EXTREME MEASURES by Vince Flynn (R194,95, Simon & Schuster)
Rating: 3/5
Reviewer: Toni Younghusband
An elite counterintelligence unit working for the CIA is sent to Afghanistan to interrogate two recently captured members of a terrorist cell. Privately the unit is urged to use whatever means necessary to extract information from the detainees but publicly Capitol Hill’s senators decry any suggestion of a contravention of the Geneva Convention.
Meanwhile in the jungles of South America a second terrorist cell is preparing to unleash a series of high-casualty attacks on American soil. Racing against time to prevent the bloodshed the CIA unit must answer to Washington’s politicians while trying to stop an enemy who doesn’t play by the rules.
Fast-paced, taut with tension and packed with CIA secrets, Flynn’s latest novel will keep you reading until the early hours.
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHER’S HANDBOOK by Tom Ang (R450, Penguin)
Rating: 5/5
Reviewer: Elmari Rautenbach
Tom Ang is an award-winning photographer and best-selling author who has worked as a technical and picture editor on numerous specialist magazines and for top TV shows. Whether you’re just a weekend happy snapper or consider photography a serious hobby you’ll find plenty of useful information in this updated fourth edition of his popular handbook.
It starts with basic technical info on digital and film cameras, PCs, monitors, scanners, printers and software before moving on to the nitty-gritty of digital photography and explains terms such as picture composition and image manipulation.
The author includes plenty of quick-fix solutions for common hitches such as correcting colour balance, lens problems and image distortion . A must-have for photography enthusiasts.
