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by Charles Fields

ART & ARCHITECTURE
2011
HARD COVER
224 PAGES

Photographer and traveler Charles Fields portrays the cultures and landscapes of Vietnam from the World Heritage Site of Hue and the Phung Hiep floating market to its forests and coastline in stunning color photographs. (VNM138, $50.00)

The Love of My Youth

by Mary Gordon

LITERATURE
2011
HARD COVER
302 PAGES

Sweethearts brought together, accidentally, in Rome after three decades, Adam and Miranda take daily strolls to the Piazza Barberini, Villa Borghese, Campo dei Fiori and other vividly detailed spots, talking not just of Rome but of life, love, work and their own history. (ITA264, $25.95)

The Worst Thing

by Aaron J. Elkins

MYSTERY
2011
HARD COVER
320 PAGES

A stand-alone thriller from the Edgar Award-winning creator of the Gideon Oliver Mystery series. Bryan Bennett -- an expert on kidnapping and hostage negotiation -- embarks on a battle of will and nerve after he accepts a suspicious invitation to Iceland. (ICL54, $25.95)

Small Memories

by Jose Saramago

BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
2011
HARD COVER
160 PAGES

In this contemplative memoir, the late Portuguese Nobel laureate recalls a childhood both dark and magical, split between the growing city of Lisbon and the tiny village of Azinhaga, where he was partially raised by his illiterate grandparents. Eventually teaching himself to read, Saramago has an almost religious conversion to the power of literature. (PGL82, $22.00)

The Fate of Greenland, Lessons from Abrupt Climate Change

by Philip Conkling

SCIENCE
2011
HARD COVER
224 PAGES

Both a sumptuous portrait of a remarkable place and an up-to-date overview of research into climate change, his gorgeously illustrated book brings together essays by leading geoscientists and oceanographers. (ARC285, $29.95)

The Evolution of Jane

by Cathleen Schine

LITERATURE
2011
PAPER
256 PAGES

Setting her novel on a Galapagos cruise, Schine mixes psychological insight and travel with impressive musings on Darwin and modern evolutionary theory in this fast-paced tale. (GPS30, $14.95)

Last of the Curlews

by Fred Bodsworth

LITERATURE
2011
PAPER
176 PAGES

A classic, with marvelous illustrations by Abigail Rorer, Fred Bodsworth's haunting novel tracks a solitary Eskimo Curlew from the pampas of Argentina to its summer breeding grounds high above Hudson Bay. This new edition includes a foreword by poet W.S. Merwin, who re-discovered the book, originally published in 1955. Once one of the most numerous shorebirds in North America, the last confirmed sighting of the Eskimo Curlew was in the 1960s and Bodsworth's novel is both an elegy to the bird and cautionary tale about wanton hunting. (BRD92, $14.95)

Ring of Bright Water, A Trilogy

by Gavin Maxwell

NATURAL HISTORY
2011
PAPER
352 PAGES
YOUNG ADULTS

This magical book, treasured by generations of parents and children, is best known for its portrayal of otters -- and the naturalist who loves them. But Maxwell's descriptions of the Scottish coast, and other wildlife, are equally captivating. This handsome edition, featuring Gavin's line drawings, brings together Ring of Bright Water (1960), The Rocks Remain (1963) and Raven Meet Thy Brother (1969). With cottages available to rent), Eilean Ban ('White Island'), nestled beneath the Isle of Skye bridge, is today a museum and nature preserve. (SCT17, $18.95)

As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning

by Laurie Lee

BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
2011
PAPER
192 PAGES

A new edition of Laurie Lee's gorgeous memoir of youthful adventures in Spain on the brink of civil war, second in his autobiographical trilogy. Arriving in Galicia July 1935, the British poet tramps from Vigo north through Valladolid and Segovia to Madrid, Toledo and Seville. supporting himself with not much more than his wits and a violin, he continues around the coast to Cadiz (which he did not much like) and Almunecar, the then-sleepy Andalusian village where he was holed up as the war broke out. (SPN454, $15.95)

Dreams of My Russian Summers

by Andrei Makine

LITERATURE
2011
PAPER
256 PAGES

Andrei Makine conjures an entire world -- and the sweep of Russian history -- in this lyrical debut novel. Set in a sleepy village on the Volga, the narrator spins tales both of coming-of-age in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and 70 -- and of his remarkable grandmother, born in France at the turn of the century, a nurse during the Revolution and a witness to the horrors of Stalin. Tenth anniversary edition. (RUS266, $14.95)

