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Phoenix’s Greater Coronado Neighborhood
by Donna J. Reiner Jennifer KitsonAlthough Phoenix may be the youngest major urban center in the United States, it was one of the first to recognize the significance of its historic neighborhoods by placing them in the city Historic Property Register. The three historic areas that form the basis of the Greater Coronado Neighborhood are Coronado, designated in 1986; Country Club Park, designated in 1993; and Brentwood, designated in 2003. The story of Phoenix is comprised of the collective experiences of many groups who have lived here. Weaving these multiple histories together through images of the people and places of the Greater Coronado Neighborhood, readers will have the opportunity to discover a neighborhood that is rich in resources and people who have helped Phoenix mature throughout the years.
Photographing Austin, San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country: Where to Find Perfect Shots and How to Take Them
by Laurence ParentNew in the exciting series that combines wanderlust with the art of photography! Ask a Texan to name his favorite part of the state and he’ll probably say the Hill Country. This rolling open country, crisscrossed by creeks and rivers, wooded with ancient live oaks and junipers, holds many rewarding sites for photographers—like the huge granite dome of Enchanted Rock, and the cypress-lined Guadalupe River. Laurence Parent shows you the best photo spots in the most popular places as well as the best photo ops in the area’s little-known gems. He also covers scenic spots to photograph in the two large cities on the edge of the Hill Country—Austin and San Antonio. Not only does he help you identify great locations, he also offers solid advice on the best time of year to visit, the best time of day to shoot, and tips and techniques for getting the most out of your time.
Photographing Baltimore, Annapolis & Maryland: Where to Find Perfect Shots and How to Take Them
by David MuseLearn when, where, and how to photograph Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, the historic neighborhoods surrounding it, the Chesapeake Bay, and nearby cities. To learn when, where, and how to photograph Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, the historic neighborhoods surrounding it, the Chesapeake Bay, and nearby cities, you need to ask a local, someone with photographic expertise who also knows how to get the best images of these iconic spots. Whether it’s tall ships bedecked with snow, War of 1812 reenactors in costume, nighttime city skylines, or a leafy cobblestone street of colonial brick homes, Baltimore photographer David Muse knows the best times of day, the best seasons, and the best places to find great photo ops. He’ll help you capture city- and landscapes bathed in natural light and find interesting photo sites you might never have found otherwise. Each year he conducts several popular photo tours, trips, and workshops in and around Baltimore and throughout the greater Mid-Atlantic region. Let his insider’s knowledge of the area and expert’s understanding of the medium help you make your best photographs yet.
Photographing Big Sur: Where to Find Perfect Shots and How to Take Them
by Douglas SteakleyAn exciting series that combines wanderlust with the art of photography. The rugged Big Sur coastline is one of the most photogenic in the world. Th e route along Highway 1 dips down to pristine beaches and climbs precariously high above the Pacific, offering sweeping panoramic views. There is also a great variety of wildlife, including gray whales, porpoises, sea lions, and elephant seals. Patient and lucky photographers might also spot endangered California condors riding the thermals. This book describes the best photo locations for novices and professionals alike, beginning with Point Lobos and continuing south to Hearst Castle and San Simeon. Clear directions and detailed maps are here too. Professional photographer Doug Steakley guides you to the right place at the right time of day to get memorable photographs.
Photographing Boston: Where to Find Perfect Shots and How to Take Them
by Steven HowellFrom historic and iconic Beantown bravado to modern skyscrapers and urban scenery and greenery, this guide offers more than 100 Boston photo opportunities. Beginners, avid amateurs, and seasoned pros alike will appreciate the wide array of photography subjects and themes covered in The Photographer’s Guide to Boston. Conveniently and logically organized by neighborhood, you’ll visit the Freedom Trail, the Emerald Necklace, Beacon Hill, the North End, Back Bay, the Fens, and South Boston, along with many other photogenic historic and modern sites. Author Steven Howell has created the perfect photographer’s travel companion.
Photographing Charleston, Savannah & the Coastal Islands: Where to Find Perfect Shots and How to Take Them
by Jeff DodgeInvaluable advice by regional experts and master photographers on where to find the most stunning sites at their peak and how to shoot them. Gracious, historic Charleston, South Carolina, has long been a favorite travel destination. Lovely, romantic Savannah, Georgia, is a gem of the Old South. The many barrier islands running along the coast between them offer miles of beaches, great wildlife viewing, dramatic seascapes, and lush wetlands. The entire area provides diverse opportunities for photographers at all levels of expertise, and this new guide shows you where to find its best and most photogenic antebellum architecture, historic sites, and wild vistas. Maps and GPS coordinates will help you find precise locales, and the advice on when and how best to capture them on film will help make your excursions fruitful as well as enjoyable.
