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In Extremis

Author : Lindsey Hilsum
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374720347
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book In Extremis written by Lindsey Hilsum and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Finalist for the Costa Biography Award and long-listed for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence. Named a Best Book of 2018 by Esquire and Foreign Policy. An Amazon Best Book of November, the Guardian Bookshop Book of November, and one of the Evening Standard's Books to Read in November "Now, thanks to Hilsum’s deeply reported and passionately written book, [Marie Colvin] has the full accounting that she deserves." --Joshua Hammer, The New York Times The inspiring and devastating biography of Marie Colvin, the foremost war reporter of her generation, who was killed in Syria in 2012, and whose life story also forms the basis of the feature film A Private War, starring Rosamund Pike as Colvin. When Marie Colvin was killed in an artillery attack in Homs, Syria, in 2012, at age fifty-six, the world lost a fearless and iconoclastic war correspondent who covered the most significant global calamities of her lifetime. In Extremis, written by her fellow reporter Lindsey Hilsum, is a thrilling investigation into Colvin’s epic life and tragic death based on exclusive access to her intimate diaries from age thirteen to her death, interviews with people from every corner of her life, and impeccable research. After growing up in a middle-class Catholic family on Long Island, Colvin studied with the legendary journalist John Hersey at Yale, and eventually started working for The Sunday Times of London, where she gained a reputation for bravery and compassion as she told the stories of victims of the major conflicts of our time. She lost sight in one eye while in Sri Lanka covering the civil war, interviewed Gaddafi and Arafat many times, and repeatedly risked her life covering conflicts in Chechnya, East Timor, Kosovo, and the Middle East. Colvin lived her personal life in extremis, too: bold, driven, and complex, she was married twice, took many lovers, drank and smoked, and rejected society’s expectations for women. Despite PTSD, she refused to give up reporting. Like her hero Martha Gellhorn, Colvin was committed to bearing witness to the horrifying truths of war, and to shining a light on the profound suffering of ordinary people caught in the midst of conflict. Lindsey Hilsum’s In Extremis is a devastating and revelatory biography of one of the greatest war correspondents of her generation.

In Extremis

Author : Lindsey Hilsum
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374175594
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book In Extremis written by Lindsey Hilsum and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The devastating biography of Marie Colvin, the foremost war reporter of her generation, who was killed in Syria in 2012 When Marie Colvin was killed by an IED in Homs, Syria, in 2012, at age fifty-six, the world lost one of its most fearless, accomplished, and iconoclastic war correspondents, an eye-patch wearing, party-throwing, and risk-taking female combat reporter who covered the most significant and destructive global calamities of her lifetime. In Extremis: The Life and Death of War Reporter Marie Colvin, written by Colvin’s friend and prizewinning fellow reporter Lindsey Hilsum, is a thrilling and powerful investigation into Colvin’s epic life and tragic death. After growing up in a middle-class Catholic family on Long Island, Colvin got her start working for The Sunday Times, where she was driven with reckless abandon to tell the stories of the victims of the major conflicts of our time. She lost an eye reporting in Sri Lanka at the end of their civil war, interviewed Gaddafi twice, and risked her life covering conflict in Chechnya, East Timor, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, and Zimbabwe. Unsurprisingly, her personal life was as unpredictable as her professional: bold, driven, and complex, she was married multiple times, had many lovers, drank heavily, suffered from PTSD, and refused to be bound by society’s expectations for women. With exclusive access to Colvin’s intimate diaries from age thirteen to her death in 2012, interviews with people from every corner of Colvin’s extraordinary life, and expert research worthy of Colvin herself, Lindsey Hilsum’s In Extremis is a timely and propulsive biography of the foremost war correspondent of her generation.

