Sebastiao Salgado is one the most respected photojournalists working today, his reputation forged by decades of dedication and powerful black-and-white images of dispossessed and distressed people taken in places where most wouldn`t dare to go. Although he has photographed throughout South America and around the globe, his work most heavily concentrates on Africa, where he has shot more than 40 reportage works over a period of 30 years. From the Dinka tribes in Sudan and the Himba in Namibia to gorillas and volcanoes in the lakes region to displaced peoples throughout the continent, Salgado shows us all facets of African life today. Whether he`s documenting refugees or vast landscapes, Salgado knows exactly how to grab the essence of a...
ISBN: 978-3-8228-5621-5
Издательство:
TASCHEN
Дата выхода: январь 2000
A sensational collection of photographs featuring some of the greatest drivers and cars in motor sport history. This album is filled with fascinating images from the Alec Ulmann Collection, including such famous drivers as Dan Gurney, Jacky Ickx, and the winner in his Ferrari 512S, Mario Andretti. Porsche 917s, Ford GT40s, Corvettes, Matra-Simcas, Alfas and many others fill this exceptional photo archive.
A group of friends that hasnt seen one another in years is reunited through tragedy. Working through their grief together, they find that each of their lives is impacted in ways they could have never foreseen, in this story of friendship, family, and life coming full circle.
A developer has slated an ancient Abenaki Indian burial ground for a strip mall, and now strange happenings have the inhabitants of tiny Comtosook, Vermont, talking of supernatural forces at work. Ross Wakeman is a ghost hunter who`s never seen a ghost - all he`s searching for is something to end the pain of losing his fiancee, Aimee, in a car accident. He`s tried suicide - any number of times. Now, Ross lives only for a way to connect with Aimee from beyond. Searching the site for signs of the paranormal, Ross meets the mysterious Lia, who sparks him to life for the first time in years. But the discoveries that await Ross are beyond anything he could dream of in this world - or the next.
ISBN: 978-1-4165-4919-2
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The suspense master behind Robert Ludlum`s (TM) Jason Bourne thrillers, Eric Van Lustbader brings a riveting epic adventure to an explosive conclusion, as Nicholas Linnear - the Ninja - takes on his most formidable enemy. After the apocalyptic destruction of Floating City, Linnear`s sworn nemesis has fled the ruined Vietnamese blood empire to remount the assault that will solidify his ultimate power and destroy the Ninja. Mick Leonforte, an international corporate power broker and criminal czar, is preparing for a final confrontation on the battleground where business and warfare become one. With the help of seasoned NYPD detective Lew Croaker and the dazzlingly cunning Vesper Arkham, Linnear pursues his prey--placing Koei, the woman he...
When a plot of land is being developed in Vermont against the will of a local Native American tribe, strange things begin to happen - and Ross Wakeman, a paranormal investigator, is asked to get involved. He`s a desperate drifter who`s taken up ghost hunting in an effort to cross paths again with his fiancee, who died in a car crash eight years ago, but he has yet to experience anything even remotely paranormal. Then Ross meets Lia ...As a seventy-year-old murder case is reopened, a shocking secret about a crime of passion long past is revealed.
ISBN: 9780340897263
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: январь 2020
Martin Amis first wrote about September 11 a week later in a piece for "The Guardian beginning", ‘It was the advent of the second plane, sharking in low over the Statue of Liberty: that was the defining moment’. And he has kept returning to September 11, in essays and reviews, and in two remarkable short stories, `In the Palce of the End` and `The Last Days of Muhammad Atta`. All are collected here, together with an expanded account of his travels with Tony Blair in 2007 - to Belfast, to Washington, and to Baghdad and Basra. `We are arriving at an axiom in long-term thinking about international terrorism`, he writes: `the real danger lies, not in what it inflicts, but in what it provokes. Thus by far the gravest consequence of...
ISBN: 978-0-09-948869-9
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
The stories within "Second Variety" were written between 1952 and 1955, while America was in the grip of McCarthyism. The concerns of the time are reflected in stories such as "Second Variety", which tells of an endless war fought by ever more cunning and sophisticated robots, or `Imposter` where a man accused of being an alien spy finds his whole identity called into question. Using his marvellously varied, quirky and idiosyncratic style, Dick speaks up for ordinary people against militarism, paranoia and xenophobia.
ISBN: 978-1-85798-880-2
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
In a fresh, funny look at what happens when a woman who has everything finally meets her match, Danielle Steel proves that, in life and love, it`s never too late for a second chance.
ISBN: 978-0-440-24079-2
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: август 2011
So far the Foundation was safe. But there was a hidden Second Foundation to protect the first. The Mule has yet to find it, but he was getting closer all the time. The men of the Foundation sought it, too, to escape from Mule`s mind control. Only Arkady, a 14 year-old girl seemed to have the answer, or did
ISBN: 0-553-29336-2
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Financially straitened and on the path to spinsterhood, Venetia Milton thought her stay at the remote, ramshackle Arcane House would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to engineer her own ravishment. She was there to photograph the artifacts collected by a highly secretive organization, founded two centuries earlier by an alchemist. And the alchemist`s descendant-her employer, Gabriel Jones-has the eyes of a sorcerer. But despite Venetia`s intent to seduce Mr. Jones and move on, she is shattered upon her return home to read in the press of his violent demise. Using the sizable fee Mr. Jones paid her, Venetia establishes a new life, opening a gallery in London. Of course, posing as a respectable widow makes it easier to do business,...
ISBN: 978-0-515-14280-8
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011
Mr Verloc, the secret agent, has a shop in London. He lives there peacefully with his wife Winnie, her mother and her brother, Stevie. When Mr Verloc becomes involved with an anarchist plot to blow up the Greenwich Royal Observatory, things go disastrously wrong. Mr Verloc’s job as a secret agent leads to tragic consequences for him and all his family.
ISBN: 9788853003133
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content.The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers` story comprehension and...
The Secret is an international phenomenon that has inspired millions of people to live extraordinary lives. The Secret to Teen Power makes that material accessible and relevant for today`s over programmed, stressed-out teens. It explains how the law of attraction can help teens navigate their friendships, relationships, schoolwork, money, and even more global issues like politics and the environment. It all happens through the basic principles outlined in The Secret to Teen Power that will bring happiness and fulfilment for all who embrace it.
ISBN: 978-1-84738-693-9
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
