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. ...

Faceless Killers is the first book in Henning Mankell`s superb Inspector Wallander Mysteries series. It begins one frozen January ...

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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” Faces of Exploration” is a lavishly produced collection of interviews, photographs & biographies of fifty of the world`s most famous & inspirational explorers. It will appeal to anyone motivated by examples of human endeavour, fascinated by exploration or interested in what makes people risk their lives to undertake epic journeys. Anthropologists, ethnologists, cavers, climbers, balloonists, pilots, astronauts, polar specialists, desert explorers, & sailors are all included. Each pioneer has been interviewed & photographed exclusively by award-winning photographer Joanna Vestey. Best-selling travel writer Justin Marozzi compliments the stunning images with evocative text, an additional photograph is supplied by the explorers themselves from their personal archives. Many were previously unpublished. ” Faces of Exploration” is the first collection to focus entirely on contemporary explorers. It is endorsed with the double authority of the Royal Geographic Society & the Explorers Club, & is filled with inspirational stories & images that will bring this defining period of history to life. Explorers featured include: Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Dame Ellen Mac Arthur, Buzz Aldrin, Sir Edmund Hilary, Sir Richard Branson, Steve Fossett, Sir Chris Bonnington, Bear Grylls, Jean-Michel Cousteau, & many more. ...