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Books: Travel: Asia
Perfect Digital Photographyby Jay Dickman and Jay Kinghorn List Price: $39.95 Available from Amazon $25.17 On 7-21-2006 
See Item's Page Book Description Written by photography experts--including a Pulitzer-Prize winning National Geographic photographer--this full-color book is a must-have for amateur photographers serious about improving both the quality of their photographs and their proficiency in the digital darkroom. The book is the perfect combination of a technical treatise on digital imaging and an artistic exploration of light, composition, and form, allowing you to glean the essential techniques needed for digital photography without losing sight of the artistic and aesthetic aspects of the craft. Using an easy-to-follow approach, the authors explain the image conceptualization process through shooting, editing, and image correction to finished print. In addition, top photographers from a variety of disciplines offer real-world advice on how they use digital photography to create compelling images for high-profile magazine articles, advertising campaigns, and fine art prints. Bonus tutorials at the end of the book offer step-by-step instruction in ten of the most important skills any digital photographer should know. Back Cover Copy Expert advice for capturing, correcting, and printing exceptional images “It is rare to discover a book on digital photography that is not technically dated by the rapid changes in the digital technology… From cover to cover this book is filled with priceless information on how to get the great photos, and how to make sure they are your best.” --John Knaur, Senior marketing Manager Digital SLR, Olympus Imaging America Written by a Pulitzer Prize-winning National Geographic photographer and a Photoshop certified expert, this full-color book is a must-have for anyone serious about improving both the quality of their photographs and their proficiency in the digital darkroom. Perfect Digital Photography is the perfect combination of a technical guide to digital imaging and an artistic exploration of light, composition, and form, allowing you to learn essential techniques for digital photography without losing sight of the artistic and aesthetic aspects of the craft. Using an easy-to-follow approach, the authors explain the image conceptualization process through shooting, editing, and image correction to finished print. Stunning color photographs throughout the book show you the results that you too can achieve. |
Temptations of the West: How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, and Beyondby Pankaj Mishra List Price: $25.00 Available from Amazon $16.50 On 7-21-2006 
See Item's Page From Publishers Weekly Mishra eloquently expresses his indignation at folly and injustice in these eight travelogues and profiles illuminating the challenge of Western-style globalization in South and Central Asia, where the pull of the West is countered by the politics of nationalism. In "Allahabad: The Nehrus, the Gandhis, and Democracy," Mishra weaves bitter commentary on the postcolonial dynasties into his observations of the "uneven" process of democracy at work during the 2000 elections in the "decaying" North India city of Allahabad. Mishra draws a complex portrait of successful Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt in "Bollywood: India Shining," whom Mishra is prepared to find reprehensible but comes to afford grudging respect. Mishra brings the same eye for character to "Kashmir: The Cost of Nationalism," about the brutal "cycle of retribution" between Muslims and Hindus in the contested region. On meeting a pro-India renegade commander who epitomizes an "unthinking preference for violence and terror," Mishra watches the man's "movie star glamour and brute power" fall away as the commander demands a "free hand" in dealing with Muslim guerrillas. These instances of vivid description and personal reaction provide moments of clarity in this dense, well-written book (after An End to Suffering). (June) Copyright © Reed business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From The New Yorker Mishra, a Hindu, has been accused in his native India of "pandering to white pro-Muslim audiences in the West"—a notion that, he points out, was "optimistic" even before September 11th. In this acute survey of South and Central Asia (including Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, and Tibet), he reports on how countries are facing the crisis of modernization, hobbled by political corruption, poverty, and the abiding hatred of one tribe for another. Particularly illuminating is his chapter on Nepal, which, despite a veneer of regular elections, has long been mired in a battle between monarchy and Communism, both anachronisms in the West. Mishra cautions us not to underestimate "the rage and despair of people who, arriving late in the modern world, have known its primary ideology, democracy, only as another delusion." Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker |
Lonely Planet India (Lonely Planet India)by Sarina Singh List Price: $29.99 Available from Amazon $18.89 On 7-21-2006 
See Item's Page Book Description Remarkable, bewildering, totally irresistible - India offers a million different experiences, all at once, all the time. If you seek spiritual enlightenment, the thrill of scaling the mighty Himalaya, or the buzz of a modern hypermetropolis - or if you just want to lie on a tropical beach and count cows - discover the sensory overload that is India with this topselling guide. • REST EASY in the best accommodation - from budget guesthouses to Rajput palaces • ENRICH YOUR EXPERIENCE with our chapters on India's extraordinary history and culture • ESCAPE THE CROWDS and see the India beyond the tourist trail: little-known national parks, remote tribal villages and stunning mountain treks • TELL YOUR KULFI FROM YOUR KULCHA with our comprehensive chapter on Indian cuisine, remote tribal villages and stunning mountain treks • FIND YOUR WAY from Kargil to Kanyakumari and back again with the help of detailed transport information and over 200 maps
