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Large-Eddy Simulation Based on the Lattice Boltzmann Method for Built Environment Problems
by Mengtao Han Ryozo OokaThis book details the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) applied to the built environment problems. It provides the fundamental theoretical knowledge and specific implementation methods of LBM from the engineering perspective of the built environment. It covers comprehensive issues of built environment with three detailed cases, solving practical problems. It can be used as a reference book for teachers, students, and engineering technicians to study LBM and conduct architecture and urban wind environments simulations, in the fields of architecture, building technology science, urban planning, HVAC, built environment engineering, and civil engineering.
Large-Scale Annotation of Biomedical Data and Expert Label Synthesis and Hardware Aware Learning for Medical Imaging and Computer Assisted Intervention: International Workshops, LABELS 2019, HAL-MICCAI 2019, and CuRIOUS 2019, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2019, Shenzhen, China, October 13 and 17, 2019, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11851)
by Emanuele Trucco Diana Mateus Veronika Cheplygina Yiming Xiao Hassan Rivaz Ingerid Reinertsen Matthieu Chabanas Raphael Sznitman Luping Zhou Yiyu Shi Nicholas Heller X. Sharon Hu Danny ChenThis book constitutes the refereed joint proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Large-Scale Annotation of Biomedical Data and Expert Label Synthesis, LABELS 2019, the First International Workshop on Hardware Aware Learning for Medical Imaging and Computer Assisted Intervention, HAL-MICCAI 2019, and the Second International Workshop on Correction of Brainshift with Intra-Operative Ultrasound, CuRIOUS 2019, held in conjunction with the 22nd International Conference on Medical Imaging and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2019, in Shenzhen, China, in October 2019. The 8 papers presented at LABELS 2019, the 5 papers presented at HAL-MICCAI 2019, and the 3 papers presented at CuRIOUS 2019 were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The LABELS papers present a variety of approaches for dealing with a limited number of labels, from semi-supervised learning to crowdsourcing. The HAL-MICCAI papers cover a wide set of hardware applications in medical problems, including medical image segmentation, electron tomography, pneumonia detection, etc. The CuRIOUS papers provide a snapshot of the current progress in the field through extended discussions and provide researchers an opportunity to characterize their image registration methods on newly released standardized datasets of iUS-guided brain tumor resection.
Largo
by James Anthony SchnurPioneer settlers came to the west-central Pinellas peninsula in the years before the Civil War. The arrival of the railroad in 1888 brought truck farmers and expansive citrus groves. Decades before the city's incorporation in 1905, Largo became an important area for raising livestock, harvesting crops and timber, and trading citrus. Largo's farmers fed nearby urban communities during the Florida land boom while also providing winter fruits and vegetables to distant markets. Packing houses dotted the rural landscape during the years prior to World War II. By the 1960s, Largo expanded eastward toward Tampa Bay as new subdivisions sprouted in former groves. Known at various times as Citrus City, Fair City, Clean Air Capital, and City of Progress, Largo has grown from its roots as a small farming settlement to become the central crossroads and the third largest city in Florida's most densely populated county.
Lark! The Herald Angels Sing: A Meg Langslow Mystery (Meg Langslow Mysteries #24)
by Donna AndrewsAway in a manger, asleep on the hay, Meg Langslow finds a little gift.For four previous Christmases, New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews has delighted readers with holiday mysteries, full of Christmas cheer and starring her quirky characters. Now she gives us another hilarious new adventure in her award-winning Meg Langslow series with Lark! The Herald Angels Sing. It’s Christmastime in Caerphilly and Meg, full of holiday spirit, is helping out with the town's festivities. While directing a nativity pageant and herding the children participating in it, she finds a surprise in the manger: a live baby. A note from the mother, attached to the baby girl’s clothes, says that it’s time for her father to take care of her—and implicates Meg’s brother, Rob, as the father. And while a DNA test can reveal whether there's any truth to the accusation, Rob's afraid the mere suspicion could derail his plan to propose to the woman he loves. Meg quickly realizes it's up to her to find the baby's real identity.She soon discovers that the baby—named Lark according to the fateful note—may be connected to something much bigger. Something that eventually puts a growing number of Meg’s friends and family in danger. And before long, Meg realizes she can’t fix things single-handedly. Meanwhile, a war is brewing between Caerphilly and its arch-rival Clay County—and it's not a snowball fight. Can Meg bring everyone together in time for the holidays?As in her previous Christmas mysteries, Andrews continues to write “firmly in the grand tradition of Agatha Christie’s Christmas books” (Toronto Globe and Mail) with a book that will put cozy lovers everywhere in a holly jolly mood.
