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  • Cities on Earth

    Cities on earth brings together the photographers of the Tendance Floue collective for a very special album inspired by the Louis Vuitton city guides. Since 2012, fourteen photographers have explored the length and breadth of thirty great cities, through fifty-five trips, capturing nearly four thousand images that profile these archetypal metropolises in all their contemporary variety and ... Read more

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  • Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs

    by Henry Carroll ...
    Series series Read This
    Photography is now more popular than ever thanks to the rapid development of digital cameras. Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs is ideal for this new wave of snapshooters using DSLR, compact system and bridge cameras. It contains no graphs, no techie diagrams and no camera-club jargon. Instead, it inspires readers through iconic images and playful copy, packed with hands-on tips ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Humans

    **The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller"Just when we need it, Humans reminds us what it means to be human . . . one of the most influential art projects of the decade.” —Washington Post**Brandon Stanton’s new book, Humans—his most moving and compelling book to date—shows us the world.Brandon Stanton created Humans of New York in 2010. What began as a photographic census of life in New York City ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Nomad

    Designing a Home for Escape and Adventure

    A reclusive designer living in a custom tiny house in the middle of the Montana wilderness. A couple who traded their expensive Bay Area apartment for a slip at a nearby marina, where they live on a docked sailboat. A family of five who decided to simplify their lives by moving into a school bus, selling most of their possessions in the process. Nomad features their stories, and many more. From ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Just Cathedral Photos! Big Book of Photographs & Pictures of Cathedrals and Churches, Vol. 1

    This is a wonderful collection of 30 high-quality amazing images produced by a series of today's top professional photographers. Enjoy and be inspired! ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Life Between the Levees

    America’s Riverboat Pilots

    Winner of the Donald T. Wright Award from the the Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways Library, a special collection of the St. Louis Mercantile LibraryLife Between the Levees is a chronicle of first-person reflections and folklore from pilots who have dedicated their lives to the river. The stories are as diverse as the storytellers themselves, and the volume is full of drama, suspense, and a ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • New Bedford Mansions

    Historic Tales of County Street

    Series series Landmarks
    The early nineteenth century in New Bedford was a time of unimaginable wealth, intellectual ferment and artistic treasures. Prosperous whaling magnates like members of the Rotch, Morgan and Howland families commissioned the nation's finest architects to design and construct their majestic mansions. The city's architectural and cultural expansion brought great writers and artists like Henry David ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Inspired Home

    Interiors of Deep Beauty

    The Inspired Home: Interiors of Deep Beauty opens the door to twenty-five of the most beautiful homes in the world—ones owned by top interior designers, fashion designers, artists, and stylists—to reveal how simple principles borrowed from nature can inspire gorgeous, innovative interiors that both calm and embolden us.To create this unique volume, Karen Lehrman Bloch interviewed renowned ... Read more

    $22.99 USD $12.99 USD

  • Wallace W. Abbey

    A Life in Railroad Photography

    Series series Railroads Past and Present
    With over 175 images, this volume profiles the life and work of the legendary railroad photographer and the transformation of transportation after WWII.From the late 1940s onward, Wallace W. Abbey masterfully combined journalistic and artistic vision to transform everyday transportation moments into magical photographs. Through these images, Abbey helped people understand and appreciate what was ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gone: A Photographic Plea for Preservation

    Photographer and architect Nell Dickerson began her exploration of antebellum homesteads with encouragement from her cousin-in-law renowned Civil War historian and novelist Shelby Foote. Her passion for forgotten and neglected buildings became a plea for preservation. Gone is a unique pairing of modern photographs and historical novella. In PILLAR OF FIRE, Foote offers a heartbreaking look at one ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Stories in Stone: New York

    A Field Guide to New York City Area Cemeteries & Their Residents

    by Doug Keister ...
    Discover history and beauty in the graveyards of Gotham: “Keister has done for cemetery exploration what Audubon did for birding.”—Sunset MagazineWith Stories in Stone: New York, the author presents cemetery buffs with stunning photographs, fascinating text, and easy GPS directions for locating gracious architecture, fabulous artwork, and memorable gravesites of famous and not-so-famous area ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Building Taliesin

    Frank Lloyd Wright’s Home of Love and Loss

    by Ron McCrea ...
    Through letters, memoirs, contemporary documents, and a stunning assemblage of photographs - many of which have never before been published - author Ron McCrea tells the fascinating story of the building of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin, which would be the architect's principal residence for the rest of his life. Photos taken by Wright's associates show rare views of Taliesin under construction ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • London Uncovered

