Geography: Introductory or Systematic

Atlas:

Goode's World Atlas, Rand McNally, 2000 - if one were only to purchase one atlas, this one
would probably be the best one in which to invest.

Introduction to Geography:

The Earth: An Introduction to its Physical and Human Geography 2nd ed., H. E. de Blij, Wiley
publishing, 1995 - Out of print but it is the best introductory book I've seen - used copies can
be purchased on the internet.

American Geography Inventory and Prospect, Preston E. James, 1954

Why in the World: Adventures in Geography, George Demko, Jerome Agel, Eugene Boe,
Anchor Books, 1992

Historical Geography:

The Geography Behind History: How Physical Environment Affects Historical Events, W.
Gordon East, Norton Books, 1965

Physical Geography:

Physical Geography: Science and Systems of the Human Environment 2nd ed., Alan Strahler
and Auther Strahler, Wiley Publishing, 2002

Cultural Geography:

Do's and Taboos Around the World 3rd ed., Roger E. Axtell (ed), Wiley Publishing, 1993

Cartography:

The Map that Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology, Simon
Winchester, Harper Collins Publishers, 2001.

Political Geography:

Political Geography, Norman J. G. Pounds, 1972

Biogeography (Ecology):

The Dream of the Earth, Thomas berry, S.J., Sierra Club Books, 1988.

Environmental Literacy, H. Steven Dashefsky, Random House Books, 1993

Acts of God: the Unnatural History of Natural Disaster in America, Ted Steinberg, Oxford
Press, 2000

A Citizen's Guide to ecology, Lawrence B. Slobodkin, Oxford Press, 2003

Win-Win Ecology: How the Earth's Species Can Survive in the Midst of Human Enterprise,
Michael L. Rosenzweig, Oxford Press, 2003

The Greenhouse Trap: What We're Doing to the Atmosphere and How We Can Slow Global
Warming, Francesca Lyman, Beacon Press, 1990

The closing Circle: Nature, Man, and Technology, Barry Commoner, 1971 - Outstanding book
that presents the four laws of ecology clearly and convincingly

Making Peace With the Planet, Barry Commoner, 1990

Demography:

The Population Bomb, Paul R. Ehrlich, 1976

The Population Explosion, Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich, 1991

Urban Geography:

Edge City: Life on the New Frontier, Joel Garreau, Anchor Books, 1991

The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America;s Man-Made Landscape, James
Howard Kunstler, Touchstone Books, 1993