New Releases by Mark Bowden

"Painstakingly reported stories about losers, oddballs and con men" from the #1 New York Times–bestselling journalist and author of Black Hawk Down ( The New York Times Book Review). This riveting anthology collects the most diverse and far-reaching of Mark Bowden''s award-winning nonfiction—"with fascinating features on Norman Mailer, the war against terror, and even a Philadelphia Zoo gorilla, Bowden''s range is broad" ( Entertainment Weekly). Whether traveling to Rhode Island where one of the largest cocaine rings in history is uncovered, or to the Luangwa Valley in Zambia where anti-poachers fight to save the black rhino, Bowden takes us down rough roads previously off-limits: the top-secret world of Guantanamo Bay; Saddam Hussein''s post 9/11 days on the run; a pimp''s inside track on police corruption in Philadelphia; and Al Sharpton''s campaign trail. Bowden also invites readers along to meet a small-town high school football team, farmers who make bras for cows, the Rocky Balboa statue in Philadelphia, and to see Disney World with a wide-eyed group of terminally ill children. In Road Work, Mark Bowden "fashion[s] prose that reads like good fiction, with the bonus that his stories are true" ( The New York Times Book Review). "Astute character reading and solid research combine with ingenious and stylish prose: a superior portfolio from a journalist who stays at the top of his game." — Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Bowden is unlike any other journalist . . . Superb reporting, a fine mind conceiving the story line, and a compelling writing style lead to something approaching immortality." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch

From the # 1 New York Times–bestselling author of Black Hawk Down: The "shocking" story of the country''s unlikeliest drug kingpin ( The Baltimore Sun). By the early 1980s, Larry Lavin had everything going for him. He was a bright, charismatic young man who rose from working-class roots to become a dentist with an Ivy League education and a thriving practice, and a beloved father with a well-respected family in one of Philadelphia''s most exclusive suburbs. But behind the façade of his success was a dark secret: Lavin was also the mastermind behind a cocaine empire that spread from Miami to Boston to New Mexico, catering to lawyers, stockbrokers, and other professionals, and generating an annual income of $60 million for the good doctor. Now, Mark Bowden, a "master of narrative journalism" ( The New York Times Book Review) tells the harrowing saga of Lavin''s rise and fall in "a shocking American tragedy . . . [that] shoots straight from the hip" ( Pittsburgh Post-Gazette). "An engrossing crime story and a compelling morality tale." — The Arizona Republic "Has all the elements of a chilling suspense thriller . . . A smoothly crafted, exciting, can''t-put-it-down book." — The New Voice (Louisville)

In "Our Finest Day, " the bestselling author of "Black Hawk Down" reveals the human faces behind D-Day, using reproductions of personal letters, poignant journal entries from soldiers, secret dispatches and pages from code books, and strategic battle plans and maps. Interactive pull-out historical documents.

Il faut tuer Pablo Escobar raconte l''ascension et la chute spectaculaire du criminel le plus riche et le plus violent de l''histoire du XXe siècle. La vie de celui qui fut à la tête du cartel de Medellin ne ressemble à aucune autre. Elu membre du Parlement colombien, il fit construire des maisons, des routes et des hôpitaux, et devint un héros pour les pauvres. Et pourtant, Escobar avait un autre visage. Ce livre nous fait pénétrer au sein de son organisation criminelle qui réussit à maintenir une nation tout entière en otage. Arrivé au sommet de sa carrière, couvert de femmes, de sang et de gloire, il disposait de revenus, provenant du trafic de drogue, si élevés que le magazine Forbes l''avait classé septième fortune du monde. L''homme était devenu tellement dangereux que les forces spéciales américaines prirent la décision de l''abattre. Mark Bowden a eu pour la première fois accès aux archives des services secrets, aux transcriptions des conversations téléphoniques de Pablo Escobar, et il a interviewé les principaux acteurs de cette exceptionnelle chasse à l''homme. Il nous raconte avec un remarquable souci du détail et un sens aigu de la dramaturgie l''histoire extravagante du plus grand des mafieux, dans un récit fait d''enlèvements, de meurtres et d''évasions, à vous couper le souffle.

An operation to abduct a Somali warlord in 1993 Mogadishu leaves 18 Americans dead, 70 wounded and several helicopters destroyed. Filled with imagery--a Somali gunman attacks, riding a cow, a gunwoman fights with a baby on her arm--the book is based on interviews with participants on both sides. The testimony illustrates the military''s arrogance and the hate it engendered in the population. By a reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer, author of Bringing the Heat.

Matar a Pablo Escobar es la historia del brutal ascenso y violento fin del capo del narcotráfico colombiano cuyo imperio criminal aterrorizó a un país de más de treinta millones de habitantes. Mark Bowden desvela en este intenso y muy bien documentado relató, los detalles "más celosamente guardados" por las personas que dirigieron, durante dieciséis meses, su persecución y muerte.

An inside look at a professional football team follows the Philadelphia Eagles during their turbulent 1992 season as they cope with the death of defensive lineman Jerome Brown and the loss of their brutally frank, determined coach, Buddy Ryan. 25,000 first printing.

Mark Bowden has written an entertaining and thoroughly researched biography of General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers (1827-1900).