Gerald Brenan returned to Spain in 1949 for the first time since the Civil War. He was determined to see what had become of the country he loved, to speak to ordinary people & to experience life in small towns unvisited by foreigners. He had earlier lived in a remote village in the Sierra Nevada — now he returned to a land in the grip of famine where guerrilleros roamed the mountains & thousands of people were reduced to living in caves. Whether searching for his friend Lorca`s unmarked grave, musing on the history of the great mosque in Córdoba & ancient synagogues in Toledo or chatting to provincial shopkeepers, Brenan was unfailingly perceptive. Although shadowed by police informers & harangued by Francoist priests, he was undeterred, & this witty & humane account of his visit illuminates a chapter of Spanish history that remains almost unknown. Franco`s regime has now vanished, but its ghosts continue to haunt Spain. When they were alive, no one described the ogres & their victims more vividly than Gerald Brenan. ...

Face to Face
- Polar Portraits, published by the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) in association with Polar World, is a
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Face to Face
- Polar Portraits, published by the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) in association with Polar World, is a
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Come face to face with those who have spent their lives at altitude: explorers & pioneering travellers, intrepid ice climbers & extreme skiers, ecologists, photographers & film-makers. The weathered faces of black-&-white portraiture from the world`s leading collections are displayed alongside modern photographs by a group of leading adventure photographers such as Glen Denny & Cory Richards, Gordon Wiltsie & Martin Hartley. Among those featured are Sir Edmund Hillary, George Mallory, Reinhold Messner, Tenszing Norgay, Galen Rowell, Edward Whymper, Steph Davis, Maurice Herzog, Leo Holding, Adam Watson & Kit Deslauriers. ...

Conway Maritime Press’ “ Face to Face – Ocean Portraits” is a hardback collection of incredible photography above & below the ocean waves; the book itself is a visual celebration of the explorers & scientists, naval officers & yachtsmen, fishermen & divers, who have harnessed, surveyed & investigated the great oceans of the world & in so doing have broadened the horizons of our understanding. Atmospheric black-and white prints from the maritime collections the world over & photographers such as Annie Leibovitz appear alongside modern imagery by leading marine photographers Rick Tomlinson & Nigel Millard. International in its scope, some of the famous names to appear include Robert Fitz Roy, Jacques Cousteau, Robert D Ballard, Wilfred Erdman, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Sarah Campbell & Ben Ainslie. The book has a foreword by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston & an afterword by Deborah Cramer. ...

Faces in places began its meteoric rise to fame as an internet blog that celebrated a collection of quirky, hilarious, surprising & madcap images captured by ordinary folk with an eye for the bizarre: the ability to see human-like faces in everyday objects. Now the blog has made the leap from screen to printed page. Marvel at this gallery of anthropomorphic faces that express a wealth of human emotion
- love, hate, shock, curiosity, boredom, frivolity, surprise, intrigue,
- in many forms, whether they are simple household gadgets & appliances, items of clothing, signs, trees, plants, rocks, automobiles, bikes, buildings or boxes. More than 100 contributors showcase their unusual photographs that will change the way you see the world around you. This book will also change the world for the better for many deprived & exploited children: a percentage of the proceeds of each book sold will be donated to the ` Hope for Children` charity.

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An architectural impulse book, gift-sized & -priced, for those who love finding unknown corners of New York City. This collection of one hundred architectural details features brief introductions & contextual photographs to show the buildings on which the ornaments appear, the addresses, & transportation information. ...

A multi-layered story told by two narrators: a 21st-century Emily Dickinson living in Mexico City who relates to the world vicariously through her children & a past that both overwhelms & liberates her, & a dying poet living in a run-down apartment in Philadelphia in the 1950s. While she tells the story of her past as a young editor in New York City desperately trying to convince a publisher to translate & publish the works of Gilberto Owen-an obscure Mexican poet who lived in Harlem during the 1920s & whose ghostly presence constantly haunts her in the subway-she also relates the slow but inevitable disintegration of her present family life. ...

I was now an established citizen with little hope of returning across the frontier; I was in the crazy world, separated now by more than locked doors & barred windows from the people who called themselves sane.` When Janet Frame`s doctor suggested that she write about her traumatic experiences in mental institutions in order to free herself from them, the result was Faces in the Water, a powerful & poignant novel. Istina Mavet descends through increasingly desolate wards, with the threat of leucotomy ever present. As she observes her fellow patients, long dismissed by hospital staff, with humour & compassion, she reveals her original & questing mind. This riveting novel became an international classic, translated into nine languages, & has also been used as a medical school text. ...

Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher have spent 30 years & travelled more than 270, 000 miles to create this collection. Each image unfolds new & revealing perspectives; taken together, they create nothing less than the group portrait of a world that draws strength from shared values & common experiences even as it glories in the unique appeal of every individual. Exploring the vital importance of family & community; the central role of ceremony at every stage of life; &, the deep-rooted attunement to the African landscape & its rhythms
- all evoked in text & captions that enhance over 250 stunning photographs with anecdote, information & insight.
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