In Extremis

Author : Lindsey Hilsum
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473545382
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book In Extremis written by Lindsey Hilsum and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gripping life story of the great war correspondent Marie Colvin told by one of her closest friends SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK AWARD Marie Colvin was glamorous, hard-drinking, braver than the boys, with a troubled and rackety personal life. She reported from the most dangerous places in the world and her anecdotes about encounters with figures like Colonel Gaddafi and Yasser Arafat were incomparable. She was much admired, and as famous for her wild parties as for the extraordinary lengths to which she went to tell the story. Fellow foreign correspondent Lindsey Hilsum draws on unpublished diaries and interviews with friends, family and colleagues to produce a story of one of the most daring and inspirational women of our times. A Sunday Times Book of the Year 'A stunningly good biography' WILLIAM BOYD

Extremis

Author : Steve White
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
ISBN 13 : 1618248103
Total Pages : 880 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (182 download)

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Download or read book Extremis written by Steve White and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steve White, Vietnam vet, long-time David Weber collaborator and co-author, with Weber, of the New York Times best-seller The Shiva Option, joins with Analog contributor and military SF scholar Charles E. Gannon to carve another notch in the Starfire adventure saga. An implacable foe with telepathic cohesion in battle, near-immortality, and eons-advanced engineering skills threatens to wipe humanity from the galaxy. Whats more, theyve overcome their one weakness_no faster-than-light travel_and have followed humanity through our star gates and beyond. But humans are the master of adaption, and have got a counterpunch of devastating proportions in reserve. Now a hard-bitten and brilliant admiral must face down renewed alien attack and somehow communicate to the enemy that if he is forced to use his ultimate military option, galactic civilization itself may come to a fiery end. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

In Extremis

Author : John Shirley
Publisher : Resurrection House
ISBN 13 : 0982663951
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (826 download)

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Download or read book In Extremis written by John Shirley and published by Resurrection House. This book was released on 2011-07-18 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of darkly funny, disquieting stories, John Shirley brings his substantial talent to bear on human morality through the absurd, violent blunderings of his characters. In Extremis features more than twenty of Shirley’s most intense stories, including two never-before-published pieces that are sure to roil the genre’s most hardened readers.

In Extremis

Author : Tim Parks
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1784705977
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book In Extremis written by Tim Parks and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas needs to speak to his mother before she dies. But he's set to give a talk to a conference of physiotherapists in the Netherlands; if he leaves now will he get to her deathbed in time? Will he be able to say what he couldn't say before? He can't concentrate on what is happening now: his mind won't sit still. Should he try to solve his friend's marital crisis? Should he reconsider his separation from his own wife? And why does he need to pee again? In Extremis is Tim Parks's masterwork: a darkly hilarious and deadly serious novel about infidelity, mortality and the frailties of the human body.

In Extremis

Author : Jürgen Kropp
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642148638
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (421 download)

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Download or read book In Extremis written by Jürgen Kropp and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-11-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book addresses a weakness of current methodologies used in extreme value assessment, i.e. the assumption of stationarity, which is not given in reality. With respect to this issue a lot of new developed technologies are presented, i.e. influence of trends vs. internal correlations, quantitative uncertainty assessments, etc. The book not only focuses on artificial time series data, but has a close link to empirical measurements, in order to make the suggested methodologies applicable for practitioners in water management and meteorology.

In Extremis

Author : Deborah Baker
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595140416
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book In Extremis written by Deborah Baker and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-11 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Extremis is hte first major biography of a major 20th century modernist.

Iron Man

Author : Warren Ellis
Publisher : Marvel Entertainment
ISBN 13 : 0785170731
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (851 download)

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Download or read book Iron Man written by Warren Ellis and published by Marvel Entertainment. This book was released on 2010-04-14 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned scribe Warren Ellis joins forces with acclaimed illustrator Adi Granov to redefine the armored avenger's world for the 21st century - a landscape of terrifying new technologies that threaten to overwhelm fragile mankind! What is Extremis, who has unleashed it, and what does its emergence portend for the world? Collects Iron Man (2004) #1-6.

Social Work in Extremis

Author : Michael Lavalette
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1847427189
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Social Work in Extremis written by Michael Lavalette and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important book looks at social work responses in different countries to extreme social, economic and political situations including war situations, military regimes, earthquakes and tsunamis.

The Cynic in Extremis

Author : Jacob M. Appel
Publisher : Able Muse Press
ISBN 13 : 177349015X
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (734 download)

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Download or read book The Cynic in Extremis written by Jacob M. Appel and published by Able Muse Press. This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

In Extremis

Author : Neil Bartlett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783197935
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book In Extremis written by Neil Bartlett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the night of 24th March 1895, Mrs Robinson, a society palm-reader, agreed to see Oscar Wilde in her London flat. Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, 'Bosie', was urging him to sue the Marquis of Queensberry (Bosie's father) for criminal libel. But Wilde's friends, wary of Queensberry's power, were warning him to leave town. In Extremis reveals the strange turmoil of that night, as a man at the height of his fame turns to a complete stranger for advice about a potentially life-changing decision. In Extremis was first presented in November 2000 at the National Theatre alongside De Profundis to mark the centenary of Oscar Wilde's death.

