Most Popular Books by Mark Bowden

Stonehenge is arguably the greatest prehistoric monument in western Europe; as a World Heritage Site it ranks in significance with such sites as the Acropolis of Athens, the Pyramids of Giza, Great Zimbabwe and Machu Picchu. Stonehenge sits at the heart of a landscape rich in other monuments and remains of the Neolithic period and Bronze Age that are also part of the World Heritage Site. Recent research by English Heritage''s landscape archaeologists within the Stonehenge World Heritage Site has led to the identification of previously unknown sites and, perhaps even more importantly, the re-interpretation of known sites, including Stonehenge itself. This work has been carried out alongside recent and on-going independent research initiatives conducted by a number of academic institutions, involving international co-operation. This book presents the most significant findings of the English Heritage research and shows how it integrates with the results of work undertaken by colleagues in other research bodies. It traces human influence on the landscape from prehistoric times to the very recent past and presents an up-to-date synthesis of the results of recent fieldwork. It will be of value to anyone interested in Stonehenge itself, in megalithic monuments, in the Neolithic period and Bronze Age of Europe and in the historic evolution of chalkland landscapes.

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.

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.

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.

1992 rief der Präsident Kolumbiens die Amerikaner gegen den mächtigsten Staatsfeind des Landes zu Hilfe: Pablo Escobar hatte mit seinen Kokainmilliarden und seinen Killerkommandos das Land an den Rand des Chaos gebracht. Mark Bowden schildert in seinem atemberaubenden Bericht die Jagd einer Spezialeinheit des amerikanischen Militärs auf einen der »größten Verbrecher der Welt«. Dabei stützt er sich auf Interviews mit Beteiligten und auf Hunderte von Seiten geheimdienstlicher Dokumente, darunter die Mitschriften von Escobars abgehörten Telefongesprächen.

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.

Oussama Ben Laden est mort. La nouvelle, incroyable, se répand dans le monde entier. Les images défilent. Depuis les attentats du 11 septembre, l''homme le plus recherché de la planète, le survivant du progressif démantèlement d''Al-Quaïda, était un fantôme introuvable pour les services de renseignements américains. Par une nuit sans lune, ce 2 mai 2011, la traque menait enfin à une résidence fortifiée d''Abbottabad au Pakistan. La cible était localisée, et l''ordre était de la liquider. Un commando de 24 hommes entraînés aux opérations de terrain, et le Sheik meurt de plusieurs balles. Etait-ce donc si simple ? Ce document nourri de sources totalement inédites, des archives d''Al-Quaïda saisies lors du raid aux témoignages des guerriers de l''ombre, les hommes du SEAL, nous raconte sur un rythme fiévreux, minute par minute, les secrets de la chasse à l''homme la plus coûteuse de l''histoire. Comment Obama le pacifiste, l''opposant à la guerre en Irak, va-t-il choisir entre plusieurs options militaires ? Comment Internet révolutionne l''espionnage moderne ? Comment filtrer d''innombrables données informatiques sur des années ? Des satellites d''observation aux drones téléguidés, du Pakistan à la "Salle de crise" enfouie sous la Maison Blanche, de Kaboul à Islamabad, Marc Bowden, l''auteur de La chute du Faucon noir, a reconstitué le roman-vrai de la traque du siècle. Un livre exceptionnel !

This attractive paperback notebook is the perfect organizing solution for every kitchen! No more drawers full of valuable recipes jotted down on loose scraps of paper, which can be easily lost or destroyed - My Favorite Recipes provides space to collect up to 99 recipes in a single volume, separated into nine different categories, with a handy table of contents in the front for easy reference! It''s the perfect gift for the Master Chef in your household!

MY RECIPES: Personal Recipe Notebook This attractive paperback notebook is the perfect organizing solution for every kitchen! No more drawers full of valuable recipes jotted down on loose scraps of paper, which can be easily lost or destroyed - My Recipes provides space to collect up to 99 recipes in a single volume, separated into nine different categories, with a handy table of contents in the front for easy reference! It''s the perfect gift for the Master Chef in your household!

Kanwa filmu Ridley’a Scotta i międzynarodowy bestseller końca XX wieku, którego polskie wydanie ukazuje się po raz pierwszy prawie 20 lat po wydarzeniach w Mogadiszu. Próba ujęcia adiutantów somalijskiego watażki zakończona strąceniem 2 helikopterów i śmiercią 18 amerykańskich żołnierzy nie jest luźnym rozważaniem nad sensem amerykańskiej interwencji, ale trzymającą w napięciu niemalże stenograficzną relacją z pola bitwy. Książka Marka Bowdena przypomina dokładnie ułożoną grę strategiczną, w której pionkami są elitarne oddziały rangersów i Delta Force, grę rozsypującą się na naszych oczach jak kostki domina. Nieprzypadkowo Bitwa o Mogadiszu, jak nazwały operację wojskową media stanowi klasyczne studium przypadku jak wszystko, co miało pójść dobrze, poszło całkowicie źle.

