New Releases by Mark Bowden

Unul dintre cei mai cunoscuți răufăcători ai secolului al XX-lea, Pablo Escobar a fost un personaj a cărui viață tumultuoasă a ținut capul de afiș al presei din Columbia, dar și din Statele Unite ale Americii. Clădindu-și un adevărat imperiu, în special pe baza afacerilor cu droguri, El Doctor a fost deopotrivă adulat și detestat în Columbia natală, faptele sale rămânând în memoria colectivă până în prezent. Scriitorul și gazetarul Mark Bowden reușește să ne introducă magistral în culisele operațiunii de prindere a baronului drogurilor, având acces la informații colectate chiar de la protagoniștii acesteia. Cititorul are ocazia să pătrundă, astfel, în atmosfera culturală, socială, politică și economică a vremii și să ia contact cu o epocă sângeroasă din istoria țării sud-americane, una în care au luat amploare marile carteluri ale drogurilor, dar și una în care justițiari hotărâți au încercat să facă dreptate. Pe parcursul acestor pagini, evenimentele din viața lui Escobar și descrierea acțiunilor de urmărire se împletesc într-un mod armonios și alert, totul constituindu-se într-un captivant thriller istoric. „Maestru al jurnalismului narativ, [Bowden] folosește aceleași tehnici de recreare a scenelor și a dialogului care au făcut ca bestsellerul său, Black Hawk Down, să fie o lectură captivantă.” Linda Robinson, New York Times Book Review „Autor al bestsellerului Black Hawk Down, care descrie implicarea militară a Statelor Unite în Somalia, Bowden dă o nouă lovitură editorială cu această cronică a vânării lordului columbian al drogurilor, Pablo Escobar.ˮ Publishers Weekly „Această relatare fascinantă despre asasinarea fostului lord al drogurilor, columbianul Pablo Escobar, urmărește ascensiunea și căderea baronului cocainei cu suficientă atitudine și intuiție pentru a oferi o perspectivă nouă asupra comerțului cu droguri.ˮ The Austin Chronicle ISBN ebook: 9786303610986

England’s Military Heritage from the Air presents the story of the country’s rich military heritage using photographs from the Aerofilms Collection. Covering over 6,000 years, it reflects the changing threats faced by England from enemies without, and conflicts within. The book covers everything from hillforts to aircraft carriers and includes the castles, battle sites, ships and aircraft that have witnessed the changing character of warfare. Ending with how victory and sacrifice are commemorated and remembered, England’s Military Heritage from the Air is a tribute to the courage, skill and endurance of the people who have suffered yet prevailed.

Wednesday Wanders is a book about walking; not a guidebook with detailed route descriptions and maps, but the journal of a walker looking to broaden his horizons by seeing what could be achieved with an early start and still be home for tea (or supper more often). Weekly adventures setting out from northwest London to explore some of the long-distance footpaths of southeast England. Written in a light-hearted, humorous, but sometimes thoughtful style, it''s a journal of determination and achievement sitting alongside not a little folly, with some inept navigation and unrealistic plans. More importantly, it''s about what happened along the way, the fascination of places visited, the people met, the animals encountered, and perhaps most significantly, discovering the unexpected beauty and varied countryside in this corner of the country. Each chapter covers one of the seven routes attempted. Starting with the London LOOP, although this was the last walk completed. Chapter two returns to the beginning with a naïve walker setting out on the first stage of the North Downs Way from Farnham to Guildford on a wet and travel-disrupted day in early November. That chapter finishes five months later, on a bright but windy spring day, along the cliff tops into Dover. Proving that you can indeed complete a long-distance path in day trips. ufeffFive more routes are covered: the Ridgeway, Icknield Way Path, the Chiltern Way, Greensand Way, and the Hertfordshire Way. Some walks were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic or the onset of winter when the days were too short to complete their further reaches, but all were eventually finished. A thousand miles of walking recalled in a diary entry format. Each outing is dated, and the location and mileage given.