Larousse Wine: The World's Greatest Vines, Estates, And Regions
by David Cobbold Sebastian Durand-VielAn expert guide to wine from the publishers of Larousse Gastronomique. This completely new and updated edition offers wide-ranging coverage of the key wine-producing regions of the world, with particular reference to French vineyards.A short history and analysis of each region is followed by a survey of the types of wines produced, the specific properties that make the region unique, and the appellations of the area. New to this edition are more than 60 features on key wine producers around the world, affording a fascinating insight into what is involved in high-quality wine-making. Boxes and features throughout also cover a vast range of subjects such as how to read a wine label and whether to decant wine, through to organic wine-growing and bio-dynamics.
Larry Hama: Conversations (Conversations with Comic Artists Series)
by Christopher IrvingLarry Hama (b. 1949) is the writer and cartoonist who helped develop the 1980s G.I. Joe toy line and created a new generation of fans from the tie-in comic book. Through many interviews, this volume reveals that G.I. Joe is far from his greatest feat as an artist. At different points in his life and career, Hama was mentored by comics legends Bernard Krigstein, Wallace Wood, and Neal Adams. Though their impact left an impression on his work, Hama has created a unique brand of storytelling that crosses various media. For example, he devised the character Bucky O'Hare, a green rabbit in outer space that was made into a comic book, toy line, video game, and television cartoon—with each medium in mind. Hama also discusses his varied career, from working at Neal Adams and Dick Giordano’s legendary Continuity to editing a humor magazine at Marvel, developing G.I. Joe, and enjoying a long run as writer of Wolverine. This volume also explores Hama's life outside of comics. He is an activist in the Asian American community, a musician, and an actor in film and stage. He has also appeared in minor roles on the television shows M*A*S*H and Saturday Night Live and on Broadway. Editor and historian Christopher Irving compiles six of his own interviews with Hama, some of which are unpublished, and compiled others that range through Hama’s illustrious career. The first academic volume on the artist, this collection gives a snapshot of Hama’s unique character-driven and visual approach to comics’ storytelling.
Lars von Trier (Contemporary Film Directors)
by Linda BadleyScandinavia's foremost living auteur and the catalyst of the Dogme95 movement, Lars von Trier is arguably world cinema's most confrontational and polarizing figure. Willfully devastating audiences, he takes risks few filmmakers would conceive, mounting projects that somehow transcend the grand follies they narrowly miss becoming. Challenging conventional limitations and imposing his own rules, he restlessly reinvents the film language. The Danish director has therefore cultivated an insistently transnational cinema, taking inspiration from sources that range from the European avant-garde to American genre films. This volume provides a stimulating overview of Trier's career while focusing on the more recent work, including his controversial Gold Heart Trilogy (Breaking the Waves, The Idiots, and Dancer in the Dark), the as-yet unfinished USA Trilogy (Dogville and Manderlay), and individual projects such as the comedy The Boss of It All and the incendiary horror psychodrama Antichrist. Closely analyzing the films and their contexts, Linda Badley draws on a range of cultural references and critical approaches, including genre, gender, and cultural studies, performance theory, and trauma culture. Two revealing interviews that Trier granted during crucial stages of Antichrist's development are also included.
