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Great American War Stories is a magnificent collection of gripping
accounts of battles great and small throughout history. Capturing
all the elements of ancient and powerful tragedy, this book is
chock-full of thrilling tales of war--as well as a frightful
examination of man's darkest impulses--allowing the reader a
gruesome glimpse behind the veil of honor and bravery that history
often ascribes to soldiers and their leaders. These are all stories
that have endured the test of time and have attracted discerning
readers for generations.
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Selected Nonfiction, 1962-2007
J.G. Ballard; Edited by Mark Blacklock; Foreword by Tom McCarthy
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Snow Leopards, Second Edition provides a foundational,
comprehensive overview of the biology, ecology and conservation of
this iconic species. This updated edition incorporates all the
recent information from range-wide surveys and conservation
projects, the results of technical and advances particularly in
genetics, camera trapping and satellite tracking, and evaluates
emerging threats. New chapters synthesize the novel scientific
methods and statistical analyses used to develop density and
population estimates and how they inform conservation and
management estimates. Sections cover historical information, the
main biogeographic patterns, evolutionary trends, conservational
efforts, and cultural significance. Status and distribution are
fully updated for all 12 countries where snow leopards occur. Other
sections describe established and emerging threats, including
human-wildlife conflict, illegal trade, infrastructure development,
and climate change along with conservation solutions used to
address these threats. The book concludes with a final section on
global snow leopard initiatives and future potentials.
Guilty as charged. If reading true crime is a guilty pleasure, this
collection of stunning heists and unspeakable murders from the
front pages of history will leave no doubt about the verdict. Three
unsuspecting men's lives cut short at the hands of their lovers in
Gangland Chicago, a mysterious and murderous trapper chased across
unforgiving Arctic mountains in sub-zero temperatures, a notorious
band of outlaws' ill-fated bank robbery, a little-known but starkly
detailed look at Lizzie Borden's handiwork with her famous ax, a
body in a trunk and a suspect halfway across the world thinking
he's pulled it off are among the enticing and unsettling tales in
this arresting collection. Here are stories sure to intrigue and
shock readers and put them on the edges of their seats. That's the
point after all, and The Greatest Crime Stories Ever Told will not
disappoint. From a first-person account of the infamous Lufthansa
robbery that netted millions, to the beguiling society bank robber
so confident he broke into the same New York City bank twice to
pull off the biggest haul in history, to the mysterious and brutal
murders of a quiet farm family in a close-knit but suspicious
community that offered an unusual number of suspects, The Greatest
Crime Stories Ever Told is a fascinating and darkly enticing
contribution to the wildly popular true crime genre. Here are not
only the suspects, obvious or not, but the detectives who wanted
them in prison and were willing to put their own lives at risk to
do so. Did the perpetrators get away with their perfidies? Did the
rule of law prevail in the end? Were the right people caught and
prosecuted? Readers will have to decide for themselves.
Set in a Central Europe rapidly fragmenting after the fall of
Communism, "Men in Space" follows a cast of dissolute Bohemians,
political refugees, football referees, deaf police agents,
assassins and stranded astronauts as they chase a stolen icon
painting from Sofia to Prague and beyond. The icon's melancholy
orbit is reflected in the various characters' ellipses and near
misses as they career vertiginously through all kinds of space:
physical, political, emotional and metaphysical. What emerges is a
vision a world in a state of disintegration.
The most ambition and exciting novel yet from the Booker
shortlisted author of C and Satin Island. Bodies in motion. Birds,
bees and bobsleighs. What is the force that moves the sun and other
stars? Where's our fucking airplane? What's inside Box 808, and why
does everybody want it? Deep within the archives of time-and-motion
pioneer Lillian Gilbreth lies a secret. Gilbreth helped birth the
era of mass observation and big data but did she also discover a
'perfect' movement that would 'change everything'? An international
hunt begins for the one box missing from her records, and we follow
contemporary motion-capture consultant Mark Phocan across
geo-political fault lines and experimental zones in his search for
it. And all the while, work is underway on the blockbuster film
Incarnation, an epic space tragedy... 'Dazzling... The Making of
Incarnation feels utterly original, utterly new, utterly magical'
Neel Mukherjee, author of The Lives of Others 'Hugely interesting,
energetic, wise and well written' GQ 'A rich and fascinating
exercise in observation' Independent
The newspaper advertisement for volunteers to accompany Ernest
Shackleton on his planned traverse of Antarctica in 1914 was frank
in its offering. "Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages,
bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful.
