Search Results for ‘Asia’, ‘Photographic/Illustrated Books’ - 14 matches found

Mountains from Space: Peaks and Ranges of the Seven Continents

The mountains have always been very special regions - the scenes of myths and the seats of the gods, spaces to retreat to and strategic bulwarks, but also places of natural and cultural diversity and...

To The Ends of the Earth

A magnificent celebration of 175 years of the Royal Geographical Society, from the early expeditions of Livingstone and Stanley in Africa, Younghusband in Tibet and Freya Stark in the Middle East, to...

First Ascent

“First Ascent” is a new history of mountaineering from one of the most distinguished living climbers, Stephen Venables. This richly illustrated book offers a chance to understand the development of...

Afghanistan - Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul

“Afghanistan - Hidden Treasures…” is a superb illustrated book, giving a face to Afghanistan and it’s rich history without modern conflict forfeiting the treasures within.
In 1978, an archaeologist...

Street Graphics India

A kaleidoscope of photographs portraying Indian street art in fantastic colour. From cinema posters to Mendhi tattoos every aspect of the continent's art and design excites the eyes. The author is...

Wild China

This highly illustrated guide, published to coincide with the groundbreaking BBC television series “Wild China”, takes you to all corners of the world’s most enigmatic land.
It explores the frozen north...

A Darkness Visible

The result of trips to Afghanistan since 1994, “A Darkness Visible” presents a selection of acclaimed photographer Seamus Murphy’s black and white photography from a changing land. After the US-led...

Armenia - The Hidden Treasure

This booklet is a collection of colour photos on a background black page. The photos are complemented by extracts from Armenian poems and description of myths and popular beliefs.

Everest - Mountain Without Mercy

This book tells the story of the 1996 American expedition whose goal it was to carry a specially modified 48-pound IMAX® motion picture camera to the summit of Everest to take the first footage ever...

Everest: The Summit of Achievement

A stunning collection of pictures and documents from the Royal Geographical Society archive to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the ascent of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. Contributors include...

Over the Himalaya

This is a collection of 45 panoramic, aerial photographs of the Himalayas by Koichiro Ohmori. The foreword is by Chris Bonnington, and explanatory pages at the end of the book provide technical data...

Beijing - The New City

“Beijing - The New City” is a superb book chronicling the city’s transformation from imperial wonder to modern mecca.
Over the past fifteen years Beijing has experienced unprecedented change-a change...

Japan Style

This book describes and defines what ‘Japan style’ is. It explores specific achievements in Japanese art and architecture, but also offers an in-depth analysis of the whole of Japanese culture, its...

Mapping an Empire: The Geographical Construction of British India 1765-1843

There are two parts to this history of the British surveys of India. First the author presents a detailed survey of cartographic techniques in the 18th and early 19th centuries and the institutional...