Author: Alex Kershaw
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312315641
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Friend of Hemingway, John Huston, and lover of beautiful women, Capa lived a life that was equal parts glamour and danger. He was the best of combat photographers, yet no one knew that Capa was not his real name, and that his greatest artistic achievement may well have been himself. Two 8-page photo inserts.
Author: Richard Whelan
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803297609
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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The legendary war photographer Robert Capa carried into his personal life the same remarkable vitality that characterizes his pictures. Driven from his native Hungary by political oppression, he was first recognized for photographing the Spanish Civil War. In 1938 he was in China recording the Japanese invasion. During World War II he was in London, North Africa, and Italy, and then in France covering D-Day on Omaha Beach, the liberation of Paris, and the Battle of the Bulge. When the new nation of Israel was founded in 1948 he was there. In 1954 he was in Vietnam, taking photographs until the moment he was killed. Away from battle, Capa gather about him such famous people as Ernest Hemingway and his wife (the war correspondent Martha Gellhorn), Gary Cooper, Irwin Shaw, and Gene Kelly. Whelan shows Capa photographing the street life of Paris, crisscrossing America on assignment from Life, in Russia with John Steinbeck, in Italy with John Huston, on the Riviera with Picasso, and with Ingrid Bergman.
Author: Laure Dugas
Publisher:
ISBN: 1101884630
Category : Vintners
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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"Fresh, charming, and wholly irresistible, Champagne Baby turns a familiar tale on its head: Instead of yet another American seeking the French secret to good living, a Frenchwoman finds her purpose--much to her surprise--in America,"--Amazon.com.
Author: Derrick Winston
Publisher: Prime the Pump Publications LLC
ISBN: 9781947380394
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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In the 1900's, North Carolina's Geechee River region serves as a melting pot for Blacks, Whites, Indians and Jews. Former Buffalo Soldier, Willie Moses Sandwinder, hopes the uncharted territory will provide him a personal homestead. Somewhere in the heart of the beautiful yet treacherous wilderness, Willie stumbles upon BJ, a man who has been mauled by a bear, ans loosley clinging to life. Their encounter sets Willie on a path to fight to the death for his Cherokee wife, Aponi, start a family, and establish a thriving moonshine business. As a Black man, his white competitors feel entitled to his 'Mississippi Champagne' recipe - and they're willing to take it by any means necessary. Tragedy strikes, blood is shed and families are torn apart. Willie falls into a coma, with his life and business hanging in the balance. His family, his community and his Native American in-laws band together to make things right. Revenge is served, but will it be enough to save Willie's life and the legacy of his 'Mississippi Champagne'?
Author: Tom Stevenson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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An instant classic and a breathtaking achievement. Originally published in 1998, this is the fully revised and updated edition of the outstanding tour de force by the world's leading sparkling wine expert. It is the ultimate reference work for all fizz fans. Beautifully illustrated and stylishly designed, with over 600 full-colour photographs, labels and maps, it has become and will continue to be an indispensable part of any true wine lover's library. Winner of the Noble Cuve du Champagne Lanson; the Salon International du Livre; Gourmand 'Best Wine Book'; and was shortlisted for the Andre Simon Award.
Author: Cody Young
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780473194031
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 353
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Author: Fiona McIntosh
Publisher: Random House Australia
ISBN: 0143795465
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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Author: John Ruskin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 758
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Author: Hugh Montagu Butterworth
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 184884297X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 267
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Until now Hugh Butterworth was just one of the millions of lost soldiers of the Great War, and the extraordinary letters he sent home from the Western Front have been forgotten. But after more than ninety years of obscurity, these letters, which describe his experience of war in poignant detail, have been rediscovered, and they are published here in full. They are a moving, intensely personal and beautifully written record by an articulate and observant man who witnessed at first hand one of the darkest episodes in European history. In civilian life Butterworth was a dedicated and much-loved schoolmaster and a gifted cricketer, who served with distinction as an officer in the Rifle Brigade from the spring of 1915. His letters give us a telling insight into the thoughts and reactions of a highly educated, sensitive and perceptive individual confronted by the horrors of modern warfare. He was killed on the Bellewaarde ridge near Ypres on 25 September 1915, and his last letter was written on the eve of the action in which he died. REVIEWS Jon Cooksey has produced a splendid work and produced a detailed account of the build up to the attack, the assault itself and the aftermath. The Long, Long Trail 7/2015
Author: John Ruskin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aesthetics
Languages : en
Pages : 758
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