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These 15 items are available for $713, including U.S. shipping, a 25% discount (Item no. )

To the Arctic  •  Florian Schulz NATURAL HISTORY •  2011 •  HARD COVER  • 204 PAGES From aerial photographs of the tundra in summer to stark winter landscapes and underwater images, this companion book to the Fall 2012 IMAX film captures the pageant of Arctic wildlife. (ARC273, $45.00)
Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World  •  Times of London REFERENCE •  2011 •  BOXED  • 544 PAGES • FAVORITE Get this latest edition of the world's most authoritative atlas at 25% off the $200 selling price. Worth every penny for its coverage, size and quality, each double-page spread is a whopping 16" x 22" and gorgeous. With excellent physical and political detail, superb coverage of polar areas, and a new and expanded index of 200,000 place names and geographic features. Complete with a slipcase, this revised and updated 13th edition of the world's most prestigious and authoritative world atlas includes a bonus 1922 archival world map. New features to this edition include 30 city plans from major cities around the world; flags for every country in the world; the new independent country of Kosovo; and major new place name updates in China, Russia, Kazakhstan, India, Afghanistan, and Iran. The detailed thematic information contains contributions from experts in their relevant geographical field. New topics discussed include migration, the global impact of recession, migration, and polar regions. (GEN71, $150.00)
Lonely Planet Great Journeys  •  Lonely Planet Publications TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2011 •  HARD COVER  • 33312 PAGES Subtitled Travel the World's Most Spectacular Routes, this photo book covers the sweep of ancient trade routes, modern treks and iconic place, each with color photographs, travel tips and, we were pleased to see, armchair reading. (TVL536, $39.99)
Kenya  •  Michael Poliza CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2011 •  HARD COVER  • 280 PAGES Alternating aerial shots with dramatic landscapes, vivid animal studies and portraits of the Maasai, Michael Poliza's latest stunning book captures the spirit of Kenya and its people. (EAF380, $95.00)
The Grand Bazaar Istanbul  •  Serdar Gulgun ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2011 •  BOXED  • 284 PAGES With thousands of stores, stalls, workshops, and storehouses, along with cafes, change offices, banks, and fountains -- even a post office, a police station, and a mosque -- the Grand Bazaar is a city unto itself. In this comprehensive overview of the history and legacy of luxury art crafts in Turkey, the vibrant spirit of the Grand Bazaar is revealed through stories by Ottoman art expert Serdar Gulgun and dazzling images by Laziz Hamani. Presented in a slipcase, this gorgeous book showcases the Grand Bazaar's wonders and most singular boutiques. (TKY257, $250.00)
Havana  •  Michael Eastman ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2011 •  HARD COVER  • 144 PAGES Eastman captures the decaying splendor, crumbled facades and grand interiors of Havana in nearly 100 sumptuous, large-scale richly colored photographs, taken over the past two decades. Painterly in quality and mostly devoid of people, these dramatically lit and exquisitely detailed photographs capture Cuban life through suggestion: an empty chair, an ancient car, a decrepit hallway, a forgotten chandelier. (CBA155, $60.00)
Stone Offerings  •  Mike Torrey ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2009 •  HARD COVER  • 143 PAGES An accomplished architectural photographer, Torrey brings an eye for the dramatic setting and geometry of the site to these striking color photographs, taken over a few days at summer and winter solstice. (AND76, $40.00)
Burton Holmes Early Travel Photography  •  Genoa Caldwell TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2010 •  HARD COVER  • 288 PAGES A glorious selection of photos, hand-tinted lantern slides and tales from Burton Holmes's extraordinary multi-volume Travelogues, originally published in 1901. From the boulevards of Paris to the pyramids of Egypt, China's Great Wall and bustling Marrakech, Burton Holmes was there at the turn of the 20th century, turning iconic images into hand-tinted lantern slides which he enthusiastically projected to packed houses across the country at the turn-of-the-last century. This captivating collection of tinted photographs presents the best of his work. (TVL116, $29.99)
