Tim Butcher è un autore, giornalista e conduttore radiofonico britannico noto per le sue avvincenti narrazioni dalle zone di conflitto e per i suoi viaggi avventurosi. La sua scrittura è caratterizzata da un'osservazione meticolosa e da una profonda esplorazione dei luoghi che visita, approfondendo spesso la storia e l'impatto dei conflitti sulla gente comune. Lo stile di Butcher è sia analitico che coinvolgente, offrendo ai lettori prospettive acute su complessi paesaggi sociali e politici.
Chasing the Devil tells the story of Tim Butcher's audacious expedition from Freetown at the mouth of the Sierra Leone river overland through forest-covered mountains and malarial plains to the coast of Liberia. He ventures deep into areas not visited by outsiders for years. Both nations are on a developmental cusp and Tim explores whether national and international attempts to chase away the devil of war can succeed.
Facing down demons from his time in Africa as a journalist, Tim Butcher heads deep into this combat zone, encountering the devastation wrought by lawless militia, child soldiers, brutal violence, blood diamonds and masked figures who guard the spiritual secrets of remote jungle communities.
Despite warnings about marauding rebels, Tim Butcher travels alone along the Congo River for 2,500 kilometers, from Lake Tanganyika to Boma. Using various modes of transport, he explores "Africa's broken heart," driven by a desire to understand a country under the world's largest UN peacekeeping mission. His account is a brave and compelling eyewitness report.
"On a summer morning in Sarajevo almost a hundred years ago, a teenager took a pistol out of his pocket and fired not just the opening rounds of the First World War but the starting gun for modern history. By killing Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Gavrilo Princip started a cycle of events that would leave 15 million dead from fighting between 1914 and 1918 and proved fatal for empires and a way of ruling that had held for centuries."--Publisher's description.
'Blood River' is a readable account of an African country now virtually inaccessible to the outside world and what is perhaps one of the most daring and adventurous journeys a journalist has made.
I temi salienti dell’opera narrativa di Joseph Conrad vengono riproposti in questo volume attraverso una scelta di alcuni tra i più rappresentativi romanzi dello scrittore: in Karain: un ricordo e ne La laguna si svolge l’incontro di due culture sullo sfondo di un Oriente magico e misterioso, mentre Il ritorno , Domani , Amy Foster e Gli idioti sono ambientati in Occidente, e sembrano alludere al disagio esistenziale dell’uomo occidentale vittima di un progresso impietoso; Il compagno segreto è il più letterario dei romanzi conradiani e sviluppa in chiave di avventura marinaresca il tema affascinante e inquietante del doppio, così come Un avamposto del progresso e Cuore di tenebra (forse il capolavoro di Conrad) riflettono sensazioni e turbamenti vissuti dall’autore durante il suo soggiorno in Africa.
The eighteenth annual Rugby League yearbook produced by thegame’s biggest selling newspaper, Rugby Leaguer & League Express. It has anin-depth statistical section, chapters on every major competition and a record of every game in Super League, the Challenge Cup, the Championship, Championship One and the Northern Rail Cup.It is illustrated with many high-quality full colour and black-and-whitephotographs. AlsoPersonalities of the Season.Month-by-month review of Super League XVIII.Championship & Championship One season review.Full records of every player to have played in Super League.Grand Final history.Longest serving players.