From Lake Tahoe to the Hoover Dam, there's lots to see and do in Nevada! Additional features include maps on each spread, state symbols, famous people, fact bubbles, and informative captions that highlight some of the things that make Nevada special. A table of contents, sources for further research, a phonetic glossary, and an index support readers and extend learning.

From searching for wildlife in Great Smoky Mountains National Park to watching NASCAR races at Charlotte Motor Speedway, there's lots to see and do in North Carolina! Additional features include maps on each spread, state symbols, famous people, fact bubbles, and informative captions that highlight some of the things that make North Carolina special. A table of contents, sources for further research, a phonetic glossary, and an index support readers...

Maps, photographs, illustrations, and text present information about the regions and states of the United States.

"Geography is more than just maps and finding your destination. It is about the land, the people on that land, the delicate balance of nature, and our very interdependence upon it, despite the miracles of technology and grocery stores. It's about the effects of nature on places and people, as well as how politics, borders, cities, and towns affect our lives. The Handy Geography Answer Book traces the history of geography from Eratosthenes and Alexander...

An "entertaining [and] eminently readable" exploration of our home planet from the New York Times–bestselling author of Don't Know Much About History(Publishers Weekly).
Geography is much more than naming countries on a map or memorizing state capitals. It's the hub from which other disciplines radiate: meteorology, ecology, geology, oceanography, demographics, cartography, agricultural studies, economics,...

Analyzes many puzzling aspects of the Civil War, from its mismatched sides to the absence of decisive outcomes for dozens of skirmishes, and offers insight into the war's psychology, ideology, and economics while discussing the pivotal roles of leadership and geography.

This encyclopedia includes 60 pages of maps, continet-by-continent accounts of peoples, a gazetteer of facts about countries of the world, and more. Descriptions of Web sites are included.

"The real-life answers to Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities, Unruly Places explores the most extraordinary, off-grid, offbeat places on the planet. Alastair Bonnett's tour of the planet's most unlikely micro-nations, moving villages, secret cities, and no man's lands shows us the modern world from surprising new vantage points, bound to inspire urban explorers, off-the-beaten-trail wanderers, and armchair travelers. He connects what we see on maps...

Explores world geography, including food and population distributions, pollution, climate change, and prominent landscape features. Each concept is illustrated with figures such as diagrams, charts, graphs, and maps. Includes a glossary and a list of additional resources.