Lars von Trier Beyond Depression: Contexts and Collaborations
by Professor Linda BadleyLars von Trier built a reputation as a provocateur from the start—but in the late 2000s, he entered an even more inflammatory phase. Amid Cannes controversies, Antichrist (2009), Melancholia (2011), Nymphomaniac (2013–14), and The House That Jack Built (2018) brandished the cinematic virtuosity von Trier once banned under the Dogme 95 Manifesto while subjecting audiences to “extreme” cinema. Following von Trier’s experience of clinical depression in 2006 and 2007, these films took an aggressively personal and retrospective turn against the backdrop of the director’s controversy-courting public appearances.Playing against widespread assumptions, Linda Badley takes a reparative approach, offering an in-depth examination of these four films and the contexts that produced them. Drawing on numerous interviews with the director and his collaborators as well as inside access to archival materials, she provides a thorough and comprehensive account of von Trier’s preproduction and creative process. Highlighting a transmedial turn, Badley tracks von Trier’s artistic touchstones from Wagner, Proust, and the Marquis de Sade to Scandinavian erotic cinema and serial killer genre tropes. She considers his portrayals of mental illness and therapy, gender and sexuality, nature and extinction, shedding light on the thematic concerns that unite these films as a distinct cycle. Offering nuanced readings of these films, the book emphasizes the significance of von Trier’s work for current critical and philosophical debates, showing how they engage with notions of the Anthropocene, “dark ecology,” and the postcinematic.
Laruelle and Non-Photography
by Jonathan FardyThis book provides a critical introduction to François Laruelle’s writings on photography, with a particular focus on his two most important books on photography: The Concept of Non-Photography and Photo-Fiction, a Non-Standard Aesthetics. By unpacking and contextualising these works, this study provides a useful starting point for students and scholars who want to better understand Laruelle’s larger project, which he calls “non-philosophy”, or more recently, “non-standard philosophy”. With clear and concise explanations of the basics of non-philosophy, Laruelle and Non-Photography demonstrates how Laruelle's thought challenges standard, philosophical approaches to photography, and culminates in a novel theory of "non-photography."
Las Vegas: 1905-1965 (Postcard History)
by Carey Burke Allen Sandquist Lynn ZookEveryone thinks they know the story of Las Vegas: the showgirls, the gambling, the mob. But Las Vegas has always been much more. Families have lived here since its founding in 1905. After 1931, legalized gaming became the big tourist draw, and following World War II, the town began to market itself as "America's Playground." That is when the famed Las Vegas Strip came into its own and downtown was dubbed "Glitter Gulch." These vintage postcards show how Las Vegas evolved from a dusty railroad town into the "Entertainment Capital of the World," while remaining a city filled with families and pioneering souls.
Las Villas of Plattekill and Ulster County (Images of America)
by Tito Puente Jr. Ismael Ish" Martinez Jr.This is the first comprehensive historical retrospective on Las Villas of Plattekill and Ulster County ever written. Ulster County was first settled in 1652 and officially became a county in 1683. Its rural nature, scenic beauty, and the Catskill Mountains have made it a popular vacation destination since the 19th century. Described in numerous news articles as the Spanish Alps, Las Villas, as they were collectively known, was a lively enclave of Spanish, Puerto Rican, and other Hispanic summer resorts in Plattekill, New York, and the Catskill Mountains. Starting in the 1920s and for the next 60 years, the area became the most popular vacation destination for Latinos in the Northeast, with an emphasis on music, food, language, and customs.
