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Mark Bowden

    17 juli 1951

    Mark Bowden is een Amerikaanse schrijver die bekend staat om zijn diepgaande en meeslepende verhalen over moderne gebeurtenissen. Hij blinkt uit in het onderdompelen van lezers in complexe situaties, waarbij hij de menselijke ervaring onder druk met opmerkelijke helderheid onderzoekt. Bowdens kenmerkende aanpak combineert nauwgezette journalistieke details met een krachtige vertelstijl die cruciale momenten uit de geschiedenis tot leven brengt. Zijn werk biedt diepgaande inzichten in de realiteit van conflicten en het veerkrachtige menselijke vermogen.

    Mark Bowden
    Guests of the Ayatollah
    Huê 1968 : a turning point of the American war in Vietnam
    Road Work
    Winning Body Language for Sales Professionals: Control the Conversation and Connect with Your Customer-without Saying
    Hue 1968
    Vindersloon
    • Vindersloon

      • 176bladzijden
      • 7 uur lezen

      Een drugsverslaafde, die op straat een miljoen dollar heeft gevonden, heeft geen idee hoe hij met deze meevaller moet omgaan.

      Vindersloon
    • Hue 1968

      • 624bladzijden
      • 22 uur lezen

      From "a master of narrative journalism" (New York Times Book Review), the bestselling history of the biggest and bloodiest battle of the Vietnam War

      Hue 1968
      4,5
    • When you are selling, the way you deliver your message will matter as much as, or more than, what you actually say. In this book, the authors reveal nonverbal communication skills guaranteed to give you the advantage in every sales situation. It reveals the universal body language signals that command respect and teaches you how to use them.

      Winning Body Language for Sales Professionals: Control the Conversation and Connect with Your Customer-without Saying
      4,7
    • Road Work

      • 320bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      This book offers the best of Bowden's award-winning nonfiction, from his breakout stories for The Philadelphia Inquirer, where he was a reporter for twenty-four years, to his significant pieces in The Atlantic on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. From activists fighting black rhino poachers in Zambia, to interrogation of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, to the world of Saddam Hussein, to the private and public lives of unique, fascinating Americans such as Al Sharpton and Norman Mailer, reporter Bowden is capable of putting us in the heat of a story in a way few others can.--Publisher.

      Road Work
      4,4
    • Guests of the Ayatollah

      • 704bladzijden
      • 25 uur lezen

      From the best-selling author of Black Hawk Down comes a definitive account of the Iran hostage crisis during which fifty-two Americans were held hostage in the Tehran embassy for 444 days, offering insights into the event from the perspective of the hostages, soldiers sent to free them, the radical captors, and diplomats trying to end the crisis. Reprint. 150,000 first printing.

      Guests of the Ayatollah
      4,2
    • Bestselling author Mark Bowden takes readers inside a Baltimore gang, offering an in-depth portrait of its notorious leader.

      Life Sentence
      4,2
    • How to Break a Terrorist

      The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq

      • 288bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      Finding Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, was a top priority for the U.S. military, even more so than capturing Osama bin Laden. Brutal tactics were employed to extract intelligence from Zarqawi's associates, but these efforts yielded no results. Following the Abu Ghraib scandal, the military introduced a new approach to interrogation. Matthew Alexander, a former criminal investigator leading a specialized team, provides an insider's view of this shift toward more humane interrogation techniques and their remarkable success. The intelligence that led to the June 7, 2006, airstrike on Zarqawi's safe house stemmed from well-planned interrogations that avoided torture and coercive methods. Instead, Matthew and his team focused on understanding their subjects: their motivations, affiliations, and what they sought to protect. Each day, they engaged with a diverse array of suspects, from egomaniacs to horrified clerics, using negotiation and psychological tactics to great effect. However, Matthew's dedication to these methods sometimes put him at odds with his superiors and jeopardized his career. This gripping narrative transcends a typical war memoir, serving as a reminder that we need not adopt our enemy's methods to defeat them. Matthew's adaptive strategies have proven to be vital in the fight against global terrorism.

      How to Break a Terrorist
      4,1
    • The Steal

      • 416bladzijden
      • 15 uur lezen

      Veteran journalists Mark Bowden and Matthew Teague offer a week-by-week, state-by-state account of the effort to overturn the 2020 US presidential election.

      The Steal
      4,1