A fascinating exploration into the world of turtles across the globe; Laufer charts the lore, love, and peril to a beloved species.Dreaming in Turtle is a compelling story of a stalwart animal prized from prehistory through to today—an animal threatened by human greed, pragmatism, and rationalization. It stars turtles and shady and heroic human characters both, in settings ranging from luxury redoubts to degraded habitats, during a time when the confluence ...

In the days after September 11, 2001, journalist Peter Laufer set out on a cross-country journey to capture America at its most vulnerable and united. Traveling from Washington, DC, to California, he documented the voices, faces, and emotions of a diverse cross section of citizens grappling with tragedy, resilience, and what it meant to be American in that moment.Ten years later, and again on the 20th anniversary, he retraced his trip across the country, reconnecting with Americans ...

Mann trifft KröteWer kann besser über das Leben auf Erden berichten als eine Schildkröte? Sie bewohnt unseren Planeten länger als fast jede andere Art und hat miterlebt wie sich dieser durch das Zutun der Menschen massiv verändert hat. Eine Evolutionsgeschichte und ein Aufruf. Die Spezies der Schildkröte könnte Geschichten über die Evolution und ihre Ursachen erzählen, von denen der Mensch, der im Vergleich ein Jüngling auf Erden ist, nur träumen kann.Anger...

Die abenteuerliche Geschichte unseres Essens - aufrüttelnd, informativ und unterhaltsam. Als der Journalist Peter Laufer in seinem Supermarkt in Oregon "biologische" Walnüsse kauft, ist er verblüfft: Sie stammen aus - Kasachstan! Dies veranlasst ihn, tiefer hinter die Kulissen zu blicken. Er macht sich auf die Reise um die ganze Welt, um herauszufinden, wo seine täglich konsumierten Nahrungsmittel wie Kaffee und Gemüse eigentlich herkommen. Seine Erlebnisse in Deutschland, Österreich, Ital...

Slow News ci insegna a rallentare per scegliere in maniera critica che cosa mettere nel paniere: per difenderci dalla disinformazione, per fare notizia, per diventare noi stessi giornalisti. «È la stampa, bellezza, la stampa. E tu non ci puoi fare niente, niente!». In una pellicola degli anni Cinquanta il giornalista Humphrey Bogart lo diceva al criminale di turno, dando avvio alle rotative. Ma la stessa battuta, trasposta nella nostra società ipermediatica, sembra descrivere anche la situ...

The book offers a step-by-step blueprint of radical proposals for the U.S.-Mexican border that go far beyond traditional initiatives to ease restrictions on immigration. Up Against the Wall provides the background to understanding how the border has become a fraud, resulting in nothing more than the criminalization of Mexican and other migrants. The book argues that the border with Mexico should be completely open for Mexicans wishing to travel north.

The book offers a step-by-step blueprint of radical proposals for the U.S.-Mexican border that go far beyond traditional initiatives to ease restrictions on immigration. The book argues that the border with Mexico should be completely open for Mexicans wishing to travel north. Up Against the Wall provides the background to understanding how the border has become a fraud, resulting in nothing more than the criminalization of Mexican and other migrants, the bloating of the mismanage...

The book offers a step-by-step blueprint of radical proposals for the U.S.-Mexican border that go far beyond traditional initiatives to ease restrictions on immigration. The book argues that the border with Mexico should be completely open for Mexicans wishing to travel north. Up Against the Wall provides the background to understanding how the border has become a fraud, resulting in nothing more than the criminalization of Mexican and other migrants, the bloating of the mismanage...

The book offers a step-by-step blueprint of radical proposals for the U.S.-Mexican border that go far beyond traditional initiatives to ease restrictions on immigration. The book argues that the border with Mexico should be completely open for Mexicans wishing to travel north. Up Against the Wall provides the background to understanding how the border has become a fraud, resulting in nothing more than the criminalization of Mexican and other migrants, the bloating of the mismanage...

The book offers a step-by-step blueprint of radical proposals for the U.S.-Mexican border that go far beyond traditional initiatives to ease restrictions on immigration. Up Against the Wall provides the background to understanding how the border has become a fraud, resulting in nothing more than the criminalization of Mexican and other migrants. The book argues that the border with Mexico should be completely open for Mexicans wishing to travel north.

Part food narrative, part investigation, part adventure story, Organic is an eye-opening and entertaining look into the anything goes world behind the organic label. It is also a wakeup call about the dubious origins of food labeled organic. After eating some suspect organic walnuts that supposedly were produced in Kazakhstan, veteran journalist Peter Laufer chooses a few items from his home pantry and traces their origins back to their source. Along the way he learns how easily w...

This widely praised book chronicles Peter Laufer’s adventures within the butterfly industry and the butterfly underground. Laufer begins by examining the allure of butterflies throughout history, but his research soon veers into the high-stake realms of organized crime, ecological devastation, museum collections, and chaos theory. His ever-expanding journey of discovery throughout the Americas and beyond offers a rare look into a theater of intrigue, peopled with quirky and nefarious chara...