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The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime by Miles Harvey Publisher Comments 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) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Thirst: Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water (07 Edition) by Alan Snitnow Publisher Comments Praise for Thirst "As a congressman from the Great Lakes region, I appreciate this timely and important work on a critical public policy question: Is water a natural resource to be protected by the public realm, or is it just another commodity?" —... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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A River Lost: The Life and Death of the Columbia by Blaine Harden Publisher Comments After a two-decade absence, Washington Post journalist Blaine Harden returned to his small-town birthplace in the Pacific Northwest to follow the rise and fall of the West's most thoroughly conquered river. Harden's hometown, Moses Lake, Washington... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Organic Machine: The Remaking of the Columbia River by Richard White Publisher Comments The Hill and Wang Critical Issues Series: concise, affordable works on pivotal topics in American history, society, and politics. In this pioneering study, White explores the relationship between the natural history of the Columbia River and the human... (read more) List Price $16.75 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Core Themes in Geography Human by Eddie Broadley Synopsis 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) Your price: $4.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Necessity of Ruins by J B Jackson Publisher Comments Jackson discussed the evolution of the development, use, and perception of landscape--the space around us in the most general sense. The title chapter examines the proliferation of historic parks and monuments and argues that American culture demands a... (read more) List Price $21.50 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Historic Maritime Maps 1290-1699 (Temporis) by Donald Wigal Synopsis Richly illustrated with full-color artwork and maps, this informative look at cartographic history explores the use of maps during the age of exploration, focusing especially on the late thirteenth century through the seventeenth century, explaining how... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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Native to Nowhere: Sustaining Home and Community in a Global Age by Timothy Beatley Publisher Comments Meaningful places offer a vital counterbalance to the forces of globalization and sameness that are overtaking our world, and are an essential element in the search for solutions to current sustainability challenges. In Native to Nowhere, author Tim... (read more) List Price $50.25 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Blue Gold : the Fight To Stop the Corporate Theft of the World's Water (02 Edition) by Maude Barlow Publisher Comments A real-life thriller about the corporate takeover of our most basic resource. In a shocking exposé, Blue Gold shows why, as the vice president of the World Bank has pronounced, "The wars of the next century will be about water." Increasingly... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Cities of the World Volume 4 Asia the Pacifi by Brian Rajewski Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $20.00 Used - Hardcover
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Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West by Donald Worster Publisher Comments When Henry David Thoreau went for his daily walk, he would consult his instincts on which direction to follow. More often than not his inner compass pointed west or southwest. "The future lies that way to me," he explained, "and the earth seems more... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last? (Environmental Alert Series) by Sandra Postel Publisher Comments 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) List Price $15.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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: $125.00 Used - Hardcover
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The New Nature of Maps: Essays in the History of Cartography by J B Harley Publisher Comments 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) List Price $45.00 Your price: $30.00 Used - Hardcover
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GPS made easy :using Global Positioning Systems in the outdoors by Lawrence Letham Book News Annotation A reference of practical and theoretical information from academic and industrial studies of various aspects of electrochemical and corrosion processes involving zinc and its alloys. Reviews the latest research results on electrochemical processes in... (read more) Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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World Water Resources at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century (International Hydrology) by I A Shiklomanov Publisher Comments Modern assessment of the state of the world??'s water resources for researchers and policy-makers.... (read more) List Price $138.95 Your price: $21.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Annual Editions: Geography 06/07 (Annual Editions: Geography) by Gerald R Pitzl Publisher Comments This twenty-first edition of ANNUAL EDITIONS: GEOGRAPHY provides convenient, inexpensive access to current articles selected from the best of the public press. Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; an... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $12.38 Used - Trade Paper
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Big Weather: Chasing Tornadoes in the Heart of America by Mark Svenvold Publisher Comments 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) List Price $26.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Imagined Corners Exploring the Worlds by Paul Binding Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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Instream Flow Protection: Seeking a Balance in Western Water Use by David Gillilan Publisher Comments "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) List Price $45.25 Your price: $21.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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