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	Choosing Fatherhood America’s Second Chance Lewis Kostiner Absentee fathers has been identified as American’s most pressing problem by the Brookings Institute, because nearly every social ill finds its roots in fatherless homes. Choosing Fatherhood explores this issue through the art of photography in which Lewis Kostiner creates portraits of dads who are involved in their children's lives. Cloth; $50.00     $37.50 - Available September 2012
	Jungle at the Door A Glimpse of Wild India Joan Myers Like millions of other children worldwide, Joan Myers was inspired at an early age by Rudyard Kipling's stories and books about the jungles of India. And, so, given the opportunity to visit some of India's wildlife refuges, she jumped at the chance. The Jungle at the Door is the result of that experience. Cloth; $45.00     $33.75 - Available September 2012
	Las Vegas Periphery Views from the Edge Laurie Brown In viewing the borders and boundaries that exist between human settlement and the natural environment, Laurie Brown takes us on a modern journey on a well-worn path in human history: the pushing out of the city, initially beyond city walls of ancient Rome and then medieval Europe and today beyond political boundaries into the undeveloped frontier. Cloth; $60.00     $45.00 - Available October 2012
	Timeline Back To Top Learning to See with My Eyes Closed Tom Young "If pictures could talk, what a tale they might tell." That thought lurks behind every image of Tom Young's masterful visual story of a life -- is it his? or yours? Cloth; $50.00     $37.50 - Available October 2012
	The Valley of 10,000 Smokes Revisiting the Alaskan Sublime Gary Freeburg On June 6, 1912 the largest volcanic eruption on Earth during the 20th century occurred. Thus was born the Valley of 10,000 Smokes. In Gary Freeburg's photographs one can still feel the steam-filled air, sense the deafening noise of the eruption, & grasp the incredible physical forces that created this alluring landscape. Cloth; $50.00     $37.50 - Available September 2012