Category Archives: Travel Guides
Animals On The Edge
“Animals on the Edge” is the most up-to-date visual survey of our worlds rare and endangered mammals, featuring stunning photographs of 60 mammals on the latest IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Chris Weston and Art Wolfe are among the finest wildlife photographers at work today, and passionate advocates of wildlife conservation, while the International
Samuel Pepys: Plague, Fire, Revolution
This book, published to coincide with a major exhibition at the National Maritime Museum to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, centres on Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), the famous diarist and the greatest administrator of the Stuart Age. Not only a passionate diarist, Pepys was also a prolific correspondent who lived through
Ara Gรผler’s Istanbul
Ara Gรผler’s Istanbul, by Thames Hudson, is a wonderful collection of black and white photographs by one of the greatest Turkish photographers Ara Gรผler’s.Capturing daily life stills of Istanbul between 1940s and 1980s, his work reveals the history, culture and soul of this city. The book includes a forward by Orhan Pamuk, winner of the
Panorama of the Thames: A Riverside View of Georgian London
This historical gift book is a reincarnation of a guide to the river Thames first published 1829 by Samuel Leigh. The original was a concertina of 45 printed and hand-coloured sheets, glued together to form a magnificent 60ft depiction of the rivers north and south banks or Middlesex and Surrey banks, as they were then
Greek Mythology: A Traveller`s Guide from Mount Olympus to Troy
The Greek myths have a universal appeal, reaching far beyond the time and physical place in which they were created. But many are firmly rooted in specific settings: Thebes dominates the tragedy of Oedipus; Mycenae broods over the fates of Agamemnon and Electra; Knossos boasts the scene of Theseus` slaying of the Minotaur; Tiryns was
The Lives of the Great Gardeners
Throughout history great gardeners have risen from all walks of life. Some have been aristocratic amateur gardeners, others professional designers with an international practice. Some have come to garden-making from sister arts such as sculpture or painting; some have been hands-on nurserymen or botanists. What they all have in common, no matter where or when
Architecture Matters
Architecture matters. To our cities, to our planet, to our personal lives. How we design and what we build has an impact that usually lasts for generations. The more we understand the importance of architecture, and the thinking and decisions behind the buildings we create, the better world we will construct. Who better to guide
Creative Living Country
The countryside has always held appeal for those trapped in the urban jungle, as it can be difficult for artful minds to isolate themselves from the 24/7 stimuli that cities bring. With a greater appetite for `authentic` experiences, working practices and creative inspiration, metropolitan talents are setting up studios far from the madding crowd. Combining
Eva Neurath Recollections
`…the elegant joy with which she lived her life came to her so naturally – in the delight she took in the highest forms of culture, especially music, in her house in Italy surrounded even in the hottest summer by its cool green lawn, in her always beautifully styled appearance, but above all in producing
Androgyne: Fashion and Gender
In January 2011, Jean Paul Gaultier`s haute couture runway show ended with the image of a willowy blonde bride in a diaphanous gown. The bride was a man, and one of the first models to walk for both men`s and women`s collections. The event marked the start of a trend. “This ad is gender neutral,”
The World Atlas of Street Food
Street food is one of the most amazing culinary success stories of the twenty-first century, defying globalization and the spread of multinational fast-food franchises. Fresh, cheap, plentiful, and varied, street food offers urban residents a cornucopia of choices. Food that was once obtainable only on Saharan roadsides is now available in New York City, and
Pocket Museum: Ancient Greece
Pocket Museum: Ancient Greece presents more than 200 objects currently housed in public collections around the world that offer both context and immediacy to the rich culture of Ancient Greece. From the bifacial hand tools of the Lower Palaeolithic to the Hellenistic Great Altar of Pergamon, the artifacts presented here reveal a complex sociocultural history
The Most Beautiful Country Towns of England
Complementing his bestselling The Most Beautiful Villages of England, Hugh Palmer has now produced a stunning sequence of images of 25 of the most beguiling small towns of rural and seaside England. From the forbidding mien of Barnard Castle in the north to the honey-coloured streets of the Cotswolds, from the elegant Georgiana of Buxton
Twilight of the Romanovs
“Twilight of the Romanovs” opens a door onto the world of pre-revolutionary Russia in original photographs taken during the last decades of Romanov rule. They include many remarkable colour images created using an early three-colourplate technique; these bring the remote past to life with an especially vivid jolt. We discover a world of exceptional diversity,
Spirit Of The Wild
A snow monkey emerges from the streaming water of natural hot springs; a Camargue horse streaks through water in a blur of movement; brown bears from Alaska wait in a waterfall for sockeye salmon; scarlet and blue-yellow macaws sweep across the Peruvian sky…As renowned conservationist Jane Goodall says, `Steve Bloom`s photographs speak directly to the
From Above and Below – Man and the Sea
From Above and Below ‘“ Man and the Sea by Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Brian Skerry showcases stunning aerial and underwater photographs of the world’s oceans, accompanied by an informative coverage of marine life, facts and issues. Two photographers, renowned for their underwater and aerial photography, collaborated to produce an amazing illustrated journey, above and below
Elephant
Top-selling South African-born photographer Steve Bloom has compiled twelve years of work into this celebration of the elephant, the largest land mammal on earth. That work saw Bloom travel from the wilds of Botswana to the crowded cities of India.Aerial shots of herds in motion, dramatic interactions of aggressive males, tender times between mothers and
Shamanic Regalia in the Far North
Patricia Rieff Anawalt probes deeply into the significance and meaning of shamanic practices in Northeast Siberia, Alaska and British Columbia, and also points up the intriguing differences in the ritual garb as generation after generation sought to influence events through the aid of spirits. From the prehistoric Ice Age up to the 20th century, related
The Royal Tombs Of Egypt
The Valley of the Kings is famous throughout the world as the burial place of the great New Kingdom pharaohs. Many of the royal tombs contain astonishing wall paintings of the king with various gods and goddesses, as well as papyri, mummies, decorated coffins and other artifacts. Here, now is the first ever book to
The Bloomsbury Cookbook: Recipes for Life, Love and Art
Here the Bloomsbury story is told in seven broadly chronological chapters, beginning in the 1890s and finishing in the very recent past. The Bloomsbury Group fostered a fresh, creative and vital way of living that encouraged debate and communication (only connect), as often as not across the dining table. Gathered at these tables were many
