Underwater photography goes from fringe to mainstream
Underwater photography expands beyond scientists and rich hobbyists as skindiving grows nationwide. Aqualung depots and affordable plastics bring gear to schools, clubs, and pools, with tips on safe, close in shots and backlighting to boost contrast.
Hungarian Writers in Jail Or Exile After 1956 Revolt
More than a year and a half after the Hungarian anti Soviet revolt many famous writers are jailed or in exile. Names include Gyorgy Lukacs Tibor Dery Gyula Hay and others who either supported the revolt or protested the regime through independent writing. Some remain on strike while producing translations and rewrites for government publishers.
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Carl Hartman
Budapest
Miklos Gimesz
Jozsef Szilagy
Imre Nagy
Sandor Petoefi
Shelley
Heine
Hungary
Gyvorgy Lukacs
Romania
Tibor Dery
Gyula Hay
Hay
The Fight Against Napoleon: Nelson and De Segur Histories
Oliver Warner offers a portrait of Lord Nelson highlighting his bravery, flaws, and naval battles including Nile, Aboukir, and Trafalgar, with attention to Emma Hamilton. Count Philippe-Paul de Segur provides a vivid diary of Napoleon’s Russian Campaign from Koenigsberg to Moscow and retreat, translated by J David Townsend, reviewed by W G Rogers.
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Lord Nelson
Oliver Warner
Little Brown
Horace
Horatio
Nelson
Calvi
Teneriffe
High Seas
France
Napoleon
Trafalgar
Egypt
Toulon
Mediterranean
Emma Hamilton
Nelson Arms
Nile
Agen
Gilbraltar
England
Warner
Hamilton
Philippe-Paul de Segur
J. David Townsend
Houghton Mifflin
de Segur
Koenigs
Best Sellers List Highlights Notable Titles
The list features fiction and nonfiction including Anatomy of a Murder by Traver and North from Rome by MacInnes alongside Nonfiction Inside Russia Today by Gunther and Masters of Deceit by Hoover. Also listed are The Ice Palace by Ferber and A Summer Place by Wilson with Dear Abby by Van Buren and The Winthrop Woman by Seton.
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Traver
Ferber
Winthrop
Seton
Wilson
Rome
Mac Innes
Russia
Gunther
Hoov
Stamps spotlight historic flights and rights themes worldwide
International stamp items highlight Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s Tasman Sea crossing on an 8 pence issue with the Southern Cross. A Fort Duquesne occupation anniversary stamp debuts in Pittsburgh. Ceylon marks the UDHR 10th anniversary with a young rights design contest. Guatemala releases Red Cross themed values. Mexico previews a 50 cent air mail stamp and a 20th anniversary petroleum set.
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Australia
Tasman Sea
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
Kingsford Smith
Ceylon
General Assembly of the
United Nations
Guatemala
Red Cross
Raphael Ryan
Mexico
Air Mail
UNC names Dr Joseph Sloane art department chair
The University of North Carolina selects 48 year old Dr Joseph Sloane as chair of the Art Department and director of the Ackland Art Museum expanding the program amid plans to open the Ackland Art Center in September. Sloane an AB MA PhD from Princeton and former Hodder Fellow brings extensive publishing and excavation experience to Chapel Hill.
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University of North Carolina
Ackland Art Museum
Carlyle Sitterson
University
Joseph Sloane
Bryn Mawr College
Dr. Sloane
Dean Sitterson
Ackland
Ness
Sloane
Noss
Chapel Hill
C. A. Nash
Mary Graves Reese
William A. Steene
Hill Hall
Peabody
Person Hall
Katherine Pendleton Arrington
Miles P. Pendleton
Russell Smith
Boston Museum of Art
A.B
John V. Allcott
Allcott
Jothan Johnson
Minturnae
Italy
Museum of Philadelphia
Princeton
Association
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