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This cultural and historical geography of Sonora explores the region's dual personality-with modern life existing alongside its colonial past.
A land where some streams ran with gold. A landscape nearly empty of inhabitants in the wake of Apache raids from the north. And a former desert transformed by irrigation into vast fields of wheat and cotton. This was and is the state of Sonora in northwest Mexico.
Robert C. West explores the dual geographic...
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This revealing analysis of Medieval cartography and native American travel upends conventional narratives about discovering the New World.
For generations, American schools have taught children that Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. But, evidence shows that Leif Erikson set foot on the continent centuries earlier. As debate continues over which explorer deserves the credit, early maps of North America suggest that we may be asking...
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This award-winning science history explores our evolving image of the globe-and how it has shifted our relationship to the world.
Long before we had the ability to photograph the earth from space-to see our planet as it would be seen by the Greek god Apollo-images of the earth as a globe had captured popular imagination. In Apollo's Eye, geographer Denis Cosgrove examines the historical implications for the West of conceiving and representing the...
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A local historian chronicles the famously remote region of the Scottish Highlands from its early Viking settlers to the present day.
Located in the "Rough Bounds" of northern Scotland, the remote region of Knoydart is Britain's last true wilderness. Deriving its name from Viking settlers, the desolate peninsula was home to warlike inhabitants who became notorious in the 18th century under the ruthless leadership of Coll of Barrisdale. Notorious...
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A journalist visits five of America's disaster-zone towns and the devoted residents who chose to stay despite hellish conditions.
As a young reporter, Jake Halpern became obsessed with stories about "some outlandish and often hellish place inhabited by a handful of stalwarts who refused to leave." His fellow reporters joked with him and nicknamed him the Bad Homes Correspondent. But, the more he learned about these people, the more he was drawn to...
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A comprehensive guide to the armed conflicts that have shaped our civilizations and our lives.
Aggression. Disruption. Violence. Mortality. The components of war are familiar to us all, but it's often hard to understand how these battles throughout history continue to affect us today. The story of our world, from its earliest beginnings thousands of years BCE to today, is the often the story of our conflicts.
The Atlas of Military History offers a...
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Bringing together a distinguished interdisciplinary group of scholars, this volume explores what happens when new forms of privatization meet collectivist pasts, public space is sold off to satisfy investor needs and tourist gazes, and the state plans for Egypt's future in desert cities while stigmatizing and neglecting Cairo's popular neighborhoods. These dynamics produce surprising contradictions and juxtapositions that are coming to define today's...
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"Nothing teaches you more than exploring the world and accumulating experiences!" - Mark PattersonTake your little ones on an exciting journey across the seven continents with this captivating book. Designed to spark curiosity, it offers simple language and important facts that will enhance your child's understanding of the world. From the vast lands of Asia to the icy wonders of Antarctica, discover the beauty and diversity of each continent.This...
10) The Mobile River
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The Mobile River presents the first-ever narrative history of this important American watercourse. Inspired by the venerable Rivers of America series, John S. Sledge weaves chronological and thematic elements with personal experiences and more than sixty color and black-and-white images for a rich and rewarding read.
Previous historians have paid copious attention to the other rivers that make up the Mobile's basin, but the namesake stream along...
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A beautifully presented, practical gift guide for all surf seekers. Explained with fascinating, easy-to-understand commentary from surfer and scientist Easkey Britton, this guide helps you soak up maximum vitamin sea. The book is divided into six main sections — each filled with exercises, ideas and fun facts to help you reconnect with your oceanic roots and create special moments by the sea.
Reading the Sea — watch waves, move with the tides,...
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A collection of newspaper articles about Dust Bowl migrants in California's Central Valley by the author of The Grapes of Wrath, accompanied by photos.
Three years before his triumphant novel The Grapes of Wrath-a fictional portrayal of a Depression-era family fleeing Oklahoma during a disastrous period of drought and dust storms-John Steinbeck wrote seven articles for the San Francisco News about these history-making events and the hundreds of thousands...
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