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Penelope Casas
365 Days in Spain Calendar 2009 (Picture-A-Day Wall Calendars)
by Workman Publishing Company (Calendar)
Spain is the second-most-visited tourist destination in the world—and little wonder. With its tapestry of cultures, cutting-edge spirit combined with a deep reverance for the past, España is dynamic and ever-surprising. Sunbathing on a dazzling white Baleares beach. Grapes ripe for harvest. Madrid's Parque del Buen Retiro. A pan of paella valenciana, Bilbao's Guggenheim, the castles of Castile, sheep grazing in a bucolic mountain meadow. Featuring hundreds of fabulous full-color photographs, and text by Penelope Casas, America's foremost writer on Spanish food and culture, 365 Days in Spain is a tribute to the land's vibrant soul.
Christopher Rauschenberg
Paris Changing: Revisiting Eugene Atget's Paris
by Princeton Architectural Press (Hardcover)
Between 1888 and 1927 Eugène Atget meticulously photographed Paris and its environments, capturing in thousands of photographs the city’s parks, streets, and buildings as well as its diverse inhabitants. Christopher Rauschenberg spent a year in the late 90s revisiting and re-photographing many of Atget’s locations. Paris Changing features seventy-four pairs of images beautifully reproduced in duotone. Each site is indicated on a map of the city, inviting readers to follow in the steps of Atget and Rauschenberg themselves. The book concludes with essays by Clark Worswick and Alison Nordstrom, an epilogue by Rosamond Bernier as well as a portfolio of other images of contemporary Paris by Rauschenberg.
Simonetta Greggio
One Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns in France (101 Towns)
by Rizzoli (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2006-09-05)
A sequel to the highly successful One Hundred and One Beautiful Small Towns in Italy, this book expands the series to include the most enchanting hamlets of France. Gorgeously illustrated as well as informative, One Hundred and One Beautiful Small Towns of France is a journey through the French countryside, a place where the pace slows, locals engage strangers in conversation, and every town has a unique story to tell. Travel between the hilltop towns of the Central Massif and the Pyrenees to rockbound coastal fishing villages in Normandy and Brittany. Breathtaking full-color photographs create the perfect atmosphere as you discover these unexplored places, and descriptive sidebars offer invaluable information on local curiosities to indulge, unique artisanal products to buy, and age-old culinary specialties to sample. A detailed appendix is the perfect source on where to shop, sightsee, and dine—avec plaisir! Whether you are an armchair traveler or a Francophile planning ...
Jason Eskenazi
Wonderland: A Fairytale of the Soviet Monolith
by de.MO (Hardcover)
The story of Communism is the story of the twentieth century. For many, the Soviet Union existed, like their childhood, as a fairy tale where many of the realities of life were hidden from plain view. When the Berlin Wall finally fell, so too did the illusion of that utopia. Wonderland is a photographic exploration that portrays both the reality beneath the veneer of a utopian USSR and the affirmation of hope that should never be abandoned. And like all fairy tales try to teach us: the hard lessons of self-reliance. Jason Eskenazi was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Taylor Prize.
Christopher Fitz-Simon
The Most Beautiful Villages of Ireland
by Thames & Hudson (Hardcover)
Clusters of white cottages huddled in a fold between hills of an unbelievably rich green . . . villages of a single street, dazzling in their array of color washes and picturesque shop and bar signs. . . . Such are the villages of Ireland, the most beautiful of which are captured in Hugh Palmer's evocative photographs and Christopher Fitz-Simon's sensitive commentaries. Beautiful though many of the villages of Ireland undoubtedly are, they are also working, living communities. The vibrancy and warmth in a village bar or local shop proclaim a culture not yet submerged under mass tourism or the rash of vacation homes that have blighted so many of Europe's prettiest villages and robbed them of traditional ways. Following the divisions of the ancient provinces--Ulster, Leinster, Connacht, and Munster--the journey is full of fascinating rural gems, some famous and others less well known. There are the coastal villages of Cork with their handsome houses of many hues sloping down to a ...
Phillip Hoffhines
365 Days in Great Britain Calendar 2009 (Picture-A-Day Wall Calendars)
by Workman Publishing Company (Calendar)
Storied old castles and quaint country cottages. The stiff upper lips (and fuzzy hats!) of the guards at Buckingham Palace. Abbey ruins crumbling into bucolic pastures. Convivial games of cricket, soaring cathedrals, cutting-edge London, fanciful topiary gardens, Shakespeare's legacy, the pleasure and camaraderie of a pint at the corner pub. 365 Days in Great Britain captures the essence of England, Scotland, and Wales—the deep-rooted history, the vibrant culture, the singular British charm—in hundreds of full-color photographs. From Norfolk to Scotland's Clyde Valley, from the Isle of Man to Dyfed in Wales, it's a year-long holiday.
Jon Krakauer, David Roberts
Iceland: Land of the Sagas
by Villard (Paperback) (Release Date: 1998-10-06)
A pictorial classic on one of the last "undiscovered" countries is offered by David Roberts and Jon Krakauer, author of "Into Thin Air". While touring and photographing a landscape of remarkable variety, the authors survive numerous adventures and discover the myths and legends of Iceland's stirring history. Full color.
Diane Burstein
London Then and Now (Then & Now)
by Thunder Bay Press (Hardcover)
Celebrating this beloved city, London Then and Now offers a unique combination of historic interest and contemporary beauty. This book features dozens of fascinating archival photographs contrasted with specially commissioned, full-color images of the same scene today. Each work is a visual lesson in the historic changes of one of our greatest urban landscapes.
Carol Highsmith, Ted Landphair
Ireland: A Photographic Tour
by Crescent (Hardcover) (Release Date: 1998-02-10)
Ireland is a spectacular new addition to the series, with warm words and gorgeous photographs that perfectly capture the Emerald Isle's unique spirit.
M. Sasek
This Is Ireland
by Universe (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2005-02-22)
On the heels of the runaway bestsellers This is New York and This is Paris, Universe is pleased to reissue another title from M. Sasek's beloved and nostalgic children's travel series.Like the other Sasek classics, This is Ireland is a facsimile edition of his original book from the 1960s and is still timely and current in every way. The brilliant, vibrant illustrations have been meticulously preserved, remaining true to his vision more than 40 years later and, where applicable, facts have been updated for the twenty-first century, appearing on a "This is...Today" page at the back of the book. The stylish, charming illustrations, coupled with Sasek's witty, playful narrative, makes for a perfect souvenir that will delight both children and their parents, many of whom will remember this book from their childhood. This is Ireland, first published in 1964, brings the Emerald Isle to life, where the shamrock grows and a leprechaun stands at the end of every rainbow, guarding a ...