Las aventuras de la vanguardia: El arte moderno contra la modernidad
by Juan José SebreliSebreli descubre el acceso a uno de los relatos más apasionados de laactualidad: la historia de los movimientos y las vanguardias artísticasdel siglo XX. Su incursión no solo invita a transitar las distintastendencias sino a pensar acerca de las conductas y los acontecimientosque las hicieron posibles. Entre el logro técnico y la impostura exhibicionista, entre laconformidad crítica y el prestigio clandestino, entre la operaciónsolitaria y la megalomanía, Sebreli advierte los síntomas de malestar enla cultura, los matices de hastío de quienes determinan el valor de laobra de arte -museos, mecenas y otras instituciones- y los reclamos deorden y jerarquías que precipitan el relevo, las continuidades yrupturas. Con su agudeza acostumbrada, hace desfilar ante nuestros ojosdiversas manifestaciones de acatamiento ante el totalitarismo estatal yla dictadura de mercado.Los puntos de vista del autor de «El asedio a la modernidad» y «Elvacilar de las cosas» nos persuaden por su atrevimiento y su riquezaintelectual tanto cuando adopta una posición firmemente argumentativacomo cuando sostiene hipótesis riesgosas. El estilo de Sebreli es ya unade las definiciones más certeras e imprevisibles de nuestra época.
Las cosas son lo que tú quieres que sean: Consejos para una vida creativa
by Adam J. KurtzDel autor de Esto no es (solo) un diario, un manual de consejos para todos los creativos y aspirantes a artista, con altas dosis de inspiración y optimismo. ¿Crees que eres la primera persona que se siente así? ¿Que nadie ha intentado crear una obra maestra, emprender una carrera creativa o simplemente dar un primer paso artístico sin dudar de todo? Pues deja que Adam J. Kurtz te diga algo: ha pasado, y él lo ha vivido en primera persona. De aquí nace esta guía de sabios, empáticos y honestos consejos sobre el arte de crear. Consejos que podrás compartir con quien los necesite o colocar en un lugar apropiado, gracias a sus páginas extraíbles. Páginas, todas, en las que el autor imprime su sello personal con el fin de que no tires la toalla. Porque vale la pena. Adam J. Kurtz sabe de lo que habla. Y va a darte un empujoncito para que sigas tu propio viaje creativo, te lleve a donde te lleve. Reseñas:«En todo lo que hace Adam J. Kurtz hay ingenio y sabiduría, sus palabras son cálidas y maravillosas.»Alanis Morissette «Consejos divertidos, irónicos, directos.»Adweek «Da optimismo y esperanza.»NYLON «Consejos de alguien que sabe de lo que habla.»Teen Vogue «Tratar de hacer arte, ya sea profesionalmente o no, requiere fe y una enorme capacidad de superación. Las cosas son lo que tú quieres que sean de Adam J. Kurtz te recuerda que eres algo más que todas tus dudas, y que, por supuesto, no estás solo en tan incierto camino.»BuzzFeed «Este brillante libro es, además de un canto a la vida, un manual de consejos para ayudar a personas creativas a dar sentido al rechazo, al fracaso, a los comienzos en falso, a la fama, a la felicidad y a las alianzas.»Debbie Millman, responsable del podcast Design Matters
Las maravillas del mundo antiguo
by Valerio Massimo ManfrediUn fascinante recorrido por las maravillas del mundo antiguo, sus secretos, la realidad y las leyendas que las han acompañado, de la mano del Manfredi arqueólogo, apasionado por su profesión, riguroso y excelente divulgador. Los jardines que un rey hizo construir para su amada. Una tumba desmesurada para un solo hombre. Un dios con carne de marfil y ropajes de oro, sentado en su trono. Una estatua de bronce de treinta y dos metros de altura, el desafío de un discípulo a su inalcanzable maestro. El espectacular sepulcro rodeado de columnas de un reyezuelo presuntuoso. El templo más grande jamás construido, erigido para la diosa. Una torre en una islita cuya luz guiaba a los navegantes desorientados en