Geography

Geography (from Greek γεωγραφία, geographia, lit. "earth description") is a field of science dedicated to the study of the lands, the features, the inhabitants, and the phenomena of the Earth. ...more

The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization
Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent
The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 3—The Masters of History
The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration
How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History
The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance
Disunited Nations: Succeeding in a World Where No One Gets Along
The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
Homelands: A Personal History of Europe
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks
The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
The Revenge Of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies
Paddle-to-the-Sea
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Divided: Why We're Living in an Age of Walls
Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
How to Lie with Maps
The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainThe Lost City of Z by David GrannHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradDeath on the Nile by Agatha Christie
Row Your Boat
121 books — 28 voters

What a Map Can Do by Gabrielle BalkanMapping Sam by Joyce HesselberthHenry's Map by David ElliotAs The Crow Flies by Gail HartmanMy Map Book by Sara Fanelli
Best Maps Books Age 0-5
7 books — 1 voter
Monarchs and Milkweed by Anurag AgrawalWild Migrations by Matthew J. KauffmanThe Homing Instinct by Bernd HeinrichFour Wings and a Prayer by Sue HalpernA World on the Wing by Scott Weidensaul
Animal Migration
35 books — 7 voters


Annie Dillard
Geography is the key, the crucial accident of birth. A piece of protein could be a snail, a sea lion, or a systems analyst, but it had to start somewhere. This is not science; it is merely metaphor. And the landscape in which the protein "starts" shapes its end as surely as bowls shape water. ...more
Annie Dillard, Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters

John Steinbeck
New York is an ugly city, a dirty city. Its climate is a scandal, its politics are used to frighten children, its traffic is madness, its competition is murderous. But there is one thing about it - once you have lived in New York and it has become your home, no place else is good enough.
John Steinbeck, America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction

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