Author : Rick Smolan
Publisher : Harper San Francisco
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 48,78 MB
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN :
Contains color and black and white photographs taken over a twenty-four hour period in the United States.
Author : Sharon J. Wohlmuth
Publisher : Bulfinch Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 39,26 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780821257067
Fifty photographers chronicle moments in the lives of a wide diversity of American women--their daily lives, challenges, and roles in society--in a compilation accompanied by essay-length personal profiles, narrative captions, and quotations.
Author : Rick Smolan
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,77 MB
Release : 1988
Category : California
ISBN : 9780002151627
Captioned photographs describe everyday life in California.
Author : Gene Weingarten
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 27,43 MB
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0399185836
“One of the 50 Best Nonfiction Books of the Last 25 Years”—Slate On New Year’s Day 2013, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Gene Weingarten asked three strangers to, literally, pluck a day, month, and year from a hat. That day—chosen completely at random—turned out to be Sunday, December 28, 1986, by any conventional measure a most ordinary day. Weingarten spent the next six years proving that there is no such thing. That Sunday between Christmas and New Year’s turned out to be filled with comedy, tragedy, implausible irony, cosmic comeuppances, kindness, cruelty, heroism, cowardice, genius, idiocy, prejudice, selflessness, coincidence, and startling moments of human connection, along with evocative foreshadowing of momentous events yet to come. Lives were lost. Lives were saved. Lives were altered in overwhelming ways. Many of these events never made it into the news; they were private dramas in the lives of private people. They were utterly compelling. One Day asks and answers the question of whether there is even such a thing as “ordinary” when we are talking about how we all lurch and stumble our way through the daily, daunting challenge of being human.
Author : Rick Smolan
Publisher : Harper San Francisco
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 15,19 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Photography
ISBN :
Captioned photographs depict Japanese life during one twenty-four hour period in 1985.
Author : Lewis J. Korman
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 49,40 MB
Release : 2003-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0060541806
On October 22, 2002, more than 125 of the world's finest photographers set out on a unique global mission. Their instructions were simple: look beyond the daily news headlines, dig beneath the breaking stories, and capture what life is like on an ordinary day for the men and women of the United States Armed Forces around the world. For 24 consecutive hours, this prize-winning team of civilian and military photographers -- working with the cooperation and support of the Department of Defense -- chronicled daily life in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. The resulting book of photographs documents the lives of elite units and freshly minted recruits; of cadets, generals, fire-fighters, medics, and MPs; of soldiers at desolate outposts and on strategic bases. It illustrates life in the cockpit of a fighter, on a Trident submarine, in an underground missile silo, and at computer terminals in a war room. It shows personnel patrolling borders, jungles, mountains, and harbors; training for special operations; and fighting terrorism. It is a timeless portrait -- in indelible images and eloquent words -- of the men and women who wear the uniforms of the American military. They are your sons, daughters, spouses, neighbors, and friends. Together these photographs provide an inspiring visual reminder of the routine and heroic operations, the sacrifices and dedication, that are necessary to defend America's freedoms 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Author : Gary Younge
Publisher : Bold Type Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 17,44 MB
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 156858976X
Winner of the 2017 J. Anthony Lukas PrizeShortlisted for the 2017 Hurston/Wright Foundation AwardFinalist for the 2017 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in JournalismLonglisted for the 2017 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non Fiction On an average day in America, seven children and teens will be shot dead. In Another Day in the Death of America, award-winning journalist Gary Younge tells the stories of the lives lost during one such day. It could have been any day, but he chose November 23, 2013. Black, white, and Latino, aged nine to nineteen, they fell at sleepovers, on street corners, in stairwells, and on their own doorsteps. From the rural Midwest to the barrios of Texas, the narrative crisscrosses the country over a period of twenty-four hours to reveal the full human stories behind the gun-violence statistics and the brief mentions in local papers of lives lost. This powerful and moving work puts a human face-a child's face-on the "collateral damage" of gun deaths across the country. This is not a book about gun control, but about what happens in a country where it does not exist. What emerges in these pages is a searing and urgent portrait of youth, family, and firearms in America today.
Author : Irene Daria
Publisher : Random House (NY)
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 16,88 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
An entertaining exploration of the world's most famous dining establishment--a delicious inside look at a legendary restaurant. How Lutece survives, competes, and surpasses will appeal to the tens of thousands who have dined there and those interested in great meals everywhere.
Author : Rick Smolan
Publisher : Collins Pub San Francisco
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 46,50 MB
Release : 1988-01
Category : Documentary photography
ISBN : 9780002179676
Extraordinary pictures of ordinary events capture twenty-four hours of Spain on May 7, 1987
Author : Marlon Bundo
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 40,4 MB
Release : 2018-03-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1452176361
HBO's Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight with John Oliver presents a children's book about a Very Special boy bunny who falls in love with another boy bunny. Meet Marlon Bundo, a lonely bunny who lives with his Grampa Mike Pence, the former Vice President of the United States. But on this Very Special Day, Marlon's life is about to change forever ... With its message of tolerance and advocacy, this charming bunny book for kids explores issues of same sex marriage and democracy. Sweet, funny, and beautifully illustrated, this better Bundo book is dedicated to every bunny who has ever felt different. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND #1 AMAZON BESTSELLER: A runaway hit that hopped to the top of the charts nationwide! As John Oliver explained on the Ellen DeGeneres talk show, his book’s gay Marlon Bundo gets married to his bunny boyfriend “because that’s the world we want to live in.” A PETER RABBIT BOOK FOR MODERN FAMILIES: Love is love in one of the few picture books that is equally a satisfying bedtime story and a timely and vital LGBTQ book for children (and their grownups). POPULAR AUDIOBOOK: The audiobook version is read by Jim Parsons and special guests Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jeff Garlin, Ellie Kemper, John Lithgow, Jack McBrayer, and RuPaul. Perfect for: Fans of John Oliver, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, and Samantha Bee Go-to gift for children's birthdays, same-sex couples welcoming a new baby, and friends who love parody humor Parents seeking the best books about love and marriage to share with their kids Adding to the shelf with books like And Tango Makes Three, Julián Is a Mermaid, Whose Boat Is This Boat?, and Go the F**k to Sleep
