Human Geography
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
$19.95 Add to cartWhy did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? In this “artful, informative, and delightful” (William H. McNeill, New York Review
- Author: Diamond, Jared
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: March 07 2017
- ISBN10: 0393354326
- Language: English
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Speaking American: How Y’All, Youse, and You Guys Talk: A Visual Guide
$17.99 Add to cartFrom the creator of the New York Times dialect quiz that ignited conversations about how and why we say the words we say, a stunning and delightful exploration of American language.
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- Author: Katz, Josh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0358359937
- Language: English
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Atlas of Vanishing Places: The Lost Worlds as They Were and as They Are Today
$15.00 Add to cartImagine what the world once looked like as you discover places that have disappeared from modern atlases in this stunningly illustrated and award-winning book.
Have you ever wondered about cities tha- Author: Elborough, Travis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 0711281157
- Language: English
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The Power of Place
$16.99 Add to cartAre New Yorkers and Californians so different because they live in such different settings? Why do some of us prefer the city to the country? How do urban settings increase crime? Why do we feel bette
- Author: Gallagher, Winifred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 10 2024
- ISBN10: 0061233358
- Language: English
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Data Empire: The Power of Information to Organize, Control, and Dominate
$35.00 Add to cartFrom clay tablets to the algorithmic state, a groundbreaking new lens on human history arguing that information has always been the seed of power, for readers of Nexus and The Age of Surveillance Capi
- Author: Risam, Roopika
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: July 14 2026
- ISBN10: 0063430320
- Language: English
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Four Corners: History, Land, and People of the Desert Southwest
$18.99 Add to cartIn this masterful tour de force of nature writing, Kenneth Brown explores one of the most awe-inspiring regions on earth — the Four Corners of Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico. Weaving together… [more below]
- Author: Brown, Kenneth A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 27 1996
- ISBN10: 0060927593
- Language: English
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AP Human Geography Premium, 2027: Prep Book with 6 Practice Tests+ Comprehensive Review + Online Practice
$29.99 Read morePREP SMARTER WITH BARRON’S. Barron’s AP Human Geography Premium, 2027 delivers 6 full-length practice tests and in-depth review aligned with the latest course framework. With authentic AP-style practi… [more below]
- Series: Barron’s AP Prep
- Author: Marsh, Meredith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 348
- Publish Date: July 07 2026
- ISBN10: 9798349701450
- Language: English
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The Feminist Art of Walking
$24.95 Add to cart‘Evocatively demonstrates the power of walking as not only a source of individual connection to place, but as something that helps us rediscover, and fight for, what matters to our communities’ Leslie
- Author: Rose, Morag
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 20 2025
- ISBN10: 0745350992
- Language: English
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Lost Worlds: How Humans Tried, Failed, Succeeded, and Built Our World
$35.00 Add to cartThe creator of the hit podcast Tides of History offers a new look at humanity’s deep past, showing us how our world was built not by inevitability, but by trial and error on a global scale.
There’s a
- Author: Wyman, Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 0063256487
- Language: English
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Before We Lost the Lake: A Natural and Human History of Sumas Valley
$24.95 Read moreFor thousands of years, the broad expanse between Sumas and Vedder Mountains east of Vancouver lay under water, forming the bed of Sumas Lake. As recently as a century ago, the lake’s shores stood fou
- Author: Reimer, Chad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 11 2019
- ISBN10: 1987915585
- Language: English
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Human Geography: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
Human geography offers answers to some of the most important challenges of our time. To understand contemporary struggles over global economic ine- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Daley, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 26 2025
- ISBN10: 0192869302
- Language: English
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The Last House on the Block: Black Homeowners, White Homesteaders, and Failed Gentrification in Detroit
$25.00 Add to cartGentrification is not inevitable, reveals Sharon Cornelissen, in this surprising, close look at the Detroit neighborhood of Brightmoor and the harsh reality of depopulation and urban decline.
In the- Series: Ethnographic Encounters and Discoveries
- Author: Cornelissen, Sharon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: November 19 2025
- ISBN10: 0226844714
- Language: English
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A Sense of Space: A Local’s Guide to a Flat Earth, the Edge of the Cosmos, and Other Curious Places
$32.50 Add to cartFrom global navigation to natal charts to memory palaces and beyond, a thrilling journey through humanity’s visualization of new spaces.
When you give directions, do you tell someone to go straight a- Author: Huth, John Edward
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 12 2025
- ISBN10: 0226844420
- Language: English
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Secret Maps: Maps You Were Never Meant to See, from the Middle Ages to Today
$39.00 Add to cartAn illustrated story of the relationship between mapping and secrecy, charting the role maps played in concealing and revealing knowledge across centuries.
Is there anything more intriguing than a sec
- Author: Harper, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 24 2025
- ISBN10: 0226846164
- Language: English
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Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future
$24.95 Add to cart‘Degrowth or ecomodernism? This book offers a compelling alternative. More than a utopian ideal, radical abundance is the guiding principle of a socialist revolution already in action’ – Kohei Saito,
- Author: Heron, Kai
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 20 2025
- ISBN10: 0745351352
- Language: English
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Be Fruitful and Multiply: How Fertility and Innovation Have Changed Humankind and the Earth
$32.50 Add to cartA groundbreaking history that explores how human desires have affected our relationship with the natural world, and why this is a cause for hope
Donald Worster looks back over 200,000 years of Homo s- Author: Worster, Donald
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0300278977
- Language: English
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Earth Shapers: How We Mapped and Mastered the World, from the Panama Canal to the Baltic Way
$30.00 Add to cartThe globetrotting story of how humans have harnessed the geographical landscape and written ourselves onto our surroundings.
Mountains, meridians, rivers, and borders–these are some of the features- Author: Samson, Maxim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0226844749
- Language: English
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Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now Threatens to Destroy It
$34.00 Add to cartFor readers of Thomas Piketty, David Graeber, and Jared Diamond: A bold, provocative, wide-ranging argument about the human idea of progress that offers a new vision of our future
Progress is power. Na- Author: McDonald, Samuel Miller
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: December 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1250278317
- Language: English
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The Pleasures of Wintering: Winter-Inspired Rituals for Rejuvenation, Serenity, and Joy
$18.95 Add to cartDiscover the enriching lessons of winter through practices that promote rest, contemplation, and rejuvenation, including rituals for self-care, slow living, mindfulness, and creativity. Perfect for fa… [more below]
- Author: Niimi Longhurst, Erin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1797236741
- Language: English
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Nations Apart: How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America
$32.00 Add to cart“A world-class intellectual. . . . [Colin Woodard’s] research can help Americans rediscover their common identity in spite of all the attempts to divide them.” –Garry Kasparov
The bestselling author- Author: Woodard, Colin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0593833406
- Language: English
