Nelson Mandela, an icon of the international struggle for freedom and equality, whose importance rivals that of Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi, turns ninety in July 2008. Mandela spent twenty-seven years in prison for his opposition to the apartheid regime of his native South Africa. Released in 1990, he pursued a policy of reconciliation, steering his nation into the ranks of the world€™s multi-racial democracies. He was elected president of South Africa in 1994.Photographer David Turnley covered Mandela and South Africa for the world€™s press, beginning in the 1980s. He witnessed the turbulence of the last violent years of apartheid, was there when Mandela was released from prison, campaigned with him during the presidential election, and sought out the significant people and places of his life. In Mandela: Struggle and Triumph, he tells in words and photographs the dramatic and emotional story of the most powerful movement for civil rights since th

Mandela: Struggle & Triumph

Arts & Photography

Turnley, David

Photography & Video

Abrams

Through his photographs and a fascinating diary kept while he covered the war, award-winning photojournalist David Turnley has created a gripping, detailed, and reflective portrait of life during wartime. Rarely has such extraordinary photography been matched with such a revealing and absorbing text, both by a veteran observer of over twenty years of warfare. The result is a landmark book by one of journalism's most gifted practitioners documenting the courage of both Americans and Iraqis. Turnley's tour of duty in the Middle East began this time in February 2003, when CNN sent him there to generate video, photography, and on-air reportage. Operating independent of American troops, he was first smuggled across the heavily guarded Turkish border into Syria and then guided by Kurdish peshmergas through Tigris River marshes into northern Iraq, where Kurdish irregulars and American special forces faced Iraqi regiments. Turnley traversed the Kurdish war zones to encounter a string of increasingly hostile Sunni-dominated towns and arrived to witness the fall of Baghdad. Over a four-week period, Turnley and his companions faced the tragedy of life on the front line, alternatively welcomed and threatened by different Iraqi factions. Interrupted by attempted ambushes, unrelenting danger, and poignant moments of personal contact, his journey is recounted with insight, humanity, and humor. His exceptional gift as a photographer allowed him to create a brilliant group of images that show Iraqi life with surprising candor and beauty. And his deeply informed diary places us at his side in the heart of a war-torn landscape. The result is Baghdad Blues, a remarkable work of battlefield reporting that reveals the profound humanity on all sides of the conflict.

Baghdad Blues: A War Diary

History

Middle East

Vendome Press

Photographs show the students' occupation of Beijing's Tiananmen Square

Beijing Spring

Politics & Social Sciences

Turnley, Peter

Liu, Melinda

Politics & Government

Stewart. Tabori & Chang

Shows and describes the events leading to the emergence of democracy in Eastern Europe, and depicts what the changes have meant to everyday citizens

Moments of Revolution: Eastern Europe

Russia

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