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	Canyon Wilderness of the Southwest  •  Jon Ortner NATURAL HISTORY •  2008 •  HARD COVER  • 240 PAGES Beautifully photographed by renowned photographer Jon Ortner, this deluxe, numbered and signed, limited edition showcases over two hundred images, including seventy-five panoramas, shot in over fifty locations across a 130,000-square-mile area that includes national parks, national monuments, state parks, wilderness areas, BLM holdings, and Native American tribal lands. (SWU251, $195.00)
	The Alhambra  •  Robert Irwin  •  Mary Beard ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2004 •  HARD COVER  • 224 PAGES In this brief, indispensable guide, Irwin introduces the stunning Moorish palace and fortress complex, revealing its mysteries, myths and significance with wit and insight. He opens with a romantic description of the fairytale structure, which he then deliciously demolishes. Includes a detailed floor plan, sketches and aerial photographs. A volume in the Harvard University Press series, Wonders of the World. Irwin is a British novelist and Islamic scholar. (SPN226, $19.95)
	Taj Mahal  •  M.C. Joshi  •  Jean-Louis Nou  •  Amina Okada ART & ARCHITECTURE •  1993 •  HARD COVER  • 231 PAGES An informative, photographic tribute to the great monument with accompanying essays on history, design and inscriptions by Amina Okada, curator of the Musee National des Arts Asiatiques Guimet in Paris, and M.C. Joshi of the Archaeological Survey of New Delhi. With 158 full-color photographs (including four magnificent foldout pictures) by the late Jean-Louis Nou (to whom the book is dedicated). Nou balances exterior and large-scale views with many detailed, close-up photographs of inscriptions, flora designs and sculpture. With a floor plan, quotations from the Koran and brief excerpts from travelers' accounts. (IDA108, $75.00)
	Angkor, Celestial Temples of the Khmer Empire  •  Jon Ortner  •  Ian Mabbett  •  John Sanday ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2002 •  HARD COVER  • 288 PAGES A striking collection of 240 photographs with accompanying essays on the architecture, history and meaning of Angkor. Handsomely produced and packaged in a slip case by the art publisher Abbeville. Joe Ortner (Where Every Breath is a Prayer) photographed 50 monuments of the Khmer Empire, including rooftop views, landscapes, and details of inscriptions and art. John Sanday, Director of the World Monuments Fund in Cambodia since 1989, Ian Mabbett, an authority on the Khmer empire and others contribute the context for the photographs. With black-and-white floor plans and antique watercolor illustrations. (CBD31, $95.00)
	The Great Wall, The Extraordinary Story of China's Wonder of the World  •  John Man TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2008 •  HARD COVER  • 288 PAGES Off he went, across China and Mongolia, in search of the wall of history and legend, not continuous, built over millennia, in many places a faint hill or rammed earth, not necessarily a wall at all. Man turns his quest into a marvelous travelogue, does of history leavened with irony and wit. (CHN533, $26.00)
	The Nile: History, Adventure, and Discovery  •  Gianni Guadalupi EXPLORATION •  2008 •  HARD COVER  • 352 PAGES This profusely illustrated oversized history of discovery, jammed with hundreds of archival photographs, drawings, paintings and maps includes not only the discoveries of Sir Richard Francis Burton, Sir Benjamin Baker, John Hanning Speke, Sir Henry Morton Stanley, David Livingstone and other 19th-century adventurers but also lesser-known and African explorers throughout history. (EGY77, $45.00)
	Sacred Places of a Lifetime  •   National Geographic Society TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2008 •  HARD COVER  • 400 PAGES A beautifully illustrated compendium of sacred sites around the world -- from tombs to temples to lakes and more. Secular and religious travelers alike will enjoy browsing these interesting choices. With 400 vivid color photographs. (TVL458, $40.00)

	Havana  •  Robert Polidori   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Polidori's gorgeous large format photographs make magnificent the crumbling splendor, grandeur and dazzling colors of the city. (CBA57, $75.00)
	Machu Picchu  •  Barry Brukoff  •  Pablo Neruda  •  Stephen Kessler   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Brukoff's stunning color and black-and-white photographs compliment Neruda's great poem, translated into English with facing Spanish. (PRU43, $40.00)
