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Encyclopedia of Geography Terms, Themes, and Concepts by Reuel R Hanks Publisher Comments How did the Greek geographer Eratosthenes make an accurate calculation of the earth's circumstance more than 1,500 years before the first voyage of Columbus to the New World? What are the "green belts" of England that dominate its rural landscape? And... (read more) List Price $108.25 Your price: $59.63 New - Hardcover 
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Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary by Inc Merriam-Webster Publisher Comments Completely revised! The ideal geographic reference. Over 54,000 entries with economic, political, and physical data. Comprehensive global coverage. 250 easy-to-read maps. Pronunciations and variant spellings. An alphabetical reference with some 48,000... (read more) List Price $27.96 Your price: $24.81 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Governing the Wild: Ecotours of Power by Stephanie Rutherford Publisher Comments Take four emblematic American scenes: the Hall of Biodiversity at the American Museum of Natural History in New York; Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park in Orlando; an ecotour of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks; the film An Inconvenient... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $16.75 New - Trade Paper
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Aspects of Tourism #49: Mallorca and Tourism: History, Economy and Environment by R.j Buswell Book News Annotation Buswell, a geographer who retired from teaching behavioral and environmental sciences at the U. of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK, examines the socioeconomic and political forces that have shaped the formation and development of the tourism industry in... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $33.47 New - Trade Paper
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Travellers' Accounts as Source Material for Irish Historians by C.j Woods Synopsis This guide is an aid to Irish historians on the use of travel narratives as source-material. It features a discussion of factors that need to be considered in analyzing these narratives, notably the identity of the traveller, his or her motives for... (read more) List Price $79.75 Your price: $43.55 New - Hardcover
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Geography at the U.S. Geological Survey by Committee On Research Priorities In Geography At The U.s. Geological Survey Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-111).... (read more) List Price $32.00 Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Partners in Paradise; Tourism Practices, Heritage Policies, and Anthropological Sites. by Robert Shepherd Book News Annotation Shepherd (anthropology and international affairs, George Washington U.) explores interrelationships between the field practices of anthropology, the preservation goals of cultural heritage, and the consumption desires of tourism, focusing in... (read more) List Price $68.95 Your price: $46.20 New - Hardcover
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The A to Z of the Discovery and Exploration of the Northwest Passage by Alan Day Synopsis The Northwest Passage was repeatedly sought for over four centuries. From the first attempt in the late 15th century to Roald Amundsen's famous voyage of 1903-1906 where the feat was first accomplished to expeditions in the late 1940s by the Mounties to... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $26.80 New - Trade Paper
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Thinking Through Tourism by Julie Scott And Tom Selwyn Publisher Comments The study of tourism has made key contributions to the study anthropology. This volume defines the current state of the anthropology of tourism, examining political, economic, ideological and symbolic themes. An extraordinarily rich collection... (read more) List Price $99.95 Your price: $66.97 New - Hardcover
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Brief Encounters by Edith Newman Devlin Synopsis Having already made her mark with her original volume of memoirs. A Dublin Childhood. Edith Newman Devlin now delivers a further series of personal memoirs, Brief Encounters, a collection of travel writing based on trips she has made that were inspired... (read more) List Price $35.95 Your price: $17.98 New - Trade Paper
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New Research Directions for the National Geospatial-intelligence Agency; Workshop Report. by National Reasearch Council Of The National Academies Book News Annotation This report from the National Research Council's Steering Committee on New Research Directions for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency details a three-day workshop held in May 2010 in Washington D.C. that explored the evolution of five core... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $14.07 New - Trade Paper
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Cartographies: Meditations on Travel by Agos Publisher Comments On the impulse behind Cartographies, Marjorie Agosín writes, "I have always wanted to understand the meaning of displacement and the quest or longing for home." In these lyrical meditations in prose and poetry, Agosín evokes the... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $11.47 New - Hardcover
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Places and Regions in Global Context: Human Geography by Paul Knox Publisher Comments Knox/Marston’s contemporary approach fosters awareness of current issues and developing trends from a geographic perspective. The authors give meaning to people and places by integrating compelling local, regional, and global viewpoints. By giving... (read more) List Price $122.85 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Dictionary of Human Geography by Derek Gregory Publisher Comments The Dictionary of Human Geography represents the definitive guide to issues and ideas, methods and theories in human geography. Now in its fifth edition, this ground-breaking text has been comprehensively revised to reflect the changing nature and... (read more) Your price: $54.95 New - Trade Paper
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Ecotourism #08: Island Tourism: Sustainable Perspectives by Jack Carlsen And Richard Butler Synopsis Islands are the most vulnerable and fragile of tourism destinations and will experience even more pressure as the combined impacts of economic, social and environmental change accelerate in the future. In order to understand the process of island tourism... (read more) List Price $148.25 Your price: $97.15 New - Hardcover
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Travel Narratives in Dialogue; Contesting Representations of Nineteenth-century Peru. by Shannon Marie Butler Publisher Comments Travel Narratives in Dialogue examines nineteenth-century imperialist travelogues written about Peru and examines Peruvian writers of the same period who fashioned their own travelogues as protests against how imperialist writers denigrated Peru and... (read more) List Price $58.95 Your price: $29.48 New - Hardcover
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Building a GIS: System Architecture Design Strategies for Managers by Dave Peters Publisher Comments Building a GIS, second edition, describes and updates a time-tested approach to system architecture design. Using the Capacity Planning Tool (on the book’s DVD), GIS managers and technical architects can try out various system configurations in... (read more) List Price $59.95 Your price: $40.17 New - Trade Paper
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The National Geographic Desk Reference by National Geographic Publisher Comments This meticulously detailed, invitingly readable reference is nothing less than a vivid portrait of our world, packed with information about the Earth and its peoples -- past and present. Highlighted by 300 illustrations, photographs, maps, charts, and... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Frederic Will's Travel Writings, 1957-2007; a Design of the World. by Frank Shynnagh Publisher Comments A collection of seventeen travel accounts, covering sites in Europe, the Americas and Africa from the mid-fifties to 2007 which chronicle the author's change and development in his style of writing.... (read more) List Price $109.95 Your price: $54.98 New - Hardcover
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The Voyage of the Discovery by Robert Falcon Scott Publisher Comments The Voyage of the Discovery is Robert Falcon Scotts own narrative of his first expedition to the Antarctic. Providing a first-hand account of the dangers he and his crew faced and the obstacles that they had to overcome, it is an enthralling description... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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