En agosto de 1992 el Gobierno colombiano reactivó la unidad de operaciones especiales denominada Bloque de Búsqueda. Formada por 1500 hombres, su objetivo era capturar vivo o muerto a Pablo Escobar, jefe del cártel de Medellín, el hombre que llegaría a controlar el 80 % del mercado mundial de la cocaína, el narcotraficante más buscado del mundo y el más temido por su crueldad a la hora de enfrentar y aniquilar a sus oponentes. En Matar a Pablo, Mark Bowden narra la fascinante historia del plan secreto urdido por los Gobiernos de Colombia y Estados Unidos para dar captura al gran capo colombiano del narcotráfico. Gracias al acceso a documentos confidenciales, a los testimonios de militares, agentes y funcionarios, el autor recrea la trama de acontecimientos que puso fin al terror de todo un país, provocado por uno de los criminales más astutos y sanguinarios del siglo XX. El 2 de diciembre de 2023 se cumplirán 30 años del asesinato de Pablo Escobar. La lista de criminales que la cultura popular ha ido asimilando con oscuro entusiasmo no deja de aumentar, pero difícilmente exista uno tan despiadado y poderoso que haya puesto contra las cuerdas a un país entero.

Two veteran journalists offer a week-by-week, state-by-state account of the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

The #1 New York Times–bestselling "master of narrative journalism" and author of Black Hawk Down presents a compelling collection of true crime stories ( The New York Times). Acclaimed investigative reporter Mark Bowden has ferreted out unbelievable-yet-true stories of wrongdoing, murder and mayhem for decades. His illustrious body of work has won him a lifetime achievement award from the International Thriller Writers organization, and a reputation as "a Woodward that outdoes even Woodward" (Malcom Gladwell, The New Yorker). The Case of the Vanishing Blonde collects six of Bowden''s most riveting stories—accounts spanning four decades of fascinating characters and unsettling tales to illustrate all manner of crimes and the ways technology has progressively altered criminal investigation. From a 1983 story of a University of Pennsylvania campus rape that sparked a national debate over the nature of consent, to three cold cases featuring the inimitable Long Island private detective Ken Brennan and a startling investigation into a murderer deep within the LAPD''s ranks—shielded for twenty six years by officers keen to protect one of their own—these stories are the work of a masterful narrative journalist.

Mastering the Art of Body Language A fresh, insightful guide to reading body language in the post-digital age Whether you’re at a job interview or a cocktail party, searching LinkedIn or swiping right on a dating site, you want (no—need) to understand what people are really thinking, regardless of what they’re saying. Understanding what others are trying to tell you with their posture, hand gestures, eye contact (or lack thereof) or incessant fiddling with their iPhone might all be even more important than what you’re projecting yourself. ■ Do they plan on making a deal with your company? ■ Are they lying to you? ■ Can you trust this person with your most intimate secrets? Knowing what others are thinking can tell you when to run with an opportunity and when not to waste your time, whether at work, in a crucial negotiation or on a promising first date. Bestselling authors Mark Bowden and Tracey Thomson illustrate the essential points of body language with examples from everyday life, leavened with humour and insights that you can use to your advantage in virtually any situation. MARK BOWDEN is a body language and behavior expert and the creator of TRUTHPLANE®, a communication training company and unique methodology for anyone who has to communicate with impact. His clients include leading business people, teams, and politicians, presidents and CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and current Prime Ministers of G7 powers. TRACEY THOMSON is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of TRUTHPLANE®. Tracey advises the world’s top companies and individuals on their biggest questions around communication and body language.

The true story of a cold case, a compulsive liar, and five determined detectives, from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author and "master journalist" ( The Wall Street Journal). On March 29, 1975, sisters Katherine and Sheila Lyons, ages ten and twelve, vanished from a shopping mall in suburban Washington, DC As shock spread, then grief, a massive police effort found nothing. The investigation was shelved, and the mystery endured. Then, in 2013, a cold case squad detective found something he and a generation of detectives had missed. It pointed them toward a man named Lloyd Welch, then serving time for child molestation in Delaware. The acclaimed author of Black Hawk Down and Hue 1968 had been a cub reporter for a Baltimore newspaper at the time of the original disappearance, and covered the frantic first weeks of the story. In The Last Stone, he returns to write its ending. Over months of intense questioning and extensive investigation of Welch''s sprawling, sinister Appalachian clan, five skilled detectives learned to sift truth from determined lies. How do you get a compulsive liar with every reason in the world to lie to tell the truth? The Last Stone recounts a masterpiece of criminal interrogation, and delivers a chilling and unprecedented look inside a disturbing criminal mind. "One of our best writers of muscular nonfiction." — The Denver Post "Deeply unsettling . . . Bowden displays his tenacity as a reporter in his meticulous documentation of the case. But in the story of an unimaginably horrific crime, it''s the detectives'' unwavering determination to bring Welch to justice that offers a glimmer of hope on a long, dark journey." — Time

