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Birds of Paradise
Revealing the World's Most Extraordinary Birds
Written by Tim Laman and Edwin Scholes
Format: Hardcover, 228 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $50.00
"You’ll initially find it hard to believe that these pictures are real—but they are. These are the most beautiful photographs of the world’s most beautiful birds. The birds’ behavior, richly described in the text, is as remarkable as their appearance. This is a book like no other book."
--Jared Diamond, ornithologist and...
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Digital Nature Photography
Written by Jon Cox
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: July 31, 2012
Price: $17.99
Digital Nature Photography is the definitive how-to book on photographing nature with a digital camera. Focusing primarily on the art of taking the picture in the field—rather than just manipulating the image after it has been shot—this comprehensive guide is geared to the nature photographer who is fairly new to the...
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Deadly Instinct
Written by Melissa Farris
Foreword by Brady Barr
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: May 17, 2011
Price: $30.00
Ready for an unflinching foray into some of the most brutal moments Mother Nature has to offer? Feast your gaze on
Deadly Instinct, an action-packed exploration of the toothier side of nature, magnificently illustrated with award-winning wildlife photos drawn from the National Geographic Image Collection. This eye-popping chronicle is a visceral testament to the...
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Eco Amazons
20 Women Who Are Transforming the World
Written by Dorka Keehn
Photographed by Colin Finlay
Foreword by Julia Butterfly Hill
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $35.00
It’s a fact: individuals have the power to change the world. And in an age of rampant environmental devastation, nothing is as vital as saving our planet and the health of its inhabitants.
Eco Amazons brings together the women leading the charge to create a sustainable future. They are individuals at the forefront of the global...
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John Shaw's Nature Photography Field Guide
Written by John Shaw
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 3, 2011
Price: $13.99
An updated bestseller, this book of extraordinarily beautiful photographs of nature contains state-of-the-art instruction on how any photographer can aim for equally impressive results every time a camera is focused on the great outdoors.
Even highly skilled photographers are often baffled by the problems facing them when they work outdoors. But...
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Creative Nature & Outdoor Photography, Revised Edition
Written by Brenda Tharp
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: April 5, 2011
Price: $21.99
A classic guide to creative nature photography, now updated for the digital world.
Amateur and experienced photographers interested in taking more compelling, personal images will love this new edition of
Creative Nature & Outdoor Photography, now updated to address the exciting possibilities (and challenges) of digital image-making. Author Brenda Tharp’s inspiring approach...
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The BetterPhoto Guide to Digital Nature Photography
Written by Jim Miotke
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 16, 2011
Price: $18.99
From the tiniest ladybug to a towering glacier, from a horse running in a field to a leaf falling slowly from a tree, nature subjects offer some of the greatest challenges and the greatest rewards to photographers. In the
BetterPhoto tradition, here’s a complete photo course in a book. Hands-on lessons...
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Hidden Alaska
Bristol Bay and Beyond
Written by Dave Atcheson
Photographed by Michael Melford
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: February 15, 2011
Price: $24.00
A stunning visual story of a place of wonder and mystique for every American, this book features what is legendary and beloved about Alaska, a land of magnificent wilderness and beauty, virtually untouched by human ambition. It also focuses on the key point of interest in the state today: endangered Bristol...
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The Last Lions
Text by Dereck Joubert
Photographed by Beverly Joubert
Foreword by Lieutenant General Ian Khama
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: February 15, 2011
Price: $24.00
A symbol of mythic potency, the African lion has ruled the human imagination for millennia. But in Botswana's Okavango Delta, the world's most awe-inspiring hunters are challenged not only by their waterlogged territory, but also by their formidable prey—the buffalo—who wield their massive horns with deadly accuracy. Pulsing with ancient rhythms...
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Dirty Bow Wow
Written by Jeffrey Katz
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 9, 2011
Price: $9.99
A winsome collection of 50 full-color, all-breed canine portraits, each posed with a favorite play toy and accompanied by an affectionate anecdote.
Dirty Wow Wow was ranked #3 on Entertainment Weekly's "Ten Things We Love" List
The creators of the popular book DIRTY WOW WOW present this brand new album, featuring...
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Great Migrations
Written by K.M. Kostyal
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2010
Price: $35.00
At a riverbank in Africa's Serengeti, thousands of migrating wildebeest try desperately to cross as terrifying crocs feast on the galloping herds--which must attempt the river for a chance at survival. In the Falkland Islands, the albatross--king of migrations--journeys thousands of miles to nest despite the deadly cara cara, a predatory...
