600 miles away. And he did it again with his new book the falcon thief. To have the adventurous working for newsweek over two decades in the late eighties within a few years he was off to cover the rest of the world to be based in nairobi and when a serious and cape town and back in the us in los angeles. Over the past decade and ae half continuing to report to win the National Magazine award but and to tell the story of those who left on had the effort to control the ebola outbreak. And rich and three other previous works with the younger brother who is a religious fundamentalist. Another with the sieger of the church of nativity in bethlehem. So it was said of josh that he reports like a journalist and writes like a novelist. That is certainly the case. The book describes the jexploits and then to travel the world stealing highly valued birds of prey to sell them to enthusiast in the uae where falcons and raptors are used for sport. But the other central character is the detective fo
Statement good evening everybody and welcome. I am the coowner of the store along with my wife and we are delighted to have joshua hemmer back with this at p p. Joshua was here for his last book, about four years ago, and i would of course was the bad librarian in timbuktu which told the riveting story of how an art you fist in timbuktu managed with a very brave helper to smuggle more than three or 50000 historical manuscripts out from under miltons to safety about 600 miles away. The book was a best seller and established josh as someone and i truly believe it was a great story. And he said to begin, with his new book, the falcon thief which has another true and gripping tale of adventure. But this one about wildlife. And josh is a journalist by training and had a pretty adventurous globetrotting run himself working for newsweek over nearly two decades. He joined newsweek in the late 1980s as a Business Media writer and within a few years, he was asked to cover the rest of the world,
In a shootout and chase new video of the incident and the plea for help from his colleagues as he works to recover from life threatening injuries two news this is mornis on two. Good morning and welcome back. Im garcia mikaelian and good morning im dave clark. Welcome to the middle of the week. Its wednesday. Its march r0th. The first full day of spring gasia spring has sprung. You and pam look so springy in your pastel colors and your gorgeous pink. I only follow you. Well, steve has your forecast on this first full day of spring. We do, and its mainly clear out there and much cooler on the support now for the fog bank. Theres a little bit out there more north and really anywhere else, but some clearing has allowed temps to drop into 40s,e patchy low clouds. But 41 still palo alto. I mean theregs some cool readings. Clouds will be rolling in over the next 24 hours here. But behold, spring is here and it will be a little cooler. Thatsuhow it works. You know that mostly a decent little
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At 5 30, a live look from the nations capitol where the race for the white house is starting to ramp up. Cybersecurity experts are ramping up also to prevent outside interference one day after the president ial contenders agree to a pair of debates, Vice President Kamala Harris saying shes on board whoever her opponent may be. The Vice President accepted an invitation from cbs for a debate on july 23rd or august 13th. Former President Donald Trump has not yet named a running mate, but cbs news also extended the offer to the trump campaign. President biden and former President Trump agreed to face each other twice, the first on june 27th hosted by cnn in atlanta, the second hosted by abc on september 10th before early voting begins. The debates are not expected to have a Live Audience and the Biden Campaign wants moderators to be able to cut the mic when its not someones turn to speak. Homeland Security Officials are warning foreign actors could try to influence the upcoming elections,