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March 2021
NON-FICTION - MARCH 2021 Until the World Shatters Truth, Lies, and the Looting of Myanmar Daniel Combs
This first in-depth piece of reportage about the largest natural resource heist in Asia reveals Myanmar’s world of secret-keepers and truthtellers.
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In Myanmar, where civil war, repressive government, and the $40 billion a year jade industry have shaped life for decades, everyone is fighting for their own version of the truth. Until the World Shatters takes us deep into a world in which journalists seek to overcome censorship and intimidation, ethnic minorities wage guerilla war against a government they claim refuses to grant basic human rights; devout Buddhists launch violent anti-Muslim campaigns; and artists try to build their own havens of free expression.
In the city of Yangon we meet Phoe Wa, a young photojournalist pursuing his dream at a time when the government is jailing reporters and nationalist voices are on the rise. In Myanmar’s far north, we meet Bum Tsit who is caught between the insurgent army his family supports and the business and military leaders his career depends on. His attempt to get rich quickly leads him to Myanmar’s biggest, worst kept secret: the connection between the jade industry and the longest running war in the world.
Until the World Shatters weaves Phoe Wa and Bum Tsit’s stories to reveal a larger portrait of Myanmar’s history, politics, and people in a time and place where public trust has disappeared.
Daniel Combs is an award-winning author and international security professional who has spent the past six years studying Myanmar’s ethnic conflicts. In addition to Myanmar, Daniel has lived in and reported from Ethiopia, the Congo, Vietnam, and Israel.
Trout Water A Year on the Au Sable Josh Greenberg
Praise for Rivers of Sand:
‘A beautiful and compelling blend of history, people, rivers, flies, and the introspection of a fine, inquiring mind.’ Joseph Heywood, author of The Snowfly ‘A compelling narrative, accomplished lyric prose, and practical dispensation of rarefied knowledge.’ Chris Dombrowski, author of Earth Again
In the spirit of A River Runs Through It, an elegiac memoir on the spiritual side of fly-fishing on America’s greatest trout stream.
At the beginning of trout fishing season, Josh Greenberg—proprietor of a fishing tackle store on America’s most famous trout-fishing stream, the Au Sable River—is struggling to cope with the slow death of a close friend. Over the course of the fishing season, he’ll revisit that relationship and its importance to him as he takes solace, and maybe something more, from fishing.
This personal meditation on life, friendship and loss blends a love for the outdoors and fly-fishing with
lyrical prose and honest and raw reflection.
Josh Greenberg is manager of the famous Gates Au Sable Lodge, and writes a popular, online fishing report that draws as many as 40,000 hits a month. He has contributed to several magazines, including Fly, Rod & Reel and Fly Fisherman. He is the author of Rivers of Sand: Fly Fishing Michigan and the Great Lakes Region.
