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This exciting, contemporary approach to World Regional Geography acknowledges the geographic changes that accompany today’s rapid rate of globalization. The authors' unique approach gives you access to the latest ideas, concepts and theories in geography while also developing a strong foundation in the fundamentals of world regions, including a strong sense of place and an understanding of the connections within and between world regions. Globalization and Diversity is a briefer version of the popular Diversity Amid Globalization by the same authors. ... Read more

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Great Textbook
Easy to read

Lots of pictures and graphs to help illustrate the text

Very informative and detailed looks into different cultures

Chapters are separated nicely and therefore the book is not confusing

Geography
I needed this book for a class that started 3 days after I ordered it and I was very lucky to find it here and cheaper than anywhere else I looked.I will deffinately look here in the future.

Globalization and Difersity:Geography of a Changing world
It is a college textbook.I found it more readable than most on the subject.The information is current and appropriate. The book is divided up into chapters based on regions. There are helpful guides and study notes.It is good for use at the community college level.

For A Textbook, It's Pretty Interesting.
This book is very interesting and makes the subject of Geography interesting down to the micro level. It's packed with helpful photographs, charts, maps, and sidebars that any student should find helpful as they begin to explore this beautiful and diverse world we live in. The only drawbacks I've discovered so far are that the colors on the maps don't always match the legends provided. And the type is condensed. It's not hard to read, but it usually takes longer than anticipated. Also, if you need to use the online features, you need to purchase your book new. Still waiting to hear from the publishers as to what, if anything, purchasers of used products can do.

However, of all the books my Professor could have chosen, I am definitely glad she picked this one. It is divided into 12 world regions, each of which has a separate chapter. It makes cross-referencing information for reports and studying for exams much easier.

quick shipment, great condition
seller was very polite, and got the book out to me in time for class. would definitely buy again, highly recommend! ... Read more

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"A book of stories, a book of prayer, a book to be read meditatively and well," DAKOTA offers a timeless tribute to a place in the American landscape that is at once desolate and sublime, harsh and forgiving, steeped in history and myth. From the award-winning author of AMAZING GRACE, DAKOTA is Kathleen Norris at her most thoughtful, her most discerning, her best. She gives us, once again, a rare "gift of hope and balance, a place to begin" (Chicago Tribune) and assurance that wherever we go, we chart our own spiritual geography.Amazon.com Review
After 20 years of living in the "Great American Outback," asNewsweek magazine once designated the Dakotas, poet KathleenNorris (The CloisterWalk) came to understand the fascinating ways that peoplebecome metaphors for the land they inhabit. When trying to understandthe polarizing contradictions that exist in the Dakotas between"hospitality and insularity, change and inertia, stability andinstability.... between hope and despair, between open hearts andclosed minds," Norris draws a map. "We are at the point of transitionbetween east and west in the United States," she explains,"geographically and psychically isolated from either coast, and unlikeeither the Midwest or the desert west."

Like Terry Tempest Williams (Refuge), Norrisunderstands how the boundary between inner and outer scenery begins toblur when one is fully present in the landscape of their lives. As aresult, she offers the geography lesson we all longed for inschool. This is a poetic, noble, and often funny (see her discussionon the foreign concept of tofu) tribute to Dakota, including itsNative Americans, Benedictine monks, ministers and churchgoers,wind-weathered farmers, and all its plain folks who live suchcomplicated and simple lives. --Gail Hudson ... Read more

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A Disappointment for Me
I greatly anticipated this books arrival. I too live on the lonesome, wide open, windyplains and hoped to find a kindred spirit in her description of the place I call home. Instead it seems that she is inclined to paint her fellow neighbors with a wide brush....(in her view it seems that way too many of them have a resentment of ANYONE who has a professional title, from teacher to minister and all in between, to the point that those individuals, according to her, often downplay their level of knowledge or education) and though I am a religious person myself, I grew VERY tired of her continual comparisons of herexperiences at her local monastary with everything in life. If you are a fan of reading about theBenedictine monks and their life, with small samplings of landscape descriptions and generalizations of all the small mindedfolks in her town, you might like this one. But, forme, it is one of the few books that I will give up on this year.

Love it or Leave It
This book is a patchwork of writings, many previously published, inviting us to visit the plains of North America. Many of the pieces effectively transport you there -- to small towns set apart under the big sky, remote enough to challenge our cultural concepts.Others are more personal, taking you on the author's "spiritual journey," and in these you meet Kathleen Norris the seeker.I'm not sure if it all came together as she intended. I learned things I didn't know about the sparsely settled plains states of our country.If you also want to explore some inner territory, you might like this book.

