Manhattan's World Trade Center was both an architectural achievement and a cultural icon. This book documents the terrible events of the 11th of September 2001, but also draws up a permanent record of what the World Trade Center was, why it was built and what it stood for
High Above New York expands our sense of a city that already looms large in the imagination. Attini's photographic eye sweeps over the other four boroughs to capture the many parts of the Big Apple other books miss. We tour Brooklyn, with its much-loved waterfront heights looking down over lower Manhattan. The Bronx shows off its many waterfronts, parks, college campuses, and its world-class zoo and botanic gardens. Queens is a borough of ethnic enclaves, where Indian gold jewelry shops, Latin American food stores, and Little Korea are to be found. Staten Island boasts early Dutch and English settlements-as well as a traditional Himalayan monastery.Combining the the awe-inspiring with the intriguing, the historic with the postmodern, this book captures the spirit of New York in its protean forms. Buildings, monuments, parks, and beaches all come under the lens of this acclaimed photographer, who loves New York in its entirety.
From sport and leisure to the workplace, from the countryside to the city and from shore to shore,'Britain Past & Present' presents the amazing social changes that have taken place over the last 150 years. By contrasting beautiful black and white images with colour photographs of the same activities, this fascinating review of Britain reveals how patterns of work hae changed as well as how Britons spend their free time.With an illuminating commentary on each set of images, 'Britain Past & Present' reflects on great royal occasions, national obsessions and unique events, such as Henley Regatta and the Derby, plus changes to our urban areas like London's Docklands and the impact of technology on our daily lives.Offering a unique window on the differences that successive generations have witnessed, this is a delightful look at Britain, yesterday and today.Janice Swinglehurst is the author of many books including 'The Queen: 40 Glorious Years'. The late Edmund Swinglehurst is the author of over 20 books including 'History of the Kings and Queens of England and Scotland'.