Overview :Hella Town reveals the profound impact of transportation improvements, systemic racism, and regional competition on Oakland's built environm... Read More
Overview :What is a country? Acclaimed travel writer and Oxford geography don Nick Middleton brings to life the origins and histories of 50 states tha... Read More
Overview :Deserts make up a third of the planet's land surface, but if you picture a desert, what comes to mind? A sandy wasteland? A drought-parched ... Read More
Overview :Majestic and lyrically written, The Conquest of Nature traces the rise of Germany through the development of water and landscape. David Blac... Read More
Overview :A People's Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area looks beyond the mythologized image of "San Francisco," to the places where collective strugg... Read More
Overview :The Appalachian Trail is America's most beloved trek, with millions of hikers setting foot on it every year. Yet few are aware of the fascin... Read More
Overview :The remarkable (and occasionally ridiculous) stories of 48 nations that fell off the map. "Countries are just daft stories we tell each othe... Read More
Overview :Packed with strange stories and spectacular illustrations, The Devil's Atlas leads you on an adventure through the afterlife, exploring the ... Read More
Overview :The study of the Quaternary ice age has revolutionized ideas about Earth system change and the pace of landscape and ecosystem dynamics. The... Read More
Overview :For centuries, the unique and astonishing geography of the Himalaya has attracted those in search of spiritual and literal elevation: pilgri... Read More
Overview :Americans call Niagara Falls a natural wonder, but the Falls aren't very natural anymore. In fact, they are a study in artifice. Water diver... Read More
Overview :A rare collection of accounts of incidents and legends throughout the state - intriguing bits of the past generally not found in conventiona... Read More
Overview :A hilarious and empowering perimenopausal Ferris Bueller's Day Off, about Clover Hendry, 46, and the day she decides to stop keeping the pla... Read More
Overview :This is the story of the beginnings of the southern Sierra Nevada, the High Sierra region, from its birth to the historic era. It describes ... Read More
Overview :In The Un-Discovered Islands, critically acclaimed author Malachy Tallack takes the reader on fascinating adventures to the mysterious and f... Read More
Overview :Now in Paperback What does history look like? How do you draw time? Cartographies of Time is the first history of the timeline, written eng... Read More
Overview :This second edition of An Environmental History of the World continues to present a concise history, from ancient to modern times, of the in... Read More