Yangtze
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"the yangtze river flows miles across china, traveling from its furthest westerly point in the qinghai province to shanghai in the eastour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store" (from the publisher) read morecondition: inside like new and unreadtext: nadav kander, jean paul tchanghatje cantz, ostfildernintroduction by kofi annan and nadav kanderdesign, layout: tappin gofton77 colour photosvery beautiful, sought-after photobook: martin parr, wassinklundgren, the chinese photobook from the s to the present, page 411using the river as a metaphor for constant change, nadav kander (born ) has photographed the landscape and people along its banks from mouth to sourcefantastic photobook in great condition; signed by the artistone of the best photobook in which got the german photobook prize in gold incatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablefirst edition, first printingsigned by nadav kandarafter several trips to different parts of the river, it became clear that what i was responding to and how i felt whilst being in china was permeating into my pictures, he records; a formalness and unease, a country that feels both at the beginning of a new era and at odds with itselfhardcover in linen without jacket (as issued)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteoutside with very light trace of use; very freshoverall very fine conditionthe river is embedded in the consciousness of the chinese, and plays a significant role in both the spiritual and physical life of the peopleare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitext in englishphotos: nadav kander
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All lavishly illustratedall hardbacks read moreenglish heritage lord montagu of beaulieu covering buildings across uk, aa great voyages of the world, 25 inc norway coastal voyage, shannon, islands of gb, rhine, corfu, moscow, alaska, mississippi, caribbean, panama, amazon, nile, yangtze, mekong, indonesia, n pole & much more, readers digest among the lakes & fells (lake district), train dorling kindersley eye witness guidegreat for childrenavailable separately
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The us gunboat san pablo cruises the yangtze river on a peacekeeping mission and new crew member jake holman (steve mcqueen) causes friction when he insists upon looking after the san pablo's engines himself, rather than leaving the hard labour to the chinese helpers'the young lions' () follows the fortunes of three soldiers, one german and two americans, from the time of their enlistment for world war two to the end of the warhowever, ryan eventually comes to lead them in a daring escape attempt, taking over from the commanding british officer (trevor howard) and the escapees face many hazards as they commandeer a train to make their way across italy, closely followed by the nazisthe american soldiers (montgomery clift and dean martin) meet as draftees, one a young jew and the other an entertainer, and together endure boot camp and the campaign to retake france'the sand pebbles' () is set in china insee oxfam website for delivery information read moremason also played rommel in the film 'the desert rats'james mason plays rommel and the film was one of the first to use original war footage before the opening credits'the hunters' () is based on the novel by james salteroxfam shop newquay box set containing five popular war moviesthe top-ranking officer in the camp, he is initially reviled by his fellow british and american prisoners, who nickname him 'von ryan'holman ruffles more feathers when he falls in love with an american missionary (candice bergen), and as the political climate becomes more and more volatile, he begins to question the validity of the american presence on the riverchristian dietl (marlon brando) is a german who starts out as a dedicated soldier but gradually becomes appalled by the nazi movementfinally, 'the desert fox' () is a biopic of field marshal rommel, from his military defeat in africa to his implication in the plot to assassinate hitlerthe film was nominated for three oscarsin 'von ryan's express' (), when us pilot colonel joseph ryan (frank sinatra) is shot down and placed in a german pow camp, he is more concerned with his own survival than escapeall three characters finally meet in a confrontation outside a concentration campamidst the drama of war, romance rears its head, giving the soldiers more than they can handlerobert mitchum plays major cleve saville and robert wagner is lted pell, two pilots with different personalities
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