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 relato, los detalles más celosamente guardados por las personas que dirigieron, durante dieciséis meses, su persecución y muerte. «Un relato irresistible, casi shakesperiano.» Los Angeles Times «Absolutamente apasionante... Mark Bowden sabe cómo hacer que la no ficción se lea como la mejor de las novelas.» The Denver Post

Wasting time in any business is easy. There are countless tasks that demand your time, but don''t help you to grow your business and delight your clients. As a therapist, you are are well placed to take advantage of advances in technology to allow you to spend more time providing a better quality service to your clients by doing more of what you love and learning how to automate what you hate

Aldrig har en sann historia känts så mycket som en spänningsroman. Pablo Escobar var knarkkungen vars kriminella kokainimperium höll en hel nation som gisslan; ett skräckvälde som endast kunde få ett slut med Escobars död. I en intensiv och närgången berättelse avslöjar den prisbelönte journalisten Mark Bowden detaljerna om den amerikanska operationens sexton månader långa jakt på den colombianske drogkungen. Genom intervjuer med soldater, fältagenter och ämbetsmän, och med hjälp av sin insyn i topphemliga dokument och transkriptioner av Escobars telefonsamtal, skapar Bowden en gripande dokumentär berättelse. Killing Pablo Escobar har utnämnts till bästa faktabok av Overseas Press Club. Escobars liv har även aktualiserats i den populära Netflix-serien Narcos. En psykotisk safari. Daily Mail Ett mästerverk inom undersökande journalistik. The Times Mäktigt skriven och bra research. Independent on Sunday

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.

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

What sets the very best footballers apart from the rest? It''s not about ability but about being able to perform at your peak level consistently. Thanks to developments in our understanding of how the brain works, you can now effectively train to improve your form by conditioning your thoughts and behaviour in all aspects of your life.

Il 1968 segnò un passaggio cruciale della storia moderna. E non solo per i moti studenteschi e gli omicidi di Martin Luther King e Robert Kennedy. In quell''anno, secondo il generale William Westmoreland, la guerra in Vietnam sarebbe dovuta entrare in una nuova fase, perché «le speranze del nemico erano alla fine». In un certo senso il comandante delle forze statunitensi aveva ragione, ma i piani dei Viet Cong non prevedevano la resa. La notte tra il 30 e il 31 gennaio, in cor-rispondenza del capodanno locale, il Fronte di liberazione nazionale diede il via a una vasta operazione militare divenuta celebre come offensiva del Tê¿ t: alle due e trenta del mattino diecimila uomini scesero dalle montagne e conquistarono - oltre a centinaia di altri obiettivi considerati inespugnabili - la capitale intellettuale e culturale del Paese, Huê¿ . I comandi americani, però, ri-fiutarono di accettare la portata di una simile disfatta, e a lungo si ostinarono a mandare in avanscoperta piccole unità di marines, sistematicamente trucidati. Solo tempo dopo il tenente colonnello Ernest Cheatham avviò la riconquista della città, combattendo quartiere per quartiere. Ventiquattro giorni di scontri terrificanti, che alla fine costarono la vita a decine di migliaia di persone tra militari e civili. Quella di Huê¿ fu di gran lunga la battaglia più sanguinosa dell''intera guerra, e cambiò per sempre l''approccio americano al conflitto: da allora, anziché di vittoria, si cominciò a parlare di disimpegno. Attraverso una mole di documenti senza precedenti e interviste a reduci di entrambi gli schieramenti, Mark Bowden ricostruisce con precisione ogni fase di quello scontro, raccontandoci un momento che cambiò per sempre il destino della guerra, e del mondo intero.

A chronicle of the Iran hostage crisis, America''s first battle with militant Islam. On November 4, 1979, a group of radical Islamist students, inspired by the revolutionary Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini, stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran. They took 52 Americans hostage, and kept nearly all of them hostage for 444 days. Journalist Bowden tells the story through the eyes of the hostages, the soldiers in a new special forces unit sent to free them, their radical, naïve captors, and the diplomats working to end the crisis. Bowden takes us inside the hostages'' cells and inside the Oval Office for meetings with President Carter and his exhausted team. We travel to international capitals where shadowy figures held clandestine negotiations, and to the deserts of Iran, where a courageous, desperate attempt to rescue the hostages exploded into tragic failure.--From publisher description.

Voici un extraordinaire reportage de guerre, un récit magistral qui vous jette au cœur de la violence et de la terreur. La Chute du faucon noir raconte la plus longue bataille que l''armée américaine ait livrée depuis la guerre du Vietnam. Le 3 octobre 1993, des hélicoptères lâchaient une centaine de soldats d''élite sur un marché grouillant au centre de Mogadiscio, en Somalie. Ils avaient pour mission de capturer deux officiers au service d''un seigneur de guerre somalien, puis de rentrer à la base. L''opération devait durer une heure. Mais ils passèrent une nuit longue et terrible, pris dans un combat désespéré contre des milliers de Somaliens lourdement armés. Le lendemain matin, dix-huit soldats américains étaient morts, plus de soixante-dix gravement blessés. Le livre de Mark Bowden est l''un des plus incroyables comptes rendus jamais écrits, minute par minute, sur la guerre moderne. Cette histoire vient d''être portée à l''écran par Ridley Scott (scénario de Ken Nolan), avec dans les rôles principaux Sam Sheppard et Ewan Mac Gregor.

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 intensely gripping account of the hunt for and elimination of Osama bin Laden.

Beschrijving van de strijd die 140 Amerikaanse soldaten van een elite eenheid, die met Black Hawk troepentransporthelikopters in het hart van Mogadishu, Somalië gedropt werden, moesten voeren tegen duizenden zwaarbewapende Somaliërs.