Benedictines and small town living
This book came recommended to me during a spiritual retreat.I found it a thought provoking read in prayerfully reviewing my spiritual direction, as well as informative on small town, prairie living in a place dying, but unwilling to embrace outsiders.It also provided alot of information on the Benedictine monasteries. I took my time reading it and the book will be one I long remember.

America's own "Rub Al Khali"...
In Saudi Arabia there is a vast area, almost a fourth of the country, known as "The Empty Quarter," (Rub Al Khali), with perhaps a thousand permanent residents. It is the lack of good water that makes permanent inhabitation practically impossible. America has a similar region, although the conditions are not as dire. It is the area between the 100th and 105th meridian, roughly spanning a seventy-fifth of the world's circumference. Due to the lack of sufficient rainfall (less than 20 inches per year), John Wesley Powell (as well as others) said that the land should never be tilled. It was; one of the "fallouts" was the Dustbowl days of the `30's. Today, those who have not emigrated face a hard-scrabble existence, with the remaining farmers tapping deeper and deeper into the Ogallala aquifer. The area is called the High Plains, largely pancake flat, has strong winds, and unlike Saudi Arabia, particularly in the Dakotas, it can be bitter cold.

Why would anyone voluntarily move there? Kathleen Norris did. She left a life in New York City, and embraced the austere bleakness that is northwest South Dakota. Many of her friends were flabbergasted at the move, and this book is largely an answer to why she did it. There are three principal subject matters: the environment, which encompasses the land and the weather; the kind of people who struggle to live there; and, as indicated by the subtitle, "a spiritual geography," dollops of philosophical musings. Norris has brief chapters entitled "Weather Report", with a given date, and generally the reports are not surprises, save, perhaps, the extremes that they can cover. Early in the book she assesses the dynamic tensions and contradictions in the people with a: "...between hospitality and insularity....between open hearts and closed minds." Later she says: "Small-town society often reminds me of the old joke about academic politics--they're so vicious because there so little at stake." And one of the sadder observations that she makes, and counterintuitive in some ways, since you would figure that it is the remote places that reading is more likely alternative: "Many teachers here also seem to give up any thought of lifelong learning... why so many adults in a town like Lemmon stop reading. More than once I've been surprised to discover that people who show no sign that they've ever read a book in their lives, are in fact former teachers, college graduates from the days when an education was said to mean something." She fleshes out these general observations with pithy vignettes involving the very real people of the town.

Concerning how the inhabitants relate to the past, Norris says: "One popular form of writing on the Plains is the local history. These books reveal a great deal about the people who write them but do not often tell the true story of the region... As one old-timer told me, `people have been writing it the way they wished it had been instead of the way it was.'"But it this a "differential diagnosis" of the region's people, or a broader observation on how much of history is written?

As to the philosophical musings, her erudition shines through, and her referential points bounce from Gregory of Nyssa in the 4th century to Carl Jung. Fitting for a place with `spiritual geography', she becomes involved with a nearby Benedictine monastery, and mentions the tales of Heloise and Abelard, when the "monk's face brightens, almost innocently, as he says, "It was the Benedictines who castrated him, you know.'" One might assume it was time to move on!Some of her spiritual geography might be too "new age" for some readers, but I was able to suspend some of my natural cynicism, and reflect on the impact of that "infinite horizon."

So few people live in this area, and only a hand-full have Norris's knowledge and perspective, which is the real strength of this book. Particularly for those on the coasts, looking out their windows as they do indeed "fly over," this book would make their journey much more insightful.

Plains Ponderings
'Dakota' was somewhat rambling but had several good nuggets of thought about how location affects our outlook.Broadens the mind to stretch now and then. ... Read more

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Knox/Marston’s contemporary approach fosters awareness of current issues and developing trends from a geographic perspective. The authors give meaning to people and places by integrating compelling local, regional, and global viewpoints. By giving readers access to the latest ideas, concepts, and theories – with a strong foundation in the fundamentals – this book not only builds knowledge about places and regions, but fosters a deeper understanding of the interdependence of places and regions in a globalizing world. A global framework promotes a stronger connection between topical and regional material by emphasizing how their processes are linked (e.g., technological innovation and the varying ways technology is adopted and modified by people and places). The book's changing world perspective reflects many trends in the discipline such as the globalization of industry, the upwelling of ethnic regionalisms on the heels of decolonization and new state formation, and the trend toward transnational political and economic organizations.
Geography Matters; The Changing Global Context; Geographies of Population; Nature and Society; Cultural Geographies; Interpreting Places and Landscapes; The Geography of Economic Development; Agriculture and Food Production; The Politics of Territory and Space; Urbanization; City Spaces: Urban Structure; Future Geographies.
A useful reference for anyone who wants to learn more about human geography.

