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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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Comparing the world population of 7 billion, 50 million people to a village of 100 persons, the author reveals such facts as the languages of the village, how much each earns, if the person is literate, has a television and has enough to eat.
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©1999
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"Sprawling Piedmont cities, ghost towns on the plains, earth-toned placitas set against the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, mining camps transformed into ski resorts - these are some of the diverse regions in Colorado explored in this book. Historical geographer William Wyckoff traces the evolution of the state during its formative years from 1860 to 1940, chronicling its changing cultural landscapes, social communities, and connections to a larger America...
3) Japan
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
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This book introduces Japan, including its land, history, industries, culture, and government.
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Journalist Weisman offers an original approach to questions of humanity's impact on the planet. Drawing on the expertise of engineers, atmospheric scientists, art conservators, zoologists, oil refiners, marine biologists, astrophysicists, religious leaders, and paleontologists, he illustrates what the planet might be like today if humans disappeared. He explains how our massive infrastructure would collapse and finally vanish without human presence;...
6) Mexico
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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This book examines the geography, history, economy, culture, and daily life of the Central American nation of Mexico.
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Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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This book uses a simple metaphor to create a snapshot--past, present and future--to help readers imagine America as a village of 100 people, exploring their lives to help children and readers of all ages to discover a whole new vision of America.
8) Maps
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Explore the world anew with this lavish extended edition from the incomparable Mizielinskis. This book features new and updated material on every spread and twenty-four entirely new maps. In addition to geographic features like borders and cities, this volume features places of historical and cultural interest, eminent personalities, cultural events, and iconic animals, allowing you to explore the globe without leaving your couch.
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Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Alastair Bonnett explores extraordinary, off-grid, offbeat places including micro-nations, moving villages, secret cities, and no man's lands. Consider Sealand, an abandoned gun platform off the English coast that a British citizen claimed as his own sovereign nation, issuing passports and making his wife a princess. Or Baarle, a patchwork city of Dutch and Flemish enclaves where crossing the street can involve traversing national borders. Or Sandy...
10) The Revenge of Geography: what the map tells us about coming conflicts and the battle against fate
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The author of Balkan Ghosts presents a timely and provocative response to The World Is Flat that draws on the insights of leading geographers and geopolitical thinkers to present a holistic interpretation of the next cycle of conflict throughout Eurasia that considers such topics as European debt, Chinese power and the role of Iran.
12) Earth from above
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Both low- and high-level aerial photographs document places around the world and form the starting point for discussions of ecology, sustainable development, and the current state of the world.
A compilation of both low- and high-level aerial images, including nearly two hundred new photographs, provides captions that explain the background of each image as well as essays on such topics as biodiversity and global warming.
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Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"An atlas of 100 infographic maps that reveal something surprising about our world--how many countries have bigger economies than California; who drives on the wrong side of the road; and where you can find lions in the wild--all offering little-known insights and analysis about our world"--
14) Rivers
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Explores how rivers change the landscape as they flow from mountain springs and wind their way down to the sea; how rivers provide a home for plants and animals; and how humans use rivers.
15) Where we live
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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"Come along on a global journey to examine the fascinating array of places and spaces that people call home. Beginning with the basic idea of shelter, readers examine the wide variety of climates, materials, and geography where humans choose to live, from an amazing mountaintop palace in Yemen to the canals of Venice, houses on stilts, caravans, yurts and more, readers will emerge from this book with new vocabulary-houseboat, shutters, thatch-and...
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In this definitive reference, sophisticated software combines with comprehensive analysis of every aspect of life to represent the world as it really is. Digitally modified maps or cartograms depict the areas and countries of the world not by their physical size, but by their demographic importance on a vast range of subjects, from basic data on population, health, and occupation to how many toys we import and who is eating the most vegetables.
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This book traces the history of mapmaking while offering insight into the role of cartography in human civilization and sharing anecdotes about the cultural arenas frequented by map enthusiasts. It comes as no surprise that, as a kid, Jeopardy! legend Ken Jennings slept with a bulky Hammond world atlas by his pillow every night. It recounts his lifelong love affair with geography and explores why maps have always been so fascinating to him and to...
20) France
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This book examines the land, people, culture, and history of France and discusses its current state of affairs and place in the world.