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When Carl Lee Hailey guns down the hoodlums who have raped his ten-year-old child, the people of Clanton see it as a crime of blood and call for his acquittal.But when extremists outside Clanton hear that a black man has killed two white men, they invade the town, determined to destroy anything and ..

Saturday, February 15, 2003. Henry Perowne is a contented man– a successful neurosurgeon, the devoted husband of Rosalind and proud father of two grown-up children. Unusually, he wakes before dawn, drawn to the window of his bedroom and filled with a growing unease. What troubles him as he looks out..

"The Rough Guide to Canada" is the ultimate travel guide to this staggeringly beautiful country with detailed coverage of all the top attractions. Inspired by stunning colour photography and insightful background information, discover both the urban and the wild with expert guidance on exploring eve..

The Green Mile: those who walk it do not return, because at the end of that walk is the room in which sits Cold Mountain penitentiary's electric chair. In 1932 the newest resident on death row is John Coffey, a giant black man convicted of the brutal murder of two little girls. But nothing is as it ..

The extraordinary significance of the painter and sculptor Henri Matisse in the history of modern art, but also his influence, was no less decisive than that of his main rival, Pablo Picasso. In fact, Matisse's stylistic liberation actually goes one step further in the pursuit of his own personal go..

A country of contrasts This surprising and multi-hued collection of interiors ranges from Dutch colonial to traditional wood and thatched-roof houses, townships, modern city apartments, and funky artist homes, reflecting the country`s tumultuous political history while celebrating its rich culture. ..

Greece boasts an unrivalled historical and cultural legacy that is nowhere more apparent than in its capital, yet Athens also functions as a bustling, modern city. In this collection of striking black and white images, Vassilis Gonis manages to capture the paradox of life in a city full of contradic..

Anyone familiar with the long and tumultuous history of Berlin and those who have read about the changes wrought by the end of the Cold War should find Stefan Dauth's photographic portrait a valuable guide to this city on the cutting-edge. By concentrating on new perspectives of Berlin's most famili..

Here is a photographic portrait of Australia's premier city that illustrates why Sydney is the country's capital in everything but name. Whether he's photographing a landmark such as the Sydney Opera House, the spectacular sweep of Sydney Harbor, or street scenes that reveal the devil-may-care urban..

San Francisco has long been one of America's most attractive cities, "a gleaming jewel of the West Coast surrounded on three sides by water". Its hilly streets provide gorgeous glimpses of San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge and its neighbourhoods reveal a mosaic of a city whose residents a..

teNeues announces a full colour version of the best-selling Photopocket series focusing on popular tourist destinations In this stunning collection of colour images, noted photographer Rainer Kiedrowski presents Tuscany as it has never been seen before. Whether evocative rural landscapes or medieval..