books by Alex Harris

books by Alex Harris

books:

Alex Harris

Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations

Alex Harris, Brett Harris

Multnomah Books, 2008

Great book for every teen
Like several reviewers wrote, I picked up this book for my 13 year old and first read it myself. It not only inspired me to do some "hard things", it helped me realize how I can challenge my kids to stretch beyond what they think their limitations may be . My ...

Arrivals & Departures: The Airport Pictures of Garry Winogrand

D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., 2004

Interesting Collection of the Comings and Goings of People
It's just wonderful to see the comings and goings of ordinary people candidly portrayed by a photographer as skilled as Garry Winogrand. The photograghs date from the 1950s to the 1980s with most from the 1970s and 1980s. My how airports and styles have changed. ...

Prime Time: How Baby-Boomers Will Revolutionize Retirement and Transform America

Marc Freedman

PublicAffairs, 2000

It's about time!
Freedman is a refreshing voice who puts a welcome human face on the aging of our society--a topic most often dealt with through dire statistical predictions and paranoia. Prime Time illustrates that, while the demographic revolution is real, a negative whammy on ...

Breaking Point

Alex Flinn

Listening Library, 2002

Great teen book
This book is an excellent look at the manipulation and violence that occurs not just at inner city schools,but private expesnive ones as well.

River of Traps: A New Mexico Mountain Life (New York Times Notable Books)

William deBuys, Alex Harris

Trinity University Press, 2007

Lovely, lovely, lovely.
A captivating read, a joy, a lovely picture book. You will fall in love with this book... You will not be able to help yourself.

Alex Harris: Islas en el Tiempo

Actar/IVAM and Aldeasa, 2003

For thirty years Alex Harris has lived part of each year in northern New Mexico, responding to the vernacular life of the Hispanic villages both as a photographer and writer, but also as a neighbor and friend. Like the novelist, John Berger, Harris draws his primary inspiration and unique vision from his immersion into the lives and experiences of ...

Red White Blue and God Bless You: A Portrait of Northern New Mexico

Alex Harris

Univ of New Mexico Pr, 1992

The real land of Enchantment
As a native of Northern New Mexico, I often see all sorts of photo books documenting the touristic attractions to the area. However, Alex Harris' book acurately documents the real life of rural northern New Mexico. The best you could buy!!

The Idea of Cuba

Alex Harris

University of New Mexico Press, 2007

beautiful/thoughtful/provocative
For anyone interested in the politics, economics and aesthetics... This book is a thoughtful look at the contemporary landscape of Cuba. The photographs are stunning.

DoubleTake Magazine #8 Spring 1997 (Volume 3, No. 3)

Duke University Center for Documentary Studies, 1997

San Antonio Cattleyards by Verlyn Klinkenborg, Jean-Jacques Dicker, Scott Montgomery, Sam Fentress, The Dog Lover by Jason Brown, Ours is a Visual Period by Alfred Kazin, Hither Hills photos by Adam Bartos, Pennsylvania Mennonites, & Amish photos by George Tice, Nanny photos by Pamela Duffy, City Map by Daniel Stolar, Little League photo by Mark ...

A New Life: Stories and Photographs from the Suburban South (The Lyndhurst Series on the South)

Doubletake Book, 1996

Excellent concept
This book is a collection of short-stories accompanied by photograps of the suburban south. It is a very enjoyable read and explores issues such as what is it like to live in the south in the modern era. It was refreshing to read a book that had the viewpoint of ...

DoubleTake (Winter 1996)

HarperPrints, 1996

DoubleTake is published quartly by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University

DoubleTake Magazine #12 Spring 1998 (Volume 4, No. 2)

Duke University Center for Documentary Studies, 1998

Will Percy interviews Bruce Springsteen and talks about the books that have affected his life and music. Photographs by Alan Lomax. Scientific imagery at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. U.S. Marine recruiters by Susan Faludi. Essay by Barry Lopez with photos by Robert Adams. Unpublished photos from the Pittsburgh Project. Fiction by John Cheever, ...

DoubleTake Magazine Premiere Issue 1 Summer 1995 (Volume 1, No. 1)

Duke University Center for Documentary Studies, 1995

Mary Oliver, Larry Towell, Tony Deifell, Donna DeCesare, Fazal Sheikh. James Alan McPherson, Dreams by Wendy Ewald. Photographic essays by Danny Lyon and Paul DAmato. Report on Kerala India by Bill McKibben. The Dreyfus Fund Portraits, photos by Lee Freidlander. Fiction by Steven Stern, Nadine Gordimer, Daniel B. Stolar, John Berger and Stuart ...