pictorial works

An illustrated guide to some of the world's major religions, providing information about the rituals, beliefs, and practices of ancient and primal belief systems, Hinduism, Jainism and Sikhism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Chinese and Japanese religions, and new religious movements.

Contains a collection of color photographs in which Alice Attie documents the people, art, and buildings of Harlem, capturing the traditionally African-American neighborhood at a time of transition from a working-class center of cultural pride to a more gentrified, sanitized community.

Joel Meyerowitz, the only photographer allowed access inside the "forbidden city" of Ground Zero, documents the nine-month cleanup process after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.

Details accounts of the developments that have taken place in space exploration over the past six decades.

Explains what mammals are, and provides photographs and descriptions of different mammals that live in grassland, desert, mountain, wetland, forest, island, water, and polar habitats around the world.

A history of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle, featuring photographs that chronicle that evolution of the bike from 1903 through the early twenty-first century, and including comments from veteran riders.

Text and plentiful photos profile the most significant and famous aircraft from around the world, throughout history, and present a biographical dictionary of famous aviators and contributors to the development of flight.

Traces the history of jazz music from its origins in New Orleans through the twentieth century, and looks at the lives and contributions of some of the genre's greatest composers and performers.

A photographic history of NASCAR racing over the course of fifty years, discussing the origins of the sport, the establishment of rules, notable cars and drivers, the growth and expansion of speedways, and the various competitions.

Text and photographs of Civil War reenactors help describe what life was like for the soldiers fighting in the Civil War.