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Hundreds of thousands of Americans have served in the Middle East,
putting their lives on the line and fighting for not only the
future of our nation, but the future of the countries they helped
free from tyranny. Regardless of one's political views or otherwise
about these wars, Americans overwhelmingly support the men and
women serving their country. Many of us, however, are curious about
what these soldiers have seen, felt, and done while fighting in the
epicenter of fundamental Islamists and terrorists.Letters From The
Front Lines is a moving collection of letters, e-mails, and blog
entries from those serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. It was put
together by Rear Admiral Stuart F. Platt (retired), who served
under President Ronald Reagan as the Navy's first Competition
Advocate General.
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Hotel Afrique (Hardcover)
Mark Sealy, Stuart Franklin
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The elite hotels of Africa serve as an interface between the
tribal, religious, social and cultural aspects of Africa and the
global uniformity of international business culture. They are also
the places where the unseen resources of many African countries -
oil, diamonds, minerals - are bartered away behind closed doors.
These are environments which have a strangely hybrid quality -
their design, their cuisine, musak and global TV echoing
'international' standards. Yet they are ultimately sites of
tension, where cultures collide and conflict. At the same time,
however, these hotels are viewed by their local communities as
symbols of achievement which contradict the more usual
representations of Africa.Far from being despised as enclaves of
the rich, these hotels have become 'objects of desire', the dream
venue for weddings and where to be invited to a business conference
is to have reached the pinnacle of success. And for most hotel
employees there is the reassurance of wages that are higher than
they could earn elsewhere and therefore their duties are carried
out with pride and self-assurance.
Arming the US military is an ongoing process, one of vital
importance. This book will help Americas leaders, educators and
general public better understand how to manage the business of
rearmament. Drawing on historical anecdotes, common business
principles and the authors 31 years of military service, the book
provides an engaging and educational look at the complexities of
arming the American military.
Ambiguity Revisited is concerned with the manner in which pictures
communicate with the spectator. Its focus lies in those fluid,
indeterminate spaces where our reading of images, in art and
photography, exercises and draws upon our imagination, memory, and
experience. Sir William Empsons seminal (1930) text: Seven Types of
Ambiguity is used as a springboard to discussion, towards a fresh
way of exploring ambiguity beyond English literature, and in a
broader framework to that contained in John Bergers (1989) Another
Way of Telling. The use of ambiguity in art and photography, as in
literature, is both a conscious and an unconscious act; and
ambiguity influences the way in which we respond to work, from
Leonardo da Vincis portraits to the photographer William Egglestons
engaging and idiosyncratic reflections on Americas Deep South. This
ambiguity is a force for good, or at least one to be reckoned with,
due to its participatory nature in actively engaging with, or
masking itself from, the viewer. Ambiguity is infrequently
discussed but is highly relevant as an expressive device. It holds
a position at the core of communication within the visual arts. As
society becomes influenced increasingly by communications delivered
in a visual form, so we, the consumers, require tools, more than
ever, to engage with the work.
British photographer Stuart Franklin (*1956, London), a member of
Magnum Photos, received the World Press Photo Award in 1989 and
worked on many stories for National Geographic. He also holds a
doctorate degree in geography which continuously impacts his work.
His photography is concerned with landscape and ecology, exploring
different concepts of landscape photography and the associations
the term evokes. For his latest photo book, Franklin explores the
idea of images as analogies: he traces how time and landscape
interact, how the human influence shapes it, and where landscape
and art meet. Investigating the photograph as a means of visual
metaphor, he finds faces and familiar figures in twisted trees,
rocks, clouds, and photographed fossils, gardens, and sculptures.
The book presents black-and-white images from France, Portugal,
Spain, Oman, Turkey, and Malta—landscape photography a whole new
twist! This limited special edition of 99 copies includes an
original print each.
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