Air Apparent is the singular history of the weather map, one that has developed around the twin poles of weather's many facets and the public's varied needs.
No place is perfectly safe, but some places are more dangerous than others. As Mark Monmonier shows in this entertaining and immensely informative book, maps can tell us a lot about where we can anticipate certain risks, but maps can also be dangerously misleading.
In Environmentalism Unbound, Robert Gottlieb proposes a new strategy for social and environmental change that involves reframing and linking the movements for environmental justice and pollution prevention.
This sobering look at the future of warfare predicts that conflicts will now be fought over diminishing supplies of our most precious natural resources.