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Places and Regions in Global Context: Human Geography (5th Ed)
This product arrived within two weeks of ordering and was in the exact condition as described. I was very pleased with my order and would consider using this seller again.

Lengthy but VERY good
This book is pretty good except it is extremly lengthy in small texts. At first glance, it looks terrible but as I read through the book all the way to the end, this boook covers most of geographical concepts that other book has and explained in details with examples from current as well as past events. Also have some pictures throughout the book to guide the readers with text in understanding it. Also have glossary and bolded texts to help as well.

No complaints here!
Very pleasant transaction - book arrived on time and as described. Thank you very much!

Required purchase
This was a required purchase for a course.I am not impressed by the authors whatsoever.One of the authors appears rather angry at the world and the other author provides rather matter-of-fact writing.While I am not sure when political science courses have turned into
'Human Geography," but this field should have remained under the PS umbrella or at the very least, urban development of PS.Much of the text that is covered is also covered under many
intro to poli sci courses, so it is rather redundant, and it is also covered under upper course World Poltic courses as well.

Human Geography review
This is a good textbook, it has a lot of information to read but it is not difficult to understand. The definitions are in bold and the index is extremely helpful. ... Read more

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These ever popular guides include study tips, test-taking strategies, score analysis charts, and other valuable features. Each book contains between 5 and 20 recently given New York State high school Regents exams. They are an ideal source of practice and test preparation. The detailed answer explanations make each exam a practical learning experience. ... Read more

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Helps for the SAT II World HIstory
There aren't too many books published to help specifically for the SAT II W. Hist.So before I took that exam I bought this book for some practice problems, and it did help.I scored a 710 although I it had been 2 years since I took W.Hist.If you also plan to buy the Barron's How to...World History, read the review section, which is pretty good, but don't let their exam questions tarnish your perceptions.The questions intensified popular misconceptions and what not.That's why you would want this book for practice questions.Ironic: same publishers, two different recommendations.

It was a great help
This book really gave me good practice for the regents ... Read more

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This market-leading book introduces college students to the breadth and spatial insights of the field of geography. The authors' approach allows the major research traditions of geography to dictate the principal themes. Chapter 1 introduces students to the four organizing traditions that have emerged through the long history of geographical thought and writing: earth science, culture-environment, location, and area analysis. Each of the four parts of this book centers on one of these geographic perspectives. ... Read more

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Introduction to Geography
My mother ordered this book for a class in Geography. She says so far it is pretty good. The first two chapter were a little boring, but over all very good. She got the two day shipping and it arrived the next day. I was very surprised. ... Read more

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Economic Geography is a comprehensive introduction to this growing field, providing students with a vibrant and distinctive geographical insight into the economy.

• Contrasts a distinctively geographical approach with popular conceptions and assumptions in economics and management studies
  
• Debates a wide range of topics including economic discourses, uneven development, commodity chains, technology and agglomeration, the commodification of nature, states, transnational corporations, labour, consumption, economic cultures, gender, and ethnic economies
  
• Is richly illustrated with examples, vignettes, and case studies drawn from a variety of sectors around the world
  
• Is written in a clear, engaging and lively style
  
• Includes a rich array of photos, figures, text boxes, sample essay questions and annotated lists of further reading

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Written for undergraduate geography majors and entry-level graduate students with limited backgrounds in statistical analysis and methods, McGrew and Monroe provide a comprehensive and understandable introduction to statistical methods in a problem-solving framework. Engaging examples and problems are drawn from a variety of topical areas in both human and physical geography and are fully integrated into the text. Without compromising statistical rigor or oversimplifying, the authors stress the importance of written narratives that explain each statistical technique. After introducing basic statistical concepts and terminology, the authors focus on nonspatial and spatial descriptive statistics. They transition to inferential problem solving, including probability, sampling, and estimation, before delving deeper into inferential statistics for geographic problem solving. The final chapters examine the related techniques of correlation and regression. A list of major goals and objectives is included at the end of each chapter, allowing students to monitor their own progress and mastery of geographic statistical materials. An epilogue, offering over 150 geographic situations, gives students a chance to figure out which statistical technique should be used for a particular situation. ... Read more

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Exactly what I wanted
Seller was honest about marking in the book (just some small highlighting that doesn't bother me). Product arrived exactly how it was described. Shipping was lightning fast.

