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Strhující reportáže o jedné z nejdrastičtějších válečných zbraní sexu. Válka zasáhne každého. Obzvlášť krutě a tvrdě však dopadá na ty nejslabší a nejzranitelnější. A to nejen ve svých nepřímých důsledcích, ale naopak cíleně a s jasným záměrem morálně a lidsky rozložit, zastrašit, ponížit, nebo dokonce vyhladit celé části obyvatelstva. Řeč je o znásilnění a dalších formách sexuálního násilí, které armády, milice a teroristické skupiny celého světa využívají jako strategické zbraně. Proslulá britská novinářka Christina Lamb pokrývá jako reportérka válečné konflikty už přes tři desetiletí. Zpovídala ženy, které „pro potěchu“ věznili Japonci během druhé světové války. Ženy, které zažily sexuální mučení argentinskou juntou v roce 1976. Ženy, které znásilňovali barmští vojáci během genocidy Rohingů v roce 2017. Ženy, které se dostaly do rukou Boko Haram či ISIS. Ženy, které dopadly válečné zločince z Bosny. Lamb v knize Naše těla, jejich bojiště vypráví příběhy hrůzy, utrpení i hrdinství a zároveň upozorňuje na často opomíjený, avšak o to strašnější aspekt války.

V jedenácti letech začala Malála, která se narodila do paštunské rodiny v pákistánském údolí Svát, psát pro BBC postřehy o tom, jak se žije pod hrozbou Tálibánu. Pod pseudonymem Gul Makaj popisovala, jak její rodina bojuje za vzdělávání dívek a jak tálibánská moc stále narůstá. Dívčina neohroženost však nezůstala bez trestu a v říjnu 2012 ji v autobuse střelil neznámý útočník do hlavy. Dívka jako zázrakem přežila a dál pokračuje ve svém boji. Na podporu svého úsilí založila fond Malala Fund a je nejmladší kandidátkou na Nobelovu cenu míru.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2020 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2021 A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020 'A wake-up call ... These women's stories will make you weep, and then rage at the world's indifference.' Amal Clooney

A gripping expose of the Allied Forces occupation of Afghanistan. The failure of the West in Afghanistan is unquestionably devastating and despite efforts to eliminate the Taliban from the country, their presence has continued to grow. Insurgent attacks have also increased, and the region still struggles against poverty, an unstable infrastructure and a huge number of land mines. Initially billed as the West's success story by both Bush and Blair, Afghanistan remains, largely, a lawless, violent land. Reporting on the region for a number of years, Lamb has fought with the mujahadeen dressed as an Afghan boy, experienced a near-fatal ambush and head-on encounter with Taliban forces and successfully established links with American, British, Afghan government, Taliban and tribal fighters. Her unparalleled access to troops and civilians on the ground, as well as to top military officials has ensured that this is the definitive book on the region, exposing the realities of Afghanistan unlike anyone before. In the same vein as Robert Fisk's "The Great War of Civilisation", this is compelling, moving and impossible to put down.

'House of Stone' is based on a series of interviews with a white farmer and black nanny, set against the backdrop of the last of Britain's colonies in Africa to become independent, and the descent into madness of one of Africa's most respected nationalist leaders.

An extraordinary collection of reportage that tells the story of some of the most important world events of the past 16 years, from one of the most talented and intrepid female journalists at work today.

I come from a country which was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday. When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday 9 October 2012, she almost paid the ultimate price. Shot in the head at point blank range while riding the bus home from school, few expected her to survive. Instead, Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in Northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest ever nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize. I Am Malala is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, and of Malala's parents' fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons. It will make you believe in the power of one person's voice to inspire change in the world.

Christina Lamb's best selling account of this fascinating and complicated man - a colonialist who beat his servants yet supported independence, a stiff Englishman with deep passions - is a master piece of biographical storytelling. It is a tale of fantasies made real, tragedy endured and life long love.

Ten years ago, Christina Lamb reported on the war the Afghan people were fighting against the Soviet Union. Now, back in Afghanistan, she has written an extraordinary memoir of her love affair with the country and its people. schovat popis

A story of worlds colliding and a snapshot of modern Britain