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Last Call at the Oasis: The Global Water Crisis and Where We Go from Here (Participant Guide Media) by Karl Weber Publisher Comments “If there was a price placed on clean water we might start treating it like it has value. Maybe when it’s gone we'll realize we can’t drink oil or money.” —Dave Matthews Less than 1 percent of the world... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Maps and Views of Derry, 1600-1914: A Catalogue by W S Ferguson Synopsis As part of a number of ancillary publications to the Irish Historic Towns Atlas, and written by W.S. Ferguson in the 1960s and 1970s, this book brings together a comprehensive catalogue of maps and views of Derry and its environs. The book includes the... (read more) List Price $50.25 Your price: $17.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel Publisher Comments Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Freshwater in the Twenty-First Century by Alex Prudhomme Publisher Comments Will there be enough drinkable water to satisfy future demand? What is the state of our water infrastructure—both the pipes that bring us freshwater and the levees that keep it out? How secure is our water supply from natural disasters and... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Fresh Water in the Twenty-First Century by Alex Prudhomme Publisher Comments AS ALEX PRUD’HOMME and his great-aunt Julia Child were completing their collaboration on her memoir, My Life in France, they began to talk about the French obsession with bottled water, which had finally spread to America. From this spark of... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Earth Then and Now: Amazing Images of Our Changing World by Fred Pearce Publisher Comments 300 stunning before-and-after photographs that show the staggering transformation of our world. Earth Then and Now records the dramatic way our planet has changed over the past century. On one page is a specific part of the world as it was 10, 50 or even... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water by Charles Fishman Publisher Comments The water coming out of your kitchen tap is four billion years old and might well have been sipped by a Tyrannosaurus rex. Rather than only three states of water—liquid, ice, and vapor—there is a fourth, “molecular water,”... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Blaeu: Atlas Maior (25) by Joan Blaeu Publisher Comments The greatest and finest atlas ever published "This book is gorgeous. Whether you're a cartography enthusiast or not, this remains a risk-free purchase."-Italian Magazine, London The finest and most comprehensive baroque atlas was Joan Blaeu's... (read more) List Price $69.99 Your price: $49.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Atlas Maior by Peter Van Der Krogt Publisher Comments Der prachvollste und volständigste Atlas der Frühen Neuzeit - Der Atlas Maior des niederländischen Verlegers Joan Blaeu ist einer der schönsten Atlanten des Barock. Das vom TASCHEN Verlag komplett faksimilierte Exemplar in... (read more) Your price: $200.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Mapping the World: Stories of Geography by Caroline Laffon Publisher Comments An illustrated history of explorers' maps and the questions they answer. More than the detailed representation of the geographical areas that their makers explored, maps reveal their makers' worldview as well as the myths, beliefs and legends of their... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $19.95 Sale - Hardcover
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From Here to There: A Curious Collection from the Hand Drawn Map Association by Kris Harzinski Publisher Comments It's a situation we are all acquainted with: planning to visit friends in an unfamiliar part of the city, you draw yourself arudimentary map with detailed directions. In March 2008, graphic designer Kris Harzinski founded the Hand Drawn Map Association... (read more) List Price $17.50 Your price: $13.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Firefly Geography Dictionary by Firefly Books Publisher Comments A comprehensive dictionary to the major terms used in physical, human and environmental geography with over 1500 up-to-date entries and over 250 illustrations, charts and maps.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Weighing the World: The Quest to Measure the Earth by Edwin Danson Publisher Comments At the start of the 18th century there were no maps, anywhere in the world. No one knew, with any certainty, the shape of the earth or what lay beneath its surface. Was it hollow or solid? Were the Andes the highest mountains on the Earth or was it the... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.07 Sale - Trade Paper
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Water Stewardship: A 30 Day Program to Protect and Conserve Our Water Resources by David Gershon Publisher Comments In Water Stewardship: A 30 Day Program to Protect and Conserve Our Water Resources... One Drop at a Time, environmental behavior change pioneer David Gershon uses his time-tested empowerment methodology to empower readers to take an active role in... (read more) List Price $12.75 Your price: $6.27 Sale - Trade Paper
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Coast Lines: How Mapmakers Frame the World and Chart Environmental Change by Mark Monmonier Publisher Comments In the next century, sea levels are predicted to rise at unprecedented rates, causing flooding around the world, from the islands of Malaysia and the canals of Venice to the coasts of Florida and California. These rising water levels pose serious... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $12.25 Sale - Hardcover
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Mapping America: Exploring the Continent (Mapping) by Fritz Kessler Synopsis Following on from Mapping New York and Mapping London, Mapping America: Exploring the Continent takes a similar approach in its presentation, thematically arranging a vivid collection of historic, demographic, cultural and artistic maps to aid the reader... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $24.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Globi Neerlandici the Production of Globes in the Low Countries by P C J Van Der Krogt Description Includes bibliographical references (p. 629-640) and index.... (read more) Your price: $49.98 Sale - Hardcover
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