Photographing Indian Country: Where to Find Perfect Shots and How to Take Them
by Gordon SullivanLearn how to capture the awe-inspiring mystique that imbues this place. Indian Country, the region where Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah meet, offers an immense wild landscape full of unequaled photographic opportunities. In the land inhabited for millennia by the Hopi, Navajo, Pápago, and Apache, guided by an author long familiar with the region, you can capture the awe-inspiring mystique which dwells here. This guide offers beginners and professionals alike key information on how to take the best shots; detailed maps; the best time of day to photograph different spots; and expert advice on equipment and technique to ensure that you will have a memorable portfolio.
Photographing Martha's Vineyard: Where to Find Perfect Shots and How to Take Them (The Photographer's Guide)
by Alison ShawThis series provides invaluable advice by regional experts and master photographers on where to find the most stunning sites at their peak and how to shoot them. Whether it’s ocean vistas, seashells, shore life, or quaint village life that excites the photographer in you, you’ll find plenty of tips and inspiration in this thoroughly informative guide. With detailed maps and explicit guidance on locations, seasonal advice, and camera settings, you’ll quickly be ready to capture the exquisite beauty of this area.
Photographing Maui: Where to Find Perfect Shots and How to Take Them
by Douglas PeeblesThis series provides invaluable advice by regional experts and master photographers on where to find the most stunning sites at their peak and how to shoot them. Voted over a dozen times as the best island in the world by the readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine, Maui offers incredible opportunities for photographers at all levels of expertise. In this detailed guide, photographer Douglas Peebles gives invaluable advice on where to find the most stunning sites at their peak and how best to shoot them. Featuring maps and exquisite photos, this book is a necessary companion for any Maui expedition.
Photographing Montana
by Gordon SullivanGordon Sullivan, a Montana native and professional photographer, will guide you to the highlights of the state and shows you how to shoot those places most effectively and when to do so in terms of weather, light conditions etc. Further, Gordon's lifetime in the state will lead you to many backroad opportunities and access points not known to the occasional visitor. Montana is a virtual treasure trove of photographic opportunities--from the high peaks of Glacier National Park, to the seemingly endless vistas of the high plateaus, to the sparse and forbidding badlands of far Eastern Montana. Gordon Sullivan, a Montana native and professional photographer, will guide you to the highlights of the state and shows you how to shoot those places most effectively and when to do so in terms of weather, light conditions etc. Further, Gordon's lifetime in the state will lead you to many backroad opportunities and access points not known to the occasional visitor. With every tourist now having a reasonably good camera at their disposal--even in their cellphone, no one should be without this guide to capturing one of the most beautiful places in the country.
Photographing Washington
by Gordon Sullivan Cathie SullivanDescribed as a nature photographer's paradise, Washington State presents amateur and professional photographers with an endless array of subjects, and there are no better guides to photographing here than Gordon and Cathie Sullivan, authors of twelve books on photography. Washington is home to four National Parks and National Monuments, the spectacular Pacific Coast Highway, the San Juan Islands, Columbia River basin, and a host of wildlife refuges. This is the rich palette from which the Sullivans have chosen 120 stunning sites to highlight the best times, seasons, and techniques for taking memorable photographs. This comprehensive photography guide includes sites of historical interest as well as natural beauty, with details of equipment, exposure, and technical and safety considerations.
Photographing the Adirondacks
by Carl Heilman IIGet great photos whether you use a cell phone or a top-of-the-line digital camera. New York's Adirondack Park is a treasure trove of photographic possibilities; you just need to know where to find them. In this new guidebook, Carl Heilman, an Adirondacks insider, takes you to the best photo sites in the park and shows you how and when to shoot them for your best results ever. This ruggedly beautiful National Park stretches through a large portion of New York State. Much of it is easily accessible, and yet it offers some of the most striking and dramatic natural features to be found anywhere in the Northeast. With the help of this informative guide you'll know just where to go to find its loveliest spots and how best to capture them on film. Now that virtually everyone has a good digital camera in his cell phone, we can all benefit from the tips and advice in this guide. Your visit to Adirondack Park will remain forever memorable with the photos you'll make using the expert help provided in this book. Carl Heilman II is an award-winning outdoor photographer who specializes in nature photography of New York State and the Adirondacks. He has written and provided photographs for several books, and he regularly leads nature-photography workshops to sites in the Adirondacks and in Acadia National Park in Maine. Find out more at www.carlheilman.com.
