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Walk on the Wild Side
From heart-thumping military missions to brutal gangs in a lawless land and the great leaps of faith of the ordinary individual, this issue’ s titles are dedicated to the wild side of the world.
NO EASY DAY
By Mark Owen Dutton
On May 2, 2011, the now former navy seal Matt Bissonnette and five other members of SEAL Team 6, the US Navy’ s elite counter-terrorism unit, lead the raiding mission into Osama bin Laden’ s Pakistani lair. This dramatic mission resulted in target‘ Geronimo’ being killed, and one of the world’ s most wanted terrorists lbeing aid to rest at the bottom of the North Arabian Sea. No Easy Day is a brisk and compelling first-person account, penned under a pseudonym,. That tells of the rigorous training that Navy SEALs endure, the planning and execution of this vital mission, and the nail-biting details of the historic 38 minute mission. Throughout the book Bissonnette sheds light on his story, from a childhood spent playing on Alaska’ s ice fields to coming face to face with the world’ s most wanted man.
WILD
Cheryl Strayed Powell’ s Books
Reeling from the death of her mother, Cheryl Strayed was stricken with grief, her marriage in tatters, and her life quickly spinning out of control. Four years later, believing she had nothing more to lose, Strayed made the most impulsive decision of her life, and with no experience as a long-distance trekker, set out on an 1100 mile solo hike from the Mojave Desert in Southern California to Washington State, otherwise known as the Pacific Crest Trail. This powerful, blazingly honest memoir vividly captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddened, strengthened, and ultimately healed her.
RASKOLS
Stephen Dupont Powerhouse Books
Papau New Guinea’ s capital city Port Moresby is regularly ranked among the world’ s worst cities to live in. In this fenced-up, razor-wired, lawless metropolis, criminal gangs known as raskols run the streets. Every day is a survival of the fittest; most adults are unemployed and involved in a life of crime, whilst a corrupt government and police force turn a blind eye to the violence and anarchy. In 2004, fearless photographer Stephen Dupont managed to infiltrate the long established Kips Kaboni gang, and setting up a makeshift studio in one of the gang’ s safe houses, captured his subjects, their unique handmade weapons and firearms, as well as images of orchestrated raids, carjackings and robberies. He now presents these images in this 144-page hardback. www. jetsetter. hk