LumiBooks

Open, textured, curious

Places, journeys, and the feeling of elsewhere.

Travel writing, guides, memoirs, maps, and books that move through the world.

Visual Direction

Maps, sunrise light, and layered routes.

Animation style: Parallax routes and smooth scroll reveals.

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Architectural Guidebook to New York City

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Francis Morrone

Travel

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$21.95 paperback 1-58685-113-6 August6 x 8/ in, 432 pp, Black & White Photographs, Rights: W, ArchitecturevFrancis Morrone has returned to the buildings of his original guidebook once again to detail additions and changes in name and usage, and the book has been modified to reflect post September 11th New York City. With its thoughtful detail and out-of-the-ordinary observations, this guidebook is a must-have for New Yorkers, tourists, and architectural lovers everywhere.Francis Morrone is a lecturer and tour leader for the Municipal Art Society of New York, a nonprofit civic organization founded in 1893. His writings on architecture and New York history appear in The New Criterion, the City Journal, and other publications. His other books include An Architectural Guidebook to Brooklyn and An Architectural Guidebook to Philadelphia. He lives in Brooklyn.James Iska, whose work has been exhibited all over the world and has appeared in the Washington Post, the Financial Times, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Chicago Tribune, is currently on the staff of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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The Voyage of the Beagle

4.4

Charles Darwin

Travel

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This is Charles Darwin's chronicle of his five-year journey, beginning in 1831, around the world as a naturalist on the H.M.S. Beagle.

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The Spirit of Yellowstone

4.4

Judith L. Meyer

Travel

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This fascinating history of America's favorite National Park shows how that spirit has endured over Yellowstone's 125-year existence. Using the words, drawings, and photos of Park visitors, employees and reporters, Meyer shows that Yellowstone has consistently evoked awe in different generations of Americans, even as our attitudes toward nature have changed over the years. 35 photos and illustrations. 7 charts. 1 map.

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Bloodstained Sea

4.4

Michael G. Walling

Travel

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"Complete with dramatic photographs of the Coast Guard in action, Bloodstained Sea brings this epic drama to life."--Jacket.