Geography book

[Circlingthesun]

Hi, not sure if this is in the right place.

I didn't choose to do geography at school for gcse- I dod history instead. I also did 3 sciences, science degree, and I have a stem career.

I've found I like bits of geography and was wondering whether there was a text book about basic geography which included geology, weather etc as I think it'll come in useful now.

Can you recommend a 'textbook' type of book, suitable for adults, to give me a grounding in geography please?

I'm a geography teacher and really don't there is! I just had a Quick Look on Amazon.

Maybe I should write one! But we use lots of case studies to underpin theory and it always changes so quickly!

I think you would need separate one in weather and earth science/ geology

Global atmospheric circulation is pretty interesting and thermonhaline circulation conveyor theory is too

I have great clouds book. And also heater and hurricanes is really hard but I love it!

Rivers and coast are pretty fascinating but link more to earth science

Then there is all the human geography.

The GCSE texts are ok but we don't really use them to teach from anymore.

The best bet would be a GCSE pocket poster book but it's a very much a bare bones 🦴 .

www.amazon.co.uk/I-Used-Know-That-Geography/dp/178243755X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=ZG6639WF4DSH&keywords=everything+i+used+to+know+geography&qid=1704070794&sprefix=everything+i+used+to+know+geography+%2Caps%2C215&sr=8-1

www.amazon.co.uk/Ecology-Book-Ideas-Simply-Explained-ebook/dp/B07MSJK2DS/ref=mp_s_a_1_12?crid=23S01QDIILJ8X&keywords=dorling+kindersley+big+ideas+geography&qid=1704070852&sprefix=dorling+kindersley+big+ideas+geography%2Caps%2C160&sr=8-12

So there are different branches of geography? What are they please?

Thanks I've had a look at those and requested a sample so I can read a bit of them.

Human Geography (more Economics-y) and Physical Geography (maps and rocks).

I love nonfiction books like this, here are a few suggestions - a lot of geography covered.
Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future https://amzn.eu/d/1f0Jyd1

How Infrastructure Works: Transforming our shared systems for a changing world https://amzn.eu/d/bUdrBKi

Landlines: The No 1 Sunday Times bestseller about a thousand-mile journey across Britain from the author of The Salt Path https://amzn.eu/d/67beoAw

I suppose they are "popular science" rather than textbooks but I've learned so much and they're very readable.

@NotMeNoNo ooh! That infrastructure book looks fab. I shall order it for the school library forthwith.

Have a look on futurelearn. They do short taster courses for a range of subjects online,

Look at books by Tim Marshall - the power of geography : prisoners of geography / future of geography.

not so much weather / rocks / tectonics but still a good read

There are two main branches Physical and human

Physical geography covers all the natural process roughly: earth surface processes (eg wearing erosion glaciation geomorphology) , geology (eg plate tectonics rocks and rock formations), atmospheric processes (weather and climate) and biogeography (distribution of plants and animals

Human covers how human change and shape the planet/ demographics, urban change, economic, and resources

All the branches are interdependent.

Maps are a really good source of information so if you can get a decent atlas you will find lots in there.

couple more with a geological focus
"Walking the bones of Britain" Christopher Somerville - just started this but hoping he'll get to the nitty gritty soon!
"The Map that change the world" by Simon Winchester about the first geological map of England.

Thanks all