description and travel

An exploration of Angkor, a temple city in Cambodia, presenting its spiritual representations and its highly relevant evocation of the history of empires.

Describes Mexico, emphasizing natural resources, wildlife, environmental problems, and transportation systems.

The author describes her experiences living in East Africa and working to save the endangered species there.

Recounts her journey into China and the high country of Tibet in 1980.

Examines how heat has shaped human history by visiting the hottest places on Earth and in time. Discusses Death Valley, the invention of matches, the chemistry of cooking, and the use of coal among other topics.

Andy Turnbull records the adventures he had while traveling across the Arctic in an 18-wheeler to deliver produce to small villages.

Text and photographs present the plant and animal life encountered on a journey across the Canadian Arctic and introduce some of the permanent inhabitants and scientists who work there.

A photographic journey through the twenty-five states of India, with text that discusses the people, landscape, and varied culture of the country.