	Machu Picchu Revealed  •  Ruth M. Wright   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Wright's celebration of the architecture, art and setting of Machu Picchu includes not only gorgeous color photographs but also a site plan and an exquisitely detailed color reconstruction. (PRU91, $16.95)
	Solovki, The Story of Russia Told Through Its Most Remarkable Islands  •  Roy Robson   • HISTORY  •  A remarkable amount of Russian history has played out among these remote arctic islands in Russia's White Sea. Robeson traces the story of the Solovetski Archipelago from settlement by early monks, though its 17th-century expansion into one of the largest monasteries in the world and its 20th-century infamy as fortress and prison camp. (SIB41, $30.00)
	The First Emperor, China's Terracotta Army  •  Jane Portal   • HISTORY  •  A richly illustrated portrait of the magnificent archaeological site in Xi'an and the culture, society and conquests of the Qin Dynasty. (CHN459, $40.00)
	The Forbidden City  •  Geremie R. Barme  •  Mary Beard   • HISTORY  •  A compact, elegant volume in Harvard's excellent Wonders of the World series, this pocket history illuminates the culture, mystique, architecture and politics of imperial Beijing. Fittingly, the book opens with Mao's symbolic address from the Gate of Heavenly Peace. (CHN468, $19.95)
	Vale of Kashmir  •  John Isaac   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Isaac's 160 gorgeous color photographs showcase the thriving culture, people and breathtaking landscapes of this enchanted land. (ASA67, $65.00)
	Galen Rowell, A Retrospective  •   Sierra Club  •  Galen Rowell   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A tribute to the traveler, photographer and friend, by a host of contributors and the editors of Sierra Club books, featuring a stunning sampling of Rowell's magnficent color photographs, including the Himalayas, Antarctica and the Arctic. (PHT21, $39.95)
	St. Peter's  •  Keith Miller  •  Mary Beard   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Miller traces in enthusiastic, succint detail the evolution of St. Peter's from its original incarnation, built on the orders of Emperor Constantine, to its medieval rebirth and additions by Michelangelo, Bernini, and Maderno in this history, guide and celebration of the great baroque basilica. One in a growing series of marvelous Wonders of the World publsihed by Harvard University Press. (ITL886, $19.95)
	The Ajanta Caves, Ancient Paintings of Buddhist India  •  Benoy Behl   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A beautifully photographed overview of the ancient murals and paintings of the life of Buddha carved into a hillside in western India. (IDA316, $34.95)
	The Colosseum  •  Keith Hopkins  •  Mary Beard   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  An engaging overview of the history of the Colosseum. Hopkins and Beard sweep aside misconceptions, taking shots at Hollywood (and others) for perpetrating tales of gladiator-eating lions, Nero fiddling and other myths. (ITL654, $19.95)
	The Great Wall Revisited, From the Jade Gate to Old Dragon's Head  •  William Lindesay   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Lindesay juxtaposes modern color photographs with archival material in this visually arresting portrait of the wall and its watchtowers, fortified checkpoints, granaries, gates and ramparts. (CHN532, $39.95)
	The Parthenon  •  Mary Beard   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A lively tale of the construction, significance and many uses of the 2,500-year-old marvel. (GRE195, $19.95)
	The Seventy Wonders of the Ancient World  •  Chris Scarre   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  A comprehensive, illustrated overview of the great monuments of the ancient world and how they were built. (GEN92, $40.00)
	Lasting Light, 125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography  •  Stephen Trimble   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A celebration of the canyon and its allure for great photographers, this book showcases work of prominent photographers over the last 125 years. The images are enhance by trimble's profiles with 21 contemporary artists. (USW508, $40.00)
	Margaret Mee's Amazon, Diaries of an Artist Explorer  •  Margaret Mee   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A handsome edition of the diaries, paintings and sketchbooks of Margaret Mee (1909-1988), an intrepid traveler and collector. With 250 stunning botanical and other illustrations. (AMZ86, $59.50)

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