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This book offers an intimate and personal look at what China's
poverty alleviation has meant for individuals. The dramatic
progress in reducing poverty in China over the past three decades
is well known. According to the World Bank, more than 500 million
people were lifted out of extreme poverty as China's poverty rate
fell from 88 percent in 1981 to 6.5 percent in 2012. Behind this
statistic are the millions of families in rural China who have
moved from extreme poverty to a more comfortable way of life in
modern China. This is the story of four generations of one such
family. Grandma Zhen and her eight children have faced the hardship
of war, the great famine of 1958-1960, the Cultural Revolution of
1967-1977 and Opening-up and Reform. They have had to adjust to a
rapidly changing culture that has affected all aspects of their
lives, including marriage, the one-child policy, and education.
Through incredible endurance and hard work, they have not only
survived, but thrived. This book will be of value to
anthropologists, developmental economists, sinophiles, and more.
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Sochi 2014 (Paperback)
John Huet, David Burnett
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American photographers John Huet and David Burnett were
commissioned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to create
a personal record ofthe Olympic Games in their own way; these new
books are the result of that freedom and artistry. They capture the
essence and adventure of the Olympic Games through stunning and
unconventional photographs.David Burnett is the co-founder of
Contact Press Images in New York. He covered the Vietnam War as a
staff photographer for "Life "magazine.John Huet is a sports
photographer and a director of commercials. His book "Soul of the
Game: Images and Voices of Street Basketball "was published to
critical acclaim in 1997."
The Olympic Games produce an untold number of breathtaking images:
athletes at work and rest, events from ski-jumping and
bobsleighing, sporting facilities, venues from rugged mountains to
indoor ice-rinks, and unique moments that allow the viewer to share
the passion of the Olympic Games. This fourth volume in a series
celebrating the Olympic Games presents stunning photographs from
the Winter Games in PyeongChang 2018. Photographers John Huet,
David Burnett, Jason Evans and Mine Kasapoglu Puhrer were granted
access to the training zones and accompanied the athletes as they
prepared for their events before the arrival of the crowds. These
unconventional images show the intensity of training and the mental
state of the Olympians. The photos are accompanied by detailed
commentaries by the photographers, describing the thought and
planning behind the images, and the exact moment when the images
were captured. Bilingual edition (English and French).
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Making a Night Stalker (Paperback)
David Burnett; Edited by Kendra Middleton Williams; Foreword by George Diaz
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Making a Night Stalker (Hardcover)
David Burnett; Edited by Kendra Middleton Williams; Foreword by George Diaz
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