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A Worldly Art

Mariet Westermann

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PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan

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Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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A Photographer's Journey

READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

Wildlife Photography, On Safari With Your DSLR

Wildlife Photography, On Safari With Your DSLR

by Uwe Skrzypczak

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

Skrzypczak includes chapters on equipment, technique, composition and wildlife in this practical, beautifully illustrated guide, loaded with striking images of the wildlife of Ngorongoro, Serengeti and the Masai Mara. (EAF379, $39.95)

Rough Guide to Digital Photography

Rough Guide to Digital Photography

by Sophie Goldsworthy

  • REFERENCE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

With tips on composition, technique, editing and equipment, this handy guide covers photography for the digital age. (PHT38, $16.99)

Travels to the Edge

Travels to the Edge

by Art Wolfe

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES
  • NEW

Journey with photographer Wolfe on this globe-trotting visual odyssey from the tip of South America to Antarctica, Madagascar, Bhutan, Mongolia, New Zealand and back to Baja California, the American Southwest and Katmai National Park in 130 photographs. (PHT29, $24.95)

National Geographic Complete Photography

National Geographic Complete Photography

by Scott Stuckey | National Geographic Society

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 408 PAGES

Beautifully bound in hard cover, Nat Geo's top photographers, including Annie Griffiths, Steve McCurry and Frans Lanting, contribute to this inspiring comprehensive reference, packed with tips, how-tos, photo galleries and stories from the field. (PHT36, $40.00)

Southern Frontiers, A Journey Across the Roman Empire

Southern Frontiers, A Journey Across the Roman Empire

by Don McCullin

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 272 PAGES

Roman sites, both world famous and obscure, from Syria and Lebanon across North Africa to Morocco, Algeria and Libya are presented in gorgeous black-and-white splendor in this collection of oversized photographs by the celebrated Don McCullin. Historian Barnaby Rogerson supplies the accompanying text. (MED172, $69.95)

Burton Holmes Early Travel Photography

Burton Holmes Early Travel Photography

by Genoa Caldwell

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 288 PAGES

From the boulevards of Paris to the pyramids of Egypt, China's Great Wall and bustling Marrakech, Burton Holmes was there at the turn of the 20th century, turning these hand-tinted lantern slides into iconic images. (TVL116, $29.99)

Steve McCurry, The Iconic Photographs

Steve McCurry, The Iconic Photographs

by Steve McCurry

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 320 PAGES

Presenting 200 of National Geographic Photographer Steve McCurry's best photographs from around the world, including the temples of Angkor, streets of India, Tibet, Africa and Europe, in a strictly limited edition with a signed and numbered print. (ASA84, $395.00)

 

Basic Essentials Photography in the Outdoors


by Jonathan Hanson

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 65 PAGES

Intended for your backpack, this slim guide outlines the essential knowledge needed to take pictures from what camera to buy to how to take better pictures. (PHT05, $8.95)

Galen Rowell's Inner Game of Outdoor Photography

Galen Rowell's Inner Game of Outdoor Photography


by Galen Rowell

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

A guide to the practice and idea of taking better pictures outdoors, featuring 160 photographs. Rowell, a climber, adventurer -- and outstanding landscape photographer -- has focused on remote mountainous areas including Tibet and Antarctica. (PHT07, $29.95)

John Shaw's Nature Photography Field Guide

John Shaw's Nature Photography Field Guide


by John Shaw

  • REFERENCE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

An updated edition of Shaw's guide to taking better photographs of plants, animals and landscapes. The book offers solid advice on equipment and basic techniques, and is highly recommended as the best reference for the wildlife photographer. (PHT01, $24.99)

Travel Photography, Documenting the World's People & Places

Travel Photography, Documenting the World's People & Places


by Bob Krist

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

Award-winning National Geographic photographer Bob Krist offers a user-friendly and well-illustrated guide to digital photography, including tips for shooting on location, selecting equipment and sending images while on the road. (PHT32, $24.95)

Travel Photography, Everything you Need to Know to Take Better Pictures

Travel Photography, Everything you Need to Know to Take Better Pictures


by Richard I'Anson

  • REFERENCE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 222 PAGES

A practical guide by the folks at Lonely Planet, organized into four sections; First Things First, Taking Control, On the Road and Back at Home. (PHT16, $21.99)

Pacific Journeys

Pacific Journeys


by Peter Hendrie

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 224 PAGES

A striking portfolio of 330 color photographs of the people, nature and landscape of the region, Hendrie's gorgeous book includes images from his many journeys to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, to Tahiti and the Marquesas, Tonga, Fiji, Easter Island and Hawaii over the last 20 years. (PAC183, $45.00)

