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A unique and beautiful look at Britain from the skies See Britain in a whole new light with Britain From Above Month by Month, a stunning visual portrait of the British Isles throughout the year from renowned aerial photographer Jason Hawkes. Explore every corner of Britain from majestic mountain landscapes and haunting medieval ruins to magnificent feats of engineering and dramatic coastlines and see how familiar scenes, famous events and iconic monuments take on a whole new life when viewed from a different angle. Look down at the Angel of the North from a new perspective, take in the glittering London skyline from on high and see a patchwork of festival tents as you've never seen them before. Britain From Above Month by Month is a true celebration of Britain in all its glory, a beautiful gift and a fascinating addition to any bookshelf.

The aerial photographs in this book are selected to provide the reader with an overview of a variety of landscapes and settlements, with historic sites included. There can be no better way of appreciating the many glories of Dorset than to view the county from above.

The Isle of Wight was once an independent kingdom and, while it no longer enjoys this status, it does still remain an atmosphere of separateness - an island unto itself. This book is a collection of 130 aerial photographs, providing a fascinating overview of this historic island community.

Wiltshire is a county of great antiquity, home to prehistoric relics such as Stonehenge, Avebury and Silbury Hill. Providing a 'bird's-eye' view of the county's most notable sights, this book is a visual celebration of the many glories of Wiltshire.

The aerial photographs in this book are selected to provide the reader with an overview of a variety of landscapes and settlements, with many historic sites included, all providing a fascinating aerial portrait of Surrey.

The New York skyline is arguably one of the most distinctive on Earth. At night, however, the city’s numerous landmarks are transformed from the familiar into the new. Following the success of Merrell’s London at Night, award-winning aerial photographer Jason Hawkes offers a dramatic, night-time perspective on one of the world’s most iconic locations. From the vantage point of a helicopter, Hawkes captures the magical, almost abstract quality of such familiar sights as the Statue of Liberty, Times Square and the Empire State Building as seen after dark, as well as revealing some of New York’s less well-known vistas. Featuring an informative introduction and extended captions by the New York Times journalist Christopher Gray, New York at Night is a unique and often breathtaking record of the city that truly never sleeps.

At 178 miles (286 kilometres) Kent has one of thelongest and most varied coastlines in England. Hereare to be found some of the finest heritage sites inthe country, together with exceptional habitat ofinternational importance for wildlife.The landscapesinclude towering cliffs, lonely marshlands, popularholiday towns, international ports and tiny harbours.Kent also has the busiest passenger ferry port inNorthern Europe and the largest installed offshorewind farm in the UK.Almost one third of the people of Kent live incoastal districts. For some the sea is merely thebackdrop to their lives but a significant numbermake their living from its ports and harbours,industries, fishing grounds, tourist towns andbeaches. Each will find the aerial photographs inthis book equally fascinating.The principal attraction of aerial photographs is thatthey are literally a bird's-eye view, allowing us tolook down on the landscape from a perspective thatwe never normally see. Such pictures reveal to usthings that are normally hidden from view, andoften surprise us when we find that what we hadimagined the layout of the land to be is in realityquite different.The best practitioners of this genre of photography,like Jason Hawkes, strive to capture an aesthetic inthe images they take, and these pictures, sometimesquite abstract in appearance, are often strikinglybeautiful in their own right