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Mark Lee Urban (born 26 January 1961) is a British journalist, historian, and broadcaster, and is currently the Diplomatic Editor and occasional presenter for BBC Two's Newsnight. His older brother is the film-maker Stuart Urban. He is the second cousin of Australian country singer Keith Urban. Education and early career Urban's father came from Poland, but Mark was born in England. Educated at the independent day schools Rokeby School and King's College School in Wimbledon, South London, he continued his education at the London School of Economics. After graduation, he served in the British Army, for nine months as a regular officer in the Royal Tank Regiment on a Short Service Limited Commission and for four years in the Territorial Army. Correspondent career Urban joined the BBC in 1983 as an assistant producer, working on several BBC news programmes. From 1986 to 1990 he was the defence correspondent of The Independent, before rejoining the BBC as a general reporter on Newsnight. From 1993 to 1994 he was Middle East correspondent for BBC News, before becoming Newsnight's diplomatic editor, a role he has held since 1995. He has at times been an embedded reporter, first with British and then U.S. troops. In his years on Newsnight, he has reported on the Gulf War, the Bosnian War, War in Kosovo, the War in Afghanistan and War in Iraq. After the 2018 Amesbury poisonings Urban reported that he was working with Sergei Skripal up to a year before the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury. Military historian In 1992, Urban published Big Boys' Rules: The SAS and the secret struggle against the IRA on killings by British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary undercover units in Northern Ireland between 1976 and 1987. The book, which was subject to censorship by the D-Notice Committee, was described by John Stalker as "deep and meticulous delving into a secret war". In 2001, he published The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes: The Story of George Scovell, using narrative and first-hand accounts of the war. His second narrative history, Rifles: Six Years with Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters, published in 2003, continues the story of the Iberian campaign, through the history of the 95th Rifles. His study of the Royal Welch Fusiliers also combined narrative with first-hand accounts. In 2010, he published Task Force Black: The Explosive True Story of the SAS and the Secret War in Iraq, described as a "ground-breaking investigation" and which required months of negotiations with the Ministry of Defence who had tried to prevent publication. Books Soviet Land Power (1985) ISBN 9780711014428 War in Afghanistan (1987) ISBN 9780333514771 Big Boys' Rules: The SAS and the secret struggle against the IRA (1992) ISBN 9780571168095 UK Eyes Alpha: Inside British Intelligence (1996) ISBN 9780571190683 The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes: The Story of George Scovell (2001) ISBN 9780571205387 Rifles: Six Years with Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters (2003) ISBN 9780802714374 Generals: Ten British Commanders Who Shaped the World (2005) ISBN 9780571224876 Fusiliers: Eight Years with the Redcoats in America (2007) ISBN 9780571224883 Task Force Black: The Explosive True Story of the Secret Special Forces War in Iraq (2011) ISBN 9780312541279 The Tank War: The British Band of Brothers - One Tank Regiment's World War II (2014) ISBN 9781408703632 The Edge: Is The Military Dominance Of The West Coming To An End? (2015) ISBN 9781408705834 The Skripal Files: The Life and Near Death of a Russian Spy (2018) ISBN 9781250207739 References External links Profile at BBC Newsnight Newsnight at war, 2 February 2005 Appearances on C-SPAN Mark Urban on Charlie Rose Mark Urban at IMDb. Discover the Mark Urban popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Mark Urban books.
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Raising Steam
Terry PratchettNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The international bestselling author of the hilarious Discworld seriesa writer who’s been compared to Mark Twain and Kurt Vonnegutintroduces th...
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The Mark
Kiki Swinson“The suspense never stops in this edgy, violent thriller. Readers will be riveted and ready for more” from the national bestselling author of The Score (Booklist).Two for the money...
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Infamous
Sherrilyn KenyonThe world has fallen in love with Nick Gautier and the DarkHunters.Now Nick's saga continues in the next eagerly anticipated volume...Go to school. Get good grades. Stay out of tro...
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Geister-Detektiv Mark Tate 13 - 5 Romane in einem Band
W. A. HaryDieses Buch enthält folgende Mark Tate Romane: W.A.Hary: Willkommen im Geisterwald W.A.Hary: Die Hölle speit Feuer W.A.Hary: Die Feuerinsel W.A.Hary: In der Falle des Teufels ...
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Death Mark
Robert J SchwalbIn the aftermath of revolution, King Kalak of Tyr is dead and all eyes fall on the lucrative iron mines of his once mighty citystate. Merchant houses scramble to seize what scraps ...
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John Sinclair 2071
Marc FreundDer Duschraum lag verlassen vor ihm. Das Gelächter und die zahlreichen Stimmen, die durcheinanderschnatterten wie aufgescheuchte Enten, sodass einem davon der Kopf dröhnte, waren v...
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The Road to Death
Matt ForbeckThe epic Eberron trilogy The Lost Mark continues!The dark and mysterious world of Eberron continues to expand through RPG products and novels. This is the sixth novel set in the Eb...
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The Mark
Heather BurnsideThe queen of urban crime is back with a shocking, brilliant new series – The Working Girls When everyone is on the make, it's hard to tell who's fooling who... A TRIP TO ...
