“…El autor traza la historia de los cuadernos de viaje de diversos exploradores, científicos, académicos, pintores, etc. : John White, Zacarias Wagner, Duplessis, James Cook, Agustin David Osmond, John Washington Price, Meriwether Lewis y Willian Clark, Jules Luis Le Jeune, Jean Pierre Laurent Houel, Charles Alexandre Lesueur, Pascal Coste, William Turner, los hermanos Goncourt, Eugene Delacroix, Victor Hugo, Johan Barthold Jongkind, Paul Gaugin, Pablo Picasso, Edwar Hopper, Alexander von Humboldt, Hercule Florence, François-Hippolyte Lalaisse, Henry Walter Bates, Félix Régamey, capitán Rivière, Louis -Gabriel Viaux, Édouard Mérite, Louis Gain, Fernando Grébert, Théodore Monod, Jean Malaurie, Sam Scott, Yvon Le Corre, Titouan Lamazou, Max Pam, Peter Beard…”

“…Mr Kurtz, the colonial white master, brought evil to the remote upper reaches of the Congo River. …”

“…While some of these women remain well known⎯Muriel Spark, Antonia White, Flannery O’Connor, Dorothy Day - many have been almost entirely forgotten. …”

“…They are the latest flashpoints in a process that has been unfolding for decades, in which vast conspiracy theories and radical ideologies such as white supremacism, racism, antisemitism, xenophobia, and hostility to government converge into a deadly threat to democracy. …”

“…While America reeled from the cataclysmic events of September 11, 2001, Yoo and a skeletal staff of the Office of Legal Counsel found themselves on the phone with the White House. In a series of memos, Yoo offered his legal opinions on the president’s authority to respond, and in the process had an almost unmatched impact on America's fight against terrorism. …”
Sumario

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: a respectable genre of very low repute -- Book one: the great (White) man biopic and its discontents. Strachey's way, or all's well that ends Welles -- Rembrandt (1936) -- Citizen Kane and the biopic -- Lawrence of Arabia: "but does he really deserve a place in here?" …”

“…As a teenager during the Revolution, she was a courier and arms-runner for the White Russians. After learning of the execution of her brother at the hands of the Red Army, which drew nearer every day, her father sent her to China with rubies and gold sewn into her petticoats. …”

“…These works anticipate concerns that he would pursue throughout his career--the effects of adjacency, the exploration of color through white, black and gray, and the delicate balance between handcraft and industrial and mechanical form. …”

“…Trabajó para la compañía White Star line como operario. Pero de dónde venía?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Figures; Preface; Introduction; 1) "A Vast Unsettled Wilderness"; 2) "He Preached What I Had Long Been Seeking For"; 3) "My Wife Violently Attacted with Colery"; 4) "When I Herd the Schreems of the Chirldin"; 5) "We Ware Mormans Thare White Brothers"; 6) "The Chief Shed TeersWhen He Saw Our Women and Children"; 7) "I was Apointed to Take Charge of the Mision"; 8) "The Gentiles are Fiting Up Steamers to Explore the Colerado"; 9 "In & through the Roughefist Country It Has Ever Been My Lot to Travel"; 10 "Mr. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Digital Imaging in the Medium FormatHasselblad's Advantages in Digital Imaging; Photography's Two-stage Process; Recording a Perfect Image in the Camera; Helpful Computer Manipulations; Hasselblad Digital Cameras and Camera Backs; Hasselblad Digital Cameras; The Different Hasselblad Digital Backs; Hasselblad Film Cameras; Recording the Digital Image in the Camera; Lenses for Digital Recording; Digital Recording Media; File Formats; Digital Black and White Photography; 4 Operating the H Cameras for Digital and Film Photography; The H Camera System Concept; Removing the Bottom Plate…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Secondary Display windowMetadata; Keywords; Attributes; Library filters; Lightroom Collections; Processing photos in Library; Converting raw files to DNG in Library; Publish Services and Comments; Backing up and optimizing your catalog; Chapter 4: DEVELOP; Perfecting your photos in Develop; Global rendering settings; Crop and straighten; White balance; Tone adjustments; Color adjustments; The Detail panel; Lens Corrections; Local adjustments; The Effects panel; Spot removal; Converting a photo to black and white; Creative color processing; History; Snapshots…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Appendix N: BatteriesAppendix O: Health and safety in photography; Appendix P: Chemically treating black and white prints; Glossary; Additional technical details on the pictures in this book; Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Canon® EOS Rebel T1i/500D Digital Field Guide; About the Author; Credits; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Quick Tour; Choosing a Shooting Mode; Setting the Date and Time; Setting the Image Recording Quality; Setting the ISO; Setting the White Balance; Setting the Autofocus Mode and Autofocus Point; Part I: Exploring the EOS Rebel T1i/500D; Chapter 1: Navigating and Setting Up the EOS Rebel T1i/500D; Roadmap to the Rebel T1i/500D; Setting Up the Rebel T1i/500D; About Media Cards; Choosing the File Format and Quality; Changing File Numbering; General Setup Options…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Canon® EOS Rebel XSi/450D Digital Field Guide; Contents; Introduction; Part I Using theRebel XSi/450D; Chapter 1 Exploring and Setting Up the Rebel XSi/450D; Anatomy of the Rebel XSi/450D; Setting Up the Rebel XSi/450D; Chapter 2 Using theRebel XSi/450D; Choosing a Shooting Mode; Selecting a Metering Mode; Modifying Exposure; Evaluating Exposure; Setting the ISO Sensitivity; Getting Sharp Focus; Choosing a Drive Mode; Viewing and Playing Back Images; Erasing Images; Protecting Images; Using the EOS Integrated Cleaning System; Chapter 3 Using White Balance and Picture Styles…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Picture code; Keepin' it neat; Visual infinity; Applied Science Fiction; The Imaging Factory; Stoic STOIK; Noise in motion; Taking action against noise; Noise in print; Our take on noise; Chapter 4: White balance techniques…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The 2012 Presidential ElectionIf the Republicans Win the White House; If the Democrats Win the White House; In Conclusion; Chapter 3: Conventional Wisdom Won't Work This Time: Introducing Aftershock Wisdom Investing; The Key to Conventional Wisdom: The Future Will Be Just Like the Past; The Myth of a Natural Growth Rate; Real Productivity Growth Is Slowing Down, Here and Around the World; Warren Buffett: Master of Conventional Wisdom; Another Example of Conventional Wisdom Put to the Test: Hedge Funds; The Key to Aftershock Wisdom Investing: The Future Is Not the Past!…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; All iPhones are Not Created Equal; Megapixels, Sensors and Image Quality; Low Light and Digital Noise; In Depth with Depth of Field; Shutter Lag; Zoom; Dynamic Range; White Balance; Getting Close; Resolution and Printing; Chapter 2: See Like a Photographer; Watch for the Unusual; Appreciate the Ultra-Normal; Keep It Simple; Backgrounds; Color; Lines, Patterns and Textures; Hold Steady…”