New and updated editions of these popular, low-priced guides—the definitive companion for road trippers—offer drivers side-by-side map and text commentary on the scenery, wildlife, geology, and history of the most spectacular and popular parks. The revised and updated series offers travelers user-friendly guides that follow the major roads within Yellowstone and Grand Teton, Grand Canyon, Rocky Mountain, and Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks.Volumes in this series have sold more than 100,000 copies since its inception, proving their appeal to visitors. Now, with new and updated information, these guidebooks are sure to be a staple for every road tripper who wishes to experience the best of these beloved national parks.

Product Description: Melancholy is rightly taken to be a central topic of concern in early modern culture, and it continues to generate scholarly interest among historians of medicine, literature, psychiatry and religion. This book considerably furthers our understanding of the issue by examining the extensive discussions of melancholy in seventeenth- and eighteenth- century religious and moral philosophical publications, many of which have received only scant attention from modern scholars...read more

Product Description: In 2004, Yosemite National Park attracted 3.3 million visitors, and this new addition to our series of guides designed especially for motorists will help them get the most out of their time in this stunning corner of America. National Geographic has been covering the parks and creating definitive maps for more than a century, a proud tradition that here yields a distinctive, uniquely user-friendly approach to touring Yosemite by car or shuttle bus...read more

A richly illustrated account of the expedition of Lewis and Clark from Missouri, through vast uncharted territories, to Oregon, encompasses excerpts from personal diaries, annotated sketches of local wildlife, artifacts, running maps, and other archival material. Reprint.

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A richly illustrated account of the expedition of Lewis and Clark from Missouri, through vast uncharted territories, to Oregon, encompasses excerpts from personal diaries, annotated sketches of local wildlife, artifacts, running maps, and other archival material. (view table of contents)

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Describes the history, geography, and climate of the region and includes information on outdoor activities and transportation

Offers over twenty driving tours focusing on different parts of Canada, and provides information on museums, parks, and historical sites

Shares impressions of the Grand Teton Mountains, and describes the region's geology and wildlife

Shares impressions of the Grand Teton Mountains, and describes the region's geology and wildlife

Covers the national parks, wilderness preserves, and public and private sanctuaries of the Northern Rockies, providing full-color maps, clear directions, addresses and phone numbers, and traveling advice. Original. 35,000 first printing.

Product Description: Photos of Colorado's highest peaks.

Text and photographs record the visit to Vietnam of American-born TJ and his Vietnamese mother, who came to America twenty years ago, and the emotions and cultural disparities involved.

Product Description: Book by Schmidt, Jeremy, Fuller, Steven

With over 100 colored photographs, In The Spirit Of Mother Earth takes you on a journey through history to a time when Native Americans inhabited the entire country and the land was unspoiled. Find out how intricately and passionately the various tribes across America incorporated images from their surroundings into everything that they made with their hands.

A young boy in India helps his father care for Mudumalai, an elephant who works to help clear forests, and protect croplands from wild elephants

Describes the geology and biology of the Grand Canyon, and reveals how humans have altered the landscape

Describes the history, geography, and climate of the region and includes information on outdoor activities and transportation

Chronicles the journey of four experienced mountaineers as they circumnavigated the Himalayas, and describes the people encountered as well as the joys, hardships, and triumphs of the journey