To see accurate pricing, please choose your delivery country.
 
 
United States
£ GBP
All Shops

British Wildlife

8 issues per year 84 pages per issue Subscription only

British Wildlife is the leading natural history magazine in the UK, providing essential reading for both enthusiast and professional naturalists and wildlife conservationists. Published eight times a year, British Wildlife bridges the gap between popular writing and scientific literature through a combination of long-form articles, regular columns and reports, book reviews and letters.

Subscriptions from £33 per year

Conservation Land Management

4 issues per year 44 pages per issue Subscription only

Conservation Land Management (CLM) is a quarterly magazine that is widely regarded as essential reading for all who are involved in land management for nature conservation, across the British Isles. CLM includes long-form articles, events listings, publication reviews, new product information and updates, reports of conferences and letters.

Subscriptions from £26 per year
Good Reads  Earth System Sciences  Geosphere  Geography  Geography: General

Why Geography Matters A Brief Guide to the Planet

Popular Science
By: Nicholas Crane(Author)
136 pages, b/w photos, b/w illustrations
Why Geography Matters
Click to have a closer look
Select version
  • Why Geography Matters ISBN: 9781474608305 Paperback Mar 2020 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 5 days
    £8.99
    #250333
  • Why Geography Matters ISBN: 9781474608299 Hardback Oct 2018 Out of Print #243028
Selected version: £8.99
About this book Customer reviews Biography Related titles

About this book

Originally published in hardback as You Are Here: A Brief Guide to the World.

One word binds us all: geography. We are all geographers, human beings who care about the places we think of as 'home' – our habitat. And yet we have lost touch with the connection between our actions and the state of the planet that we all share. We need a new narrative that restores the connections between humanity and the Earth.

We are being confronted by a daily barrage of geographical stories on climate change, geopolitics, population growth, migration, dwindling resources, polluted oceans and natural hazards. These are planetary concerns affecting all people and all places. They are challenges which can be addressed through geography.

In this distillation of a lifetime's work, Nicholas Crane makes the compelling case that never has geography been so important. On this finite orb, with its battered habitat, sustained in dark space by a thin, life-giving atmosphere, we have reached a point in our collective geographical journey where knowledge is the best guarantor of the future.

Customer Reviews

Biography

Nicholas Crane is an author, geographer, cartographic expert and recipient of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Mungo Park Medal in recognition of outstanding contributions to geographical knowledge, and of the Royal Geographical Society's Ness Award for popularising geography and the understanding of Britain. He has presented several acclaimed series on BBC2, among them Map Men, Town, Britannia and Coast. He was elected President of the Royal Geographical Society in 2015.

Popular Science
By: Nicholas Crane(Author)
136 pages, b/w photos, b/w illustrations
Media reviews

"[A]n erudite, dark-lit little book by a veteran explorer-broadcaster, distilling a lifetime of thought and travel. It is a hymn to geography, which 'keeps us human'"
– Ruth Padel, New Statesman Best Books of 2018

"Destined to become a classic [...] a meticulously researched distillation of the geography and history of our planet"
– Nigel Winser, Geographical Magazine

Current promotions
New and Forthcoming BooksNHBS Moth TrapBritish Wildlife MagazineBuyers Guides