Путешествия

"1001 Escapes To Make Before You Die" is the essential guide for all discerning travelers seeking an escape from the madding crowd. Every experience described in this book represents a genuine respite from the drudgery of daily life and guarantees a boost to your general well-being. Contemplate the sunset from a minimalist mountain retreat, cruise the Nile on a nineteenth-century cabin cruiser, hire a fort with its own private beach, chill out in an ice hotel, or wallow in a mud bath. The choice is yours. This book is quite simply a compilation of some of the most amazing escapes from the everyday that you can experience in the world - however much time you have to spare and whatever your budget. Within these pages you will find classic escapes that offer away-from-it-all tranquility, such as a sun-drenched private Caribbean island, complete with butler; a converted monastery in Peru, at such high altitude that oxygen has to be pumped into the bedrooms; a lighthouse in Newfoundland; and, that most classic of great train journeys, the Trans-Siberian railway. Beautifully illustrated, "1001 Escapes To Make Before You Die" will also show you some hidden gems located in some of the world's biggest and busiest cities that offer the perfect retreat from the frenzy of city life. Discover an oasis of greenery just a stone's throw from Djemma El Fna, the pulsating center of Marrakech; a tranquil walled garden in the heart of London's Chelsea; and, a hidden treehouse deep within the Amazon rain forest.

1001 Road Trips You Must Experience Before You Die is the perfect guide to the world's most breathtaking drives.

The wide-ranging, carefully chosen featured road trips vary in length and severity, from an epic tour on Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way to a short blast around Monaco's famous F1 street circuit. The hand-picked drives cover mountain passes, coastal highways, motorsport circuits and trips inspired by music, film and literature. Must-see stop-offs and detours along the journey's route are included. Every page provides a wealth of information to assist in planning a drive, including overall distance, start and finish points, and links to specially commissioned digital route maps.

1001 Road Trips You Must Experience Before You Die is an essential reference guide for all those to whom the sight of a key fob represents a world of possibilities - the chance to see fresh horizons, meet new people and expand one's mind. With this book to inspire you, it is time to get on the road and see the world.

Этот прекрасный, наглядный путеводитель снабдит вас полным собранием описаний важнейших исторических мест мира. Вместе с главным редактором Ричардом Кавендишем и его командой экспертов, вы совершите увлекательное путешествие по земному шару от мест, где сохраняется наследие Древнего мира, такое как Великая Китайская стена и пирамиды Египта, до мемориалов, отмечающих важные события, произошедшие в XX веке. Разнообразие мест, которые вы «посетите» с помощью книги, огромно, этот путь пронизывает тысячелетия истории – от «колыбели человечества» – пещер Стеркфонтейн в Южной Африке, до символа Холодной войны – контрольно-пропускного пункта «Чарли» в Берлине.

Организованную по географическому принципу и содержащую более 800 цветных фотографий книгу «1001 историческое место, которое нужно посетить» приятно рассматривать и интересно читать. На ее страницах вы найдете описание образцов инженерного искусства прошлого и настоящего – виадуков, мостов,кораблей, мест религиозного поклонения, таких как Стена плача в Иерусалиме и базилика Св. Павла в Риме, резиденций представителей верховной власти, от Версаля до Белого дома и Кремля, и главных полей сражений, от Геттисберга до Соммы. Всемирно известные места находятся здесь рядом с забытыми уголками, которые сохраняют следы важнейших исторических событий.

Вы держите в руках полный путеводитель по самым впечатляющим и важным в культурном отношении местам нашей планеты.
Какое из них вы посетите первым?

Другие книги серии:

1001 вино, которое нужно попробовать

1001 еда, которую нужно попробовать

1001 альбом, который нужно услышать

1001 книга, которую нужно прочитать

1001 фильм, который Вы должны посмотреть

1001 чудо природы, которое нужно увидеть

1001 здание которое нужно увидеть

1001 сад который нужно увидеть

1001 картина, которую нужно увидеть

С помощью самых известных в мире исследователей книга «1001 чудо природы» проведет вас по всему земному шару, от безводных пустынь до бескрайних ледяных просторов, через болота и степи, реки и озера, от горных вершин к океанским глубинам. Каждое из чудес природы было отобрано за свою уникальность и естественную природную красоту.

