Places and peoples: general and pictorial works Books
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Philadelphia
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£17.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Scenic Seattle Touring and Photographing the
Book SynopsisThis guide is designed to help visitors to Seattle tour and photograph this scenic city. Descriptions of more than 100 destinations include travel and historical information, as well as specific advice for recreational and professional photographers on capturing the best shots, including suggestions for ISO settings, angles of view, best shooting times, and the existence of photographic restrictions. Example images and maps are also provided, and many locations are accessible by foot or by simple mass-transit connections from downtown. Areas covered include Seattle Center, Pike Place Market, the waterfront, South Lake Union, the University of Washington, and specific spots such as the Space Needle, Pioneer Square, the Great Wheel, Discovery Park, Fishermen's Terminal, the Hiram Chittenden Locks, Fremont, Volunteer Park, Kubota Garden, Alki Beach, the Museum of Flight, and a dozen viewpoints. With its rich maritime history, eclectic architecture, and endlessly photogenic seascapes, landscapes, and cityscapes, the Emerald City contains something special for everyone.
£17.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd 101 Things to Do in Rhode Island
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£25.19
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Oak Bluffs on the Vineyard
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£9.49
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Vermont
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£28.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Nantucket A Keepsake 2
Book SynopsisPacked with 74 striking full-page images, this is a perfect souvenir to immerse yourself in the island charm of Nantucket.
£9.49
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Cape Cod along the Shore A Keepsake 3
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£9.49
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Marthas Vineyard A Keepsake 4
Book SynopsisExplore Martha Vineyard's beloved cobbled streets, lighthouses, harbors, and beaches.
£9.49
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Miami Real and Imagined
Book SynopsisWhen former photographer and commercial real estate executive Hank Klein suffered a debilitating stroke in 2012, experimenting with photographic effects became an important part of his recovery. Viewed through a Leica lens and Klein''s vision and imagination, more than 200 colorful Miami scenes invite readers to view the same subject matter in two waysone as a traditional photograph and one reinterpreted with color, texture, and cropping. From the landmark Freedom Tower to an Everglades alligator, from Herzog & de Meuron''s snazzy new Perez Art Museum to the old Vagabond Motel, striking compositions become more complex with the aid of technology and Klein''s haiku-like commentary.
£21.84
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Lighthouses and Coastal Attractions of Northern
Book SynopsisWith more than 360 color photos and maps, this image-rich guide covers all 76 lighthouse locations in the New England states of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. For tourists, historians, lighthouse enthusiasts, and other travelers, here are practical directions and historical tidbits not only on the lighthouses, but on the tours, attractions, and other sites of interest in the coastal communities these beacons have long protected. Enjoy boat cruises, organizations involved in local lighthouse preservation, and plenty of indoor and outdoor attractions and entertainment, including attractions off the beaten path like snack shacks or strange amusements.
£20.69
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Lighthouses and Coastal Attractions of Southern
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£20.69
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Cubas Evolution
Book SynopsisThis thoughtfully composed visual tour of contemporary Cuba captures the island and its people emerging from a time capsule through vivid photographs and narrative vignettes that relate the story of the nation's evolution from Columbus to Castro.Due to its recent shift in relations with the world, and the US in particular, Cuba's complex, colorful history is again being rewritten. View Havana from San Carlos de la Cabaña, a fortress built in 1762, and absorb the pastel colors of iconic pre-1960 American convertibles against the backdrop of Cuba's eclectic architecture. Glimpse rolling mountains and hills on the road to Playa Rancho Luna; Adelaida telling fortunes in the street; and boxing practice in a vacant lot in La Habana Vieja. Enjoy this historic moment before a slow but inevitable transformation changes this nation forever.
£25.19
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Nantucket Vistas
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£14.39
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Charleston
Book SynopsisNearly 100 photographs highlight the history, culture, and sparkle of Charleston, South Carolina, once considered the jewel of England''s crown. Tag along on this tour of a town with a storied past, from grand tourist magnets like Middleton Place to the humbling Old Slave Mart Museum. Meander along streets lined with live oak trees. Glimpse lovely gardens behind wrought iron gates. Imagine the smell of blooming jasmine thick in the air and the clip-clop sounds of horse-drawn carriages. For the resident, frequent visitor, or armchair traveler, these photographs capture the soul of an assertive southern belle.
