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1,000 Places to See Before You Die

by Patricia Schultz

TRAVEL NARRATIVE
2011
PAPER
1200 PAGES

A traveler's life list, this completely revised second edition of the charming and talented Patricia Schulz's phenomenal bestseller is now illustrated. With color photographs sprinkled throughout, this tantalizing roundup features 200 new entries, inspired mini-itineraries, 28 new countries and 200 more pages. (TVL23, $19.95)

100 Journeys for the Spirit

by Pico Iyer

TRAVEL NARRATIVE
2010
HARD COVER
240 PAGES

Pico Iyer, Jan Morris, Paul Theroux, Alexander McCall Smith and Michael Ondaatje all contribute to this beautifully illustrated, hand-picked selection of temples, cathedrals and monasteries, parks and other soulful places. (TVL516, $29.95)

Wildflower Wonders

by Bob Gibbons

GUIDEBOOK
2011
HARD COVER
192 PAGES

A naturalist and tour leader, Gibbons covers when and where to witness impressive displays of wildflowers in this beautifully illustrated, oversized survey of 50 sites. His vote for the most flowery place in the world: the kaleidoscopic grasslands of Mount Rainier. (NAT244, $27.95)

Atlas of Remote Islands

by Judith Schalansky

REFERENCE
2010
HARD COVER
144 PAGES

Tantalizingly subtitled Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will, this intriguing collection of maps and lore is likely to ignite wanderlust in certain of us. An artist obsessed as a child with the world atlas, Schalansky includes islands, both famous and utterly obscure, ranging across the world's seas, each drawn at the same scale so that tiny Clipperton Atoll is a speck on the page while Deception Island in the Antarctic almost fills it. (WLD200, $30.00)

Lost Worlds, Ruins of the Americas

by Arthur Drooker

EXPLORATION
2011
HARD COVER
160 PAGES

The sugar mills of St. John, Brimstone Hill Fortress in St. Kitts, Mitla, Teotihuacan, Chichen-Itza, Palenque, Tikal, Antigua, Copan, Chan Chan, Ollantaytambo, Sacsayhuaman and Machu Picchu are all included in this arresting visual survey, atmospherically photographed in black and white. (NAM68, $49.95)

Lonely Planet Great Journeys

by Lonely Planet Publications

TRAVEL NARRATIVE
2011
HARD COVER
33312 PAGES

Cleverly organized by type of travel (rail, overland, walks and pilgrimages), this photo book covers the sweep of ancient trade routes, modern treks and iconic places, each with color photographs, travel tips and, we were pleased to see, armchair reading. (TVL536, $39.99)