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When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters)

de Map Men ...

***AN INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!**AUDIO BOOK NARRATED BY MARK COOPER-JONES AND JAY FOREMAN**An Audible Most Anticipated Listen!*The debut book from the YouTube sensation and all-round cartographical nerds, The Map Men!**Hello, we’re the Map Men and in the following pages, we’ve selected what we believe to be some of the very best wrong maps. Some of them are decades old, some are centuries ... Leer más

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***AN INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!**AUDIO BOOK NARRATED BY MARK COOPER-JONES AND JAY FOREMAN**An Audible Most Anticipated Listen!*The debut book from the YouTube sensation and all-round cartographical nerds, The Map Men!**Hello, we’re the Map Men and in the following pages, we’ve selected what we believe to be some of the very best wrong maps. Some of them are decades old, some are centuries
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The Spinning Magnet

The Electromagnetic Force That Created the Modern World--and Could Destroy It

de Alanna Mitchell ...

The mystery of Earth's invisible, life-supporting powerAlanna Mitchell's globe-trotting history of the science of electromagnetism and the Earth's magnetic field--right up to the latest indications that the North and South Poles may soon reverse, with apocalyptic results--will soon change the way you think about our planet.Award-winning journalist Alanna Mitchell's science storytelling introduce ... Leer más

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The mystery of Earth's invisible, life-supporting powerAlanna Mitchell's globe-trotting history of the science of electromagnetism and the Earth's magnetic field--right up to the latest indications that the North and South Poles may soon reverse, with apocalyptic results--will soon change the way you think about our planet.Award-winning journalist Alanna Mitchell's science storytelling introduce
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Growing Papaya Trees

Nurturing Indigenous Roots During Climate Displacement

de Jessica Hernandez Ph.D. ...

**Leading Binnizá and Maya Ch'orti' scientist Jessica Hernandez, PhD, weaves together Indigenous knowledge, environmental science, and personal family stories in her highly anticipated follow-up to the LA Times best-seller Fresh Banana Leaves.Not every environmental problem is a result of climate change, but every environmental and climate change problem is a result of colonialism.**Dr. Jessica ... Leer más

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**Leading Binnizá and Maya Ch'orti' scientist Jessica Hernandez, PhD, weaves together Indigenous knowledge, environmental science, and personal family stories in her highly anticipated follow-up to the LA Times best-seller Fresh Banana Leaves.Not every environmental problem is a result of climate change, but every environmental and climate change problem is a result of colonialism.**Dr. Jessica
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The Lost Tomb

And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

de Douglas Preston ...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTELLER • **A GOODREADS READER'S CHOICE AWARD FINALISTFrom the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God, a jaw-dropping discovery of an Egyptian tomb opens up a slew of archaeological mysteries and deadly tales.**What’s it like to be the first to enter an Egyptian burial chamber that’s been sealed for thousands of years? What horrifying secret was found among the ... Leer más

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTELLER • **A GOODREADS READER'S CHOICE AWARD FINALISTFrom the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God, a jaw-dropping discovery of an Egyptian tomb opens up a slew of archaeological mysteries and deadly tales.**What’s it like to be the first to enter an Egyptian burial chamber that’s been sealed for thousands of years? What horrifying secret was found among the
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Global Warming Science

A Quantitative Introduction to Climate Change and Its Consequences

de Eli Tziperman ...

A quantitative, broad, hands-on introduction to the cutting-edge science of global warmingThis textbook introduces undergraduates to the concepts and methods of global warming science, covering topics that they encounter in the news, ranging from the greenhouse effect and warming to ocean acidification, hurricanes, extreme precipitation, droughts, heat waves, forest fires, the cryosphere, and more ... Leer más

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A quantitative, broad, hands-on introduction to the cutting-edge science of global warmingThis textbook introduces undergraduates to the concepts and methods of global warming science, covering topics that they encounter in the news, ranging from the greenhouse effect and warming to ocean acidification, hurricanes, extreme precipitation, droughts, heat waves, forest fires, the cryosphere, and more
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Dinosaur Destinations

Finding America's Best Dinosaur Dig Sites, Museums and Exhibits

de Jon Kramer ...

