Delighted to have Joshua Hammer back with us at the p p and josh was here first last book about four years ago. Host that would of course was a bad librarian, timbuktu. And it told the riveting story of how an argument in timbuktu and manage with a very brave helper, this mobile more than three or 50000 historical manuscripts out from under militants to safety about 600 miles away. The book was a bestseller and establish josh, as someone for night for some really truly great stories. Any student again with his new book, the falcon thief which recounts another true and gripping tale of adventure and this one about wildlife. Josh is a journalist by trade and other pretty adventurous globetrotting run himself. He was 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 off the cover the rest of the world on postings that make him in, nairobi, berlin, jerusalem, cape town and back here in the u. S. In l
Im bradley graham, coowner of the store along with my life and we are delighted to have Joshua Hammer back with us at pmp. Josh was here for his last book about four years ago and matt was the bad ass librarians of timbuktu which told the riveting story of how an archivist in timbuktu managed with some very brave helpers to smuggle more than 350,000 historical manuscripts out from under militant jihadist to safety about 600 miles away and the book was a bestseller and established at joshs someone for a night with an eye for really truly read story. Hes done it again with his new book, the falcon thief which recounts another true and gripping tale of adventure. This one, about wildlife. E t josh is a journalist by training and had a pretty adventurous globetrotting run himselfgl working for newsweek over nearly two decades. He joined newsweek and the late 1980s as a business and media writer but within a few years he was off to cover the rest of the world on postings that paste them in
Eastern and more live conversation weeknights at 8 00 p. M. Eastern from washington journal prime time. Good evening, im one of the founders of politics and prose and as you see, this evening, we have cspan here. Is the mike working back there . I see somebody running toward the mic. We have just one my care to ask questions so if you need access to this microphone and youre sitting over there, go around back there. I want to welcome david, come this evening to talk about his new book. This is the First Time Since politics and prose, hes written many, many books. Including the dodo which one a metal form Natural History writing. His honorary degree, Colorado College in Montana State university where he served as the professor of western american studies. Hes also one the National Magazine award three times for articles and a wide variety of magazines including the atlantic and rolling stone. The third of these awards, magazine awards was for a National Geographic story. National geogra
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
Host good evening i am one of the founders to politics and prose. We have cspan here so we have moved, is like working back there pretty somebody is running towards microphone. We have just one microphone read to ask question so, if you need access to this mike, or microphone, you can go around back there. I would welcome davi david quam, is come this evening to talk about his new book the spillover. It is the first time he has been here and hes in montana so i think that is why he has had written many books. Including some of the dodo which won a medal. Natural history writing. He has honorary degrees in Colorado College and Montana State university where he served as a professor of western american study read hes also won the National Magazine award three times for articles in a wide variety of magazines including esquire, literally stone stone. In the third of these awards, magazine wars, was for a National Geographic called was darwin wrong. National geographic map, he has a title