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China (Eyewitness Travel Guides)by DK Publishing List Price: $30.00 Available from Amazon $18.90 On 7-21-2006
See Item's Page Book Description The DK travel guide helps you to get the most out of your trip to China, providing expert recommendations as well as detailed practical information. The opening chapter Introducing China maps the country and sets it in its historical and cultural context. Each of the seven regional sections is divided into area chapters that cover from one to three provinces each. Here you will find descriptions of the most important sights with maps, pictures and illustrations. Hotel and restaurant recommendations can be found in Travelers Needs . The survival Guide contains practical information on everything from transport personal safety. |
How to Travel Practically Anywhereby Susan Stellin List Price: $15.95 Available from Amazon $10.37 On 7-21-2006
See Item's Page Product Review The Chicago Tribune : "Even the most experienced travelers are sure to learn a thing or two." Atlanta journal Constitution : "Helpful advice . . . Even seasoned travelers could benefit from information in the book, and neophytes will save themselves a lot of mistakes." Library Journal : "A distinctive guide . . .Including all types of travel from cruise to rail, this comprehensive and well-researched guide is useful for both new and seasoned travelers." Book Description Ever try to book your own travel plans on the Web, only to find yourself lost in cyberspace? Ever spend hours researching airfares, hotels,cruise lines, and itineraries, and find yourself still unsure of where to find the best prices and most accurate information? Whether you are Web savvy or still learning your way around the Internet, traveling on business or vacation, travel planning can be confusing and time-consuming. Now Susan Stellin, a regular contributor to the New York Times's travel section, offers the ultimate insider's guide to researching travel plans on the Web and avoiding pitfalls on the road. This single-source guide includes comprehensive and up-to-date information on the most useful Web sites, strategies to find the best deals, and resources to help you decide where to go and what to do. It also provides crucial tips to ensure that your trip is a success, such as: - how to find the best deals available online - how to make informed decisions about what to book - avoiding surprises that can ruin a trip - how to use the Internet effectively to get travel advice How to Travel Practically Anywhere is an indispensable guide to the sometimes overwhelming logistics of travel, whether for business or pleasure, domestic or international, budget or break-the-bank, adventure or leisure. |
The Hamptons Diet Cookbook: Enjoying the Hamptons Lifestyle Wherever You Liveby Fred M.D. Pescatore and Jeff Harter List Price: $24.95 Available from Amazon $15.72 On 7-21-2006
See Item's Page Book Description Cooking and Entertaining Secrets of the Rich, Famous—and Thin!
How do the rich and famous who congregate each summer in the Hamptons stay so thin, healthy, and gorgeous? In The Hamptons Diet Cookbook, you'll discover that enjoying exquisitely satisfying taste sensations doesn't have to result in your becoming overweight. You'll learn how to get thin, stay svelte, and be healthier than ever before while indulging yourself in such seemingly sinful pleasures as:
Praise for The Hamptons Diet "Dr. Pescatore's diet is delicious and sound and represents one of the best options." "Dr. Pescatore's The Hamptons Diet takes the Diet Revolution to the next level—a healthy, sensible diet and lifestyle plan that will make us all thinner, happier, and healthier." In The Hamptons Diet Cookbook, Dr. Fred shows just how well you can eat without spending a fortune at the grocery store. With the help of celebrated Mediterranean-style chef Jeff Harter, he presents more than 200 mouthwatering recipes guaranteed to delight as you slim down. Once you've enjoyed these amazing dishes, you'll find everyone asking for second helpings. While preparing and eating the fabulous dishes in The Hamptons Diet Cookbook, you'll quickly discover why many celebrities and Hollywood stars swear by the Hamptons Diet. Its hearty breakfasts, luxurious lunches, scrumptious snacks, delectable dinners, and yummy desserts emphasize fresh fruits and vegetables, wholesome whole grains, deliciously healthy oils, and satisfying proteins in creative and delicate combinations. The Hamptons Diet Cookbook includes enough options to satisfy any palate. To start your day, you'll find an assortment of extraordinary omelets. Or you can whip up a batch of Buckwheat Crepes with Mascarpone and Strawberries, enjoy the warm and crunchy sweetness of Grandma's Granola, or delight in the sophisticated Four-Onion Frittata with Sage and Asiago. Everyone loves a leisurely lunch, but if you have to create something on the run, you'll find plenty of fast and satisfying midday meals, from tasty Turkey Wraps to numerous variations on the Ultimate Chicken Salad Sandwich. When there's time to sit and enjoy, you can make the Chinese Chicken Salad with Tamari/Macadamia Dressing, Shellfish Cocktail, Main Beach Fish Chowder, or Moroccan Beef Kabobs. Among the greatest revelations in The Hamptons Diet Cookbook is how divine a healthy dinner can be. Tempting starters like Broccoli Cheese Soup pave the way for a host of elegant entrées, including Broiled Veal Chops with Sage and Rosemary, Grilled Skirt Steak with Chimichurri, and Prosciutto- and Provolone-Stuffed Chicken Breasts. You'll also find an abundance of wonderful fish recipes such as Baked Cod with Orange-Saffron Cream Sauce, Macadamia Coconut Salmon, and Shrimp Diablo. Complete with copious dessert, hors d'oeuvre, and side-dish recipes, a host of entertaining tips, and a selection of glorious color photos that are sure to whet your appetite, The Hamptons Diet Cookbook does more than help you lose weight, keep it off, and improve your health. It will make you wish you'd been eating this well all your life.
