Best Selling Books by Russell Lee

Russell Lee (1903-1986) began working as a photographer for the Historical Section of the Resettlement Administration (RA) in 1936. He continued with the organization for the next six years as it became the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and later part of the Office of War Information (OWI). His tenure was longer than any other photographer for the organization and his output the most prolific. He shot over 25,000 of the 175,000 negatives in the FSA–OWI Black-and-White Negatives Collection. While his most iconic shots have been in the public consciousness for almost a century and the FSA-OWI collections have now been digitized and are available for free, the vast majority of his work will likely remain unknown to the general public unless curated into more finite and convenient experiences. The aim of this series of books is to provide those experiences and allow the reader to explore different aspects of Russell Lee’s monumental work in depth. This first book presents all 183 color images by Russell Lee that are part of the FSA–OWI Color Photographs Collection. They move with Lee all over the country as his assignments lead him to a rural dance in Oklahoma, a peach orchard in Colorado, a harvest in Pie Town, New Mexico, the building of the Shasta dam, a scrap depot in Montana, and a Japanese American internment camp in California.

A brief biography of the photographer followed by his photographs of people and places.

The approximately 77,000 photographs in The Library of Congress’ collection from the (FSA), later the Office of War Information (OWI), provide a unique view of American life during the Great Depression and Second World War. This government photography project, headed by Roy E. Stryker, was initially conceived to document government loans to farmers and their resettlement in suburban communities, but the scope of the project expanded to create a visual record of agricultural workers across the United States. These evocative pictures transport the viewer to American homes, farms, and streets of the 1930s and 1940s, while offering a glimpse of a new narrative and intimate style that defined America. This volume features an introduction to the work of Russell Lee and presents 50 images selected from his work.

"The New Deal and Folk Culture Series. 86 of the 250 photographs taken by Lee for the Farm Security Administration, July 1940. Remarkable portrait of the villagers, village life, adobe construction, handicrafts. Essays on Lee and the villages by Wroth (former curator of Taylor Museum), Charles L. Briggs (Vassar), Alan Fern (National Portrait Gallery).The thoughtfulness and thoroughness that went into the development of this book make it extraordinarily valuable"--Fern Lyon, New Mexico Magazine, from alibris.com.

The Pueblo Food Experience Cookbook is an original cookbook by, for, and about the Pueblo peoples of New Mexico.

... Uptown word was spreading that the Shoota mighta gone to the dark side. The news didn''t come through the lawyer Lorenzo, who should have told Candido. Lorenzo was getting paid to know the court system and not let stuff like this happen. No, one of their sources, a Bronx Dominion associate who had even gotten the tattoo but still didn''t have a turf, had seen when the Shoota was put into the SHU. He used a cell phone, illegal in the MCC, to call Candido. "This a recorded call?" Candido asked. "Nah, I bought the phone off a guard. I seen your boy Shoota in here. They put him in the SHU but he ain''t fought nobody. So, you know...." Candido knew. Now, what to do about it?

"Just imagine when Bieber comes to testify at Diddy''s trial," a court watcher was saying in late November 2024. But things weren''t at that stage yet. The fight now was about bail, Sean Combs'' third attempt to be released on bond. Would this third time be the charm? Meanwhile, volley of John and Jane Doe civil lawsuits against Combs were being filed in SDNY, by the Buzbee firm in Houston. Some judges demanded that the plaintiff''s real name be disclosed, even dismissed the case for not following the rules. But cases were refiled, with other judges, and proceeded. There were demand letters going out too, not yet in any docket. It was all headed to a showdown, in May if not before. This is a book in what will be an ongoing series. They charged only one crime Enough to hold Diddy for a time Staking much on Victim-1 But his four lawyers chipped away A dozen more, at the courthouse door Tales of violence, New York to Vegas Some judges demanding names Observing it Kurt Wheelock wrote Streamed in rain in Worth Street pen How would it end?

