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A hauntingly beautiful travel guide to the world's most visited cemeteries, told through spectacular photography and their unique histories and residents.More than 3.5 million tourists flock to Paris's Pere Lachaise cemetery each year. They are lured there, and to many cemeteries around the world, by a combination of natural beauty, ornate tombstones and crypts, notable residents, vivid history, and even wildlife. Many also visit Mount Koya cemetery in Japan, where 10,000 lanterns illuminate the forest setting, or graveside in Oaxaca, Mexico to witness Day of the Dead fiestas. Savannah's Bonaventure Cemetery has gorgeous night tours of the Southern Gothic tombstones under moss-covered trees that is one of the most popular draws of the city.199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die features these unforgettable cemeteries, along with 196 more, seen in more than 300 photographs. In this bucket list of travel musts, author Loren Rhoads, who hosts the popular Cemetery Travel blog, details the history and features that make each destination unique. Throughout will be profiles of famous people buried there, striking memorials by noted artists, and unusual elements, such as the hand carved wood grave markers in the Merry Cemetery in Romania.

Title: 199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die
Author: RHOADS LOREN
Format: Limp
Publishing status: Active
Publication date: 03/10/2017
Price: $40.00
RRP: $40.00
Imprint: Sphere
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780751571639
Available stock: 1

Title: 200 Women
Author: BLACKWELL GEOFF & HOBDAY RUTH
Format: Hardback
Publishing status: Active
Publication date: 12/10/2017
Price: $75.00
RRP: $75.00
Imprint: Upstart Press
Publisher: Upstart Press Ltd
ISBN: 9781988516035
Available stock: 1

From the empty magical theatres of Detroit to the lost playgrounds of Chernobyl, there are places across the globe that were once a hub of activity, but are now abandoned and in decay. With nature creeping in and reclaiming these spots, we are left with eerie crumbling ruins and breath-taking views of deserted places, that offer us a window into past and capture our imagination. Abandoned showcases the very best photographs from around the world documenting this phenomenon. More immersive than a museum and more human that a lecture, abandoned photography has given the world an exciting way to look at our history and the places we have long neglected.

Title: Abandoned The Most Beautiful & Forgotten Places from Around the World
Format: Hardback
Publishing status: Active
Publication date: 27/07/2017
Price: $35.00
RRP: $35.00
Imprint: Ebury Press
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
ISBN: 9781785035517
Available stock: 3

On 21 February 1968, Wally Herbert and his team of three companions and forty huskies set out from Point Barrow, Alaska, embarking on a journey that no one had ever attempted. Sixteen hard months later they finally set foot once more on solid land, having attained the North Pole and crossed the frozen Arctic Ocean for the first time via its longest axis. It stands today as one of the greatest expeditions of all time. Illustrated with unpublished photographs and other personal materials from the Herbert archive, this exceptional photography book is a first-hand record of an astonishing journey one that with rising temperatures and Arctic ice melt will probably never be repeated. An impressive team of explorers and polar experts, including Wally Herberts daughter Kari, also provide their reflections and tributes to the expedition and to Wally Herbert, contributing to a remarkable visual and personal testimony of this historic event.

Title: Across the Arctic Ocean
Author: HERBERT WALLY
Format: Hardback
Publishing status: Active
Publication date: 07/09/2015
Price: $60.00
RRP: $60.00
Imprint: Thames & Hudson
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
ISBN: 9780500252147
Available stock: 2

Title: All City Writers
Format: Hardback
Publishing status: Active
Price: $60.00
RRP: $60.00
Imprint: Miscellaneous
ISBN: 9782859800161
Available stock: 3

The war of 1914-1918 was a military, political and social disaster. No other war changed the map of Europe so dramatically and more than 15 million people were killed. The dramatic political and social changes of the period were mirrored in the uniforms of the armed forces, and the contrast between pre-war Europe and 1919 could not be more apparent. This unique illustrated book charts the developments in military uniform in fascinating detail: how the remaining reds and blues of 1900 soldiers died out in preference to browns, greys and greens. It also tracks the evolution of hardware and ammunition. Evocative photographs of the struggle and stunning illustrations of the uniforms show in detail the changes, reforms and modifications of all the major powers, Great Britain, France, Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary. This unprecedented volume is an incredible visual study of the uniforms of a pivotal period of military history, and of its context.

Title: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Uniforms of World War I
Author: NORTH JONATHAN
Format: Hardback
Publishing status: Active
Publication date: 01/10/2010
Price: $60.00
RRP: $60.00
Imprint: Lorenz
Publisher: Anness Publishing
ISBN: 9780754823407
Available stock: 1

Explore the iconic Apollo space missions and moon landings through these stunning infographics and data visualisations. If you like space, this book is for you. The Apollo Program ran from 1961 until 1972, and marks one of the greatest accomplishments in all of human endeavour - man walking on the moon. On 20th July 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin achieved this most remarkable feat, becoming the first humans to visit another celestial body. Apollo is an extraordinary visual history of the story of this iconic space programme, based on recently released NASA data about the various missions of that name. Using beautifully designed infographics, Apollo takes us through all the astonishing facts and figures, as well as some quirky little-known details, and gives us a detailed and elegant history of the seventeen missions which saw twelve humans step on the surface of the moon. Apollo gives us an insight in to the incredible individuals who made that journey.

Title: Apollo
Author: SCOTT ZACK
Format: Hardback
Publishing status: Active
Publication date: 07/09/2017
Price: $45.00
RRP: $45.00
Imprint: Wildfire
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781472247889
Available stock: 1

The Art of Movement is an exquisitely designed, beautifully produced book that captures the movement, flow, energy, and grace of many of the most accomplished dancers in the world. These are the artists, from all walks of life, who are defining dance today. Here they are frozen in time in the most exquisite poses, and yet there's a feeling of movement in every photograph that makes the appear to be dancing across the pages. Accompanying the photographs are intimate and inspiring words from the dancers, as well as from choreographers and artistic directors, on what dance means to them. Dance is experiencing an unprecedented moment in popular culture. The Art of Movement is the perfect book for newly avid fans, as well as long-time lovers of dance.

Title: Art of Movement NYC Dance Project
Author: BROWAR KEN
Format: Hardback
Publishing status: Active
Publication date: 24/11/2016
Price: $80.00
RRP: $80.00
Imprint: Black Dog & Levanthal
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishe
ISBN: 9780316318587
Available stock: 1

Title: Atlas of Weaponry
Author: LEWIS ET AL
Format: Hardback
Publishing status: Active
Price: $50.00
RRP: $50.00
Imprint: Chartwell Books Inc
ISBN: 9780785825951
Available stock: 1