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31 produkter
No Animals Were Harmed
The Controversial Line Between Entertainment And Abuse
Av Peter Laufer
Inbunden, 2011
260 kr
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Investigative journalist Peter Laufer is back with his third book in a trilogy that explores the way we humans interact with animals. The attack of a trainer at Sea World by a killer whale in February 2010 is the catalyst for this examination of the controversial role animals have played in the …
Elusive State of Jefferson
A Journey Through The 51St State
Av Peter Laufer
Häftad, 2013
267 kr
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By 1941, a nascent statehood movement began to coalesce into an active and explicit secession campaign seeking to carve from Northern California and Southern Oregon a new State of Jefferson. Yreka, California, home of the secession movement, was named the temporary state capital. Local proponents, …
Dangerous World of Butterflies
The Startling Subculture of Criminals, Collectors, and Conservationists
Av Peter Laufer
E-bok, 2010
260 kr
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This widely praised book chronicles Peter Laufer’s adventures within the butterfly industry and the butterfly underground. Laufer begins by examining the allure of butterflies throughout history, but his research soon veers into the high-stake realms of organized crime, ecological devastation, …
Forbidden Creatures
Inside the World of Animal Smuggling and Exotic Pets
Av Peter Laufer
E-bok, 2011
260 kr
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We Are All Americans
Stories from Three Road Trips Across Our Nation in the Long Wake of 9/11
Av Peter Laufer
Inbunden, 2026
347 kr
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In the days after September 11, 2001, journalist Peter Laufer setout on a cross-country journey to capture America at its most vulnerableand united. Traveling from Washington, DC, to California, he documented thevoices, faces, and emotions of a diverse cross section of citizensgrappling with …
Slow News
A Manifesto for the Critical News Consumer
Av Peter Laufer
Häftad, 2014
202 kr
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With this provocative and concise book, journalist Peter Laufer launches a Slow News movement, inviting us to question the value of the perpetual empty-calorie news that accompanies our daily lives.Slow News: A Manifesto for the Critical News Consumer examines the nature of news in the context of …
Interviewing
The Oregon Method
Av Peter Laufer
Häftad, 2019
280 kr
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Interviewing: The Oregon Method is a collection of practical and analytical essays from more than three dozen professional interviewers, scholars, and teachers. This revised and expanded second edition of the popular professional tool features a new foreword and a dozen new chapters designed to aid …
Dreaming in Turtle: A Journey Through the Passion, Profit, and Peril of Our Most Coveted Prehistoric Creatures
Av Peter Laufer
Häftad, 2018
302 kr
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Elusive State of Jefferson
A Journey through the 51st State
Av Peter Laufer
E-bok, 2013
260 kr
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By 1941, a nascent statehood movement began to coalesce into an active and explicit secession campaign seeking to carve from Northern California and Southern Oregon a new State of Jefferson. Yreka, California, home of the secession movement, was named the temporary state capital. Local proponents, …
Organic
A Journalist's Quest to Discover the Truth behind Food Labeling
Av Peter Laufer
E-bok, 2014
245 kr
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Part food narrative, part investigation, part adventure story, Organic is an eye-opening and entertaining look into the anything goes world behind the organic label. It is also a wakeup call about the dubious origins of food labeled organic. After eating some suspect organic walnuts that supposedly …
Neon Nevada
Inbunden, 2023
352 kr
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Neon Nevada takes readers and viewers on a literal and pictorial journey not only along the old Las Vegas Strip, but also down quiet two-lane rural roads punctuated occasionally with neon signs, those glistening beacons of civilization against the desert night sky. Because the neon resurgence has …
Up Against the Wall
The Case for Opening the Mexican-American Border
Av Peter Laufer
Inbunden, 2020
456 kr
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The book offers a step-by-step blueprint of radical proposals for the U.S.-Mexican border that go far beyond traditional initiatives to ease restrictions on immigration. Up Against the Wall provides the background to understanding how the border has become a fraud, resulting in nothing more than …
Classroom 15
How the Hoover FBI Censored the Dreams of Innocent Oregon Fourth Graders
Av Peter Laufer
Inbunden, 2020
486 kr
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A result of an investigative report by tenacious University of Oregon journalism students, Classroom 15 tells the story of how the dreams of fourth-grade students at the Riverside School, Roseburg, in rural Oregon timber country, were crushed by the prevailing Red Scare, McCarthyism, state and …
America’s Last Days
The Finale of Empire USA
Av Peter Laufer
Inbunden, 2027
203 kr