    Sixty Unusual Places to Explore

    This unique London guidebook opens the doors to sixty of the capital's most intriguing places, all visitable but not widely known. From museums of the unusual, places of worship, palaces of entertainment to some of the most historic and ornate shops, houses and hostelries in the city, take a trip through the capital's hidden treasure and discover a picture of a London which is strange, gaudy, ... Read more

    $35.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bridges

    A History of the World's Most Spectacular Spans

    by Judith Dupré ...
    From New York Times best-selling author Judith Dupréomes a revised and updated edition of Bridges, her magnificent chronological tour of the world's most significant and eye-popping spans. Covering thousands of years of architectural history, each bridge is gorgeously photographed "elevating the landmarks from mode of transportation to works of art" (Bustle).Technological advances, structural ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Lighthouses of the World

    130 World Wonders Pictured Inside

    by Lisa Purcell ...
    Readers say it best: "fascinating book" with "beautiful photos" and "information regarding all kinds of light houses"From ancient times until the present, lighthouses have symbolized safety, homecoming, and the seafaring way of life. Lighthouses of the World provides gorgeous full-color photos showcasing lighthouses from around the world. From the Barnegat Lighthouse on Long Beach Island, to the ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Japan Modern

    New Ideas for Contemporary Living

    This Japanese design book, featuring over 200 stunning photographs, captures the delightful, modern style of the Japanese home.Japan has always intrigued the world with its deceptively simple blending of architecture, landscape and design. Zen temples, the famous tea ceremony, formal gardens, the use of wood, paper and other materials in the form of screens and floors--all have evolved over the ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Stillness and Light

    The Silent Eloquence of Shaker Architecture

    by Henry Plummer ...
    Shaker buildings have long been admired for their simplicity of design and sturdy craftsmanship, with form always following function. Over the years, their distinctive physical characteristics have invited as much study as imitation. Their clean, unadorned lines have been said to reflect core Shaker beliefs such as honesty, integrity, purity, and perfection. In this book, Henry Plummer focuses on ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Chicago Skyscrapers in Vintage Postcards

    Series series Postcard History Series
    The skyscraper has changed the face of urban architecture�and it all started in Chicago. Born out of the ashes of Chicago�s Great Fire of 1871, the first skyscraper, the Home Insurance Building located at the northeast corner of LaSalle and Adams Streets, was completed in 1885. Designed by William Le Baron Jenney, the nine-story building had a metal load-carrying structural frame, the development ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Crystal Ball Photography

    Photography, #3

    by Stefan Lenz ...
    Series Book 3 - Photography
    Learn how to take breathtaking photos with a crystal ball!You see fascinating pictures of glass balls on the internet and on social media again and again?You wonder if you would be able to shoot such spectacular photos yourself?Don't worry, it's surprisingly easy to take beautiful crystal ball shots, if you know what to be aware of!The travel photographer, Stefan Lenz, explains in this book ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rochester's Downtown Architecture

    1950-1975

    Series series Images of America
    Following World War II, many American cities underwent a large-scale modernization to keep up with the changing times in business technology and architecture. With help from federal funding and planning, expansive and low-density modern projects replaced the crowded blocks of century-old buildings. State-of-the-art facilities featured large, open plazas that were the scenes of social and cultural ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lost Butte, Montana

    Series series Lost
    From the stately Queen Anne mansions of the West Side to the hastily constructed shanties of Cabbage Patch, Lost Butte, Montana traces the city�s history through its architectural heritage.This book includes such highlights as the Grand Opera House, once graced by entertainers and cultural icons like Charlie Chaplin, Sarah Bernhardt and Mark Twain; the infamous brothels protested by reformer ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Galveston Architecture

    A Visual Journey

    Galveston Architecture: A Visual Journey’ is a photographic journey of the architecture and history of select 100 buildings in Galveston, Texas with photographs by World Heritage Photographer, Pino Shah and narratives by Galveston Historical Foundation (GHF). ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Find It in Everything

    These photographs by Drew Barrymore reveal hearts found in everyday situations."I have always loved hearts," writes acclaimed actress Drew Barrymore in the foreword to this heartwarming gift book. "The way that continuous line accomplishes the most extraordinary thing -- it conveys love." In Finding it in Everything, Barrymore shares the photographs she has taken of heart-shaped objects and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Pittsburgh's Mansions

    Series series Images of America
    A collection of images celebrating the extravagant and historic mansions of Pittsburgh, PA.In the 19th century, the positioning of Pittsburgh as a major manufacturing center and the subsequent rise of the area's steel industry created a wave of prosperity that prompted the beneficiaries of that wealth to construct extravagant residences. Wealthy enclaves sprang up in the city's East End, across ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus