Category: Pictorial
If you centre a globe on Kiritimati (Christmas Island), all you see around it is a vast expanse of ocean. Islands of various sizes float in view while glimpses of continents encroach on the fringes, but this is a view dominated by water. The immense stretch of the Pacific Ocean is inhabited by a diverse ...Show more
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How do colours become imbued with meaning? Why do some colours attract us while others repel? How have such phrases as ?green with envy? or ?the blues? come about? Hundreds of photographs are organized here into colour-coded chapters, accompanied by a text that explores colour?s symbolism and the emotio ...Show more
Category: Pictorial
Photographer Andrew Zuckerman has captured the voices, physical presence and the written word of 60 iconic over 65-year olds to create profound, honest, and truly revealing portraits. The resulting books and film provide an extraordinary legacy for the generations that follow and timeless portraits of t ...Show more
Category: Pictorial
This work shows how the once stable continent of Africa has been fragmented and how this process has catalyzed the evolution of some remarkable animals and plants. The book covers the jungle, the mountains, the savannah, the rivers and lakes, the coasts, and the deserts. Hardback
Category: Pictorial | Series: The Most Beautiful...
Villages are the very embodiment of Englishness. The village inn and the local farm, great houses, humble cottages and beautiful country gardens speak of a way of life that has developed peacefully since Anglo-Saxon times. A few days spent in England's idyllic villages offers urban dwellers and foreign ...Show more
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Peer into the heart of a hurricane...watch volcanoes erupt beneath you...and soar over mighty Mount Everest as you view earth from 184 miles up! Orbit includes "the best of the best" astronaut photographs, digitally processed for clarity and fidelity to what astronauts can actually see. Gain a new un ...Show more
Category: Pictorial
McCarthyism swept across the United States and capitalism was king, white America enjoyed a feeling of pride and security that was reflected in advertising. Carelessly flooding society with dangerous misinformation, companies in the 50s promoted everything from vacations in Las Vegas, where guests could ...Show more
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The book takes the reader from the time National Geographic's first editor and president began collecting pictures, until today, with important photography still being created as energetically as ever. Two thoughtful essays introduce the book, giving varying perspectives on the pictures. Then the book ...Show more
Category: Pictorial | Series: National Geographic insight
Master of underwater photography, David Doubilet captured his first images at the age of 12 in the cold, murky waters of New Jersey in the late 1950s, an era when the equipment was primitive and every picture was a struggle heavily dependent on luck. Since then, due in no small part to Doubilet's contri ...Show more
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Visions of Paradise is a panoply of experiences from the most peripatetic photographers on Earth - the photographers of "National Geographic Magazine". After all the stories and all the journeys, each man and each woman shares with us the place he or she found to be Heaven on Earth. The pictures come fr ...Show more
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The courses of the great rivers recount the history of the Earth and mankind. This book is dedicated to 25 of the world's longest, most important rivers, from the Ganges, Mekong, Tigris, and Euphrates to the Nile and Amazon, from the Mississippi to Danube. This lavish volume aims to portray them as neve ...Show more
Category: Pictorial | Reading Level: very good
"British Tradition" is a journey into the world of British furnishing and lifestyle. "British Tradition and Interior Design" gives readers an insight into the lifestyle and culture of the inhabitants of the British Isles. It takes you to historical palaces, mansions, manor houses and apartments, both in ...Show more
