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Into Danger: Risking Your Life for Work (Hardcover)

by Kate Adie (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (4 Sep 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340933216
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340933213
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.5 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 71,928 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'A great theme, reported with skill and personal insight' (The Times )

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Ever since her days as a reporter on the front line in Iraq, Kate Adie has earned her reputation as one of the most intrepid women of her day. Throughout her career she has regularly reported from the world’s most dangerous war zones – often placing her own life at serious risk.

It has given her a curiosity about the people who are attracted to danger. Why when so many are fearful of anything beyond their daily routine, are others drawn towards situations, or professions which put them in regular peril of their lives?

It has proved a fascinating quest that has taken her to the four corners of the globe in pursuit of an answer. She has met those who choose a career in danger, like stuntpeople, landmine exploders, and even a ‘snake man’ who – aged 96 - has been bitten countless times by poisonous snakes to find venom for vaccines. She has questioned those whose actions put them in danger, like Sir Richard Leakey whose determination to speak out in Kenya nearly cost him his life, as well as criminals and prostitutes who risk all for money. And of course there are those who – through no choice of their own – have been put in danger, such as Saddam Hussein’s food taster – not his career of choice.

With Kate's insight, wit, and gift for illumination, this is a compelling read.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Into Danger, 2 Feb 2009
Into Danger: Risking Your Life for Work

This book is, as you would expect from a Journalist, very well written. Although every chapter stands on its own it still maintains interest to the very end and you are drawn from one chapter to the next - from bomb disposal to war zone to missionaries. Very well worth buying.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, 13 Jan 2009
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This is a super book - Kate Adie writes in an engaging manner and has chosen a range of interesting subjects connected by the theme of dangerous work. Her approach is to lay out the reasons that motivated each person she talks to - these are presented in a non-judgemental manner that makes the book all the more thought provoking. Considering that among her chapters there are disucssions on prostitution, terrorism and armed robbery, this is quite an achievement, as it would have been very easy to have written a villification of these roles. Instead Adie presents an open and engaging account of people's motivations and invites the reader to reach their own conclusions. She strikes an excellent balance between some wry humour, particularly when recounting some of her own experiences, and an awareness of the dangers of the situations and occupations she discusses. Heartily recommended.
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