Publicado por Trolley Press, London, 2014
ISBN 10: 1907112472 ISBN 13: 9781907112478
Librería: West With The Night, Tucson, AZ, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hard cover. Condición: New. First edition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 296 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
Publicado por Trolley Press, London, 2007
ISBN 10: 1904563589 ISBN 13: 9781904563587
Librería: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australia
Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. On April 26, 1986, at 1:24 a.m, the world's worst ever man-made disaster took place. Reactor 4 at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station, three kilometres from Pripyat in the then Soviet Republic of Ukraine, was beset by a series of explosions that rose deep from its radioactive depths and blasted itself high into the atmosphere, eventually seeping its way into the far corners of the globe. Today the impact of Chernobyl, 21 years later, has become a half-global legend and half-forgotten horror story. The reality is still with many of the 50,000 people who on that fateful night in Pripyat were given less than an hour to gather together their possessions and escape to relative safety 70km away. They were considered the lucky ones, fortunate not to have been vaporised on the spot or to die an excruciating death soon after in the hospitals in Kiev and Moscow that some of the workers and firemen sent to fight the blaze did. Most of the inhabitants had no choice but to gradually return to the contaminated areas that they still call home, and for the past 20 years have continued to live under the shadow of the reactor. Pripyat, in the centre of the 30km wide Red Zone, is still largely a ghost town, where the paint peels in houses and schools, and the dirt settles on childrens' toys that will never be reclaimed. Meanwhile emergency orders still apply to 355 farms in Wales, 11 in Scotland and nine in England. "Chernobyl - The Hidden Legacy" shows the region over a period of three years by Pierpaolo Mittica, who returned several times to document the people and the contaminated landscape they still inhabit. Our world today demands nuclear energy as the answer to its energy crisis, and the legacy of Chernobyl remains shrouded. Time is running out, as the sarcophagus built to contain the reactor and its radioactive contents begins to crumble away. No one has the answers and no one is asking the questions - but can the world afford another Chernobyl? Reactor 4 at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station, three kilometres from Pripyat in the then Soviet Republic of Ukraine, was beset by a series of explosions. This book explores the disaster's continued impact from local struggles to global implications through word and image. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
Publicado por Trolley Press, London, 2009
ISBN 10: 1904563856 ISBN 13: 9781904563853
Librería: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australia
Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. The Niger Delta is one of the most corrupt and dangerous places in the world for one reason - oil. Discovered in the Niger Delta in the 1950s, it soon triggered the development of a powerful oil industry. The people are poor that live in this oil-rich land, and the environment that surrounds them is lethal - with oil leaks and burning gas all around.George Osodi is a Nigerian photographer living in Lagos, whose dramatic images bring us the eternal days of a land bathed in the orange glow of burning oil, a land that holds oil even in the mud on the roads for young children to collect. The tension is growing between local guerillas and oil companies, who do not care of the cost of human life versus oil. George Osodi's photographs range between photojournalism, artistic documentary photography and activism. His committed and critical eye closely observes social, economic and ecological processes of exploitation and shows the drastic effects to the precariously balanced life in the region. The Niger Delta is one of the most corrupt and dangerous places in the world for one reason - oil. Discovered in the Niger Delta in the 1950s, it soon triggered the development of a powerful oil industry. This book features images that present the eternal days of a land bathed in the orange glow of burning oil. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
Publicado por Trolley Press, London, England, 2009
ISBN 10: 190456383X ISBN 13: 9781904563839
Librería: Lost Books, AUSTIN, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hard cover. Very good. Very good+ condition.
Publicado por Trolley Press, London, England, 2004
ISBN 10: 1904563007 ISBN 13: 9781904563006
Librería: Lost Books, AUSTIN, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hard cover. Condición: Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 516 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
Publicado por Trolley Press, London, England, 2009
ISBN 10: 190456383X ISBN 13: 9781904563839
Librería: Lost Books, AUSTIN, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hard cover. Text in French, English. Cloth over boards. Contains: Illustrations, color. Audience: General/trade. Very good. Signed by author. Signed by photographer Daniele Tamagni on title page.
Publicado por Trolley Press, London, England, 2003
ISBN 10: 0954264800 ISBN 13: 9780954264802
Librería: Lost Books, AUSTIN, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Hard cover. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 207 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Very good in very good dust jacket.