Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation (9th Edition) (Hardcover)

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Carrying forthTom L. McKnight's well-known thematic focus on landscape appreciation, this best-seller fosters a solid understanding of Earth and its physical geography. Its clear, user-friendly writing style, superior art program, and abundant pedagogy appeal to a wide variety of readers. Updates and expands coverage of global environmental change, including a new section on measuring and understanding climate change. Expands section on human alteration of the atmosphere, including ozone depletion and air pollution. Expands sections on tsunamis and human modification of shorelines. A useful reference for anyone interested in physical geography.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 720 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 9 edition (March 8, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0132239019
• ISBN-13: 978-0132239011
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #55,302 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Frustrating read, October 8, 2008

By	Jonathan Mettin (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews

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This book makes very good use of color, graphics and graphs, which is more than I can say for many textbooks. The information the textbook relays is good, but that is where my praise for this book ends.

With regard to the graphics, the text refers to them often, but more times than not the graphic is not on the page where the referral is (in a few cases, it's not even in the same chapter), causing the reader to constantly be flipping pages to make sense of what the authors are saying. The layout is also all over the place, and in some cases there's a four-line column sandwiched between a picture caption above and a graphic below, and the reader ends up trying to make sense of a paragraph that is completely disjointed before realizing that poor layout caused them to miss a few critical lines that would make the whole idea make sense.

As for the information, the authors all too often say something to the effect of "we'll talk about this later," leaving the reader knowing that this skipped topic is important but still having no grasp of it or how it plays in. And for all the good and interesting information presented, the book has some serious flow issues, making it an alternately difficult and boring read.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Cd was the bonus, November 25, 2008

By	Emorie Cox (Lynwood, California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Buying the book new gives you the opportunity to us the CD that comes with it. And the registration on the book website is also very helpful.

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By	J. L. Ellis (Michigan) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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