Это авторитетный путеводитель по самым впечатляющим местам в мире природы, в которых отражены сотни миллионов лет полной потрясений истории Земли. Одни чудеса природы находятся в отдаленных уголках нашей планеты, до других можно доехать из города на автобусе, но где бы они не находились и что бы собой не представляли красоты, 1001 самых лучших из них показаны в этой книге.

В начале каждой статьи дается справка о происхождении и развитии, местоположении и внешнем виде каждого феномена. Приводится информация об охраняемых территориях и видах, находящихся под угрозой исчезновения. Книга является самым обстоятельным и полным путеводителем такого рода.

Для любителя воображаемых путешествий, опытного туриста, путешественника, ценителя природы, студента или просто любознательного человека эта коллекция самых потрясающих в мире видов и впечатлений совершенно необходима, так как представляет собой иллюстрацию бесценных природных сокровищ нашей планеты.

Другие книги серии:

1001 вино, которое нужно попробовать

1001 еда, которую нужно попробовать

1001 историческое место, которое нужно посетить

1001 книга, которую нужно прочитать

1001 фильм, который Вы должны посмотреть

1001 альбом, который нужно услышать

1001 здание которое нужно увидеть

1001 сад который нужно увидеть

1001 картина, которую нужно увидеть

Есть какая-то магическая прелесть в самом слове "остров", оно заставляет сердце биться быстрее, а в воображении возникает крошечный удаленный кусочек суши с белым песком и кокосовыми пальмами, окруженный бирюзовым морем, а может быть, большой остров с темно-зеленым лесом, с аккуратными деревянными домиками и чистой водой.

В этой книге предпринята попытка рассказать вам о 501 самом интересном острове мира, однако существуют еще тысячи других островов. Почему бы не побывать на одном из них? Если мир представить в виде раковины, то, наверное, вы найдете остров, который станет вашей жемчужиной.

В данной книге описано большое разнообразие интереснейших путешествий - некоторые из них занимают лишь 1-2 ч, тогда как другие могут длиться до полугода. Книга описывает пешие путешествия и путешествия с использованием самых разных видов транспорта: велосипеда, автомобиля, теплохода, поезда, самолета. Здесь также можно прочитать о путешествиях верхом и даже о путешествиях на собачьих упряжках. Различные времена года удобны для прохождения самых разных маршрутов через горы и долины, джунгли и сосновые леса, реки и моря, через бесконечные снежные просторы за Северным полярным кругом и жаркие пески пустыни Сахары. Авторы описывают путешествия, которые они предприняли в самые разные страны мира, чтобы полюбоваться красотой пейзажей, насладиться дикой природой, добраться до древних монументов, познакомиться с людьми из далеких регионов.

Чудесам, которыми так богата планета Земля, нет числа. Эта книга предоставляет вам возможность узнать о существовании всего 501 из самых ярких природных ландшафтов, хотя, конечно, нас окружает гораздо большее количество чудес. Леса, поля и парки, кусты (и травы!), муравейники, сплетенные пауками сети, просто сельский ландшафт - повсюду, куда ни посмотришь, может найтись нечто удивительное и естественно прекрасное.

“Menaced by lizards in Indonesia, cuffed by a gorilla in Africa, stung by poisonous caterpillars in the world’s deepest cave” — so ran the lead to a 1985 article describing Michael “Nick” Nichols.

A Wild Life is Michael “Nick” Nichols’s story, told with passion and insight by author and photo-editor Melissa Harris. Nichols’ story combines a life of adventure, with a conviction about how we can redeem the human race by protecting our wildlife. The book’s two central characters are the photographer — who journeys from the American South, via the photographers’ co-operative Magnum, to becoming lead wildlife photographer of National Geographic magazine — and the author, who travels with the photographer on assignment in Africa, to gain intimate and deep insight into her subject. Harris’s story also draws on meetings with some of the world’s leading eco-scientists — including legendary primatologist, Jane Goodall.