An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science

by Edward Larson

EXPLORATION
2011
HARD COVER
326 PAGES

In this fresh new history, made concrete by his own Antarctic travels, Pulitzer Prize-winner Larson places the famed expeditions of Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton and the Heroic Age in the larger context of Edwardian politics and society, showing science to be an integral part of the whole Antarctic enterprise. (ANT337, $28.50)

Antarctic Wildlife

by James Lowen

FIELD GUIDE
2011
FLEXI-BOUND
240 PAGES

Produced by a shipboard naturalist, this handy identification guide focuses on the Beagle Channel, Drake and Peninsula regions. (ANT336, $22.95)

Among Penguins, A Bird Man in Antarctica

by Noah Strycker

NATURAL HISTORY
2011
PAPER
224 PAGES

A wide-eyed, ready-for-anything 22-year-old, Noah Strycker recounts his day-to-day adventures among 100,000 Adelies over an eventful summer at Cape Crozier on Ross Island in this brisk memoir. (ANT342, $19.95)

Insight Select Istanbul

by Insight Guides

GUIDEBOOK
2011
PAPER
192 PAGES

Suggested walks, out-of-the-way shops and the latest rooftop restaurants are all included in this discerning pocket guide. (TKY241, $15.00)

Istanbul Eats

by Yigal Schleifer | Ansel Mullins

GUIDEBOOK
2010
PAPER
173 PAGES

With maps, photographs and a very readable full page on each spot, this handy guide includes hundreds of discoveries from Sultanahmet to Beyaglu, Galata, the Bosphorus and beyond. (TKY245, $16.95)

National Geographic Istanbul and Western Turkey

by Tristan Rutherford

GUIDEBOOK
2011
PAPER
272 PAGES

Abundantly illustrated with a focus on maps and sightseeing, this compact guide includes 50 pages on Cappadocia, the Turquoise Coast and other popular destinations. (TKY234, $22.95)

Constantinople

by Edmondo De Amicis | Stephen Parkin

LITERATURE
2005
PAPER
352 PAGES

Originally published in 1877, Edmondo De Amicis' entertaining sketches of the people, architecture, daily life and customs of the city show all the freshness of a young writer's first impressions of a great city. (TKY102, $17.95)

An Evil Eye

by Jason Goodwin

MYSTERY
2011
HARD COVER
304 PAGES

Back from Venice, Investigator Yashim is drawn into the mysterious and dangerous intrigues of the sultan's harem at Topkapi Palace in this fourth novel in the Ottoman Empire Series. (TKY240, $26.00)

The Umbrella

by Ingrid & Dieter Schubert

EXPLORATION
2011
HARD COVER
40 PAGES

A whirlwind tour of the world, this wordless picture book shows the many inadvertent adventures of a black terrier, carried from the desert to the sea, jungle and North Pole. (WLD221, $16.95)

Creature, 4 Floor Puzzles

by Andrew Zuckerman

NATURAL HISTORY
2009
HARD COVER

Chimpanzee, lion, tiger and elephant puzzles are all included in these two double-sided big, sturdy 16-piece puzzles, packaged in box with carrying handle. (BST198, $24.95)

The Watcher, Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps

by Jeanette Winter

BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
2011
HARD COVER
42 PAGES
YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

With captivating bold color images and simple text, this read-aloud biography of the conservation icon and primatologist Goodall for youngsters focuses on the power of patience. (BST197, $17.99)

Pocket Guide to the Outdoors

by Jean Craighead George

LITERATURE
2009
PAPER
178 PAGES
MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Know any kids heading to camp in the Catskill's or the Northeast this sumemr? Live the adventure like Sam Gribley -- and learn how to start a fire, build a shelter, catch a fish, identify useful plants, and much more -- with Jean Craighead George's family friendly nature guide for fans of My Side of the Mountain. (NYS90, $9.99)

The Tao of Travel, Enlightenments from Lives on the Road

by Paul Theroux

TRAVEL NARRATIVE
2011
FLEXI-BOUND
272 PAGES

Theroux celebrates 50 years of wandering with this inspired miscellany of meditations, excerpts from his many books and quotes from favorite writers from Nabokov and Twain to McPhee, Waugh, Chatwin and Matthiessen. (TVL513, $25.00)

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