From his first book, Killing the Hidden Waters, to his most recent, Murder City: Cuidad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields, Charles Bowden has been sounding an alarm about the rapacious appetites of human beings and the devastation we inflict on the natural world we arrogantly claim [...]
In this unprecedented and chilling monologue, a repentant Mexican hitman tells the unvarnished truth about the war on drugs on the American. El Sicario is the hidden face of America's war on drugs. He is a contract killer who functioned as a commandante in the Chihuahuan State police, who was traine[...]
The magnificent second novel from the legendary author of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
Following the astonishing success of his first novel, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," Ken Kesey wrote what Charles Bowden calls "one of the few essential books written by an American in the last half [...]
'In a nice Mexican bar, the air now cool, the glare gone briefly, a glass in hand, calm, yes calm, music from speakers ...a soothing music, and the eyes of everyone in the place seem peaceful, the bartender a smile ...it is safe but then, the thought comes that only at such moments can you be taken,[...]
'If Juarez is a city of God, it's because the devil is scared to come here'. A Juarez hit man (Sicario) speaks: he has killed hundreds of people, is an expert in torture and kidnapping, and for many years was a commander of the state police, receiving training from the FBI. There is a contract on hi[...]
The acclaimed journalist offers readers an illuminating tour of the drug war, shining light into the dark, troubling recesses of drug lords, high-level corruption, and ultra-violence that respects no borders. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.[...]
Now a major motion picture starring Jeremy Renner
"Kill the Messenger" tells the story of the tragic death of Gary Webb, the controversial newspaper reporter who committed suicide in December 2004. Webb is the former San Jose Mercury News reporter whose 1996 "Dark Alliance" series on the so-cal[...]
In "Murder City", award-winning writer Charles Bowden presents a devastating chronicle of a city in collapse. It begins in January 2008 when a handwritten list appears on a Juarez monument to fallen police officers. Under the heading 'those who did not believe' are the names of five recently murdere[...]
In this unprecedented and chilling monologue, a repentant Mexican hitman tells the unvarnished truth about the war on drugs on the American. El Sicario is the hidden face of America's war on drugs. He is a contract killer who functioned as a commandante in the Chihuahuan State police, who was traine[...]
Kriget om droghandeln
Ciudad Juárez ligger vid gränsen till Texas, med den amerikanska staden El Paso på andra sidan Rio Grande. Det är den snabbast växande staden i Mexico, under lång tid beryktad för sina många ouppklarade kvinnomord. Med en befolkning ungefär lika stor som Sto[...]
This is a comprehensive guide which focuses on the design of the most commonly found movable bridge varieties, and also provides information on the mechanical systems which generate the movement - an area with which most bridge design engineers are less familiar, but require knowledge of in order to[...]