From her operational-base-cum-family-home, Commie Girl brings you this brave and brilliant journal of daily life in a land where no liberal-humanist sentiment has been detected since the dawn of Reaganism.
Oil is the lifeblood of modern civilization, and the industry that supplies it has been the subject of intense interest and scrutiny, as well as countless books.
Prolific, award-winning translator of classical and modern Japanese poetry Hiroaki Sato recorded his thoughts on American society in mainly two columns across 30-plus years, collected here for the first time.
Un joven de 19 años termina enlistado en el ejército e internado en las selvas del Putumayo para enfrentar a las FARC; una mujer regresa a su pueblo luego de ser secuestrada y tras haberse enterado de que fue señalada por alguno de sus vecinos; un grupo de guerrilleros escribe cartas de amor en medio de la guerra; un bailarín de ladera baila salsa con Jennifer López en Las Vegas; una pareja asiste a una fiesta swinger para reactivar el amor; un predador de cuerpos cuenta qué pasa cuando arregla un cadáver de prisa; un mimo de calle que no habla francés ingresa al camerino de Marcel Marceau.
Told through the eyes of witnesses to the fall of Kabul, Walkley award-winning journalist Andrew Quilty's debut book offers a remarkable record of this historic moment.
Die Darstellung des Islam in der deutschen Presse ist seit vielen Jahren problematisch: Die Mehrheit der Artikel und Beiträge über die islamische Welt sind von Negativthemen, Elitenzentrierung sowie von Stereotypen, Vorurteilen und Feindbildern verzerrt.
Initially published in 1920, Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil is a combination of essays that tackle the power dynamics of gender, race and religion.
'Hitchhikers is one of the most amazing pieces of literature created in modern times His biographer Jem Roberts puts it all into context' The Sun 'Jem manages to write about popular cultural institutions with knowledge and affection' Stephen Fry As a wise ape once observed, space is big vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly so.
Deutschland ganz unten, Deutschland ganz oben – und mittendrin: Stuckrad-Barre, mit Stift, Papier und KameraIm Jahr 2001 brachte er »Deutsches Theater« heraus, den »Fotoroman einer Gesellschaft, die nur in der Öffentlichkeit und im Rollenspiel noch zu sich selbst zu kommen vermag« (FAZ).
Many female journalists came to the fore during the first and second world wars, and their perspective was very different to that of their male peers, who were reporting from the field.
WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE'A deeply immersive portrait of daily life in Israel and the West Bank' The Best Books to Understand the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Financial Times'Brims over with just the sort of compassion and understanding that is needed at a time like this a book that speaks with deep and authentic truth of ordinary lives trapped in the jaws of history' ObserverA gripping, intimate story of one heartbreaking day in Palestine that reveals lives, loves, enmities, and histories in violent collisionMilad is five years old and excited for his school trip to a theme park on the outskirts of Jerusalem, but tragedy awaits: his bus is involved in a horrific accident.
Join Ned Boulting as he reports on his dozen-th Tour de France, an event in which blokes do amazing things on bikes, and, we re oft told, the biggest annual sporting event in the world.
Taking account of the significant developments in practice and thinking around the emerging church, this book will quickly establish itself as a key text for all interested in pioneer ministry, fresh expressions, church planting, church growth and ecclesiology.
Pulitzer Prize winner Clarence Page is one of the most nationally recognized and highly regarded syndicated columnists in the country, and his newest book, Culture Worrier: Selected Columns 19842014, commemorates the 30th anniversary of his column's first appearance in the Chicago Tribune.
'Bawdie, bolshy and bursting with energy' Daily Mail'Fantastic: as lip-smackingly seductive as a bowl of fat chips and aioli' TelegraphFor all those Anthony Bourdain fans who are hungering for more, here is The Nasty Bits - a collection of his legendary journalismAs usual, Bourdain serves up a well-seasoned hellbroth of candid, often outrageous stories from his worldwide misadventures.
For more than six decades, Israel and Palestine have been the center of one of the world's most widely reported yet least understood human rights crises.
Investigative reporter Chip Jacobs goes deep into some of his most compelling journalism pieces of the last three decades with his signature spotlight on strange corruption, seedy individuals, megalomaniacs, bright ideas, and transgressive game-changers.
In a world of rising tensions between Russia and the United States, the Middle East and Europe, Sunnis and Shiites, Islamism and liberalism, Turkey is at the epicentre.
'Maeve's Times is funny and clever and kind, which are excellent qualities in both books and people' Irish Times'As someone who fell off a chair not long ago trying to hear what they were saying at the next table in a restaurant, I suppose I am obsessively interested in what some might consider the trivia of other people's lives.
Half a dozen years after the deadliest earthquake in the history of the Western Hemisphere struck Haiti, the island nation remains in crisis, but the international community no longer seems interested.
Whether we have children or not we all want the future to be fairer and happier; and Zoe Williams believes that we need to make that happen collectively.
