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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
by Marc Reisner
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Newly updated, this timely history of the struggle to discover and control water in the American West is a tale of rivers diverted and damned, political corruption and intrigue, billion-dollar battles over water rights, and economic and ecological... (read more)

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General
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by Jared Diamond
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"I've set myself the modest task of trying to explain the broad pattern of human history, on all the continents, for the last 13,000 years. Why did history take such different evolutionary courses for peoples of different continents? This problem has... (read more)

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Mapping and Cartography
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The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime
The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime
by Miles Harvey
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The Island of Lost Maps tells the story of a curious crime spree: the theft of scores of valuable centuries-old maps from some of the most prominent research libraries in the United States and Canada. The perpetrator was Gilbert Joseph Bland, Jr., an... (read more)

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North America
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How the States Got Their Shapes
How the States Got Their Shapes
by Mark Stein
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Mark Stein is a playwright and screenwriter. His plays have been performed off-Broadway and at theaters throughout the country. His films include Housesitter, with Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn. He has taught at American University and Catholic University.... (read more)

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Antarctica: Life on the Ice
Antarctica: Life on the Ice
by Susan Fox Rogers
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Antarctica's legend as a fascinating, forbidding place is confirmed and expanded in these insider articles. Covering everything from "Happy Camper School" to washing dishes to what it's like to fall in love in a place where the sun never goes down (or... (read more)

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Water and Hydrology
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A Handbook of Gravity-Flow Water Systems for Small Communities
A Handbook of Gravity-Flow Water Systems for Small Communities
by Thomas D. Jordan
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This handbook is written with the intention of collecting together all the knowledge, theory and practices necessary for the surveying, designing and construction of gravity-flow drinking water systems for rural communities. Although the book was... (read more)

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General
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Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America
Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America
by David Hacke Fischer
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This book is the first volume in a cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the... (read more)

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The World's Water 2008-2009: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources (World's Water)
The World's Water 2008-2009: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources (World's Water)
by Peter Gleick
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Produced biennially, The Worlds Water provides a timely examination of the key issues surrounding freshwater resources and their use. Each new volume identifies and explains the most significant  trends worldwide, and offers the best data available... (read more)

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Water Wars
Water Wars
by Diane Raines Ward
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Every day, we hear alarming news about droughts, pollution, population growth, and climate change-which threaten to make water, even more than oil, the cause of war within our lifetime. Diane Raines Ward reaches beyond the headlines to illuminate our... (read more)

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Big Weather: Chasing Tornadoes in the Heart of America
Big Weather: Chasing Tornadoes in the Heart of America
by Mark Svenvold
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Following an eccentric band of storm chasers during tornado season, a writer delves deep into our fascination with catastrophic weather Why do some people chase the kind of storms that would send most people running for their lives? Why is it that... (read more)

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