Gift Books for 2015: Coming Next Week
Our 2015 Holiday Round-up of books — to crave, see, read, give and keep –is coming next week in four installments! Photography — from phytoplankton to Hubble Telescope images Questing […]
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Racing Extinction! Watch it Dec. 2 on Discovery
Don’t miss Racing Extinction — airs worldwide on Discovery December 2 (US, 9 pm ET/PT, 8pm Central). Academy-Award-winning director Louie Psihoyos is a man on a mission to keep thousands of species […]
Gift Books Coming: More to Read Now!
Books to give — and get –for Holidays 2015. Soon we’ll be posting dozens of current and classic works on photography, design, cities, natural history, science and more. If you’re craving […]
Joel Sartore’s Photo Ark: Coming Up
Joel Sartore is a man on a mission – to photograph 12,000 species of mammals, amphibians, birds, insects and other species before they go extinct, through a project he calls […]
Racing Extinction! Don’t Miss It Dec. 2
Academy Award-winning director Louie Psihoyos, who is debuting Racing Extinction – a new documentary that airs December 2 on Discovery TV in 220 countries – is a man on a mission. […]
Cuba’s Waiting for You! Part I
There’s no single way to look at contemporary Cuban life, culture and the arts without understanding the contradictions, overlaps and influences that have existed for centuries– the powerful pull of […]
Cuba Photo Gallery: A Preview
Coming up: Cuba’s Arts & Cultural Scene
Today, the United States opened its embassy in Havana, overlooking the city’s Malecon – a policy move that also suggests there will be many opportunities ahead for Cuba’s artists, writers, […]
Books on Cities: Design, Destruction, Secrets
BOOKS – the perfect antidote if you’re not traveling to a world capital or heritage destination this summer. Even better if you’re stuck in an airport, the ferry is stranded, or […]
Wanderers: Take 4 minutes to watch and listen!
In less than four minutes, Wanderers — a short film by Erik Wernquist –– animator and digital artist from Stockholm, Sweden– sweeps us away from war, ugliness, pollution and worldwide […]
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