la noche. Los jardines colgantes de Babilonia, la gran pirámide de Guiza, el Zeus de Fidias, el coloso de Rodas, el mausoleo de Halicarnaso, el templo de Artemisa y el faro de Alejandría. Son las obras más impresionantes de la Antigüedad, el orgullo de las grandes civilizaciones del pasado, que aún hoy encienden nuestra imaginación. A ellas Manfredi suma otra, menos conocida e igualmente excepcional: la tumba-santuario de Antíoco I en la cima de una montaña de Turquía. Valerio Massimo Manfredi es internacionalmente conocido como el gran autor de novela histórica sobre el mundo antiguo. Entre sus títulos más conocidos están la trilogía Aléxandros, La última legión, El tirano, El imperio de los dragones,El ejército perdido, Los idus de marzo, Odiseo. El juramento y Odiseo. El retorno. Pero Manfredi también es arqueólogo, especializado en arqueología clásica. Ha impartido clases en universidades de Italia y de otros países. Ha conducido numerosas excavaciones y ha publicado artículos y ensayos académicos, además de colaborar en periódicos y revistas. Ha escrito y dirigido documentales sobre la Antigüedad para las cadenas más importantes de televisión. Toda esta enorme dedicación a un tema que le apasiona se concentra ahora en Las maravillas del mundo antiguo, donde nos invita a viajar por la Historia y a conocer a quienes la vivieron y la estudian. Reseña:«Una narración poderosa y magnética que ofrece la posibilidad de visitar con los ojos de la mente esas maravillas, esas obras que desafiaban lo imposible.»Modena Today
Las memorias del negro Pablo
by Dante MastropierroDe Los Álamos a Okupas, historias bravas, reales, extraordinarias. A través de un anecdotario compuesto por una contundente secuencia de historias poderosas, divertidas, a veces sórdidas pero siempre auténticas, Dante Mastropierro, el actor más conocido como el Negro Pablo en la serie de culto Okupas, cuenta su vida por primera vez. De las andanzas con gomeras a las venganzas con alambres de púa, entre pistoleros de verdad y luego de ficción, de La Boca a Quilmes, de Quilmes al Docke. De los códigos de la calle a los códigos de Okupas. Una infancia de perros fieros, una madre amorosa, una soledad insoportable. Noches de baile, romances prohibidos y viejos tumberos. Los turros y los boquita de nylon. La vida antes y después de la televisión. El comedor y Maradona. Los que ya no están. "Me acuerdo de cosas que me pasaron cuando tenía dos o tres años", dice Dante Mastropierro mientras emprende un emocionante, furioso, divertido y siempre honesto recorrido por el pasado. "Me gustaría no acordarme de todo pero las cosas están ahí, en mi cabeza. Después de hacer del Negro Pablo en Okupas, muchos me decían: che, con las historias que viviste, tendrías que hacer un libro. Pero, más allá de los recuerdos, lo importante para mí es no olvidarme de dónde salí, de dónde vengo, de dónde soy". Del prólogo de Bruno Stagnaro: Había algo en él, una especie de áspera verdad callejera que saltaba a la vista y que podía funcionar muy bien en el proyecto que estábamos gestando [Okupas]. Incluso mientras filmábamos, Dante era un misterio para nosotros. Sentíamos que lo conocíamos y que podíamos confiar en él, pero al mismo tiempo había una barrera invisible... Definitivamente, percibíamos algo salvaje (que era justo lo que buscábamos), aunque todavía no conocíamos su otro lado, tan persistente como el bravío: su ternura. Diego Alonso, "El Pollo" de Okupas: Dante es el amigo más fuerte que me quedó de Okupas: un amigo para toda la vida y para las próximas vidas también. Es muy loco: cada vez que llega a un lugar, genera un frío en el ambiente, porque nadie sabe lo que puede suceder. Y eso es gracioso porque Dante es un corazón con patas, un tipo maravilloso. Ha tenido una vida complicada pero cuando cuenta cosas que a otro lo hubiesen devastado, él lo hace con alegría, siempre.
