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New York September 11 by Magnum Publisher Comments The date, September 11, 2001, now has a certain permanence, graven on ourcollective memory, like a very few others December 7, 1941, and November 22, 1963, dates which seem to separate yesterday from today, and then from now. They become the rarest of... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The National Parks: America's Best Idea by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns Staff Pick The dazzling companion volume to the acclaimed Ken Burns documentary, The National Parks: America's Best Idea chronicles the fascinating history of the world-renowned United States National Park system. Four hundred pages of richly composed text by... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $35.00 Used - Hardcover
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Frontier by David Muench Publisher Comments Louis L'Amour has built his unmatched worldwide popularity largely through his ability to make the American frontier experience come alive in more than 200 novels and short stories. Now, in response to numerous requests, L'Amour has written Frontier, his... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $1.00 Used - Hardcover
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Classic Savannah: History, Homes, and Gardens by William Ro Mitchell Publisher Comments Golden Coast books on classic Southern cities chronicle the social and cultural histories of each locale as expressed and revealed through architecture. All are lavishly produced in full color and blend archival and contemporary illustrations with... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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America Wide by Ken Duncan Publisher Comments America Wide - In God We Trust is a celebration of the diversity and natural splendor of a uniquely blessed land. Here - for the first time ever - is a selection of images from all fifty American states in panoramic format: deserts and mountains, rivers... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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New York 400: A Visual History of America's Greatest City with Images from the Museum of the City of New York by Museum Of The City O Publisher Comments The year 2009 is a landmark in the history of New York, and America. It's the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's arrival along the river that bears his name. With public initiatives and media attention on commemorative events and exhibits at a fever... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $25.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Americas Spectacular National Parks by Letitia Oconnor Synopsis This book retells the history of each park, describes its most important features and wildlife, and reproduces its gorgeous scenery in full-color photographs that will enthrall armchair travelers and entice others to lace up their hiking boots and reach... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Inside Passage: Along the Wild Pacific Coast from Seattle to Alaska by Bernd Rommelt Publisher Comments The Inside Passage from Seattle to Skagway in Alaska is actually a waterway which, in the past, was used by gold prospectors to travel to their claims. The region offers a labyrinth of countless islands, impressive coastal mountains, and rain forests... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price: $31.00 Used - Hardcover
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Light Fading: Reflections on the Imperiled Everglades by Joel M. Curzon Synopsis Exquisite full color images, an essay and scientific fact combine to create a title that explores the Everglades and its current precarious condition. Through research, discussions with biologists, and hours trekking through the swamps, marshes and... (read more) Your price: $38.00 New - Hardcover
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Wilderness America: A Visual Journey (Visual Journey) by Tim Fitzharris Publisher Comments Explore the wilds of America through the lens of one of the country's most famous photographers.The American wilderness is rugged, beautiful and, above all, diverse. In Wilderness America: A Visual Journey, acclaimed photographer Tim Fitzharris shares... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $19.50 Sale - Hardcover
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Terra Incognita: Photographs of America's Third Coast by Richard Sexton Publisher Comments Until the calamity of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and recent catastrophic hurricanes, the American Gulf Coast-a dynamic region of marshes, swamps, bayous, beaches, and hardwood forests-largely evaded national consciousness... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Hardcover
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Spectacular Alaska by Dana Levy Publisher Comments With its vast diversity of land, people, and wildlife, Alaska is the last true American frontier. For the armchair traveler, those planning and dreaming of a future vacation, or those savoring a past trip of a lifetime, this spectacular volume brings... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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Reflections of Kauai by Cheryl Tsutsumi Publisher Comments The sheer natural beauty of Kaua'i and the spirit of its past are brilliantly showcased through captivating text and gorgeous photography. A definite "must have" for anyone who's ever fallen in love with Hawai'i's most romantic island!... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Coming Back: New Orleans Resurgent by Mario Tama Publisher Comments Mario Tama's moving body of award-winning pictures documents Hurricane Katrina's shocking disaster and the resilience of recovery, hope, and change. It won the 2011 Nautilus Silver Award and was a finalist for Pictures of the Year Best PhotoBook Award... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Alaska by Suzan Nightingale Publisher Comments Alaska, called the Last Frontier for good reason, is a very special part of the United States. Physically seperated from the lower 48 states, its northern latitudes, pastel light, Native Americans, lack of roads, and miles of wilderness give it a unique... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Gunfighters: The Outlaws and Their Weapons by Chris Mcnab Publisher Comments Hit the ?owlhoot trail? with the murdering misfits, violent vigilantes, and crazy criminals who settled their spats with weapons drawn. In Gunfighters, author Joseph G. Rosa details the gritty lives of legendary outlaws like Jesse James, John Westley... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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John Margolies: Roadside America by Jim Margolies Publisher Comments A volume full of the most recent retail spaces in the world Retail Architecture Now! is the one place where the stars of the world of architecture, from David Adjaye to Rem Koolhaas and Zaha Hadid encounter the people who make the world of design turn... (read more) List Price $39.99 Your price: $32.00 Used - Hardcover
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Hidden America: Finding Stunning Beauty and Strange Stories in Secret Places from Coast to Coast (Life) by Life Synopsis In Hidden America, LIFE's editors explain the subtleties of our countrys history--and of its present day--with stunning, often beautiful and constantly surprising photography as well as evocative text. America is filled with tantalizing riddles both... (read more) List Price $32.95 Your price: $18.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Los Angeles from the Air Then and Now (Then & Now) by Dennis Evanosky Synopsis Tour Los Angeles like never before with this exciting new book filled with breathtaking sky-high then-and-now images of some of LA's most famous landmarks and locations. Graze along the top of the Hollywood Hills, home to the iconic HOLLYWOOD sign, which... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Hardcover
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Gerry Spence's Wyoming: The Landscape by Gerry Spence Publisher Comments Gerry Spence is best known as an undefeated trail lawyer and a rugged individualist whose public pronouncements ring with the authority of common sense and moral vision. But like the Wyoming in which he grew to manhood, he has many facets. A lifelong... (read more) List Price $75.00 Your price: $50.00 Used - Hardcover
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