Una entrevista de trabajo, una fiesta, una búsqueda en LinkedIn o echar un vistazo a una aplicación de citas son muchas las situaciones en las que desearíamos saber qué es lo que nuestro interlocutor piensa realmente, más allá de lo que nos esté diciendo. Todos recordamos situaciones en las que hemos creído intuir lo que alguien pensaba y ha resultado ser cierto; pero también otras en las que teníamos la certeza de conocer las intenciones de alguien y, después, hemos descubierto lo absolutamente equivocados que estábamos. Saber leer correctamente el lenguaje no verbal y luego actuar basándonos en esa interpretación, indudablemente puede tener consecuencias muy positivas. Ahora bien, las consecuencias negativas de malinterpretar lo que vemos pueden tener también efectos terribles: remordimiento, angustia, decepción... Tanto si prefieres ir pasando páginas y hojeando secciones o capítulos que sean de tu interés, como si lees el libro de principio a fin, aprenderás a aplicar una metodología con la que podrás observar y asignar significado al lenguaje corporal, que te ayudará a llegar al fondo de lo que la gente piensa realmente y a descubrir las verdades y mentiras de lo que oyes y ves. Una guía fresca y perspicaz para superar todos los mitos sobre la comunicación no verbal y leer con precisión el lenguaje corporal en la era post-digital.

National bestseller A fresh, insightful guide to reading body language in the post-digital age Whether you’re at a job interview or a cocktail party, searching LinkedIn or swiping right on a dating site, you want (no—need) to understand what people are really thinking, regardless of what they’re saying. Understanding what others are trying to tell you with their posture, hand gestures, eye contact (or lack thereof) or incessant fiddling with their iPhone might all be even more important than what you’re projecting yourself. Do they plan on making a deal with your company? Are they lying to you? Can you trust this person with your most intimate secrets? Knowing what others are thinking can tell you when to run with an opportunity and when not to waste your time, whether at work, in a crucial negotiation or on a promising first date. Bestselling authors Mark Bowden and Tracey Thomson, principals at the communications company Truthplane, illustrate the essential points of body language with examples from everyday life, leavened with humour and insights that you can use to your advantage in virtually any situation.

The author of Black Hawk Down vividly recounts a pivotal Vietnam War battle in this New York Times bestseller: "An extraordinary feat of journalism". —Karl Marlantes, Wall Street Journal In Hue 1968, Mark Bowden presents a detailed, day-by-day reconstruction of the most critical battle of the Tet Offensive. In the early hours of January 31, 1968, the North Vietnamese launched attacks across South Vietnam. The lynchpin of this campaign was the capture of Hue, Vietnam''s intellectual and cultural capital. 10,000 troops descended from hidden camps and surged across the city, taking everything but two small military outposts. American commanders refused to believe the size and scope of the siege, ordering small companies of marines against thousands of entrenched enemy troops. After several futile and deadly days, Lieutenant Colonel Ernie Cheatham would finally come up with a strategy to retake the city block by block, in some of the most intense urban combat since World War II. With unprecedented access to war archives in the United States and Vietnam and interviews with participants from both sides, Bowden narrates each stage of this crucial battle through multiple viewpoints. Played out over 24 days and ultimately costing 10,000 lives, the Battle of Hue was by far the bloodiest of the entire war. When it ended, the American debate was never again about winning, only about how to leave. A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist in History Winner of the 2018 Marine Corps Heritage Foundation Greene Award for a distinguished work of nonfiction

