Strange Places Questionable People

Author : John Simpson
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0330508180
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strange Places, Questionable People written by John Simpson and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-09-30 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over thirty years, John Simpson has travelled the world to report on the most significant events of our time. From being punched in the stomach by Harold Wilson on one of his first days as a reporter, to escaping summary execution in Beirut, flying into Teheran with the returning Ayatollah Khomeini, and narrowly avoiding entrapment by a beautiful Czech secret agent, Simpson has had an astonishingly eventful career. In 1989 he witnessed the Tiananmen Square massacre, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of Communism throughout Eastern Europe and, only weeks later, in South Africa, the release of Nelson Mandela. With Simpson's uncanny knack of being in the right place at the right time, this autobiography is a ring-side seat at every major event in recent global history. 'So vivid I could feel my heart beating' Jonathan Mirsky, Spectator 'great stories, sometimes harrowing, sometimes hilarious' Daily Telegraph

Author : John Simpson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780333783559
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Author : John Simpson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780333724194
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strange Places, Questionable People written by John Simpson and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this autobiography, BBC foreign news editor, John Simpson reflects on his career. His experiences range from being punched in the stomach by Harold Wilson, posing as a mercenary in Zaire, escaping summary execution in Beirut, to tangling with the cocaine barons of Colombia.

Author : Michael Shermer
Publisher : Holt Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9781429996761
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why People Believe Weird Things written by Michael Shermer and published by Holt Paperbacks. This book was released on 2002-09-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and Expanded Edition. In this age of supposed scientific enlightenment, many people still believe in mind reading, past-life regression theory, New Age hokum, and alien abduction. A no-holds-barred assault on popular superstitions and prejudices, with more than 80,000 copies in print, Why People Believe Weird Things debunks these nonsensical claims and explores the very human reasons people find otherworldly phenomena, conspiracy theories, and cults so appealing. In an entirely new chapter, "Why Smart People Believe in Weird Things," Michael Shermer takes on science luminaries like physicist Frank Tippler and others, who hide their spiritual beliefs behind the trappings of science. Shermer, science historian and true crusader, also reveals the more dangerous side of such illogical thinking, including Holocaust denial, the recovered-memory movement, the satanic ritual abuse scare, and other modern crazes. Why People Believe Strange Things is an eye-opening resource for the most gullible among us and those who want to protect them.

Author : Kevin Williams
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136479627
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A New History of War Reporting written by Kevin Williams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-12-23 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a fresh look at the history of war reporting to understand how new technology, new ways of waging war and new media conditions are changing the role and work of today’s war correspondent. Focussing on the mechanics of war reporting and the logistical and institutional pressures on correspondents, the book further examines the role of war propaganda, accreditation and news management in shaping the evolution of the specialism. Previously neglected conflicts and correspondents are reclaimed and wars considered as key moments in the history of war reporting such as the Crimean War (1854-56) and the Great War (1914-18) are re-evaluated. The use of objectivity as the yardstick by which to assess the performance of war correspondents is questioned. The emphasis is instead placed on war as a messy business which confronts reporters and photographers with conditions that challenge the norms of professional practice. References to the ‘demise of the war correspondent’ have accompanied the growth of the specialism since the days of William Howard Russell, the so-called father of war reporting. This highlights the fragile nature of this sub-genre of journalism and emphasises that continuity as much as change characterises the work of the war correspondent. A thematically organised, historically rich introduction, this book is ideal for students of journalism, media and communication.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 962 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Author : Cynthia Bergen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780997065138
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strange Places written by Cynthia Bergen and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heart wrenching story of two lovers in a whirlwind of sex, drugs, music, and tragedy, spiraling down into a maze of Strange Places

Author : Andrew Hammond
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Balkans and the West written by Andrew Hammond and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely collection investigates how the Balkans and the West have constructed each other since 1945. Scholars from both sections of the continent explore a wide variety of fiction, film, journalism, travel writing and diplomatic records both to analyse Western European balkanism and to study Balkan representations of the West over the last fifty years. This dual emphasis exposes the representational practices that help to maintain a deeply divided Europe, and challenges the economic and political injustices that result. Despite the rise of postcolonialist analyses of global inequality, the current crises in many parts of South-East Europe have received scant attention in literary and cultural studies. The Balkans and the West addresses this deficiency. Ranging in focus from Serbian cinema to Romanian travel literature, from Western economic writings to Yugoslav fiction, and from public discourse in Albania to NATO's vast propaganda machine, the essays offer wide insight into representation and power in the contemporary European context.

Author : Ruskin Bond
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788129128485
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strange Men Strange Places written by Ruskin Bond and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1260 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Book Review Index written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 1260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.