books about: geographical

books about: geographical

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Geographical

The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

Caroline Alexander

Knopf, 1998

Inspiring and Beautiful
A dear friend gave me this book when it was released and I became hooked on all things "Polar". The Frank Hurley photos alone are worth the price of the book. If you really want a treat, check out the photos under a magnifying glass---there are many interesting details ...

Undaunted Courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West

Stephen Ambrose

Simon & Schuster, 1997

Undaunted Courage
I will keep it simple. Next to the Holy Bible ~ best book I ever read. I have since then read several of Stephen Ambrose's books and highly recommend them. He and his family put many years of research in before writing any book. I have travelled across the country ...

Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: The Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo Updated for ArcGIS 9 (Getting ...

Tim Ormsby, Eileen Napoleon, ...

Esri Press, 2004

A Basic Introduction to ArcView and GIS
This is a guide and workbook with a 6-month evaluation copy of ESRI's ArcView geographic information software (GIS). "Getting to Know ArcGIS" gives you 20 lessons and about 60 exercises to do in order to familiarize yourself with one of the leading GIS packages. It ...

National Geographic Bee Official Study Guide, 3rd edition (National Geographic Bee Official Study Guide)
Stephen F. Cunha

National Geographic Children's Books, 2008

The latest edition of the guide book every Bee contestant needs to compete with confidence is here. The National Geographic Bee Official Study Guide will help kids in grades four through eight prepare for the Society?s prestigious annual geography competition. Featuring maps, photos, graphs, and a variety of questions actually used in past Bees, ...

Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States (New York Review Books Classics)

George R. Stewart

NYRB Classics, 2008

Just Plain Fascinating
In this unusual little book, George R. Stewart has compiled an endlessly intriguing account of the whys and wherefores of American place-names. The book as a whole provides a haunting, curiously oblique perspective on American history, as he delves into the cultural, ...

The Scrambled States of America

Laurie Keller

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 1998

A Show Worth Watching!
Okay, call me a sucker for any book that teaches while it entertains. This book excels at both. The premise is that, in the middle of the night, the state of New York woke up from a dream and shouted to all the other states, "HEY, EVERYONE--LET'S HAVE A TALENT SHOW!" ...

Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R (Use R)
Roger S. Bivand, Edzer J. Pebesma, ...

Springer, 2008

Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R is divided into two basic parts, the first presenting R packages, functions, classes and methods for handling spatial data. This part is of interest to users who need to access and visualise spatial data. Data import and export for many file formats for spatial data are covered in detail, as is the interface ...

The Geography Bee Complete Preparation Handbook: 1,001 Questions & Answers to Help You Win Again and Again!

Matthew T. Rosenberg, Jennifer E. Rosenberg, ...

Three Rivers Press, 2002

Great choice!! Lots of information about Geography bees & what to expect
My son started showing an interest in Geography in the 3rd grade so we bought him several books & this was one of them!! He is now a walking text book! watch out!! He has won several Geography bees & this is one of the books he has studied from!! Plus he just loves ...

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir

Bill Bryson

Broadway, 2007

Couldn't stop laughing...
This is Bryson at his best, funny, fearless, and factual. He took me back to splendid promise of the 50's when we awaited "Better things through chemistry" and believed they would come.

Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache

Keith H. Basso

University of New Mexico Press, 1996

strong and thorough examination
What do people make of places? This is the central question examined by Keith Basso in his ethno-linguistic study of the relationship between language and landscape among the Apaches of Cibecue, on the Fort Apache Reservation in central Arizona. Basso, a professor of ...

The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst

Nicholas Tomalin, Ron Hall

International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2003

A powerful, moving must-read
This is a must-read classic for any armchair sailor or adventurer. It tells the story of one of nine entrants in the first around-the-world sailing race, Donald Crowhurst, who perpetuated one of the great hoaxes of the 20th century before mysteriouly disappearing. ...

Star Trek Star Charts: The Complete Atlas of Star Trek

Geoffrey Mandel

Star Trek, 2002

Star Trek Star Charts
Star Trek Star Charts: The complete Atlas of Star Trek is a fantastic book. It is worth it to get this book, because it contains tons of information about the galaxy in Star Trek. From learning about planets and their characteristics to colorful, detailed maps and ...

The Only Road North

Erik Mirandette

Zondervan, 2007

Please Read NOW!
If you have ever had an unanswered calling that keeps nudging you, please read this honest story/JOURNEY from some very brave young people! The story does leave you shocked, but it won't let you stop reading until you finish.

The Long Way

Bernard Moitessier

Sheridan House, 1995

Simply the Best
I'm a soloist- a singlehander. I really appreciate the way that being in tune with the sea and its environs is expressed in this book. So beautiful it almost brought me to tears. One feels the swell beneath while reading this book. The last third or so discusses ...

The Discoverers

Daniel J. Boorstin

Vintage, 1985

Amazing book from prehistory to circa 1900
This is a great trip through the great discoveries from prehistory (the concept of time being "discovered") up until the fleshing out of economics. It is highly readable for covering such sophisticated topics. A few negatives, though this book still gets a 10 for ...