Geography, Environment, Earth Sciences & Planning Books

Prepare your child for the unpredictable through 52 prepper projects. Teach them basic outdoors survival skills, first aid, how to create their own "bug-out bag," and more.

A field-tested guide to surviving a nuclear attack, written by a revered civil defense expert.This edition of Cresson H. Kearny's iconic Nuclear War Survival Skills (originally published in 1979), updated by Kearny himself in 1987 and again in 2001,...

This book gives new perspective on just whom activists must target to slow global warming-that is, target those who are warming the globe deliberately and hugely, instead of just semi-accidentally and in small degree, like the rest of us. The book...

Drought and fires, floods and rising tides: These and other climate-driven forces are compelling us to examine our role as inhabitants of our imperiled planet. In over forty vitally important essays and vignettes, Natural Consequences is Char Miller's...

Get to better, more effective strategy.In nearly every business segment and corner of the world economy, the most successful companies dramatically outperform their rivals. What is their secret? In Better, Simpler Strategy, Harvard Business School...

An enlightening and vivid portrait of the stunning successes of populist movements, and what we need to know about how this transformative shift in politics affects our lives. Helps the reader understand this crucial demographic. Sheds light on the 2016...

It's time to understand what so many people don't get about the Working Class...Around the world, populist movements are gaining traction among the white working class. Meanwhile, the professional elite-journalists, managers, and establishment...

*Shortlisted for Australian Book Design Awards 2021: Best Designed Autobiography/Biography/Memoir Nonfiction Cover* Like many people, Beth Terry didn't think an individual could have much impact on the environment. But while laid up after...

Master every fishing knot you'll ever need. When you're fishing, there's nothing more frustrating than letting a poorly tied knot cost you the catch of the day. Knot expert Lindsey Philpott has written a guide to save anglers everywhere that anguish...

Climate change has been a perplexing problem for years.In Dark Winter, author John L. Casey, a former White House national space policy advisor, NASA headquarters consultant, and space shuttle engineer tells the truth about ominous changes taking place...

One hundred years after his death, Peter Kropotkin is still one of the most inspirational figures of the anarchist movement. It is often forgotten that Kropotkin was also a world-renowned geographer whose seminal critique of the hypothesis of competition...

The Earth has reached a tipping point. Runaway climate change, the sixth great extinction of planetary life, the acidification of the oceans-all point toward an era of unprecedented turbulence in humanity's relationship within the web of life. But just...

Here is the essential guide to the earth sciences, an authoritative reference book and timeline that examines how we figured out how the worldworks - literally. That process has revealed how the planet formed from a disc of dust left behind by the young...

It's difficult to believe that our planet has been weaponised before our very eyes, but that is exactly what has happened. First, we were seduced by the convenience of a wireless world; then, atmospheric weather experimentation in the guise of carbons -...

How to Achieve Style and SustainabilityGreen Interior Designis the most comprehensive guide to sustainable building, designing, and decorating on the market. This beautifully illustrated guide covers every detail of your home - from the drywall to the...

The must-have new edition of the classic book-and-poster set, based on the most recent census data, depicting who owns what, who makes how much, who works where, and who lives with whomGenerations of teachers, union organizers, and activists have relied...

NOW IN PAPERBACK The book the American Prospect calls "an essential resource for future reformers on how not to govern," by America's leading defender of the public interest and a bestselling historian"An essential read for those who want to fight the...

The "Erin Brockovich of Sewage" tells the riveting story of the environmental justice movement that is firing up rural America, with a foreword by the renowned author of Just MercyCatherine Coleman Flowers grew up in Lowndes County, Alabama, a place...

The progressive economics writer redefines the national conversation about American freedomHealth insurance, student loan debt, retirement savings, child care, work-life balance, access to home ownership-these are the issues driving America's current...

Our planet is in peril. Seas are rising, oceans are acidifying, ice is melting, coasts are flooding, species are dying, and communities are faltering. Despite these dire circumstances, most of us don't have a clear sense of how the interconnected crises...

The author who Jeremy Scahill calls the 'quintessential unembedded reporter' visits 'hot spots' around the world in a global quest to discover how we will cope with our planet's changing ecosystems.After nearly a decade overseas as a war reporter, the...

We've always lived on a dangerous planet, but its disasters aren't what they used to be. How the World Breaks gives us a breathtaking new view of crisis and recovery on the unstable landscapes of the Earth's hazard zones. Father and son...

How the mindset of traditional Japanese society can guide our own efforts to lead a green lifestyle today.If we want to live sustainably, how should we feel about nature? About waste? About our forests and rivers? About food? Just Enough is a book of...

this graphic novel dramatizes the story of "Minamata," famous around the world as one of the most egregious examples of environmental poisoning; identified in 1956, a final compensation settlement was not reached until 2010; over 2,000 people were...

