This book explores the `photo story` through 61 master classes by some of the world`s greatest photographers, all members of the international photographic agency Magnum. Henri Cartier-Bresson, Eve Arnold, Elliott Erwitt & their colleagues use the photo story as a vehicle to explain their approach to taking & editing photographs. It is about the Magnum photographers, their subjects & their approaches to photography in general & to the particular form of the photo story. The book will also comprise a history of Magnum practice & photojournalism over a 70-year period. Magnum Stories is a collection of photo stories produced by the photographers of Magnum. Through the work of key Magnum photographers, including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Eugene Richards, Martin Parr, Inge Morath & Leonard Freed, this book covers a wide range of subjects including the Vietnam War, student protests in Tiananmen Square, Fidel Castro overthrows Cuban dictator in 1959, Picasso, Malcolm X, the French theatre group Theatre du Soleil, the US invasion of Grenada in the early 1980s, the New York police, Apartheid & Buddhism. The photographic genres covered include war photography, documentary, photojournalism, social realism, portraits of people & places, fashion & news. There are 61 Magnum photographers featured in the book. Each photographer is represented across 8 pages by a photo story of their choice, which is fully illustrated, & a text which is written in the photographer`s own voice based on new interviews with the author. The texts are intelligent, idiosyncratic, each with their own voice & style. Accessible & engaging to read, they reveal different perceptions & approaches to photography & each photographer`s unique & varied takes on the photo story & their practice
- what is the photo story?, what does it mean?, how did they come across it? what key decisions are made when taking the story, etc. As well as featuring the work of individual photographers, this book functions as a history & interrogation of the form of the photo story
- the key vehicle for photography in the twentieth century, from its earliest developments in the 30s, through the death of `photojournalism`, to contemporary manifestations, all of which is explored by the author in the introduction. The book explores the influences that have affected the photo story, such as key twentieth century events & the life of photographic magazines such as Newsweek, Time, & Paris Match, all of which have helped to define the genre. It provides a unique reflection on the course of photojournalism in the second half of the twentieth century & into the twenty-first, from the common purpose of the post-WWII years to the individualistic range of practices & interests that constitute documentary photography today.

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First published in 1973 by the Hogarth Press, ” Magnus” is George Mackay Brown`s tour de force
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Thor`s hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon
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Thor`s hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon
- the mightiest force in the Nine
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Rick Riordan`s Norse hero faces his greatest challenge yet in the final instalment of the series. Loki the trickster god is free from his chains. Now he`s readying Naglfar, the Ship of the Dead, armed with a host of giants & zombies, to sail against the Norse gods & begin the final battle of Ragnarok. It`s up to Magnus Chase & his friends to stop Loki`s plans, but to do so they will have to sail across the oceans of Midgard, Jotunheim & Niflheim in a desperate race to reach Naglfar before it`s ready to sail on Midsummer`s Day. Along the way, they will face angry sea gods, hostile giants, & an evil fire-breathing dragon who happens to be a former acquaintance. But Magnus`s biggest challenge will be facing his own inner demons. To defeat Loki, Magnus will need to use words, not force. This will require finding a magical elixir so deadly that it will either make Magnus Chase powerful enough to out-talk the silver-tongued Loki, or destroy Magnus utterly. ...

The first book in the incredible new series from the author of Percy Jackson, the Kane Chronicles & Heroes of Olympus. My name is Magnus Chase. I`m orphaned & living rough on the streets of Boston. & things are about to get much worse. My day started out normally enough. I was sleeping under a bridge when some guy kicked me awake & said, ` They`re after you.` Next thing I know, I`m reunited with my obnoxious uncle, who casually informs me that my long-lost father is a Norse god. Nothing normal about that. & it turns out the gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Apparently, if I can`t find the sword my father lost two thousand years ago, there will be doom. Doomsday, to be precise. A fire giant attacking the city? Immortal warriors hacking each other to pieces? Unkillable wolves with glowing eyes? It`s all coming up. But first I`m going to die. This is the story of how my life goes downhill from there... ...

Magomero is a vivid historical portrait of a Malawian village from 1859 to the present day. It focuses on a region which saw historically important political activity, in the founding of a colony of freed slaves & the rising of an independent church movement against white estate owners. With the dual concerns of a Southern African specialist & a poet, Landeg White offers an `inside` view of social, political & economic change in Malawi, seen through the lives of individuals: the ordinary men & women, whose situation & poverty have hitherto prevented recognition of their vital contribution to African history. ...

When editor Susan Ryeland is given the tattered manuscript of Alan Conway`s latest novel, she has little idea it will change her life. She`s worked with the revered crime writer for years & his detective, Atticus Pund, is renowned for solving crimes in the sleepy English villages of the 1950s. As Susan knows only too well, vintage crime sells handsomely. It`s just a shame that it means dealing with an author like Alan Conway... But Conway`s latest tale of murder at Pye Hall is not quite what it seems. Yes, there are dead bodies & a host of intriguing suspects, but hidden in the pages of the manuscript there lies another story: a tale written between the very words on the page, telling of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition & murder. From Sunday Times bestseller Anthony Horowitz comes Magpie Murders, his deliciously dark take on the cosy crime novel, brought bang- up-to-date with a fiendish modern twist. ...

` The finest crime novel of the year` Daily Mail***** Seven for a mystery that needs to be solved... Editor Susan Ryland has worked with bestselling crime writer Alan Conway for years. Readers love his detective, Atticus Pund, a celebrated solver of crimes in the sleepy English villages of the 1950s. But Conway`s latest tale of murder at Pye Hall is not quite what it seems. Yes, there are dead bodies & a host of intriguing suspects, but hidden in the pages of the manuscript lies another story: a tale written between the very words on the page, telling of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition & murder. From the creator of Midsomer Murders comes a fiendish mystery perfect for fans of Agatha Christie`s Miss Marple & Hercule Poirot.***** Praise for Magpie Murders
- the gripping Sunday Times bestselling crime thriller:` Ingenious` Sunday Times` Thrilling & compelling with a stunning twist` Daily Mail `A stylish thriller` Sunday Mirror `A cunning reinvention of the thriller` Mail on Sunday
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Maharashtra in a series of locally produced administrative maps of Indian states, each with a booklet providing a guide to the area. The maps show the division of each state into districts & have more small towns & villages than on more general maps of India available from other publishers. Presentation is now considerably enhanced with the districts shown in different colours. The maps indicate each district ...