Temples of Cambodia, The Heart of Angkor  •  Helen Ibbitson Jessup  •  Barry Brukoff ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2011 •  HARD COVER  • 256 PAGES With 210 color and 20 sepia photographs, plus plans, maps, and elevations. Organized chronologically, the book opens with the modestly scaled brick structures of the seventh and eighth centuries and goes on to explore the first monumental temple mountains of the ninth century, the technical advances enabling the fulfillment of a unique Khmer architectural vision in the tenth, and the erection of the ambitious Baphuon temple mountain, among others, in the eleventh, all setting the stage for the apogee of the Khmer empire in the twelfth century, and with it, the construction of three massive temple complexes: Beng Mealea, Bakan, and the supreme architectural creation of Cambodia, Angkor Wat. (CBD73, $65.00)
Sites of Antiquity, From Ancient Egypt to the Fall of Rome  •  Charles Freeman ARCHAEOLOGY •  2009 •  HARD COVER  • 248 PAGES Enticing aerial shots, detailed site plans, glorious modern photographs and illustrations illuminate 50 key monuments, cities or sites of the Mediterranean world in this handsome hardcover by the publisher of the venerable Blue Guides. Charles Freeman provides the succinct accompanying essays -- with each place from Giza, Luxor and Karnak to the Parthenon, Ephesus, Pergamon, Petra and Constantinople getting four to eight pages each. (MED150, $50.00)
Cooking with Italian Grandmothers  •  Jessica Theroux FOOD •  2010 •  HARD COVER  • 250 PAGES Theroux's tender culinary celebration brings together recipes, anecdotes and photographs of a dozen Italian grandmothers across Italy. Each chapter includes a map, essay, interview and (this is the best part) authentic recipes you'd actually want to make. (ITA193, $40.00)
AntARCTIC, A Tribute to Life in the Polar Regions  •  Michael Poliza NATURAL HISTORY •  2011 •  PAPER  • 240 PAGES With his inimitable blend of intimate close-ups and cinematic landscapes, Poliza celebrates polar wildlife and landscapes in this compact edition of his oversized, sumptuous original, Featuring 100 of his most spectacular images, Arctic and Antarctic. including cavorting polar bears, mobs of King Penguins, pods of beluga, close-ups of humpbacks and other memorable images of ice, sea and wildlife. (ANT314, $39.95)
The Tulip Anthology  •  Anna Pavord  •  Ron van Dongen ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2010 •  HARD COVER  • 240 PAGES Presented in an oversize, deluxe hardcover, Ron van Dongen's lush color portraits of dozens of species of exotic tulips (which he also grows) are paired with visual art and writing on the wonder of the coveted blooms. Anna Pavord explores the bloom's rich cultural history in the introduction. 33% off the retail price! (NTH135, $40.00)
Serengeti, The Eternal Beginning  •  Boyd Norton NATURAL HISTORY •  2011 •  HARD COVER  • 288 PAGES Two-hundred-and-fifty color photographs and Norton's firsthand accounts from Serengeti National Park, Kenya's Masai Mara, and Ngorongoro Crater, as well as memorable stories about encounters with people and wildlife will transport you to East Africa. Chosen as one of the "40 Most Influential Nature Photographers" in 2010, the roving, Colorado-based Norton has worked in the Rocky Mountains, Lake Baikal and Alaska. He is founder and director of Serengeti Watch with Longitude friend and colleague Dave Blanton. (EAF378, $35.00)
The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott  •  David Wilson EXPLORATION •  2011 •  HARD COVER  • 192 PAGES Drawing on a long forgotten cache of gelatin prints, Wilson turns Scott's beautifully produced images, many a full or double page, into a chilling tale of fortitude and courage, tracing events first around Cape Evans and then, day by day until the top of the Beardmore Glacier, when the bulky camera was returned to base with Scott's first supporting party. This gorgeous book, supplemented by maps and incisive commentary, is a significant contribution to Antarctic history. Wilson's great uncle was expedition artist Edward Wilson, who died with Scott on his way back from the Pole. (ANT343, $35.00)

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