A must for any geography major or graduate student.
This text was assigned for an intro-level statistics course I took that was required for geography majors. While the statistical methods covered in this text are not themselves geographical, they can be applied to geographic research in any of the subfields (human, spatial/cartographic, economic, physical, or people/environment).

All the basics of statistical problem solving are covered, including sampling methods and bias, descrptive statistics, inferential statistics, correlation, and regression. Examples are provided with a geographical context, to make the information relevant to students of geography. There is also a helpful epilogue entitled "Geogrphic Problem Solving in Pratical Solutions," which will be of interest to students with research goals.

The chapters are well-written, with ample narrative examples and clear and concise tables and diagrams. The student-directed list of "major goals and objectives" at the end of each chapter is also helpful, along with key terms (with page numbers) and additional references. My only (minor) complaint is that the black-and-white design of the content is occasionally tedious on the eyes, given the extent of narrative content, and the graphic presentations of the equations in-text makes it occasionally difficult to find what you're looking for quickly.

The second edition is an improvement over the first, with more examples and a much clearer format than the first. While this slim volume is a bit expensive new, I wouldn't recommend getting the first edition. As a geography grad student I continue to refer to this text, and have found it a worthwhile investment.

~ Jacquelyn Gill

Estadisticas orientadas a la Geografia, Un Libro que todos..
Pues tome este curso hace un ano y con el autor del mismo, Dr. Monroe en la Universidad de Akron, Ohio.
El libro cumple a cabalidad con su objetivo, el de introducir al estudiante de geografia y de otras areas al mundo de las estadisticas. Haciendo ver facil lo complicado el libro explica de manera clara y utilizando ejemplos de la vida real lo que le hace pertinente y util.
Es un libro que todos deberian tener de referencia para esos momentos de crisis estadisticalenxistenciales. ... Read more

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Our proven Spectrum Geography grade 4 workbook features 128pages, focusing on five geographic themes including location, place,human/environmental interaction, movement, and regions.Recentlyupdated to current national standards, including updated scope andsequence, along with updated events and maps.This workbook forchildren ages 9 to 10 strengthens geography knowledge and map-readingskills.

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nice
was in good shape for being used- not many pages were done and the book itself was in great shape thanks - there was no mention in the original add about some pages that were completed - would have been nice to know in advance.

Worth the money
This product is not something I would use solely for homeschooling in geography.However, it is a wonderful supplement.My son retains the information.It is useful in helping children learn how to interpret many different kinds of maps.Overall, well worth $10.

OK, but not great
I am using the Spectrum books to homeschool a couple of my children.In general, I am very pleased with the series.However, I don't really like the Geography book.My 4th grader hates working in this book.He does not retain what he is reading in it very well, either.I think that we are going to start doing our own home-made Geography, and discontinue using this book. ... Read more

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The best-selling book in the World Regional Geography market, Regions provides general readers with up-to-date information on various topics around the world. It delivers the authors' authoritative content, outstanding cartography, currency, and comprehensive coverage, in a technology-rich package. The 14^th edition reflects major developments in the world as well as in the discipline. These range from the collapse of Russia's Post-Soviet transformation to the impact of globalization and from the rise of Asia's Pacific Rim to the war in Iraq. Readers will find accurate data and information in this streamlined resource. ... Read more

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NICE
The product came in a timely fashion and was in really good condition even for a used book.

Substantial Coverage
This is a tool, the book is used as an intermediary. It is just about as standard as it comes, yet it is very helpful. The book is informative, and is a great way to take a first step into scratching the surface on topics such as geography, and economics. Physically the book was in great condition, as i have yet to have a problem with amazon.

Purchase Review
This has been my first purchase over the internet and I am very pleased with the results. Thanks!

Very Impressed
Very impressed with the condition of the book for the price I gave. Needing the book for classes starting in less than a week- I was a little worried it wouldn't get to me in time... However, the book came only 2 days later. Very fast.Overall- very impressed!

Regions 12 edition
This book is in great condition with an unbeatable price.I am very satisfied, I have no complaints.This was my first purchase on Amazon and I see why its recommend first by most. ... Read more

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Written by one of America's foremost geographers, Postmodern Geographies contests the tendency, still dominant in most social science, to reduce human geography to a reflective mirror, or, as Marx called it, an ""unnecessary complication."" Beginning with a powerful critique of historicism and its constraining effects on the geographical imagination, Edward Soja builds on the work of Foucault, Berger, Giddens, Berman, Jameson and, above all, Henri Lefebvre, to argue for a historical and geographical materialism, a radical rethinking of the dialectics of space, time and social being. Soja charts the respatialization of social theory from the still unfolding encounter between Western Marxism and modern geography, through the current debates on the emergence of a postfordist regime of ""flexible accumulation."" The postmodern geography of Los Angeles, exposed in a provocative pair of essays, serves as a model in his account of the contemporary struggle for control over the social production of space. ... Read more

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Slightly less modern geographies
While I found Mr. Soja's book educational and somewhat enjoyable, I also found a lack of incorporation (which might imply a lack of understanding) of many aspects of postmodern innovations. I do not claim to grasp the genre/concept entirely, but I think that many readers will find that Soja stops his thinking short of where it might be expected to go.