For Luigi Mangione''s arraignment the press line in the 100 Centre Street courthouse began at 8 am on December 23, 2024. But members of the public began outside at 4:30 am. Inner City Press was there, as it had been for the Federal presentment on December 19. Today, with more time to organize - there had been a "Free Luigi" poster complete with QR code - there were more people. I think he should get a fair trial, a woman from New Jersey said from behind her mask. I''m here because of the cost of health insurance, said another. Over the weekend, a woman had been burned to death after being set on in fire on a subway train in Coney Island. A migrant from Guatemala had been arrested. Inner City Press might catch his arraignment over in Brooklyn. Or would that case, too, be Federalized? Surely that defendant would have no supporters. Inner City Press had reported on defendants being sentenced to 20 years or more in prison, for lesser crimes than murder, with no one else in the courtroom gallery. This assassination on video had struck a nerve, more so after the Crime Stoppers photos were released. It was a tale of comparative crimes, of dual prosecutions. This is the first book of a series. Lone Wolf. Not so fast… Remain seated! The Court Security Officer in the white shift, the same one as from the Daniel Penny trial, shouts at the journalists and the Luigi Mangione supporters. The prosecutors follow Mangione out of the courtroom. Kurt Wheelock is trying to get his laptop to fall asleep. The orange light remains lit, though. "OK, clear out, this courtroom is being closed!" Kurt waits for the elevator with the other journalists. The female supporters, it seems, will ride on other cars. In the 100 Centre Street lobby, a prisoner is being led in by a policeman, his hands cuffed in front of him. Stepping through the revolving doors, Kurt can see a crowd across the street. There is chanting about health care; there is a guy standing on a ladder with a Palestinian flag above him. Kurt wants to film it. He takes out his phone, moves his NYC Press Pass to the outside of his jacket. The cops in front of the courthouse barely look at him. He crosses the street, into the press pen in front of the demonstrators. "Free Luigi!" they chant. And that sign again, "Luigi Freed Us." From what? Brian Thompson? Kurt does a livestream, and shoots a six second video to put up later. His hands are freezing. It''s time to return to SDNY. He''s going to upload this book, this first book, and publish it before nightfall. Kurt designs the cover, does one final spell check. Just after noon he uploads it. It will take some hours, two to four he estimates based on the past. He does not want to stay staring at the laptop screen. He heads out, up to his barber by the United Nations, the one he started going to before the UN threw him out. It seems obligatory to make small talk with barbers, at least this one. He asks about Luigi Mangione. "Oh the CEO killer," the barber says. "What an asshole." The barber is also against congestion pricing. Is there a correlation? With a new short haircut Kurt takes the subway back downtown. The book is "Under review," longer than that usually takes. Kurt is getting jump. He goes to his City gym in the housing projects, checks his phone on the way back to the courthouse. Nothing. Under review. It is nearly eight pm when something happens. Kurt gets an email alert: one of your books cannot be published. He signs up to check his bookshelves. There it is: Blocked. Why this book? Kurt emails back; he opens up a chat box. A person, or bot, calling themselves Willow tells him his email is being reviewed. But nothing. Later he asks for a call back, and a woman with a Missouri area code says the review is ongoing, a ticket has been opened. By midnight they tell him: Your publishing account has been suspended. He cannot reach any of his books. More back and forth, this time with a sense of desperation. A content "investigator" from India tells him his content has been deemed "offensive." He will have to swear an affirmation he will never do it again. But what is it? What is so offensive? Kurt must look for alternatives. The biggest, the Search behemoth, has books too. At least e-books. New era? Diddy Detained was up - now Luigi Mangione Lone Wolf? If you have it, the answer is yes - and there will be more.

The story of the first Christmas tree in medieval Germany. This version comes with restored and newly added illustrations.

Iraq: Through the Eyes of an American Soldiercontains over 200 beautiful and thought provoking images as photographed by U.S. Staff Sergeant Russell Lee Klika during multiple deployments to Iraq with the U.S. National Guard, between 2002 and 2010. Risking his own life to capture glimpses of the war, the people, and the country --- and sometimes shooting his camera from the back of a speeding Humvee or while machine guns fired around him --- Klika''s work records history as it unfolds. With each image, Klika seeks to "highlight the humanity" in the moments and the faces of the people: US military personnel, Iraqi soldiers, and Iraqi civilians. With only minimal text, each page in this photo-collection lets the images speak for themselves.

Iraq: Through the Eyes of an American Soldiercontains over 300 beautiful and thought provoking images as photographed by U.S. Staff Sergeant Russell Lee Klika during multiple deployments to Iraq with the U.S. National Guard, between 2002 and 2010. Risking his own life to capture glimpses of the war, the people, and the country --- and sometimes shooting his camera from the back of a speeding Humvee or while machine guns fired around him --- Klika''s work records history as it unfolds. With each image, Klika seeks to "highlight the humanity" in the moments and the faces of the people: both US military personnel, Iraqi soldiers, and Iraqi civilians. With only minimal text, each page in this photo-collection let''s the images speak for themselves.

A pretty little book on the domesticated birds with good descriptions, advice on management, breeding, feeding, and good color photos. No bibliography. As much a history of aviation as a biography of Sikorsky. Many illustrations and diagrams support the text. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR