Jam-packed with hundreds of specially commissioned photographs accompanied by a lively, authoritative text by internationally renowned architectural experts, this essential resource on the world's most important new structures traces the evolution of these lofty behemoths. Whisking readers around the world, New Urban Giants tells the story of the design & building of 31 remarkable structures, from corporate headquarters to residential towers to state-of-the-art luxury hotels. The text places each in its historical context, revealing the technological advances that made each building possible, & the social & economic climate that made each necessary. Taking readers from Dubai to Tokyo to Vienna, this is an architectural tour not to be missed by professional architects & design enthusiasts alike. ...

A unique & beautiful collection of fifty maps in which our physical, political & cultural world is visualised, measured & mapped like never before. From charting energy networks to revealing new & emerging lands, measuring human migration to assessing the planet’s ant populations – & including the phenomena we have little control over such as lightning strikes or asteroid impact – each map asks you to question, wonder & look again at our rapidly changing & often surprising world. Divided into three thematic sections: L&, Air & Sea; Human & Animal, & Globalisation, New Views offers a fresh & truly global portrait of our intricately fascinating planet. ...

” New Wave” is an illustrated adventure into the incredible world of flags, revealing that there is often more than meets the eye. From the infamous national flags through to signal flags, artistic flags, sporting flags & many more. ” New Wave” presents useful general knowledge facts about flags as well as unveiling a surprising world of flags beyond our expectation. Spanning geography, politics, history, culture, design & art, ” New Wave” is a playfully entertaining exploration of the diversity of flags, as well as the rituals & visual aspects surrounding them. With it`s fun design & handy format, this is an engaging visual treat which will draw you into its colorful world. ...

Left-field geographer & anti-travel author Dixe Wills presents a uniquely new look at each of the 198 countries of the world. With a handy grading system to reveal who are the globe`s real top nations & which ones are letting the side down on a monumental scale, Dixe Wills goes in search of, & definitively reveals, the best country in the World. ...

Edward Rutherfurd has written a novel of the Big Apple, the city that never sleeps & the epitome of the New World
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New York City Baedeker is divided into four main categories
- background, practicalities, tours & A-Z of sites. The guide is
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New York in the Luxe city guides series, which are slim & small enough to fit easily in a pocket or handbag. Information is distilled from elite suggestions by city residents, specially selected for their style, knowledge & expertise. Luxe guides aim at the upper end of the market & subjectively edit to choose the very best recommendations for shopping, restaurants, leisure options & nightlife. Half day shopping & activity itineraries are suggested for you to mix & match your visit to suit your timetable. When folded close the cardboard guide slots into its own protective plastic frame. Vanity Fair magazine calls them ...

Baedeker is proud to announce this brand new edition of New York. This superb full-colour, illustrated guide features 3D laminated ...

Written with unfailing common sense, as well as insight & affection...the perfect guide to this tremendous city OBSERVER A true traveller`s companion & friend SUNDAY TELEGRAPH For more than thirty years Michael Leapman has been intimately involved with New York as a journalist, resident or frequent visitor. Here he takes readers with him on a series of walks through the heart of Manhattan & beyond, explaining how it came to be the world`s most fabulous city, as well as revealing its present-day secrets. When the original edition of this incomparable guide was published in 1983, it won the Thomas Cook award as the guide book of the year. After he revised it in 1991 it was chosen by New York Magazine as the best of nearly a hundred books about the city. Now he has been back to retrace his steps. Thoroughly updated, this book is packed with inspiration, revelation, & sound practical advice. MICHAEL LEAPMAN lived in New York for seven years, as correspondent for The Times, reporting perceptively on the city`s delights & foibles. He continues to visit New York regularly & to write about it for magazines & other newspapers. ...

An affordable paperback re-issue of a much-loved photographic classic A documentary record of New York that captures the soul of this majestic metropolis

Size: 19.6 x 25 cm / 73/4 x 95/6 in. 144 pp. Paperback with flaps 56 color & 72 duotone photographs Text in English, German, French, Spanish, & Italian

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