Summer may be winding down, but things are really heating up at DK! No matter what your interest, or who you are shopping for, we’ve got you covered as you head into the fall. Keep reading to take a sneak peek at our must-have titles for fall!
REEF
“Although we have lost almost a quarter of the planet’s reefs, those we see in this book still thrive---we are capable of saving them.”
– Sylvia A. Earle, from the foreword to REEF
Part photographic journalism, part marine biology, and part environmental conservation, Reef offers unprecedented access to the astonishing underwater world of reefs. These “rainforests of the sea” are a precious and precarious world threatened with imminent extinction, and need our help now more than ever.
Created by Scubazoo, a leading team of underwater photographers and filmmakers, Reef
not only showcases the breathtaking beauty of the reefs through incredible photography, but also includes an accompanying 30-minute DVD, packed with seldom seen footage of much of the marine life featured in the book. Sales of Reef help support The Coral Reef Alliance – a non-profit organization dedicated to saving coral reefs around the world.
Perfect for anyone interested in nature, diving, or conservancy – Reef is guaranteed to change the way you think about your relationship to the ocean!
MORIMOTO: The New Art of Japanese Cooking
“Excellent and inspired ….”
– Mario Batali
“Morimoto is a rock star. . . an original atop a heap of imitators…. Accept no substitutes!” – Anthony Bourdain
Fusing elements of traditional Japanese cuisine with Chinese spices and simple Italian ingredients presented in a refined French style, Chef Masaharu Morimoto, the Japanese Iron Chef from the Food Network’s “Iron Chef America,” delivers 125 incredible and accessible recipes for the home cook. With sections on sushi and sashimi, soups, noodles, seafood, meats, vegetables, tofu, eggs, desserts and sauces and stocks, Morimoto: The New Art of Japanese Cooking will revolutionize the way we eat, cook, and present our food!
CHINA: People, Place, Culture, History
With foreword by Anchee Min
“For so many years I wanted to describe to my Western friends where I came from but was unable to. With this book, I can. I thought I knew China, but the perspective offered here amazed me.”
–Anchee Min, from the foreword to China: A Photographic Journey
To tell the story of the world’s oldest continuous civilization, with its dramatic and contrasting elements and the world’s fastest-growing modern economy, is a difficult task that begs special attention.
China takes readers through time and across borders – the culmination of more than 700 specially commissioned images by world-class photographers covering the length and breadth of the country. Aided by informative text, inspired historical voices and rousing poetry on every page, with a forward from bestselling author Anchee Min, China threads its way through the country’s storied 4,000 year culture and compels the reader to rethink their concept of China and its people.
It’s no secret that China will continue to be a prominent and compelling story this year and next, as the 2008 Olympics approach and the country continues to undergo social, economic and political change.
BIRD: The Definitive Visual Guide
From tiny hummingbirds to the giant wandering albatross, Bird: The Definitive Visual Guide brings the beauty and drama of the avian world to life. Capturing the wonders of birds in their natural environment, Bird is a stunning guide, which spans the globe and focuses in vivid detail on the appearance, behavior, and lives of over 1,400 species, including where they live and what threats they face.
Published in partnership with the National Audobon Society, this groundbreaking visual compendium to the birds of the world, also includes an audio CD of more than 50 bird songs and calls! Authoritative, comprehensive, and completely up to date, Bird is a must-have reference for anyone with even a passing interest in the world’s avian life!
Take Me To Your Leader
Take Me to Your Leader is an innovative, visual, and wickedly funny reference book coming in October. An irreverent, sideways look at the many bizarre occurrences on our twisted planet—from why humans occasionally burst into flames, to how to walk on water— Take Me to Your Leader is the perfect book for anyone who enjoys extreme sports, weird email forwards, random trivia, sausages, and dogs in costume. It’s a modern, illustrated miscellany, with each page revealing a host of fascinating facts and curious asides on arcane and interesting information that will provide hours of amusement and edification!
Lincoln: The Presidential Archive
Lincoln: The Presidential Archives takes traditional biography one step further this October. In addition to being a readable, fully illustrated, and illuminating history of Lincoln, this interactive book is also packed with removable reproductions of documents that shed new light on Lincoln’s personal and political life. From his marriage license to civil war telegrams to the original handwritten Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln offers readers a fully realized look at Lincoln, the man and the leader.
The James Bond Encyclopedia
Created in full collaboration with EON Productions, producers of the James Bond films, the Encyclopedia is the premier authorized guide to the world of 007. It contains details, from A to Z, of every significant villain, Bond woman, ally, vehicle, weapon and gadget ever to have appeared in a Bond movie. The book is fully illustrated throughout, containing more than 2,000 movie stills and other images.
The James Bond Encyclopedia also includes sections on the 007 lifestyle, the role of Bond as interpreted by the six actors who have played him on the big screen, and double-page features on every Bond film, with details of production history, cast, and crew.
© 2007 Danjaq, LLC and EON Productions Limited.
