidson explores the topography of north as represented in images and literature, taking in Netherlandic winter paintings of the Renaissance, German Romantic landscapes, Scandinavian Biedermeyer and twentieth-century topographical painting and printmaking. He examines a bewildering diversity of mythologies and imaginings of north, including The Snow Queen; Scandinavian Sagas; ghost-stories; Moomintrolls, Arctic exploration; the fictitious snowy kingdoms of Zembla and Naboland; Nabokov's nostalgias; Baltic midsummer; rooms in winter light; compasses and star-stones; hoar-frost; and, ice and glass. The book also traces a northward journey, describing northern rural England, industrial sites, and the long emptiness of the borders, Scotland and the Highlands. He looks at the region far north of Scotland, then moves to the Northern Netherlands and Scandinavia to explore their identifiable northernness.The last visited place is Iceland, identified by W. H. Auden and Louis McNeice in 1936 as furthest, most remote, most distant, most northerly'. An engaging meditation on solitude, absence and stillness, "The Idea of North" shows north to be a goal rather than a destination, a place of revelation that is always somewhere ultimate and austere.Trade ReviewThe north is roamed in fascinating, suggestive fashion ... Davidson is as interesting writing about snow sculptures and 17th-century paintings of the Arctic as he is about Auden, and his reading of the imaginary land of Zembla in Nabokov's Pale Fire as an eternal, symbolic north is highly evocative ... a lovely book The Guardian From the Old Norse sagas to the fairytales of Hans Christian Andersen, from the films of Bergman to the paintings of Eric Ravilious, from Nabakov's Zembla to Simon Armitage's Yorkshire, [Davidson] finds that the north is a breeding ground for ghosts, a place of exile and punishment, the antithesis of the human. Yet its bleak landscapes have inspired poetry of great beauty: ice, crystal, diamond and glass all blur in recurring images ... Davidson never lets his learning cloud his enthusiasm for this wide and protean subject and his writing shares the awe of the poets who preceded him on this journey. The Observer Beside being a discriminating critic, Davidson has an arrestingly personal voice ... The Idea of North is one of those books that have you making a long list of references you want to follow The Independent a delightful work ... beautifully written ... an esoteric but important gem; original treasure from the north The Herald (Glasgow) A gifted prose writer Scotland on Sunday There are indeed a lot of norths to cover, and the charm of the book is it exhaustiveness, zooming into a variety of touchstones to show how they've influenced global culture in sly, often surprising ways ... Davidson's north is an enormous, challenging land: humbling, shifting, austere, empty, fragile, desolate, desolating, marginal, authentic - a place, as Davidson perfectly puts it, forever suffused with "absolute, difficult beauty." Ruminator Review (USA) An interesting meditation TLS A truly stunning assessment of the concept of "north" in literature, legend, history and the psyche of "Northern" people ... Davidson writes with an incredible sense of place Aberdeen Evening Express Mesmerising cultural history ... Davidson's style achieves a lyric expression of phrase. In several passages of personal recollection ... he achieves a marvel of descriptiveness that is moving as well as expressive The Scotsman
£999.99
Oxford University Press The Antarctic
Book SynopsisAntarctica attracts great interest from political leaders, journalists, and public audiences around the world. In this Very Short Introduction, Klaus Dodds presents a modern account of Antarctica, looking closely at contemporary developments in commerce, science, sovreignty, and governance.Trade ReviewThe book's focus is very good and I think that many of my colleagues could benefit from reading it. On that basis, I would recommend it. * Mark Brandon, Geographical *Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FURTHER READING; INDEX
£9.49
Princeton University Press To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause
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£29.75
Parallax Press Soil Soul Society
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£15.29
Pearson Education Target Grade 5 Writing AQA GCSE 91 French
Book SynopsisCatch up, keep up and make expected progress in GCSE (9-1) with this new series of intervention workbooks.
