Geography

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It's easy to relegate geography to elective status, or to think one or two semesters is enough to cover the world and the United States. What we seldom remember is that the study of the land and people of Earth is necessary for a proper understanding of many other subjects, and that any hope of current events knowledge is pretty much a pipe dream without a good knowledge of (at least) countries and regions.

In the old days, geography was considered one of the most important topics. It was studied seriously along with history, geometry, music and rhetoric, and a person proficient in it was considered valuable in an advisory capacity to politicians and rulers. These days, it seems like most politicians don't know the difference between Georgia the state and Georgia the country.

Why is geography so important to know, especially when we have Wikipedia to tell us everything? For one thing, Wikipedia could black out at any second and leave us fact-less. For another, trying to learn history without any sense of its geographical settings is like learning to read without knowing what any of the letters represent.

For Christians, there's a more compelling reason. Of course, we need a sense of the terrain of the Near East to understand a lot of the events and imagery of Scripture, but more immediately we need to understand the physical and cultural characteristics of the world as it is now in order to develop efficient and plausible strategies for evangelism and outreach.

History is an integral part of this equation. The cultures of today were shaped by their past forms, and both ancient and modern societies are largely the product of the land and climate in which they exist. We can't hope to properly understand the present without first understanding what has gone before, and we can't really understand the past unless we have a feel for its geographical context.

Geography study isn't simply cyclical, however. Knowing more about God's world is one of the ways we can glorify and worship Him, and geography helps us do just that. Whether we're appreciating the diversity among cultures,learning to connect capitals with their countries, or absorbing the beauty of Mongolian deserts and Brazilian jungle, it isn't God's creation we're celebrating, it's God Himself.

We're doing our best to carry a wide range of products, from atlases and maps, to country-specific guidebooks and coloring books, to manipulatives and games. Whether you want to study the Bible, history, science, culture, or literature, you need to study geography as well. What we offer is designed to help make doing so fun and relatively painless.

