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...balanced look at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Sabbah, who was granted access to the would-be bomber by the terror group Islamic Jihad, doesn't try to hide his sympathy for its cause, though he disagrees with its tactics. Der Tod ist ein Geschenk is presented as Said's first-person account, and portrays him much like the protagonist of a Greek tragedy, unavoidably pushed toward catastrophe by circumstances beyond his control. Sabbah made no attempt to corroborate the details of Said's story; the idea, he told Time, "never entered my head." So the reader can't know...
...guides will also add a new section on “alternatives to tourism,” first-person accounts by researchers and interviews with locals in an attempt to appeal to an audience believed to be more sophisticated and socially conscious...
There will also be scholarly and first-person essays to help readers understand more about the places they explore from a non-tour guide perspective, many of which are written by Harvard professors, said Let’s Go publicity manager Michelle R. Bowman...
...First-person accounts of the carnage that are relayed via videotape are moving, but even more so are the stories told by now elderly survivors who occasionally come to the museum to share their memories with visitors. One notable local figure is Sumiteru Taniguchi, whose photograph, snapped by the U.S. Army, became symbolic of nuclear disaster. The picture shows Taniguchi at 16, lying on his stomach in a burn shelter, the skin singed off his arms, back and buttocks. His grandfather treated his burns with cooking oil for two years before Taniguchi was able to resume...
...Pitch's" book is the best received of various first-person accounts from Sept. 11, hitting No. 9 on the Times's list...