Onyshkevych (specialist in Ukrainian and comparative drama), Rewakowicz (Slavic languages and literature, U. of Washington), and 23 contributors examine Ukraine's European cultural connection with Eur
"Food is pleasurable and...will always be everywhere, so it is time to live with it and enjoy it." With those spot-on words in the opening pages of Nutrition Map, we are greeted with Yvonne Quinones S
This book departs from typical cartography textbooks, which tend to focus on the characteristics of the methods and means of expression. Instead, it offers an explanation of the individual perspective
?My name is Mike and I am a map addict. There, it's said!” Maps not only show the world, they help it turn. On an average day, we will consult some form of map approximately a dozen times, often witho
Maps are made up of symbols. The symbols tell people where things are in a location. Let’s explore the different symbols on a map. Paired to the fiction title Treasure Hunt.
Maps vary widely in complexity, from simple road maps to detailed topographical maps. Readers will learn why map keys are important and how to use them to interpret the data on different kinds of maps
The thrilling race between Frenchman Nicolas Baudin and Englishman Matthew Flinders to chart the map of Australia On the afternoon of April 8, 1802, in the remote southern ocean, two explorers had a
In this provocative, startling book, Robert D. Kaplan, the bestselling author of Monsoon and Balkan Ghosts, offers a revelatory new 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, Kaplan builds on the insights, discoveries, and theories of great geographers and geopolitical thinkers of the near and distant past to look back at critical pivots in history and then to look forward at the evolving global scene. Kaplan traces the history of the world’s hot spots by examining their climates, topographies, and proximities to other embattled lands. The Russian steppe’s pitiless climate and limited vegetation bred hard and cruel men bent on destruction, for example, while Nazi geopoliticians distorted geopolitics entirely, calculating that space on the globe used by the British Empire and the Soviet Union could be swallowed by a greater German homeland.Kaplan then applies the lessons learne
The best-selling 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 holist
"Of all the states of the American union, none has a name that has been spelled in more ways, or interpreted more variously, than Wisconsin. Among the spellings listed are Mesconsin, Mes
ON THE ROAD is TOP GEAR presenter Richard Hammond's emotional road map of his early years, told through eight significant journeys he has taken.ON THE ROAD: GROWING UP IN EIGHT JOURNEYS - MY EARLY YEA
It is the ultimate quest for the ultimate treasure. Chasing a map tattooed on human skin. Across an omniverse of intersecting realities. To unravel the future of the future.Kit Livingstone’s great-gra
Focusing on Stendhal, Gerard de Nerval, George Sand, Emile Zola, and Marcel Proust, The Subject of Space: Mapping the Self in Nineteenth-Century French Fiction explores the ways that these writers rep
