With a baby on the way & a need to make the world safe for infant-kind, an unassuming film-maker from West Virginia employs his complete lack of experience, knowledge & expertise to find the most wanted & dangerous man on earth.

Beginning his epic quest in New York City, he zigzags the globe in search of the bearded man: to Britain, France, Egypt, Morocco, Israel, Palestine, Saudi Arabia & Afghanistan, drawing ever closer to the heart of darkness in the tribal regions of Pakistan. Along the way he interviews experts & imams, breaks the Ramadan fast with Muslim families, identifies the surprising similarities between Osama bin Laden & Keyser Soze, helps disarm bombs with an Israeli squad, accompanies the British & US Armies in Afghanistan, & much, much more.. . all in an attempt to understand the Muslim world & the roots of the conflict overshadowing the globe today.

He emerges with a much deeper knowledge of the world into which his child will be born, & of the roots of fundamentalism & the



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In 1998, on the lookout for adventure & willing to take a risk, John Burnett left the comforts of the mainstream & became a UN relief worker in Somalia. He was completely unprepared for the realities of working in a country without government or law, where the only authority comes from a loaded gun. Held at gunpoint by a child soldier, having to watching a baby die of malaria in his arms, the experience profoundly changed the way he saw the world. ...

In 1998, on the lookout for adventure & willing to take a risk, John Burnett left the comforts of the mainstream & became a UN relief worker in Somalia. He was completely unprepared for the realities of working in a country without government or law, where the only authority comes from a loaded gun. Held at gunpoint by a child soldier, having to watching a baby die of malaria in his arms, the experience profoundly changed the way he saw the world. ...

THE VICTIM was a fighter, but strength wasn't enough to save him from this gruesome end.

THE MISSING are two

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THE VICTIM was a fighter, but strength wasn't enough to save him from a gruesome end.

THE MISSING are two well-paid

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Where the Jackals Howl is prize-winning author Amos Oz's first collection of stories. On publication it received immediate critical acclaim & revealed Oz to be a master craftsman probing the emotional depths of his characters. The lives of ordinary Israelis are set against the backdrop of community life in a Kibbutz. The fate of these individuals, their drives, ambitions & idiosyncrasies, are grounded by the physical & social structure of their community as Oz portrays their world as a microcosm of the wider world. ...

Climbers who court danger in the world's highest places risk far more than just their own skins. When tragedy strikes, what happens to the people who love them? Why would anyone choose to invest in a future with a high-altitude climber? What is life like in the shadow of the mountain? Such questions have long been taboo within the international world of mountaineering. Now Maria Coffey breaks this silence. She recounts climbers' stories of near-death experiences, & gives a voice to the families & loved ones of Chris Bonington, Ed Viesturs, Anatoli Boukreev & Alex Lowe, amongst many other famous names. Her riveting narrative weaves tales of adventure with first-person accounts of the people left behind, highlighting the conflicting beauty, passion & devastation of this alluring obsession. ...