When it comes to dinosaurs and other fascinating fossils, the U.S. has it all, from Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops to Stegosaurus and Brachiosaurus. Dinosaur Destinations, by Jon Kramer, Julie Martinez, and Vernon Morris, will help you find the best dinosaur sites near you and across the country. Visit a dinosaur dig site or a famous dinosaur track site--and even make your own cast of ... Leer más

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When it comes to dinosaurs and other fascinating fossils, the U.S. has it all, from Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops to Stegosaurus and Brachiosaurus. Dinosaur Destinations, by Jon Kramer, Julie Martinez, and Vernon Morris, will help you find the best dinosaur sites near you and across the country. Visit a dinosaur dig site or a famous dinosaur track site--and even make your own cast of
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Geomythology

How Common Stories Reflect Earth Events

de Timothy J. Burbery ...

Series series Routledge Focus on Literature
Gold-guarding griffins, Cyclopes, killer lakes, man-eating birds, and "fire devils" from the sky—such wonders have long been dismissed as fictional. Now, thanks to the richly interdisciplinary field of geomythology, researchers are taking a second look. It turns out that these and similar tales, which originated in pre-literate societies, contain surprisingly accurate, pre-scientific intuitions ... Leer más

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Gold-guarding griffins, Cyclopes, killer lakes, man-eating birds, and "fire devils" from the sky—such wonders have long been dismissed as fictional. Now, thanks to the richly interdisciplinary field of geomythology, researchers are taking a second look. It turns out that these and similar tales, which originated in pre-literate societies, contain surprisingly accurate, pre-scientific intuitions
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Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

de Charles Mackay ...

The book is divided into three main parts:National Delusions: This section explores cases of mass hysteria and irrational behavior on a large scale, including the witch trials, the Crusades, and other instances of societal mania.Peculiar Follies: Here, Mackay discusses various bizarre and irrational beliefs and practices that have captured the public's attention, such as alchemy, fortune-telling, ... Leer más

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The book is divided into three main parts:National Delusions: This section explores cases of mass hysteria and irrational behavior on a large scale, including the witch trials, the Crusades, and other instances of societal mania.Peculiar Follies: Here, Mackay discusses various bizarre and irrational beliefs and practices that have captured the public's attention, such as alchemy, fortune-telling,
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The Boy Who Reached for the Stars

A Memoir

de Elio Morillo ...

“Inspiring and joyous.”—People"Heartwarming . . . infectious . . . Morillo's The Boy Who Reached for the Stars is every bit the inspiration he means it to be."—Kirkus ReviewsThe engineer known as the “space mechanic” speaks to both our future and past in this breathless memoir of his journey from Ecuador to NASA and beyond.Elio Morillo’s life is abruptly spun out of orbit ... ... Leer más

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“Inspiring and joyous.”—People"Heartwarming . . . infectious . . . Morillo's The Boy Who Reached for the Stars is every bit the inspiration he means it to be."—Kirkus ReviewsThe engineer known as the “space mechanic” speaks to both our future and past in this breathless memoir of his journey from Ecuador to NASA and beyond.Elio Morillo’s life is abruptly spun out of orbit ...
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Forest of the Sea

The Remarkable Life and Imperiled Future of Kelp

de David Helvarg ...

A powerful call to action that shows how science, culture, and hope can converge to restore one of Earth's most vital marine habitatsIn a matter of decades, a spectacular cold-water paradise thirty million years in the making is succumbing to warming oceans. Kelp forests are largely out of sight, hidden under the ocean’s surface, yet they are one of Earth’s most wonderous and underappreciated ... Leer más

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A powerful call to action that shows how science, culture, and hope can converge to restore one of Earth's most vital marine habitatsIn a matter of decades, a spectacular cold-water paradise thirty million years in the making is succumbing to warming oceans. Kelp forests are largely out of sight, hidden under the ocean’s surface, yet they are one of Earth’s most wonderous and underappreciated
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The Exhausted of the Earth

Politics in a Burning World

de Ajay Singh Chaudhary ...

**Marrying the scientific and political sides of the climate crisis issue, this is a hopeful call to arms about how we can overcome climate change.Climate change is not only about the exhaustion of the planet, it's about the exhaustion of so many of us, our lives, our worlds, even our minds. So, what is to be done?**To answer this question, Ajay Singh Chaudhary brings together both the science and ... Leer más

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**Marrying the scientific and political sides of the climate crisis issue, this is a hopeful call to arms about how we can overcome climate change.Climate change is not only about the exhaustion of the planet, it's about the exhaustion of so many of us, our lives, our worlds, even our minds. So, what is to be done?**To answer this question, Ajay Singh Chaudhary brings together both the science and
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The Ministry for the Future

A Novel

de Kim Stanley Robinson ...