Melissa Harris Melissa Harris is editor-at-large of Aperture Foundation, where she has worked for more than twenty-five years, including as editor-in-chief of award-winning Aperture magazine from 2002 to 2012. Harris has also edited more than forty books for Aperture. As a curator, Harris has organized photography exhibitions for venues worldwide, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography, Moscow; the Triennale di Milano; the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice; and Visa pour l’Image, Perpignan. Harris teaches at New York University in the Tisch Photography and Imaging department, and occasionally at Yale. University. She served on New York City’s Community Board 5 for several years, and is a trustee of the John Cage Trust.

Michael “Nick” Nichols is an award-winning photographer whose work has taken him to the most remote corners of the world. He became a staff photographer for National Geographic magazine in 1996 and was named editor-at-large for photography in January 2008. From 1982 to 1995 he was a member of Magnum Photos. His previous books with Aperture are Gorilla (1989), with an essay by George Schaller; Brutal Kinship (2005), with an essay by Jane Goodall; and Earth to Sky: Among Africa’s Elephants, A Species in Crisis (2013). He is represented by Steven Kasher Gallery.

World-renowned photographer Michael Poliza's best-selling book, originally published in 2006, has now been released in an abridged, flexi cover edition.

Featured are the very best photographs from a collection that captures Africa's elegant natural beauty and animal life.

Produced by the Detroit Photographic Company between 1888 and 1924, these rediscovered Photochrom and Photostint postcard images are the very first color pictures of North America. An unparalleled voyage across peoples, places, and time unfolds in this sweeping panorama that ranges from Native American settlements to New York's Chinatown.

About the Authors:

Graphic designer, photographer, and collector Marc Walter (1949–2018) specialized in vintage travel photographs, particularly photochromes, of which he held one of the world’s largest collections. He published numerous books featuring images from his collection as well as his own photographs.
Sabine Arqué is a photo researcher, editor, and author. She has collaborated on numerous publications on the themes of travel, the history of tourism, and photography.

Art ablaze. Pyrotechnics and pure self-expression in the parched Black Rock Desert

“You voluntarily assume the risk of serious injury or death by attending.” 

100 miles from the gambling town of Reno, in the wilderness of northern Nevada, lies a vast, hostile plain known as the Black Rock Desert. The region has been an empty and windswept dry lake bed for most of the past 10,000 years. Except, that is, for one brief week at the end of each summer, when a temporary city rises out of the barren clay.

This is the surreal and amazing site of Burning Man. Baked by the sun, and blinded by dust, the gathering acquires different meanings for different people: Temporary community, spiritual adventure, performance stage, desert rave, social experiment. It’s also the incubator of some of the most remarkable site-specific outdoor art ever made: a mechanized fire-breathing octopus, a towering wooden temple 15 meters tall, and the eponymous Man himself—a skeletal sculpture set ablaze at the event’s conclusion.

Here, writer and photographer NK Guy presents 16 years of Burning Man art. His dazzling images record these participatory, collective, intrinsically ephemeral installations and happenings in the desert, which exist for no clearer purpose than because someone wanted to express something. The result is testimony to a realm far beyond the ego, commerce, and power play of mainstream cultural output: It is one of the purest, uninhibited, expressive centers of our time.

With a foreword by temple designer and artist David Best and a futureword by Founding Board Member Marian Goodell.

This tribute to vibrant tribal cultures around the world is a must-have for any lover of documentary photography. It will resonate with readers on aesthetic, intellectual, and emotional levels — and be a keepsake for future generations
 
In his landmark project Before They Pass Away Jimmy Nelson captures the lives and traditions of the last surviving tribes who have managed to preserve their traditional ways and customs within our increasingly globalized world. The British photographer’s epic portraits present these dignified inheritors of noble and age-old traditions in a proud spirit and in all their glory — a unique visual experience. This exquisitely photographed showcase for world tribal culture is not only a joy to look at, but also an important historical record. This book reveals the wide variety of human experiences and cultural expressions across the ages — and we’re delighted to have it among our fall offerings.
 