There is a feeble, and seemingly ad hoc, literary structure that the introduction explains as isomorphic of the fragmented spatiality of postmodern geography. I don't buy that explanation. I read the book from beginning to end and did not feel like I was passing through mini-paradigms or multiple perspectives. The first three chapters are exceedingly repetitive and the rest of the book only moderately so; it is perhaps for this reason that the author suggests picking up at any point in the book. Again and again the legacy of traditional academic Marxism is critiqued for ignoring spatiality, yet Soja only asserts the necessity of a fundamental incorporation of space into social theory in a brief portion of the first chapter. What's more, this brief argument is based entirely on the scholarship of other theorists and does not even consider possible objections. As such this book will not, if you are reading it thoroughly, convince you to equally incorporate space and time but only that "everybody else" in geography is doing it.

A summary of recent trends in geography is by no means a poor basis for a book. I was very unfamiliar with (what used to be) contemporary issues in geography, and after reading Soja's work I feel familiar with many theorists as well as the discipline's terminology. Brief aside: Soja absolutely loves academic jargon, so be prepared with a dictionary at hand if you are not a serious academic. But a summary of trends is not what the author makes out his book to be. He calls it a "reassertion of space in critical social theory", yet his rhetorical structure assumes the truth of his position and subsequently presents facts that correlate with this assumed truth. This does not mean that I think the author is wrong about space, simply that he makes a pretty weak assertion.

I learned about a lot of things from this book: Marx's writings and Marxism, Henri Lefibvre, existentialism and its contingence upon the constructed mental space that seperates the individual from the rest of the world, social theorists and geographers in the 70s and 80s that began to incorporate the socio-spatial dialectic into their work, and (unfortunately) that "postmodern" geography is just an equally social, spatial, and chronological form of Marxian analysis. If postmodernism is a rejection of the metanarratives of modernism (as it is in part according to Lyotard) then the type of geography that Soja is describing is not very postmodern. "Postmodern Geographies" questions but ultimately deifies Marx, and in doing so celebrates the inter-era significance of one of the most rigid and deterministic metanaritives.

Crucially important work
This is an extremely important book not only for geographers, who will undoubtedly know Soja very well, but also for those in other fields of the social sciences. Space, and the reassertion of it within academic discourse, is seen by many to be a critical component of contemporary social theory. In this book, Soja covers a broad range of perspectives, placing these within the realm of postmodernism. While in some areas I believe he glosses over some concepts and dismisses others too quickly, he manages to weave an intricate story of space from many corners of social theory. It is not a difficult read and is easy to pick up in any spot. I would highly recommend this book to other graduate students (in whatever field) considering space, and spatial analysis, as a component of their research.

Handling the ignored spaces of Geography?
Edward Soja is concerned in his book with what I would call the revival of the geographical discourse identity:after decades in which geographers focused on the understanding of Earth,nowadays we realise that there are afew geographicalnotions(space,place,territory,limits,borders,margins,periphery etc.)whichare able to generate a major contribution to the raising of the newcritical social discourse.Soja is one of those who enters this newchallenging game.However,as I wrote in my book"Postmodern Geographyand the Revival of Theory",this new direction in geography runs somerisks,among which the neglecting of the status of Geography itself.EdwardSoja doesn't seem to pay proper atttention to this issue... ... Read more

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not my kind of Christian perspective
No surprise coming from A Beka, but it really is a shame that the title of this book includes the words, "in Christian Perspective." Perhaps the title could read, "New World History and Geography in Dominionist, Anti-Communist, Fundamentalist Christian Perspective". My son uses this book at the Christian school he attends and has come home asking why the book portrays everything done by the colonial powers as doing the good work of spreading the gospel with little mention of the evils perpetrated in the name of Christ by the colonial powers. Even apartheid in South Africa, while being criticized, is somewhat let off the hook because of their efforts in fighting communists.