£10.69
Teacher Created Materials Making Maps
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£9.47
Hodder Education My Revision Notes: WJEC/Eduqas AS/A-level
Book SynopsisExam board: WJEC and EduqasLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: GeographyFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: AS: Summer 2017, A-level: Summer 2018Target success in WJEC and Eduqas AS/A-level Geography with this proven formula for effective, structured revision.Key content coverage is combined with exam-style tasks and practical tips to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their knowledge.With My Revision Notes every student can:- Plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner- Consolidate subject knowledge by working through clear and focused content coverage- Test understanding and identify areas for improvement with regular 'Now Test Yourself' tasks and answers- Enhance exam responses using relevant examples and case studies for each topic- Improve exam technique through practice questions, expert tips and examples of typical mistakes to avoidThis revision guide covers the following topics:- Changing landscapes (Coastal landscapes; Glaciated landscapes)- Changing places- Global systems (Water and carbon cycles)- Global governance (Processes and patterns of global migration; Global governance of the Earth's oceans)- Contemporary themes in geography (Tectonic hazards)It also includes exam questions for 21st century challenges.This revision guide is suitable for the following specifications:- 2016 WJEC AS/A-level Geography specification regulated by Qualifications Wales- 2016 WJEC Eduqas AS/A-level Geography specification regulated by Ofqual
£20.81
Bonnier Books Ltd The Royal Geographical Society Puzzle Book: Pit
Book Synopsis'This is a great puzzle book, for budding explorers and young adventurers. There's no better way to test your exploration skills without leaving the house!' - Levison Wood Can you pin-point the last-known location of Ernest Shackleton's Endurance?Can you help Amelia Earhart circumnavigate the globe?Are you the next Neil Armstrong?In this unique puzzle book, the Royal Geographical Society brings over a century of maps and expertise to inspire your inner Livingstone and tantalise your budding Columbus. With hundreds of questions on 50 iconic explorers and a mix of mind-boggling maps, word games and trivia questions - it's time to dust off your compass, pack your snow shoes and test your geographical skills against the most legendary adventurers ever to traverse the globe.Trade ReviewHere's another reason to love geography! The Royal Geographical Society Puzzle Book is the subject at its most exciting. * Nicholas Crane, Immediate Past President of the RGS and author of The Making of the British Landscape *A wonderful collection of fiendish puzzles, tricky quizzes and extraordinary stories about some of the greatest explorers to have ever travelled the world. This is the perfect book for aspiring geographers, curious historians and map-lovers everywhere! * Alastair Humphreys, adventurer and author of The Boy Who Biked the World *This is a great puzzle book, for budding explorers and young adventurers. There's no better way to test your exploration skills without leaving the house! * Levison Wood, explorer and author of Walking the Nile and Walking the Himalayas *
£15.29
Oxford University Press Inc Climate Change
Book SynopsisThis is, for my money, the best single-source primer on the state of climate change. - New York MagazineThe right book at the right time: accessible, comprehensive, unflinching, humane. - The Daily BeastA must-read. - The GuardianClimate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know is the essential primer on what will be the defining issue of our time. Newly updated with the latest in climate science from COP26 and beyond, this third edition offers user-friendly, scientifically rigorous answers to the most difficult (and commonly politicized) questions surrounding climate change. Drawing on the author''s decades of experience as one of the country''s most influential communicators on climate science and solutions, this authoritative guide highlights the following topics: Key updates from the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow Insights into changes in the political landscape, such as COVID-19 and Donald Trump''s presidency, and what these have meant for climate action in the United States and internationally Contemporary implications of the clean energy revolution, from solar and wind power to batteries and electric carsTrade ReviewPRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION: "Given the pressing need for action, CLIMATE CHANGE is the right book at the right time: accessible, comprehensive, unflinching, humane." - The Daily BeastA must-read for those who want to become climate literate and join the growing conversation about the greatest threat humanity faces today." - The GuardianRomm provides a useful primer on the drivers of climate change, the ways that the world might achieve that target, and the obstacles to moving away from business as usual... [the book] is full of useful information and accessible analysis." - Foreign AffairsAn up-to-date, comprehensive examination of the science behind climate change, what these environmental issues mean for the future, and possible clean energy solutions." - Mother Earth NewsTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PREFACE: Why You Need To Know About Climate Change I. Climate Science Basics II. Extreme Weather and Climate Change III. Projected Climate Impacts IV. Avoiding The Worst Impacts V. Climate Politics and Policies VI. The Role of Clean Energy VII. Climate Change and You PRIMARY SOURCES ENDNOTES INDEX
£44.00
Pearson Education Target Grade 5 Edexcel GCSE 91 History AngloSaxon
Book SynopsisHelp your students catch up, keep up and make expected progress in Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History with this new series of intervention workbooks.
