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These 7 items are available for $114, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXWLD189)

Sacred Earth, Places of Peace and Power  •  Martin Gray  •  Graham Hancock TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2011 •  PAPER  • 275 PAGES Organized geographically, this coffee table survey of magical sites and sacred pilgrimages by National Geographic photographer Martin Gray, takes in stone circles, sanctuaries, monasteries and shrines around the world. With hundreds of color photographs, maps and accompanying words on the myth and meaning of each sties. Both Gray and Hancock, who provides the introduction, are interested in the power of place as a transforming experience. Gray also contribited to National Geographic's Geography of Religion: Where God Lives, Where Pilgrims Walk. (WLD136, $19.95)
Rapa Nui, Island of Memory  •  Georgia Lee BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2006 •  PAPER  • 212 PAGES Full of anecdote and incident, Lee's lively memoir of fieldwork on Rapa Nui celebrates the people and life on the island over the last 25 years. With many photographs documenting the good old days. Published by the Easter Island Foundation. (EIL20, $25.00)
Down the Nile, Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff  •  Rosemary Mahoney TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2008 •  PAPER  • 273 PAGES Mahoney weaves the tale of her quest to row the Nile with deft portraits of the people she meets, particularly Amr, the sailor who takes her underwing, and astute comments on contemporary Egypt. She conjures too Herodotus, Gustave Flaubert, Florence Nightingale, Amelia Edwards and other famous travelers who have preceded her on the Nile. (EGY207, $14.99)
The Incas  •  Carmen Bernard  •  Paul Bahn ARCHAEOLOGY •  1994 •  PAPER  • 192 PAGES • BEST SELLER A pocket-size encyclopedia in the acclaimed "New Horizons" series, this jewel of a book features hundreds of archival drawings and photographs, a chronology and long excerpts from the journals of early explorers. It's a guide to the ancient monuments, daily life of the Incas and history of exploration. (AND03, $15.95)
Taj Mahal  •  Giles Tillotson  •  Mary Beard ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2008 •  HARD COVER  • 190 PAGES This pocket book in Harvard's Wonders of the World series is a guide and witty meditation on the place of the Taj Mahal in the cultural imagination of India and the wider world. An art historian, Tillotson demolishes myths about the structure ("the queen of architecture"), its history and meaning. (IDA528, $19.95)
Aboriginal Australians  •  Stephen Muecke CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2004 •  PAPER  • 127 PAGES A lively illustrated overview of the culture and history of the Aborigines. The authors explore how the aborigines came to be in Australia, their rituals and Dreamings, and the importance of kin in their social structures. With a chapter on the atrocious treatment at the hands of white settlers and the pervasive racial prejudice that remained enshrined in the Australian constitution until 1967. The final section deals with the massive indigenous cultural renaissance over the past four decades, and discusses how Aboriginal art -- whether Central Desert acrylic art, batik, contemporary urban painting, sculpture or traditional bark painting -- has become a flagship for Australian culture. (AUS230, $15.95)
Angkor Map  •  Dawn Rooney GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER A site plan and pocket guide to Angkor, this folded map, at a scale of 1:40,000, includes inset photographs of major buildings, monuments and carvings. Banteay Sriei, and the temple of Angkor Wat, the Banyon and surroundings are shown at a scale of 1:15,000 on the reverse. With photographs and temple descriptions, it covers 22 key sites in all. With a map of Siem Reap. (CBD16, $12.95)

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