The book does little to educate children in critical thinking about the world, but instead spoon feeds them the preconceived notions of the Christian right. If that is what you are looking for, this book is for you.

Excelent!!
Excelentcondition! It exceeded our expectation by far.....It was like brand new.. God bless you....
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Highly recommended by many homeschool programs. ... Read more

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indispensable!
I cannot stress how great it is to own this book. If you don't know where to start when teaching geography and history, begin here. This is a resource you keep handy and refer to often. It is not a curriculum but is filled with reference material, tips, resources, timeline graphics, etc. It will be overwhelming if you try to use it all at once. It covers topics for all ages and styles. This is one I will keep for many years to come.

Great Geography Curriculum
This book lives up to its name, The Ultmate Geography Guide! It has so many ceative and fun hands-on projects, games, and ideas to make geography exciting for all grades K-12. I love the reproduciable pages, flash cards and timeline. The book is very helpful to break down what are the expections of the differnt grade levels. I have been a home school mom for 15 years and used many different curriculums and resources. This is an excellent book. ... Read more

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Trusted for its timeliness and readability, this book introduces geography by emphasizing the relevance of geographic concepts to human problems. Two years after Rubenstein's Update Edition was created to encompass the events of September 11, 2001, this revision also begins the careful process of putting those events into perspective.Provides new "Global Forces and Local Impacts" boxes in each chapterthat explore in depth an issue related to chapter material, focusing on particular regions of the world. Includes new material on medical geography, terrorism, mineral resources, sustainable development, conservation, and biodiversity. Presents new information on gender differences in development . Expands material on Ethnicity, relating ethnicity problems to political conflict; also incorporates material previously found elsewhere in the book, such as U.S. urban patterns and South Africa's history of apartheid.For anyone interested in learning more about world geography. ... Read more

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An Introduction to Human Geography
This book was not very well written or edited; in fact, there were several major typos or misspelled words. In one place, the text is discussing three different topics and says "First.... secondly... and secondly" instead of saying "lastly" or "thirdly."

Too tedious and unorganized
Although I recognize the intelligence of the author, I would not recommend this book to anyone who is not assigned to have it. The book does very little to help the reader comprehend the information beyond the "Key Terms." I, too, am taking an AP/IB Human Geography Course, and I found this textbook utterly useless. Please, save your money and time and buy a better book. Of course, if you are in college and like to waste your time reading tedious books, then this is your ticket!

Refund
I realized after placing the order that I wasn't quite ready to buy the book and my money was refunded instantly.

Great customer service and quick response time.

Great for AP Human Geography
Currently I am taking an AP Human Geography class in my high school and this is the book we were assigned to buy.This book has wonderful charts and pictures along with descriptions.This book goes into depth and doesn't only touch the surface.I recomend this book to AP Human Geography teachers and students! ... Read more

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The new fifth edition enhances coverage in the field by enabling economists and political geographers to work online with GIS maps, spreadsheets, simulations, and animated graphs. The book has been updated to use maps of traditional foods and vernacular phrases for soft drinks to illustrate culture regions. Expanded discussions of migration include a look at international immigration. New material is also presented on the local food movement and the breakdown in negotiations for agricultural trade agreements at the Doha trade summit. In addition, economists and political geographers will find key terms throughout the chapters such as creative class, outsourcing, substitution of capital for labor, and transit-oriented development. ... Read more

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Just your average textbook
This textbook is just your average textbook.For my class we had to buy an online code for the course which included the book all online, but comparing the two, I find the book much easier to read and review.The pictures help out and the author goes at a good enough pace as to where I can keep up and understand. ... Read more

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FINALLY . . . An exciting and dynamic way to communicatemap & geography skills to elementary students!THE COMPLETE BOOK OF MAPS & GEOGRAPHY--THE MOST THOROUGH AND COMPREHENSIVE elementary gUIDE AVAILABLE!

Designed by leading experts in elementary education, this book offers children grades 3-6 a variety of activities which help them to develop critical map and geography skills in fun, easy-to-understand lessons.What Makes the Complete Book of Maps & Geography so differentfrom other books?It's the most complete book that offers:

Challenging and motivating activities which guide students

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not the book i spected
This is not the book that i spected but i keeped. i think is another edition i think. Isn't the same picture.

Wider Age Span, Covers Subject Well
I was looking for a good geography book for my two children now ages 8 and 12.They have completed several comprehensive workbooks also by American Education Publishing.For variety as well as the need for more thorough map/geography work, I chose to try this particular subject within the "the complete book" series.

