The best Geography books / DVDs

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Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Survival
1.  Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Survival by Yossi Ghinsberg
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  "I know I was born in the Amazon so am biased, but just read the reviews. How is it that we fail to switch kids on to Geography when there's stuff like this out there...?"
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Surviving Extremes: Ice, Jungle, Sand and Swamp
2.  Surviving Extremes: Ice, Jungle, Sand and Swamp by Nick Middleton
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  "TV progs were AMAZING. I want to base a Year 9 course on them - if I can get Producers to play ball"
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Long Way Round
3.  Long Way Round by Ewan McGregor
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  "(DVD and book) Stimulate your hunger for adventure - but perhaps not for Mongolian food (e.g. mixed animal testicle soup)"
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GCSE Geography Revision Guide (Revision Guides)
4.  GCSE Geography Revision Guide (Revision Guides) by Richard Parsons
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  "The best revision book - and don't believe that rubbish about not having the detail - just becuase it is fun and jokey, people seem to think it hasn't got the content - but it has"
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AS Geography: Revision Guide
5.  AS Geography: Revision Guide by Richard Parsons
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  "CGP's AS book - clear, accurate, thorough (I know teachers who use this to learn any new stuff - don't you, Janet??!)"
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Earth from Space
6.  Earth from Space by Andrew K. Johnston
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  "If only more people were more aware of the incredible planet we live on..."
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The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey
7.  The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey by Ernesto "Che" Guevara
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  "Only this low in my list becuase I know it reflects my personal political bias"
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
8.  Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
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  "OK, so a bit 'stodgy', but fascinating, authoratitive insight"
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Understanding Earth
9.  Understanding Earth by John Grotzinger
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  "The book my university Geology tutors told us to read to get a good wide understanding (updated version, obviously!)"
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Sedimentary Environments: Processes, Facies and Stratigraphy
10.  Sedimentary Environments: Processes, Facies and Stratigraphy by Harold G. Reading
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  "...which reminds me of this - THE definitive book on sedimentary rocks (with lots of value to Geography teachers on the underlying phyiscal geography), written by.... my tutor!"
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Physical Geography of Landscape
11.  Physical Geography of Landscape by Roy Collard
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  "All I needed to know for teachng A-level Physical Geography - an authoritative source, unlike Waugh etc."
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World Travel Atlas
12.  World Travel Atlas by David Burles
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  "Not your average atlas"
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Apocalypto [Blu-ray] [2007] [US Import] [2006]
13.  Apocalypto [Blu-ray] [2007] [US Import] [2006] DVD ~ Gerardo Taracena
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  "Apocalypto by Mel Gibson - Film / DVD - some great rainforest Geography in there - shame you can't show people ripping hearts out of living humans to Year 9!"
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Savage Earth [DVD] [1998] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
14.  Savage Earth [DVD] [1998] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Kim Horton
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  "Great on natural disasters etc. - don't show your students boring BBC / Ch4 videos with geeky teachers (or worse, Eliot Brown, the producer's pompous son, whilst still a 6th former)"
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