£9.37
John Wiley & Sons Inc Geography for Dummies
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 3 Beyond the Book 4 Where to Go from Here 4 Part 1: Getting Grounded: The Geographic Basics 5 Chapter 1: Geography: The Why of Where and Why You Should Care 7 Geography: Making Sense of it All 8 From ancient roots 8 To modern discipline 9 Exposing Misconceptions: More Than Maps and Trivia 11 The Geographic Advantage 11 What is the capital city of Indonesia? 12 Why is Jakarta the capital of Indonesia? 12 Getting to the Essentials 13 Where things are in the world: The world in spatial terms 14 What locations are like: Places and regions 15 Why things are the way they are: Physical systems 16 Giving that human touch: Human systems 16 Interacting with the world around us: Environment and society 17 Putting geography to use: Uses of geography 18 Chapter 2: Thinking Like a Geographer 19 Changing the Way You Think — Geographically 20 Case Study #1: Where Something is Located 21 A fraction of its former self 22 Where lions hang out 23 What gives with grasslands? 23 Extinction made easy 24 Fewer lions? So what? 25 Summing up 26 Case Study #2: Where Something Should be Located 26 Summing up 27 Looking ahead 28 Chapter 3: Lining Up Locations 29 Welcome to Gridville 29 Feeling Kind of Square 30 Telling Someone Where to Go 31 Relative location 31 Absolute location 32 The best location to use 32 The Global Grid: Hip, Hip, Hipparchus! 32 Avoiding gridlock 33 The naming game 34 Getting Lined Up 36 Latitude 36 Longitude 38 Graticule 39 Minutes and seconds that don’t tick away 40 Chapter 4: Truthiness in Mapping 41 Seeing the Light: Map Projections 42 Realizing Exactly How Flat Maps Lie 44 Singapore, please And step on it! 45 Wading through lies in search of the truth 47 Isn’t there a truthful map anywhere? 48 The one and only honest map: The globe! 49 Honesty is the best policy, except 49 Telling the truth, but telling it skewed 50 Different Strokes for Different Folks: A World of Projections 51 All in the (map) family 52 Five noteworthy liars 53 Mapping a Cartographic Controversy! 57 Chapter 5: Telling a Spatial Story 59 Why We Need Tal(l) Dogs 60 Taking It to Scale 61 Going the distance 61 Comparing Earth at different scales 62 Showing the Ups and Downs: Topography 65 Spot heights 65 Contour lines 66 Shading or Color 66 Using Symbols to Tell the Story 67 Point symbols 68 Line symbols 68 Area symbols 70 New Ways of Seeing: How Technology has Changed How we Make and Use Maps 72 Geographic Information Systems 72 Global Positioning Systems 74 Remote sensing 75 Making Maps Yourself! 77 Part 2: Let’s Get Physical: Land, Water, and Air 79 Chapter 6: Shape-shifting Earth 81 Starting at the Bottom: Inside Earth 82 Moving Continents: Big Pieces of a Big Puzzle 84 Where have you gone, Gondwanaland? 85 Alfred Wegener, mover and shaker 85 Puzzle solved! 86 Getting Down to Theory 86 Making Mountains Out of Molehills 88 Folding the crust 88 Whose “fault” is it? 90 Plate tectonics: A four-letter word! 91 Experiencing Earthquakes: Shake, Rattle and Roll! 92 Splitsville in California 92 People at risk 93 How earthquakes kill and maim 94 A matter of magnitude 96 Subducting Plates: Volcano Makers 98 “The Ring of Fire” 98 Subduction: Another four-letter word? 99 Categorizing Tectonic Processes 102 Chapter 7: A Nip and a Tuck: Giving Earth a Facelift 103 Getting Carried Away 104 Weathering Earth 105 Wasting away 108 Changing the Landscape 109 Staying grounded: Gravity transfer 109 Going with the flow: Water 110 The chill factor: Glaciers 115 Making a deposit: Wind 117 Chapter 8: Making a Splash on Earth 119 Taking the Plunge: Global Water Supply 120 Those ice caps are really cool! 121 Getting out: Oceans, seas, gulfs, and