Category Archives: Travel Guides
Birds of the Masai Mara
Birds of the Masai Mara is a remarkably beautiful photographic guide featuring the bird species likely to be encountered by visitors to the popular Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. With an eye-catching layout, easy-to-use format, and no-jargon approach, the book contains more than 300 stunning photographs covering over 200 species of birds and is
Animals of the Masai Mara
One of the greatest attractions of a trip to Kenya is the chance to see animals such as lions, cheetah, leopards, zebra, and giraffe up close and in their natural habitats. `Animals of the Masai Mara` is a lavish photographic guide that explores the charismatic wildlife most likely to be encountered by a safari visitor
A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia
South Georgia is rich in wildlife and spectacular scenery, and it is a prime destination spot on most Antarctic tours. This beautifully illustrated field guide depicts the birds, mammals, insects, flowering plants, and other vegetation found in this unique part of the world. It features 368 full-color photographs of more than 180 species, including 65
Britain`s Freshwater Fishes
Britain hosts a diversity of freshwater environments, from torrential hill streams and lowland rivers to lakes and reservoirs, ponds and canals, and ditches and estuaries. Britain`s Freshwater Fishes covers more than 50 species of freshwater and brackish fish found in these waters. This beautifully illustrated guide features in-the-hand and in-the-water photographs throughout, and accessible and
Birds of Botswana
Here is the ultimate field guide to Botswana`s stunningly diverse birdlife. Covering all 597 species recorded to date, Birds of Botswana features more than 1,200 superb color illustrations, detailed species accounts, seasonality and breeding bars, and a color distribution map for each species. Drawing on the latest regional and national data, the book highlights the
Birds of Australia: A Photographic Guide
Australia is home to a spectacular diversity of birdlife, from parrots and penguins to emus and vibrant passerines. Birds of Australia covers all 714 species of resident birds and regularly occurring migrants and features more than 1,100 stunning color photographs, including many photos of subspecies and plumage variations never before seen in a field guide.
Birds of Kenya`s Rift Valley
Kenya`s Rift Valley includes four major national parks–Lake Nakuru, Lake Bogoria, Mount Longonot, and Hell`s Gate–as well as many smaller areas that are outstanding for wildlife. Birds of Kenya`s Rift Valley features the 320 bird species that are most likely to be encountered on safari in this world-famous region, which runs from Lake Baringo in
Animals of the Serengeti: And Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Containing 146 stunning color photos, Animals of the Serengeti is a remarkable look at the mammals and reptiles most likely to be encountered in the world-famous Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater. With an eye-catching layout, accessible text, and easy-to-use format, this detailed photographic guide includes 89 species of mammal and reptile. Useful “Top Tips”–shared
Birds and Animals of Australia`s Top End: Darwin, Kakadu, Katherine, and Kununurra
One of the most amazing and accessible wildlife-watching destinations on earth, the “Top End” of Australia`s Northern Territory is home to incredible birds and animals–from gaudy Red-collared Lorikeets to sinister Estuarine Crocodiles and raucous Black Flying-foxes. With this lavishly illustrated photographic field guide, you will be able to identify the most common creatures and learn
Wildlife of Madagascar
The Indian Ocean island of Madagascar is one of the world`s great natural treasures and ecotourism destinations. Despite being an island, it is home to nearly an entire continent`s variety of species, from the famous lemurs to a profusion of bizarre and beautiful birds, reptiles and amphibians. Wildlife of Madagascar is a compact and beautifully
Animals of Kruger National Park
South Africa`s Kruger National Park is one of the largest and most diverse conservation areas in Africa, and a hugely popular visitor attraction. Animals of Kruger National Park is a compact and beautifully illustrated guide, and the essential companion for any safari to the region. With an eye-catching design, authoritative and accessible text and easy-to-use
London Fog: The Biography
A New York Times Book Review Editors` ChoiceA Telegraph Editor`s Choice An Evening Standard “Best Books about London” SelectionIn popular imagination, London is a city of fog. The classic London fogs, the thick yellow “pea-soupers,” were born in the industrial age of the early nineteenth century. Christine L. Corton tells the story of these epic
Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War
All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel `The Sympathizer` comes a searching exploration of the conflict Americans call the Vietnam War and Vietnamese call the American War-a conflict that lives on in the collective memory of both nations.
Birds of Hawaii & the Tropical Pacific
A Comprehensive (thick) pocket guide to the aves of the tropical pacific. Three quarters of the book is taken up with descriptions of each species, with a liberal scattering of b/w drawings. A checklist is provided covering Hawaii, Micronesian High Islands (eg Guam, Truk, and Palau etc), Central Pacific islands (eg Wake, Gilbert, Tuvalu, and
Shopping for Pleasure – The Making of London`s West End
In “Shopping for Pleasure”, Erika Rappaport reconstructs London`s Victorian and Edwardian West End as an entertainment and retail center. In this neighborhood of stately homes, royal palaces, and spacious parks and squares, a dramatic transformation unfolded that ultimately changed the meaning of femininity and the lives of women, shaping their experience of modernity. Rappaport illuminates
Ptolemy`s Geography
“Ptolemy`s Geography” is the only book on cartography to have survived from the classical period and one of the most influential scientific works of all time. Written in the second century AD, for more than fifteen centuries, it was the most detailed topography of Europe and Asia available and the best reference on how to
Birds of New Guinea
This is the completely revised edition of the essential field guide to the birds of New Guinea. The world`s largest tropical island, New Guinea boasts a spectacular avifauna characterized by cassowaries, megapodes, pigeons, parrots, cuckoos, kingfishers, and owlet-nightjars, as well as an exceptionally diverse assemblage of songbirds such as the iconic birds of paradise and
Across an Inland Sea
How do the places we live in and visit shape our lives and memories? What does it mean to reside in different locations across the span of a life? In richly textured portraits of places seen from within, Nicholas Howe contemplates how places create and gather their stories and how, in turn, a sense of
The Myth of Nations
Modern-day Europeans by the millions proudly trace back their national identities to the Celts, Franks, Gauls, Goths, Huns, or Serbs – or some combination of the various peoples who inhabited, traversed, or pillaged their continent more than a thousand years ago. According to Patrick Geary, this is historical nonsense. The idea that national character is
