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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

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This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong [and Why It Matters]

The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World

Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent

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

Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

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

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

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

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

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

The Earth Transformed: An Untold History

Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape

Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

Myths of Geography: Eight Ways We Get the World Wrong

Borderlines: A History of Europe, Told from the Edges

Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions in Search of Life, the Cosmos, and Our Future

Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe

The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance

The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration

Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town

When the Sahara Was Green: How Our Greatest Desert Came to Be

The Library of Lost Maps: An Archive of a World in Progress

The Amur River: Between Russia And China

The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain's Colonial Legacy

Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism

My Antarctica: True Adventures in the Land of Mummified Seals, Space Robots, and So Much More

National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History, and the Meaning of Home

A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds

New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time

Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World

Land Power: Who Has It, Who Doesn’t, and How That Determines the Fate of Societies

The Edge of the Plain: How Borders Make and Break Our World

In Praise of Floods: The Untamed River and the Life It Brings (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)

Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes

Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies

The Indestructible Tom Crean: Heroic Explorer of the Antarctic

The Great Lakes: Our Freshwater Treasure

The Deepest Map: The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World’s Oceans

Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide (Atlas Obscura)

London Clay: Journeys into the Deep City

Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate

Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages

Terrible Maps: The stupidly funny illustrated gift book perfect for geography lovers

Wounded Tigris: A River Journey through the Cradle of Civilisation

Geography Is Destiny: Britain and the World: A 10,000-Year History

Adriatic: A Concert of Civilizations at the End of the Modern Age

Karachi Vice: Life and Death in a Contested City

Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis

A Natural History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places

The Ultimate Quest (Treasure Hunters, #8)

Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 3 - The Masters of History

Outlandish: Walking Europe’s Unlikely Landscapes

Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World

The Slow Road to Tehran: A Revelatory Bike Ride through Europe and the Middle East

The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World

Himalaya: Exploring the Roof of the World

New York, New York, New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation

Let Me Fix You a Plate: A Tale of Two Kitchens

Subpar Planet: The World's Most Celebrated Landmarks and Their Most Disappointed Visitors

White Burgers, Black Cash: Fast Food from Black Exclusion to Exploitation

Inside Qatar: Hidden Stories from One of the Richest Nations on Earth

If the World Were 100 People: A Visual Guide to Our Global Village

Capitalism and the Sea: The Maritime Factor in the Making of the Modern World

Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World

The Last Winter: The Scientists, Adventurers, Journeymen, and Mavericks Trying to Save the World

The Lost Subways of North America: A Cartographic Guide to the Past, Present, and What Might Have Been

40 Maps That Will Change How You See the World

The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth

The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet

The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans

Tycipaństwa. Księżniczki, bitcoiny i kraje wymyślone

Speed & Scale: A Global Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now

Elixir: In the Valley at the End of Time

American Oasis: Finding the Future in the Cities of the Southwest

Grensstreken: Waarom grenzen liggen waar ze liggen

How the Mountains Grew: A New Geological History of North America

The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next

Atlas of the Invisible: Maps & Graphics That Will Change How You See the World

Wild Maps for Curious Minds: 100 New Ways to See the Natural World

The Shape of Things: How Mapmakers Picture Our World

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Quotes Tagged “Geography”

“ 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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“ Eratosthenes, the mapmaker who was the first man to accurately measure the size of the Earth, was a librarian. ...more ”
― Ken Jennings, Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks

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