Books with author Amy Hall

When Hiram Bingham, a historian from Yale University, first saw Machu Picchu in 1911, it was a ruin obscured by overgrowth whose terraces were farmed a by few families. A century later, Machu Picchu is a UNESCO world heritage site visited by more than a million tourists annually. This remarkable transformation began with the photographs that accompanied Bingham's article published in National Geographic magazine, which depicted Machu Picchu as a lost city discovered. Focusing on the practices, technologies, and materializations of Bingham's three expeditions to Peru (1911, 1912, 1914–1915), this book makes a convincing case that visualization, particularly through the camera, played a decisive role in positioning Machu Picchu as both a scientific discovery and a Peruvian heritage site.Amy Cox Hall argues that while Bingham's expeditions relied on the labor, knowledge, and support of Peruvian elites, intellectuals, and peasants, the practice of scientific witnessing, and photography specifically, converted Machu Picchu into a cultural artifact fashioned from a distinct way of seeing. Drawing on science and technology studies, she situates letter writing, artifact collecting, and photography as important expeditionary practices that helped shape the way we understand Machu Picchu today. Cox Hall also demonstrates that the photographic evidence was unstable, and, as images circulated worldwide, the "lost city" took on different meanings, especially in Peru, which came to view the site as one of national patrimony in need of protection from expeditions such as Bingham's.

It's about time! That diaper's gotta go, baby! Pick the best book for toddlers about the journey to the potty. If you're starting to potty train your toddler, get them excited about the coming process with some fun and colorful Potty Training and ABC Animals book for toddlers. Felicity the frog loves to jump. It’s hard to keep her calm. Potty time can be so frustrating for the little froggy’s mom. Greg, the giraffe, sits on his potty tucked amongst nice shady trees. His long neck reaches up to the branches, so he can chat to the bees. AND MORE From #1 Bestselling Children's Book Author Amy Hall comes Potty Zoo. Here's what people have to say: "Okay! I gotta tell you. I have a daughter -- she is 2. She absolutely adores this book. "The cutest book in the whole world...I gave it a five-star rating because of the wonderful illustrations and very cute animals." "It's a wonderful mix of potty training and ABC book. My twins are loving it!" Your paperback copy of «Potty Zoo" also includes a FREE Kindle edition and Coloring Pages!

It's true, life is wonderful. Every day there is a multitude of fantastic, magical moments. Unfortunately, they can easily slip beneath your radar and go unnoticed in hectic modern life. Tune in to these ever-present treasures and appreciate them in their full color and beauty. This book is a charming collection filled with the daily sights, sounds, and sensations that will make you pause, smile, and recognize that life is a daily delight. Instead of becoming buried in interminable paperwork today, take a moment and listen to the ice cream truck's song or the pattering of rain against the window. Indulge in a thick chocolate milkshake poured from a stainless steel canister or sneak a slurp straight out of the milk jug. Find humor in watching kittens at play or a dog with a ball in his mouth. Enjoy life, because every moment counts.