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Leah Bendavid-Val , Director of Photography Publishing for National Geographic Books, is the author of Propaganda & Dreams; Changing Reality; National Geographic: The Photographs; Stories on Paper & Glass, and most recently Song Without Words: The Photographs and Diaries of Countess Sophia Tolstoy. She has curated photography exhibitions for museums worldwide.
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Format: Hardcover, 504 pages
On Sale: September 15, 2009
Price: $16.95
For more than 100 years, National Geographic has set the standard for nature, culture, and wildlife photography. In Through the Lens, 250 spectacular images—some famous, others rarely seen—are gathered in one lavish, newly formatted volume.
Through the Lens is divided into geographical regions with a special section devoted to space exploration. Each... Read more >
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Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2008
Price: $16.95
This stunning volume was the gift book of the year when it first published, and the images that grace its pages remain iconic. From the famous Afghan girl whose haunting green eyes stare out from the book’s cover, and her poignant story that captured the world’s interest, to award-winning photography culled... Read more >
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Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2007
Price: $35.00
Through never-before-seen photographs and intriguing personal diaries, this beautiful book provides an intimate glimpse into the lives of Countess Sophia Tolstoy and her husband, Leo Tolstoy—one of the greatest authors of all time—set against the grand and terrifying backdrop of aristocratic Russia on the brink of its demise.
Between 1885 and... Read more >
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Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $40.00
Spanning almost a century of global upheaval and riveting human drama, this magnificent book follows the careers of Maynard Owen Williams, Volkmar Wentzel, Luis Marden, and Tom Abercrombie—a stellar quartet of National Geographic photographers who used their cameras to record a truly remarkable era.
While the lensmen were all supported and nurtured... Read more >