Tuscan Country, A Photographer's Journey

Tuscan Country, A Photographer's Journey


by Wes Walker

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 160 PAGES

Walker captures the allure of the hill towns, including Siena, Lucca, Pisa and smaller cities and villages in 100 luminous color photographs. (ITL848, $29.95)

Walking the Bible, A Photographic Journey

Walking the Bible, A Photographic Journey


by Bruce Feiler

  • RELIGION
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 160 PAGES

Color photographs and accompanying vignettes capture the people and places of Feiler's remarkable odyssey through the biblical lands of Egypt, Israel, Palestine and Turkey. (MDE94, $32.50)

Ansel Adams, 400 Photographs

Ansel Adams, 400 Photographs


by Ansel Adams | Stillman, Andrea G.

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 440 PAGES

This hefty volume highlights Adams' entire career from his first striking images of Yosemite and the High Sierras in 1916 to the 1960s. Much of the focus is on National Parks. (GEN407, $40.00)

Galen Rowell, A Retrospective

Galen Rowell, A Retrospective


by Sierra Club | Galen Rowell

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A tribute to the traveler, photographer and friend, by a host of contributors and the editors of Sierra Club books, featuring a stunning sampling of Rowell's magnficent color photographs, including the Himalayas, Antarctica and the Arctic. (PHT21, $39.95)

Light on the Earth

Light on the Earth


by Wildlife Photographer of the Year

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 224 PAGES

A carefully selected collection of 180 nature images taken around the globe by some of the world's top photographers, all represented over the last 20 years in the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition. (PHT18, $55.00)

Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage


by Annie Leibovitz

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 248 PAGES

Niagara Falls, the houses of Virginia Woolf and Charles Darwin in the English countryside and Sigmund Freud's final home, in London, Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond, the Massachusetts studio of sculptor Daniel Chester French, the trails above the Yosemite Valley, where Ansel Adams worked for fifty years, Georgia O'Keeffe and Eleanor Roosevelt but also Elvis Presley and Annie Oakley are all included in this remarkable portfolio of images. (PHT35, $50.00)

To the Ends of the Earth, Adventures of an Expedition Photographer

To the Ends of the Earth, Adventures of an Expedition Photographer


by Gordon Wiltsie | Alex Lowe

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 224 PAGES

National Geographic photographer Wiltsie chronicles his inspiring adventures from bouldering as a youth in California's Chalk Bluff cliffs to early climbs in the Himalayas, and expeditions to the Arctic, Antarctic, Patagonia, Mongolia and beyond in this illustrated journal. (ANT242, $35.00)

Marco Polo, A Photographer's Journey

Marco Polo, A Photographer's Journey


by Michael Yamashita

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 500 PAGES

Yamashita chronicles monuments, people and places along the route of the 13th-century explorer from Venice across Iraq and Iran to the Far East in 480 breath-taking color photographs. (EXP86, $35.00)

Desert Light, A Photographer's Journey Through America's Desert Southwest

Desert Light, A Photographer's Journey Through America's Desert Southwest


by John Annerino

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 128 PAGES

Annerino's portrays in glorious color photographs the Painted, Sonoran, Mojave, and Chihuahua deserts on both sides of the U.S./Mexican border. (SWU247, $29.95)

Mountain Light, In Search of the Dynamic Landscape

Mountain Light, In Search of the Dynamic Landscape


by Galen Rowell

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

The 25th anniverary edition of Rowell's landmark book, featuring 80 spectacular images, divided according to visual content. Each chapter illustrates a theme or technique, supplemented by a short personal essay. (PHT06, $29.95)

Wild Amazon, A Photographer's Incredible Journey

Wild Amazon, A Photographer's Incredible Journey


by Nick Gordon

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 192 PAGES

This beautiful, vivid collection includes 200 color photographs of the wildlife and habitats of the Amazon basin. (AMZ87, $34.95)

National Geographic Photography Field Guide: Travel

National Geographic Photography Field Guide: Travel


by Bob Caputo

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

A concise, practical guide to taking better travel photos covering equipment, digital photography and technique. With suggestions and how-to. (PHT23, $21.95)

National Geographic: The Ultimate Field Guide to Photography

National Geographic: The Ultimate Field Guide to Photography


by Bob Martin

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

A comprehensive guide to film and digital photography, drawing on the practical knowledge of dozens of professional photographers. (PHT22, $24.95)

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