Greg Campbell (Author of Blood Diamonds)

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Greg Campbell

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"Whether it means talking my way past teenage rebels guarding a jungle checkpoint or asking hard questions in corporate boardrooms, my goals are to get the story and to tell it better than anyone.

I've been a journalist since 1993, and my work has taken me from the anarchy of wartime Sarajevo to the ritzy offices of the Antwerp Diamond District. I've reported from Bosnia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Italy and Belgium. All along the way, I've met fascinating people in exceptional circumstances. Through me, readers have come to know them as well.

My specialty is narrative nonfiction, telling true stories in an observant, fast-paced style. Crisp, clear and often witty, my writing combines the highest standards of journalism with colorful stor ...more

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Road to Kosovo now available for e-readers

Hey, kid: did Santa get you a Kindle or a Nook or an iPad for Christmas? Because I鈥檝e got just the thing to load it with: the newly released digital version of The Road to Kosovo, A Balkan Diary, my first book published in 1999, now newly edited and expanded exclusively for digital publication.

Throughout the years, I鈥檝e heard from many people who either didn鈥檛 know this book existed or couldn鈥檛 g Read more of this blog post »

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	Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones 3.92 avg rating — 1,675 ratings — published 2002 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pot Inc.: Inside Medical Marijuana, America's Most Outlaw Industry 3.92 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Road To Kosovo: A Balkan Diary 3.74 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The 5-2-1 Principle by Greg Campbell (欧宝娱乐 Author), Steve Halliday 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Surprising Power of the Coil by Greg Campbell (欧宝娱乐 Author), Steve Halliday 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Dealing with jackasses on every front today. Good thing I have tiger blood and Adonis DNA. (Charlie Sheen Reference)”
― Greg Campbell

tags: dealing-with-idiots, dealing-with-people, everyday-life, fighting, humor, stupid-people, vailiancy

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“When giving money to the amputated, you must put it directly into their pockets.”
― Greg Campbell, Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones

tags: blood-diamonds, poverty, shocking

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“At the time thousands of Africans were dying over control of diamonds sold in shopping malls around the world, U.S president Bill Clinton was impeached for perjury, NATO began bombing Yugoslavia, and everyone else was preparing for digital disaster from Y2K”
― Greg Campbell, Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones

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