Leave it to the good folks at National Geographic to design this useful and stylish camera bag (which can be used for anything from cameras to video cameras to laptop computers). The National Geographic NG W2140 Walkabout Midi Satchel Bag and all the Walkabout Series of bags are the best you can get as far […]
Entries Tagged as 'National Geographic'
Jewelry from the Silk Road in Afghanistan
March 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Arts, National Geographic
Imagine you’re living two thousand years ago and travelling the Silk Road from Afghanistan to China. You come across a merchant selling the most exquisite and beautiful jewels you’ve ever seen, made of gold, carnelian, turquoise, and other materials. The jewelry you see on this page is literally what you would have seen. And it carries […]
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National Geographic's Inside 9/11 DVD Set
September 10th, 2008 · No Comments · National Geographic
National Geographic has produced this Commemorative Edition of the Inside 9/11 DVD Set. Produced in 2006, it looks back at what led up to September 11, from the terrorists’ beginnings, to the immediate aftermath of September 11. The documentary has been lauded by the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times as a powerful […]
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The Last Place on Earth
March 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Conservation, National Geographic
The Last Place on Earth Two-Volume Box Set is a remarkable gift set from National Geographic that documents one of the last pristine and undeveloped areas in central Africa: the 2000 mile stretch from Congo’s deep forests to Gabon’s pristine sea shore. National Geographic photographer Michael ”Nick” Nichols and ecologist Mike Fay took a grueling 456-day voyage […]
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Leather Pillows that help to support children and families in Africa
January 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Arts, National Geographic
There are throw pillows, and there are throw pillows. If you need a beautiful home accessory, consider these African Embellished Leather Pillows. They’re not mass-produced in some factory somewhere–these are high quality leather goods hand-stiched by women working in a Maasai village near the Tanzanian border, in the shadow of Kenya’s Mt. Kilimanjaro, and finished […]
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Give the Gift of a rare Wollemi Pine Tree
December 3rd, 2007 · No Comments · Conservation, National Geographic
Here is an amazing story from the folks at National Geographic. This holiday season, you will be hard pressed to find a gift more interesting or meaningful than this one. There was a species of pine tree that was thought to be extinct for more than two million years. The only record of the plant […]
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National Geographic 2008 Calendar
November 30th, 2007 · No Comments · Glimpse Foundation, National Geographic
In Spring 2007, the National Geographic Society had a photo contest among some of its most gifted travel photographers. They were asked to photograph street markets in Fiji, Japan, Togo, Italy, Vietnam, Mexico, Senegal, Spain, the Dominican Republic, South Korea, and Myanmar. The result is the Glimpse 2008 Marketplace Calendar. It is a colorful and […]
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