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Behind the News: Hostage Takers
Philip Steele
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Description for Behind the News: Hostage Takers
Hardback. In-depth explorations of big topics in today's world. Series: Behind the News. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 4KHN; 5AN; YXZ. Category: (ES) Secondary; (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 178 x 248 x 10. Weight in Grams: 310.
Go behind the headlines to explore the wider background of news stories that are making a major impact across the world. In Hostage-takers, we ask who are today's hostage-takers and what do they want? What drives them to extreme action? We look at how captivity and stress affect the victims and ask whether we should negotiate with hostage-takers. How can lives be saved and how can hostage-taking be prevented in the first place?
Go behind the headlines to explore the wider background of news stories that are making a major impact across the world. In Hostage-takers, we ask who are today's hostage-takers and what do they want? What drives them to extreme action? We look at how captivity and stress affect the victims and ask whether we should negotiate with hostage-takers. How can lives be saved and how can hostage-taking be prevented in the first place?
Product Details
Publisher
Hachette Children´s Group
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Behind the News
Condition
New
Weight
309g
Number of Pages
48
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750282543
SKU
V9780750282543
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99-1
About Philip Steele
The author, Philip Steele, is an experienced writer of non-fiction for young people, on topics ranging from history to current affairs.
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