Category Archives: Travel Guides
Weird but True Sticker Doodle Book
Grab a pencil and put on your Weird but True hat! It`s time to explore our amazing and very weird world with the newest spin-off of the Weird but True series, where YOU get to illustrate just how strange and cool our world can be. Discover amazing weird facts and then doodle, draw, or colour
Wade Davis Photographs
A fascinating photographic journey to indigenous cultures around the world by renowned anthropologist Wade Davis. Anthropologist and best-selling author Wade Davis has traveled the world, befriending indigenous peoples on every continent and engaging in their spiritual lives and practices. To him, no culture is primitive–every daily habit, every ritual, every ceremony expresses the human genius.
Weird But True Daily Planner: 365 Days to Fill with School, Sports, Friends, and Fun!
Prepare to be amazed each day with weird-but-true facts that will impress your friends and stump your parents. Turn the page and record your school work, keep track of activities, and plan your social life, all while learning wild and wacky things about the world around you!Fun prompts invite you to celebrate weirdness. Plus there
All Over the Map: A Cartographic Odyssey
Created for map lovers by map lovers, this book explores the intriguing stories behind maps across history and illuminates how the ancient art of cartography still thrives today. In this visually stunning book, award-winning journalists Betsy Mason and Greg Miller–authors of the National Geographic cartography blog “All Over the Map”–explore the intriguing stories behind maps
Tasting Italy: A Culinary Journey
The experts at America`s Test Kitchen and National Geographic bring Italy`s magnificent cuisine, culture, and landscapes–and 100 authentic regional recipes–right to your kitchen. Featuring 100 innovative, kitchen-tested recipes, 300 gorgeous color photographs, and 30 maps, this illustrated guide takes you on a captivating journey through the rich history of Italian cuisine, region by region. Rich
National Geographic Rarely Seen
This “mini” sized version of the New York Times bestseller showcases astounding natural phenomena, far-flung landscapes, and uncommon animal species, shot by star National Geographic photographers. Volcanic lightning cuts through the night sky. A lone kangaroo skims the surface of a lake at sunset. A jeweled scarab from King Tut`s tomb glitters in the darkness.
National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky: 2nd Edition
Explore the star-studded cosmos with this fully updated, user-friendly skywatcher`s guide, filled with charts, graphics, photographs, and expert tips for viewing — and understanding — the wonders of space. Stargazing`s too much fun to leave to astronomers. In these inviting pages, “Night Sky Guy” Andrew Fazekas takes an expert but easygoing approach that will delight
Star Talk: Everything You Ever Need to Know About Space Travel, Sci-Fi, the Human Race, the Universe, and Beyond
This beautifully illustrated companion to celebrated scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson`s popular podcast and National Geographic Channel TV show is an eye-opening journey for anyone curious about the complexities of our universe. For decades, beloved astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has interpreted science with a combination of brainpower and charm that resonates with fans everywhere. In 2009,
National Geographic The Photo Ark Vanishing: The World`s Most Vulnerable Animals
Joel Sartore`s quest to photograph all the animal species under human care celebrates its 15th year with this glorious and heartwrenching collection of photographs. The animals featured in these pages are either destined for extinction or already extinct in the wild but still alive today, thanks to dedication of a heroic group comitted to their
Visual Galaxy: The Ultimate Guide to the Milky Way and Beyond
This compelling visual journey through our galaxy combines more than 350 photographs, illustrations, and graphics to present the universe as you`ve never seen it before. Galaxia is a deep dive into the past, present, and future of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. In this mind-expanding visual tour through the cosmos, spectacular photographs are converted
National Geographic History at a Glance: Illustrated Time Lines From Prehistory to the Present Day
Sweeping but succinct, this comprehensive reference presents all of world history in a browsable format featuring more than three dozen maps, along with hundreds of photographs and illustrations. From the dawn of humankind to today`s global complexities, this book provides a compelling reminder that history is unfolding all around us. The epic story of humanity
100 Hikes of a Lifetime
From the world`s expert in outdoor adventure, here is the ultimate hiker`s bucket list, with 100 breathtaking experiences for beginners to experts around the globe–from the celebrated Appalachian Trail to the off-the-beaten path (but not to be missed!) Six Waterfalls Hike in Micronesia. Filled with beautiful National Geographic photography, wisdom from expert hikers like Andrew
Nature of Nature: Why We Need The Wild
In this inspiring manifesto, an internationally renowned oceanographer makes the provocative case for why protecting nature makes economic sense. Enric Sala wants to change the world–and in this groundbreaking book, he shows us how. Once we appreciate how nature works, he asserts, we will understand why its preservation is economically practical and essential to our
Little Kids First Big Book of Why (First Big Book)
Linking to a popular feature in the super successful National Geographic Little Kids magazine, this book brings the browsable fun of the bestselling National Geographic Kids Almanac to a new audience: pre-schoolers! Using an interactive question-and-answer format and content grounded in a child`s immediate world, the Big Book of Why delivers lively information, hands-on games,
Citizens of the Sea
Written in an accessible and easygoing style, “Citizens of the Sea” describes the ocean and its incredible biodiversity using the theme of champions – mixing obvious categories (like the largest, the smallest, and the deepest-dwelling creatures) with less obvious ones, such as the most social (killer whales and snapping shrimp), the best farmers (damselfish), and
National Geographic Field Guide To The Birds Of North America, 7th Edition
With more than 2.75 million copies in print, this perennial bestseller is the most frequently updated of all North American bird field guides. Filled with hand-painted illustrations from top nature artists, this latest edition is poised to become an instant must-have for every serious birder in the United States and Canada. The 7th edition includes
Soul of a Lion
An English professor at North Carolina State University, Barbara Bennett spent a recent sabbatical as a hands-on volunteer, working with lions, leopards, and other wild creatures at Harnas Wildlife Foundation in Namibia. Based on her incredible experiences there, she authored this beautiful book – part nature story, part far-flung adventure, part biography of the amazing
Ocean Soul
The stories start when a boy who loves photography listens to a talk by National Geographic explorers Sylvia Earle and Bob Ballard. He says, This will be my life`s work – to tell the story of the ocean. The boy, named Brian Skerry, does just that through more than 20 articles for “NG magazine”. Twenty
The 10 Best of Everything
This blue-chip bible for globe-trotting connoisseurs, completely revised and updated for 2012, is as extravagantly entertaining as the bestselling previous editions. In addition to top ten lists in dozens of categories and a 21st-century Grand Tour to more than 20 fabulous places, award-winning authors Nathaniel and Andrew Lande have included their latest discoveries in this
