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Geography and Social Justice in the Classroom
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 133.00The rise of critical discourses in the discipline of geography has opened up new avenues for social justice. Geography and Social Justice in the Classroom brings together contemporary research in geography and fresh thinking about geography?s place in the social studies curriculum. The book?s main purposes are to introduce teachers and teacher educators... more...
The Ambitions of Jane Franklin
Allen & Unwin 2013; US$ 22.72A genius at publicity before the term existed, Jane Franklin was a celebrity in the mid-19th century. This is her remarkable life, including her extensive travels, her years in Tasmania as the governor's wife, and her very public battle to save husban more...
Born Adventurer
The History Press 2013; US$ 29.17Born Adventurer tells the story of Frank Bickerton (1889-1954), the British engineer on Sir Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-14. The expedition gave birth to what Sir Ranulph Fiennes has called 'one of the greatest accounts of polar survival in history' and surveyed for the first time the 2,000-mile stretch of coast around... more...
Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space
Springer 2013; US$ 99.9920 years ago, from July 8 to 20, 1990, 60 researchers gathered for two weeks at Castillo-Palacio Magalia in Las Navas del Marques (Avila Province, Spain) to discuss cognitive and linguistic aspects of geographic space. This meeting was the start of successful research on cognitive issues in geographic information science, produced an edited book (D.... more...
Introducing Geographic Information Systems with ArcGIS
Wiley 2013; US$ 85.00Unique in its integrated approach, combining an easy-to-read introduction to geographic information systems (GIS) with a hands-on workbook of ArcGIS applications, this book is now fully revised to incorporate the latest software update, ArcGIS 10. In addition to maintaining the successful features of prior editions, the new edition shows how to publish... more...
Geographic Thought
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 64.95Without social movements and wider struggles for progressive social change, the field of Geography would lack much of its contemporary relevance and vibrancy. Moreover, these struggles and the geographical scholarship that engages with them have changed the philosophical underpinnings of the discipline and have inflected the quest for geographical... more...
Beginning ArcGIS for Desktop Development using .NET
Wiley 2013; US$ 39.99Get the very most out of the ArcGIS for Desktop products through ArcObjects and .NET ArcGIS for Desktop is a powerful suite of software tools for creating and using maps, compiling, analyzing and sharing geographic information, using maps and geographic information in applications, and managing geographic databases. But getting the hang of ArcGIS... more...
History of the Study of Landforms
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 67.95This volume is entirely devoted to the life and work of the world's most famous geomorphologist, William Morris Davis (1850-1934). It contains a treatment in depth of Davis' many contributions to the study of landforms including: the cycle of erosion denudation chronology arid and karst geomorphology the coral reef problem. more...
The New Northwest Passage
Sandstone Press Ltd 2013; US$ 13.11The Open Passage Expedition successfully sailed through the Northwest more...
A History of the Arctic
Reaktion Books 2013; US$ 35.00Bitter cold and constant snow. Polar bears, seals, and killer whales. Victor Frankenstein chasing his monstrous creation across icy terrain in a dogsled. The arctic calls to mind a myriad different images. Consisting of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, the United States, Russia, Greenland, Finland, Norway and Sweden, the arctic possesses a unique... more...









