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Bestselling author, longevity expert, and National Geographic Explorer Dan Buettner reports on health, fitness, diet, and aging, drawing on his research from extraordinarily long-lived communities--Blue Zones--around the globe. Buettner has launched a major public health initiative to transform cities based on principles from this book, an updated and expanded edition of his bestselling classic on longevity. His prescriptions for lifestyle, nutrition,...

Learning about America is an exciting adventure with the updated fourth edition of this atlas specially created for children by the map experts at National Geographic. It’s a big country, and the cartographic experts at National Geographic want youngsters to have the engaging tools they need to explore and understand it. This fully revised and updated United States atlas features large, vibrant maps custom designed for children, along with bright,...

Features maps and information about the countries, geography, ecology, population, customs, transportation, and economy of the Far East and Southeast Asia.

Gary Fuller's entertaining and engaging guide enhances geographic know-how with good, old-fashioned fun, using trivia to open up new worlds of knowledge for all readers. Often dismissed as unimportant, trivia here highlights issues that are far from trivial, pondering, for example, what peaceful country requires citizens to keep guns in their homes? what continent contains at least 75 percent of the world's fresh water? and why aren't New York, Los...

Provides maps and satellite photography that reflect the most recent political, economic, and demographic statistics, and presents articles addressing the environment and population matters in major cities of the world.

Describes how the discoveries made by the Europeans around the time of Columbus changed the world.

"Geography: A Visual Encyclopedia explores every aspect of our world, from the North to the South Pole, and from the outer atmosphere to the fiery core and from natural processes to human impact."--Amazon.com.

This DVD helps viewer to appreciate the rich cultural heritage of Mexico and how it affects the daily lives of its citizens. Viewer also will find that Mexico's indigenous people and Spanish rule have influenced the ceremorial dress, folktales, foods and holidays of Mexico. Sample a day in the life of a fisherman's son and a student from Mexico City and take a trip to a local market ...

"Readers will take a whirlwind romp around the globe with this eye-popping A-Z childrens book exploring 24 different places around the world through memorable rhymes, gorgeous photos, detailed maps, and interactive activities. The facts are styled in a creative and accessible way that can be brought into each child's home through crafts, recipes, games, and recommendations for music and books."--Publisher. Rhyming text introduces twenty-four countries,...

We are so familiar with the map of the United States that our state borders seem as much a part of nature as mountains and rivers. But every edge of the familiar wooden jigsaw pieces of our childhood represents a revealing moment of history and of, well, humans drawing lines in the sand. This is the first book to tackle why our state lines are where they are. Packed with oddities and trivia, this entertaining guide also reveals the major fault lines...