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Building Boom { The New Great Walls}
Beijing is building up for the Olympics. By Ted C. Fishman Photographs by Greg Girard
The Road Ahead
Despite the bumps, there’s no end in sight. By Peter Hessler Photographs by Fritz Hoffmann
Gilded Age { Gilded Age, Gilded Cage}
A new middle class means aspiration- and anxiety. By Leslie T Chang Photographs by Randy Olson
Guizhou Village { Village on the Edge of Time}
In Dimen, yesterday and today are merging. By Amy Tan Photographs by Lynn Johnson
China: Inside the Dragon { China’s Journey}
The great nation is on the move. By Peter Hessler Photographs by Fritz Hoffmann
Yellow River { Bitter Waters}
Can China save the Yellow- its Mother River? By Brook Larmer Photographs by Greg Girard

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CHINA: JOURNEY OF ROCK AND WATER(20 1/8 inches x 31)
Errata: The September 2008 NGM notes that the description of the People’ s Requblic of China as the fourth largest country, only slightly smaller than the United States, is based on land and inland- water area and excludes Taiwan; also, construction of
THE FORBIDDEN CITY(20 1/8 inches x 31)
Errata: The September 2008 NGM notes that the end of hte Qianlong emperor’ s reign was 1796. ; Included: Drawing of the 1889 wedding celebration of the Guangxu Emperor, featuring the Forbidden City’ s Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Dragon Throne, and detai

The Rise of Life on Earth { The Rise of Life on Earth- -Messel: Window on an Ancient World}
Forty- nine million years ago dinosaurs were long extinct and mammals on the ascent. Species of that time have been remarkably preserved in a mine pit at Messel, Germany.
Albanians: A People Undone
Scattered from the Balkans to the Bronx, Albanians hold fast to what they have left – an impoverished Eastern European homeland and deep ethnic pride.
Ancient Greece II { Ascent to Glory: Ancient Greece, Part II}
Elegant proportions and riotous color, tragedy and comedy, democracy and slavery: The roots and realities of the Classical Age belie our assumptions in the second of a three- part series.
Black Dragon River: On the Edge of Empires
A narrow ribbon of water separates two worlds that could hardly be more different: an impoverished corner of Russia and China’s economically energized Heilongjiang Province.
Eyewitness Kosovo
During the grim months before NATO intervened in Kosovo, a French photographer witnessed the anguish and upheaval of the Balkans’ recurring bloodbath.
Selma to Montgomery: The Road to Equality
A 1965 protest march from a small Alabama city to the state capital sparked Congress to ensure protection of black Americans’ right to vote.
Orphan Gorillas: Fighting to Survive in the Wild { Central Africa’s Orphan Gorillas: Will They Survive in the Wild? }
In Congo and Gabon dedicated workers evaded civil war to nurture, socialize, and ultimately release western lowland gorillas back into the wild.

Hard Rock Legacy
Gold, silver, and other hardrock mining contributed to a colorful page to the history of the American West. Tainted by past blunders, the modern- day industry struggles to reconcile high stakes economics with sound environmental practices.
Ancient Greece III { Alexander the Conqueror: Ancient Greece, Part III}
After Alexander the Great’s 12- year campaign of slaughter and conquest his Greek language and culture linked kingdoms from Egypt to the Indus Valley for three centuries.
Beijing: New Face For the Ancient Capital
Bolstered by foreign investment, Beijing’s booming economy is transforming the cityscape of China’s ancient capital as well as the lifestyle and expectations of its inhabitants.
Bugging Out: Into Madidi’s Teeming Jungle, a Photographer’s Journal
A photographer’s dream can also be his worst nightmare. Join Joel Sartore in Madidi as he waits for killer swine, digs burrowing maggots from his flesh, and sleeps with bats and sweat bees.
Madidi National Park { Madidi: Bolivia’s Spectacular New National Park; Madidi: Will Bolivia Drown Its New National Park? }
Champions of Bolivia’s new national park hope ecotourism will preserve this extraordinarily diverse corner of the Amazon, but a hydroelectric dam could jeopardize its future.
Stone Cold Ascent
In the wicked Patagonian winter four men scale the sheer west face of Cerro Torre, a rare and dangerous first in the world of rock climbing.
Arctic Submarine { The New Cold War: Stalking Arctic Climate Change by Submarine}
Beneath the icy surface of the Arctic Ocean, scientists aboard a Navy submarine map uncharted waters and gather clues about Earth’s changing climate.