Photographs

Cover (tc) argus/Shutterstock. (ml - mr) Stuart Westmorland/Corbis. Christophe Boisvieux/Corbis. Clive Nichols/Corbis. Charlie Munsey/Corbis. Andrejs Pidjass/Shutterstock. Frans Lanting/Corbis. 2 (bg) Cartesia. (tl, tr, bc, c, tc) Liz Garza-Williams. 4 (bg) Liz Garza-Williams. 5 (t) David Young-Wolff/PhotoEdit. (tl, tc, tr, b) Liz Garza-Williams. (ml, mc) Digital Studios. (mr) New Century Graphics. 6 (t, l, c, r) Liz Garza-Williams. 7 (t, l, r) Liz Garza-Williams. 8 (bg) New Century Graphics. 9 (bg) Liz Garza-Williams. (br) Micheal Simpson/Getty Images. 10 (b) Urban CGI/Alamy. 10–11 (bg) Creatas/Jupiterimages. 12 (t) Liz Garza-Williams. 14 (bg) Ellen Denuto/Getty Images. (bl) New Century Graphics. (br) Ancil Nance/Getty Images. 16 (mr) Liz Garza-Williams. 16–17 (bg) YinYang/iStockphoto. 17 (tl, br) Liz Garza-Williams. (bl, bml) Siede Preis/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (bmr) Digital Studios. 18 (t) Liz Garza-Williams. 19 (l) Artville Produce. 20 (c) Baerbel Schmidt/Getty Images. (t) Elie Bernager/Getty Images. (b) Digital Vision/Getty Images. 21 (tl, ml) David Young-Wolff/Getty Images. (mr) John-Francis Bourke/Getty Images. (bl) Hola Images/Getty Images. 22–23 (c) Elie Bernager/Getty Images. 24 (c) David Young-Wolff/Getty Images. 25 (b) Digital Vision/Getty Images. 26 (c) Baerbel Schmidt/Getty Images. 27 (b) Michael Newman/PhotoEdit. 28 (t) Hola Images/Getty Images. (b) Image Source/Jupiterimages. 29 (l) SW Productions/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (r) PhotoDisc/Getty Images. 31 (tr) Liz Garza Williams (b) Pat Doyle/Corbis. 32 (b) PhotoDisc/Getty Images. 34 (bg) Ray Godfrey. (mc) G.K. & Vikki Hart/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. 37 (tl, ml, c, mc, bml) Artville Produce. (tml, tmr, tr, mr, bl, br) New Century Graphics. (bmr) Stockbyte /Getty Images. 39 (t, ml, mc, mr, bl, bc, br) Liz Garza-Williams. 42 (t) Ian O’Leary/Getty Images. 44 (bl) John A. Rizzo/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (bml) Siede Preis/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (bmr) New Century Graphics. (br) Nick Koudis/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. 46 (r) Finn O’Hara/Getty Images. (l) Nick Koudis/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. 47 (t, bml, br) Liz Garza-Williams. (bl) Jules Frazier/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (bmr) C Squared Studios/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. 48 (ml) Artville. (mc, bl, bml, c) Stockbyte/Getty Images. (mr) Siede Preis/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (bc) Artville Produce. (br) C Squared Studios/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. 49 (tl) David Bishop/FoodPix/Jupiterimages. (tc,tr) Joe Pellegrini/FoodPix/Jupiterimages. (ml) PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (mc) Dennis Gottlieb/FoodPix/Jupiterimages. (mr) Bud Endress. (b) John Kelly/Getty Images. 50 (c) E. Jane Armstrong/Jupiterimages. (tl) Jonathan Kantor/Getty Images. (bl) Tim Hill/Alamy. (mr) Getty Images/Purestock. (tr) Hugh Threlfall/Alamy. (br) Chuck Savage/Corbis. 51 (tl) Getty Images/StockFood. (tr) David Young-Wolff/PhotoEdit. (l) Image Source/Jupiterimages. (mr) Burazin/Getty Images. (bl) Ariel Skelley/Getty Images. (r) PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (ml) iStockphoto. 52 (r) E. Jane Armstrong/Jupiterimages. (b) Tim Hill/Alamy. (t) Jonathan Kantor/Getty Images. 52–53 (bg) Getty Images/Nordic Photos. 53 (t) Hugh Threlfall/Alamy. (b) Getty Images/Purestock. 