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Desert Air by George Steinmetz, $37

Acclaimed travel photographer George Steinmetz’s journey through uncharted desolation, Desert Air is the first comprehensive photographic collection of “extreme deserts” around the world (or, areas that receive under four inches of annual precipitation). The result is both a collection of jaw-dropping images and the story of Steinmetz’s journey through the stark and often dangerous landscape.