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NatGeo takes you on a photographic tour of the world's most spectacular destinations, inspiring tangible ideas for your next trip. Travel to hundreds of the most breathtaking localesboth natural and man-madeillustrated with vivid images taken by the organization's world-class photographers. These images, coupled with evocative text, feature a plethora of visual wonders: ancient monoliths, scenic islands, stunning artwork, electric cityscapes, white-sand seashores, rain forests, ancient cobbled streets, and both classic and innovative architecture. Loaded with hard service information for each location, Destinations of a Lifetime has it all: when to go, where to eat, where to stay, and what to do to ensure the most enriching and authentic experience.

National Geographic Atlas of the World Eleventh Edition, Author: National Geographic, Publication Year: 2019-10-01, Publisher: National Geographic Society, Language: eng

This inspirational travel guide reveals 500 celebrated and lesser-known destinations from around the globe.

This lavishly illustrated travel planner features 500 of the world's most memorable driving experiences, from legendary Highway 1 in California to Japan's famous Irohazaka Winding Road.

Uniting National Geographic's incomparable photography with state-of-the-art cartographic technology, this is the most compelling, authoritative, and up-to-the-moment visual atlas on the market.

In this all-new ninth edition of National Geographic's enduring and informative guide, you'll find expert travel advice, candid tips for hiking and wildlife spotting, and detailed maps to help navigate your way through America's great outdoors.

This powerful photography collection drawn from the National Geographic archive celebrates the lives of women from around the globe.

This compelling visual journey through our galaxy combines more than 350 photographs, illustrations, and graphics.

Richly illustrated with a luminous and informative collection of maps, photographs, and graphics, this atlas is the perfect companion for exploring the wonders of the universe as viewed from Earth.

Sweeping but succinct, this comprehensive reference presents all of world history in a browsable format.

This fully updated edition of the best-selling guidebook from National Geographic showcases 300 of the best scenic drives across the United States. The fifth and latest edition of National Geographic Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways provides more than 300 possibilities for spectacular getaways in your local area and throughout the 50 states. Whether you're looking for a short day trip close to home or a several-weeks-long vacation, you'll find a host of ideas in this beautifully illustrated, detail-packed book, which celebrates America's regional diversity, rich history, and jaw-dropping splendor. Suggested drives include Maine's rocky coastline, the Southeast's mystical swamplands, the Southwest's striking red-rock plateaus, the West's majestic mountains, and many more. Veteran National Geographic authors with deep knowledge of each area employ superb storytelling techniques to enliven your journeys. Each drive features mile-by-mile directions, as well as all the practical info you'll need to make your next road trip an experience to remember.

National Geographic Traveler guidebooks are focused on experiential travel. Each book provides inspiring photography, insider tips, and expert advice for a more authentic, enriching experience of the destination. These books serve a readership of active, discerning travelers and supply information, historical context, and cultural interpretation not available on the Internet.National Geographic Traveler: Iceland is the lighthouse to follow if you do not want to miss anything of the unique and incredible atmosphere, from the northern lights to the capital, Reykjavík, which comes to life in the long summer nights of the Arctic Circle. Enjoy the fishing ports of the southern peninsula; admire the volcanoes, glaciers, and waterfalls of the south; explore the mysterious eastern lands; be fascinated by the rich wild nature up north; or venture among the spectacular bird-populated cliffs and glaciers of the Westfjords.

A comprehensive travel guide to recreation areas, trails, historic sites, nature hikes, seashores, camping, and campgrounds is for everyone who loves outdoor recreation.

This affordable, illuminating softcover atlas features essential maps of the world and its regions, vivid graphics illustrating timely issues of the day, and flags and facts on all 195 countries around the globe.

The best photographs of the first 21 years of the 21st century take center stage in this incredible volume of Nat Geo's world-famous imagery

In this dazzling book of visual wonders, National Geographic reveals a world very few will have the chance to see for themselves.

Photography is a fundamental skill with the power to enhance our lives, and this next book in National Geographic's revamped how-to photography line shows how to create great pictures--from composition and camera basics to smartphones, social media, and digital editing.

This exquisite photo collection showcases awe-inducing moments from around the world.

From Machu Picchu to the Pyramids of Giza and beyond, this travel-lover's delight takes readers on a breathtaking visual journey to the world's most historic wonderlands.

For avid outdoor fans, Canada's 47 national parks are beautifully showcased in this new edition of the official guidebook, updated for the country's 150th birthday

Centuries of scientific thought in one volume

This lavish, evocative travel gift book spans the globe to offer entree to the world's most transformative places.

This is a smaller, gift version of National Geographic's landmark publication, "Through the Lens".

For avid fans of National Geographic and America's national parks, this captivating postcard collection offers beautiful imagery of all 63 parks in the U.S.Curated from more than 40 million photos in the National Geographic Image Collection, this set of 63 postcards highlights iconic images from each of the national parks in the U.S., including wildlife, nature, landscapes, and more.

Step into the fabulous world of fungi with this keepsake collection of 50 mushroom postcards, curated from National Geographic's vaunted Image Collection.For foragers, naturalists, and fungi fans, this collection of beautiful postcards highlights the diversity of mushrooms around the world. From the mid-summer chicken of the woods, or Laetiporus, typically found on oak trees to the vibrant Bitter Oyster, Panellus stipticus, the brightest glowing biolumenescent mushroom in the world, discover fascinating facts, genus names, and common locations for fungi around the globe, paired with beautiful Naitonal Geographic photography.

Filled with beautiful imagery of wildlife and landscapes from all 63 U.S. national parks, this is the perfect artistic escape and a great gift for nature enthusiasts, hikers, explorers, and more!Step into the world of America’s national parks by coloring your way through more than 75 beautifully illustrated images of breathtaking landscapes, detailed wildlife, and iconic park maps and badges that are just waiting for your own creative take.    From bear cubs climbing a tree in the Great Smoky Mountains to Biscayne National Park's iconic lighthouse to Yellowstone's Grand Prismatic Spring, you'll find familiar landscapes, stunning park details, and plenty of flora and fauna to bring the parks to life.     For hikers, explorers, park enthusiasts, birders, and nature enthusiasts, this coloring book will have you escape to the great outdoors—with nothing but a coloring pencil in hand!

From the team that created the national bestseller 50 States, 5,000 Ideas, this engaging treasure trove of trivia boasts interesting tidbits about the United States and is perfect for trivia buffs, history lovers, and fact-finders.Did you know that there is a floating post office in Michigan? Or that a library book checked out by George Washington was returned to a New York City library 221 years late? Maybe you’d be amazed to discover that the ink used to print U.S. paper money is magnetic! In this fun compendium you’ll encounter all kinds of bizarre and fascinating people, places, events, and things that make our country unique.Featuring 100 facts about every state and all six U.S. territories, discover and delight in fascinating histories, emblems, state birds and flowers, and so much more. You’ll find “by the numbers” trivia (did you know Wyoming could fill 760 million bags with sunflower seeds with the amount of flowers it grows?), quirky nicknames (San Francisco’s heavy fog was named Karl thanks to a social media phenomenon), and fun events (one Colorado state fair hosts a pet rock competition—with a best dressed category!).Delightfully engaging and illustrated with hundreds of photos, this is a volume trivia buffs will want in their arsenals.