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Published for the Orton Family Foundation, Rutland, VT by MIT Press
Pub. Date
©2000
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English
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A lavishly illustrated study of the natural and cultural history of the Vermont landscape.In this book Jan Albers examines the history--natural, environmental, social, and ultimately human--of one of America's most cherished landscapes: Vermont. Albers shows how Vermont has come to stand for the ideal of unspoiled rural community, examining both the basis of the state's pastoral image and the equally real toll taken by the pressure of human hands...
2) The revenge of geography: what the map tells us about coming conflicts and the battle against fate
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Pub. Date
2012
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English
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The insights, discoveries, and theories of great geographers and geopolitical thinkers of the past look back at critical pivots in history and then look forward at the evolving global scene.
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[1972]
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English
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Citing frequently from Champlain's own published accounts of his explorations of New France, Legare chronicles Champlain's intense efforts to publicize, map, and colonize the northeastern shores of North America and the valley of the St. Lawrence. From 1603 until his death in 1635, Samuel de Champlain devoted all of his energies to giving France a foothold in the New World. -- from Amazon.com
4) Laperouse
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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Laperouse by Ernest Scott
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia by K. Langloh Parker. Introduction by Andrew Lang
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English
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In the years following the Civil War, "Arctic fever" gripped the American public, fueled by myths of a fertile, tropical sea at the top of the world. Several explorers attempted to find a route to the North Pole, but none succeeded. Bound by Ice follows the journey of George Washington De Long and the crew of the USS Jeannette , who departed San Francisco in the summer of 1879 hoping to find a route to the North Pole. However, in mid-September the...
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Abdo Reference, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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This encyclopedia offers readers a look at each US state. Alongside maps of every state is informative text discussing the states' geographic features, climates, natural resources, and enjoyable things people can do there. Features include a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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"In 1910, Captain Robert Scott prepared his crew for a trip that no one had ever completed: a journey to the South Pole. He vowed to get there any way he could, even if it meant looking death in the eye. Then, not long before he set out, the telegram arrived: "Proceeding to Antarctic - Roald Amundsen." What was to be an expedition had become a race. One hundred and eight years later, Captain Louis Rudd readied himself for a similarly grueling task:...
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Kids are naturally curious. They want to know all about everything around them, near and far. And the completely updated Beginner's World Atlas is the perfect tool to introduce them to the people, places, and animals of the world. We have combined our world-famous mapmaking skills and color photography with input from specialists in geography education to create an atlas designed for kids ages 7 to 10."--
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English
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One man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia: in 1993 Greg Mortenson was an American mountain-climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of a Pakistani village, he promised to return one day and build them a school. From that rash, earnest promise grew one of the most incredible humanitarian campaigns of...
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Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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A longtime professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, Ronald Takaki was recognized as one of the foremost scholars of American ethnic history and diversity. When the first edition of A Different Mirror was published in 1993, Publishers Weekly called it "a brilliant revisionist history of America that is likely to become a classic of multicultural studies" and named it one of the ten...
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Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2019
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English
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Discover the true story of how environmentalist Farmer Tantoh is transforming the landscape in his home country of Cameroon. When Tantoh Nforba was a child, his fellow students mocked him for his interest in gardening. Today he's an environmental hero, bringing clean water and bountiful gardens to the central African nation of Cameroon. Authors Miranda Paul and Baptiste Paul share Farmer Tantoh's inspiring story.
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English
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Five hundred years before Columbus, a Viking woman named Gudrid sailed past the edge of the known world. She landed in the New World and lived there for three years, giving birth to a baby before sailing home. Or so the Icelandic sagas say. Even after archaeologists found a Viking longhouse in Newfoundland, few believed that the details of Gudrid's story were true. Then, in 2001, a team of scientists discovered what may have been this pioneering woman's...
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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First Lessons In Geography is a popular book by James Monteith.
This volume is a classic book for kids that explores the countries, terrains, and cultures of our fascinating planet
Readers ages 9 to 12 will travel around the globe, from Greenland to Tasmania, learning the locations and characteristics of continents, countries, and states and provinces in this lively introduction to our world.
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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This early work by G. K. Chesterton was originally published in 1908. Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London in 1874. He studied at the Slade School of Art, and upon graduating began to work as a freelance journalist. Over the course of his life, his literary output was incredibly diverse and highly prolific, ranging from philosophy and ontology to art criticism and detective fiction. However, he is probably best-remembered for his Christian...
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