Honour and recognition in event of success." Still, hundreds
applied. There were few chances left to be the first to reach the
last challenge on Earth. As the 20th Century came of age, explorers
had uncovered most of the world's mysteries, sailing to the far
corners of the globe, ascending many of its most forbidding peaks,
crossing its greatest deserts and penetrating its thickest jungles.
Frozen, alien, inhospitable, dangerous, and close to impossible to
reach, there were only two tiny dots on the globe that human beings
had not yet set foot on--the North and South Poles. The Greatest
Polar Exploration Stories Ever Told is a visceral, exciting and
stunning collection of twelve stories recounting the bravery,
resoluteness, and strength of the men who willingly traversed
frozen hells to be the first to reach the North or South Pole. It
is a collection that will both inspire and inform--and answer
questions about the limits of human endurance. Many men would die
during their challenging, frozen journeys, and their deaths were
not pleasant. Yet they continued to try again. Here are stories,
wrought by the challenging landscape and weather, that made these
explorers household names and heroes: Peary, Scott, Amundsen,
Shackleton, Franklin, Cherry-Garrard, Scott, Kane, Cook--and others
lost to history whose bravery was nonetheless as admirable. Each of
these men knew success would bring glory for their countries and
financial security and fame and eminent places in history for
themselves. Each knew also the odds of success were slim and the
chance of dying great. Nations held their collective breaths for
news of each expedition and those years later were termed the
Heroic Age of Exploration--there were simply no other endeavors
that captured the world's attention the various races to the poles.
The Greatest Polar Exploration Stories Ever Told recaptures the
spirit, drama, and tragedy of a time in history that will never
come again.
Bodies in motion. Birds, bees and bobsleighs. What is the force
that moves the sun and other stars? Where's our fucking airplane?
What's inside Box 808, and why does everybody want it? Deep within
the archives of time-and-motion pioneer Lillian Gilbreth lies a
secret. Famous for producing solid light-tracks that captured the
path of workers' movements, Gilbreth helped birth the era of mass
observation and big data. Did she also, as her broken
correspondence with a young Soviet physicist suggests, discover in
her final days a 'perfect' movement, one that would 'change
everything'? An international hunt begins for the one box missing
from her records, and we follow contemporary motion-capture
consultant Mark Phocan across geo-political fault lines and
experimental zones: places where the frontiers of potential - to
cure, kill, understand or entertain - are constantly tested and
refined. And all the while, work is underway on the blockbuster
film Incarnation, an epic space tragedy. Audacious and mesmeric,
The Making of Incarnation weaves a set of stories one inside the
other, rings within rings, a perpetual-motion machine. Tom McCarthy
peers through the screen, or veil, of technological modernity to
reveal the underlying historical and symbolic structures of human
experience.
Snow Leopards: Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes
to Landscapes is the only comprehensive work on the biology,
behavior, and conservation status of the snow leopard, a species
that has long been one of the least studied, and hence poorly
understood, of the large cats. Breakthroughs in technologies and
methodologies to study this elusive cat have come rapidly,
including non-invasive genetics, camera traps, and GPS-satellite
collaring. The book begins with chapters on the genetic standing
and taxonomy of the snow leopard, followed by chapters on their
behavior and ecology. Additional contributions follow on the
current and emerging threats to the species, which include
longstanding concerns, such as poaching and conflicts with
livestock, and new and emerging threats such as mining and climate
change. A section on conservation solutions, backed by valuable
case studies, starts with an overview of the important role
mountain communities play in assuring the snow leopard's long-term
persistence. In addition, chapters on the role of captive snow
leopards for the conservation of the species, state-of-the-art
techniques and technologies for studying and monitoring snow
leopards, status reports from around the region, and future
perspectives, such as transboundary conservation initiatives,
international conventions (CITES, CMS, etc.), the role of the IUCN
Cat Specialist Group and the Snow Leopard Network, and undertakings
such as the Global Snow Leopard Forum facilitated by the World Bank
are also included.
From the early years of Western Expansion to the present day, our
history is marked by the heroic exploits of the rescuer and the
rescued in some of the most daunting geographic, meteorological,
and otherwise life-threatening challenges. "First responders" have
variously been members of law enforcement to ordinary good
samaritans who couldn't look the other way in the face of their
brethren in peril. This book collects the most compelling
search-and-rescue accounts of the last two hundred years, from
William Lewis Manly bringing relief to '49ers lost in Death Valley,
to modern-day SAR teams working with the National Park and Forest
Services to locate missing hikers or carry out the injured from a
wilderness mishap. Of course, many search-and-rescues turn into a
body recovery effort, or even a criminal investigation if foul play
is suspected. Regardless of the outcome, this book honors those who
put others' lives before their own in the face of peril.