£999.99
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Hudson Valley Reflections
Book SynopsisDiscover the natural and architectural wonders that abound along New York''s Hudson River Valley in this lavishly illustrated travel and field guide. The unique scenery, plants and wildlife, and architecture of the valley, from Sleepy Hollow near New York City north to the town of Catskill, are showcased through 150 color photos. Brief essays relate the majesty of the four seasons in the valley, its waterfalls, bogs, people, history, and more. Whether it''s learning about the recovery of bald eagles or the region''s rare orchids, taking a tour through a historic Gilded Age mansion, or rambling to the top of a legendary mountain said to be the abode of mischievous imps, it will be hard, if not impossible, to avoid falling under the sway of some witching power that Washington Irving believed pervades this remarkable land. Includes a map with forty locations worth visiting and driving directions.
£25.19
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Vermont
Book SynopsisVermont has long been acclaimed for its stunning natural beauty. It is no more apparent than during autumn when hues of red, orange, and yellow leaves cover the landscape of the Green Mountain State. Enjoy the season as you view village scenes, waterfalls, covered bridges, pastoral images, and historic structures cloaked in autumn splendor. Experience the familiar Vermont spots and the not so familiar as youviewall corners of the state through 120+ colorful photos. Views of Lake Champlain from Mt. Philo, Peacham village, Old First Church in Bennington, Windsor-Cornish Covered Bridge, Moss Glen Falls, and the idyllic Jenne Farm scene are just a few of the more popular destinations. Hidden treasures await as you tour the back roads ofVermontat this special time ofthe year.
£15.19
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Texas Hill Country
Book SynopsisAn intimate visual journey highlighting the natural beauty, scenic wonders, charming historic towns, and cultural heritage of TexasΓÇÖ most celebrated region.
£21.84
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The Timeless Seashore
Book SynopsisThe American shoreline offers infinite beauty in countless forms, from curiously sculpted beaches to towering sea stacks, strewn seaweed, and crabs scuttling in tide pools. These natural phenomena blend harmoniously with man-made structures such as harbors, piers, boats, and lighthouses. The images in this book celebrate the fascinating and startlingly abstract beauty of seashores in the US, from foggy days in Maine to fiery sunsets along the Oregon coast and storm-shrouded lighthouses, quiet inlets, rocky cliffs, and much more. This book aims to enhance appreciation for oceans and their shape-shifting shorelines. They are, after all, timeless.
£14.39
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Cape Cod and the Islands
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£20.69
McClelland & Stewart Interposition
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£15.28
Universe Publishing New York Landmarks
Book SynopsisA timeless and perennially best-selling illustrated tour of the most famous landmarks in New York City. Including such iconic sites as the Statue of Liberty, the Flatiron Building, Rockefeller Center, the Empire State Building, Times Square, Grand Central Terminal, and Radio City Music Hall, among others, New York Landmarks highlights the architectural and historical details of thirty world-famous landmarks in New York City. Beautiful full-page and detail duotone photographs are accompanied by descriptive text highlighting the architects and period styles of each location. This collection is an indispensable reference for anyone interested in the architectural gems that define New York City. List of landmarks included: City Hall, Schemerhorn Row (South Street Seaport), Federal Hall National Memorial (first U.S. Capitol, 28 Wall Street), Trinity Church, Brooklyn Bridge, St. Patrick''s Cathedral, Dakota Apartments (New York''s first luxury apartment building, 72nd Street and Central Park
£11.42
Universe Publishing Greenwich Village Stories
Book SynopsisA love letter to Greenwich Village, written by artists, writers, musicians, restaurateurs, and other neighborhood habitues who each share a favorite memory of this beloved place. The sixty stories in this collection of Village memories are exuberant, poignant, original, and vivid-perfectly capturing the essence of the Village. Every corner of the Village is represented in the book: recollections of jazz clubs and existentialism on Bleecker Street, rock music at St. Mark's Place, folk singers in Washington Square Park. There are stories of Hans Hofmann teaching modern art on 8th Street and Lotte Lenya performing in The Threepenny Opera on Christopher Street. Decades later, Brooke Shields muses on renovating a brownstone and finding history behind its walls; and Mario Batali lyrically describes a Sunday morning walk through the food markets of Bleecker Street. The stories are complemented by a wide range of photographs by