Earth from Above


Yann Arthus-Bertrand - 1999
    This revised and expanded edition contains a new introduction by Lester Brown, founder and president ofthe Earth Policy Institute, new text and captions by environmental experts, and, best of all, an additional 17 photographs.

20th Century Photography: Museum Ludwig Cologne


Marianne Bieger-Thielemann - 1996
    Cologne's Museum Ludwig was the first museum of contemporary art to devote a substantial section to international photography. The L. Fritz Gruber collection, from which this book is drawn, is one of the most important in Germany and one of the most representative anywhere in the world, constituting the core of the museum's holdings. This book provides a fascinating insight into the collection's rich diversity; from conceptual art to abstraction to reportage, all of the major movements and genres are represented via a vast selection of the century's most remarkable photographs. From Ansel Adams to Piet Zwart, over 850 works are presented in alphabetical order by photographer, with descriptive texts and photographers' biographical details.

The Greatest Company In The World? The Story Of Tata


Peter Casey - 2014
    How did Tata transform itself from a family-owned business to one of the most professionally managed enterprises in the world? How did it become a world leader in an array of unrelated businesses—from steel and automobile manufacturing to hotels and IT consulting? What exactly is the ‘Tata Way’, which has earned it so much admiration and respect?This brief history of the Tatas charts the contribution of every Tata chairman—from Jamsetji Tata, who set up the company in 1868, to Ratan Tata and Cyrus Mistry—and explores the values at the heart of the Tata Group, as well as the role played in its development by the philanthropic trusts that own two-thirds of the company.For anyone curious about this Indian company that has become a leading global player, this book is the perfect introduction.

CCCP: Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed


Frédéric Chaubin - 2011
    They reveal an unexpected rebirth of imagination, an unknown burgeoning that took place from 1970 until 1990. Contrary to the twenties and thirties, no “school” or main trend emerges here. These buildings represent a chaotic impulse brought about by a decaying system. Their diversity announces the end of Soviet Union. Taking advantage of the collapsing monolithic structure, the holes of the widening net, architects revisited all the chronological periods and styles, going back to the roots or freely innovating. Some of the daring ones completed projects that the Constructivists would have dreamt of (Druzhba sanatorium), others expressed their imagination in an expressionist way (Tbilisi wedding palace). A summer camp, inspired by sketches of a prototype lunar base, lays claim to its suprematist influence (Promethee). Then comes the speaking architecture widespread in the last years of the USSR: a crematorium adorned with concrete flames (Kiev crematorium), a technological institute with a flying saucer crashed on the roof (Kiev institute), a political center watching you like a Big Brother (Kaliningrad House of Soviet). This puzzle of styles testifies to all the ideological dreams of the period, from the obsession with the cosmos to the rebirth of privacy and it also outlines the geography of the USSR, showing how local influences made their exotic twists before bringing the country to its end.

American Surfaces


Stephen Shore - 1999
    It features unpublished photographs from Shore's influential work that has been widely exhibited in the US but never captured in a book for the general public.

Norbert's Little Lessons for a Big Life


Julie Steines - 2017
    With fifty adorable full-color photographs throughout the book, Norbert aims to continue spreading smiles, inspiring kindness, and bringing comfort to those in need.

The Doré Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy


Gustave Doré - 1976
    His Doré Bible was a treasured possession in countless homes, and his best-received works continued to appear through the years in edition after edition. His illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy constitute one of his most highly regarded efforts and were Doré's personal favorites.The present volume reproduces with excellent clarity all 135 plates that Doré produced for The Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise. From the depths of hell onto the mountain of purgatory and up to the empyrean realms of paradise, Doré's illustrations depict the passion and grandeur of Dante's masterpiece in such famous scenes as the embarkation of the souls for hell, Paolo and Francesca (four plates), the forest of suicides, Thaïs the harlot, Bertram de Born holding his severed head aloft, Ugolino (four plates), the emergence of Dante and Virgil from hell, the ascent up the mountain, the flight of the eagle, Arachne, the lustful sinners being purged in the seventh circle, the appearance of Beatrice, the planet Mercury, and the first splendors of paradise, Christ on the cross, the stairway of Saturn, the final vision of the Queen of Heaven, and many more.Each plate is accompanied by appropriate lines from the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow translation of Dante's work.