54 (tl, tml, tmr, br) Image Source/Jupiterimages. (bl) Tom Bean/Corbis. (tr) Lew Robertson/FoodPix/Jupiterimages. 55 (tl) Stockbyte/Alamy. (tml) Lee Hacker/Alamy. (tc) Maximilian Stock Ltd/Corbis. (tmr) Digital Vision/Alamy. (b) Rosemary Calvert/Getty Images. (r) SuperStock. (l) Wayne Hutchinson/Alamy. 56 (tl) Burazin/Getty Images. (tml) iStockphoto. (tr) Getty Images/Foodcollection. (tmr) Stockbyte/Alamy. (tc) PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (bl) Inga Spence/Visuals Unlimited. (br) Getty Images/StockFood. 57 (tl) MaRoDee Photography/Alamy. (tc) Image Source/Jupiterimages. (c) David Young-Wolff/PhotoEdit. (br) Getty Images/StockFood. (tr) Jostein Hauge/iStockphoto. (tmr) Kevin Russ/iStockphoto. (tml) PureStock/Jupiterimages. 58 (bl) Lynda Richardson/Corbis. (tml) Getty Images/StockFood. (tl) Aleksandr Ugorenkov/Alamy. (tc) Stockbyte/Getty Images. (tmr) Geoffrey Kidd/Alamy. (tr) Jernej Borovinek/iStockphoto. (br) Wilmar Photography/Alamy. (tc) Eising/Getty Images. 59 (bg) Chuck Savage/Corbis. 61 (b) John Paul Endress. 64 (police) Robert E. Daemmrich/Getty Images. (construction worker) Hugh Sitton/Getty Images. (mailman) David Young-Wolff/PhotoEdit. (doctor) Michael Krasowitz/Getty Images. (artist) Dick Luria/Getty Images. (cashier) Jack Star/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (vendor) Gabe Palmer/Corbis. (gardener) Angela Maynard/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (plumber) Joshua EtsHokin/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (window washer) Russell Illiq/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (waitress) C. Borland/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (judge) David Hiller/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (operator) Bob Rowan/Progressive Image/Corbis. (camera woman) (hair stylist) Stockbyte/Getty Images. (executives) Don Tremain/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (operator) PhotoDisc/PhotoLink/Getty Images. (customer service rep) Keith Brofsky/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (welder) (veterinarian) (fireman) (business workers) (chef) (store owner) (cab driver) (fish vendor) (ballerina) (doorman) (cook) (painter) (surveyor) (barber) (clouds) PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (buildings) Digital Stock New York City. (bookstore owner) Stephen Derr/Getty Images. 66 (tl) David Young-Wolff/Getty Images. (tml) Andrea Pistolesi/Getty Images. (bl) Ken Fisher/Getty Images. (mc) Paul Conklin/PhotoEdit. (mr) Ed Bock /Corbis. (r) Jeff Greenberg/PhotoEdit. 67 (t) LWA-JDC/Corbis. (ml) Charlie Westerman/Image State. (mc) Stockbyte/Getty Images. (mr) Reuters/Corbis. (bl) David Toase/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (bc) Ancil Nance/Getty Images. (br) M. Bridwell/PhotoEdit. 68 (t) Liz Garza-Williams. (ml) Steve Chenn/Corbis. (mc) Dana White/PhotoEdit. (bl) Jonathan Nourok/PhotoEdit. (bc) Michael Newman/PhotoEdit. (br) Bonnie Kamin/PhotoEdit. (mr) Jose Luis Pelaez Inc./Corbis. 70–71 (bg) Mark Garlick/Photo Researchers Inc. 72 (t) Ales Fevzer /Corbis. 74 (l to r, bmr) PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (b) John Paul Endress. (r) Digital Stock. (mc) Tony Freeman/PhotoEdit. (ml) Stockbyte/Getty Images. (tl) Kevin Laubacher/Getty Images. (bl) David Frazier/Corbis. 76 (br) Rudi Von Briel/PhotoEdit. (l) John Paul Endress. 76–77 (bg) Superstudio/Getty Images. 77 (c) Mark Weiss/Getty Images. 78 (t) Rudi Von Briel/PhotoEdit. 