iconic figures such as Allen Ginsberg, Rudy BurckhaTrade Review"If neighborhoods could talk, New York’s Greenwich Village would have plenty to say. And thanks to the new book Greenwich Village Stories: A Collection of Memories, readers get to hear its tales (almost) straight from the source—namely 66 notable residents, who themselves figure into their home turf’s mystique as much as the jazz clubs, restaurants and residences do." -Departures"...a beguiling collection..." -The New York Times"It's the most famous "village" in the world, even though it actually is a neighborhood. In this wonderful collection of reminiscences, editor Judith Stonehill features mostly short pieces by architects, artists, designers, musicians, photographers and writers who offer their opinions as to what makes Greenwich Village so special." -Chicago Tribune"Greenwich Village Stories: A Collection of Memories edited by Judith Stonehill in association with the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation Contributors to this wonderful pastiche of recollections include Malcolm Gladwell, Simon Doonan, Calvin Trillin, Ed Koch, John Guare and Mario Batali, among many others.” -New York Daily News"The book's a lovely reminder of the reason so many of us come to New York in the first place." -Refinery29"Universe has just put out a wonderful book, Greenwich Village Stories, about the endless possibilities and multitude of personalities that have been a part of one of the most fabled neighborhoods in New York City. Traditionally a gathering spot for eccentrics and bohemians, Greenwich Village has lost some of its funkiness over the past few decades as a result of the forces of gentrification. Editor Judith Stonehill assembled several dozen artists, writers, preservationists and people from many other occupations to share their love of The Village — what drew them to it originally, and what about the area still makes it special for them. Augmenting the text are pieces of art, photographs of vanished places (such as the great Bleecker Street Cinema), jazz album covers and other visual ephemera that add up to a beautiful mosaic of Village life and history. It’s a terrific book." -Connecticut Post“Judith Stonehill, the longtime Village resident and chronicler, has produced a poignant ode to her neighborhood with a book of new essays by the writers, artists, musicians and thinkers who love it to. A tribute to the cultural heritage of her surroundings, the new book is a remarkable array of first-person recollections…” –1stdibs “Greenwich Village Stories: A Collection of Memories edited by Judith Stonehill in association with the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation Contributors to this wonderful pastiche of recollections include Malcolm Gladwell, Simon Doonan, Calvin Trillin, Ed Koch, John Guare and Mario Batali, among many others. As the late Lou Reed wrote, “My favorite moments in the Village are always with the beautiful sun drifting away over the Hudson River ... all these golden moments in the Village.” –New York Post
£19.95
Northwestern University Press Sidewalks Portraits of Chicago
Book SynopsisThe Sidewalks column, written by Rick Kogan and Charles Osgood for the Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine, takes readers to the off-beat and quintessential spots that give Chicago its character. This work features an elegy for Maxwell Street; a remembrance of a disturbing advertisement; a miniature golf course; and others.
£999.99
New Directions Publishing Corporation Kitchen Music
Book SynopsisA cosmology of place written in the songs of whales and birds, folk tales, city streets, and the green glass seaTrade Review"Praise for Blue Pearl: It is full of whalebones and wind and melting ice, and it left me breathless." -- Nina Powles - Poetry"You cannot help thinking that this is what all poetry should do—find the truth in things, not beneath them—and how it should be produced: sensitively and with love." -- Andrew McCulloch - Times Literary Supplement"With meditations on whale hunts and lost children, Manhattan sky towers, and the sound of the gamelan in the Gulf of Bothnia, this collection is both expansive in scope and beautifully sparse in its language. Every word is savored, creating moments of stunning lyricism and powerful silence." -- Michael Welch - Chicago Review of Books"A book of poems, a book of voices. A book that is also a map, an almanac, a report - of histories, of stories, of lands and waters. A book of poems made and arranged in such a way as to create harbours and enclosures: the contained order of narrative brought to a wild scattering of events; a careful arrangement of whale bones on a gallery floor to tell the tale of that great singing creature now stilled to silence." -- Kirsty Gunn"This is a book of precise and uncompromisingly beautiful writing about northern place: Orkney, Iceland, far seas of the imagination. A few words, brilliant and disquieting in choice and cadence, transport the reader to distant islands and their weather. As you read, you are alone in a remote stone house at nightfall, with the wind rising from the sea below