The Chanel Mobile Art Container is an extraordinary traveling exhibition space built by architect Zaha Hadid at the invitation of Chanel helmsman Karl Lagerfeld. This book collects Lagerfeld’s black-and-white photographs of the container, taken during its tour of Hong Kong, Tokyo and New York in 2008. The fluid architecture of this mobile, collapsible exhibition pod is echoed in Lagerfeld’s images, which abstract the structure into a series of white curves and grey planes silhou (more…)
From Publishers Weekly
When criminal defense attorney Trupp leaves her home and her three daughters each morning for work in New York City, she trades one set of important demands (marshmallows for breakfast) for the demands of her clients, most of whom are convicted murderers or rapists. This memoir is Trupp’s explanation to her daughters: why I choose to walk out the door each morning, despite their frequent pleas that I stay home, in order to step into the high-pressure enviro (more…)
The new fifth edition provides students with a complete self-study program, including case scenarios for each major resuscitation technique; Medication Performance Checklist; required megacode; review modules, and more. Also, included with the text is the new interactive DVD, which includes video of actual resuscitations, laryngoscopic camera footage, interactive scenarios, plus 3-D demonstrations and other visuals not found in the book.
Creative Nonfiction employs the diligence of a reporter, the shifting viewpoints of a novelist, the wordplay of a poet and the analysis of an essayist. They embrace a larger audience, striking universal chords. CNF has been mining shared truths and re-imagining the literary landscape since 1994.
Creative Nonfiction employs the diligence of a reporter, the shifting viewpoints of a novelist, the wordplay of a poet and the analysis of an essayist. They embrac (more…)
Amazon.com Review
On her way home from school on a snowy December day in 1973, 14-year-old Susie Salmon (“like the fish”) is lured into a makeshift underground den in a cornfield and brutally raped and murdered, the latest victim of a serial killer–the man she knew as her neighbor, Mr. Harvey. Alice Sebold’s haunting and heartbreaking debut novel, The Lovely Bones, unfolds from heaven, where “life is a perpetual yesterday” and where Susie narrates and keeps watch over (more…)
Will St. James and Tyler Neville are best friends and partners on the police force. And for Tyler, there’s more-he’s got feelings for Will, feelings he’s kept locked away. When Will’s girlfriend dies, Tyler supports him in every way he can, even when Will’s increasingly self-destructive behavior endangers them both on the job. And as Will withdraws further, a desperate Tyler can’t keep his feelings hidden anymore. But Will doesn’t turn his back on him. In fact, Will might (more…)
This slim and sleek M-Edge GO! Jacket is compatible with the M-Edge e-Luminator2 booklight (patent pending). The GO! Jacket for Latest Generation Amazon Kindle is the ultimate for sophisticated on-the-go eReader users. Whether in the office, at a business meeting, or on the treadmill, the GO! Jacket provides refined and stylish protection of your Amazon Kindle in a superior case. The GO! Jacket offers full surface protection in a lushly padded case, while the soft grey interior (more…)
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