bays 122 Coming inland: Lakes 123 Shaping Our World: Oceans 124 Going where the action is: The continental shelves 124 Claiming ocean ownership 126 Getting a rise out of oceans 128 Getting Fresh with Water 129 The stages of the water cycle 131 Run-off: Going with the flow 132 Infiltration: Out of sight, not out of mind 132 Good to the very last drop 134 Chapter 9: Warming Up and Chilling Out: Why Climates Happen 137 Getting a Grip on Climate 138 Playing the Angles 139 Making hot and cold 139 Making rain and snow 140 Tilt-a-World: The Reasons for the Seasons 141 Special lines of latitude 141 Defining the seasons 142 Special lines of latitude revisited 144 Hot or Cold? Adjust Your Altitude 145 Warming the atmosphere 145 Weighty matter 145 Seeing (and feeling) is believing 145 The lapse rate 146 Windward slope, leeward slope 147 Gaining Heat, Losing Heat 148 Afternoon versus evening 148 Summer versus winter 149 Oh, How the Wind Blows 150 Going with the Flow: Ocean Currents 150 Warm currents, cold currents 151 Going against the norm: El Niño and La Niña 152 Living Under Pressure 154 Pressure belts 155 Monsoons 155 Chapter 10: Connecting Climates and Vegetation 159 Giving Class to Climates 160 Mixing Sun and Rain: Humid Tropical Climates 162 Tropical rainforest 163 Tropical monsoon 165 Savanna (tropical wet and dry) 165 Going to Extremes: Dry Climates 167 Desert 168 Semi-desert (steppe) 169 Enjoying the In-between: Humid Mesothermal Climates 172 Humid subtropical 172 Mediterranean 172 Marine west coast 173 Cooling Off: Humid Microthermal Climates 174 Humid continental 175 Subarctic 175 Dropping Below Freezing: Polar Climates 176 Tundra 176 Ice cap 178 Part 3: Peopling the Planet 179 Chapter 11: Nobody Here But A Few Billion Friends 181 Going by the Numbers 182 Opportunity for livelihood 183 Urban growth 185 Going Ballistic: Population Growth 185 Checking Behind the Curve: Population Change 187 Dealing with births and deaths: Natural increase 187 Increasing for a reason: The demographic transition model 189 Making connections 193 Considering “Overpopulation” 196 Neo-Malthusians 197 Cornucopians 199 Chapter 12: Shift Happens: Migration 203 Populating the Planet 204 Bridging the oceans 204 Voyaging afar 205 Making colonial connections 206 Forcing involuntary migration 207 Choosing to Migrate 207 Coming to America 208 Migrating at home 210 Relocating within America 211 Giving a Good Impression 214 Playing the mental game 214 Getting an image adjustment 216 Putting your best image forward 216 Chapter 13: Culture: The Way We Live 219 Being Different Thousands of Times Over 220 Counting cultural diversity 221 Isolating people 222 Adapting to new surroundings 222 Spreading the Word on Culture 223 Relocating one’s culture 224 Coming down with culture 224 Doing what the big boys do 226 Calling a Halt: Barrier Effects 226 Getting physical 227 Socializing effects 229 Getting Religion: How It Moves and Grows 230 Putting diffusion to work 231 Getting effects into action 232 Creating local character 232 Getting in a Word about Language 234 Diffusing languages 235 Checking the physical effects 236 Playing the landscape naming game 236 Creating a Single Global Culture 237 Promoting cultural divergence 238 Promoting cultural convergence 238 Chapter 14: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors 239 Drawing and Re-Drawing the Boundaries of the World 240 Typecasting Boundary Lines 241 Ethnic boundaries 242 Natural (physical) boundaries 243 Geometric boundaries 244 Living with the Consequences 245 Ethnic intrigues 245 Positional disputes 248 Functional disputes 250 Resource disputes 251 Land-locked states 252 Questions of size and shape 254 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