Strange Places Questionable People

Author : John Simpson
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780330508186

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Strange Places, Questionable People by John Simpson Pdf

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 : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1999-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0333783557

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Strange Places Questionable People Postr by John Simpson Pdf

Author : John Simpson
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780330535298

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Days from a Different World by John Simpson Pdf

‘I have already touched on my childhood in Strange Places, Questionable People. But the further through life I get the more I want to revisit it. I want to look at the whole of my childhood, the England I grew up in and my family.’ This is not a mere exercise in nostalgia, rather it is a journey through the England of the late 1940s in all its shabby wonder, which also tells the somewhat strange and often deeply painful story of John Simpson’s family. Here we meet his father and his grandmother, still living in the small and rather depressing south London suburb which his family built, dominated and, finally, declined with. We meet the grandfather who drank the family money away and abandoned his wife and children, and the grandfather who toured the country with a Wild West show. We learn, too, of the broken marriages and the unfulfilled lives, of the people who died, and the lives which were just beginning. Candid, beautifully written and touching, Days from a Different World will enchant all those who read it.

Author : Kevin Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136479625

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A New History of War Reporting by Kevin Williams Pdf

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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 962 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Arts
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123078508

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Manchester Memoirs by Anonim Pdf

Author : Cynthia Bergen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0997065133

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Strange Places by Cynthia Bergen Pdf

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
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015060123877

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The Balkans and the West by Andrew Hammond Pdf

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 : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1260 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Books
ISBN : UOM:39015046817501

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Book Review Index by Anonim Pdf

Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.

Author : Mark B. Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39076002883630

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Property of Communists by Mark B. Smith Pdf

This groundbreaking book's analysis of the dual impact of World War II and the death of Stalin on the USSR, its reappraisal of the status of property and ownership in the first `communist' society, and its anchoring in comparative history will appeal to a broad audience of scholars and students of European and Soviet history a like. --Book Jacket.

Author : Andrew Hammond
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015070708477

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The Debated Lands by Andrew Hammond Pdf

A volume focusing on the popular genre of travel writing, the book examines over 400 British and American literary texts in order to outline and account for the multiple ways in which the Balkans have been represented from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : UVA:X006088495

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The Army Quarterly and Defence Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Censorship
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021799833

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Censored by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anthony Feinstein
Publisher : Thomas Allen Publishers
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117949458

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Dangerous Lives by Anthony Feinstein Pdf

Dr. Anthony Feinstein, a world-renowned neuropyschiatrist, initiated the first-ever study of the effects of trauma on war journalists, interviewing dozens of the world's most accomplished correspondents.

Author : W. D. Redfern
Publisher : Peter Lang Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : IND:30000109214027

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Writing on the Move by W. D. Redfern Pdf

Albert Londres (1884-1932) was a much-translated French investigative journalist whose journalistic coverage and themes were wide-ranging. This study compares and contrasts Londres' work with that of other globe-trotting reporters from France, Britain and the USA who deal with history in the making.

Author : Jefferson Smith
Publisher : Creativity Hacker Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0991933400

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Strange Places by Jefferson Smith Pdf

"Holy crap! This book freaking powns!" That's what fans are saying about Jefferson Smith's debut fantasy novel. Spunky and irreverent, 13-year-old Tayna is every villain's worst nightmare: an uncooperative victim who refuses to play by his rules. After living her entire life in a cruel orphanage, Tayna discovers that she may never have actually been an orphan in the first place and flees from nunnish captivity to search for her real family. But time is running out and she has two entire worlds to search: one filled with shopping malls and televisions, and another filled with Brownies, Djin and magic!