Elvis 1956
Written by Alfred Wertheimer
Text by E. Warren Perry, Jr. and Amy Henderson
Introduction by Chris Murray
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $29.95
1956 was the year Elvis released his first record, made his first television appearance, and started his movie career. It was the year he became a star. Alfred Wertheimer, then a young freelance photojournalist, was there to document the extraordinary transition.
Elvis 1956 features images that are a national treasure, including...
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Polar Obsession
Written by Paul Nicklen
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $50.00
The Arctic is in Paul Nicklen’s blood. Born and raised on Baffin Island, Nunavut, he grew up in one of the only non-Inuit families in a tiny native settlement amid the ice fields, floes, and frigid seas of Northern Canada. At an age when most children are playing hide-and-seek, he was...
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An American Family
Three Decades with the McGarveys
Text by Claude Cookman
Photographed by Pam Spaulding
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $35.00
Whether you think of it as the ultimate in time-lapse photography or a reality show begun decades before its time, this 30-year photographic look at one middle-class family from Louisville, Kentucky, is Americana at its most evocativeat once moving, modest, and quietly magnificent. Conceived in the 20th century and carried forward...
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Animal House
Photographed by Catherine Ledner
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2009
Price: $19.95
Welcome to
Animal House, where occupancy is strictly limited to the furry, the feathered, the hoofed, and the clawed. In this tongue-in-cheek peek at critters great and small, photographer Catherine Ledner has brought the animals indoors to create a collection of magical and clever portraits unlike any you’ve ever seen before...
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Faces of Africa
Thirty Years of Photography
Written by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher
Format: Hardcover, 360 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $16.95
Award-winning photographers Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher present an unparalleled collection of 250 photographs, drawn from their work over thirty years, revealing an inclusive look at the people and cultures of Africa.
This astounding collection of rare and intimate photographs depicts a lifetime of events and experiences from birth and coming-of-age to...
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The Endurance
Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Written by Caroline Alexander
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $29.95
In August 1914, days before the outbreak of the First World War, the renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent. Weaving a...
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Reza War and Peace
Written by Reza Deghati
Introduction by Sebastian Junger
Format: Hardcover, 296 pages
On Sale: November 18, 2008
Price: $75.00
With the Middle East and Asia as his far-ranging home territory, Reza has chronicled 30 years of turmoil, hope, and splendor for a host of international publications including
Newsweek,
Time,
Geo, and
National Geographic magazines. Now, he displays some of his most dramatic works in
Reza War and Peace–a powerful and...
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The Life of a Photograph
Written by Sam Abell
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $40.00
Drawing on 40 years of fieldwork,
The Life of a Photograph takes readers on assignment and inside the heart of a master photographer to witness the process of making a truly great picture. This exquisite book is organized by the known and unexpected themes of Abell’s work, ranging from his sensitive...
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American Farmer
The Heart of Our Country
Text by Katrina Fried
Photographed by Paul Mobley
Format: Hardcover, 276 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $50.00
When photographer Paul Mobley set out to capture the soul of America's farming communities, he discovered a culture defined by tradition, integrity, and hard work, and comprised of the most authentic and generous individuals he's ever encountered. Traveling across the country from Tennessee to Montana, Mobley and his camera were welcomed...
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Hubble
Imaging Space and Time
Written by David Devorkin and Robert Smith
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $50.00
In the spirit of National Geographic’s top-selling
Orbit, this large-format, full-color volume stands alone in revealing more than 200 of the most spectacular images from the Hubble Space Telescope during its lifetime, to the very eve of the 2008 final shuttle mission to the telescope. Written by two of the world’s...
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Windows of the Soul
My Journeys in the Muslim World
Written by Alexandra Avakian
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $40.00
She lived and worked for two years in the Gaza strip, often in
Islamic dress, once beaten bloody by Hamas. For several terrifying days in Somalia she was pinned down by sniper fire on the way to her hotel. She careened across the snowy Tien-Shen Mountains with Islamic fundamentalists in an...