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As the United States moves beyond its 250th anniversary, questions about national identity, political cohesion and the future of the republic have become increasingly urgent. America’s Last Days argues that the tensions present since the nation’s founding have deepened into a profound crisis of …
Up Against the Wall
The Case for Opening the Mexican-American Border
Av Peter Laufer
Häftad, 2022
354 kr
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The book offers a step-by-step blueprint of radical proposals for the U.S.-Mexican border that go far beyond traditional initiatives to ease restrictions on immigration. Up Against the Wall provides the background to understanding how the border has become a fraud, resulting in nothing more than …
Radio Vox Populi
Talk Radio from the Romantic to the Anglo-Saxon
Av Peter Laufer, Christian Ruggiero
Inbunden, 2022
472 kr
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Talk radio is broadcast discourse expressing – under ideal circumstances – the medium’s full potential as a vox Populi megaphone. Talk radio creates a virtual arena (a Coliseum!) in which topics of public relevance, and most specifically of current affairs, are treated with both expert voices and …
Don't Shoot the Journalists
Migrating to Stay Alive
Av Peter Laufer
Inbunden, 2025
524 kr
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Practicing journalism is dangerous. Until the wars in Ukraine and Gaza broke out, Mexico continued to rank as the deadliest locale for reporters, with too many other countries close behind, including Afghanistan, Syria, India, and the Philippines. More journalists have been killed in Gaza since …
Don't Shoot the Journalists
Migrating to Stay Alive
Av Peter Laufer
E-bok, 2025
585 kr
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Practicing journalism is dangerous. Until the wars in Ukraine and Gaza broke out, Mexico continued to rank as the deadliest locale for reporters, with too many other countries close behind, including Afghanistan, Syria, India, and the Philippines. More journalists have been killed in Gaza since …
Don't Shoot the Journalists
Migrating to Stay Alive
Av Peter Laufer
E-bok, 2025
579 kr
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Practicing journalism is dangerous. Until the wars in Ukraine and Gaza broke out, Mexico continued to rank as the deadliest locale for reporters, with too many other countries close behind, including Afghanistan, Syria, India, and the Philippines. More journalists have been killed in Gaza since …
Bio?
Die Wahrheit über unser Essen
Av Peter Laufer
E-bok, 2015
113 kr
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Die abenteuerliche Geschichte unseres Essens - aufrüttelnd, informativ und unterhaltsam.Als der Journalist Peter Laufer in seinem Supermarkt in Oregon "biologische" Walnüsse kauft, ist er verblüfft: Sie stammen aus - Kasachstan! Dies veranlasst ihn, tiefer hinter die Kulissen zu blicken. Er macht …
Der Traum der Schildkröte
Meine Freundschaft mit einem besonderen Geschöpf und die Geschichte seiner Art
Av Peter Laufer
E-bok, 2019
210 kr
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Mann trifft KröteWer kann besser über das Leben auf Erden berichten als eine Schildkröte? Sie bewohnt unseren Planeten länger als fast jede andere Art und hat miterlebt wie sich dieser durch das Zutun der Menschen massiv verändert hat. Eine Evolutionsgeschichte und ein Aufruf. Die Spezies der …
Forbidden Creatures
Inside The World Of Animal Smuggling And Exotic Pets
Av Peter Laufer
Häftad, 2011
210 kr
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Forbidden Creatures chronicles Laufer's worldwide quest to penetrate the underworld network of hunters, traders, and customers who constitute the nefarious business of animal smuggling.
Organic
A Journalist's Quest to Discover the Truth behind Food Labeling
Av Peter Laufer
Inbunden, 2014
296 kr
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Part food narrative, part investigation, part adventure story, Organic is an eye-opening and entertaining look into the anything goes world behind the organic label. It is also a wakeup call about the dubious origins of food labeled organic. After eating some suspect organic walnuts that supposedly …
Neon Nevada
Updated & Expanded Edition
Inbunden, 2024
318 kr
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Nevada’s iconic art form comes to life.Sheila Swan and Peter Laufer take readers on a journey, not only along the Las Vegas Strip, but down quiet, two-lane rural roads punctuated by neon signs—those glistening beacons that represent commerce in the vast Great Basin. The photographers’ stunning work …
Dangerous World of Butterflies
The Startling Subculture Of Criminals, Collectors, And Conservationists
Av Peter Laufer
Häftad, 2010
210 kr
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This widely praised book chronicles Peter Laufer’s adventures within the butterfly industry and the butterfly underground. Laufer begins by examining the allure of butterflies throughout history, but his research soon veers into the high-stake realms of organized crime, ecological devastation, …
Safety and Security for Women Who Travel
Häftad, 2004
149 kr
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Through their own stories and tips and the entertaining and insightful anecdotes of traveling women, Sheila Swan and Peter Laufer show you how to take care of yourself and feel as good on your journeys as you do at home. Personal safety is a prime concern for women on the road, and this collection …
