Abandoned Ireland travels the length and breadth of the island of Ireland visiting and documenting our forgotten buildings, highlighting their social importance, and bringing their stories back to life through the medium of photography. From Big Houses to humble cottages, schools to prisons, churches to dance halls, these buildings may now be abandoned, but they are far from empty. As a photographer, Brownlie's instincts are remarkable. In the seemingly...

Every year twelve million Americans are arrested and photographed by the police. In many ways, mug shots are our history. Using a dazzling selection of mug shots that are arrestingly raw in their starkness and strangely eloquent in their simplicity, this absorbing, and humorous, often bewildering collection sheds a whole new light on our rebellious century. From political icons Martin Luther King Jr. and Angela Davis, to A-list celebrities Hugh Grant...

Travel the Sahara Desert on an expedition from Timbuktu to the Atlantic Ocean over a trackless, roadless, 2000 mile caravan route, not used in more than 100 years. Meet the many different tribes that inhabit the varied countries that make up Africa. Sit shoulder-to-shoulder around a campfire with tribal Bushman experiencing their ritual evening chant, each moment deepening a sense of what is universally human. This book is for the adventure traveler...

Barbara Taylor Bradford has written more than a dozen best-selling novels that have sold over 50 million copies worldwide. Filled with strong heroines, books such as Everything to Gain captivate readers with their exotic settings and thrilling romance. After a childhood of parental neglect, Valentine Denning has finally found happiness through her career as a war photojournalist-and through the love of fellow photographer Tony Hampton. But when Tony...