Best of
Geography

1985

The Moody Atlas of Bible Lands


Barry J. Beitzel - 1985
    Its one hundred thousand words provide useful commentary for more than ninety detailed maps of Palestine, the Mediterranean, the Near East, the Sinai, and Turkey. Learn of God's protection and guidance by following Israel's forty-year sojourn in the wilderness. Appreciate the results of the Great Commission to 'teach all nations' by seeing the scope of Paul's three missionary journeys. Dr. Barry Beitzel has blended the topographical and historical in multi-colored maps that accurately reflect evangelical Christianity. Pages of timeless information aid in sermon preparation and in personal Bible study. The Moody Atlas is an invaluable asset to Sunday school teachers and to seminary and Bible college students. Text and unique maps make this one of the most useful and accurate atlases available today.

Slow Boats Home


Gavin Young - 1985
    'I am decidedly envious of Gavin Young and his "Slow Boats Home", successor to his highly entertaining "Slow Boats to China" ...a fascinating, memorable book' - Eric Newby, the "Guardian". 'Like "Slow Boats to China", this is likely to become a classic of travel' - Francis King, the "Spectator".

A Poison Stronger than Love: The Destruction of an Ojibwa Community


Anastasia M. Shkilnyk - 1985
    The only thing I know is that alcohol is a stronger power than the love of children. It’s a poison, and we are a broken people. We suffer enough inside, and therefore we understand each other.”—Resident of Grassy Narrows "A work of luminous compassion and rigorous analysis. . . . Should be required reading . . . for anyone interested in the bonds of community that make people human." —M.T.  Kelly, Toronto Globe and Mail Grassy Narrows is a small Ojibwa village in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It first captured national attention in 1970, when mercury pollution was discovered in the adjacent English-Wabigoon River. In the course of the assessment of environmental damage, an even more compelling tragedy came to light. For in little more than a decade, the Indian people had begun to self-destruct. This powerful book documents the human costs of massive and extraordinarily rapid change in a people’s way of life. When well-intentioned bureaucrats relocated the Grassy Narrows band to a new reserve in 1963, the results were the unraveling of the tribe’s social fabric and a sharp deterioration in their personal morale – dramatically reflected in Shkilnyk’s statistics on violent death, illness, and family breakdown. The book explores the origins and causes of the suffering in the community life and describes the devastating impacts of mercury contamination on the health and livelihood of the Indian people. In essence, this is an in-depth and comprehensive study of the forces and pressures that can rend a community apart. As such it is of interest not only to those particularly concerned with the fate of aboriginal peoples on the continent but also to those more broadly concerned with human collective response to unprecedented stress.

Pacific Coast (Audubon Society Nature Guide)


Bayard Harlow McConnaughey - 1985
    A comprehensive field guide, fully illustrated with color photographs, to the birds, plants, fishes, insects, seashore creatures & other natural wonders of North America's western shores, from Alaska to southern California.

The Vermilion Bird: T'ang Images of the South


Edward H. Schafer - 1985
    The Vermilion Bird attempts to recover the actual character of the monsoon realms of T'ang-a scattering of palisaded garrisons, isolated monasteries, and commercial towns, all surrounded by dark, haunted woods. Professor Schafer examines the thoughts, emotions, imaginations, and daily lives of the men of that era, through the medium of their literature, for evidence of the changes inspired by this new environment, and especially for signs of the transformation of the ancient symbol of the South, the sacred vermilion bird. The Journal of Asian Studies called this book: A work of immense and devoted scholarship, a mine of fascinating information, a delight to read, and an indispensable work of reference on Medieval China.

The Political Economy of Soil Erosion in Developing Countries


Piers M. Blaikie - 1985
    Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Civil War as They Knew It


Pierce G. Fredericks - 1985
    

A. to Z. of Regency London (London Topographical Society Publication)


Richard Horwood - 1985
    

Wainwright On The Pennine Way


Alfred Wainwright - 1985
    

The Urban Experience


David Harvey - 1985
    The collection contains three of the five essays from "Consciousness and the Urban Experience" and four of the eight from "The Urbanization of Capital". The essays embody the combination of theory, observation and interpretation most characteristic of the author's recent work, and address the needs and interests of students of urban processes in departments of geography, sociology and politics. The book is aimed at students of urbanization and urban society in departments of geography, sociology and politics.

Hitler's Foreign Workers: Enforced Foreign Labor In Germany Under The Third Reich


Ulrich Herbert - 1985
    The workers are examined first from the viewpoint of the Nazi leadership, the entrepreneurs and the authorities, and second through the eyes of the workers themselves. It is the first major study of what in effect was slave labor on a massive scale, whose reverberations are still felt today in current debates about work compensation and the legacy of the Third Reich.

Vikings of the Sunrise


Peter Henry Buck - 1985
    

Our National Parks: America's Spectacular Wilderness Heritage


Reader's Digest Association - 1985
    Richly illustrated, with full-color photos from finest photographers, Our National Parks discusses the wildlife and geology of each park, plus ecological and environmental concerns, Indian heritage and frontier history particular to each. 350 color photos.

The Value Of Honesty: The Story Of Confucius


Steve Pileggi - 1985
    A biography of the Chinese philosopher and teacher emphasizing his ideas about the value of honesty.

The Geographer at Work


Peter Gould - 1985