Las metamorfosis del oro: El Tesoro de los Quimbayas
by Pablo GamboaLa verdadera historia detrás del Tesoro de los Quimbayas En 1890, un grupo de guaqueros desenterraron sobre el río La Vieja, en el Quindío, un conjunto de piezas hechas en oro. Estatuillas de hombres y mujeres desnudos, cascos con figuras en relieve, poporos en forma de fruta e instrumentos musicales, eran parte de los deslumbrantes objetos. Habían sido puestos allí como ofrendas funerarias por el pueblo Quimbaya y luego de siglos bajo tierra volvían a brillar con la luz. A este grupo de piezas de admirable manufactura se le conoce como el Tesoro de los Quimbayas y este libro, del historiador del arte Pablo Gamboa Hinestrosa, reconoce el contexto cultural al momento de su extracción, traza su biografía y trata los asuntos artísticos de su orfebrería. Con las excepcionales fotografías de Juan Mayr, la historia del Tesoro conecta la obra de maestros orfebres precolombinos con el tiempo presente.
Laser Additive Manufacturing of High-Performance Materials
by Dongdong GuThis book entitled "Laser Additive Manufacturing of High-Performance Materials" covers the specific aspects of laser additive manufacturing of high-performance new materials components based on an unconventional materials incremental manufacturing philosophy, in terms of materials design and preparation, process control and optimization and theories of physical and chemical metallurgy. This book describes the capabilities and characteristics of the development of new metallic materials components by laser additive manufacturing process, including nanostructured materials, in situ composite materials, particle reinforced metal matrix composites, etc. The topics presented in this book, similar as laser additive manufacturing technology itself, show a significant interdisciplinary feature, integrating laser technology, materials science, metallurgical engineering and mechanical engineering. This is a book for researchers, students, practicing engineers and manufacturing industry professionals interested in laser additive manufacturing and laser materials processing. Dongdong Gu is a Professor at College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), PR China.
Laser Refractography
by I. L. Raskovskaya B. S. Rinkevichyus O. A. EvtikhievaThis book describes the basic principles of laser refractography, a flexible new diagnostic tool for measuring optically inhomogeneous media and flows. Laser refractography is based on digital imaging and computer processing of structured laser beam refraction (SLR) in inhomogeneous transparent media. Laser refractograms provide both qualitative and quantitative measurements and can be used for the study of fast and transient processes. In this book, the theoretical basis of refractography is explored in some detail, and experimental setups are described for measurement of transparent media using either 2D (passed radiation) or 3D (scattered radiation) refractograms. Specific examples and applications are discussed, including visualization of the boundary layer near a hot or cold metallic ball in water, and observation of edge effects and micro layers in liquids and gases. As the first book to describe this new and exciting technique, this monograph has broad cross-disciplinary appeal and will be of interest to students and researchers who need to characterize complex fluid behavior.
Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks XIII: Proceedings of the International Conference on Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks XIII (LACONA XIII), 12-16 September 2022, Florence, Italy
by Salvatore SianoLight allows us not only to see the works of art, but also to take care of them and preserve them for future generations, through diagnosis of the degradation and deterioration phenomena, conservation treatments, and monitoring based on light-material interaction processes. Recent progress on this subject was discussed during the 13th International Conference on Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks (LACONA XIII, Florence, Italy, 12-16 September 2022). This volume includes selected contributions presented at the conference on preservation topics, photonic techniques, and optimization methods. In particular, the papers focus on the development and use of innovative spectroscopic and imaging characterization techniques, the diagnostic knowledge of important artworks, and the optimization of the laser solution for preserving a growing variety of cultural assets, such as stone and metal artefacts, painted surfaces, textile, feather, and plastic artefacts. Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks XIII aims at scholars and operators of the community of preservation of cultural heritage, at teachers and students of training courses on diagnostic and conservation methods, applied physics, and chemistry, as well as archaeology and art history.
