An essential information source, the only full-color desk reference available, offers a comprehensive one-volume collection of geographic facts, including charts, maps, photographs, a complete index, coverage of human and cultural geography, and more. BOMC.

Teaches everyday and content-area vocabulary through illustrations and thematic units.

Suitable for children ages 7-10, this book includes information on various dinosaurs. It is divided into three sections by period: Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous.

Author and researcher Helen Carlson spent almost fourteen years searching for the origins of Nevada’s place names, using the maps of explorers, miners, government surveyors, and city planners and poring through historical accounts, archival documents, county records, and newspaper files. The result of her labors is Nevada Place Names, a fascinating mixture of history spiced with folklore, legend, and obscure facts. Out of print for some years, the book was reprinted in 1999.

A comprehensive, visual reference, enhanced by two thousand photographs and illustrations, provides information on all major fields of knowledge and includes timelines, sidebars, cross-reference, and other useful features.

"Off-the-beaten-path excursions, insider tips, not-to-be-missed lists, authentic experiences"--Cover.

A definitive collection of every issue of National Geographic magazine in 120 years.

Gathers political, social, and physical maps of the United States and the rest of the world.