Overview :The Control of Nature is John McPhee's bestselling account of places where people are locked in combat with nature. Taking us deep into thes... Read More
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Overview :"The maps themselves are things of beauty." --The New York Times Explore the hidden histories of San Francisco, New Orleans, and New York wi... Read More
Overview :Twenty Lessons in Environmental Sociology introduces undergraduates to the topic in an innovative way. Instead of compiling articles from pr... Read More
Overview :Traces the scientific revolution and its effects on women, the environment and the meaning of science today. The book shows how a mechanisti... Read More
Overview :"A stunning atlas of the present and future."--Rebecca Solnit, author of several books including Infinite Cities: A Trilogy of Atlases--San ... Read More
Overview :Through nine successful editions, and for over 45 years, Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach has provided a thorough and c... Read More
Overview :"For 20 years Garrett Hardin has been our most hardnosed thinker about ecological problems...Filters Against Folly makes provocative reading... Read More
Overview :A revised and updated edition of the leading introductory text on the geography of economic life, from the local to the global Economic Geog... Read More
Overview :A different kind of Star Trek television series debuted in 1993. Deep Space Nine was set not on a starship, but a space station near a postc... Read More
Overview :Hailed as "one of the most eminent environmental historians of the West" by Alan Brinkley in The New York Times Book Review, Donald Worster ... Read More
Overview :The State of the World Atlas is an accessible, unique visual survey of current events and global trends, highlighting the international scop... Read More
Overview :Whidbey and Camano, two of the largest of the numerous beautiful islands dotting Puget Sound, together form the major part of Island Country... Read More