While the cultural history of the British Empire has recently attracted much interest, relatively little attention has been paid to the significance of its visualization. Yet the Empire was pictured across a wide spectrum of imagery, from paintings to postcards, maps to documents. Focusing on the role of photography, this wide-ranging book explores the aesthetics of empire. The development of photography in the Victorian era coincided with the dramatic expansion of the British Empire. Photography assisted in the exploration, surveying & mapping of territory & the representation of imperial landscapes. To audiences hungry for glimpses of a rapidly expanding world, photographs seemed to capture distant realities, rendering them accessible. & while administrators & anthropologists used photography to picture `racial types`, soldiers & hunters armed themselves with cameras in order to capture photographic `trophies` of natives & animals. Drawing on a broad range of visual imagery, including many previously unpublished photographs, James Ryan shows how photographic practices & aesthetics can express & articulate the ideologies of imperialism. ...

The British engagement with India was an intensely visual one. Images of the subcontinent, produced by artists & travellers in the eighteenth- & nineteenth-century heyday of the East India Company, reflect the role it played in Indian life. They mirror significant shifts in British policy & attitudes towards India. The Company`s story is one of wealth, power, & the pursuit of profit. It changed what people in Europe ate, what they drank, & how they dressed. Ultimately, it laid the foundations of the British Raj. But few historians have considered the visual sources that survive & their implications for the link between images & empire, pictures & power. This book draws on the unrivalled riches of the British Library, telling the story of individual images, their creators, & the people & places they depict. It will present a detailed picture of the Company & its complex relationship with India, its people & cultures. ...

The advent of photography opened up new worlds to 19th century viewers, who were able to visualize themselves & the world beyond in unprecedented detail. But the emphasis on the photography`s objectivity masked the subjectivity inherent in deciding what to record, from what angle & when. This text examines this inherent subjectivity. Drawing on photographs that come from personal albums, corporate archives, commercial photographers, government reports & which were produced as art, as record, as data, the work shows how the photography shaped & was shaped by geographical concerns. ...

For over 50 years between the 1760s & the early 19th century, the pioneers who sailed from Europe to explore the Pacific brought back glimpses of this new world in the form of oil paintings, watercolours & drawings
- a sensational view of a part of the world few would ever see. Today these works represent a fascinating & inspiring perspective from the frontier of discovery. It was Sir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society, who popularised the placement of professional artists on British ships of exploration. They captured striking & memorable images of everything they encountered: exotic landscapes, beautiful flora & fauna, as well as remarkable portraits of indigenous peoples. These earliest views of the Pacific, particularly Australia, were designed to promote the new world as enticing, to make it seem familiar, to encourage further exploration &, ultimately, British settlement. Drawing on both private & public collections from around the world, this lavish book collects together oil paintings, watercolours, drawings, prints & other documents from those voyages, & presents a unique glimpse into an age where science & art became irrevocably entwined.
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The Lonely Planet Pidgin Phrasebook is not only an extensive list of useful phrases, but also an ideal tool to start getting to grips with a language & beginning two-way communication. Containing excellent sections on language basics such as numbers, question phrases, dates, phrase construction, grammar & pronunciation, as well as containing concise but well-rounded two-way dictionaries, Lonely Planet phrasebooks enable you to quickly & confidently construct your own phrases in addition to those given. The given phrases cover all the essential travel & tourism categories such as transport, communications, business meetings & accommodation, as well as in-depth categories such as health, food & social interaction. The phrasebooks are designed to enable more than just simple question-answer communication, allowing the start of two-way conversations
- putting you comfortably on your way to learning the language & understanding its speakers. True to Lonely Planet
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Ingredients: finest fillings, proper pastry, lovely recipes (mostly Tom, s, with added cooks & celebrities, past & present), historical nuggets, selected producers, foodie facts, tips & suggestions, sauces, sides & seasonings. Method: Mix all ingredients in any kitchen, stir well, add alcohol where appropriate, then relax & have fun while you cook up a great British pie! ...

