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Richard B. Stolley
LIFE: World War II: History's Greatest Conflict in Pictures
by Bulfinch (Paperback)
In a totally thorough, yet fresh look at the most important global event of the 20th century, bestselling journalist Richard B. Stolley takes you on a journey from the escalating tensions of pre-World War II Europe to the creation of the atomic bomb. This dense and fast-paced "history in pictures" flows chronologically, beginning with the prelude to the war, and ending with the conflict’s aftermath. Classic images from the LIFE archives, such as the moments just before and after that unforgettable kiss captured by Eisenstaedt in Times Square, as well as rare government photos recently released from other countries, such as chilling color photographs of Hitler taken by his personal photographer, make this volume a picture history, of unparalleled depth and power. LIFE: WORLD WAR II also includes essays from leading luminaries in the fields of military experience and history, including John Eisenhower, John Keegan, and Alistair Horne, and profiles of major leaders as ...
Cheri Y. Gay
Detroit Then and Now (Then & Now)
by Thunder Bay Press (Hardcover)
Famous the world over for automobile manufacture and the distinctive sounds of Motown music, Detroit, the Motor City, celebrates its 300th birthday in 2001. Detroit Then & Now is a fascinating look at this city's great history, taking historic photographs from the dawn of the camera age and comparing them with full-color photographs of the same scenes as they are during the Tricentennial. Despite an industrial heritage, the city has its culture including art museums, a historical museum and the Cranbrook Academy of Art, as well as a great zoological park, beaches, and marinas. With a reputation for sports and music, Detroit is as vibrant a city today as it ever has been. This book is a fascinating documentation of history and change in one of the United States' most important cities.
Beaumont Newhall
History of Photography: From 1839 to the Present
by Bulfinch (Paperback)
Ulrich Keller
The Building of the Panama Canal in Historic Photographs
by Dover Publications (Paperback)
Extensive text and 164 historic photographs tell the compelling story of the Canal's construction: dredging, housing, internal government, engineering feats, failures, and final success.
John Thomson
Victorian London Street Life in Historic Photographs
by Dover Publications (Paperback)
Classic document of social realism contains 37 photographs by famed Victorian photographer Thomson, accompanied by texts offering sharply drawn vignettes of laborers, dustmen, street musicians, shoe blacks, more. Astonishing historical detail.
Scott Martin
The Book of Caddyshack: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Greatest Movie Ever Made
by Taylor Trade Publishing (Paperback)
The Book of Caddyshack gives fans a behind-the-scenes look at this classic comedy and includes a full descriptions of all scenes, with the main action plus what's going on in the background, details on actors and others involved in the movie, info on key props, how the plot/script progressed from the original to the eventual, every possible bit of trivia about the movie and making the movie, and what PGA Tour stars and others in the golf world particularly like about the movie.
Unseen Vogue: The Secret History of Fashion Photography
by Little, Brown Book Group (Hardcover)
Unseen Vogue goes beyond the cliches and often repeated "greatest hits" of fashion photography and tells a completely new story. Drawn from the archives of British Vogue, the book presents hundreds of images never seen before—the killed pictures, rejects, and outtakes—to form a fresh, new history of fashion photography. Features the first attempts of many now internationally famous photographers, great pictures by forgotten masters, outtakes from famous shoots, and many other extraordinary and sometimes controversial pictures. By showing contact sheets and unedited film Unseen Vogue opens up the process of making fashion images, previously the reserve of fashion's inner circle.
James Campi
Civil War Battlefields Then and Now (Compact) (Then and Now)
by Thunder Bay Press (Paperback)
Although more than 140 years have passed since Confederate guns first fired on Fort Sumter, our fascination with the American Civil War has not faded. With the advent of photography, the Civil War was the first time images captured the devastation of war in all of its brutal truth. Now you can see the infamous battlefields of the Civil War as they were then — and how they are today — in this fascinating new compact edition of Civil War Battlefields Then and Now.• Witness the unfolding of the greatest conflict in U.S. history through incredible archival images, many of which were taken by Mathew Brady, the most celebrated photographer of the day.• This unique book pairs archival photos with contemporary images of the Civil War’s most hallowed locations, like Fort Sumter, S.C., where the Confederate Stars and Bars flag was first unfurled after a siege.• Explore some of the bloodiest battlefields, including Manassas, Harpers Ferry, Fredericksburg, Bull Run and other ...
Sarah Greenough, Diane Waggoner, Sarah Kennel, Matthew S. Witkovsky
The Art of the American Snapshot, 1888-1978
by Princeton University Press (Hardcover)
The impact of the humble American snapshot has been anything but humble. Any American who takes a snapshot contributes to a compelling and influential genre. Since 1888, when George Eastman introduced the Kodak camera and roll film, the snapshot has not only changed everyday American life and memory; it has also changed the history of fine art photography. The distinctive subject matter and visual vocabulary of the American snapshot--its poses, facial expressions, viewpoints, framing, and themes--influenced modernist photographers as they explored spontaneity, objectivity, and new topics and perspectives. A richly illustrated chronicle of the first century of snapshot photography in America, The Art of the American Snapshot is the first book to examine the evolution of this most common form of American photography. The book shows that among the countless snapshots taken by American amateurs, some works, through intention or accident, continue to resonate long after their intimate ...
Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties
by Dover Publications (Paperback)
See Betty Grable, John Wayne, Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe, 106 great stars in 163 fascinating photographs. Innovations in pose, angle, composition are still major influences on modern Hollywood professionals. "An outstanding bargain, sure to please any movie nut."—Newsweek. Introduction. Captions.