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HarperCollins Shooting History: A Personal Journey
Channel 4 News anchorman Jon Snow's <I>Shooting History</I> is, like John Simpson's acclaimed books, a foreign correspondent's story: Snow has been reporting news for thirty years and for most of that time was a foreign correspondent with ITN, beaming back pictures from war zones in South and Central America, Africa, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Washington, where he was ITN's top US correspondent for some years. His proximity to America and her wars--plus his innate sense of justice--leads him to be critical of US foreign policy and the reluctance of recent US administrations to learn from the perceived mistakes of their predecessors. Reading about the proxy wars fought by the US in Central America and the overthrow of Iraq's democratically elected government in a CIA-backed coup, it's hard not to be persuaded by his argument that the northern hemisphere in general--and the US in particular--need to take more account of the plight of the poor to the south of us.<p> Warm, witty and engaging, Snow's story is also mildly self-deprecating: he seems comfortable discussing mistakes that he feels he has made and conflicts he feels guilty to have neglected in his long career. Regular viewers of Channel 4 News will recognise his easy tone, but don't expect reams of backroom gossip from his years as the presenter of the broadsheet news programme: over three quarters of the book is given over to his foreign adventures and it's clear that he sees himself as a currently static foreign correspondent. Given his clear affection for the people that he has met along the way, his anger about the injustices they have faced, and his manifesto for a better world (delivered in the final few pages), it's easy to see why he believes reporting from the field to be the way journalists can make a real difference. <I>Shooting History</I> is a riveting memoir, a damning indictment and an excellent read for anyone interested in current affairs.--<I>Duncan Thomson</I>
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson The Olive Route: A Personal Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean
Pages: 352, Paperback, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson The Olive Route: A Personal Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean
Pages: 352, Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Faber and Faber A Personal Journey Through American Movies
Pages: 192, Paperback, Faber and Faber
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Avery Publishing Group Inc.,U.S. In Search of Shangri-la: A Personal Journey to Tibet
Pages: 155, Paperback, Avery Publishing Group Inc.,U.S.
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G.Sedman Sedman or Caedmon?: A Personal Journey Through the History of the Sedman Family of Hackness,Fylingdales and Barrowford,1550-1945
Pages: 94, Board book, G.Sedman
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Acorn Publishing The Courage to Live: My Personal Journey with God: a Kidney Patient's Story
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Dundurn Group Ltd ,Canada Losing the Empress: A Personal Journey
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Naval Institute Press Fragments of War: A Marine's Personal Journey
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M. Evans and Company The Atkins Journal: Your Personal Journey Toward a New You, a 120-Day Record
Pages: 224, Spiral-bound, M. Evans and Company
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Ex Libris Press Blue Job - Brown Job: A Personal Journey Through World War 2
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Jossey Bass Wiley Becoming Multicultural Educators: Personal Journey Toward Professional Agency
Pages: 368, Hardcover, Jossey Bass Wiley
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Century Of Cinema - A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
Originally broadcast in three instalments on Channel Four Television and showing Martin Scorsese personal view of American movies. This programme features extracts from famous and infamous films charting a comprehensive course through American cinema.
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Bfi Video Publishing A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies [1995]
Scorsese's invigorating history of American movies avoids the straitjacket of chronology. Although he makes dutiful nods in the direction of Edwin S. Porter, D.W. Griffith and Orson Welles, he is equally interested in figures working at the margins, film-makers such as Andre De Toth, Ida Lupino, Sam Fuller and Edgar Ulmer, who circumvented the system to get their vision onto the screen. He describes them as illusionists, smugglers, con artists who managed to hoodwink the money men into allowing them to make the films they wanted. Some worked in B-movies (less money, more freedom) others (like Scorsese himself) struck their own Faustian bargains with the studios, making one movie for them, one for yourself<p>His heroes are the outsiders, the film-makers who chafe against the assurances of the American dream. He offers a vivid, guilty vignette of himself as a four-year-old child, sitting in a darkened auditorium watching in amazement as Gregory Peck overpowers Jennifer Jones in <I>Duel in the Sun</I>, one of the first films his mother took him to. The savage intensity of the music, the burning sun, the overt sexuality ... it seems that the two could only consummate their passion by killing each other. There's a certain irony in Scorsese, who once seriously considered becoming a priest, succumbing to a David O. Selznick Technicolor extravaganza which had already been condemned by the church.<p>While often sounding like a serious-minded apprentice who watches old movies to pick up tips which will help him in his own work (study the old masters, enrich your palette, expand the canvas-there's always so much more to learn) he never overlooks the illicit pleasure that cinema can bring. I don't really see a conflict between the church and the movies, the sacred and the profane. --<I>Geoffrey Macnab</I>
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HarperCollins Shooting History: A Personal Journey
Channel 4 News anchorman Jon Snow's <I>Shooting History</I> is, like John Simpson's acclaimed books, a foreign correspondent's story: Snow has been reporting news for thirty years and for most of that time was a foreign correspondent with ITN, beaming back pictures from war zones in South and Central America, Africa, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Washington, where he was ITN's top US correspondent for some years. His proximity to America and her wars--plus his innate sense of justice--leads him to be critical of US foreign policy and the reluctance of recent US administrations to learn from the perceived mistakes of their predecessors. Reading about the proxy wars fought by the US in Central America and the overthrow of Iraq's democratically elected government in a CIA-backed coup, it's hard not to be persuaded by his argument that the northern hemisphere in general--and the US in particular--need to take more account of the plight of the poor to the south of us.<p> Warm, witty and engaging, Snow's story is also mildly self-deprecating: he seems comfortable discussing mistakes that he feels he has made and conflicts he feels guilty to have neglected in his long career. Regular viewers of Channel 4 News will recognise his easy tone, but don't expect reams of backroom gossip from his years as the presenter of the broadsheet news programme: over three quarters of the book is given over to his foreign adventures and it's clear that he sees himself as a currently static foreign correspondent. Given his clear affection for the people that he has met along the way, his anger about the injustices they have faced, and his manifesto for a better world (delivered in the final few pages), it's easy to see why he believes reporting from the field to be the way journalists can make a real difference. <I>Shooting History</I> is a riveting memoir, a damning indictment and an excellent read for anyone interested in current affairs.--<I>Duncan Thomson</I>
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Continuum International Publishing Group - Mowbray Anatomy of Survival: Steps on a Personal Journey Towards Healing
Pages: 128, Paperback, Continuum International Publishing Group - Mowbray
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Hodder & Stoughton Ltd A Day Called Hope: A Personal Journey Beyond Depression
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Warner Books No Man's Land: A Personal Journey Into Africa
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Lark Books,U.S. Crafts for the Spirit: 30 Beautiful Projects to Enhance Your Personal Journey
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers The World Within Me: A Personal Journey to Spiritual Understanding
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SkyLight Paths Publishing,US Three Gates to Meditation Practice: A Personal Journey into Sufism, Buddhism, and Judaism
Pages: 240, Paperback, SkyLight Paths Publishing,US
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