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Don't Know Much About Geography: Revised and Updated Edition

Written by Kenneth C. Davis
Read by Kenneth C. Davis and Various

Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $55.00

From bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis comes a treasure trove of answers to questions about our world.

Was there an Atlantis?
What's the smallest country in the world?
What's the difference between a jungle and a rain forest?

Kenneth C. Davis, author of Don't Know Much About® History, Don't Know Much About® the Civil War... Read more >

Don't Know Much About Geography: Revised and Updated Edition

Written by Kenneth C. Davis
Read by Kenneth C. Davis and Various

Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $25.00

From bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis comes a treasure trove of answers to questions about our world.

Was there an Atlantis?
What's the smallest country in the world?
What's the difference between a jungle and a rain forest?

Kenneth C. Davis, author of Don't Know Much About® History, Don't Know Much About® the Civil War... Read more >

Ice
The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance
Written by Mariana Gosnell

Format: eBook, 576 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2011
Price: $14.99

Like the adventurer who circled an iceberg to see it on all sides, Mariana Gosnell, former Newsweek reporter and author of Zero Three Bravo, a book about flying a small plane around the United States, explores ice in all its complexity, grandeur, and significance.More brittle than glass, at times stronger than... Read more >

You Are Here
Why We Can Find Our Way to the Moon, but Get Lost in the Mall
Written by Colin Ellard

Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: August 10, 2010
Price: $15.00

An eye-opening exploration of the intriguing and often counter-intuitive science of human navigation and experience of place.

In the age of GPS and iPhones, human beings it would seem have mastered the art of direction, but does the need for these devices signal something else—that as a species we are actually hopelessly...

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You Are Here
Why We Can Find Our Way to the Moon, but Get Lost in the Mall
Written by Colin Ellard

Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Price: $13.99

An eye-opening exploration of the intriguing and often counter-intuitive science of human navigation and experience of place.

In the age of GPS and iPhones, human beings it would seem have mastered the art of direction, but does the need for these devices signal something else—that as a species we are actually hopelessly...

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Worlds at War
The 2,500-Year Struggle Between East and West
Written by Anthony Pagden

Format: Trade Paperback, 656 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $18.00

Spanning two and a half millennia, Anthony Pagden’s mesmerizing Worlds at War delves deep into the roots of the “clash of civilizations” between East and West that has always been a battle over ideas. It begins with ancient Greece and its epic fight against the Persian Empire, then sweeps to Rome... Read more >

Worlds at War
The 2,500-Year Struggle Between East and West
Written by Anthony Pagden

Format: eBook
On Sale: March 25, 2008
Price: $13.99

Spanning two and a half millennia, Anthony Pagden’s mesmerizing Worlds at War delves deep into the roots of the “clash of civilizations” between East and West that has always been a battle over ideas, and whose issues have never been more urgent.

Worlds At War begins in the ancient world, where Greece... Read more >

Snowball Earth
The Story of a Maverick Scientist and His Theory of the Global Catastrophe That Spawned Life As We Know It
Written by Gabrielle Walker

Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.99

Did the Earth once undergo a super ice age, one that froze the entire planet from the poles to the equator? In Snowball Earth, gifted writer Gabrielle Walker has crafted an intriguing global adventure story, following maverick scientist Paul Hoffman’s quest to prove a theory so audacious and profound that it... Read more >

Putting America on the Map
The Story of the Most Important Graphic Document in the History of the United States
Written by Seymour I. Schwartz

Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2007
Price: $29.99

In 1507, a German cartographer created a world map that, for the first time, included the continental landmasses in the Western Hemisphere, discovered within the 15 previous years. He inserted the name "America" on the southern continent, honoring Amerigo Vespucci, who had erroneously been credited with setting foot on South American... Read more >

National Geographic Almanac of Geography

Written by National Geographic Society

Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2005
Price: $40.00

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Lost in My Own Backyard
A Walk in Yellowstone National Park
Written by Tim Cahill
Read by Michael Prichard

Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 5, 2004
Price: $9.95

“Let’s get lost together . . . ”

Lost in My Own Backyard brings acclaimed author Tim Cahill together with one of his—and America’s—favorite destinations: Yellowstone, the world’s first national park. Cahill has been “puttering around in the park” for a quarter of a century, slowly covering its vast scope and exploring... Read more >

Snowball Earth
The Story of a Maverick Scientist and His Theory of the Global Catastrophe That Spawned Life As We Know It
Written by Gabrielle Walker

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2004
Price: $16.00

Did the Earth once undergo a super ice age, one that froze the entire planet from the poles to the equator? In Snowball Earth, gifted writer Gabrielle Walker has crafted an intriguing global adventure story, following maverick scientist Paul Hoffman’s quest to prove a theory so audacious and profound that it... Read more >