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR**“The best science-fiction nonfiction novel I’ve ever read.” —Jonathan Lethem"If I could get policymakers, and citizens, everywhere to read just one book this year, it would be Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future." —Ezra Klein (Vox)**The Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts ... Leer más

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ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR**“The best science-fiction nonfiction novel I’ve ever read.” —Jonathan Lethem"If I could get policymakers, and citizens, everywhere to read just one book this year, it would be Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future." —Ezra Klein (Vox)**The Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts
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Clearing the Air

A Hopeful Guide to Solving Climate Change in 50 Questions and Answers

de Hannah Ritchie ...

**A FINANCIAL TIMES & NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF 2025"A refreshingly pragmatic and undoomy book."—The GuardianClear, simple answers to the most common and vexing questions about climate change that we can take action on right now.**We can’t afford to delay climate action, but with all the shouting and disagreement, it’s hard to know where to turn. In Clearing the Air, data scientist and ... Leer más

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**A FINANCIAL TIMES & NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF 2025"A refreshingly pragmatic and undoomy book."—The GuardianClear, simple answers to the most common and vexing questions about climate change that we can take action on right now.**We can’t afford to delay climate action, but with all the shouting and disagreement, it’s hard to know where to turn. In Clearing the Air, data scientist and
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Don't Know Much About Geography

Everything You Need to Know About the World but Never Learned

de Kenneth C. Davis ...

Series series The Don't Know Much About Series
An "entertaining [and] eminently readable" exploration of our home planet from the New York Times–bestselling author of Don't Know Much About History ( Publishers Weekly).Geography is much more than naming countries on a map or memorizing state capitals. It's the hub from which other disciplines radiate: meteorology, ecology, geology, oceanography, demographics, cartography, agricultural studies, ... Leer más

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An "entertaining [and] eminently readable" exploration of our home planet from the New York Times–bestselling author of Don't Know Much About History ( Publishers Weekly).Geography is much more than naming countries on a map or memorizing state capitals. It's the hub from which other disciplines radiate: meteorology, ecology, geology, oceanography, demographics, cartography, agricultural studies,
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The End

Marx, Darwin, and the Natural History of the Climate Crisis

de Joel Wainwright ...

How Marx provides new insights into our environmental crisis when read alongside DarwinIn this pathbreaking study, Joel Wainwright shows how deeply Darwin influenced Capital. Marx’s thinking about history and nature changed, generating a distinctive ecological critique of capitalism as a social formation. Marx even called Capital a study of natural history. ... Leer más

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How Marx provides new insights into our environmental crisis when read alongside DarwinIn this pathbreaking study, Joel Wainwright shows how deeply Darwin influenced Capital. Marx’s thinking about history and nature changed, generating a distinctive ecological critique of capitalism as a social formation. Marx even called Capital a study of natural history.
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Annals of the Former World

de John McPhee ...

Series series Annals of the Former World
The Pulitzer Prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4.6 billion yearsTwenty years ago, when John McPhee began his journeys back and forth across the United States, he planned to describe a cross section of North America at about the fortieth parallel and, in the process, come to an understanding not only of the science but of the style of the geologists ... Leer más

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4.6 billion yearsTwenty years ago, when John McPhee began his journeys back and forth across the United States, he planned to describe a cross section of North America at about the fortieth parallel and, in the process, come to an understanding not only of the science but of the style of the geologists
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Moby-Duck

The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea & of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists & Fools Including the Author Who Went in Search of Them

de Donovan Hohn ...

Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year A revelatory tale of science, adventure, and modern myth.When the writer Donovan Hohn heard of the mysterious loss of thousands of bath toys at sea, he figured he would interview a few oceanographers, talk to a few beachcombers, and read up on Arctic science and geography. But questions can be like ocean currents: wade in too ... Leer más

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Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year A revelatory tale of science, adventure, and modern myth.When the writer Donovan Hohn heard of the mysterious loss of thousands of bath toys at sea, he figured he would interview a few oceanographers, talk to a few beachcombers, and read up on Arctic science and geography. But questions can be like ocean currents: wade in too
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Death of a Salesman

de Arthur Miller ...

Willy, deeply invested in the American Dream, believes success is achieved through charm and popularity. However, his inability to adapt to changing realities leads to professional failure and strained relationships with his wife, Linda, and sons, Biff and Happy. Biff’s rejection of his father’s ideals creates tension, as Willy clings to unrealistic aspirations for his family.The play poignantly ... Leer más

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Willy, deeply invested in the American Dream, believes success is achieved through charm and popularity. However, his inability to adapt to changing realities leads to professional failure and strained relationships with his wife, Linda, and sons, Biff and Happy. Biff’s rejection of his father’s ideals creates tension, as Willy clings to unrealistic aspirations for his family.The play poignantly
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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs

A New History of a Lost World

de Steve Brusatte ...

