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Author
Publisher
Published for the Orton Family Foundation, Rutland, VT by MIT Press
Pub. Date
©2000
Edition
1st editon
Physical Desc
351 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A lavishly illustrated study of the natural and cultural history of the Vermont landscape.In this book Jan Albers examines the history--natural, environmental, social, and ultimately human--of one of America's most cherished landscapes: Vermont. Albers shows how Vermont has come to stand for the ideal of unspoiled rural community, examining both the basis of the state's pastoral image and the equally real toll taken by the pressure of human hands...
2) Vietnam
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (cheifly col.), maps ; 25 x 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the history, geography, folklore, society, economy, and culture of Vietnam.
4) The revenge of geography: what the map tells us about coming conflicts and the battle against fate
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
The insights, discoveries, and theories of great geographers and geopolitical thinkers of the past look back at critical pivots in history and then look forward at the evolving global scene.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
xxiv, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Draws from scientific research on aging, as well as observations of long-lived people to identify nine lessons for living healthy, active lives past the age of eighty, ninety, and even one hundred.
Author
Publisher
QEB Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Take a trip across the United States of America and discover what makes each state special. From Alabama to Wyoming, explore the iconic animals, the amazing natural wonders, and the most famous landmarks. There's so much to see!
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1953]
Edition
[1st ed.]
Physical Desc
488 p. 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Rich in the lore and legend of Vermont, strong in the state's proud history, and alive with the personality of one of Vermont's greatest daughters, this book holds the soul of Vermont in its pages."
Author
Series
Geography publications at Dartmouth volume no. 10
Publisher
Dartmouth College, Dept. of Geography]
Pub. Date
1975
Physical Desc
1 atlas (182 p.) : maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
12) Annihilation
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Area X has claimed the lives of members of eleven expeditions. The twelfth expedition consisting of four women hopes to map the terrain and collect specimens; to record all their observations, scientific and otherwise, of their surroundings and of one another; and, above all, to avoid being contaminated by Area X itself.
13) Argentina
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications Company
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
[Updated ed.]
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 22 x 25 cm.
Language
English
14) Our fifty states
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
239 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the history, population, geography, and other aspects of each of the fifty states in the U.S., including Washington, D.C., and includes fact boxes, photographs, and maps.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Until a thousand years ago, no humans ventured into the Atlantic or imagined traversing its vastness. But once the first daring mariners successfully navigated to far shores, whether it was the Vikings, the Irish, the Chinese, Christopher Columbus in the north, or the Portuguese and the Spanish in the south, the Atlantic evolved in the world's growing consciousness of itself as an enclosed body of water bounded by the Americas to the West, and by...
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 atlas (xxiv, 47,39, 304 p.) : col. ill., col. maps ; 38 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presently in its eleventh edition, the Atlas of the world has hundreds of dramatic full-color, large-format maps and a host of satellite photography. The atlas has been fully updated to reflect the changing world incorporating new nations (East Timor), new flags (Afghanistan), new statistics from the 2000 Census in the United States, and dozens of other significant revisions. At the core of the book is the 176-page section of world maps, providing...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" is a question kids get asked over and over. But very few connections are made for kids between the present and the future. This book shows kids a pathway from their current interests and talents to a future career or interest. And in so doing, it also encourages adventure, exploration, and discovery, three core principles of National Geographic's mission. It's a celebration of possibility--so simple and so...
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