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Joshua Hammer
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Joshua Hammer

Joshua Hammer is a veteran foreign and war correspondent for Newsweek who has covered conflicts on four continents. He is the author of two previous books, A Season in Bethlehem and Chosen by God: A Brother's Journey. He has contributed articles to The New Yorker, Smithsonian, and many other publications. He lives in Cape Town, South Africa, with his wife and two sons.

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Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from A Season in Bethlehem
Dec 07, 2012
Yokohama Burning will be released on February 05, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Feb 05, 2011
Yokohama Burning is now available in Trade Paperback
Feb 05, 2011
Excerpt:
Prologue from Yokohama Burning
Nov 10, 2010
Excerpt:
Prologue from Yokohama Burning
Jan 16, 2009
Excerpt:
Prologue from Yokohama Burning
Jan 07, 2009
Yokohama Burning will be released on September 14, 2006 in eBook
Sep 14, 2006
Yokohama Burning will be released on September 14, 2006 in eBook
Sep 14, 2006
Yokohama Burning will be released on September 14, 2006 in eBook
Sep 14, 2006
Yokohama Burning is now available in eBook
Sep 14, 2006
A Season in Bethlehem will be released on June 03, 2004 in
Jun 03, 2004
A Season in Bethlehem is now available in
Jun 03, 2004
A Season in Bethlehem will be released on May 25, 2004 in Trade Paperback
May 25, 2004
A Season in Bethlehem is now available in Trade Paperback
May 25, 2004
A Season in Bethlehem will be released on September 22, 2003 in eBook
Sep 22, 2003
A Season in Bethlehem is now available in eBook
Sep 22, 2003

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New York Times, April 19, 2013
...their desert heritage, their environment or their hold on the future should all those foreigners leave. 1 2 Joshua Hammer, a freelance foreign correspondent based in Berlin, is the author of three nonfiction books...
New Yorker, March 22, 2013
...Articles about real estate rarely captivate. But it certainly helps if they mention ?the world?s most expensive residential building,? the ?bowler-hatted guards trained by British Special Forces? who patrol it, the shady shell companies that own most of...
New York Times, February 22, 2013
...Now thats not worthy of you, she tells her. Go read a page or two of your books. Joshua Hammer, a freelance foreign correspondent based in Berlin, is the author of three nonfiction books...
New York Times, December 3, 2012
...allure, Antonson aptly calls this ribbon of asphalt one long, rambling sentence that describes America. 1 2 3 Joshua Hammer, a former Newsweek bureau chief, is a freelance foreign correspondent. He is writing a book about German colonialism in southern...
Outside, September 13, 2012
...readers along on this magnificent journey to Nepal while demonstrating excellence in reporting and writing. ENVIRONMENTAL TOURISM Gold: Joshua Hammer, “Shark Bait,” Outside This is SATW’s Year of the Shark, at least in this category. Of the...
New York Times, December 3, 2012
...allure, Antonson aptly calls this ribbon of asphalt one long, rambling sentence that describes America. 1 2 3 Joshua Hammer, a former Newsweek bureau chief, is a freelance foreign correspondent. He is writing a book about German colonialism in southern...
BusinessWeek, November 19, 2012
...of gas, potentially putting it on par with some of the largest petroleum producers in the world. As Joshua Hammer noted in a dispatch from Myanmar for Bloomberg Businessweek, rents for even modest office space in Yangon, a low-rise city that would...
BusinessWeek, November 19, 2012
...of gas, potentially putting it on par with some of the largest petroleum producers in the world. As Joshua Hammer noted in a dispatch from Myanmar for Bloomberg Businessweek, rents for even modest office space in Yangon, a low-rise city that would...
BusinessWeek, November 19, 2012
...of gas, potentially putting it on par with some of the largest petroleum producers in the world. As Joshua Hammer noted in a dispatch from Myanmar for Bloomberg Businessweek, rents for even modest office space in Yangon, a low-rise city that would...
BusinessWeek, November 18, 2012
...of gas, potentially putting it on par with some of the largest petroleum producers in the world. As Joshua Hammer noted in a dispatch from Myanmar for Bloomberg Businessweek, rents for even modest office space in Yangon, a low-rise city that would...
BusinessWeek, November 18, 2012
...of gas, potentially putting it on par with some of the largest petroleum producers in the world. As Joshua Hammer noted in a dispatch from Myanmar for Bloomberg Businessweek, rents for even modest office space in Yangon, a low-rise city that would...
Silobreaker, November 12, 2012
...Cholera, Cameroon, Chlorination, Douala First reported 21 mins ago - Updated 21 mins ago - 1 reports By JOSHUA HAMMER Last year, pirates hijacked nearly 50 ships off the coast of Benin. The tiny African nation is fighting back – with two...