Last Acts: The Art of Dying on the Early Modern Stage
by Maggie VinterLast Acts argues that the Elizabethan and Jacobean theater offered playwrights, actors, and audiences important opportunities to practice arts of dying. Psychoanalytic and new historicist scholars have exhaustively documented the methods that early modern dramatic texts and performances use to memorialize the dead, at times even asserting that theater itself constitutes a form of mourning. But early modern plays also engage with devotional traditions that understand death less as an occasion for suffering or grief than as an action to be performed, well or badly.Active deaths belie narratives of helplessness and loss through which mortality is too often read and instead suggest how marginalized and constrained subjects might participate in the political, social, and economic management of life. Some early modern strategies for dying resonate with descriptions of politicized biological life in the recent work of Giorgio Agamben and Roberto Esposito, or with ecclesiastical forms. Yet the art of dying is not solely a discipline imposed upon recalcitrant subjects. Since it offers suffering individuals a way to enact their deaths on their own terms, it discloses both political and dramatic action in their most minimal manifestations. Rather than mournfully marking what we cannot recover, the practice of dying reveals what we can do, even in death. By analyzing representations of dying in plays by Marlowe, Shakespeare, and Jonson, alongside devotional texts and contemporary biopolitical theory, Last Acts shows how theater reflects, enables, and contests the politicization of life and death.
Last Barriers: Photographs of Wilderness in the Gulf Islands National Seashore
by Donald Muir BradburnRarely has a book of photography performed a more poignant and immediate service in preserving a natural Mississippi wonder. The Mississippi Gulf Coast barrier islands captured the heart and mind of Donald Muir Bradburn (1924–2012) in childhood. He became fascinated with the natural history and ornithology he witnessed. To him, the islands, especially Horn Island with its dark forests, high dunes, and deserted beaches, represented unbounded freedom and the ideal of a timeless world. Years later, when the National Park Service threatened to open the islands to “almost unlimited opportunities for camping, picnicking, water skiing, boating, bicycling, hiking, and bird watching,” Bradburn became an activist for preservation, focusing on saving Horn Island and Petit Bois Island as unchanged wilderness. In addition to supporting legislation that would keep both islands part of the National Wilderness System, Bradburn photographed the islands and their plants to show conservationist groups and individuals what was at stake and motivate them to join the fight. Eventually, through his efforts and those of others, Congress passed the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978, which designated Horn and Petit Bois Islands as wilderness. For a time, the legislation saved a place shimmering with natural grace. After the fright and insult of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Bradburn’s photographs are an even more deeply felt act of preservation. Last Barriers: Photographs from the Gulf Islands National Seashore is a collection of 120 images taken of the Gulf Coast islands that preoccupied his life and photography. The large majority of these are of Horn Island long before Hurricane Katrina and include landscapes in various weather conditions and during different times of the day, flora and fauna, and various habitats, seen either close-up or from afar. Each is accompanied by a detailed caption stating the date taken, the biological information of the species and plants depicted, and landscape descriptions. In a personal essay, Bradburn movingly reflects on his attachment to these island wonders and records the history of the efforts to save them.
Last Call: Bartenders on Their Final Drink and the Wisdom and Rituals of Closing Time
by Brad Thomas ParsonsFrom the James Beard Award-winning author of Bitters and Amaro comes this poignant, funny, and often elegiac exploration of the question, What is the last thing you'd want to drink before you die?, with bartender profiles, portraits, and cocktail recipes.Everyone knows the parlor game question asked of every chef and food personality in countless interviews: What is the last meal you'd want to eat before you die? But what does it look like when you pose the question to bartenders? In Last Call, James Beard Award-winning author Brad Thomas Parsons gathers the intriguing responses from a diverse range of bartenders around the country, including Guido Martelli at the Palizzi Social Club in Philadelphia (he chooses an extra-dry Martini), Joseph Stinchcomb at Saint Leo in Oxford, Mississippi (he picks the Last Word, a pre-Prohibition-era cocktail that's now a cult favorite), and Natasha David at Nitecap in New York City (she would be sipping an extra-salty Margarita). The resulting interviews and essays reveal a personal portrait of some of the country's top bartenders and their favorite drinks, while over 40 cocktail recipes and stunning photography make this a keepsake for barflies and cocktail enthusiasts of all stripes.
