The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World (Lonely Planet Pictorial)

This second edition of this best-selling guide to taking photographs while on the road has been thoroughly updated and revised to include a special new section on digital photography. Also includes new information on black and white photography techniques.

In August 1883 there was a series of volcanic eruptions on the island of Krakatoa - these were so extreme that the effects were heard and felt over ten per cent of the Earth's surface. This text uses contemporary reports to recount the events leading up to and following the cataclysm.

Flora has been expensively educated to do everything but earn her own living. When she is orphaned at 20, she decides her only option is to go and live with her relatives, the Starkadders, at Cold Comfort Farm. What relatives though. Flora feels it incumbent upon her to bring order into the chaos.

Tells you about one of the most thrilling countries in South America. This work includes a section that introduces Peru's highlights, from Inca citadel of Machu Picchu to the high altitude Central Railway. It includes listings of the best places to stay, eat and drink, and the lowdown on some of the liveliest nightlife in the Americas.

Definitely not for the easily offended, Our Dumb Century was a New York Times #1 bestseller chronicling 100 years of American history with dry humor and cynicism. This Miniature Edition distills the brilliant wit and satire of the original from America's Finest News Source.

Portrays the decline of an aristocratic husband whose drunken excesses and domestic violence force his loving wife into a reluctant rebellion.

Valuable advice on improving technique, exhaustively illustrated and written by professional photographers. Compact enough for the road but comprehensive and indispensable reference at any time.

An illustrated book discussing the basic technical considerations to be applied to outdoor close-up nature photography. Specific techniques and equipment applications include lens extension with tubes and bellows, macro lenses, tele-converters, flash and lighting.

In this manual, noted wildlife and scenic photographer John Shaw draws on his experience to demonstrate how to overcome the problems of taking nature photographs outdoors. Using his own colour images as examples, he discusses each type of subject and situation you may encounter.

A guide to landscape photography. This book is both a `how to' guide and a showcase of the photographer's best work. Other work by the author includes The Nature Photographer's Complete Guide to Professional Field Techniques and John Shaw's Focus on Nature .