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The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War IIby Iris Chang List Price: $14.95 Available from Amazon $9.72 On 7-21-2006 
See Item's Page Product Review China has endured much hardship in its history, as Iris Chang shows in her ably researched The Rape of Nanking, a book that recounts the horrible events in that eastern Chinese city under Japanese occupation in the late 1930s. Nanking, she writes, served as a kind of laboratory in which Japanese soldiers were taught to slaughter unarmed, unresisting civilians, as they would later do throughout Asia. Likening their victims to insects and animals, the Japanese commanders orchestrated a campaign in which several hundred thousand--no one is sure just how many--Chinese soldiers and noncombatants alike were killed. Chang turns up an unlikely hero in German businessman John Rabe, a devoted member of the Nazi party who importuned Adolf Hitler to intervene and stop the slaughter, and who personally saved the lives of countless residents of Nanking. She also suggests that the Japanese government pay reparations and apologize for its army's horrific acts of 60 years ago. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From School Library Journal YA?The events in this book are horribly off-putting, which, paradoxically, is why they must be remembered. Chang tells of the Sino-Japanese War atrocities perpetrated by the invading Japanese army in Nanking in December 1937, in which roughly 350,000 soldiers and civilians were slaughtered in an eight-week period, many of them having been raped and/or tortured first. Not only are readers given many of the gory details?with pictures?but they are also told of the heroism of some members of a small foreign contingent, particularly of a Nazi businessman who resided in china for 30 years. The story of his bravery lends the ironic touch of someone with evil credentials doing good. Once the author finishes with the atrocities, she proceeds with the equally absorbing and much easier-to-take story of what happened to the Nazi businessman when he returned to Germany and the war ended. This by itself is material for a movie. The author tells why the Japanese government not only allowed the atrocities to occur but also refused, and continues to refuse, to acknowledge that they happened. She is quite evenhanded in reminding readers that every culture has some episode like this in its history; what makes this one important is the number of people killed and tortured, the sadism, and the ongoing Japanese denial of responsibility. Mature readers will look beyond the sensational acts of cruelty to ponder the horror of man's inhumanity to man and the examples of heroism in the midst of savagery.?Judy McAloon, Potomac Library, Prince William County, VA Copyright 1998 Reed business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
The Secrets of Economic Indicators: Hidden Clues to Future Economic Trends and Investment Opportunitiesby Bernard Baumohl List Price: $27.95 Available from Amazon $17.61 On 7-21-2006
See Item's Page Product Review "Baumohl, a former economics reporter for Time magazine, has written a tremendously useful source on economic indicators. Using examples from real life, he starts out by explaining in detail the importance of these indicators to the investing community and defining the terms used when discussing measures of economic performance. The most valuable section of the book provides detailed descriptions of over 40 economic indicators, among them employment, consumer spending, national output and inventories, housing and construction, foreign trade, and productivity and wages. Baumohl considers a variety of factors when describing each indicator, such as what exactly it measures, how it is computed, where to find the relevant report on the web, the day and time this report is released, the source of the information, and how often the information is revised. He also discusses the market impact of these indicators on bonds, stocks, and currency. The book ends with profiles of international indicators and a listing of where to locate them on the web. Bottom Line: Although this book is marketed as a tool for investors and is not organized like a typical reference book, it belongs in the reference collection because it explains so clearly what the various economic indicators are and how to locate data about them. Recommended for all libraries. " —Stacey Marien, American Univ. Lib., Washington, DC Book Description Every day, stocks, bonds, and currencies bounce wildly in response to new economic indicators. Money managers obsess over those statistics, because they provide crucial clues about the future of the economy and the financial markets. Now you can use these indicators to make smarter investment decisions, just like the professionals do.You don't need an economics degree, or a CPA just this easy-to-use book. Former TIME Magazine senior economics reporter Bernard Baumohl has done the impossible: he's made economic indicators fascinating. Using real-world examples and stories,Baumohl illuminates every U.S. and foreign indicator that matters.Where to find them.What they look like. What the insiders know about their track records. And exactly how to interpret them. Whether you're an investor,broker, portfolio manager, researcher, journalist,or student, you'll find this book indispensable.Nobody can predict the future with certainty. But The Secrets of Economic Indicators will get you as close as humanly possible. What the numbers really mean to stocks, bonds, rates, currencies, and you Ahead of the curve: spotting turning points Calling recessions and recoveries in time to profit from them Leading indicators: where's the economy really heading Decoding initial unemployment claims, housing starts, the yield curve, and other predictors Beyond the borders Why foreign indicators are increasingly important—and how to use them Making sense of indicators in conflict What to do when the numbers disagree Finding the data Free web resources for the latest economic data
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