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Damascus, Hidden Treasures of the Old City  •  Brigid Keenan  •  Tim Beddow   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A serious-minded, lavishly illustrated survey of the architecture, palaces, courtyards and people of Damascus. With 170 gorgeous full color photographs. (SYR07, $39.95)
 
 
Hotspots Revisited  •  Russell A. Mittermeier  •  Patricio Robes Gil  •  Michael Hoffman  •  John Pilgrim  •  Thomas Brooks  •  Cristina Mittermeier  •  John Lamoreux  •  Gustavo A.B. Da Fonesca   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An up-to-date and breathtakingly illustrated survey of thirty-four of the world's most endangered areas. Conservation International put together this beautiful catalog of plant, animal and human life from all over the globe. (CON28, $65.00)
 
 
Light at the Edge of the World  •  Wade Davis   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Explorer-in-Residence at National Geographic Davis surveys the global diversity of peoples and cultures in this meditative account of travels from the Arctic to the Amazon to Borneo. (WLD34, $16.95)
 
 
Through the Eyes of the Condor, An Aerial Vision of Latin America  •  Robert B. Haas   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  This collection of stunning, oversized photographs, taken from above, shows the jungles and favellas, the reefs and ruins, wildlife and diverse landscapes of Latin America. (SAM122, $50.00)
 
 
Travel  •  Andreas H. Bitesnich   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  The German fashion and art photographer brings his same eclectic sensibility to this collection of sumptuous black-and-white photographs of people and iconic places around the world. (TVL121, $35.00)
 
 
The World's Wild Places  •  Colin Prior   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A stunning tribute to savannah and grasslands, desert, jungle, mountain and icy landscapes, these 60 panoramic photographs, each extending across two full pages, capture the color and texture of the world's untouched places in breathtaking detail. (WLD128, $49.95)
 
 
The Explorer's Eye, First-Hand Accounts of Adventure and Exploration  •  Fergus Fleming  •  Annabel Merullo  •  Michael Palin   • EXPLORATION  •  A gripping tale of 50 heroes and explorers from Alexander Von Humboldt to Robert Peary, Jacques Cousteau and Neil Armstrong. Fleming once again dishes up surprises, telling quotes and even-more-telling photographs in this collection of diary excerpts, quotes and archival illustrations. Well done indeed. (EXP40, $45.00)
 
 
Historical Atlas of the United States  •  Derek Hayes   • REFERENCE • NEW  •  Geographer Hayes assembles an impressive array of original maps in this stunning visual history of America from European discovery and exploration through western expansion, railroads, the growth of cities to Interstates and the Cold War. (USA150, $45.00)
 
 
 




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