New Releases by NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Offers detailed information on every bird family in the world, including their physical characteristics, behaviors, conservation status, taxonomy, and photographs of individual species.

Offers tips from parks staff; suggests trails for biking, hiking, and flower gazing; with photographs and maps.

With worldwide interest focused on the Middle East, this authoritative volume illuminates contributing factors to many of the region''s hot-button issues. Includes fascinating history and reliable maps. 40 color photos.

Expanded to include all U.S. designated America''s Byways as well as other selected drives in all 50 states, this stunning new edition features unique driving tours through virtually every kind of landscape--spectacular coastlines, mountains, lakes, small towns, ranches and farmlands, islands, bays, and river valleys.

This compact, easy-to-use atlas offers the convenience of smaller scale without sacrificing clarity or detail; instead, identically-scaled maps on a given continent enable readers to compare physical, political, and regional information simply and accurately. In addition, access to a companion Web site provides continuing and complementary information.

This durable journal is a must for birders of all skill levels, from novices just beginning to build a life list to veterans looking for the most up-to-date, systematic, and visually complete way to document sightings of even the rarest, most elusive birds. Based on the latest classifications by the American Ornithologists'' Union and organized by family, its comprehensive, easy-to-use checklist itemizes every species recorded in North America, including accidental visitors--more than 960 in all, each identified both by common and Latin names and illustrated with specially commissioned paintings by the finest bird artists at work today. The Birder''s Journal features a user-friendly page layout that directly mirrors the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America for quick access to information. It provides a consistent, familiar format for recording the place, date, and time a bird was spotted, along with additional space for notes and comments, sketches, and other important details. And with each new entry, it becomes ever more valuable and personal--both as a chronicle of birding accomplishments and as a memento of the observations and occasions that make birding so deeply satisfying. A first-rate journal is an essential addition to any birder''s bookshelf, and this is the best available anywhere. It''s also a perfect gift, especially when paired with the latest edition of the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America.

Sara is already having a terrible summer, and then her little brother Charlie gets lost. Along the way, she learns more about her family, her friends, and herself.

Provides descriptions of over eight hundred North American birds, and includes illustrations and range maps.

Though well known for its portrayal of exotic places, the magazine has also featured numerous stories on the United States during the course of the century. This selection of US stories and images presents some of the best. In addition, the volume provides the "story behind the story" of the precepts and ideas that have shaped the classic journal, and an up-close portrait of the photographers and writers who have chronicled in stunning photos and sparkling prose not only the American landscape but every kind of human endeavor and accomplishment. Oversize (11x12.25"). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Abstracts and reviews of research and exploration authorized under grants from the National Geographic Society.