“Riveting. . . reads like a novel. . . . A worthy sequel to The Perfect Storm.” —New York Times Book Review In the most intriguing and original crime story since In Cold Blood, New York Times bestselling author Sebastian Junger examines the fatal collision of three lives during the infamous Boston Strangler serial murder case In the spring of 1963, the quiet suburb of Belmont, Massachusetts, is rocked by a shocking murder that fits the pattern of the infamous Boston Strangler, still at large. Hoping for a break in the case, the police arrest Roy Smith, a Black ex-con whom the victim hired to clean her house. Smith is hastily convicted of the murder, but the Strangler's terror continues. And through it all, one man escapes the scrutiny of the police: a carpenter working at the time at the Belmont home of young Sebastian Junger and his parents—a man named Albert. A tale of race and justice, murder and memory, this powerful true story is sure to rank besides such classics as Helter Skelter, and The Executioner’s Song.

A Death in Belmont

'Mind blowingly brilliant' PHILIPPA PERRY 'Few other writers have such passion for granular detail, intellectual heft and boundless curiosity' THE TIMES 'As suspenseful and pacy as an episode of peak-era ER' GUARDIAN A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by the bestselling author of Tribe and The Perfect Storm. For years as an award-winning war reporter, Sebastian Junger travelled to many front lines and frequently put his life at risk. And yet the closest he ever came to death was the summer of 2020 while spending a quiet afternoon at the New England home he shared with his wife and two young children. Crippled by abdominal pain, Junger was rushed to the hospital by ambulance. Once there, he began slipping away. As blackness encroached, he was visited by his dead father, inviting Junger to join him. “It’s okay,” his father said. “There’s nothing to be scared of. I’ll take care of you.” That was the last thing Junger remembered until he came to the next day when he was told he had suffered a ruptured aneurysm that he should not have survived. This experience spurred Junger—a confirmed atheist raised by his physicist father to respect the empirical—to undertake a scientific, philosophical, and deeply personal examination of mortality and what happens after we die. How do we begin to process the brutal fact that any of us might perish unexpectedly on what begins as an ordinary day? How do we grapple with phenomena that science may be unable to explain? And what happens to a person, emotionally and spiritually, when we are forced to reckon with such existential questions? In My Time of Dying is part medical drama, part searing autobiography, and part rational inquiry into the ultimate unknowable mystery. 'Moving, compact, philosophically ambitious … A humbling volume' OBSERVER ‘Stunning … A powerful book that comes as close as anything I’ve read in explaining what it means to be human’ JAMES PATTERSON 'An instant classic that filled me with wonder, gratitude and awe' WILL SCHWALBE 'A stunning account I didn’t so much read as inhale, awed and riveted and forever changed' MICHAEL FINKEL

In My Time of Dying

From the author of THE PERFECT STORM and WAR comes a book about why men miss war, why Londoners missed the Blitz, and what we can all learn from American Indian captives who refused to go home. Tribe is a look at post-traumatic stress disorder and the challenges veterans face returning to society. Using his background in anthropology, Sebastian Junger argues that the problem lies not with vets or with the trauma they’ve suffered, but with the society to which they are trying to return. One of the most puzzling things about veterans who experience PTSD is that the majority never even saw combat—and yet they feel deeply alienated and out of place back home. The reason may lie in our natural inclination, as a species, to live in groups of thirty to fifty people who are entirely reliant on one another for safety, comfort and a sense of meaning: in short, the life of a soldier. It is one of the ironies of the modern age that as affluence rises in a society, so do rates of suicide, depression and of course PTSD. In a wealthy society people don’t need to cooperate with one another, so they often lead much lonelier lives that lead to psychological distress. There is a way for modern society to reverse this trend, however, and studying how veterans react to coming home may provide a clue to how to do it. But it won’t be easy.

Tribe

For readers and viewers of The Perfect Storm, opening this long-awaited new work by Sebastian Junger will be like stepping off the deck of the Andrea Gail and into the inferno of a fire burning out of control in the steep canyons of Idaho. Here is the same meticulous prose brought to bear on the inner workings of a terrifying elemental force; here is a cast of characters risking everything in an effort to bring that force under control. Few writers have been to so many desperate corners of the globe as has Sebastian Junger; fewer still have provided such starkly memorable evocations of characters and events. From the murderous mechanics of the diamond trade in Sierra Leone to the logic of guerrilla warfare in Afghanistan and the forensics of genocide in Kosovo, this new collection of Junger's nonfiction will take you places you wouldn't dream of going to on your own.

