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

Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent

Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization

River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World

A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters

How Iceland Changed the World: The Big History of a Small Island

The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations

The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power

The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives

The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration

The Whisper on the Night Wind: The True History of a Wilderness Legend

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Geography Books

Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)

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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Lists

A Child's History of the World by V.M. Hillyer

The Great Wall Of China by Leonard Everett Fisher

Missionary Stories with the Millers by Mildred A. Martin

1st Grade History & Geography

13 books — 2 voters

Ser amarelo no Brasil

3 books — 2 voters

Awakening Bharat Mata by Swapan Dasgupta

Invading the Sacred by Krishnan Ramaswamy

The Battle for Sanskrit by Rajiv Malhotra

Understanding India and South Asia

324 books — 29 voters

Best Maps Books Age 0-5

7 books — 1 voter

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare

Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie

Countries

543 books — 155 voters

111 Places in Tokyo That You Shouldn't Miss by Christine Izeki

111 Places in Singapore That You Shouldn't Miss by Christoph Hein

111 Places in Hong Kong That You Shouldn't Miss by Kathrin Bielfeldt

111 Places in New Delhi That You Must Not Miss by Sharon Fernandes

111 Places in Tel Aviv That You Shouldn't Miss by Andrea Livnat

Best 111 Places That You Must Not Miss Tour Guides Asia

6 books — 1 voter

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“ A narrow-minded man can lead one to devalue others, and in the end, to desperately dangerous hates of outsiders, ranging in expression from discrimination against minorities to world conflagrations,' Tolman wrote. The solution? Create broader cognitive maps in the mind that encompass bigger geographical boundaries and a wider social scope, embracing those we might consider others, and in this way encourage empathy and understanding. ...more ”
― Jennifer Ackerman, The Genius of Birds

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