Nonfiction Book Discussion

The Power of Geography by Tim Marshall

The Nonfiction Book Discussion reads a variety of contemporary nonfiction and meets monthly in person and virtually via Zoom. April's selection: The Power of Geography by Tim Marshall

For more information, contact discussion facilitator Becky Clark at rclark@aurorapubliclibrary.org. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the West Branch circulation desk.

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Book description:

The Power of Geography: Ten Maps that Reveal the Future of Our World by Tim Marshall

Tim Marshall’s global bestseller Prisoners of Geography offered us a “fresh way of looking at maps” (The New York Times Book Review), showing how every nation’s choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas, and walls. Since then, the geography hasn’t changed, but the world has. Now, in this “wonderfully entertaining and lucid account, written with wit, pace, and clarity” (Mirror, UK), Marshall takes us into ten regions set to shape global politics. Find out why US interest in the Middle East will wane; why Australia is now beginning an epic contest with China; how Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the UK are cleverly positioning themselves for greater power; why Ethiopia can control Egypt; and why Europe’s next refugee crisis looms closer than we think, as does a cutting-edge arms race to control space. Innovative, compelling, and delivered with Marshall’s trademark wit and insight, this is “an immersive blend of history, economics, and political analysis that puts geography at the center of human affairs” (Publishers Weekly). (publisher description)

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