Het spannende en verbijsterende verhaal achter de hitserie Narcos De jacht op Pablo Escobar is het ware verhaal van de gewelddadige opkomst en ondergang van Pablo Escobar, leider van het cocaïnekartel van Medellín, Colombia. Met zijn drugshandel, moordpartijen en andere criminele praktijken werd Escobar stinkend rijk én een van de grootste internationaal gezochte kopstukken. Hij had tachtig procent van de cocaïnehandel wereldwijd in handen en op zijn toppunt verdiende hij zestig miljoen dollar per dag. Escobar hield vanuit Medellín een land van dertig miljoen mensen in zijn greep. Zijn schrikbewind kon alleen maar eindigen met zijn dood: op 2 december 1993 werd hij in een vuurgevecht door het leger neergeschoten. Met De jacht op Pablo Escobar schreef Mark Bowden een meeslepend en ongelooflijk spannend verhaal ov er de grootste drugsbaron ooit. De pers over De jacht op Pablo Escobar ''Bowden is een meester in de narratieve journalistiek.'' The New York Times ''Grondige research, boeiend, leest als een trein.'' Sunday Times ''Tien keer beter dan een fictief misdaadverhaal.'' Uncut ''Fascinerende onderzoeksjournalistiek.'' The Times

From the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Black Hawk Down: "a first-rate collection" of long-form journalism on war, sports, politics, and more ( Booklist). Mark Bowden has established himself as one of America''s leading journalists and nonfiction writers. The Three Battles of Wanat collects the best of his long-form articles, including pieces from the Atlantic, Vanity Fair, the New Yorker, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. The titular article delves into one of the bloodiest days of the War in Afghanistan and the years-long fallout it generated within the United States military. In "The Killing Machines," Bowden examines the strategic, legal, and moral issues surrounding armed drones. And in a brilliant piece on Kim Jong-un called "The Bright Sun of Juche," he recalibrates our understanding of the world''s youngest and most baffling dictator. Also included are profiles of newspaper scion Arthur Sulzberger; renowned defense attorney and anti-death-penalty activist Judy Clarke; professional gambler Don Johnson, who won six million dollars in a single night playing blackjack; and David Simon, the creator of the legendary HBO series The Wire. "Mark Bowden marshals his finest for The Three Battles of Wanat." — Vanity Fair

The Unique System of Nonverbal Skills Used by the Most Effective Leaders in Business Today CONTROL THE CONVERSATION, COMMAND ATTENTION, AND CONVEY THE RIGHT MESSAGE--WITHOUT SAYING A WORD Whether you''re presenting an idea, delivering a speech, managing a team, or negotiating a deal, your body language plays a key role in your overall success. This ingenious step-by-step guide, written by an elite trainer of Fortune 50 CEOs and G8 world leaders, unlocks the secrets of nonverbal communication--using a proven system of universal techniques that can give you the ultimate professional advantage. Learn easily how to: Successfully master the visual TruthPlane around you to win trust now. Gesture in a way that gains everyone’s attention—even before you speak. Appeal to others'' deep psychological needs for immediate rapport and influence. This enhanced eBook includes 13 exclusive videos demonstrating different body language techniques to enhance communication, increase trust, and attract others. You''ll discover how to sit, stand, and subtly alter your body language to move with confidence, control conversations, command attention, persuade and influence others, and convey positive energy—without saying a word. It''s the one key to success nobody talks about!

This work is a dramatic account of the hunt for and defeat of Osama bin Laden draws on unprecedented access to primary sources to trace how key decisions were made, revealing events from the perspectives of an adept President Obama and an increasingly despondent bin Laden. After masterminding the attacks of September 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden managed to vanish. Over the next ten years, as the author shows, America found that its war with al Qaeda, a scattered group of individuals who were almost impossible to track, demanded an innovative approach. Step by step, the author describes the development of a new tactical strategy to fight this war, the fusion of intel from various agencies and on the ground special ops. After thousands of special forces missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, the right weapon to go after bin Laden had finally evolved. By Spring 2011, intelligence pointed to a compound in Abbottabad; it was estimated that there was a 50/50 chance that Osama was there. The author shows how three strategies were mooted: a drone strike, a precision bombing, or an assault by Navy SEALs. In the end, the President had to make the final decision. It was time for the finish.