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Canyon Wilderness of the Southwest, mini edition
Photographed by Jon Ortner
Introduction by Greer K. Chesher
Format: Hardcover, 280 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $18.95
Straddling the boarders of Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico lies a magnificent wilderness known as the Colorado Plateau. Encompassing over 130,000 square miles, it is a high, eroded tableland of rock, canyon, and desert, and within its boundaries are the greatest concentration of National Parks, National Monuments, State Parks, Wilderness...
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National Geographic Rare
Portraits of America's Endangered Species
Written by Joel Sartore
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: March 16, 2010
Price: $24.00
When a few of these photographs first appeared in the
National Geographic magazine January 2009 issue, they were hailed as an arresting reminder of the hundreds of species teetering on the brink of final extinctionmore than 1,200 animals and plants in all. Now, in
Rare, Joel Sartore and National Geographic present...
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Alaska
10th Anniversary edition
Written by Nick Jans
Photographed by Art Wolfe
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: March 2, 2010
Price: $29.95
Here's a 10th anniversary edition of Art Wolfe's magnificent photographic portrait of Alaska. With an international reputation as one of the most accomplished nature and wildlife photographers, Art Wolfe continues to expand his audience through his public television show Travels to the Edge with Art Wolfe. Wolfe's 150 images in Alaska...
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Creative Nature & Outdoor Photography, Revised Edition
Written by Brenda Tharp
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: February 23, 2010
Price: $25.99
A classic guide to creative nature photography, now updated for the digital world.
Amateur and experienced photographers interested in taking more compelling, personal images will love this new edition of
Creative Nature & Outdoor Photography, now updated to address the exciting possibilities (and challenges) of digital image-making. Author Brenda Tharp’s inspiring approach...
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Dirty Bow Wow
Written by Jeffrey Katz
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2009
Price: $14.95
A winsome collection of 50 full-color, all-breed canine portraits, each posed with a favorite play toy and accompanied by an affectionate anecdote.
Dirty Wow Wow was ranked #3 on Entertainment Weekly's "Ten Things We Love" List
The creators of the popular book DIRTY WOW WOW present this brand new album, featuring...
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Extreme Ice Now
Vanishing Glaciers and Changing Climate: A Progress Report
Written by James Balog
Format: Hardcover, 120 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $24.00
Using both time-lapse and conventional photography as well as digital video, the Extreme Ice Survey is the most extensive visual study ever conducted to illustrate the catastrophic melting of glacial ice. The result is a dramatic and timely demonstration of global warming’s dangerous consequences from Alaska to Iceland to the Alps...
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Picture This, Alaska
Historic Photos from the Last Frontier
Written by Deb Vanasse
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $16.95
In more than 100 historic photographs, this book captures the remarkable story of Alaska-from territory to statehood. Picture an elder Inupiat woman admiring her drying salmon rack on a windy, sunny afternoon. Picture a pack train carrying 1,200 pounds of gold destined for the First National Bank of Fairbanks. Picture a...
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Canyon Wilderness of the Southwest (Deluxe Edition)
Photographed by Jon Ortner
Introduction by Greer Chesher
Format: Hardcover, 248 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $195.00
Straddling the borders of Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico lies a magnificent wilderness known as the Colorado Plateau. Encompassing over 130,000 square miles, it is a high, eroded tableland of rock, canyon, and desert, and within its boundaries are the greatest concentration of National Parks, National Monuments, State Parks, Wilderness...
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Forest Defenders
The Confrontational American Landscape
Photographed by Christopher LaMarca
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $39.95
“Whether he’s in a dingy fluorescent basement or a beautiful sunlit forest, LaMarca always manages to finesse something amazing.”
—Paul Moakley,
Newsweek Controversy erupted in March 2005 when, with the blessing of the Bush administration, logging companies began sawing into old growth reserves (sections of the federal forestland set aside...
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The Inside Passage to Alaska
Written by Art Wolfe
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $22.95
Art Wolfe’s profile is at an all-time high with with his successful PBS travel and photography show, Travels to the Edge. This book of new work documents that famous Inside Passage that runs from Seattle to Glacier Bay, Alaska. This is a wild landscape of picturesque islands, the untamed Tongass National...
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