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Ryszard Kapuscinski

Ryszard Kapuscinski, Poland’s most celebrated foreign correspondent, was born in 1932 in Pinsk (in what is now Belarus) and spent four decades reporting on Asia, Latin America, and Africa. He is also the author of Imperium, Another Day of Life, and The Soccer War. His books have been translated into 28 languages. Kapuscinski died in 2007.
Travels with Herodotus
The Shadow of the Sun
Another Day of Life
Imperium
Shah of Shahs
The Emperor

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Travels with Herodotus
The Shadow of the Sun
Another Day of Life
Imperium
Shah of Shahs
The Emperor

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