The Norte Grande of Chile, the world's driest desert, had ''engendered contemporary Chile, everything that was good about it, everything that was dreadful,'' writes Ariel Dorfman in his brilliant expl
Infused with Mary Roach-style humor and science, this narrative illuminates the gross, strange, morbid, and outright absurd realities of our bodies, the Earth, and universe.Filled to the brim with far
Winner of the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award.The world's favorite expert on la dolce vita, Under the Tuscan Sun author Frances Mayes guides readers through Italy's iconic regions, in a book rep
The essential annual for the 21st century, this high-energy almanac is packed with facts, photos, infographics, time lines, and maps—the perfect stocking stuffer and book to browse all year long.A gui
There’s simply no better getaway in the United States than a visit to one of the country’s 62 national parks from Alaska to the Virgin Islands, from Maine to America Samoa. Profiled in this all-new ni
For travelers to the Caribbean by cruise or small ship, to ports in Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Turks & Caicos, Puerto Rico, Barbados, and Trinidad & Tobago, this beautifully illustrated guidebook by Car
Aimed at active travelers who want authentic, enriching, cultural experiences and expert advice from a trustworthy source, National Geographic Travelers provide ways for people to experience a place r
China expert Damian Harper covers all the main towns and cities of China, helping travelers negotiate what is probably the fastest changing country on Earth. Travel information and tips for the hot sp
Culled from archives around the world, the 50 documents in Declassified illuminate the secret and often inaccessible stories of agents, espionage, and behind-the-scenes events that played critical rol
For millennia, humans have looked to nature for remedies to ailments great and small. Long before formal science enabled us to take a systematic approach to medicine, healers used plants to alleviate
A New York Times Bestseller!With the right lifestyle, experts say, chances are that you may live up to a decade longer. What’s the prescription for success? National Geographic Explorer Dan Buettner h
Land of Pharaohs and Viziers, of tombs filled with gold and gems, of hieroglyphics meant to guide the soul from this world into the next - this is ancient Egypt, one of the earliest and most fascinat
With this groundbreaking resource, National Geographic presents a timely addition to its acclaimed line of atlases - an in-depth portrait of emerging powerhouse China, profiled in hundreds of maps, c
For more than a century, from the closing of the Qin dynasty, whose last empress died in 1908, to the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, many great photographers have turned their keen eye
Robert Hughes has been a regular visitor to Barcelona since the 1960s and published a book about the city in 1992 that was quickly hailed as a classic. In Barcelona the Great Enchantress, Hughes craft
A glorious array of more than one hundred full-color aerial photographs offers a bird's-eye view of Latin America, spanning fourteen countries and some eighty percent of the land mass of the region, w
