In this thoughtful, careful reassessment, Johnson combines thorough research and the latest historiography with a litigator's methodical analysis and a storyteller's ear to reconstruct the beginning of the Civil War from the White House to Brooklyn Navy. číst celé
Rico Lopez is a twice-divorced, moderately successful Mexican immigrant who is living the life of a small business owner when unexpectedly, an agent from the local DEA office shows up with a strange request. He would like to hire Rico for one day to go undercover and gather intel for them on a suspected drug cartel leader. Unfortunately, the seemingly easy, one-time assignment goes bad, and Rico is drawn into a life as a drug agent that while dangerous, also energizes him and forces him to draw on strengths he never knew he had. Ricos relationship with Mike Andress, the charismatic agent who hired him, is at the heart of the story. At times,
Am Anfang war das Licht Die Geschichte der Fotografie wie im Zeitraffer George Eastman, der Gründer von Kodak, ist ein Beweis dafür, dass es die berühmte amerikanische Tellerwäscherkarriere wirklich gab: Vom Bürolaufburschen stieg er zu einem der wichtigsten Industriellen in der US-Geschichte auf. Als Eastman 1932 starb, vermachte er seinen Nachlass der University of Rochester, die ihn seit 1949 als Museum für Fotografie und Film operiert und die Exponate international ausstellt. Die stetig wachsende Kollektion umfasst mehr als 400 000 Bilder und Negative, darunter Arbeiten von Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, Ansel Adams und zahlreichen anderen Größen der Fotografie, die bei Auktionen Höchstpreise erzielen würden. Hinzu kommen mehr als 23 000 Kinofilme, 5 Millionen Filmstills, die wohl bedeutendste Stummfilm-Sammlung, historisches technisches Equipment und eine Bibliothek mit über 40 000 Büchern zu den Themen Fotografie und Film. Das George Eastman House ist eine wahre Pilgerstätte für Forscher, Fotografen, Sammler und jeden, der sich für die Geschichte von Fotografie und Film interessiert. TASCHENs Geschichte der Photographie ? Von 1839 bis heute zeigt in chronologischer Reihenfolge die eindrucksvollsten Bilder aus dieser Sammlung und zeichnet damit die wichtigsten Entwicklungen der Kunst der Lichtbildnerei nach ? von deren gloriosen Anfängen bis in die Gegenwart.
When it comes to meditation practices, the body is as important as the mind—a fact that may come as a surprise to the many people who regard meditation as a strictly mental activity. But, as Will Johnson shows, the physical aspect of the practice is far too often underemphasized. The alert-yet-relaxed sitting posture that is the common denominator of so many meditative techniques is a wonderful aid for clearing the mind and opening the heart, but it also works to activate the natural healing energies of both body and mind. The author offers guidance and exercises for working with the posture of meditation and advice on how to carry its benefits on into all the rest of life.
Shira is a fast-paced historical thriller that gives the reader an inside look at the Israeli spy organization, Mossad, during its heyday in the 1970s and 1980s. The story is about a young woman who is recruited to join the agency by an aging spymaster who believes women can serve an important undercover role in the traditionally male-dominated organization. Shira is inserted into some of the Mossad's most infamous operations, including the murder of an Iraqi scientist, the raid that freed 103 hostages at the airport at Entebbe, and the audacious smuggling operations at the Red Sea diving resort in Ethiopia. Along the way she has an on-again, off-again relationship with her college boyfriend who questions the morality of her chosen profession. Their differing points of view about how to deal with volatile Middle East hostilities occurring at the time (and still occurring) form the moral dilemma that drives the plot toward its surprising but satisfying ending.