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The Oxford Project
Text by Stephen G. Bloom
Photographed by Peter Feldstein
Format: Hardcover, 264 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2008
Price: $50.00
In 1984, photographer Peter Feldstein set out to photograph every single resident of his town, Oxford, Iowa (pop. 676). He converted an abandoned storefront on Main Street into a makeshift studio and posted fliers inviting people to stop by. At first they trickled in slowly, but in the end, nearly all...
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Wild Birds of the American Wetlands
Photographed by Rosalie Winard
Foreword by Temple Grandin
Introduction by Terry Tempest Williams
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $39.95
For over a decade, photographer Rosalie Winard has traveled the country by foot, canoe, airboat, and ATV, taking pictures of large birds of the wetlands from Florida to California, Louisiana to North Dakota. Her intimate portraits--tethered to an ethereal palette of white, gray, and black--are alight with Winard's passion for the...
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A Camera, Two Kids, and a Camel
My Journey in Photographs
Photographed by Annie Griffiths Belt
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: March 18, 2008
Price: $35.00
In a unique publishing event that’s perfectly timed for Mother’s Day, National Geographic photographer Annie Griffiths Belt discloses the secrets of a peripatetic life...revealing in often hilarious detail how she managed to juggle two children, bulky cases of camera equipment and everything needed for a nurturing family life as she traveled...
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The Bigger Picture
Thirty Years of Portraits
Written by Diana Walker
Format: Hardcover, 200 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $40.00
As a
Time magazine photographer covering the White House through four presidential administrations, Diana Walker enjoyed incomparable access to the world's major movers and shakers. Going behind the scenes and photographing her subjects over the course of years, she captured Presidents and their families in wonderfully candid moments and world leaders...
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Photo Nomad
Written by David Douglas Duncan
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2007
Price: $19.95
Exploring the broad range of human nature from the softest notes of life to the crashing crescendos of war, legendary photographer David Douglas Duncan has captured some of the 20th century's truly iconic images. In this breathtaking visual autobiography, Duncan's finest works speak volumes about his extraordinary career and the events...
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Animal House
Photographed by Catherine Ledner
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2007
Price: $24.95
Welcome to
Animal House, where occupancy is strictly limited to the furry, the feathered, the hoofed, and the clawed. In this tongue-in-cheek peek at critters great and small, photographer Catherine Ledner has brought the animals indoors to create a collection of magical and clever portraits unlike any you’ve ever seen before...
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Through The Eyes Of The Condor
An Aerial Vision of Latin America
Written by Robert B. Haas
Introduction by Marie Arana
Format: Hardcover, 232 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2007
Price: $50.00
Step aboard a private plane for a breathtaking tour of the immense and varied wilderness of Latin Americalush lands and scenic waterways nearly impossible to experience any other way. Your guide to this remarkable vision is Robert B. Haas, award-winning environmentalist and one of the world's foremost artists in aerial photography...
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Shoe Fleur
A Footwear Fantasy
Photographed by Michel Tcherevkoff
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2007
Price: $34.95
Shoe Fleur: A Footwear Fantasy debuts an outrageous imaginary collection of botanical shoes and accessories created by photographer and artist Michel Tcherevkoff. Each virtual shoe and handbag is amazingly crafted out of numerous photographs of a single plant or flower. The result is both organic and cutting edge. Art, attitude, romance...
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Tuscan Country
A Photographer's Journey
Photographed by Wes Walker
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2007
Price: $29.95
Travel with landscape photographer Wes Walker through the Tuscan countryside and discover the unique rural culture of the entire region, from the hill towns of western Siena to the Chianti wine country. Walker's stunning photographs uncover the lesser-known splendors of the region--fields of sunflowers in bloom, intimate country cafes, ornate village...
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Reaching Climax
And Other Towns along the American Highway
Written by Gary Gladstone
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2006
Price: $19.95
After logging 38,000 miles in his trusty Trooper for his first photo odyssey, PASSING GAS, Gary Gladstone hit the road again, determined to visit the most oddly named towns in the United States and photograph the people who call them home. In REACHING CLIMAX, you'll meet quirky folks from Spasticville, Kansas...
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