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Now a major motion picture, this remarkable classic recounts,
moment by moment, the spellbinding process that gave birth to the
state of Israel. Collins and Lapierre weave a brilliant tapestry of
shattered hopes, fierce pride, and breathtaking valor as the Arabs,
Jews, and British collide in their fight for control of Jerusalem.
O Jerusalem! meticulously re-creates this historic struggle.
Collins and Lapierre penetrate the battle from the inside,
exploring each party's interests, intentions, and concessions as
the city of all of their dreams teeters on the brink of
destruction. From the Jewish fighters and their heroic commanders
to the charismatic Arab chieftain whose death in battle doomed his
cause but inspired a generation of Palestinians, O Jerusalem! tells
the three-dimensional story of this high-stakes, emotional
conflict. Now with a new introduction by Dominique Lapierre, O
Jerusalem! remains, as ever, a towering testament to the fiery dawn
of Israel and an unforgettable tale of faith and violence, of
betrayal and indomitable courage.
The electrifying story of India's struggle for independence, told
in this classic account (first published in 1975) by two fine
journalists who conducted hundreds of interviews with nearly all
the surviving participants - from Mountbatten to the assassins of
Mahatma Gandhi. On 14 August 1947 one-fifth of humanity claimed
their independence from the greatest empire history has ever seen.
But 400 million people were to find that the immediate price of
freedom was partition and war, riot and murder. In this superb
reconstruction, Collins and Lapierre recount the eclipse of the
fabled British Raj and examine the roles enacted by, among others,
Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Mountbatten in its violent transformation
into the new India and Pakistan. This is the India of Jawaharlal
Nehru, heart-broken by the tragedy of the country's division; of
Mohammed Ali Jinnah, a Moslem who drank, ate pork and rarely
entered a mosque, yet led 45 million Muslims to nationhood; of
Gandhi, who stirred a subcontinent without raising his voice; of
the last viceroy, Mountbatten, beseeched by the leaders of an
independent India to take back the powers he'd just passed to them.
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Barmaid (Leather / fine binding)
John Arsenault; Text written by Larry Collins, Mark Jacobs
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The site of the leather bar Eagle LA in Los Angeles has been home
to three highly popular leather bars over the decades--the Shed,
the Outcast and the Gauntlett II. The Eagle LA, opened in 2005,
follows a long-standing tradition of leather fetish and uniform,
set forth by leather Eagle bars around the country. This
publication presents images by American photographer John Arsenault
(born 1971), who worked at the Eagle LA as a barback, or "barmaid,"
as Arsenault liked to refer to the position. The series consists of
customer and employee portraits, interior landscapes from the bar,
and self-portraits. Having observed the fetish leather and uniform
community from afar for many years, Arsenault was eventually
accepted into its midst. These exclusive photographs reflect an
insider view of the iconic bar.
The new rules of rescue have improved the way firefighters and
other first responders are able to detect, locate, treat, and
extract trapped victims in practically any situation by emphasizing
factors like innovative training, better equipment, and more
intelligent planning by well-informed decision-makers. Whether you
live in an urban or rural fire district, working for a paid or
volunteer department, increasingly your fire department will be
called upon for rescue. Technical Rescue Operations, Volume I:
Planning, Training, and Command is a groundbreaking book that lays
the framework for responding to technical rescues and disasters of
all types in the safest and most effective manner.
Technical Rescue Operations, Volume II: Common Emergencies is the
second in a three-volume series by Larry Collins. Volume II covers
responding to, managing, and conducting rescues in the "daily"
setting of fire/rescue agencies. This includes the kind of
technical rescues that confront firefighters and rescuers on
practically a daily basis. This volume also explains how to handle
more complex and large-scale rescue operations that challenge
responders to apply solid rescue principals for longer periods of
time, with the assistance required of additional resources and
under more strict command and control because of the scope of the
incident, its newsworthiness, crowds of people arriving on the
scene, and getting the immediate attention of local or regional
elected officials.
Features & Benefits:
Learn from the author's repeated "once in a career" incidents that
are commonplace for busy fire/rescue units such as the L.A. County
Fire Department's USAR task force/USAR Company
Maximize the base of knowledge developed by leading international
rescuers and fire/rescue agencies, taught by a current practitioner
assigned as an officer of one of the most experienced and
battle-hardened fire department rescue units in the nation
Contains "best practices" from fire/rescue agencies from around the
world, showing how technical rescues and disasters can be managed
better, faster, and safer
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