Coding Places

Pilgrimage took Annie Leibovitz to places that she could explore with no agenda. She wasn’t on assignment. She chose the subjects simply because they meant something to her. The first place was Emily Dickinson’s house in Amherst, Massachusetts, which Leibovitz visited with a small digital camera. A few months later, she went with her three young children to Niagara Falls. “That’s when I started making lists,” she says. She added the houses of Virginia Woolf and Charles Darwin in the English countryside and Sigmund Freud’s final home, in London, but most of the places on the lists were American. The work became more ambitious as Leibovitz discovered that she wanted to photograph objects as well as rooms and landscapes. She began to use more sophisticated cameras and a tripod and to travel with an assistant, but the project remained personal. Leibovitz went to Concord to photograph the site of Thoreau’s cabin at Walden Pond. Once she got there, she was drawn into the wider world of the C

The companion book to an upcoming museum exhibition of the same name, Places of Inventionseeks to answer timely questions about the nature of invention and innovation: What is it about some places tha

A collection of 120 paintings by renowned artist Ross Penhall that celebrates the identity and spirit of Vancouver. Also included are paintings of inspirational places across Canada, the US and Europe

These are the genesis stories of a region. In Ancient Places, Jack Nisbet uncovers touchstones across the Pacific Northwest that reveal the symbiotic relationship of people and place in this corner of

This boxed set contains the three novels from bestselling author Gillian Flynn: Gone Girl, Sharp Objects, and Dark Places. A #1 New York Times bestseller, Gone Girl is an unputdownable masterpiece abo

What does a church smell like? Or a movie theater? How conscious are we of the smells that surround us? The idea that places have an olfactory identity is not recent. Even in ancient architecture the

Israel packs in riches from cherished religious sites to stunningarchaeological treasures to spectacular natural wonders. Holy land toJews, Christians, and Muslims, this is where biblical places likeJ

Foundations in Craniosacral Biodynamics presents a comprehensive grounding in the clinical skills needed in a biodynamic approach to craniosacral therapy. Author Franklyn Sills places particular empha

An inspiring collection of evocative images collected by lifelong mountaineer Sandy Hill, who has a singular knowledge, understanding, and experience of the world’s highest places. Powerful, beautiful

This book features recent pictogram and sign system projects in public and commercial places, product and service brochures, publications, and websites.

A unique anthology of poetry about the natural world that highlights the centrality of grassy places to the canon and to the human imagination. AN EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY POCKET POET.The rich poetic histor

A groundbreaking biography that places an obsessive, unrequited love at the heart of the writer's life story, transforming her from the tragic figure we have previously known into a smoldering Jane Ey

“Marx did not reject the idea of a human nature. He was right not to do so.”That is the conclusion of this passionate and polemical new work by Norman Geras. In it, he places the sixth of Marx’sTheses

Lone Sloane is still stuck on the planet aptly named Delirius, one of the strangest places in the galaxy. The lonely traveler is in trouble: he was struck by an erasure arrow by the fanatical monks of

‧ Top lodging and dining picks for every budget‧ A museum for everyone—paintings by Brueghel and Rubens, 17th-century tapestries, Renaissance musical instruments, modern comic strips‧ Great places to

‧ Top lodging and dining picks for every budget ‧ Monumental places—Notre-Dame, the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, Versailles‧ Medieval art at Musee National du Moyen-Age, contemporary art at the

Have you ever felt drawn to visit certain sacred sites? Are you specially moved by pictures of some spiritual places? This new deck by Barbara Meicklejohn-Free connects you with the energy of 52 of th

Critically acclaimed author John Julius Norwich weaves the turbulent story of Sicily into a spellbinding narrative that places the island at the crossroads of world history.“Sicily,” said Goethe, “is

“Stevens excels at depicting pulse-pounding danger… Her writing places her heads above most authors working in the thriller genre. Only Dan Brown and Lee Child come close.” —Dallas Morning NewsVanessa

Natalia Ginzburg, one of Italy’s great writers, introduced A Family Lexicon, her most celebrated work, with an unusual disclaimer: “The places, events and people are all real. I have invented nothing.

Foreword by Hazel V. Carby A modern classic about power and the making of history, with a new foreword by a prominent scholar Michel-Rolph Trouillot places the West’s failure to acknowledge the most

PRAISE FOR SUSAN BUTLER’SROOSEVELT AND STALINPortrait of a Partnership“Susan Butler’s brilliantly readable book firmly places FDR where he belongs, as the American president engaged most directly in d

This book places two key notions up against each other to imagine a new way of conceptualizing historical time. How do the experience of deja vu and the idea of the “End of History” relate to one anot

This book places two key notions up against each other to imagine a new way of conceptualizing historical time. How do the experience of deja vu and the idea of the “End of History” relate to one anot

Mark Twain’s satiric novel about two boys who trade places in Tudor England—written “for young people of all ages”—was his first foray into historical fiction. Set in 1547, The Prince and the Pauper b

You mean this place we go to five days a week has a history? Cubed reveals the unexplored yet surprising story of the places where most of the world's work—our work—gets done. From "Bartleby the Scriv

A follow-up to The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories by Dr. Seuss! A new Dr. Seuss book! This follow-up to The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories features familiar Seussian faces and places—inclu

For Marc Auge, best-selling author of Non-Places, the prevailing idea of “the Future” rests on our fears of the present. It is to the future that we look for redemption and progress; but it’s also whe

Compact and affordable, Fodor's Walt Disney World 25 Best is a great travel companion for travelers who want a light, easy-to-pack guidebook to one of the most exciting places in the United States. D

The sensational New York Times bestseller The Mill River Recluse reminds us that friendship, family, and love can come from the most unexpected places. Perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy.Look for specia

For readers of Jodi Picoult, Heather Gudenkauf, and Elizabeth Flock comes a deeply moving novel of finding friendship and love in the most unexpected of places. Josie Clark, a loving wife and mothe

The author of the best-selling and universally adored No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series now gives us The Forever Girl, a novel about love and following one’s heart, and the unexpected places to wh

A fascinating illustrated tour of the fabled places in literature and folklore that have awed, troubled, and eluded us through the ages. From the epic poets of antiquity to contemporary writers of sci

A New York City writer shares a poignant series of episodes from her life that reflect the cyclical nature of the past and her relationships with a colorful range of people and places, from an energet

Travel journalist and hotel expert Meg Nolan Van Reesema has combed the Caribbean for the most exotic, exclusive places to stay, from the relaxed, chic bungalows of Hermitage Bay in Antigua with their

An account of the 25th President's assassination places events against a backdrop of a rapidly changing, newly industrial nation that McKinley regarded as increasingly great while his assassin, Czolgo

On Mount Hood is a contemporary, first-person narrative biography of Oregon's greatest mountain, featuring stories full of adventure and tragedy, history and geology, people and places, trivia and lor

A longtime backpacker, climber, and skier, Michael Lanza knows our national parks like the back of his hand. As a father, he hopes to share these special places with his two young children. But he has

Angels are sculpted everywhere in Paris, not just on churches but in unexpected places: holding a lightning rod atop the Theatre du Chatelet’s roof, adorning a seventeenth-century gilded sundial insid

Recently considered one of the world's most dangerous places, Colombia has emerged from a long history of violence. Here, in this diamond-shaped tropical nation about the size of California and Texas