Fire

A profound rumination on the concept of freedom from the bestselling author of The Perfect Storm 'Sebastian Junger bears witness to a hard-won and an uncertain new world, framed in vital and brilliant prose: a true and honest accounting of everything that underlies the frantic performance of life’ Philip Hoare, author of Albert and the Whale Throughout history, humans have been driven by the quest for two cherished ideals: community and freedom. The two don’t coexist easily: we value individuality and self-reliance, yet are utterly dependent on community for our most basic needs. In this intricately crafted and thought-provoking book, Sebastian Junger examines this tension that lies at the heart of what it means to be human. For much of a year, Junger and three friends—a conflict photographer and two Afghan war vets—walked the railroad lines of the east coast. It was an experiment in personal autonomy, but also in interdependence. Dodging railroad cops, sleeping under bridges, cooking over fires and drinking from creeks and rivers, the four men forged a unique reliance on one another. In Freedom, Junger weaves his account of this journey together with primatology and boxing strategy, the role of women in resistance movements and apache renegrades, and the brutal reality of life on the Pennsylvania frontier. Written in exquisite, razor-sharp prose, the result is a powerful examination of the primary desire that defines us.

Freedom

In de loop van de geschiedenis hebben mensen zich laten leiden door twee essentiële idealen: gemeenschapszin en vrijheid. Die twee grootheden gaan moeilijk samen: we stellen prijs op individualiteit en onafhankelijkheid, maar wat onze basisbehoeften betreft zijn we volkomen afhankelijk van de maatschappij om ons heen. In dit intelligent opgezette en prikkelende boek onderzoekt Sebastian Junger deze spanning, die de kern vormt van ons mens-zijn. Bijna een jaar lang wandelden Junger en drie van zijn vrienden - een oorlogsfotograaf en twee Afghanistan-veteranen - langs de spoorlijnen van de Amerikaanse oostkust. Hun persoonlijke autonomie werd op de proef gesteld, maar ook hun afhankelijkheid van elkaar. De vier mannen verscholen zich voor de spoorwegpolitie, sliepen onder bruggen, kookten hun maaltijden boven een houtvuur, dronken uit beken en rivieren en ontwikkelden een unieke afhankelijkheid van elkaar. In Vrijheid heeft Junger zijn verslag van deze tocht gelardeerd met beschouwingen over primatologie, de geschiedenis van werkstakingen en indiaanse opstandigen, boksstrategieën, de rol van vrouwen in verzetsbewegingen en de rauwe realiteit van het leven aan de frontier in Pennsylvania. Het indrukwekkende resultaat is een in subtiel en vlijmscherp proza geschreven beschouwing over het door ons allen gekoesterde oerverlangen.

Vrijheid

Oktober 1991, Nordatlantik: Ein Hurrikan, ein Zyklon und eine arktische Kaltfront vereinigen sich zu einem Jahrhundert-Sturm. Mitten hinein in diesen "perfekten Sturm", wie ihn Meteorologen nennen, steuern sechs Fischer auf dem Fangboot "Andrea Gail". Ein aussichtsloser Kampf ums Überleben beginnt. "Der Sturm", New York Times- und Spiegel-Bestseller und Vorlage für den gleichnamigen Hollywood-Film, gilt als modernes Meisterwerk. Sebastian Junger gelingt es, Berichte von Seeleuten, von Rettungskräften und Wissenschaftlern, aber auch die Erinnerungen der Familien im Fischerort Gloucester an der Küste von Maine in einer Dichte zu verweben, wie man sie bis dahin nicht kannte. Ein realer Thriller von der Gewalt der Elemente.

Der Sturm

Tenemos un fuerte instinto, como especie, de vivir en pequeños grupos definidos por un claro propósito y entendimiento, de treinta a cincuenta personas que dependen enteramente unas de otras, por seguridad y comodidad. Esta conexión tribal se ha perdido en gran medida en la sociedad moderna, pero podría ser la clave de nuestra supervivencia psicológica. Un ejemplo actual de esa atracción son los veteranos de guerra, que regresan a casa y pierden por completo los vínculos increíblemente íntimos de la vida del pelotón. La pérdida de esta cercanía puede explicar las altas tasas de trastorno de estrés postraumático sufrido por los militares veteranos de hoy. Combinando historia, psicología y antropología, Tribu explora lo que podemos aprender de las sociedades tribales sobre la lealtad, la pertenencia y la eterna búsqueda humana del sentido de la vida. Explica la ironía de que muchos veteranos y civiles se sientan mejor en tiempos de guerra que en los de paz. A veces la adversidad puede resultar una bendición y los desastres se recuerdan con más cariño que las bodas o unas vacaciones en el trópico. El problema no radica en los veteranos ni en el trauma que han sufrido, sino en la sociedad a la que están tratando de regresar.

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