Photographing the Great Smoky Mountains: Where to Find Perfect Shots and How to Take Them
by Jim HarganFind countless opportunities to capture the beauty and natural diversity of America's most visited national park. On the border between North Carolina and Tennessee lie the forests and mountains of America’s most visited national park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Renowned for the diversity of its plant and animal life—the most biological diversity of any area in the world’s temperate zone—this beautiful place also boasts some of the last remaining pockets of Southern Appalachian mountain culture. The park offers countless opportunities to capture its beauty and diversity on film, and in this book professional photographer and writer Jim Hargan leads you to some of the best photo sites throughout this 800-square-mile wonderland.
Photographing the Mexican Revolution: Commitments, Testimonies, Icons
by John MrazThe Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920 is among the world's most visually documented revolutions. Coinciding with the birth of filmmaking and the increased mobility offered by the reflex camera, it received extraordinary coverage by photographers and cineastes-commercial and amateur, national and international. Many images of the Revolution remain iconic to this day-Francisco Villa galloping toward the camera; Villa lolling in the presidential chair next to Emiliano Zapata; and Zapata standing stolidly in charro raiment with a carbine in one hand and the other hand on a sword, to mention only a few. But the identities of those who created the thousands of extant images of the Mexican Revolution, and what their purposes were, remain a huge puzzle because photographers constantly plagiarized each other's images. In this pathfinding book, acclaimed photography historian John Mraz carries out a monumental analysis of photographs produced during the Mexican Revolution, focusing primarily on those made by Mexicans, in order to discover who took the images and why, to what ends, with what intentions, and for whom. He explores how photographers expressed their commitments visually, what aesthetic strategies they employed, and which identifications and identities they forged. Mraz demonstrates that, contrary to the myth that Agustín Víctor Casasola was "the photographer of the Revolution," there were many who covered the long civil war, including women. He shows that specific photographers can even be linked to the contending forces and reveals a pattern of commitment that has been little commented upon in previous studies (and completely unexplored in the photography of other revolutions).
Phra Farang: An English Monk in Thailand
by Phra Peter PannapadipoAt forty-five, successful businessman Peter Robinson gave up his comfortable life in London to ordain as a Buddhist monk in Bangkok. But the new path he had chosen was not always as easy or as straightforward as he hoped it would be.In this truly extraordinary memoir, Phra Peter Pannapadipo describes his ten-year metamorphosis into a practicing Buddhist monk, while being initiated into the intricacies of an unfamiliar Southeast Asian culture.Phra Peter tells his story with compassion, humour and unflinching honesty. It's the story of a 'Phra Farang' - a foreign monk - living and practicing his faith in an exotic and intriguing land.
Phuket: Pearl of the Orient
by Alberto Cassio William Warren Bill WassmanPhuket's breathtaking scenery and sun-soaked beaches are a true tropical paradise. Situated off the western coast of the Malay Peninsula, Phuket has seductive landscapes, unique cultural experiences and a variety of natural color. Phuket: Pearl of the Orient celebrates the beauty of this lovely Thai island and shows readers why it continues to enchant and beguile all who visit.
Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg: A Guide to the Most Famous Attack in American History
by James A. Hessler Wayne MottsA battlefield guide to the sites and history of the climactic attack during the American Civil War’s Battle of Gettysburg.150 years after the event, the grand near-suicidal attack against the Union position on Cemetery Ridge still emotionally resonates with Gettysburg enthusiasts like no other aspect of the battle. On the afternoon of July 3, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered more than 12,000 Southern infantry to undertake what would become the most legendary charge in American military history. This attack, popularly but inaccurately known as “Pickett’s Charge,” is often considered the turning point of the Civil War’s seminal battle of Gettysburg. Although much has been written about the battle itself and Pickett’s Charge in particular, Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg is the first battlefield guide for this celebrated assault.After the war, one staff officer perceptively observed that the charge “has been more criticized, and is still less understood, than any other act of the Gettysburg drama.” Unfortunately, what was true then remains true to this day. The authors of this book—two of Gettysburg’s elite Licensed Battlefield Guides along with one of the Civil War’s leading cartographers—have corrected that oversight.Grounded in the premise that no better resource exists for understanding this unique event than the battlefield itself, Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg encourages its readers to explore this storied event from a wide variety of perspectives. For the first time, readers can march toward the Copse of Trees with Armistead’s Virginians, advance on the Confederate left with Pettigrew’s North Carolinians, or defend the Angle with Alonzo Cushing’s gunners and thousands of Union soldiers. There is much here to enrich the experience, including dozens of full-color original maps, scores of battlefield and other historic photographs, a unique mix of rare human interest stories, a discussion of leadership controversies, and a rare collection of artifacts directly related to the charge.Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg is designed for readers to enjoy on or off the battlefield, and will give Civil War enthusiasts an entirely new appreciation for, and understanding of, Gettysburg’s third day of battle.“Extremely well done . . . designed as a tour guide to the area of the battlefield where the famous July 3 1863 Confederate assault on the center of the Union Line took place...the heart of any tour guide is maps, and that feature is served up in exemplary fashion here . . . far more than just maps. The two text authors are battlefield guides and the detail provided is immense . . . strongly recommended.” —Civil War News
Picnic in Provence: A Tale of Love in France, with Recipes
by Elizabeth BardElizabeth and Gwendal decide to move to Provence, a land of blue skies, lavender fields and peaches that taste like sunshine. Part memoir, part chocolate-smudged family cookbook, Picnic in Provence reminds us that life, in and out of the kitchen, is a rendezvous with the unexpected.