Tom Clancy's The Division: Extremis Malis

Author : Christofer Emgard
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
ISBN 13 : 1506710425
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Tom Clancy's The Division: Extremis Malis written by Christofer Emgard and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect introduction to the post-pandemic world of Ubisoft's record-breaking video game series, this graphic novel follows Division agent Caleb Dunne from New York City to Washington, D.C. in pursuit of the mysterious woman who murdered his partner. This prequel to Tom Clancy's The Division 2 is a must-have for fans of intrigue and tales of survival. Months after a bioweapon attack devastated New York City, the Division agents are the last hope of a United States struggling to hold itself together. During a mission gone horribly wrong, Division agent Caleb Dunne's partner is gruesomely killed and Dunne vows to track down the mysterious woman responsible. Known only as Mantis, Dunne pursues her to Philadelphia, Fort Meade, and eventually Washington, D.C., enlisting the help of fellow agents Heather Ward and Brian Johnson along the way. Together, this newly-formed group of agents uncover a much larger scheme that poses a grave threat to a nation already on the brink of total collapse.

In Extremis

Author : Donald Cosentino
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780984755004
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book In Extremis written by Donald Cosentino and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issued in connection with an exhibition held September 16, 2012-January 20, 2013, Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.

The Last Assassin

Author : Barry Eisler
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780451412409
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book The Last Assassin written by Barry Eisler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hoping to reconcile with the mother of his child, reluctant contract killer John Rain inadvertently places them in the path of dangerous enemies and is forced to recruit the help of his nemesis from the Japanese FBI and an ex-Marine sniper. Reprint.

In Extremis Leadership

Author : Thomas A. Kolditz
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
ISBN 13 : 9780787996048
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book In Extremis Leadership written by Thomas A. Kolditz and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2007-06-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this extraordinary book Col. Kolditz explains that his research on in extremis leadership, where followers perceive their lives to be threatened, reveals that the leadership lessons and principles in evidence in dangerous settings also apply to leading in business and everyday life. The book shows how leadership literally defines the promise of hope or future life and that extremely capable leaders are needed in all walks of life. The book describes a variety of high-risk situations that are ideal settings to seek and find great leaders, assess how they might be different, and to glean valuable insights for extraordinary leadership in our everyday lives. Through heart-stopping real-life stories of leaders in these extreme situations, Kolditz insists that leaders at all levels can improve their effectiveness.

Projections

Author : Karl Deisseroth
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1984853694
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Projections written by Karl Deisseroth and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking tour of the human mind that illuminates the biological nature of our inner worlds and emotions, through gripping, moving—and, at times, harrowing—clinical stories “[A] scintillating and moving analysis of the human brain and emotions.”—Nature “Beautifully connects the inner feelings within all human beings to deep insights from modern psychiatry and neuroscience.”—Robert Lefkowitz, Nobel Laureate Karl Deisseroth has spent his life pursuing truths about the human mind, both as a renowned clinical psychiatrist and as a researcher creating and developing the revolutionary field of optogenetics, which uses light to help decipher the brain’s workings. In Projections, he combines his knowledge of the brain’s inner circuitry with a deep empathy for his patients to examine what mental illness reveals about the human mind and the origin of human feelings—how the broken can illuminate the unbroken. Through cutting-edge research and gripping case studies from Deisseroth’s own patients, Projections tells a larger story about the material origins of human emotion, bridging the gap between the ancient circuits of our brain and the poignant moments of suffering in our daily lives. The stories of Deisseroth’s patients are rich with humanity and shine an unprecedented light on the self—and the ways in which it can break down. A young woman with an eating disorder reveals how the mind can rebel against the brain’s most primitive drives of hunger and thirst; an older man, smothered into silence by depression and dementia, shows how humans evolved to feel not only joy but also its absence; and a lonely Uighur woman far from her homeland teaches both the importance—and challenges—of deep social bonds. Illuminating, literary, and essential, Projections is a revelatory, immensely powerful work. It transforms our understanding not only of the brain but of ourselves as social beings—giving vivid illustrations through science and resonant human stories of our yearning for connection and meaning.