Brent Stirton (5 results)

Magazine. First edition. Near Fine magazine with a tiny dog-ear and a light stain to the front and light signs of handling. SHIPS THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING AND CARDBOARD. The August 21, 2005, issue of the Sunday New York Times Magazine with: Zaha Hadid's Aqua table, by Pilar Viladas; George Weah, the European soccer star, is running for president of Liberia, by Andrew Rice with photographs by Tim Hetherington; Peter Maass on whether Saudi Arabia can quench American and Chinese thirst for oil, with photographs by George Steinmetz; what is it that makes a person a Native American? by Jack Hitt, illustrated by Jason Holley; displaying anti-Semitic art by Boris Fishman; a Style-section profile of the artist Jim Denevan by Kim Severson with a pictorial by Brent Stirton; Matt Bai on the end of top-down politics; an interview with Kayla Williams; solar cooking by Jonathan Reynolds, photographed by Elinor Carucci; and much more. Cover by Tom Schierlitz. Staple-bound magazine; 62 pages; color and b&w reproductions throughout; 9.5 x 11.5 inches.

Magazine. The January 2, 2006, issue of the Sunday New York Times Magazine, with: the wedding of a Greek collector and the cake designed by Jeff Koons, photographed by Jason Schmidt; weddings as circus with photographs by Tierney Gearon; a bridal fashion pictorial by Victor Schrager; the wedding of Monica Mendes Bueno de Campos photographed by Tyler Hicks; the artist E.V. Day; Building Stories, Part 16, by Chris Ware; chapter 1 of At Risk by Patricia Cornwell; Arthur Lubow on Neo Rauch and the New Leipzig School of painting with photographs by Gueorgui Pinkhassov; the Bush Administration vs. Salim Hamdan, by Jonathan Mahler and photographs by Brent Stirton; Samuel Alito confirmation hearings and the expansion of executive power, by Noah Feldman; Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt on an activist who won't tell how he exposed the inner workings of the Klu Klux Klan; Ann Hulbert on the experts having given up on curing traffic congestion with a photo by Ron Haviv; Gary Hart interviewed by Deborah Solomon; William Safire, On Language; Randy Cohen, The Ethicist; and much more. -bound magazine; 94 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9.5 x 11.5 inches. Condition: Near Fine with light signs of handling/storage. Will be sandwiched securely between stiff layers of cardboard and shipped the next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Brent Stirton (author photograph) (illustrator). xxi, [1], 359, [3] pages. This copy is inscribed by the author, Peter L. Bergen, on the title page. Inscription reads: May 7, 2012 To Bob and Annette, with thanks for your daughter who is the world's smartest and toughest (in a good way), editor. Peter Bergen. Includes 3 full page b/w maps (one on Afghanistan & Pakistan; one on bin Laden's movements from Sept. 11, 2001, to Abottabad; and one on U.S. Navy SEAL raid on Abbottabad). Has a note about this book, Prologue: A Comfortable Retirement; Bibliography, Notes, Acknowledgments, and an Index. Chapters cover 9/11 and After; Tora Bora; Al-Qaeda in the Wilderness; The Resurgence of Al-Qaeda; A Working Theory of the Case; Closing In on the Courier; Obama at War; Anatomy of a Lead; The Last Years of Osama bin Laden; The Secret Warriors; Curses of Actin; The Decision; Don't Turn On the Light; Aftermath; and Epilogue: The Twilight of Al-Qaeda. Contains riveting new details of bin Laden's flight to Tora Bora, where American forces came close to capturing him, and of the fugitive leader's attempts to find a secure hiding place. As the only journalist to gain access to bin Laden's Abbottabad compound before the Pakistani government demolished it, Bergen paints a vivid picture of bin Laden's life in hiding and his struggle to maintain control of al-Quaeda even as America systematically picked off his lieutenants. Based on exhaustive research and unprecedented access to White House officials, CIA analysts, Pakistani intelligence, and the military, this is the definitive account of ten years in pursuit of bin Laden. Peter Bergen is an American journalist, author, and producer who serves as CNN's national security analyst, New America's vice president, and as a professor of practice at Arizona State University ] He produced the first television interview with Osama bin Laden in 1997. The interview, which aired on CNN, was the first time that bin Laden was interviewed by Western media. The gripping account of the decade-long hunt for the world's most wanted man. It was only a week before 9/11 that Peter Bergen turned in the manuscript of Holy War, Inc., the story of Osama bin Laden--whom Bergen had once interviewed in a mud hut in Afghanistan--and his declaration of war on America. The book became a New York Times bestseller and the essential portrait of the most formidable terrorist enterprise of our time. Now, in Manhunt, Bergen picks up the thread with this taut yet panoramic account of the pursuit and killing of bin Laden. Here are riveting new details of bin Laden s flight after the crushing defeat of the Taliban to Tora Bora, where American forces came startlingly close to capturing him, and of the fugitive leader's attempts to find a secure hiding place. As the only journalist to gain access to bin Laden s Abbottabad compound before the Pakistani government demolished it, Bergen paints a vivid picture of bin Laden s grim, Spartan life in hiding and his struggle to maintain control of al-Qaeda even as American drones systematically picked off his key lieutenants. Half a world away, CIA analysts haunted by the intelligence failures that led to 9/11 and the WMD fiasco pored over the tiniest of clues before homing in on the man they called "the Kuwaiti"--who led them to a peculiar building with twelve-foot-high walls and security cameras less than a mile from a Pakistani military academy. This was the courier who would unwittingly steer them to bin Laden, now a prisoner of his own making but still plotting to devastate the United States. Bergen takes us inside the Situation Room, where President Obama considers the COAs (courses of action) presented by his war council and receives conflicting advice from his top advisors before deciding to risk the raid that would change history--and then inside the Joint Special Operations Command, whose "secret warriors," the SEALs, would execute Operation Neptune Spear. From the moment two Black Hawks take off from Afghanistan until bin Laden utters his last words, Manhunt reads like a thriller. Based on exhaustive research and unprecedented access to White House officials, CIA analysts, Pakistani intelligence, and the military, this is the definitive account of ten years in pursuit of bin Laden and of the twilight of al-Qaeda. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].

Gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Sehr gut. Gebraucht - Sehr gut Sg - Papierumschlag kaputt, leichte Beschädigungen oder Verschmutzungen, ungelesenes Mängelexemplar, gestempelt - Zwölf herausragende Fotografen über die Zukunft der Erde Beinahe täglich werden wir mit neuen Meldungen über das fortschreitende Artensterben und den Klimawandel, über großflächige Rodungen und Waldbrände, über fortschreitende Umweltzerstörung und Flächenversiegelung konfrontiert. Zwölf der weltbesten Fotografen zeigen in diesem Buch anhand ihrer besten Bilder ihren individuellen Blick auf den derzeitigen Zustand unserer Erde. Die Frage, woraus der Reichtum unserer Erde besteht und wie wir ihn am besten wertschätzen und schützen können, wird von den einzelnen Fotografen in ausführlichen und aufrüttelnden Interviews beantwortet. Die persönlichen Berichte und beeindruckenden Fotografien in Human Nature sind eine Dokumentation des gegenwärtigen Zustands unseres Planeten: wunderschön und hässlich, atemberaubend und alarmierend, faszinierend und überraschend. Bildgewaltige Hommage an die Natur und Weckruf zugleich Die National Geographic Society entsendet jährlich die weltbesten Fotografen in alle Winkel der Erde mit dem Ziel, unseren Planeten in all seinen Facetten zu entdecken und zu schützen. Kaum jemand erlebte über Jahrzehnte die Veränderungen und die Bedrohung der Natur so hautnah wie diese Fotojournalisten. In dieser spannenden Reportage beschäftigen sich sechs der Fotografen im Teil HUMAN mit der Beziehung Mensch-Natur und der Frage, wie der Mensch mit seinem Handeln in das Schicksal der Erde eingegriffen hat. Im Teil NATUR gehen die sechs anderen Fotografen der atemberaubenden Schönheit und Vielfalt, den zerstörerischen Kräften und der unaufhörlichen Anpassungsfähigkeit der Natur selbst auf die Spur. Human Nature ist ein eindrucksstarker, erleuchtender und inspirierender Weckruf, die Vielfalt der Natur unseres Planeten wertzuschätzen und zu beschützen.Im Buch vertreten sind: J. Henry Fair, Tim Laman, Frans Lanting, Cristina Mittermeier, Paul Nicklen, Joel Sartore, Richard John Seymour, Brian Skerry, George Steinmetz, Brent Stirton, Ami Vitale, Steve Winter.

Gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Sehr gut. Gebraucht - Sehr gut SG - leichte Beschädigungen oder Verschmutzungen, ungelesenes Mängelexemplar, gestempelt - Zwölf herausragende Fotografen über die Zukunft der Erde Beinahe täglich werden wir mit neuen Meldungen über das fortschreitende Artensterben und den Klimawandel, über großflächige Rodungen und Waldbrände, über fortschreitende Umweltzerstörung und Flächenversiegelung konfrontiert. Zwölf der weltbesten Fotografen zeigen in diesem Buch anhand ihrer besten Bilder ihren individuellen Blick auf den derzeitigen Zustand unserer Erde. Die Frage, woraus der Reichtum unserer Erde besteht und wie wir ihn am besten wertschätzen und schützen können, wird von den einzelnen Fotografen in ausführlichen und aufrüttelnden Interviews beantwortet. Die persönlichen Berichte und beeindruckenden Fotografien in Human Nature sind eine Dokumentation des gegenwärtigen Zustands unseres Planeten: wunderschön und hässlich, atemberaubend und alarmierend, faszinierend und überraschend. Bildgewaltige Hommage an die Natur und Weckruf zugleich Die National Geographic Society entsendet jährlich die weltbesten Fotografen in alle Winkel der Erde mit dem Ziel, unseren Planeten in all seinen Facetten zu entdecken und zu schützen. Kaum jemand erlebte über Jahrzehnte die Veränderungen und die Bedrohung der Natur so hautnah wie diese Fotojournalisten. In dieser spannenden Reportage beschäftigen sich sechs der Fotografen im Teil HUMAN mit der Beziehung Mensch-Natur und der Frage, wie der Mensch mit seinem Handeln in das Schicksal der Erde eingegriffen hat. Im Teil NATUR gehen die sechs anderen Fotografen der atemberaubenden Schönheit und Vielfalt, den zerstörerischen Kräften und der unaufhörlichen Anpassungsfähigkeit der Natur selbst auf die Spur. Human Nature ist ein eindrucksstarker, erleuchtender und inspirierender Weckruf, die Vielfalt der Natur unseres Planeten wertzuschätzen und zu beschützen.Im Buch vertreten sind: J. Henry Fair, Tim Laman, Frans Lanting, Cristina Mittermeier, Paul Nicklen, Joel Sartore, Richard John Seymour, Brian Skerry, George Steinmetz, Brent Stirton, Ami Vitale, Steve Winter.