100 Photographs That Changed the World
by Editors of Life Magazine

Nominated through on-line votes and selected by Life editors, the 100 images in this compendium cover unforgettable moments in "The Arts," "Society," "War & Peace" and "Science & Nature." The photographs are all striking-whether visually or viscerally, artistically or emotionally-but many are difficult to look at. As Gordon Parks writes in his introduction, "these images helped push us toward a change." And so it's possible to revisit the moments when a white crowd in Indiana cheered at the hanging bodies of two black men, when grieving members of AIDS activist David Kirby gathered around his deathbed, when the 1937 bombing of Shanghai left a train station destroyed and a single bloody child alone amidst the wreckage. There's little here that hasn't been reprinted numerous times, but it's a stirring collection nevertheless. Buy It Now!

LIFE : Our Century in Pictures
by Richard B. Stolley & Tony Chi

It's not just a grab bag of 770 arresting, touching, scary, funny, alternately famous and unfamiliar images. It tells a semi-coherent story by breaking up the century into nine "epochs," each introduced with a brief essay by a leading intellectual light (David M. Kennedy, Paul Fussell, and Garry Wills do especially well). There are fun facts aplenty: did you know Columbia Pictures' Lady Liberty-like logo was inspired by a debutante in an anti-Hun propaganda poster? Or that Ike almost chose Margaret Chase Smith instead of Nixon? Buy it Now!

Life Legends: The Century's Most Unforgettable Faces
by Life Magazine Editors

Legends is an art book; displaying noted celebrities from the past century. It is a fun read. The photographs are good, taking from nearly a full page to even double page spreads, but it is the captions that go with them that had the most appeal to me. Some photos are themselves famous, while others show well-known people in their not so-well-known lives. The captions are comments about the subject, often by their peers but occasionally by themselves. Not only does this give you a new insight to the person photographed, but to the speaker as well. Buy it Now!

LIFE: Century of Change: America in Pictures 1900-2000
by Richard B. Stolley

LIFE: Century of Change shows how we got from 1900 to now. With 650 powerful images drawn from the files of LIFE magazine and other leading archives worldwide, the book analyzes the remarkable transformation that have occurred in key areas of American life and culture. From the evolution of shopping—Mom and Pop shops to Woolworths to e-trade—to our notions of sex, daily life as it is today simply did not exist a century ago. Buy it Now!

Life Millennium: The 100 Most Important Events and People of the Past 1000 Years
by Robert Friedman & the Editors of Life Magazine

From the discovery of the potato to the invention of plastic, from the first novel to man's first steps on the moon, this triumphant march through 1,000 years of history covers the people, places, and products that have shaped life in this millennium. 150 photos. Buy it Now!

LIFE: The War in Iraq
by Walter Cronkite & the editors of LIFE Magazine

In well-considered words and vivid pictures, the editors of LIFE create another definitive document of a critical event in American history. As they did with the best-selling ONE NATION. Remarkable pictures from the Gulf, drawn from sources worldwide including Reuters and all the wire services, The New York Times and all the newspapers and news magazines (including many from Europe, providing several shots not yet seen in America), as well as those taken by today's best independent photographers who have an intimate association with LIFE, will tell the history--and be accompanied by a dramatic, authoritative timeline of events. Buy it Now!

One Nation: America Remembers September 11, 2001
by Editors of Life Magazine (Author), editors of LIFE magazine

During our nation's most trying times, it has been LIFE that has provided the images that help us understand, remember, and in the process, renew. Now the editors of LIFE have assembled a moving, brilliantly illustrated account of tragedy and triumph. This is about firemen going in amidst the rubble, but it is also about a Frenchman in Paris holding up a sign that says, "We are all Americans." This is about our leaders taking charge, but it is also about schoolchildren in Iowa hanging an American flag on a tree in their backyard. Buy it Now!

Life: In Hollywood
by Editors of Life Magazine

It is and always has been about pictures — the moving ones, of course, and the timeless stills. The great stars and the roles they've played on and off the screen have transfixed us for nearly a century, and a preeminent chronicler of their fantastic lives has, for decades, been LIFE. Hollywood, in its so-called Golden Era and later, was the beat for many of the foremost LIFE photographers. Their best work, including surprising as well as iconic photos, is here, abetted by the classic work of other famous shooters. Buy it Now!

Life: Our National Parks; Celebrating America's Natural Splendor
by Editors of Life Magazine

The notion of preserving and protecting our wilderness for the greater good of present and future generations was an entirely American idea — among the country's very best. With this book, LIFE brings home, in words and vivid photography, the 55 extraordinary locales that have been anointed national parks. Included in the book are satellite-photo maps, plus a directory. Buy it Now!

LIFE: The Greatest Adventures of All Time
by Editors of Life Magazine

LIFE captures all the drama...passion...and excitement of the world's greatest adventures across the centuries - collected in one stunning volume! Now, for the first time, in one lavishly illustrated heirloom volume, the editors of LIFE have captured the riveting drama and endless fascination of the greatest adventures the world has ever seen. You'll be enthralled by gripping storytelling wedded to stunning art, photography, and richly detailed maps drawn from the archives of the Royal Geographical Society, the Smithsonian, the Bettmann Archive, and the Time Inc. library. Buy it Now!

Life: Holylands One Place Three Faiths
by Editors of Life Magazine

Judaism. Christianity. Islam. The world's three great monotheistic religions have a long, intertwined history. They embrace a belief in a single Lord: Yahweh, God, Allah. They have a common, ancient patriarch in Abraham. Their stories are filled with events that took place in the Middle East where, yes, the religions have had periods of violent strife — periods including the present day. This volume examines, in words and pictures, the fascinating, difficult religious history of that region, and seeks answers to timeless problems. Buy it Now!