A reexamination of the woman who created the legend of Robert Capa, the world'sfirst female photojournalist to die in combat, Gerda Taro
In Paris in 1934, a young and beautiful Jewish émigrée, Gerda Pohorylles, met a Hungarian political exile, André Friedmann. They reinvented themselves as the photographers Gerda Taro and Robert Capa—and he would become the most important photojournalist of his generation. When Gerda was killed in the Spanish Civil war at the age of 26, Robert Capa was her most notable mourner—his grief was beyond control. Her funeral drew crowds of thousands and she became a hero of the political left. Despite the legend that was built around her, she subsequently became a mere footnote in Capa's story. Seventy years after her death a long-lost suitcase was discovered in Mexico, containing thousands of negatives by Capa and Taro. Most astonishingly of all, the "Mexican suitcase" showed that photographs that had been attributed previously to Capa were, in fact, the work of Taro. Jane Rogoyska's book will trace Taro's life and reveal the depth of her relationship with Capa. Charismatic and extraordinary, they epitomized one of the most tumultuous periods of the century.

Gerda Taro: Inventing Robert Capa

Arts & Photography

Rogoyska, Jane

Individual Artists

JONATHAN CAPE.

100 color plates of Art Deco design. These are inspiration for fabric of the era. Full and half page color illustrations. NO International or Priority.

Art Deco Patterns: Design Sour

Decorative Arts & Design

Gramercy

Surviving Katyn: Stalin's Polish Massacre and the Search for Truth

WINNER OF THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE\nLONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE\n‘A gripping reconstruction… utterly compelling reading.’ Adam Zamoyski\n‘This is a grim story, thoroughly researched and brilliantly told.’ Geoffrey Alderman, Times Higher Education\nThe Katyn Massacre of 22,000 Polish prisoners of war is a crime to which there are no witnesses.\nCommitted in utmost secrecy in April–May 1940 by the NKVD on the direct orders of Joseph Stalin, for nearly fifty years the Soviet regime succeeded in maintaining the fiction that Katyn was a Nazi atrocity, their story unchallenged by Western governments fearful of upsetting a powerful wartime ally and Cold War adversary. Surviving Katyn explores the decades-long search for answers, focusing on the experience of those individuals with the most at stake – the few survivors of the massacre and the Polish wartime forensic investigators – whose quest for the truth in the face of an inscrutable, unknowable, and utterly ruthless enemy came at great personal cost.

History

Europe

Oneworld Publications

Klimt (Reveries)

New Line Books

Product Description 
‘A gripping reconstruction… utterly compelling reading.’ Adam Zamoyski\n‘This is a grim story, thoroughly researched and brilliantly told.’ Geoffrey Alderman, Times Higher Education\nThe Katyn Massacre of 22,000 Polish prisoners of war is a crime to which there are no witnesses.\nCommitted in utmost secrecy in April–May 1940 by the NKVD on the direct orders of Joseph Stalin, for nearly fifty years the Soviet regime succeeded in maintaining the fiction that Katyn was a Nazi atrocity, their story unchallenged by Western governments fearful of upsetting a powerful wartime ally and Cold War adversary. 
Surviving Katyn explores the decades-long search for answers, focusing on the experience of those individuals with the most at stake – the few survivors of the massacre and the Polish wartime forensic investigators – whose quest for the truth in the face of an inscrutable, unknowable, and utterly ruthless enemy came at great personal cost. 
 Review 
‘[Rogoyska] vividly recreates the last months of the officers – artists, scientists, engineers and poets as well as career military men – who were initially held at three special camps run by the NKVD.’ -- Sunday Times\n‘A gripping reconstruction of one of the most gruesome and haunting crimes of the Second World War… makes for utterly compelling reading, and lays bare its toxic legacy.’ -- Adam Zamoyski, author of Poland: A History\n‘This is a grim story, thoroughly researched and brilliantly told.’ ― 
Geoffrey Alderman, Times Higher Education\n‘In a riveting narrative, Rogoyska brings the victims out of the shadows, telling their stories as well as those of the people desperately searching for them. Throughout, the author’s humanity is on full display… Rogoyska is to be commended for resurrecting this heartbreaking tale. A work of significant moral clarity and elegant precision.’ -- Kirkus, starred review\n‘A well-researched and beautifully written narrative of the appalling fate of the Polish officers captured by the Soviets in 1939 and massacred in 1940. Through the testimony of the few survivors and the investigators, Rogoyska brings to life the suffering of the Poles which continued for decades after the war as Soviet culpability for the crime was denied across the world.’ -- Halik Kochanski, author of The Eagle Unbowed\n'One Second World War crime to escape judgment at the Nuremberg Trials was the massacre of thousands of Polish officers in the Katyn Forest in western Russia at the early stage of the war. The judges failed because, on their panel, they had the representatives of the perpetrator: the Soviet Union.\nJane Rogoyska offers a riveting story of the crime, the cover-up and the search for the truth, which is far from over even today. In bringing the story of Katyn up to date, Rogoyska helps us understand not only the crimes of the past but also the political manipulations of the present.' ― 
Serhii Plokhy, the author of Chernobyl and Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front: An Untold Story\n'If you don't understand Katyn you don't understand the Second World War, you don't understand Europe, you don't understand crime and you don't understand lies. And you can't understand Katyn without reading this brilliant book. It is, I'm afraid, as simple as that.' ― 
Daniel Finkelstein, Times columnist\n‘ 
Surviving Katyn is a pivotal contribution. Readers seeking to understand the plight of Poles during the Second World War, or come to terms with the duplicity and cruelty of Stalin and his NKVD, or submerge themselves in a rich and humane story of hope, suffering, and deceit, will find much of value in 
Surviving Katyn. With the empathy of a novelist and the precision of a historian, Rogoyska unfolds the story of Katyn.’ ― 
American Conservative\n‘Rogoyska’s study of men under extreme pressure draws out the nuances of these dilemmas, presenting us with ordinary people confronting their own doubts and fears.’ -- Times Literary Supplement\n‘A history book

