Allah O Akbar begins the call to prayer that resonates around minarets in towns and villages from Sinkiang to Morocco; from Paris to Timbuktu. Wherever in the world you are; the message is the same: 'God is Great.' It is also; however; the cry of fundamentalists throughout the lands of the faithful. Abbas; a member of the prestigious photo agency Magnum; has spent seven years travelling through the Islamic world to capture the diverse and striking images that make up this extraordinary personal diary. As a photojournalist he has covered major political events in the developing world including wars and revolutions; driven by a desire to understand and expose the intricacy of the internal strains pulling within Muslim societies. Abbas is undoubtedly one of the world's leading makers of the 'telling' picture; and the combined immediacy and subtlety of the photographic images create a constant visual stimulus.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. WonderfulBy Michael E. FitzgeraldIn the days before computers there was Matthew Fontaine Maury. Almost unknown today; Maury was a navigation and sailing genius; a Lieutenant in the US Navy; who was the father of modern navigation and ocean science. He was a land lubber.During the age of sail longitude was an uncertain calculation. As a result; it was often impossible for ships to know exactly where they were. After the invention of the chronometer; things improved; but chronometers being expensive route planning was a hit or miss thing. As a result; for the most part; navigation was anecdotal. There were no highways in the seas; no scientifically determined sailing truisms or protocols; and hundreds of ships were lost each year.Until Maury; knowledge of prevailing winds and currents had advanced little from Columbus. But between 1842 and 1861; he and his staff mapped the ocean's great surface currents and wind systems. They showed ship captains how to shave weeks; even months from voyages. Tracks in the Sea is the biography of this self taught; self made man whose remarkable career culminated as head of the U.S. Navel Observatory. In a world interconnected by maritime commerce; Maury's work was critically important; not just to Americans; but to all nations.This is an amazing story. To have compiled the thousands and thousands of ship's logs and sailing observations; drawing trends and systematic sailing instructions; by month; for all the oceans of the world; has to be one of man's most astounding scientific achievements. This is a most remarkable work about a most remarkable American.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Wonderful and Brilliant Biography - Maury's Research of the Unkown Currrents in the SeaBy Aline D. CooverA marvelous and inspiring read! After I saw (and read) "In the Heart of the Sea"; I wanted to learn more about the Gulf current that circles Norway and England. Matthew Maury had the same idea; however; he actually was able to locate and describe most all of the many sea currents back in the 1800s. He found valuable information from the ship logs of whale boat Captains; who actually sailed the North Pacific from New England to Scandinavia in search of the sperm whale. Although;initially thwarted by the US Navy; he was able to share his knowledge of the ocean currents as well as secure information from unbiased ship captains to provide the most accurate details of the; here to fore uncharted ocean. A most amazing and brilliant man whose ideas helped all men of the sea.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Baird RisdonOutstanding biography about a incredible man.