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1954 Newbery Medal winner
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Black Man in America
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Children's Atlas of God's World
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Children's Illustrated Jewish Bible
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China's Long March
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Classical Rome
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Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun
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DK Eyewitness Series
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English Weapons & Warfare 449-1660
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Facing West
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Fall of the Roman Empire
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by Jade Snow Wong; illustrated by Kathryn Uhl
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First Houses: Native American Homes and Sacred Structures
by Jean Guard Monroe, Ray A. Williamson, illustrated by Susan Johnston Carlson
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Fishermen
by Daniel Jacobson, illustrated by Richard Cuffari
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Five Sons of King Pandu
by Elizabeth Seeger
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Five Sons of King Pandu
by Elizabeth Seeger
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Francisco Pizarro and the Conquest of the Inca
by Gina DeAngelis
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Friar and the Knight
by Flora Strousse, illustrated by William Wilson
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Galen: My Life in Imperial Rome
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Garram the Hunter
Travel and Adventure Library for Young Folks
by Herbert Best, illustrated by Erick Berry
1939 Edition from Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc.
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1931 Newbery Honor Book, Junior Literary Guild
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Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon
by Dhan Gopal Mukerji
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1928 Newbery Medal winner
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$14.00 (2 in stock)
Golden Book Picture Atlas of the World - 6 volume Set
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Grand Canal of China
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Great Wall
by Elizabeth Mann
First Edition from Mikaya Press
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$10.00 (1 in stock)
Greenland Waters
by Margarite Vaygouny, illustrated by Raymond Creekmore
from Macmillan
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Historic Communities
by Bobbie Kalman
from Crabtree Publishing
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Hammond's Illustrated Atlas for Young America
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Helmet of Navarre
by Burke Wilkinson, illustrated by James W. Williamson
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Homesick: My Own Story
by Jean Fritz
from Penguin Putnam
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How to Get Rich in the California Gold Rush
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Hudson Taylor
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I Give You My Colt
by Alice Geer Kelsey, illustrated by Helen Torrey
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$10.00 (1 in stock)
I, Juan de Pareja
by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño
1994 Printing from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Realistic Fiction/Slavery for 5th-8th grade
1966 Newbery Medal winner
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$10.00 (1 in stock)
Illustrated Picture Atlas of the World
by Nicholas Harris
from Hinkler Books
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
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by Tom Gilroy & Monica Vachula
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for 3rd-8th grade
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$7.00 (1 in stock)
Inside-Outside Book of Paris
by Roxie Munro
1st edition from Dutton Juvenile
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$7.50 (1 in stock)
Ireland
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for 4th-Adult
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
Irish Americans
by James Mullin
from Houghton Mifflin
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$2.00 (1 in stock)
Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell
from Houghton Mifflin
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1961 Newbery Medal Winner
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$12.00 (2 in stock)
Islands of Hawai'i
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$10.00 (1 in stock)
Jamie
by Jack Bennett
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Japan
Countries of Today
by Richard Storry
from David White
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$7.50 (1 in stock)
Journey Into Africa
by Tim Knight
from Oxford University
for 4th-6th grade
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$12.00 (1 in stock)
Journey to the River Sea
by Eva Ibbotson
First Edition from Dutton Juvenile
for 5th-7th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Canadian Provinces
2nd edition from U*X*L Publishing
for 4th-9th grade
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$6.50 (1 in stock)
Kidnapped
by Robert Louis Stevenson; illustrated by William Sharp
from Random House
Action/Adventure for 5th-9th grade
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$6.50 (1 in stock)
Kingfisher Atlas of the Ancient World
from Kingfisher
for 2nd-6th grade
in Historical & Cultural Atlases (Location: HISRF-ATLAS)
$11.00 (1 in stock)
Kingfisher Young People's Atlas of the World
by Philip Steele
1st edition from Kingfisher
for 4th-6th grade
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
Kristina
by Carolyn Meyer
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Land of the Long White Cloud
by Kiri Te Kanawa, illustrated by Michael Foreman
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$12.00 (1 in stock)
Land of Williwaws
by M. I. Ross, illustrated by George M. Richards
from Houghton Mifflin
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$12.00 (1 in stock)
Liberty Letters: The Story of Pocahontas, 1613
Liberty Letters
by Nancy LeSourd
1st edition from Zondervan
Historical Fiction for 3rd-6th grade
in Series Books (Location: SER-MISC)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Life in Ancient Rome
by William Crouch
from Crescent Books
for 3rd-6th grade
in Ancient Rome (Location: HISW-ANRO)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Life of a Roman Slave
by Don Nardo
from Lucent Press
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$3.00 (1 in stock)
Listening for Lions
by Gloria Whelan
from HarperCollins
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$8.00 (2 in stock)
Little Fishes
from Houghton Mifflin
for 3rd-6th grade
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$9.00 (1 in stock)
Little Minister
Popular Classics of the World
by James M. Barrie
from Caxton House Inc.
for 5th-7th grade
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$4.80 (1 in stock)
Little Minister
World Juvenile Library
by James M. Barrie
from World Publishing Company
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$4.80 (1 in stock)
Little Minister
World Juvenile Library
by James M. Barrie
from Books, Inc.
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$5.60 (1 in stock)
Lotta Crabtree
by Lois V. Harris
from Pelican Publishing Company
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in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Magic Maize
by Mary & Conrad Buff
1968 First Cadmus Edition from E.M. Hale and Company
for 3rd-6th grade
1952 Newbery Honor Book
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$22.00 (1 in stock)
Make Way for Sam Houston
by Jean Fritz; illustrated by Elise Primavera
First Edition from G.P. Putnam's Sons
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
Making of America
by Robert D. Johnston
from National Geographic
for 6th-9th grade
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Marco Polo
by Charles P. Graves
from Chelsea House Publishing
Biography for 4th-6th grade
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$6.00 (3 in stock)
Moro Sheeba
by Beatrice Tannehill King
from Moody Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
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