#1 New York Times Bestseller: The "riveting" account of the 1993 operation in Mogadishu—the longest sustained firefight involving US troops since Vietnam ( The Wall Street Journal). On October 3, 1993, about a hundred elite US soldiers were dropped by helicopter into the teeming market in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia. Their mission was to abduct two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord and return to base. It was supposed to take an hour. Instead, they found themselves pinned down through a long and terrible night fighting against thousands of heavily armed Somalis. The following morning, eighteen Americans were dead and more than seventy had been badly wounded. Drawing on interviews from both sides, army records, audiotapes, and videos (some of the material is still classified), Bowden''s minute-by-minute narrative is one of the most exciting accounts of modern combat ever written—a true story that captures the heroism, courage, and brutality of battle. "One of the most gripping and authoritative accounts of combat ever written." — USA Today "Journalistic writing at its best." — The Boston Globe "Vivid, immediate, and unsparing." — The Washington Post Includes a new afterword

The Unique System of Nonverbal Skills Used by the Most Effective Leaders in Business Today CONTROL THE CONVERSATION, COMMAND ATTENTION, AND CONVEY THE RIGHT MESSAGE--WITHOUT SAYING A WORD Whether you''re presenting an idea, delivering a speech, managing a team, or negotiating a deal, your body language plays a key role in your overall success. This ingenious step-by-step guide, written by an elite trainer of Fortune 50 CEOs and G8 world leaders, unlocks the secrets of nonverbal communication--using a proven system of universal techniques that can give you the ultimate professional advantage. Learn easily how to: Successfully master the visual TruthPlane around you to win trust now. Gesture in a way that gains everyone’s attention— even before you speak. Appeal to others'' deep psychological needs for immediate rapport and influence. You''ll discover how to sit, stand, and subtly alter your body language to move with confidence, control conversations, command attention, persuade and influence others, and convey positive energy—without saying a word. It''s the one key to success nobody talks about!

The NFL championship game that changed football forever: a New York Times–bestselling sports history classic by the author of Black Hawk Down. Yankee Stadium, December 28, 1958. What was about to go down on this Sunday evening in front of sixty-four thousand fans and forty-five million home viewers—the largest viewership ever assembled for a live televised event—was the first sudden death overtime in NFL history. This one battle between the league''s best offense, the Baltimore Colts, and the best defense, the New York Giants, would propel professional football from a moderately popular pastime into America''s favorite sport. On the field and roaming the sidelines were seventeen future Hall of Famers, including Colts stars Johnny Unitas, Raymond Berry, and Gino Marchetti; and Giants greats Frank Gifford, Sam Huff; and assistant coaches Vince Lombardi and Tom Landry. But they were opposing teams in more ways than one. It was a contest between Baltimore blue-collars, many of whom worked off-season taking shifts at Bethlehem Steel, and the trendy, New York glamour boys of splashy magazine ads and TV commercials who mingled with politicians, Broadway stars, and even Ernest Hemingway. Mark Bowden "dives into the trenches of the 1958 NFL Championship game" for a riveting play-by-play account, the stories behind the key players, the effect it had on the league, the sport, and the country ( Entertainment Weekly). "Bring[s] the contest so alive that you find yourself almost wondering . . . years later, how it will turn out in the end." — The New York Times " The Best Game Ever is sure to become an instant Sacred Text." —Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post

Commons are an urban as well as rural phenomenon, designed to provide grazing for the draft animals of tradesmen ("a green precursor to the carpark") as well as to serve as a civic amenity. This beautifully illustrated book is the result of an English Heritage project to survey the archaeology of surviving town commons to get a picture of their historic importance and to promote their conservation. The book presents the findings, tracing the origins of the commons and how they relate to the urban landscape, as well as examining the many uses of commons, primarily agricultural, but also including industrial functions such as quarrying, serving as military training grounds, and as open spaces for entertainment and public meetings. A gazetteer lists the known historical town commons, together with their current state of survival as recorded by the project.