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61) Unveiling Alaska
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Unveiling Alaska is a photography guide that offers tips for photographers venturing out to capture the beauty of Alaska. Everything from gear selection, planning, and advice on interacting with the wildlife in a safe way.
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Journalist Dale Maharidge has spent his career documenting the downward spiral of the American working class. Poverty is both reality and destiny for increasing numbers of people in the 2020s and, as Maharidge discovers spray-painted inside an abandoned gas station in the California desert, it is a fate often handed down from birth.
Motivated by this haunting phrase-"Fucked at Birth"-Maharidge explores the realities of being poor in America in the...
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On January 21, 2017, five million people in 82 countries and on all seven continents stood up with one voice. The Women's March began with one cause, women's rights, but quickly became a movement around the many issues that were hotly debated during the 2016 U.S. presidential race-immigration, health care, environmental protections, LGBTQ rights, racial justice, freedom of religion, and workers' rights, among others. In the mere 66 days between the...
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Baseball Photography Classics
Picturing America's Pastime celebrates baseball through a unique photography collection of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum's unmatched archive of baseball photos.
Preserving History, Honoring Excellence, and Connecting Generations is the mission of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Now, with this unequaled collection of photos from baseball history, you can revel in the moments we share...
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Iconic photos from the First World War, newly colourized. See seminal images of Canada's First World War experience in a new light - offered in full colour for the first time - with contributions from Margaret Atwood, Tim, Cook, Charlotte Gray, Paul Gross, Peter Mansbridge, and many others. Canadians today see the First World War largely through black and white photography. Colourizing these images brings a new focus to our understanding and appreciation...
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From 1917 to 1919, terror struck the streets of Akron. As soldiers marched off to World War I and Spanish influenza ravaged the community, police officers faced a sinister threat.
Murderous kingpin Rosario Borgia placed a bounty on officers' heads for interfering with his criminal enterprises. Gangsters gunned down seven cops, killing five, in a series of brazen attacks over fifteen months. Author Mark J. Price chronicles the crimes,
...67) Never say die
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IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
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Fifteen-year-old half-Inuit Nick and his white brother, Ryan, meet and share an adventure on the Firth River in the Canadian Arctic, facing white water, wild animals, and fierce weather as Ryan documents the effects of climate change on caribou for National Geographic magazine.
When the motto of your village is "never say die," you have a lot to live up to. . . .
At home in Canada's Arctic, Nick Thrasher is an accomplished Inuit hunter at fifteen....
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A classic early example of "muck-racking" journalism, or reporting by reform-minded American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt, "How the Other Half Lives" is a chronicle of the conditions of abject poverty that the residents of the slums of New York endured at the end of the 19th century. Danish immigrant Jacob A. Riis saw first-hand the horrible conditions of the Lower East Side of Manhattan following his immigration...
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The Bang-Bang Club is the story of four young photographers who covered the last years of apartheid, taking many of the most memorable photographs of the period. In this stunning new book, the group's two surviving members recount their political, emotional, and personal journeys through these violent years as South Africa moved toward democracy. Along the way we accompany them on free-lance assignments to other war-torn regions, including the former...
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Kiku Adatto is a Scholar in Residence at Harvard University's Humanities Center. Her writings on culture, politics, and the media have appeared in many publications, including the New York Times, the New Republicand the Huffington Post.
We say the camera doesn't lie, but we also know that pictures distort and deceive. In Picture Perfect, Kiku Adatto brilliantly examines the use and abuse of images today. Ranging from family albums to Facebook, political...
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Pairing epic sports photography with articles from The Times and The Sunday Times archive, this volume brings together 100 of the most iconic moments from World Cup history. With striking, full-colour photography, rarely seen archival images and sensational reporting on the action, The Times Rugby World Cup Moments tells the story of one of the world's greatest single sporting events as it unfolded on—and off—the pitch. Featuring the most memorable...
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Marine Air Group 25 was a pioneering combat air transport unit that entered overseas service during the Guadalcanal campaign in September 1942, helping to achieve the first American offensive victory of the war in the Pacific. It quickly gained fame for its rapid delivery of vital supplies and its lifesaving evacuation of casualties. During the fight for Guadalcanal, Marine Air Group 25 became the nucleus of the joint-service SOPAC (South Pacific)...
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Las Vegas Then and Now pairs vintage shots from 100 years of the city's history with the same view today. 'Las Vegas Then and Now' captures the city's evolution from a desert railroad outpost into the gambling and entertainment capital of the world. Pairing historical photographs of the town with specially commissioned views of the same scene today, this book provides the reader with an intriguing look into the history of a city that has become a...
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Des images inédites, rares et somptueuses, voilà le riche menu de ce Sept mook n°44 consacré au photojournalisme. Un genre dans lequel s'est illustré le Vaudois Pierre Izard (1906-1998). Ses clichés noir blanc impeccables nous donnent à voir la vie quotidienne de Lausanne au XXe siècle, de ses lieux emblématiques aux gens du Léman en passant par les métiers disparus et les jeux d'enfants. Autre observateur averti de notre époque, Werner...
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Kangaroo Island is a tight-knit community of self-reliant people passionate about farming, food, art, animals, nature, and sport. But even the tough become daunted. Lurching from one tragedy to the next, the worldwide pandemic overwhelmed the recovery of an island that had already lost it all during the devastation of the Black Summer fires in early 2020. Touched personally by both tragedies, author Sabrina Davis interviews these still hard-working,...
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Lens of War grew out of an invitation to leading historians of the Civil War to select and reflect upon a single photograph. Each could choose any image and interpret it in personal and scholarly terms. The result is a remarkable set of essays by twenty-seven scholars whose numerous volumes on the Civil War have explored military, cultural, political, African American, women's, and environmental history.
The essays describe a wide array of photographs...
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Market savvy, expert research, and first-rate resources combine to make this book the tutor that can take experienced photojournalists to new heights of success-while showing aspiring photojournalists how to begin their climb in a stimulating and rewarding field. Step-by-step instructions tell how to establish a business, implement the latest research tactics, network with editors and other photo buyers, pitch to television producers, and expand business...
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Du Chili à la Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée et du Bhoutan à l'Australie, suivez deux reporters à la rencontre de personnes qui œuvrent, aux quatre coins du monde, pour un futur meilleur.
Pascale et Jonathan sont deux reporters partis faire le tour du monde avec la volonté de mettre en lumière ces hommes et ces femmes qui, aux quatre coins de la planète, œuvrent pour un avenir meilleur. Ils se sont allégés de tout, ont condensé leurs vies...
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Take a visual journey to Japan's vast northern island of Hokkaido.
This stunning guide covering all the places foreign and Japanese tourists alike find so fascinating here-spectacular volcanic landscapes, the world's best powder skiing, and some of Japan's most incredible food.
Author Aaron Jamieson is a professional photographer, filmmaker, and journalist who has lived on Hokkaido for more than a decade-devoting his time to seeking out the hidden...
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The universal guide to assessing your potential match in one you meet. This is a system you can use to evaluate what to expect with your potential mate. Meeting for the first time? Referred by friend to a blind date? Arranged a meet up yourself? Looking to jump the f*ck into a relationship? Want to "hang out" with a friend? Perhaps you are courting in another fashion, or you are at a loss on how to decide if a potential mate is a fit for you. Well,...
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