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Discover the lives of some of the most fascinating and unconventional characters of recent times, with 80 obituaries carefully curated from The Times archive.

"e;Maybe he doesn't like anything, but he can do everything,"e; New Yorker editor Harold Ross once said of the magazine's brilliantly sardonic theater critic, Wolcott Gibbs.

Considering a range of neglected material, this book provides a richer view of how crime and criminality were understood between the wars.

Jetzt mit einer Frage weniger: Moritz von Uslar setzt sein Hit-Interviewformat fort und stellt 99 Fragen.

Thilo Mischke unterwegs zu den Rändern der Welt: Mit eindrücklichen Reisereportagen begibt sich Mischke auf die Suche nach Antworten auf einige große Fragen.

In a series of remarkable books - Travels in a Thin Country, Terra Incognita, Cherry: A Life of Apsley Cherry Garrard, Too Close to the Sun and The Magnetic North - Sara Wheeler has shown that she is not only one of the finest travel writers of her generation but a very fine biographer too.

»Eine Kompetenzgranate mit Dauerzündung, die unterhalten, aber nicht unterfordern will« Ulrich Blumenbach.

Holden is one of the few brands that has an emotional grip on Australia (Qantas being another).

Pioneering journalist Nellie Bly went undercover in the late 1800s to shed light on the horrific conditions of Victorian mental asylums.

As European empires crumbled in the 20th century, the power structures that had dominated the world for centuries were up for renegotiation.

'Readers will come away startled at just how fragile the online infrastructure we all depend on is and how much influence China wields both technically and politically' Jason Q.

Ob auf dem Oktoberfest in Brasilien, beim Liederkranz in New York oder in der Brauerei in China – Deutsche und ihre Kultur findet man überall und in allen Klimazonen.

From the author of The History of Rock ’n’ Roll in Ten Songs comes his “Basement Tapes”: the complete “Real Life Rock Top 10” columns For nearly thirty years, Greil Marcus has written a remarkable column called “Real Life Rock Top Ten.

This book introduces the unique archive of letters, textiles, hand-drawn maps, emails and photographs from asylum seekers held indefinitely in offshore detention at Topside Camp, Nauru 2001-5.

"e;Very little of my backstory qualifies as Hallmark Card material, but it may help you to make sense of the way I see and interpret what's going on around me.

Again and again British politicians, commentators and celebrities intone that 'The War on Drugs has failed'.

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THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO CYCLING IN FIVE VOLUMESVolume One of The Cycling Anthology, a collection of the best writing on cycling by some of the sport's leading writers.

Winner of the European Book Prize'A masterpiece' Jan T.

First published between 1887 and 1890, Women in Journalism - The Best of Nellie Bly is an insightful volume containing all of Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman's best journalistic works, including the famous expose, Ten Days in a Mad-House.

'A riveting read that skips along at pace.

How do Arabs view America?

Dark Shadows is a compelling portrait of Kazakhstan, a country that is little known in the West.

Howard Beck.

A mix of history and current affairs, travel, reportage and anecdote, this passionate book speaks up for the Bushmen, the first people of Africa.

A famed and feared interviewer, Karan Thapar is known for his astute, probing questions and his persistence in getting clear answers.

Travelling from Madrid to The Valley of the Fallen, through Castile and Le n and across the fiercely contested region of Catalonia, Christopher Finnigan meets a remarkable cast of characters behind some of the biggest political events Spain has witnessed in decades.

Winchell and Runyon is about the bittersweet bonding of two legendary journalists who started out as adversaries but ended up as everlasting friends.

Seit der Entmachtung des Taliban-Regimes 2001 hat das Mediensystem in Afghanistan einen grundlegenden Wandel erlebt: Mediengesetze wurden liberalisiert und eine diversifizierte und moderne massenmediale Infrastruktur konnte sich etablieren.

Das Personal der Berliner Republik.

Bioethical issues are rarely out of view in Western societies.

»Eine hellwache Beobachterin unserer Gegenwart.

From award-winning journalist Jack Shenker, The Egyptians is the essential book about Egypt and radical politicsIn early 2011, Cairo's Tahrir Square briefly commanded the attention of the world.

The Times obituaries have given readers throughout the world an instant picture of a life for over 150 years.

Hara Hotel chronicles everyday life in a makeshift refugee camp on the forecourt of a petrol station in northern Greece.

Central Asia has long stood at the crossroads of history.

One of the most distinctive and independent voices in American journalism .

Robert Riley has been a renowned figure in landscape studies for over fifty years, valued for his perceptive, learned, and highly entertaining articles, reviews, and essays.

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Wie der Taucher auf dem berühmten Fresko im süditalienischen Paestum, das einen Mann zeigt, der kopfüber von einer Säule springt, hat Claude Lanzmann sich in jedes Abenteuer gestürzt.

Preisgekrönte Journalisten zeigen die Realität von Lateinamerika heute: Jugendliche Drogenbanden übernehmen die Herrschaft über ganze Stadtviertel, illegale Migranten machen sich auf ihre lebensgefährliche Reise in Richtung USA, Mädchen tragen Kalaschnikows und lernwillige Schüler nehmen mehrstündige Schulwege auf sich.

»Ich wollte noch einmal dorthin.

Following thirty years of research, including research into recently declassified government archives, this newly revised and expanded edition of Linda Melvern's classic of investigative journalism reveals how policymakers continue to refuse to properly acknowledge their responsibilities under international law.

Zottelige Federpracht, gelbe Augen, zwei Meter Flügelspannweite, vier Kilo Gewicht: Sie ist die größte Eule der Welt – und eine der seltensten, denn ihr Habitat – die Primorjer Auenwälder im fernen Osten Russlands – ist so unzugänglich und abgelegen, dass 100 Jahre vergehen mussten, bis ein Forscher den Riesenfischuhu wieder zu Gesicht bekam.

While Western media are shrinking their foreign correspondent networks, Chinese media, for the first time in history, are rapidly expanding worldwide.

What distinguishes documentary theatre from other forms of drama?