Geographic Thought

Geographic Thought: A Critical Introduction presents an engaging and accessible account of the major thinkers and key theoretical developments in t...

An enormously accessible account of the key philosophical ideas that have informed geographical research. A complete student guide to the theories,...

Reducere. Robert Musil's Thought Flights vividly evokes the secrets, challenges, and mundanities of interwar life in cosmopolitan Vienna and Berlin. The text...

DescriptionWho invented pizza? Why do people shake hands? Why do we wear underwear? You'll find the answers to these questions and more in this new...

IIn a long overdue contribution to geography and social theory, Katherine McKittrick offers a new and powerful interpretation of black women's geog...

Structures of the Earth is the first study of the emergent genre of geographical writing and the metageographies that structured its spatial though...

Reducere. Sufis and Their Opponents in the Persianate World features a diversity of themes and a multidisciplinary variety of approaches and covers a large h...

Throughout our world's oceans live wild animals that swim, leap, and dive through the pages of this charming title. The photography in this book pr...

Reducere. Ever wonder how haunted houses got their spooky rep; where cheese originally came from; and when and where people decided hitting a tiny ball with ...

Reducere. For 1, 600 years its message lay hidden. When the bound papyrus pages of this lost gospel finally reached scholars who could unlock its meaning, th...

Reducere. With the same colorful and engaging content from Rand McNally's award-winning Junior Classroom Atlas, Know Geography „ introduces geography to stud...

DescriptionAs a complex and multifaceted world-view, conservatism is often pigeonholed and partially understood. And while the nature of conservati...

Reducere. This book answers foundational questions: Who wrote the Bible? What is its message? Why is it thought to be a "holy" book? How does one read and in...

DescriptionEating Shakespeare provides a constructive critical analysis of the issue of Shakespeare and globalization and revisits understandings o...

The Companion to Global Environmental History offers multiple points of entry into the history and historiography of this dynamic and fast-growing ...

Reducere. Women's Ordination in the Catholic Church argues that women can be validly ordained to ministerial office. O'Brien shows that claims by Roman dicas...

Reducere. Hugh Brody crystallizes three decades of studying, learning from, crusading for, and thinking about hunter-gatherers in this profound and provocati...

Reducere. A century ago, between the uneasy aftermath of the First World War and the chaos of the Russian Revolution, an elite group of Russian intellectuals...

A century ago, between the uneasy aftermath of the First World War and the chaos of the Russian Revolution, an elite group of Russian intellectuals...

Reducere. For six years Jim and Jamie Dutcher lived intimately with a pack of wolves, gaining their trust as no one has before. In this book the Dutchers ref...

Contributor(s): Author: Colin S. GrayStrategy is not a modern invention. It is an essential andenduring feature of human history that is here to st...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Noenoe K. SilvaForeword by: Ngugi Wa Thiong'oIn The Power of the Steel-tipped Pen Noenoe K. Silva reconstructs the indigeno...

Thoughtful essays on the history, significance, and pleasures of whiskey Everyone becomes a philosopher with a drink in hand, but Whiskey & Philoso...

DescriptionEurope has long imagined itself as the centre of the universe, although its precise geographical, cultural and social terrains have alwa...

Reducere. During a century of extraordinary change, poets became the chroniclers of deep polarizations. From Rub n Dar o's quest to renew the Spanish languag...

Reducere. An incisive look at the causes and consequences of the Rwandan genocide"When we captured Kigali, we thought we would face criminals in the state; i...

This book offers a nuanced and multifaceted collection of essays covering a wide range of concerns, concepts, presidential doctrines, and rationali...

Reducere. Poetry. California Interest. Afterword by Lytle Shaw. The Song Cave presents an expanded edition of the long out of print City Lights Books classic...

In this thought-provoking follow-up to his acclaimed StarTalk book, uber astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson tackles the world's most important phil...

Reducere. Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods (1915) is a collection of Hawaiian folktales and myths by W. D. Westervelt. Connecting the origin story o...

Reducere. A National Geographic Best Book of the Year National Bestseller Many people dream of escaping modern life. Most will never act on it--but in 1986, ...

Reducere. DescriptionAre you ready to program with Java in less than 1 week? Have you always wanted to learn computer programming but you thought is difficul...

Reducere. "'The Crusade has begun'... "There's an old myth in the Archipelago, " he went on softly, shaking his head. "A legend, really...I recall it mention...

Did you know that listening to music tunes up your brain? Or that certain foods can help maintain mental fitness? Or that exercise can keep both bo...

Reducere. "A ravishing collection, full of wisdom, grief, beauty, and especially surprise." --Anthony Doerr, author of The Shell CollectorsPeter Orner zeroes...

DescriptionIf you've never thought of goats as supermodels, the glamorous caprines on these pages will soon change your mind. Each professionally-p...

Reducere. Pete Oxford is an award-winning photographer with images and stories appearing in the likes of National Geographic, BBC Wildlife, Time and Outdoor ...