Simon Reeve Libros

Simon Reeve reveals more of his journeys, tales and lessons for life.

The inspiring memoir from TV traveller Simon Reeve's life of amazing adventures in over 120 countries and the most remote and extreme corners of the planet.

In the early hours of 5 September 1972 the perimeter fence surrounding the Olympic Village in Munich was scaled by terrorists. Their target was the temporary home of the Israeli Olympic team and within 24 hours seventeen men were dead. Why did so many die? Any why have the German officials covered up details of the massacre?

On 26th February 1993, a massive bomb devastated New York's World Trade Center, resulting in unprecedented hospital casualties in the U.S. since the Civil War. The attack was masterminded by Ramzi Yousef, a Kuwaiti-born terrorist aiming to topple the twin towers and inflict mass fatalities. This event was linked to Osama bin Laden, a Saudi dissident. Tragically, Yousef's goal was realized on 11 September 2001 when two hijacked planes were flown into the towers, while a third struck the Pentagon, and a fourth crashed in Pennsylvania, avoiding further loss of life. Investigations revealed that Yousef was funded by bin Laden, whose extremist group began to dominate international terrorism in the mid-1990s. Following the 1998 bombings that killed 224 people, the U.S. launched missile strikes against bin Laden's organization. This book offers a detailed yet engaging account of the FBI's investigation, highlighting the networks capable of executing such attacks. Reeve warns that Yousef and bin Laden represent a new breed of terrorist, motivated to maximize casualties without restriction. He also raises concerns about the potential for these groups to possess chemical and nuclear weapons, suggesting that the world may soon face unprecedented threats from terrorists armed with weapons of mass destruction.

U zrodu cestování stály nejrůznější podněty – od migrace a výprav za potravou až po obchod, vědeckou zvědavost, poutní cesty nebo obyčejnou touhu po dobrodružství. Tento úchvatný vizuální průvodce vypráví příběhy lidského putování, od hedvábné stezky po velkolepý program Voyager. Prozkoumejte starověké mapy, životopisy dobyvatelů a cestovatelů, příběhy vědeckých objevů a technologického pokroku, dechberoucí umělecká díla a katalogy upomínek z cest. Tato světová kronika je oslavou lidského putování, a zaručeně potěší každého milovníka cestování a historie.