Another title from The Crown Art Library, the most useful monographs available on a wide range of significant artists. Each volume is written by an internationally recognized authority and is generously illustrated with full-color reproductions of the artist's paintings and two-color reproductions of sketches and line drawings.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Klimt (Great Masters)

Grange Books

Gustav Klimt first made himself known by the decorations he executed (with his brother and their art school companion F. Matsch), for numerous theatres and above all (on his own this time) for the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, where he completed, in a coolly photographic style, the work begun by Makart. At the age of thirty he moved into his own studio and turned to easel painting. At thirty-five he was one of the founders of the Vienna Secession; he withdrew eight years later, dismayed by the increasingly strong trend towards naturalism.

Klimt (Mega Square)

Bade, Patrick

History & Criticism

Parkstone Press

Whether madonna, muse or temptress, women have been a source of artistic inspiration throughout history. In the Reveries series, Parkstone pays tribute to the important contribution women have made to artists by uplifting their spirits and giving free reign to their fantasies. We invite you to share the erotic world of well-known painters such as Degas and Schiele.
This new genre of art book offers a glimpse into the private lives of some of the most influential artists of modern times. The most striking features of the Reveries series are their brief texts, sophisticated layouts, and high-quality reproductions. Each title pays homage to the artists oeuvre and the elegant layouts include some rarely-seen images.
Every page benefits from a unique design and offers a unique setting for some of the most sensual works of Degas, Schiele. Modigliani and Toulouse-Lautrec. These publications should be considered as works of art themselves, a delight for the enthusiast; instructive for the novice; a welcome and valuable addition to any library.

Klimt: Austrian Painter (Reveries)

KOZLOWSKI

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Holland House Books

Gustav Klimt, one of the most influential artists of the 19th century, was the founder of the Viennese Secession movement. He used the movement to express his utter contempt for "official" art, which was characterized by its opposition to change and the refusal to countenance a certain vision of Modernism. This book brings together Klimt's finest paintings and presents text that demonstrates the extraordinary eclecticism of this great artist.

Perfect Square: Klimt (Spanish Edition)

Numen

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Gerda Taro: Inventing Robert Capa

Art Deco Patterns: Design Sour

Surviving Katyn: Stalin's Polish Massacre and the Search for Truth

Klimt (Reveries)

Surviving Katyn: Stalin's Polish Massacre and the Search for Truth

Klimt (Great Masters)

Klimt (Mega Square)

Klimt: Austrian Painter (Reveries)

KOZLOWSKI

Perfect Square: Klimt (Spanish Edition)