I love the creative and interesting ways that map skills are applied in section one.This is NOT a boring book!My younger child is able to create floor plans, lead an ice cream truck on its route through town, draw maps for hiking, solve a mini mystery as well as use map skills to complete a secret mission.Clearly, section one is geared towards the grades 3 & 4 crowd. The rest of the book is more conventional than the first part.That is good since a child must learn what "grown-up" maps look like.

However, the writers got a little carried away with creating "Hamberg Haven County" on page 80.In order to prevent confusion, we skipped that page.Although I value the savings of the combined levels, I do wish section one was longer, and that a similar level of creativity was applied to the following sections.I loved helping the 8 year-old....Not the case with the 12 year-old.Older kids would have also appreciated spy missions and a mystery or two using geography.

I am happy with my purchase.It compiles a wide range of map/geography activities necessary for a successful educational foundation.It is very convenient and a good value for the money when homeschooling multiple children. My 8 year-old and I are only able to finish the first 99 pages before I can re-introduce it to her at a later date. Until that time, I can use the rest of the book with my older child.

Good introduction to maps and compasses
I bought this book to help my 8 year old son pursue his interest in maps and geography.We have only used the sections on floor plans and US geography but so far it has been age-appropriate, challenging, and informative.

Super fun!Easy to understand, and educational!
My daughter loves this book!She says it is super fun!Easy to understand, and educational!She has learned so much from it!Highly recommend it!

Well written, organized
We purchased this book for our son who is in the second grade. Unfortunately our school district just cut all of the "Gifted/Accelerated" programs due to budget constraints, so we are custom tailoring our own(after school) program for him. So far, he is very excited about this workbook and gladly completes 2-3 pages a day. The sections seem to be well organized, building up concepts well. ... Read more

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Content Reading: Geography helps students improve their comprehension skills as they read lively nonfiction articles. The level G book covers important curriculum-related issues and concepts for grade 7 students. The following comprehension skills are tested in every lesson: recalling an important fact or detail from the passage, recognizing the main idea of a single paragraph or entire article, making an inference or forming a conclusion based on the materials, identifying sequence, defining vocabulary in context, and distinguishing between fact or opinion or recognizing cause and effect.

Continental Press has expanded its product offerings to support students in key curriculum areas and at many levels of learning. We offer exceptional materials for students, parents, teachers, and administrators at fair and affordable prices.

We publish programs in a variety of subject areas, including:

-Early Literacy
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-Content Reading in Geography, Mathematics, Science, & Social Studies
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Daughter's Book
My daughter needed this book for her AP Class and she has found it very useful in her studies.

Questionable "reviews" written by others
I don't want to step on any toes, but all seven of the other reviewers wrote one and only one review for this product only. Furthermore, every reviewer gave this a glowing 5 stars. I have to say, this is the worst AP Human Geography test prep book I've found. I've compared it to the others and quite honestly, I cannot recommend it. I know one student who used this book exclusively and got a 2 on the test, despite the fact I observed them 30+ hours in review with this book.

It might be okay as a supplemental study book, but there are better ones out there.

BEST APHG TEST PREP!!!!
Without a doubt I must say that this is the best preparation for the APHG exam! I changed schools my second semester and entered APHG not knowing a single thing and missing out on the entire first semester.But luckily this book's review was so incredibly concise and helpful that I was able to get a 5 on the exam!If you are looking for a great prep book, look no further because this is it!

Excellent Educational Resource!
As an educator I am always looking for the best test prep materials for my students, and by far this is the best. With its easy to use format, extensive vocabulary review and strong practice test questions this is the only book you will need to feel prepared for the AP Exam.

AP Human Geography w/ CD-ROM (REA) -The Best Test Prep (The Best Test Preparation for Advance Placement)

Best source for AP preparation
This book has been extrememly useful in helping me to prepare for the AP exam. It is easily understandable and as a student I find it refreshing to read a review book that doesn't put me to sleep. This book is full of interesting facts related to Human Geography, and the review tests were extrememly helpful with my preparations for the real exam. ... Read more

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Perfect!
I ordered 2 & had to sign for it at the post office. Other than that the order went perfectly. ... Read more

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Why Children Need Wild Places

In this unique collaboration, two naturalists ask what may happen now that so many more children are denied exposure to wildness than at any other time in human history.

"This thoughtful presentation, testifying to children's need for direct contact with nature, has value for parents and those who work with children."
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Children Need Nature
Nabhan and Trimble show us a world of wilderness that too often are denied our children.Discussing their own experiences as well as those of their children, they give the reader a great appreciation for nature and for childhood.As Nabhan puts it, "The playful exploration of habitat by cohorts of children... [has] been essential to child development for over a million years" (p. 83).An excellent book that has helped inspire my preschool center to add some natural elements to our playground.

Inspiring! Reinvigorating for parents
The Geography of Childhood is a collection of essays that inspired me, as a parent, to slow down and enjoy the smaller and often ignored parts of childhood. I've caught myself on many occasions encouraging my child to "look at the view" and take in an entire landscape. This book reminded me to look at him as well, to watch him dig at the dirt or find a funny-shaped rock. "Learning Herps" was my favorite essay, I love the visual images it creates of children catching lizards and parents finding delightful surprises in the bathtub.

interesting, pretty pictures, but blah
As the reader breebree mentioned, it is more of a reflection and definitely not a guide to parenting. I found this book to have interesting insights as the authors thought back to their childhoods with a different perspective, and observed the reactions of their children and those of others to their landscape. There were a bunch of cute little nostalgic tales but not a lot of impact. There are messages in there, but they're diffuse. I wish they had put more emphasis on their points or otherwise offered a more concrete discussion than just offering personal examples, muse a bit, and leave it there. It gave enough perspective to discuss our childhoods in small groups but beyond that I didn't find much use for this book.

I was even more disappointed when I discovered that many of Nabhan's stories were presented in Cultures of Habitiat, a book tat was printed later but I had read first.

This is a rambling, musing, anecdotal, diffusely reflective book. Not my cup of tea.

The landscape through a child's eyes
Gary Nabhan and Stephen Trimble have penned a fine collection of essays on how children perceive and play in their environment.References are made to psychological studies that support a child's need for wild places, butthe real value I see in this book comes from the authors' own anecdotalexperiences with their children.If you are a parent of small children,you will especially enjoy the ideas you will get for places to takechildren to play and explore. Read this book and you will begin to learnwhy children need to experience wild places.And why, as adults, if weshare the "hands-on" experiences with our kids, our ownconnection to the landscape becomes more deeply rooted.

I loved it!
At first glance, this book seems to be another in a long line of published material telling parents how to be good parents.But it really seemed like a personal reflection of what makes life great through a child's eyes. Instead of trying to raise a child through adult methods, this book showsthat through simply remembering what being a child was and why it was funis enough to help you understand what your child is thinking.Through thisunderstanding, you will become a great parent.I was very pleased with mypurchase and recommend this book to anyone that has had any contact withchildren. ... Read more

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If you’d like a geography course that includes mapping activities, atlas usage, research, notebooking, and culture with very little teacher preparation, look no further. The Trail Guide to World ... Read more

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Good Starting Point for World Geography
While the lesson plans and outlines are very useful to a homeschooler, it is not until you've purchased the book and begun to read the Introduction and Overview that you learn you need to outlay another twenty-eight dollars to the author, via their own website, for the student notebook used with the course.You also need to purchase additional books both a current edition of The World Almanac and, depending on the grade level of the student you are teaching, one of three Rand McNally World Atlases.So, while I will use this book to teach geography, I am not pleased to discover that this is solely a Teacher's Manual and not a complete course as the title initially suggests.

great for multiple ages in one homeschool
This book is excellent if you are teaching kids at mulitple age levels. I do recommend that you get the CD-ROM that goes with it as it is a time-saver! Each week I print out the maps and worksheets, and we sit down to do mapping, pour over a few atlases for information, and go online to look up facts, etc. My kids (ages 5-14) are enjoying it more than any other geography program we have used. It takes very little time to prepare for the week, and not very long to complete the work and learn the material. I love it!! I've already bought the US version for next year! And, the best part, we can save it for future years as it have three levels of learning in the one book and Cd-ROM!

Best geograpy book ever!
We have done a lot of geography in our years of homeschooling. This is the best system that I have found yet.I will accomodate several ages of children and really has them explore geography according to age and grade level.Then can also add to their geography notebook every year!This is the last geography curriculum I will buy!

Trail Guides Geography
Both Trail Guide to World and U.S. Geography are excellent resources. They contain everything that is needed for the study: lesson plans, study questions, activity suggestions, and any forms needed for the student's notebook. You will need outline maps which are easy to find online, an atlas (obviously), and an almanac. Trips to the library for extra research are helpful depending on how in depth you want to study. There are three age levels of study questions. Also, there are suggested schedules for covering the material over a period of one or two years. You decide how in depth a study you want to do with different trail guides and trail blazing activities. This is a very versatile resource.

Very Well Written
I am excited to get into this book.It is well written with lessons and ideas laid out for each continent.The fact that it will cover so many age groups is a huge plus for a homeschool co-op. ... Read more