The inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFICHere is one of the most riveting first-person accounts to ever come out of World War 2 Robert Leckie was 21 when he enlisted in the US Marine Corps in January 1942 In Helmet for My Pillow we follow his journey from boot camp on Parris Island South Carolina all the way to the raging battles in the Pacific where some of the war's fiercest fighting took place Recounting his service with the 1st Marine Division & the brutal action on Guadalcanal New Britain & Peleliu Leckie spares no detail of the horrors & sacrifice of war painting an unsentimental portrait of how real warriors are made fight & all too often die in the defence of their country From the live-for-today rowdiness of Marines on leave to the terrors of jungle warfare against an enemy determined to fight to the last man Leckie describes what it's really like when victory can only be measured inch by bloody inch Unparalleled in its immediacy & accuracy Helmet for My Pillow tells the gripping true story of an ordinary soldier fighting in extraordinary conditions This is a book that brings you as close to the mud the blood & the experience of war as it is safe to come ' Helmet for My Pillow is a grand & epic prose poem Robert Leckie's theme is the purely human experience of war in the Pacific written in the graceful imagery of a human being who
- somehow
- survived' Tom Hanks

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Tracklist More Weight Untoxicated Tit To Toe Meats & Milks Stillicide Galloping Mind Fuk Creeping You Company Dream Long Bullygoat Andromenous Worth Your Wild ...

The OS Landranger Active Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps perfect for day trips & short breaks Tough durable & weatherproof covered in a lightweight protective plastic coating that can be written on so that your favourite routes can be easily highlighted Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales OS Landranger Active now

Includes:: a digital version of the paper map accessed through the OS smartphone app OS Maps



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OS Explorer is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities such as walking horse riding & off-road cycling The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer
- Active a tough versatile version of OS Explorer The OS Explorer Active range now

Includes:: a digital version of the paper map accessed through the OS smartphone app OS Maps


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Helmut Newton & Alice Springs turn the lens on their love & their life Us & Them is an ode to partnership & art First published in 1999 it gathers photographs by Helmut Newton & his wife the actress & photographer June Newton who worked under the pseudonym Alice Springs The collection is arranged into five sections alternating the gaze between Newton & Spring&s own tender internal world of " Us" & the glamorous encounters of their social & professional milieu -" Them" The " Us" sections of the book reveal the pair&s portraits of each other & themselves as startling in their moments of vulnerability as they are infectious in their episodes of joy We see the pair pensive weary or roaring with laughter Alice photographs Helmut on set with his models in the shower & in stilettos Helmut captures Alice in the kitchen in costume & hanging up the washing in the nude Along the way we are alerted to the frailties & intimacies that make up a long-term partnership & that coexisted with the high-voltage glamour for which Newton is renowned The particular power of the pictures is to locate as much magnetism & beauty in an aging ailing partner (Helmut in the hospital Alice adjusting her spectacles) as in the pristine physiques of a Newton fashion shoot In the concluding " Them" section Newton & Springs each turn their lens on the same typically famous subjects including Catherine Deneuve Charlotte Rampling David Hockney Dennis Hopper Karl Lagerfeld & Timothy Leary While Newton casts these subjects with his unique brand of statuesque allure Springs deploys a softer focus to find something more suggestive delicate or playful As we move from in Newton&s words "truth & simplicity" to "editorializing" through youth & age love & sex & the public & private spheres Us & Them offers not only an elegant example of independent visions within a shared life but also a tender & inspiring chronicle of love through passing time ...

The biggest most lavish book production of the 20th century is back! " Sumo" was a titanic book in every respect a 480-page tribute to the 20th century&s most influential intriguing & controversial photographer it broke records for weight

Dimensions & resale price Helmut Newton (1920-2004) always demonstrated a healthy disdain for easy or predictable solutions " Sumo"
- a bold & unprecedented publishing venture
- was an irresistible project The idea of a spectacular compendium of images a book with the

Dimensions of a private exhibition reproduced to exceptional page size & to state-of-the-art origination & printing standards emerged from an open exploratory dialogue between photographer & publisher With the physically commanding " Sumo" weighing in
- boxed & shrink-wrapped
- at 354 kilos Newton created a landmark book that stood head & shoulders above anything previously attempted either in terms of conceptual extravagance or technical specifications Published in an edition of 10000 signed & numbered copies " Sumo" sold out soon after publication & quickly multiplied its value This worldwide publishing sensation now features in numerous important collections around the world including New York&s Museum of Modern Art Legendary " Sumo" copy number one autographed by over 100 of the book&s featured celebrities also broke the record for the most expensive book published in the 20th century selling at auction in Berlin on April 6 2000 for 620000 German Marks
- Approx. 430000 " Sumo" established new standards for the art monograph genre & secured a prominent place in photo-book history This new edition is the fulfillment of an ambition conceived some years ago by Helmut Newton He would surely be pleased that a decade on from its first publication " Sumo"
- now in a format that allows for a more democratic distribution
- will reach the widest possible audience However proud owners of the new edition won&t wrestle with their copy of " Sumo"










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' Hard to imagine anyone not loving this go Simon Amstell!'
- Stephen Fry'A beautiful & clever book about being human All the warmth
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JAILED FOR A JOKE It isn't easy going to jail for being a practical joker Of course this particular joke left 20 cars wrecked on the highway & two politicians' careers in tatters
- so jail is where Harold Kunt landed Now he's just trying to keep a low profile in the Big House He wants no part of his fellow inmates' plan to use an escape tunnel to rob two banks But it's too late he's in it up to his neck & that neck may just wind up in a noose HELP I AM BEING HELD PRISONER is Donald E Westlake at his funniest & his most ingenious a rediscovered crime classic from the MWA Grand Master returning to stores for the first time in three decades
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After a terrible traffic accident Amy Walters finds herself trapped! Now she must work with lost souls in order to escape the dark & mysterious world that seems to have a mind & a will of its own Can you reach the other side in time to live again & be reunited with your daughter? Only by attempting to escape will you find out The fight to be reunited! Game Attributes Studio Developer Black Lime Games Platform PCGenre Adventure Age Rating
- PEGI 7 System Requirements Minimum Processor Requirements Pentium 16 G Hz or equivalent Minimum Memory Requirements 1080 MBMedia Requirement CD-ROMMinimum Storage Requirements 275 MBOperating System Requirements Windows XP Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 Minimum Graphics Requirements Direct X Version 90
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