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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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Ancient Romans
People of the Ancient World
by Allison Lassieur
from Franklin Watts
for 4th-8th grade
in Ancient Rome (Location: HISW-ANRO)
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Are We There Yet?
First Facts
by Doreen Gonzales
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Asian Crafts
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Bears, Pirates and Silver Lace
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Biography of Tea
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by John Michael
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Countries of the World: Sweden
by Janet Riehecky
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by Homer Davenport
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Countries of the World
by William P. Mara
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Dear Levi
by Elvira Woodruff
from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
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Enchantment of America: New England Country
by Dorothy Wood, illustrated by Tom Dunnington
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Fall of Constantinople
by Ruth Tenzer Feldman
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Festivals of the World: Trinidad
by Royston Ellis, edited by Fiona Conboy
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First Book of Ancient Rome
by Charles Alexander Robinson, Jr., Revised by Lorna Greenberg
Revised Edition from Franklin Watts
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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Latinos in American History
by Jim Whiting
from Mitchell Lane Publishers
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Geronimo: Apache Freedom Fighter
Native American Biographies
by Spring Hermann
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Windermere Readers #7
by Mary Mapes Dodge, illustrated by Milo Winter
1954 Edition, 2nd printing from Rand McNally
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$10.00 (2 in stock)
History Beneath Your Feet: Ancient Rome
by Sean Sheehan
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Houses of Parliament
by Nigel Smith
from Steck-Vaughn Company
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in International Landmarks & Symbols (Location: HISV-LANINT)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
How Do I Use an Atlas?
Research Tools You Can Use
by Therese Shea
from Britannica Educational Pub.
for 2nd-4th grade
in Geography Reference (Location: GEO-REF)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Iran
by David Downing
1st edition from Marshall Cavendish Education
for 9th-Adult
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$3.00 (1 in stock)
It's My State! Oregon
It's My State!
by Joyce Hart and Jacqueline Laks Gorman
from Marshall Cavendish Education
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Italian Children
by Mabel O'Donnell
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Jacobite Exile
by G. A. Henty
from Robinson Curriculum
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$20.00
Journal of One Davey Wyatt
by Donald Honig, illustrated by Sam Fink
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Fact Finders
by Tyler Schumacher
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
Kidnapped
Everyman's Library Children's Classics
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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$20.00
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Fact Finders
by Anne Ylvisaker
from Capstone Press
for 2nd-4th grade
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$2.00 (1 in stock)
Legend of the Willow Plate
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Leprechaun Tales
by Kathleen Green; illustrated by Victoria De Larrea
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Let's Discover Canada: Prince Edward Island
by Suzanne LeVert
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Let's Visit Brazil
by John C. Caldwell
Updated from The John Day Company
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Life and Times of Buddha
by Mona Gedney
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Life During the Russian Revolution
by Victoria Sherrow
from Lucent Press
for 6th-12th grade
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Lion of the North
by G. A. Henty
from Robinson Curriculum
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Magic Leaf
by Winifred Morris & Ju-Hong Chen
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Mao Zedong's China
by Kathlyn Gay
from Lerner Publishing Group
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Mei Li
by Thomas Handforth
Reissue from Doubleday & Company
1939 Caldecott Medal winner
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Mexico
by John Howard
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Journey Into Civilization
by Robert Nicholson
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Netherlands
by Ronald Seth
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Noel for Jeanne-Marie
by Francoise
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Okolo of Nigeria
by Peter Buckley
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Orcas Around Me
by Debra Page, illustrated by Leslie W. Bowman
from Albert Whitman & Company
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Paradox of Jamestown (1585-1700)
The Drama of American History
by Christopher Collier & James Lincoln Collier
from Benchmark Books
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Pet Dragon
by Christoph Niemann
First Edition first Printing from Greenwillow Books
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Peter Jumping Horse at the Stampede
by Gordon Langley Hall, illustrated by Jennifer Kent
from Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
Pizarro, Orellana, and the Exploration of the Amazon
by Brendon Bernhard
from Chelsea House Publishing
for 4th-6th grade
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$3.00 (1 in stock)
Red Sea
by Leighton Taylor, photography by Norbert Wu
from Blackbirch Press
for 3rd-6th grade
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$3.00 (1 in stock)
Roman Record
by Paul Dowswell
for 4th-8th grade
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$7.00 (1 in stock)
Seven Chinese Brothers
by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by Jean and Mou-sien Tseng
from Scholastic Inc.
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
Shropshire Lad
by A. E. Housman
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Sir Francis Drake
Library of Explorers and Exploration
by Joy Paige
1st edition from Rosen Central
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South America
from Bridgestone Books
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$3.00 (1 in stock)
Southern and Eastern Asia
by Martyn Bramwell
from Lerner Publishing Group
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$2.00 (1 in stock)
Soviet Union
by Time-Life Books
2nd edition from Time-Life Books
for 10th-Adult
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$4.50 (1 in stock)
Spacious Dreams
The Asian American Experience
by Ronald Takaki
from Chelsea House Publishing
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
Stories from Herodotus
by Glanville Downey (translator), illustrated by Enrico Arno
Second Printing from E.P. Dutton & Co.
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$75.00 (1 in stock)
Stories of Oregon
by Eva Greenslit Anderson, Dean Collins, illustrated by Paul Keller
from University Publishing Company
for 3rd-5th grade
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Story of the California Gold Rush
Cornerstones of Freedom series
by R. Conrad Stein
Revised from Children's Press
Historical Non-Fiction for 4th-6th grade
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
Surviving Peoples: Gypsies
by Thomas Acton
from Silver Burdett Press
for 4th-8th grade
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Take a Trip to Panama
by John Griffiths
from Franklin Watts
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$2.00 (1 in stock)
Talking Totem Poles
by Glenn Holder
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Taller Than Bandai Mountain
by Dan D'Amelio, illustrated by Fred Banbery
from Viking Press
for 3rd-6th grade
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$20.00 (1 in stock)
Trumpeter of Krakow
by Eric Kelly, illustrated by Angela Pruszynska
1965 Printing from Macmillan
for 6th-9th grade
1929 Newbery Medal winner
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$12.00 (1 in stock)
Victoria and Her Court
by Virginia Schomp
from Marshall Cavendish Education
for 4th-8th grade
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Viva Mexico! The Fiestas
by George Ancona
from Marshall Cavendish Education
for 2nd-6th grade
in Latin & South America (Location: HISMC-LAT)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
Wildcat Under Glass
by Alki Zei, translated by Edward Fenton
1969 second printing from Holt, Rinehart and Winston
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Witch's Daughter
by Nina Bawden
from J.B. Lippincott Co.
for 6th-8th grade
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$3.00 (1 in stock)
With the Allies to Pekin
by G. A. Henty
from Robinson Curriculum
Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade
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$20.00
Young Carthaginian
by G. A. Henty
from Robinson Curriculum
Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade
in G. A. Henty Books (Location: FIC-HEN)
$20.00