landscape

The Seasons Observed is a photographic portrait of the natural landscape, documented in such diverse settings as Aspen, the Hudson River and its environs, California, Florida, Hawaii, the Caribbean, Bali, Indonesia, South America, and that perennial pleasure spot, Italy. Turning her camera away from people and signs of cultural life, Evelyn Lauder has taken careful aim to celebrate nature season by season. A grove of birch trees whose trunks cast long, lean shadows in the grass, a swarm of golden leaves buzzing in the fall sunlight, an eddy of water cutting through a snowcovered bank are among the seventy-six color photographs in this quietly moving, spiritual book.

Illustrations and narratives describe the landscape of America during pioneer times, describing the canals, roads, tollgates, waterwheels, country inns, churches, road signs, and sleds and the people who ran them.

Contains color photographs by Den Linnehan that showcase the natural beauty of the Finger Lakes region of New York.

Explores seven natural wonders of Asia and the Middle East including Mount Everest, the Gobi Desert, Mount Fuji, Sumatra Rain Forest, the Dead Sea, Cappadocia, and the Chocolate Hills.

Captures America's scenic heritage in a region-by-region ramble through the fifty states.

Combines a collection of full-color photographs of Stonehenge with the latest archaeological discoveries of who were the people that created the monument, including where they lived, how they survived, and how they amassed their wealth and power.

A collection of black-and-white photographs that document life in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State in the late nineteenth century; with essays that discuss the life and achievements of photographer Seneca Ray Stoddard.

Describes the varied geography of the different parts of the United States.