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1) The revenge of geography: what the map tells us about coming conflicts and the battle against fate
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Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this “ambitious and challenging” (The New York Review of Books) work, the bestselling author of Monsoon and Balkan Ghosts offers a revelatory prism through which to view global upheavals and to understand what lies ahead for continents and countries around the world.
In The Revenge of Geography, Robert D. Kaplan builds on the insights, discoveries, and theories...
In The Revenge of Geography, Robert D. Kaplan builds on the insights, discoveries, and theories...
3) Annihilation
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Language
English
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Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for years. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. Expeditions into Area X have ended in disaster or death. In Annihilation, the first volume of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy, we join the latest expedition. The group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and the narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the...
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Publisher
Genuine Pictures, Inc
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Webmaster sends Paula into the bush to find the elusive waHadzabe tribe, a nomadic group of hunters and gatherers. Paula is put to work building fire, making arrows and practicing her aim. Then, she steps up the pace and steps into a tribal circle dance.
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Publisher
Colman Communications
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Three case studies in Europe, Africa and Latin America show how descriptions help us understand a place. Students see how descriptive information may be based on landforms of a region, such as mountains, deserts or sea coasts. They also see how they can learn about a place by focusing on living patterns of a region - its political and economic systems, languages and religions. Exquisite videography takes viewers to West African rain forests, Alpine...
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Publisher
Genuine Pictures, Inc
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Cari heads to ancient Turkey to see the natural wonders of Cappadocia from high above and down below. She visits a cave ranch, explores the amazing fairy chimneys, and hikes through a valley that was created from volcanic rocks.
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Publisher
Colman Communications
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Canada is the world's second largest country. This videos shows the major Canadian landforms: mountains, lakes, forests, plains and lowlands. Canada's distinct geographical regions - including the Pacific and Rocky Mountains, Arctic Islands, Interior Plains, Canadian Shield, St. Lawrence Lowlands and Appalachian Highlands - are all delineated to help students better understand the country's geographical diversity. See how natural resources play a...
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Publisher
Genuine Pictures, Inc
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Cari's assignment starts in Istanbul, where she heads to Topkapi Palace for a great view of the city that straddles two continents. Then, she's off to the countryside to see an underground city. She even meets local villagers for a lunch of gozleme, which are Turkish pancakes.
Publisher
Genuine Pictures, Inc
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In Vietnam, Cari boards a long-tailed boat and heads to the floating market. She meets a family that lives on their boat in the river. Later, Cari and guide Sui take a sampan boat to lunch along the Mekong, and Cari is put to work preparing Vietnamese spring rolls.
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Publisher
Colman Communications
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
The old and the new are portrayed with beauty and sensitivity in this intriguing profile of a 9-year-old Nisga'a Native Canadian. Sheena Azak lives with her family in Canyon City, a small, isolated village in British Columbia. Her father, chief of the Nisga'a Wolf Tribe, works long hours helping his children understand their rich cultural heritage. Sheena is shown with her family as they fish, camp, participate in tribal dances, and listen to elders...
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