Herge's Tintin cartoon adventures have been translated into more
than fifty languages and read by tens of millions of children aged,
as their publishers like to say, 'from 7 to 77'. Arguing that their
characters are as strong and their plots as complex as any dreamt
up by the great novelists, Tom McCarthy asks a simple question: is
Tintin literature? McCarthy takes a cue from Tintin himself, who
spends much of his time tracking down illicit radio signals,
entering crypts and decoding puzzles and suggests that we too need
to 'tune in' and decode if we want to capture what's going on in
Herge's work. What emerges is a remarkable story of hushed-up royal
descent in both Herge's work and his own family history. McCarthy
shows how the themes this story generates - expulsion from home,
violation of the sacred, the host-guest relationship turned sour
and anxieties around questions of forgery and fakeness - are the
same that have fuelled and troubled writers from the classical era
to the present day. His startling conclusion is that Tintin's
ultimate 'secret' is that of literature itself. Appearing on the
eve of the release of a major Steven Spielberg Tintin film, Tintin
and the Secret of Literature should be avidly devoured by not only
Tintin lovers but also by anyone with an interest in literature,
philosophy or art.
Crime does pay. At least for a while. You'll see that quickly in
these the ten compelling and true stories of brilliant plans,
guile, and nerves of steel. The thieves awaiting you seem to have
it all. They are clever, cool, and set at their goals with icy
resolve. It takes a lot of guts and nerves of steel to do what they
did and not fold under the pressure. After all, if those
hard-wrought plans fail, they'll have plenty of time to think about
what went wrong in prison. Break into the poshest hotel in New York
City and roust guests and security guards for the jewels and cash
hidden in front-office deposit boxes under the tightest security?
Hijack an airplane, demand a ransom and two parachutes, then
disappear? Invent a device that allows you to record the
combination of any bank vault, then break into bank vaults twice?
Steal from a secret mob depository run by a boss known for his
brutality? Why not? The Greatest Heists Stories Ever Told will
allow readers to appreciate the efforts that go into a truly
magnificent heist. It is a celebration of stunning, well-planned
and audacious capers that left police and armies of investigators
looking for answers and scratching their heads. Maybe that's what
assures us that there will always be more heists. There is always
that golden chance of getting away with it. Among the stories
included are: The Lufthansa Heist The Oddball Crew and the $17
Million Heist The Last Good Heist The Pierre Hotel Heist Hijack! DB
Cooper's Great Escape
Bodies in motion. Birds, bees and bobsleighs. What is the force
that moves the sun and other stars? Where's our fucking airplane?
What's inside Box 808, and why does everybody want it? Deep within
the archives of time-and-motion pioneer Lillian Gilbreth lies a
secret. Famous for producing solid light-tracks that captured the
path of workers' movements, Gilbreth helped birth the era of mass
observation and big data. Did she also, as her broken
correspondence with a young Soviet physicist suggests, discover in
her final days a 'perfect' movement, one that would 'change
everything'? An international hunt begins for the one box missing
from her records, and we follow contemporary motion-capture
consultant Mark Phocan, as well as his collaborators and shadowy
antagonists, across geo-political fault lines and experimental
zones: medical labs, CGI studios, military research centres . . .
Places where the frontiers of potential - to cure, kill, understand
or entertain - are constantly tested and refined. And all the
while, work is underway on the blockbuster film Incarnation, an
epic space tragedy. Commercial box-office fodder? Or a sublimely
mythical exploration of the animation, contemplation and possession
of flesh - ours and others' - traumatised, erotic, beautiful,
obscene... Audacious and mesmeric, The Making of Incarnation weaves
a set of stories one inside the other, rings within rings, a
perpetual-motion machine. Tom McCarthy peers through the screen, or
veil, of technological modernity to reveal the underlying
historical and symbolic structures of human experience.