"THE ULTIMATE DINOSAUR BIOGRAPHY," hails Scientific American: A thrilling new history of the age of dinosaurs, from one of our finest young scientists."A masterpiece of science writing." —Washington PostA New York Times Bestseller • Goodreads Choice Awards Winner • **A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Smithsonian, *Science Friday,***The Times (London), <st... ... Leer más

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"THE ULTIMATE DINOSAUR BIOGRAPHY," hails Scientific American: A thrilling new history of the age of dinosaurs, from one of our finest young scientists."A masterpiece of science writing." —Washington PostA New York Times Bestseller • Goodreads Choice Awards Winner • **A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Smithsonian, *Science Friday,***The Times (London), <st...
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Co-habiting with Ghosts

Knowledge, Experience, Belief and the Domestic Uncanny

de Caron Lipman ...

How does it feel to live in a ’haunted home’? How do people negotiate their everyday lives with the experience of uncanny, anomalous or strange events within the domestic interior? What do such experiences reveal of the intersection between the material, immaterial and temporal within the home? How do people interpret, share and narrate experiences which are uncertain and unpredictable? What does ... Leer más

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How does it feel to live in a ’haunted home’? How do people negotiate their everyday lives with the experience of uncanny, anomalous or strange events within the domestic interior? What do such experiences reveal of the intersection between the material, immaterial and temporal within the home? How do people interpret, share and narrate experiences which are uncertain and unpredictable? What does
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False Alarm

How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet

de Bjorn Lomborg ...

An “essential” (Times UK) and “meticulously researched” (Forbes) book by “the skeptical environmentalist” argues that panic over climate change is causing more harm than goodHurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across the American West. Glaciers collapse in the Arctic. Politicians, activists, and the media espouse a common message: climate change is destroying the planet, and we must take ... Leer más

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An “essential” (Times UK) and “meticulously researched” (Forbes) book by “the skeptical environmentalist” argues that panic over climate change is causing more harm than goodHurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across the American West. Glaciers collapse in the Arctic. Politicians, activists, and the media espouse a common message: climate change is destroying the planet, and we must take
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The Corinthian

de Georgette Heyer ...

The novel begins with Sir Richard contemplating a dreary future of societal expectations and a loveless engagement. On a fateful night, he encounters Penelope, who is disguised as a boy and attempting to run away to avoid marrying her cousin. Feeling an unexpected kinship and a desire for adventure, Sir Richard agrees to help her. What ensues is a rollicking journey across the countryside filled ... Leer más

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The novel begins with Sir Richard contemplating a dreary future of societal expectations and a loveless engagement. On a fateful night, he encounters Penelope, who is disguised as a boy and attempting to run away to avoid marrying her cousin. Feeling an unexpected kinship and a desire for adventure, Sir Richard agrees to help her. What ensues is a rollicking journey across the countryside filled
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Teaching Fieldwork in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Edición de Derek France, Lesley Batty, Dan Swanton ...

Series series Elgar Guides to Teaching
This book provides invaluable practical guidance for teaching and learning through fieldwork in higher education. Featuring contributions from a diverse range of experienced field educators, it delves into the challenges and opportunities of teaching beyond the classroom across Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES).Organised into three thematic parts, the book covers ethical and ... Leer más

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This book provides invaluable practical guidance for teaching and learning through fieldwork in higher education. Featuring contributions from a diverse range of experienced field educators, it delves into the challenges and opportunities of teaching beyond the classroom across Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES).Organised into three thematic parts, the book covers ethical and
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Charity Girl

de Georgette Heyer ...

The novel centers on the blossoming romance between Charity and the Duke, who, although initially skeptical about the idea of marriage, becomes increasingly enamored with her. As the story unfolds, Charity must navigate the tricky social expectations of the aristocracy while keeping her true circumstances a secret. With her charm, wit, and modesty, Charity eventually wins the Duke’s heart, leading ... Leer más

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The novel centers on the blossoming romance between Charity and the Duke, who, although initially skeptical about the idea of marriage, becomes increasingly enamored with her. As the story unfolds, Charity must navigate the tricky social expectations of the aristocracy while keeping her true circumstances a secret. With her charm, wit, and modesty, Charity eventually wins the Duke’s heart, leading
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