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Black Privilege
Charlamagne Tha GodAn instant New York Times bestseller! Charlamagne Tha Godthe selfproclaimed “Prince of Pissing People Off,” cohost of Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, and “the most important voic...
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John Sinclair 2073
Stefan AlbertsenVor einigen Jahren, der Himalaya das Dach der Welt.Uralte Legenden rankten sich um dieses von Naturschauspielen erfüllte Gebirgssystem.Der Mensch hatte sich seiner furchterregende...
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Special Characters
Laurie Segall"CNN's former senior tech correspondent shares her frontrow seat on the rise of Facebook, Twitter, and other newmedia empiresand the geeks turned entrepreneurs who founded them."Pe...
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John Sinclair Sonder-Edition 73
Jason DarkWer Sorgen hat, der geht zu Harry!Dieses geflügelte Wort hatte unter den Reichen an der Côte d’Azur Furore gemacht. Was im Jetset Rang und Namen hatte, weinte sich bei Harry aus.Un...
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Lost and Found
Lilian CarmineJoey Halloway is looking to the future Freshly married to her highschool sweetheart, Joey is excited for an uncomplicated life, free from the paranormal terrors she and Tristan hav...
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Forever Strong
Gabrielle LyonINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER USA TODAY BESTSELLER WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERLearn how to reboot your metabolism, build strength, and extend your life with this accessibl...
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Invincible
Sherrilyn KenyonNick Gautier's day just keeps getting better and better. Yeah, he survived the zombie attacks, only to wake up and find himself enslaved to a world of shapeshifters and demons out...
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The Familiar, Volume 4
Mark Z DanielewskiMark Z. Danielewski's The Familiar, Volume 4 brilliantly combines inventive visuals and a paradigmshifting narrative to create a stunning multisensory reading experience.The Famili...
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John Sinclair Sonder-Edition 74
Jason DarkWir alle kannten Grandma Gardener vom Bildschirm als Englands Märchentante. Sie war nett, freundlich und lieb und ließ Kinderaugen leuchten. Man konnte sie auch privat engagieren.S...
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Shiny and New
Dylan Jones'A wholly successful endeavour carried along by waves of infectious enthusiasm' Mojo'Fascinating' New StatesmanThe '80s were about big ideas writ large new money, new style, gende...
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Bite Marks
Terence TaylorA teenage runaway is killed by a sadistic vampire with the pathology of a serial killer, who has stalked her family for over a decade. Brought back to life to feed on her child, s...
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John Sinclair Sonder-Edition 75
Jason DarkAls wir den Sarg nach fünf Monaten öffneten, sahen wir die Leiche. Sie war fast verwest, nur das Schild auf der Brust nicht. Darauf stand: I love you, Susy.Beim zweiten und dritten...
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The Grimsbane Family Witch Hunters
Joan ReardonNetflix’s Wednesday meets Jodi Lynn Anderson’s The Memory Thief in this creepy and highstakes middle grade adventure about a girl’s quest to save her cursed brother that takes her ...
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City Beasts
Mark KurlanskyAllnew stories about the urban worlds where animals and humans fight, love, and find common ground, from the nationally bestselling author of Cod and Salt. In these stories, M...
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Carrier of the Mark
Leigh FallonTheir love was meant to be.When Megan Rosenberg moves to Ireland, everything in her life seems to fall into place. After growing up in America, she's surprised to find herself feel...
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Shadow of the Mark
Leigh FallonLeigh Fallon’s Shadow of the Mark, the sequel to Carrier of the Mark, is a captivating love story set against the lush backdrop of Ireland. Megan knew she was destined to be w...
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King of Thorns
Mark LawrenceIn book two of the Broken Empire trilogy, the boy who would be king has gained the thronebut the crown is a heavy weight to bear...At age nine, Prince Honorous Jorg Ancrath vowed t...
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John Sinclair 2074
Rafael MarquesDas dämonische Geschöpf kämpfte.Wieder musste es mit ansehen, wie einer seiner Diener dem Mann mit den seltsamen Gesichtszügen zum Opfer fiel.Drei Peitschenriemen, die eine schwarz...
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Markswoman
Rati MehrotraAn order of magicalknife wielding female assassins brings both peace and chaos to their postapocalyptic world in this bewitching blend of science fiction and epic fantasythe first ...
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The Mark of Nerath
Bill SlavicsekIt is a time of magic and monsters, a time when only a few scattered points of light glow with stubborn determination amid a rising tide of shadows. It is a time when only the brav...
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Marked for Death
Matt ForbeckMarked for Death begins a new epic trilogy set in the world of Eberron, Wizards of the Coast’s newest D&D® campaign setting. The Eberron world will continue to grow through new...
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The Story of Astronomy
Heather Couper, Nigel Henbest & Arthur C. ClarkeJourney through time and space with the greatest astronomers in history. Astronomy is one of the oldest of all the sciences. And yet, its history is also so much more than the hist...
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Mark of the Demon
Diana RowlandCop and conjurer of demons, she’s a woman in danger of losing controlto a power that could kill. . . .Why me? Why now? That’s what Beaulac, Louisiana, detective Kara Gillian was...
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Ravencry
Ed McdonaldIn the second gritty installment of the Raven's Mark series, a bounty hunter faces down the darkest evil.Ryhalt Galharrow is a blackwinga bounty hunter who seeks out and turns over...