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Afghanistan
Simon Norfolk is a landscape photographer based in London. His previous book, 'For Most Of It I Have No Words: Genocide, Landscape, Memory' about the places where there have been Genocides, was published in 1998 by Dewi Lewis Publishing. The pictures in 'Afghanistan: chronotopia' were made in December of 2001 and May of 2002 and won the European Publishers Award for Photography.
Burke + Norfolk
Collaborative venture across time between 19th century photographer John Burke and Simon Norfolk on the war in Afghanistan.
Bleed
The war in Bosnia in the 1990s raised to common currency the terms 'ethnic cleansing' and 'humanitarian intervention'. It brought back to Europe a barbarism not seen since WWII and was the first war to be fought very much under the gaze of the world's media. Through these still and beautiful images of ice, water, snow and the land, the arrogance of the killers who believed they could conceal the terrible truth by reburying their victims in 'secondary graves' soon becomes painfully evident. These powerful portraits prove that secrets escape and the truth will bleed out.
On the Marsh
'He does write beautifully, especially of his greatest love - our wild birds ... On The Marsh is a delightful read.' Christopher Hart, Daily Mail How the rewilding of eight acres of Norfolk marshland inspired a family and brought nature even closer to home. When writer Simon Barnes heard a Cetti's warbler sing out as he turned up to look at a house for sale, he knew immediately that he had found his new home. The fact that his garden backed onto an area of marshy land only increased the possibilities, but there was always the fear that it might end up in the wrong hands and be lost to development or intensive farming. His wife saw through the delicate negotiations for the purchase. Once they...
Printed in Norfolk
For more than 35 years, Coracle has produced artists' books, critical works, editions and ephemera. 'Printed in Norfolk' tells the story of this key contemporary small press in all its manifestations as printer, publisher, bookshop and gallery.
Civilization
Our fast-changing world seen through the lenses of 140 leading contemporary photographers around the globe. With close to 500 images, many previously unpublished, this landmark publication takes stock of the material and spiritual cultures that make up 'civilization'. Ranging from the ordinary to the extraordinary, from our great collective achievements to our ruinous collective failings, Civilization: The Way We Live Now explores the complexity of contemporary civilization through the rich, nuanced language of photography. Featuring images by some 140 photographers - from Reiner Riedler's families at leisure parks, Raimond Wouda's high schools, Wang Qingsong's Work, Work, Work and Cindy She...
The Chemistry of Death
* Don't miss 'THE CHEMISTRY OF DEATH' TV SERIES - debuts on Paramount+ on 19 Jan 23 * Based on The Chemistry of Death and Written in Bone - starring Harry Treadaway as Dr David Hunter 'A classy debut' The Times 'Best thriller I've read all year' Tess Gerritsen Dr David Hunter hoped he might at last have put the past behind him. But then they found what was left of Sally Palmer . . . It isn't just that she was a friend that disturbs him. Once he'd been a high-profile forensic anthropologist and all too familiar with the many faces of death, before tragedy made him abandon this previous life. Now the police want his help. But to become involved will stir up memories he's long tried to forget. Then a second woman disappears, plunging the close-knit community into a maelstrom of fear and paranoia. And no one, not even Hunter, is exempt from suspicion. Gruesome and gripping, this startling new British crime thriller has an unnerving and original twist.
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Memory of Fire
This book is a visual, theoretical and historical resource about the photography of war, and how images are used as instruments of war. It comprises essays and interviews by prominent theorists, artists and photographers and covers the urgent issues of the depiction of war, the use of images of war by the media and the circulation of unofficial images and the impact of the digital mediascape.
Invention
Dyson has become a byword for high performing products, technology, design and invention. Now, James Dyson, the inventor and entrepreneur who made it all happen, tells his remarkable and inspirational story in Invention: A Life. Famously, over a four-year period, James Dyson made 5127 prototypes of the cyclonic vacuum cleaner that would transform the way houses are cleaned around the world. In devoting all his resources to iteratively developing the technology, he risked it all, but out ofmany failures and setbacks came hard-fought success. His products - including vacuum cleaners, hair dryers and hair stylers, and fans and purifiers - are not only revolutionary technologies, but design clas...
