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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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The Map Book
by Peter Barber
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"Journey over all the universe in a map, without the expense and fatigue of traveling, without suffering the inconveniences of heat, cold, hunger, and thirst." Miguel de Cervantes, in Don Quixote
From the earliest of times, maps have fired our... ( read more)
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Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last? (Environmental Alert Series)
by Sandra Postel
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For 6,000 years, irrigation has ranked among the most powerful tools of human advancement. The story of settled agriculture, the growth of cities, and the rise of early empires is, to no small degree, a story of controlling water to make the land more... ( read more)
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Killing the Hidden Waters (77 Edition)
by Charles Bowden
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From reviews of the first edition: This slender book brims with wisdom and scholarship. --Harold Scarlett, Houston PostCharles Bowden's Killing the Hidden Waters is the best all-around summary I've read yet, anywhere, of how our greed-driven, ever... ( read more)
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The River Stops Here: Saving Round Valley a Pivotal Chapter in California's Water Wars
by Ted Simon
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A vivid chapter in the saga of the California water wars, "The River Stops Here "documents state and federal plans to flood the largest, most fertile valley in Mendocino County to send water south to Los Angeles. The eventual success of Richard Wilson, a... ( read more)
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Core Themes in Geography Human
by Eddie Broadley
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Catering for A-level or H Grade geography students, this is part of a series using a range of case studies from the developed and developing world in conjunction with illustrative resources to cover the core themes of geography at this level. This volume... ( read more)
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The World Through Maps: A History of Cartography
by John Rennie Short
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An illustrated history of maps and mapmaking, including reproductions of 200 antique maps.... ( read more)
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Cities of the World Volume 4 Asia the Pacifi
by Brian Rajewski
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The 5th edition of this useful tool includes more than 507 major cities and 2,900 smaller cities. Profiles are based on U.S. State Department Post Reports. Photos and maps help bring the text alive.... ( read more)
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Atlas Maior
by Peter Van Der Krogt
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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)
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The New Nature of Maps: Essays in the History of Cartography
by J B Harley
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In this collection of essays J. B. Harley (1932-1991) draws on ideas in art history, literature, philosophy, and the study of visual culture to subvert the traditional, positivist model of cartography, replacing it with one that is grounded in an... ( read more)
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World Water Resources at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century (International Hydrology)
by I A Shiklomanov
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Modern assessment of the state of the world??'s water resources for researchers and policy-makers.... ( read more)
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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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Imagined Corners Exploring the Worlds
by Paul Binding
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Published in Antwerp in 1570, the "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" did something no previous book had done: here was the world in all its component parts, the chance to see out planet as a place of staggering variety and ultimate unity. The world's first-ever... ( read more)
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Instream Flow Protection: Seeking a Balance in Western Water Use
by David Gillilan
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"Instream Flow Protection" is a comprehensive overview of Western water use and the issues that surround it. The authors explain instream flow and its historical, political, and legal context; describe current instream flow laws and policies; and present... ( read more)
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F-5: Devastating, Survival, and the Most Violent Tornado Outbreak of the Twentieth Century
by Mark Levine
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It was April 3, 1974. Crime was soaring. Unemployment and inflation were out of control. A costly war had just come to its demoralizing end, and an unpopular President was on his way out of office. Then, over a sixteen-hour period, nature stepped forward... ( read more)
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A Rediscovered Frontier: Land Use and Resource Issues in the New West
by Philip L Jackson
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A Rediscovered Frontier describes the changing land use issues taking place in the rapidly growing western United States, paying special attention to the previously unexplored area of private lands planning and local growth management. A Rediscovered... ( read more)
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America's Water: Federal Roles and Responsibilities
by Peter Rogers
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Were water considered an industry, it would be one of the largest in the United States, surely the most capital-intensive, and the most closely regulated by Congress. Yet as Peter Rogers argues in this readable, pragmatic, and scientifically grounded... ( read more)
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Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S.
by Cynthia Barnett
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“Never before has the case been more compellingly made that Americas dependence on a free and abundant water supply has become an illusion. Cynthia Barnett does it by telling us the stories of the amazing personalities behind our water wars, the... ( read more)
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The Devil's Music: In the Eye of the Hurricane
by Pete Davies
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The wind blows in at 175 miles per hour. A tidal wave twenty-five feet tall washes far inland. Across a piece of coastline fifty miles long, all signs of civilization are reduced to rubble and matchwood. This is the work of a Category 5 hurricane —... ( read more)
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Geographies of Globalization (Routledge Contemporary Human Geography)
by Warwick E. Murray
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Globalization is a term that is increasingly used to rationalize a wide range of economic and political processes and explain a plethora of cultural, economic and social processes. Despite this, it is rarely well defined or critically appraised. As both... ( read more)
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