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Bidding has ended on this item. The seller has relisted this item or another one like this. Item:MARTIN BELL SIGNED HARDBACK,IN HARM'S WAY. |
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MARTIN BELL SIGNED REPRINTED HARDBACK,SAME YEAR AS FIRST EDITION HARDBACK,IN HARM'S WAY,HAMISH HAMILTON 1995,WITH DUSTJACKET,HANDSIGNED ON TITLE PAGE,SIGNED "BEST WISHES MARTIN BELL",THE BOOK AND DUSTJACKET ARE IN GOOD CONDITION THOUGH THE DUSTJACKET HAS SOME SLIGHT TEARS ALONG ITS EDGES,THE BOOK IS COMPLETE BEING 275 PAGES LONG,THIS IS A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF WORKING AS A TV JOURNALIST IN BOSNIA SINCE THE START OF THE WAR,OF ITS SINGULAR DANGERS AND DIFFICULTIES,OF THE INCREASINGLY COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TELEVISION AND DIPLOMACY,AND WHAT LESSONS THIS REPORTER AT LEAST HAS LEARNED FROM IT,AND WHY IT MATTERS."IN HARM'S WAY" GIVES A COMPLETE PICTURE OF THE LIFE OF A WAR REPORTER,THE DAY-TO-DAY CONDITIONS AT THE HOLIDAY INN IN SARAJEVO(IT WAS THE ULTIMATE WAR HOTEL.I LOVED IT),THE RELATIONSHIPS AND OCCASIONAL RIVALRIES WITH OTHER JOURNALISTS,THE BRAVERY AND DIGNITY OF THE PEOPLE REPORTED ON AND THE TEAMWORK OF THE NEWS-GATHERING CREW.IT ALSO DESCRIBES THE STRATAGEMS OF JOKES AND SUPERSTITIONS(THE WHITE SUIT ALWAYS WORN IN BATTLE,WITH A SILVER DOLLAR IN THE POCKET) TO KEEP OUT OF HARM'S WAY FOR ONE MORE DAY.WRITTEN WITH MARTIN BELLS CHARACTERISTIC CLARITY AND INTELLIGENCE,"IN HARM'S WAY" IS A DISTINCTIVE,HUMANE AND COMPELLING BOOK WHICH WILL STAND AS A PERMANENT DEFINITION OF THE BEST JOURNALISM.MARTIN BELL WAS VOTED ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY?REPORTER OF THE YEAR IN 1977 AND AGAIN IN 1993 FOR HIS WORK IN BOSNIA WHERE HE WAS ALSO WOUNDED. |
Postage and packaging Item location: Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom Dispatches to: Europe, United States, Australia, Canada
 
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