Geography Books

2009 reprint of 1932 edition. Garet Garrett was born in 1878 in Illinois. By 1903, he had become a well known writer for the old New York Sun. In 1916, at the age of 38, Garrett became the executive editor of the New York Tribune, after having worked...

Memories of Africa, pre-civil war New England, political turmoil in Russia, the end of slavery in Jamaica, and Caribbean pirates; an intrepid black woman experiences many turning points in world history. Nancy Prince paints a blunt picture of the...

"The Land's End" is 1843 work by Argentinian naturalist William Henry Hudson. Profusely illustrated and wonderfully-written, this descriptive illustration of Land's End in Cornwall, England will appeal to all with an interest in this beautiful spot, and...

Anthropocentric thinking produces fractured ecological perspectives that can perpetuate destructive, wasteful behaviours. Learning to recognise the entangled nature of our everyday relationships with food can encourage ethical ecological thinking and lay...

Streetscapes are part of the taken-for-granted spaces of everyday urban life, yet they are also contested arenas in which struggles over identity, memory, and place shape the social production of urban space. This book examines the role that street...

Public art is produced and 'lived' within multiple, interlaced and contested political, economic, social and cultural-symbolic spheres. This lively collection is a mix of academic and practice-based writings that scrutinise conventional claims on the...

Bringing together conceptual and empirical research from leading thinkers, this book critically examines 'comfort' in everyday life in an era of continually occurring social, political and environmental changes.Comfort and discomfort have assumed a...

The Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey was the site of one of the most tragic and memorable battles of the twentieth century, with the Turks fighting the ANZAC (Australian New Zealand Army Corps) and soldiers from fifteen other countries. This book...

Part travelogue, part history, and part environmental treatise, "Mekong - The Occluding River" is above all else an urgent warning that factors such as pollution, ecological devastation, and the depletion of natural resources are threatening the very...

""The Biological Problem of Today: Preformation or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development"" is a book written by Oscar Hertwig in 1896. The book discusses the two competing theories of development in biology: preformation and epigenesis...

""Recent Expeditions to Eastern Polar Seas: Voyage of the Hansa and Germania, Voyage of the Tegethoff (1882)"" is a historical account of two expeditions to the polar regions, written by an anonymous author. The book details the adventures and challenges...

""Songs for British Workmen"" is a collection of songs written by Benjamin Gough in 1876. The book contains over 50 songs that were specifically written for the working class of Britain during the Industrial Revolution. The songs cover a variety of...

""On Recent Contributions To Our Knowledge Of The Floor Of The North Atlantic Ocean"" is a scientific book written by John Murray in 1904. The book is focused on the latest discoveries and contributions to the study of the North Atlantic Ocean floor...

Leven en Werken van Willem Jansz. Blaeu (1871) is een boek geschreven door Pierre Joseph Henry Baudet. Dit boek beschrijft het leven en werk van Willem Jansz. Blaeu, een beroemde Nederlandse cartograaf uit de 17e eeuw. Blaeu was een van de meest...

In the last decade a new wave of urban research has emerged, putting comparative perspectives back on the urban studies agenda. However, this research is frequently based on similar case studies on a few selected cities in America and Europe and all too...

The collapse of communism in Central, East and South-East Europe (CESEE) led to great hopes for the region and for Europe. A quarter of a century on, the picture is mixed: in many CESEE countries, the transformation process is incomplete, and the...

""Studies In Nutrition V5: The Data Of The Physical, Physiological, And Bacteriological Observations"" is a book written by Ward J. MacNeal and published in 1912. This book is a comprehensive study of nutrition and includes physical, physiological, and...

Robinson Crusoe's Own Book: Or The Voice of Adventure is a novel written by Charles Ellms and first published in 1843. The book is a fictional account of the adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near...

Lost in the Land of Ice: Or Daring Adventures Around the South Pole is a thrilling adventure book written by Ralph Bonnell and first published in 1902. The book follows the journey of a group of explorers who set out on a dangerous expedition to the...

Half Round The World: Or Among The Uncivilized is a novel written by Oliver Optic and published in 1896. The book follows the adventures of a group of young men who embark on a journey around the world. The group includes the protagonist, Phil...

""Storia Naturale Dell' Uomo E Della Donna"" (1897) di Auguste Debay ����� un'opera che si concentra sulla storia naturale dell'uomo e della donna. Il libro fornisce una panoramica completa delle caratteristiche fisiche e biologiche dell'uomo e della...

Le livre ""Evolution Du Carbone Et De L�������Azote Dans Le Monde Vivant (1899)"" �����crit par Pierre Marie Maze est une �����uvre scientifique qui traite de l'�����volution du carbone et de l'azote dans le monde vivant. L'auteur explore les...