Last Chance: The stunning new thriller from the legendary SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author (The Spider Shepherd Thrillers #22)
by Stephen LeatherA GLOBAL CABAL OF HITMEN. ONE MAN STOOD IN THEIR PATH.'Two things to make a Summer afternoon great: a Stephen Leather novel, and a cold beer' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Spider keeps getting better and better' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The best series I have ever read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐A group of professional killers, known as The Office, are carrying out hits for the Iranian government across the European continent, hitting targets amongst the wealthiest and most privileged.After a slew of murders in London, MI5 decide that enough is enough. The Office must be destroyed, root and stem.Dan 'Spider' Shepherd, the secret service's most dangerous weapon, is tasked with infiltrating the organisation and unmasking its leader. But just how far is he willing to go in the name of justice . . . ?A hundred-mile-an-hour whirlwind of a novel from one of the world's most gifted thriller authors.PRAISE FOR STEPHEN LEATHER'Let Spider draw you into his web, you won't regret it' Sun'He has the uncanny knack of producing plots that are all too real' Daily Mail'Leather knows the inner workings of the security services. But beyond the enthralling storylines he also asks some tough questions about contemporary Britain' Financial Times'A master of the thriller genre' Irish Times'Stephen Leather writes really exciting action thrillers. It's like being there yourself' Chris Ryan
Last Chance: The stunning new thriller from the legendary SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author (The Spider Shepherd Thrillers #22)
by Stephen LeatherA GLOBAL CABAL OF HITMEN. ONE MAN STOOD IN THEIR PATH.'Two things to make a Summer afternoon great: a Stephen Leather novel, and a cold beer' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Spider keeps getting better and better' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The best series I have ever read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐A group of professional killers, known as The Office, are carrying out hits for the Iranian government across the European continent, hitting targets amongst the wealthiest and most privileged.After a slew of murders in London, MI5 decide that enough is enough. The Office must be destroyed, root and stem.Dan 'Spider' Shepherd, the secret service's most dangerous weapon, is tasked with infiltrating the organisation and unmasking its leader. But just how far is he willing to go in the name of justice . . . ?A hundred-mile-an-hour whirlwind of a novel from one of the world's most gifted thriller authors.PRAISE FOR STEPHEN LEATHER'Let Spider draw you into his web, you won't regret it' Sun'He has the uncanny knack of producing plots that are all too real' Daily Mail'Leather knows the inner workings of the security services. But beyond the enthralling storylines he also asks some tough questions about contemporary Britain' Financial Times'A master of the thriller genre' Irish Times'Stephen Leather writes really exciting action thrillers. It's like being there yourself' Chris Ryan
Last Chance: The stunning new thriller from the legendary SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author (The Spider Shepherd Thrillers #22)
by Stephen LeatherA GLOBAL CABAL OF HITMEN. ONE MAN STOOD IN THEIR PATH.'Two things to make a Summer afternoon great: a Stephen Leather novel, and a cold beer' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Spider keeps getting better and better' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The best series I have ever read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐A group of professional killers, known as The Office, are carrying out hits for the Iranian government across the European continent, hitting targets amongst the wealthiest and most privileged.After a slew of murders in London, MI5 decide that enough is enough. The Office must be destroyed, root and stem.Dan 'Spider' Shepherd, the secret service's most dangerous weapon, is tasked with infiltrating the organisation and unmasking its leader. But just how far is he willing to go in the name of justice . . . ?A hundred-mile-an-hour whirlwind of a novel from one of the world's most gifted thriller authors.PRAISE FOR STEPHEN LEATHER'Let Spider draw you into his web, you won't regret it' Sun'He has the uncanny knack of producing plots that are all too real' Daily Mail'Leather knows the inner workings of the security services. But beyond the enthralling storylines he also asks some tough questions about contemporary Britain' Financial Times'A master of the thriller genre' Irish Times'Stephen Leather writes really exciting action thrillers. It's like being there yourself' Chris Ryan