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I`ve planted my feet on Fijian earth & I intend to stay here until the last sunset. Why don`t you join me? Leave behind everything that didn`t work out! When recently-widowed Kat writes to her four old school friends, inviting them to live with her on a cocoa plantation in the South Pacific, they swap icy pavements & TV dinners for a tropical breeze & an azure-blue ocean. Leaving behind loneliness, dead-end jobs & marriages that have gone sour, they settle into the Women`s House, surrounded by palms & cocoa trees; & locals with the puzzling habit of exploding into laughter for no discernible reason. Each of the women has her issues to resolve, & secrets to keep. But together the friends find a new purpose, starting a business making chocolate: bittersweet, succulent pieces of happiness. As they embrace a new culture that views ageing so differently from their own, will they learn to accept & forgive: to discover the value of friendship, & a better way to live? ...

*LIMITED AVAILABILITY!* Pre-order now & you could receive an EXCLUSIVE EDITION on publication. Contains a secret message from KARIN SLAUGHTER & her signature on the front. You`ve known her your whole life... Andrea Oliver knows everything about her mother Laura. She knows she`s always lived in the small town of Belle Isle; she knows she`s a pillar of the community; she knows she`s never kept a secret in her life. but she`s hiding something... Then one day, a trip to the mall explodes into a shocking act of violence & Andy suddenly sees a completely different side to Laura. & it could destroy you both... Hours later, Laura is in hospital, her face splashed over the newspapers. But the danger has only just begun. Now, Andy must go on a desperate race to uncover the secrets of her mother`s past. Unless she can, there may be no future for either of them... THE THRILLING NEW BOOK FROM NO. 1 INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR KARIN SLAUGHTER ...

` An important & timely story that explores the ongoing impact of war & how it`s often left to the women to pick up the pieces. The way Hart has made a mosaic of different women`s experiences, be they British, American or Iraqi, is profoundly moving. Pieces of Me is a love story that will leave you in tatters & yet there is an enduring sense of women making, mending & creating that gives this book a radiance. I will never forget it.` Tor Udall, author of `A Thousand Paper Birds` Emma did not go to war looking for love, but Adam is unlike any other. Under the secret shadow of trauma, Emma decides to leave Iraq & joins Adam to settle in Colorado. But isolation & fear find her, once again, when Adam is re-deployed. Torn between a deep fear for Adam`s safety & a desire to be back there herself, Emma copes by throwing herself into a new role mentoring an Iraqi refugee family. But when Adam comes home, he brings the conflict back with him. Emma had considered the possibility that her husband might not come home from war. She had not considered that he might return a stranger.` An astounding debut, Pieces of Me is a beautiful book written with emotion & compassion & will stay with me for a long time. It`s characters & story tugged at my heart with every turning page.` Nina Pottell, Books Editor Prima Magazine & Costa Book Awards Judge` Heart-wrenching & heart-warming in equal measure, Pieces of Me is an incredibly moving tale of love & conflict. A compelling & accomplished debut, Natalie writes with the skill & confidence of a writer who`s been published for years. I couldn`t put it down` Harper`s Bazaar` Pieces of Me is a brilliantly observed & nuanced look at the war in Iraq & how conflict impacts on the lives of everyone involved` Laura Kaye, author of English Animals`I devoured this book, & I feel like I`ll carry Emma & Adam with me for a long time. Hart tells this devastating story beautifully` Laura Pearson, author of Missing Pieces` Pieces of Me churns with love & rage & hope & terror, as only the best war books can. Natalie Hart writes like a born storyteller, & she uses that gift here to explore how the Iraq War lingers in the dark corners of souls desperate to move on from it. Readers are in for a ride` Matt Gallagher, author of Youngblood` Pieces of Me is a quietly powerful exploration of the complex effects of the Iraq war... The novel builds in power & speaks authoritatively on the polarisation of the lives changed forever by conflict` Zoe Lambert` Natalie Hart`s brilliant Pieces of Me is-like Graham Greene`s The End of the Affair-a love story set amid the ruins of war. As a British civilian who meets her American husband in Iraq, the narrator, Emma Mc Laughlin, is a first-hand witness to the ways armed conflict breaks soldiers & non-combatants alike. Her testimony, & this novel, is unforgettably complex & devastating-as it should be` Whitney Terrell, author of The Good Lieutenant` Natalie Hart`s vivid novel, Pieces of Me, examines the lives of deployed soldiers` families & displaced Iraqi civilians, eloquently revealing how even the most tightly knit relationships can unravel under the stress of war` Siobhan Fallon, author of You Know When the Men Are Gone & The Confusion of Languages ...