79 (tl, c) New Century Graphics. (tc, tr, tmr, mr) Liz Garza-Williams. 80 (t, c) Grant Faint/Getty Images. (b) Corbis. 81 (tl) Will Hart/PhotoEdit. (tr) Ken Lucas/Visuals Unlimited. (ml) James L. Amos/Corbis. (mr) Michael Newman/PhotoEdit. (bl) Richard T. Nowitz/Corbis. 82–83 (bg) Bill Hatcher/National Geographic Image Collection. 84 (ml) Grant Faint/Getty Images. (tr) Theo Allofs/Visuals Unlimited. 85 (tr) Ken Lucas/Visuals Unlimited. (b) Pat O’Hara/Corbis. 86 (bl) Tom Bean/Corbis. 87 (tr) Robert Marien/Corbis. (bg) Robert Glusic/Corbis. 88 (b) Photodisc/Getty Images. (c) Albert J. Copley/Stockbyte/Getty Images. (t) Ken Lucas/Visuals Unlimited. 89 (b) James L. Amos/Corbis. (tl,tr) Photodisc/Getty Images. 91 (t) Michael Newman/PhotoEdit. (m) PhotoDisc/Getty Images. 94 (ml) Nick Koudis/PictureQuest. (tl) S. Meltzer/PhotoLink. (tc,br,bl) Corbis Images/PictureQuest. (mc) PhotoLink. (mr) Image Ideas Inc./PictureQuest. (bc) Kent Knudson/PictureQuest. 96 (c) Liz Garza-Williams. (bg) Ray McVay/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. 97 (l) Alan Pappe/RubberBall Productions/PictureQuest. (c) Mike McQueen/Getty Images. (r) Corbis Images/PictureQuest. 98 (b) Dag Sundberg/Getty Images. 100–101 (bg) Robert Harding/Picture Library Ltd/Alamy. 102 (t) David Young-Wolff/PhotoEdit. 104 (l) Siede Preis/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (ml) Jake Rajs/Getty Images. (bl) Ryan Mcvay/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (bml) Donovan Reese/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (mr) Stockbyte/Getty Images. (r) Jules Frazier/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (bmr) John Paul Endress. (br) C Squared Studios/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (tc) CMCD/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (tr) PhotoLink/PhotoDisc/PictureQuest. (c) Corbis Images/PictureQuest. (bg) Scott Bell/Stock Connection/Jupiterimages. 106 (ml) Stockbyte/Getty Images. (br) Paul Colangelo/Corbis. 106 (tr) Gregor Schuster/Zefa/Corbis. 106–107 (bg) Alan Schein Photography. 109 (l) Harvey Lloyd/Getty Images. (c) Julie Houck/Corbis. (r) Jeremy Horner/Corbis. 110 (c, t) Kenneth Garrett, National Geographic Image Collection. 111 (tr) Nic Cleave Photography/Alamy. (mr) Gabriela Medina/SuperStock. (bl) Danny Lehman/Corbis. 112 (bg) Kenneth Garrett, National Geographic Image Collection. 114 (b) Kenneth Garrett, National Geographic Image Collection. 114–115 (t) J. Marshall/Tribaleye Images/Alamy. 115 (b) Mural reconstruction by Heather Hurst. 116 (b) Jordi Camí/age fotostock. 116–117 (t) J. Marshall/Tribaleye Images/Alamy. 117 (t) Peter Arnold Inc./Alamy. 118 (t) Gabriela Medina/SuperStock. 118–119 (t) J Marshall/Tribaleye Images/Alamy. 119 (t) Reuters/Jorge Silva. 121 PhotoDisc/Getty Images. 124 (tmr) Liz Garza-Williams. (t) John Wang/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (bml, mr, tr) PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (br,ml) Digital Stock. (bl) Ed Young/Corbis. 127 (tl, tml, tmr, tr, br) Courtesy of Brown Publishing Network. (bl, bmr) Chris Birck. (bml) David Young-Wolff/Getty Images. (ml) Susan Van Etten Lawson/PhotoEdit. (mr) Kevin Fleming /Corbis. 129 (tl,tr,l,ml,mr,r,bl,bml,bmr,br) Liz Garza-Williams. 130 (t) David Young-Wolff/PhotoEdit. (b) Rob Gage/Getty Images. 131 (t) Michael Newman/PhotoEdit. (l) Joseph Sohm/Visions of America /Corbis. (r) Phil McCarten/PhotoEdit. 132–133 (bg) Mario Tama/Getty Images. 134 (t) John A. Rizzo/PhotoDisc/Getty Images. (r) Liz Garza-Williams. (bg) Digital Stock