This historic volume showcases tribal cultures around the world. With globalization, these societies are to be prized for their distinctive lifestyles, art and traditions. They live in close harmony with nature, now a rarity in our modern era. Jimmy Nelson not only presents us with stunning images of customs and artifacts, but also offers insightful portraits of people who are the guardians of a culture that they — and we — hope will be passed on to future generations in all its glory. Nelson’s large-plate field camera captures every intricate detail and fine nuance for posterity. What’s more, this splendid pageantry is set against a vivid backdrop of some of the world’s most pristine landscapes.

A photographic journey into the city's history

Berlin has survived two world wars, was divided by a wall during the Cold War, and after the fall of the Wall was re-united. The city emerged as a center of European power and culture. From 1860 to the present day, this book presents the story of Berlin in photographs, portraits, maps, and aerial views. With nearly 700 pages of emotional, atmospheric images, from giddy pictures of the Roaring Twenties to devastating images of war to heartwarming postwar photos of a city picking up the pieces - the Reichstag in ruins and later wrapped by Christo and Jeanne-Claude - this is the most comprehensive photographic study on Berlin ever made. More than a tribute to the city and its civic, social, and photographic history, this book especially pays homage to Berlin’s inhabitants: full of hope and strength, in their faces is reflected Berlin’s undying soul.

• Including images by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Helmut Newton, René Burri, Robert Capa, Thomas Struth, and Wolfgang Tillmans as well as well-known Berlin photo-chroniclers such as Friedrich Seidenstücker, Erich Salomon, Willy Römer, and Heinrich Zille.
• Quotations from Berliners and Berlin connoisseurs such as Vladimir Nabokov, Alfred Döblin, Herwarth Walden, Marlene Dietrich, Billy Wilder, Max Schmeling, Willy Brandt, Helmut Newton, Simon Rattle, and David Bowie.

Also included: an index of photographers’ biographies.

It was the Belle Époque, a time before air travel or radio, at the brink of a revolution in photography and filmmaking, when Burton Holmes (1870–1958) began a lifelong journey to bring the world home.

From the grand boulevards of Paris to China’s Great Wall, from the construction of the Panama Canal to the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Holmes delighted in finding “the beautiful way around the world” and made a career of sharing his stories, colourful photographs, and films with audiences across America. He coined the term “travelogue” in 1904 to advertise his unique performance and thrilled audiences with two-hour sets of stories timed to projections of multihued, hand-painted glass-lantern slides and some of the first “moving pictures.”Paris, Beijing, Delhi, Dubrovnik, Moscow, Manila, Jakarta, Jerusalem: Burton Holmes was there. He visited every continent and nearly every country on the planet, shooting over 30,000 photographs and nearly 500,000 feet of film. This book represents the best of the Holmes archive, brimming with brilliant colour photographs. A rare window onto the world of 100 years ago, it is also the ultimate inspiration to strike out on a travel adventure of your own.

About the series:

Bibliotheca Universalis — Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe at an unbeatable, democratic price!

Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible, open-minded publishing. Bibliotheca Universalis brings together more than 100 of our all-time favourite titles in a neat new format so you can curate your own affordable library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia.

Bookworm’s delight — never bore, always excite!

Across the vast, wind-swept plains of Mongolia, nomadic tribes freely roam - only guided by the rhythmic changes of the seasons. Beginning in 2000, Hamid Sardar immersed himself in this fascinating people's way of life, following them throughout their daily rituals, hunting expeditions, and spiritual practices to capture their centuries-old practices. With a breathtaking mix of color and black-and-white images, Sardar's debut book is a poignant visual journey showcasing Mongolia's last traveling shamans and hunters. Especially fascinated by their spiritual relationship with land and animals, Sardar beautifully documents the wisdom, customs, and manners of an array of individuals, from horse-breeders and eagle masters to traditional healers.

Accompanied by an informative text, this title is a must-have for anyone interested in anthropology, photography, and adventure.

About the Author:

Born in Iran in 1966, Hamid Sardar is a scholar of Tibetan and Mongol languages who received a Ph.D. from Harvard. Inspired by the pioneers of ethno-photography during the Age of Exploration, in 2000 he set out to live with nomadic tribes in Mongolia and journeyed with them for eight years. The subject of four award-winning documentary films, his photographs captured during that time have been exhibited in galleries across the world.