Great News Photos and the Stories Behind Them

Great News Photos and the Stories Behind Them
Author: John Faber
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1978-01-01
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9780486236674

Seventy historically important news photographs from Civil War times to the nomination of Jimmy Carter are reproduced with a description of the methods used to capture them and the circumstances of the moment

Terrorist Attacks on American Soil

Terrorist Attacks on American Soil
Author: J. Michael Martinez
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 538
Release: 2023-06-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 1442203242

Understanding the context of terrorism requires a trek through history, in this case the history of terrorist activity in the United States since the Civil War. Because the topic is large and complex, Terrorists Attacks on American Soil: From the Civil War to the Present does not claim to be an exhaustive history of terrorism or the definitive account of how and why terrorists do what they do. Instead, this book takes a representative sampling of the most horrific terrorist attacks on U.S. soil in an effort to understand the context in which they occurred and the lessons that can be learned from these events.

The Art-makers

The Art-makers
Author: Russell Lynes
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 552
Release: 1982-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780486242392

Eakins, Hunt, French, Morse, Trumbull, et al. and their struggle to make art respectable in 19th-century America. 211 illus.

Natural Food Cookery

Natural Food Cookery
Author: Eleanor Levitt
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 342
Release: 1979-01-01
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9780486238517

Over 300 recipes. Complete range of dietary needs in delicious, colorful, easy dishes. Illustrations.

New Word Puzzles

New Word Puzzles
Author: Gerald L. Kaufman
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1957-01-01
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780486203447

Original puzzles for both beginners and experts: chess word puzzles, design-onyms, rhymed double crostics, addle letter anagrams, silly syllables, quadruple triplets, double horizontals, alphagram puzzles, linkogram lapwords, lapword triplets, dual lapword sixes, more. Most solutions can be written directly in the book. Full solutions. 196 figures.

English Keyboard Music Before the Nineteenth Century

English Keyboard Music Before the Nineteenth Century
Author: John Caldwell
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1985-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780486248516

English keyboard art from Robertsbridge Codex (c. 1325) to John Field. Illuminating coverage of organ, harpsichord, pianoforte, other instruments; works of Tallis, Byrd, Gibbons, Tomkins, many others. Bibliography.

Non Linear Mathematics Vol. II

Non Linear Mathematics Vol. II
Author: Thomas L. Saaty
Publisher: RWS Publications
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2014-12-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1888603399

Nonlinear equations have existed for hundreds of years; their systematic study, however, is a relatively recent phenomenon. This volume, together with its companion', Nonlinear Matliematics Vol. I, provides exceptionally comprehensive coverage of this recently formed area of study. It encompasses both older and more recent developments in the field of equations, with particular emphasis on nonlinear equations because, as Professor Saaty maintains, "that is what is needed today." Together the two volumes cover all the major types of classical equations (except partial differential equations, which require a separate volume). This volume includes material on seven types: operator equations, functional equations, difference equations, delay-differential equations, integral equations, integro-differential equations and stochastic differential equations. Special emphasis is placed on linear and nonlinear equations in function spaces and On general methods of solving different types of such equations. Above all, this book is practical. It reviews the variety of existing types of equations and provides methods for their solution. It is meant to help the reader acquire new methods for formulating problems. Its clear organization and copious references make it suitable for graduate students as well as scientists, technologists and mathematicians.

Getting the Picture

Getting the Picture
Author: Jason E. Hill
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2020-09-09
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1000211320

Powerful and often controversial, news pictures promise to make the world at once immediate and knowable. Yet while many great writers and thinkers have evaluated photographs of atrocity and crisis, few have sought to set these images in a broader context by defining the rich and diverse history of news pictures in their many forms. For the first time, this volume defines what counts as a news picture, how pictures are selected and distributed, where they are seen and how we critique and value them. Presenting the best new thinking on this fascinating topic, this book considers the news picture over time, from the dawn of the illustrated press in the nineteenth century, through photojournalism’s heyday and the rise of broadcast news and newsreels in the twentieth century and into today’s digital platforms. It examines the many kinds of images: sport, fashion, society, celebrity, war, catastrophe and exoticism; and many mediums, including photography, painting, wood engraving, film and video. Packed with the best research and full colour-illustrations throughout, this book will appeal to students and readers interested in how news and history are key sources of our rich visual culture.

About to Die

About to Die
Author: Barbie Zelizer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2010-12-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0199779988

Due to its ability to freeze a moment in time, the photo is a uniquely powerful device for ordering and understanding the world. But when an image depicts complex, ambiguous, or controversial events--terrorist attacks, wars, political assassinations--its ability to influence perception can prove deeply unsettling. Are we really seeing the world "as it is" or is the image a fabrication or projection? How do a photo's content and form shape a viewer's impressions? What do such images contribute to historical memory? About to Die focuses on one emotionally charged category of news photograph--depictions of individuals who are facing imminent death--as a prism for addressing such vital questions. Tracking events as wide-ranging as the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, the Holocaust, the Vietnam War, and 9/11, Barbie Zelizer demonstrates that modes of journalistic depiction and the power of the image are immense cultural forces that are still far from understood. Through a survey of a century of photojournalism, including close analysis of over sixty photos, About to Die provides a framework and vocabulary for understanding the news imagery that so profoundly shapes our view of the world.