Places & Peoples: General & Pictorial Works

Uncover fascinating paranormal activity on this chilling, nerve-wracking global tour of over 50 paranormal locations, with a brilliant foreword fro...

Facsimiles of albums made to preserve Indigenous traditions in Venezuela Archaeologist Hellmuth Straka (192287) settled in Maracaibo, Venezuela, i...

One of the great wonders of the natural world, the Grand Canyon has long enticed visitors to gaze down upon its expansive beauty. For others, it is...

Take an enchanting tour of Paris's most charming places, objects, and pasttimes in this lovingly compiled Francophile handbook. Organised by season...

It is said that a photograph helped launch the national parks. After Congress viewed photos of Yosemite, President Lincoln was moved to sign a bill...

During the post-war years the North of England saw the building of some of the most aspirational, enlightened and successful modernist architecture...

Visually striking photographs, text, and insider tips encourage discovery and the pursuit of one-of-a-kind experiences to extraordinary but less-tr...

A stunning photo book featuring photographs and summaries of architectural masterpieces from 10,000-plus years of historyfrom churches and templ...

Explore the starkness of the seasons at the earth's upper latitudes, from snow deserts to a blooming tundra, polar lights to white nights.  Ic...

What do the wreck of the Liberty ship James Longstreet, Provincetown dune shacks, a great white shark, and surfers at Wellfleets LeCount Hollow...

Inspiring photography of 400 of the world's greatest outdoor escapes! Outdoors; its always the best time of year! Especially when the whole wo...

From men in bowler hats, floating in the sky, to a painting of a pipe above the caption this is not a pipe, René Magritte (18981967) created an ech...

Latin America is a cradle of ancient civilizations like those of the Incas, Maya and Aztecs, and later became the goal of European explorers and im...

This book explores how popular photography influenced the representation of travel in Britain in the period from the Kodak-led emergence of compact...