the windows." -- Peter Davidson"A great poem consists of alternate measures of words and silence; and in the greatest work the silence is as important as the words to which it gave birth. Lesley Harrison is a writer of consistent brilliance, who with just a handful of words can conjure song from silence. These are warnings, elegies and celebrations... Kitchen Music is a meticulously crafted Northern Hymnal...a brilliantly conceived orison to the flora and fauna of the higher latitudes. This collection is essential reading for anyone keen to understand why poetry remains a unique force for change on this planet." -- John Glenday"Her work exists on the border between language of natural clarity and human silence, where white space buffs against stanza to produce its own music. … Like the whale, which serves as the cetaceous heart of this book, Harrison’s primary mode of communication is sound, whether it be daylight or rain clouds, old prayer or the birth of a new island." -- Connor Harrison - Chicago Review of Books"The poems evoke a color palette of slate, sea glass, and silvered green, and float in a soft-focus reverie." -- Sylee Gore - Poetry Foundation
£13.49
University of Arizona Press Tseyi Deep in the Rock
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£999.99
University of Arizona Press The Desert Islands of Mexicos Sea of Cortez
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£999.99
The University of Alabama Press Old Alabama Town An Illustrated Guide
Book SynopsisThis is a visual and historical chronicle of one of the Southern USA's architectural landmarks - four blocks of 19th-century buildings restored to their original condition and forming an educational village that preserves and displays life from the 1830s through to the 1890s.Trade ReviewMs. Neeley has done an excellent Job in providing this guide to Old Alabama Town. Her Individual entries for the various buildings are well written and provide interesting insights into the social history and built environment of central Alabama. - Robert O. Mellown The University of Alabama
£999.99
Wisconsin Historical Society Press Wisconsin Lighthouses
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£999.99
MP-NEV University of Nevada Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California Volume
Book SynopsisPart of a two-volume set first published in 1962/63, this book offers a history of the railroads of Nevada and Eastern California, as well as the sites and personalities encountered along the routes. This volume covers the varied and spectacular geography of Southern Nevada and Eastern California.Trade Review“This is an admirable regional history of the last 150 years of regional growth with a sharp focus on the chief engine of that growth—the trains. Deeply, lovingly researched, Myrick’s will stand as the definitive history.” —Reference & Research Book News “An absolute must for anyone interested in Western history, written with wit and pizazz, and presented with real skill.” —The Coast Book Review ""It's a fascinating, comprehensive coffee table-sized publication, even for non-railroad buffs."" -Herald and News
£999.99
Texas Christian University Press,U.S. Literary Austin
Book SynopsisBrings together the history, color, and character of Texas' capital city since 1839 when it was selected as the site for a new capital of the then - Republic of Texas. This work includes essays, fiction, and poetry which reveal the variety of literary responses to Austin through the decades.
£24.65
Texas Christian University Press Big Bend Vistas
Book SynopsisA superb souvenir of this exotic terrain, Big Bend Vistas takes you on five journeys that begin at Panther Junction and travel to Study Butte; then on to the Chisos Basin, Santa Elena Canyon, Boquillas Canyon, and finally to Persimmon Gap. Easy to read and understand, Big Bend Vistas describes how volcanoes created some of the most striking scenery in Texas.
£20.85
WW Norton & Co The Soul of Vermont
Book SynopsisRichard Brown’s window onto the soul—of Vermont.Trade Review"Brown is my favorite upcountry artist with a camera. His photographs have such crisp luminosity I think I would recognize them anywhere." -- Maxine Kumin - The New York Times Book Review"Nearly every place has its own unique beauty, and Brown perfectly captures that." -- USA Today"The beauty of Richard Brown’s photos makes us think about what we are doing to our state. His is an important vision: much of Vermont is still beautiful, but we need to see and appreciate the ideal if we are to preserve it. [His] photography expresses that ideal superlatively well." -- Tom Slayton - Vermont Life
£21.00
WW Norton & Co The Colors of Fall
Book SynopsisThe perfect keepsake for those who cherish the most colorful time of the year in New England.
£14.99
WW Norton & Co Photographing Austin San Antonio and the Texas
Book SynopsisNew in the exciting series that combines wanderlust with the art of photography!
£12.86
WW Norton & Co Oregon Coast Memories
Book SynopsisA beautiful photo essay of the majestic purples of the Oregon coast, the perfect memento for any visitor to this unforgettable place.