""Pratique De La Geometrie Sur Le Papier Et Sur Le Terrain"" est un livre �����crit par Sebastien Le Clerc en 1691. Il s'agit d'un manuel de g�����om�����trie qui explique les principes fondamentaux de la g�����om�����trie plane et de la...

This open access book conducts systematic and comprehensive research on urban spatial development problems in China from territorial perspectives, based on the scientific theory on human settlements environment. By integrating the theories of...

This book presents peer reviewed papers from the proceedings of the 9th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers conference (9IYGEC), 21-22 March 2023, held at MIT Aurangabad. The topics covered are advanced ground improvement techniques, geosynthetics and...

This edited book addresses various aspects of sustainable land management, including existing policy norms and indigenous knowledge. It focuses on how sustainable land management can combat desertification, increase livelihood opportunities, mitigate...

This book discusses the possibilities, reach, challenges, and limitations of agroforestry in new contexts where the security of food, nutrition, and the environment are equally vital. The focus of each chapter in the book is on the potential for...

This groundbreaking book delves deep into the history of AI, the major techniques and algorithms of machine learning and deep learning, and the critical role of data sources and processing in these disciplines. It covers a range of AI applications in...

This open access book brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines to explore science, technology, and innovation cooperation between China and African countries by using  different  perspectives. The growing economic,...

This book comprehensively examines the complex relationship between forests and climate change from a biological perspective. It explores the effects of climate change, such as rising temperatures, greenhouse gas emissions, changing rainfall patterns,...

This book tries to root its exploration of China's urbanization in the very local realities of China from the perspective of urban geography and international urbanization theory. The research is of large scale, full process and boasts the feature of...

This open access book explores the use of technologies for urban safety and security. Rather than focusing on the technologies themselves, it provides and in-depth analysis of the complex urban transformations linked to the increasing...

Driving Decisions: How Autonomous Vehicles Make Sense of the World examines the phenomenon of autonomous driving, and the ongoing, complex, costly, and contentious quest to automate driving. Principally organized around the concept of algorithmic...

We are witnessing an unprecedented global outbreak of COVID-19, which has been devastating in its consequences. Beyond the acute health hazard, the pandemic has carried with it other threats for mankind associated with the human economy, society,...

This book investigates how the state intervenes in the urban system in China in the post-reform period. To do so, it constructs a conceptual framework based on the perspective of political hierarchy, suggesting that the state power is hierarchically...

This book weaves a social, economic and cultural history of Australia with rare first-hand accounts of the lived experience of change related to farming and agriculture. It provides a rich sociology of how living on the land has changed throughout...

This book examines Electronic Dance Music (EDM) scenes in 18 cities across Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. It focuses on the historical development of these scenes, with an emphasis on the post-2000 context, including...

This book comprises select proceedings of the First International Conference on Urban Science and Engineering. The focus of the conference was on the milieu of urban planning while applying technology which ensures better urban life, coupled with...

This book studies human settlements in China in terms of Human Settlements Trialism in 5 typical human settlement types: river valleys, water networks, hills, plains, and arid areas. Focusing on 3 elements of Trialism-(1) natural and constructed...

This proceedings has four thematic parts: advanced aerospace manufacturing technology, near space system and application technology, accurate perception technology of the earth, and collaborative fusion application technology. The CHREOCs (China...

This book presents cutting-edge archaeological materials from Xinjiang, from the Bronze Age to the early Iron Age. Through a systematic topological study of major archaeological cemeteries and sites, it establishes chronologies and cultural sequences for...

Dieses Buch bewertet afrikanische Sonderwirtschaftszonen aus einer Perspektive der Lehren und Erfahrungen, die China mit solchen Zonen gemacht hat, deren Auswirkungen auf die chinesische Politik und auf Investitionen.Unter Verwendung von Fallstudien über...

This book is a collection of seminal position essays by leading researchers on new development in Geographic Information Sciences (GIScience), covering a wide range of topics and representing a variety of perspectives. The authors propose enrichments and...

This book, based on international collaborative research, presents a state-of-the-art design for "Smart Master Planning" for all metropolises, megacities and meta cities as well as at sub-city zonal and community and neighborhood level.  Smart...

This book provides a snapshot of the COVID-19 pandemic situation from the perspective of the tourism, aviation and hospitality industries. The book analyzes the challenges and possible strategies for recovery to meet the urgent needs of the industry to...

This book proposes and systematically discusses four trends of thoughts in contemporary Chinese urban design. As the first book to systematically introduce contemporary Chinese urban design thoughts, this book objectively displays the macroscopic picture...

This book is a collection of research focusing on the anthropological aspects of how food is made in modern society from both global and local perspectives. Modern food consumed in any society is created in a variety of natural and cultural environments...

This book explores how speculative thinking is shaping how we relate to our entangled social, mental, and environmental ecologies. It examines how speculative philosophies and concepts are changing geographical research methods and techniques, whilst...