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Not everyone summits mountains and not everyone is capable of capturing their experience with stunning photographs. Daniel and Kazuya have done just that Join them in the Toyama Prefecture section of Japan's Northern Alps Mountain Range and go along with them as they climb Mt. Tateyama. View through their camera's eye several of this areas treasured landmarks. They've captured Mt. Oonanji, the highest peak of Mt. Tateyama in unique photos. They also give you an up close look at the scenery on Mt. Oyama, Mt. Fuji-no-oritate, Mt. Masagodake, Mt. Bessan and Mt. Kita-Bessan as well as...

Not everyone summits mountains and not everyone can capture the experience with stunning photographs. Daniel and Kazuya have done just that Join them in the Hakuba section of Japan's Northern Alps Mountain Range and go along with them as they climb Mt. Shiroumadake. View through their camera's eye several amazing sights including the rare Brocken Spectre and the even more rare iridescent clouds phenomena. They've captured this mountain area and its scenery in unique photos. In addition to Mt. Shiroumadake they give you an up close look at the scenery on Mt. Shakushidake and Mt. Yarigatake...

Not everyone summits mountains and not everyone can capture the experience with stunning photographs. Daniel and Kazuya have done just that Join them in Yamanashi Prefecture, in the Chubu Region of Japan for their single climb of Mt. Mizugaki and view through their camera's eye its granite towers, block and obelisks. They've captured this mountain, another of the "100 Famous Mountains of Japan" in unique photos. In addition to Mt. Mizugaki they give you a distance view of Mt. Kinpu, also designated as one of the 100 Famous Mountains and also some shots of the flora of this area. No matter...

For twenty-seven years, renowned and beloved monk Thomas Merton (1915-1968) belonged to Our Lady of Gethsemani, a Trappist monastery established in 1848 amid the hills and valleys near Bardstown, Kentucky. In Thomas Merton's Gethsemani, dramatic black-and-white photographs by Harry L. Hinkle and artful text by Merton scholar Monica Weis converge in a unique experience for lovers of Merton.

Hinkle was allowed unprecedented access to many areas inside the monastery and on its grounds that are generally restricted. His photographs invite the reader to experience the various...

Cumberland Island is the largest and most beloved of the Georgia barrier islands. Although it can be reached only by boat, more than forty thousand people make the trip each year to enjoy the island's natural splendor and solitude. As on most barrier islands, human activity has long been a shaping force on Cumberland. It is among the few islands, however, that we have let return to a relatively natural state. With its expansive oceanfront beaches, dunes, interior maritime forests, freshwater ponds, tidal creeks, and salt marshes, Cumberland is all the more special for its restored natural...

Full-color images by renowned photographers Stephen Strom and Stephen Capra unite with text by prizewinning nature and geography writer Gregory McNamee to document the subtle landscape of 1.2 million acres of remote Chihuahuan Desert grassland in southern New Mexico. Home to many species of wildlife and native plants, Otero Mesa is a place of extraordinary beauty and ecological significance faced with the increasing threat of oil and gas development that has plagued the Rocky Mountain West.

"It is a strange and empty place, a place whose contours suggest that those who do not...