journalists

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Safe area Gora?de

2000
A graphic novel based on the author's 1995-96 visits to Gora?de, one of the U.N.-created "safe areas" in Eastern Bosnia, showing the brutality and humanity that coexisted there during the Bosnian War of 1992-95.

Desertion

in the time of Vietnam
2001
The author provides an account of his experiences during the Vietnam War, discussing his decision, while home for Christmas during basic training, to leave behind his family, his girlfriend, and his homeland and escape to Canada where he has lived for thirty years.

In the sanctuary of outcasts

a memoir
2009
The author reflects on the years he spent incarcerated for bank fraud in a Louisiana prison that also doubled as a colony for leprosy patients and discusses events in his personal and professional life before and after his sentence.

Sleeping naked is green

how an eco-cynic unplugged her fridge, sold her car, and found love in 366 days
2009
Vanessa Farquharson chronicles her year-long foray into green living, describing how she tried to reduce her carbon footprint and lead a more eco-friendly life, and sharing her experiment's surprising result.

Confessions of a mullah warrior

2009
An account of the author's transition from being an Afghan refugee to becoming a devout Muslim and resistance fighter struggling against the Soviet occupation in the late 1980s and eventually a Harvard University student as he found a path away from extremism.

Greasy rider

two dudes, one fry-oil-powered car, and a cross-country search for a greener future
2008
Details the experiences of the author and his college friend during their one hundred and ninety-two hour journey across the United States--from Vermont to California--in a car that has been modified to run on vegetable oil.

Lullaby

a novel
2003
Reporter Carl Streator teams up with real estate broker Helen Hoover Boyle in an attempt to find and destroy all copies of the anthology "Poems and Rhymes Around the World, " which contains an African lullaby Streator believes has the power to kill when spoken or thought, and is apparently the cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

War reporting for cowards

2005
Chris Ayres thought a career in journalism would help him lead an anxiety-free life of leisure, but instead finds himself thrown into the turmoil of the Middle East, where he gets an inside look at violence, heartache, war, and courage.

North toward home

2000
The author recounts his experiences in the South from the 1940s through the 1960s.

Naked in Baghdad

2003
Reporter Anne Garrels chronicles the experiences she had while staying in Baghdad's Palestine Hotel through the American invasion of Iraq.

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