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

Most Read This Week Tagged "Geography"

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

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Geography Books

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 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

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

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The Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrie

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon

Histories of Countries

85 books — 23 voters

Parley After Life - DIY Guide to Death and other Taxes by Robby Miller

FANT-SCI: Best Fantasy Based on Science

14 books — 5 voters

The Two Week Traveller by Matthew Lightfoot

The Princess Guide to Rome by Belinda Darcey

Glam Italia! How to Travel Italy by Corinna Cooke

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57 books — 47 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn

Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen

The Best Social Studies Library List

232 books — 172 voters

Post-Apocalyptic Fiction Set in California

79 books — 26 voters

The Most Famous Landmarks in the World by Samuel John

National Monuments of the U.S.A. by Cameron Walker

Where Were the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World? by Yona Z. McDonough

Children's Guides and Picture Books About International Monuments and Landmarks

21 books — 1 voter

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Quotes Tagged “Geography”

“ The truth is, until you know any different, the island is enough. Actually, I know different. And it's still enough. ...more ”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Scorpio Races

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