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Remainder (Paperback)
Tom McCarthy
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Traumatized by an accident which 'involved something falling from
the sky' and leaves him eight and a half million pounds richer but
hopelessly estranged from the world around him, Remainder's hero
spends his time and money obsessively reconstructing and
re-enacting vaguely remembered scenes and situations from his past:
a large building with piano music in the distance, the familiar
smells and sounds of liver frying and spluttering, lethargic cats
lounging on roofs until they tumble off them... But when this fails
to quench his thirst for authenticity, he starts re-enacting more
and more violent events, as his repetition addiction spirals out of
control. A darkly comic meditation on memory, identity and history,
Remainder is a parable for modern times.
The orders to proceed were nothing more than an invitation to die,
and usually in unpleasant ways. But the soldiers proceeded
nonetheless, because a higher cause was at stake. This stunning
collection of stories is a tribute to the courage, steely resolve,
and discipline of men who accomplished daunting missions in the
face of almost certain death. Nonetheless, they stepped into the
breach and performed heroically. That was their duty and they did
not question. They had a mission and they accepted. Here are ten
powerful stories of American soldiers and sailors that span more
than 200 years of action with one common theme, summed up
succinctly a participant who took control of Omaha Beach on D-Day,
1944. "We were doing the very thing that we had trained so long to
do, and we were fascinated, and eagerly excited about it. We
realized that any number of things might happen to us and knew too
that some things we'd never dreamed of might very well be waiting
for us on the beach."' From Marines taking Iwo Jima's Mount
Suribachi or defending Khe San, Navy pilots taking to the air to
defend Pearl Harbor, or an outnumbered American regiment in Korea
defeating the Chinese at the Battle of Chipyong-ni, courage was the
common watchword, death the common consequence. Such is the lot of
soldiers everywhere. Here is a not-so-gentle reminder of the price
of freedom--paid by American men for more than 200 years of
struggle, from the Revolutionary War, the Spanish-American War,
Civil War, World War II, Korea, and Viet Nam.
Rich in domestic history and detail, Cat Tales entertains,
enlightens, and amuses. These are enduring stories that have passed
the test of time and have attracted generations of readers. They
are custom-made for the imaginative reader who seeks feline
adventure ensconced in his or her favorite reading chair by the
fire, curled up with a purring cat.
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Tom McCarthy
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NOW A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FILM Traumatized by an accident which
'involved something falling from the sky' and leaves him eight and
a half million pounds richer but hopelessly estranged from the
world around him, Remainder's hero spends his time and money
obsessively reconstructing and re-enacting vaguely remembered
scenes and situations from his past: a large building with piano
music in the distance, the familiar smells and sounds of liver
frying and spluttering, lethargic cats lounging on roofs until they
tumble off them... But when this fails to quench his thirst for
authenticity, he starts re-enacting more and more violent events,
as his repetition addiction spirals out of control. A darkly comic
meditation on memory, identity and history, Remainder is a parable
for modern times.
Being aboard a sinking ship is perhaps the most terrifying
experience a human being can endure. Imagine those last peaceful
moments as the vessel beneath you slides quickly into the dark
waters that only moments before you had so confidently glided
across. It is as one survivor you will read about in this stunning
collection recalled, "a sudden sickening sense of disaster."
Awaiting you are starvation, thirst and unimagined weather--perhaps
blistering sun or soul-crushing cold. Outside your leaking and
fragile craft are circling sharks waiting to tear you to shreds.
Hope will fade quickly. Utterly absorbing and eminently
entertaining, here is a collection of inspirational stories of life
and death and hope-and of resilience and unimagined strength. These
stories show more than anything the indomitable spirit of sailors
who scoffed at death and moved on-doing what they had to do to
live. Among the tales in this terrifying yet absorbing collection
are the recollections of sailors from the USS Indianapolis who
floated hopelessly as their companions were torn apart by sharks;
of the crew whaleship Essex, who did the unthinkable; of small boat
adventurers like Dougal Robertson, who survived for weeks on little
but faith. The Greatest Sea Survival Stories Ever Told is a tribute
to incredible men and women. It is a testament to the remarkable
fortitude that made them quiet heroes.
This publication explores the work of the acclaimed Swiss-American
artist Christian Marclay (1955), presenting a selection of works
focusing on his sound compositions, from graphic scores to video
installations. In this artist's book, he shows the relationship
between sound and vision, exploring the ways that sound can be made
visually manifest. As the artist himself has said: 'music runs
through almost everything I do'. It includes essays by the critic
Erika Balsom, the curator Tanya Barson and the writer Tom McCarthy.
Trilingual edition (Catalan, Spanish, English).
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Tom McCarthy, Bill Dohar
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