NICK YAPP

Ocho millones de habitantes, más de cincuenta mil calles, quinientas estaciones ferroviarias...Palacios, catedrales, mazmorras, museos, pubs y parques...Ciudad extraordinaria y distinguida, misteriosa y embrujada, hervidero de buscadores de placer y fortuna, de curiosos y fugitivos. Con tiendas ya centenarias y restaurantes recien inaugurados.Profusamente ilustrada con fotos que se encargaron expresamente para el proyecto, esta obra constituye el retrato de una ciudad en todo su esplendor.

A guide to understanding the French that explores the raison detre behind the Gallic façade with humour and style.

Una década dividida. Primero, la humanidad en guerra, con sus triunfos y tragedias, victorias y víctimas. Después, la paz, el retorno a la normalidad y la reconstrucción. Nuevas esperanzas, también problemas nuevos. Los avatares de la historia a traves del objetivo de una camara fotografica. Libro que pertenece a la Coleccion Decadas del siglo XX, sigue el rastro de los grandes acontecimientos de nuestro siglo, decada a decada. Todo ello en una edicion multilingue: ingles-castellano-italiano. Cada decenio se ha diferenciado radicalmente de los demas por motivos politicos, economicos, de moda y filosofia de vida. Una serie de cronicas detalladas e ilustradas dan fe de momentos de gran exaltacion, caoticos, abrumadores e intensos. Con este libro podemos descubrir la forma de vida de la generacion de nuestros padres o recordar nuestra propia juventud.

To create this stunning collection, Getty Images and National Geographic identified 100 days that represent defining moments of the past 150 years. Featuring scores of rare and unpublished photographs uncovered during its creation, this remarkable book provides new perspective on key events and personalities of the past. Much more than a book of pictures, "100 Days in Photographs" is a compelling visual journey through our age--an odyssey that''s personal and universal, immediate and timeless. To create it, Getty Images and National Geographic identified 100 days that represent defining moments of the past 150 years... and crystallized them with photographs that leap from the page to evoke joy and anger, triumph and despair. Supporting the visuals are firsthand journal excerpts, photographers'' on-site notes, and insightful text by photography historian Nick Yapp. From the Getty Images archive, astonishing images depict major world events: revolution in 19th-century Europe, President Lincoln''s assassination, the Eiffel Tower''s construction from 1887 to 1889, Bleriot flies the English Channel in 1909, the Wall Street crash of 1929, Germany''s Kristallnacht, the British quit India in 1947, and more. National Geographic''s contributions illustrate scientific, cultural, and geographical topics--including the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Jane Goodall''s study of chimpanzees, Chernobyl''s nuclear disaster, the cloning of sheep, the attacks of September 11, 2001, and today''s global warming debate. Page after eye-catching page reveals the emotion of an entire event or age captured in a single image--whether of a peasant''s tears, of world leaders sharing a secret, or the triumph of an Olympic champion. Politics, war, crime, technology, achievement, fads, and fashion all figure into the life and legacy of these 100 days. Featuring scores of rare and unpublished photographs uncovered during its creation, this remarkable book provides new perspective on key events and personalities of the past 150 years.