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An Invitation to Daydream (An Invitation to...Series)Magnificent black-and-white photography sets the mood for famous quotations and excerpts from world literary classics. This wonderful little book for dreamers and lovers is a blend of nostalgia, charm, and gentle wit, with photographs of unusual beauty. A stunning photo of English coastland and the Dover Cliffs is enhanced with an excerpt from John Masefield's beloved lyric poem, Sea Fever. A placid Mississippi River scene showing boys gazing into the distance comes with the anonymous maxim: "Li... |
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An Invitation to Love (An Invitation to...Series)?Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other,? said the poet, Rainer Maria Rilke. Here?s a terrific book for Valentine?s Day, impulse shoppers, and gift givers. The warm, romantic, beautifully composed and reproduced photos come with brief excerpts from love poems, proverbs, and well-known tales. Their authors include Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Dylan Thomas, Victor Hugo, and many others. It?s a celebration of innocent first love, mothers? love, enduring love... |
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An Invitation To The White House : At Home With HistoryFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton has worked to make the White House a distinctly American showcase -- from historically accurate renovations and acquisitions of important American art, to celebrations of jazz and gospel music and an expanded emphasis on American cuisine. The first family's home has also been distinguished by the diversity of Americans honored and welcomed there. In this lavishly illustrated book, the First Lady invites you into the best-known house in the country and celebrat... |
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Iowa 24/7Take a visual journey through Iowa! The extraordinary photographs showcased in Iowa 24/7 are an extension of the America 24/7 project, an unprecedented digital photography venture that harnessed the talents of more than 25,000 local photographers in all 50 states. This remarkable book showcases 607 images adding up to a panoramic glimpse of life-in-progress in the Hawkeye State. You ll discover heartwarming photographs that perfectly capture the spirit of Iowa, with images of: A joyful mom i... |
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An Iowa Album : A Photographic History, 1860-1920An Iowa Album invites you to travel through sixty years of Iowa history and view the state in its turn-of-the-century glory. This engaging selection of more than 375 photographs, taken from the immense collection of the State Historical Society of Iowa, combined with the firsthand accounts that speak from the past, provides a portrait of Iowa from an era when small towns and rural communities dominated life in the state. The beauty and power of the historical images and the voices that continue ... |
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Iran: Stillstand Oder Aufbruch / Standstill or Awakening (German Edition)... |
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The Iraq War: As Witnessed by the Correspondents and Photographers of United Press InternationalWashington Post publisher Phillip Graham famously remarked that "journalists write the first rough draft of history." Martin Walker, United Press International’s chief diplomatic correspondent, has collected some of the best writing on the events leading up to the Iraq War, detailed descriptions of combat operations of each day of the war, and firsthand accounts of the conflict’s immediate aftermath. Walker presents the war precisely as it was reported by the world-renowned UPI correspondent... |
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Iraq: A WarRisking their lives, intrepid journalists and photographers have labored in often desperate conditions to bring images of war-torn Iraq to the rest of the world. Since no war in US history has had more carefully managed press coverage than this one, their more controversial and moving efforts have gone largely unreported in the United States. Now, here are the pictures Americans have not seen: An Iraqi boy trying to study with a bandaged eye; the bullet-riddled tail of a Red Crescent vehicle; Am... |
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Iraq: Eyewitness to War - A Photojournalist's DiaryThis book is a photojournalistic description of the war in Iraq. Written in diary form, it is a personal account of the author's journey across Iraq in April and May of 2003. The 100,000-word text is illustrated with over 600 color photographs taken by the author.... |
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