(CNN) -- Winston Churchill, glaring, resolute, combative, left hand on hip, stares straight off the page -- a moment, and an image, like no other. 

(How did the photographer, Yousuf Karsh, get that iconic pose from Churchill, Britain's prime minister, in 1941? Churchill told Karsh that he had very little time for the session. Karsh reached over and took Churchill's cigar from him -- then, as Churchill reacted, snapped the photo.) 

Marilyn Monroe, at her most beautiful in 1953, leans back, wearing white slacks and a black sweater, and gazes off dreamily to her right. Somehow, even though being photographed for a national magazine, she appears supremely relaxed and right at home. Why? She was at home -- she knew that the photographer, Alfred Eisenstaedt, and the magazine, Life, would do right by her, and she had invited them in. 

Prisoners at the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945, their faces haunted, their bodies gaunt, their eyes showing nothing and everything, look out from behind the wire fence that imprisons them, just before they are liberated. How did Margaret Bourke-White happen to be there to shoot that photo? Gen. George Patton wanted the world to see why his soldiers were fighting. Patton understood that Bourke-White and her magazine -- Life -- were the best way for the world to witness and understand. 

All these photos and hundreds more are in a book called "75 Years: The Very Best of Life." It was published just before the holidays; I bought copies for friends around the country, and all of them have told me the same thing: They are spending hours with it, looking for long minutes at individual photos, treasuring the talent of the photographers, many long dead. 
What color pants was Marilyn Monroe wearing?
Which concentration camp were the prisoners at?
Who was photographing them?
What magazine was she shooting for?
Which photographer took the 1941 photo of Churchill?
How did he get the pose that he wanted?
What year was Monroe being photographed in?
Was she in a red sweater?
What color was her top?
What did George Patton want the world to see?
Did Churchill have his right hand on his hip?
Where can you find all these photos?
Are all of the photographers still alive?
When was the book published?
In the Buchenwald photo, the prisoners were looking from behind a fence just before what?
Who photographed Marilyn Monroe?
Did he take the photos in a park?
Where was she?
Who was Churchill?
How long did friend say they spent with the book?
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Marilyn Monroe, at her most beautiful in 1953, leans back, wearing white slacks
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Margaret Bourke-White
Margaret Bourke-White happen to be there to shoot that photo
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Bourke-White and her magazine -- Life -
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Yousuf Karsh, get that iconic pose from Churchill
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Karsh reached over and took Churchill's cigar from him -- then, as Churchill reacted, snapped the photo.) 

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Marilyn Monroe, at her most beautiful in 1953,
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wearing white slacks and a black sweater,
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Marilyn Monroe, at her most beautiful in 1953, leans back, wearing white slacks and a black sweater
he wanted the world to see why his soldiers were fighting.
 Gen. George Patton wanted the world to see why his soldiers were fighting. 
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Winston Churchill, glaring, resolute, combative, left hand on hip,
in a book called "75 Years: The Very Best of Life."
in a book called "75 Years: The Very Best of Life."
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 talent of the photographers, many long dead.
just before the holidays;
It was published just before the holidays;
before they are liberated
behind the wire fence that imprisons them, just before they are liberated
Alfred Eisenstaedt
photographer, Alfred Eisenstaedt
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she appears supremely relaxed and right at home
at home
She was at home 
Britain's prime minister
 Churchill, Britain's prime minister
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They are spending hours with it,