Billionaire's Quarry Box Set (Billionaire's Quarry #1-8)


Michelle Love - 2016
     Billionaire’s Quarry - A Billionaire, Bad Boy, Romance Limited time, download this series for just 99c or Free with Kindle Unlimited Billionaire’s Quarry: The Prey Book One Mercy Noland is a twenty-six-year-old luxury spa manager with a couple of secrets she keeps from most people. She inherited her young niece and nephew after a car accident took their parents. Her life revolves around her job and her kids, and nothing else. Jude Hurst is thirty and a spoiled oil billionaire. Born into money, he’s never worked a day in his life...... Billionaire’s Quarry: Smoke Book Two Mercy accepts a breakfast date with Jude and gets a babysitter for her niece and nephew for the first part of the day, Jude has a plan to keep her with him all day and hopefully all night too. The way she acts about needing to go back home has him calming her down as they take a little ride on his boat..... Billionaire’s Quarry: Fire Book Three Mercy can’t believe Jude is actually arguing with her about the amount of time she has to spend with him. She finds herself confused by the man’s actions. Jude finds himself intrigued by Mercy and wants to really get to know her. Her reasons for not having time for him aren’t making any sense to him. He knows she’s hiding something. Jude’s parents’ anniversary party slipped his mind. Making a call to Mercy...... Billionaire’s Quarry: The Chase Book Four Mercy finds herself giving into Jude’s want for her as she wants him just as badly. Jude gets what he wants when he gets Mercy to tell her she belongs to him. The next morning proves to him she wasn’t being completely honest about that, though. He has to wait for Monday to get some time with...... Billionaire’s Quarry: Unexpected Brood Book Five Mercy’s niece comes down with a virus and a trip to the emergency room has Mercy being told that she’s taking on too much alone and that she needs to get some help. Mercy is nowhere near ready to let anyone into her little family’s lives yet....... Billionaire’s Quarry: Protective Urges Book Six Jude visits the daycare and gets to know Mercy’s nephew, Carter. He finds out everything she’s been hiding and gains a deeper understanding of the woman he’s in love with. When Mercy finds Jude at the daycare, holding her nephew on his lap, she’s beyond furious at him. She takes the kids and tells Jude to leave her alone forever....... Billionaire’s Quarry: Baiting The Trap Book Seven Mercy is determined to make a stable home for Carter and Mia. She decides with the destruction of the house they were living in she’ll take the children to the house she shared with her parents before the accident. Jude gets her to let him go with her and finds the once old but quiet neighborhood has turned rough and dangerous........ Billionaire’s Quarry: Reckless Pursuits Book Eight Mercy is livid when she hears Jude talking about how he’s hunted her and used all he could to make her his. Jude’s not about to let her get away from him and one car chase later changes everything. Mercy beats herself up for what’s happened as she waits with his family to see how things play out......

When the Meadowlark Sings: The Story of a Montana Family


Nedra Sterry - 2003
    Prize-winning novelist Cai Emmons praises Sterry by saying she really knows how to tell a story. Sterry grew up in a succession of isolated one-room schools in northern and central Montana, where her mother, a teacher, eked out a living. A must read for anyone who loves Montana and its rich history.

The Disappearance


Geneviève Jurgensen - 1994
    A book of letters to a friend, in which Jurgenson discusses different aspects of her bereavement after her two young daughters are killed in a car accident, The Disappearance combines raw honesty with the solidly balanced craft of the French epistolary novel.

Born to Dance: Celebrating Moments of Joy, from Toddler to Teen


Jordan Matter - 2018
    A celebration of what it means to be young and full of possibility and to live life joyfully, featuring gorgeous color photographs of young dancers (ages 4-17) by Dancers Among Us photographer Jordan Matter.