Damascus, Hidden Treasures of the Old City  •  Brigid Keenan  •  Tim Beddow CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2001 •  PAPER  • 216 PAGES A serious-minded, lavishly illustrated survey of the architecture, palaces, courtyards and people of Damascus. With a glossary, keyed map to historic buildings within and west of the old walled city. With 170 gorgeous full color photographs of both exterior and interior decorations. The book is, in part, a call for conservation in what is often called the oldest continually inhabited city in the world. (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 •  2005 •  HARD COVER  • 392 PAGES An up-to-date and breathtakingly illustrated survey of thirty-four of the world's most endangered areas. Conservation International, the team behind Wilderness, Earth's Last Wild Places, 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 •  2007 •  PAPER  • 192 PAGES Wade Davis, an ethnobotanist and popular science writer, surveys what he calls the "ethnosphere": the global diversity of peoples and cultures. He travels from the Arctic to the Amazon to Borneo, taking notes on world-views and customs. (WLD34, $16.95)
Through the Eyes of the Condor, An Aerial Vision of Latin America  •  Robert B. Haas NATURAL HISTORY •  2007 •  HARD COVER  • 232 PAGES 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. Haas shot from small planes and helicopters over a period of two years at 47 base camps in 9 countries from Guadalajara to Ushuaia. (SAM122, $50.00)
Travel  •  Andreas H. Bitesnich CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2007 •  HARD COVER  • 144 PAGES 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 Explorer's Eye, First-Hand Accounts of Adventure and Exploration  •  Fergus Fleming  •  Annabel Merullo  •  Michael Palin EXPLORATION •  2005 •  HARD COVER  • 264 PAGES A gripping tale of 50 heroes and explorers from Alexander Von Humboldt to Robert Peary, Jacques Cousteau and Neil Armstrong, featuring a choice selection of archival photographs. 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 •  2006 •  HARD COVER  • 280 PAGES • NEW One in a series of handsomely-produced books by geographer Derek Hayes, this oversized overview of the United States charts exploration and discovery, treaties and war and development up to now in 500 beautiful full-color maps and drawings. (USA150, $45.00)