£12.99
Museum of New Mexico Press Perdido Sierra San Luis
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£999.99
Museum of New Mexico Press Rio Grande del Norte An Intimate Portrait
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£999.99
Museum of New Mexico Press New Mexico Treasures 2025
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£999.99
Getty Publications Close to Home An American Album Getty Trust
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£999.99
Northwestern University Press Chicago Parks Rediscovered
Book SynopsisA collection of Frank Dina's photographs, seeking to capture the light, colour and mood of Chicago's parks throughout the changing seasons. Both well-known and lesser-visited parks are featured, and the images at once incorporate and contrast the natural landscape within the urban landscape.Trade ReviewParks not only shape their surrounding communities, they are, as well, shaped by the changing needs and missions of their inhabitants. - JEFF HUEBNER, FROM HIS INTRODUCTION
£999.99
Albatross Publishing Islands of Eden StVincent and the Grenadines
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£34.55
Lake Forest College Terminal Town An Illustrated Guide to Chicagos
Book SynopsisWhether by road, rail, water, or sky . . . people come to Chicago. In droves. In waves of migration and immigration. For work and for play. But how do they get to Chicago?Terminal Town answers this question with a fast-moving history of Chicago's many passenger transportation terminals. These have, for generations, served as defining features of the city's cosmopolitan character. Showcasing great icons of transportation, including Chicago's Union Station, Dearborn Station, and Midway and O'Hare airports, as well as lesser-known and long-gone terminals throughout the metropolitan region, this book illustrates why the Windy City so richly deserves its reputation as America's premier travel hub. Featuring 48 stations and terminals through short narrative, 215 color photographs, and 20 custom maps, Terminal Town provides a fascinating portrait of the city's famously complex and constantly changing transportation system.
£999.99
MacMillan Collector's Library SELECTED POEMS
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£10.33
Thomas Dunne Books Ireland A Luminous Beauty
Book SynopsisIsland light is magical. And none more so than Ireland''s. Ireland''s light floods the landscape, luring the senses with a restless presence. The water surrounding and carving through the island reflects back to us the ever-changing movement of the wind-blown clouds and light. Stop for a minute and the settings change: what was straight is bent, light is dark, still is in motion. It is as though an unseen hand directs the wind, the clouds, and the light to harness our attention.Ireland: A Luminous Beauty is a collection of stunning full-color photographs by some of Ireland''s finest landscape photographers with concise text blending history, myth, and a sense of place. Many of the photographs were taken in the early morning light or as the sun set. That hour after sunrise and before sunset, with the sun low in the sky, is known to photographers as the golden hour and favored for its soft, diffused light.We take a journey to one of the most beautiful places in
£32.00
WW Norton & Co Razzle Dazzle
Book SynopsisOne of Literary Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2023 An exuberant collection of two decades of Major Jackson's passionately intelligent poetry.
£20.90
National Geographic Society National Geographic Treasures of Alaska
Book SynopsisThe book captures Alaska’s splendor with an astonishing combination of prose and photographsTrade Review“Michael Melford's stunning photography makes this attractive book an especially good bargain.” –Book News “National Geographic has a particular genius for publishing inexpensive books that combine lively, well-written text and glorious color photographs in the service of introducing readers to a subject or place. This new book on Alaska is an especially good example of the genre.” –Book News
£13.15
National Geographic Society Wide Angle National Geographic Greatest Places
Book SynopsisIn 250 glorious photographs Wide Angle: National Geographic Greatest Places documents the beauty and depth of every part of the world. Delving deeply into a picture archive that houses over ten million images, with many photographs being published for the first time, this new book-the third and final in the greatest photographs series-presents the world's amazingly diverse places with epic grandeur, unparalleled intimacy, romantic beauty, and gritty realism. The photographs are landscapes, cityscapes, famous landmarks, and unfamiliar spots that reveal special qualities of geography or culture one might otherwise never see. Spanning more than eleven decades, the images in Wide Angle are divided into twelve chapters, each depicting a unique geography—including East and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and the Polar Regions. Each chapter is introduced by award-winning cultural writer and critic Ferdinand Protzman, whose essays accent the stunning
£16.10
National Geographic Society The Ansel Adams Wilderness
Book SynopsisAUTHOR/PHOTOGRAPHER PETER ESSICK is a top National Geographic photographer, named by Outdoor Photography magazine as one of the world's 40 most influential nature photographers. His images have been exhibited worldwide and he has won numerous awards.Trade Review"Besides being beautiful, this book is instructive as well...For anyone who enjoys excellent black-and-white photography of wilderness areas, this book is a must have." --San Francisco Book Review"In addition to the photographs, the book features insights from naturalists and conservationists. The piece is ultimately a visually stunning celebration of wilderness and its preservation." --Mother Nature Network
£18.04