Pico Rivera (Images of America)
by Pico Rivera History and Heritage SocietyThe early history of the city of Pico Rivera began in 1887 when two land developers, J. Fletcher Isbell and W. T. Bone, bought the Rivera town site from Joseph Hartley Burke, Louis L. Bequette, and A. A. Bermudez. Rivera literally means "along the river," and today's city boundaries are the Rio Hondo on the west and the San Gabriel River on the east. Rivera developed when the Santa Fe Railroad came through the southern portion of present-day Pico Rivera. The township of Pico was subdivided into lots beginning in 1921. Its name derived from the last Mexican governor of California, Don Pio de Jesus Pico, who built his country home, El Ranchito, along the San Gabriel River. Over the years the two communities grew close, eventually incorporating as one in 1958. The year 2008 marks Pico Rivera's 50th anniversary. This volume documents Pico Rivera from its agricultural past, through its transformation, and into modern suburbia.
Pictures from Italy
by Charles DickensIn 1844, Charles Dickens embarked on a year-long visit to Italy, where he turned his perceptive views of the human condition toward a thoughtful appraisal of the country's soul and character. Combining travelogue with social commentary, he formed a kaleidoscopic portrait of nineteenth-century Italian life as seen by an outsider. Rather than serving as a guidebook, his "pictures" from Italy entertain rather than instruct. Dickens' eye for detail and his abundant humor accent his comments on a country rich in art, character, and scenery. Most of the book focuses on Italy's northern regions -- Tuscany, Milan, and Venice -- in addition to sojourns in Rome and Naples. Although appalled by scenes of abject poverty, much of which he attributed to oppression by the Catholic Church, Dickens was captivated by his encounters with lively street carnivals, curious customs, and vivacious individuals. His reflections offer not only the social observations characteristic of his novels, but also keen insights into the author's mind and personality.
Pictures from Italy
by Charles Dickens'When Dickens has described something you see it for the rest of your life' George OrwellIn 1844, Charles Dickens took a break from novel writing to travel through Italy for almost a year, and Pictures from Italy is an illuminating account of his experiences there. He presents the country like a magic-lantern show, as vivid images ceaselessly appear before his - and his readers' - eyes. Italy's most famous sights are all to be found here - St Peter's in Rome, Naples with Vesuvius smouldering in the background, the fairytale buildings and canals of Venice - but Dickens's chronicle is not simply that of a tourist. Combining compelling travelogue with piercing social commentary, he portrays a nation of great contrasts: between grandiose buildings and squalid poverty, ancient monuments and everyday life, past and present.Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Kate Flint
Picturing Russia: Explorations in Visual Culture
by Joan Neuberger Valerie A. KivelsonThis wide-ranging book is the first to explore the visual culture of Russia over the entire span of Russian history, from ancient Kiev to contemporary, post-Soviet society. Illustrated with more than one hundred diverse and fascinating images, the book examines the ways that Russians have represented themselves visually, understood their visual environment, and used visual images in social and political contexts.
Piedmont (Images of America)
by Bonnes Amies ClubAstride a mighty river separating Greenville and Anderson Counties in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Piedmont is a place divided--divided by a river, a county line, and school district lines. But, more importantly, it is tied, connected, and bridged together by its enduring story. Swift and deep, the Saluda River attracted Native Americans, Revolutionary War soldiers, and early settlers to the ford at the shoals. Called Big Shoals of the Saluda by the Cherokee and Garrison Shoals by the settlers, the ford supported a British garrison, an early gristmill, and a venture into textile manufacturing. In fact, Piedmont Manufacturing Company was one of the earliest and largest mills in the South. Today, still spanning the Saluda and linking the mill sites to allow swift crossing, the footbridge connects today's residents to the souls these waters have affected for hundreds of years.
Pier Review: A Road Trip in Search of the Great British Seaside
by Jon Bounds Danny SmithTwo friends, Jon and Danny, embark on a hare-brained journey to see all the surviving pleasure piers in England and Wales, recruiting Midge (a man they barely know) as their driver, even though he has to be back in two weeks to sign on... Join them as they take a funny and nostalgic look at Britishness at the beach and friendship on the road.