The 10km-square dot-distribution maps in this three-volume atlas are the result of a 30-year survey of the bryophyte flora of the British Isles by members of the British Bryological Society, and have been prepared by the...

Traveler Iyer takes in places that the rest of us would make a point of avoiding. Here the author of Video Night in Kathmandu extends an invitation to join him in a poignant look at some of the lonely places of the world.

Interwoven with legends and lore, this story chronicles one man's adventure on Lake Superior, one of the world s most dangerous bodies of water.

Successive waves of traders, trappers, explorers, soldiers, missionaries, settlers, steamboat pilots, road builders, and aviators have come to the Yukon, bringing economic and social changes. This book presents the history of the...

A collection of photographs offering a unique and personal look into the days and nights spent by hundreds of American Indians during the occupation of Alcatraz Island.