Informative, entertaining, lucid, forceful, frequently witty . . . never dull . . . should be read and remembered for a long time."-New York Times Book Review "The authors argue persuasively that biological explanations for why we act as we do are based...

Though infrequently viewed as an environmental thinker, Karl Marx insisted that production as a social and material process is shaped and constrained by both historically developed relations among producers and natural conditions. Paul Burkett shows that...

When we think of coral reefs we tend to think of beautiful rock-like structures teaming with colourful fish and other marine life. But what exactly are the 'corals' in the coral reef? What are these creatures that start out very small...

This classic, scholarly history of the fur trappers and traders of the early nineteenth century focuses on the devices that enabled the opening of the untracked American west. Sprinkled with interesting facts and old western lore, this guide to traps and...

This book, written with the support ofAmerica's oldest fishing tackle business, offers beginners a chance to learn the fundamentals of the great sport of fly fishing quickly and easily.The Orvis Guide to Beginning Fly Fishing can be the start of a...

The traditional American devices contained in this intriguing compilation date from an era long before milking machines, pesticide sprayers, and industrial hay bailers. Yet the simple inventions described for doing everything from managing young bulls to...

Explore the taste of the Sierra with foraging expert Mia Andler, and learn how to responsibly forage and deliciously prepare the wild plants that commonly grow in the Tahoe and northern Sierra Nevada regions.In this guide to the common edible plants of...

An all-access guide to the abundant natural splendor of Sonoma County.Wild Sonomacelebrates the spectacular and resilient natural landscapes of Sonoma County, which along with its neighboring counties is one of the world's premier winegrowing regions...

A deep dive into the Bay Area's ecological treasure trove-and how this wild mountain in our midst was saved.San Bruno Mountain, located in the center of the San Francisco Bay Area, is a four-square mile global treasure-a natural preserve touted by...

Interest in social justice issues is at a highHousing remains a hot button topic nation-wideA fascinating and and readable investigation into the institutional racism in housing and real estatePerfect for fans of Richard Rothstein's The Color of...

How to confront the climate crisis without losing heartIt's easy to feel overwhelmed in the face of global climate breakdown. So how might we develop the inner resolve to confront it? Full Ecology, a collaboration between social-cultural psychologist...

Some myths don't die, and lies are still being told about Christopher Columbus: that he "discovered" the Americas (not only was the land familiar to native inhabitants, but it had also been visited before by Europeans), that the land was sparsely...

Dinosaurs have filled us with wonder since the first monstrous bones were pulled from the earth thousands of years ago. For centuries, we imagined dinosaurs as giant, clumsy brutes-but science has since revealed them to be so much more. They were living,...

A brief book by a well-known activist on the growing childfree movement, its many positive benefits and the conventional resistance with adopting this lifestyle.Verena Brunschweiger is no stranger to controversy. In her latest book, Do Childfree People...

Fourteen chapters from international geographers and cultural analysts, academic and otherwise, on veganism as a conceptual and physical space.Veganism as an ethics and a practice has a recorded history dating back to antiquity. Yet, it is only recently...

Discover the geographic approach to fighting crime while engaging citizens.Protecting the People: GIS for Law Enforcement explores a collection of real-life stories about law enforcement agencies successfully using GIS for crime analysis, open policing,...

Now that the health community is in a state of reflection, how do we put the lessons learned into practice?As we step back to examine the worldwide response to the COVID-19 pandemic, now is the time to think about how to raise the bar for our response to...

Learn the latest version of ArcGIS Pro with the newest edition of this bestselling series.Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro 2.8introduces the tools and functions of ArcGIS Pro, the powerful desktop GIS application. Geographic information system (GIS) software...

Now, more than ever, professionals can benefit from the power of location data, maps, and analytics in healthcare.Health professionals see the importance of the who, what, when, and where of data analytics. The "where" adds a crucial element because good...

Impressivestories of women using geospatial technology to create sustainable solutions for problems the world faces.The third volume in theWomen and GIS seriesshows how 31diversewomen in various STEAM fieldsdiscovered their passion, broke down barriers,...

How do leaders and innovators drive change and improvement?Governments often depend on a geographic context for making major decisions, sharing information, and expanding its operations. When organizations face the need for change from a drastic event,...

Ready for something more complex? An easy-to-follow guide to writing specialized Python scripts and developing tools for spatial datain ArcGIS Pro.Advanced Python Scripting for ArcGIS Probuilds onPython Scripting for ArcGIS Pro(Esri Press, 2020). Learn...

Protecting special places in danger of being changed forever requires urgent action. It's time for bold conservation strategies to boost land protection around the world.Bold conservation goals require strategic action. InProtecting thePlaces We Love:...

Create visual and geospatial stories that blend map science and map design.To make aesthetically pleasing, informative maps, mapmakers and graphic designers have historically used time-consuming tasks and workflows as part of the job. But what if you...