Letter From America 1946 2004
by Alistair Cooke


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The very best of Alistair Cooke's legendary "Letters From America", taken from the whole of his astonishing career, 1946-2004. Acclaimed by many as one of the greatest broadcasters of all time, this is a collection that will be treasured by his millions... (read more)

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Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People
by P J Orourke


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A rule book for living in a world without rules, Modern Manners is an irreverent guide to anti-etiquette for the '90s and beyond. Pointed advice covers a range of topics from sex to death to reading habits. Also included are the most up-to-date forms of... (read more)

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Ruining It for Everybody
by Jim Knipfel


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"Whenever I hear the word 'spiritual,' I reach for my pistol." So begins Ruining It for Everybody, the final volume of Jim Knipfel's trauma trilogy. Knipfel is mostly blind and has been diagnosed with mixed personality disorder and mild brain damage.... (read more)

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Two Aspirins and a Comedy: How Television Can Enhance Health and Society
by Metta Spencer


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Can television become a positive force in society? Can socially conscious entertainment change the world? Two Aspirins and Comedy asks these questions and offers surprising, unconventional answers.The historic social and political effects of such books... (read more)

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This Just In: What I Couldn't Tell You on TV
by Bob Schieffer


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In Bob Schieffer's own words, from the JFK assassination to the World Trade Center attacks, "I got to see most of it and came to know many of the major figures of those four decades because I am a reporter. I became a reporter because I always wanted to... (read more)

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It's News to Me: The Making and Unmaking of and Editor
by Edward Kosner


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Edward Kosner's stunning, articulate journalism memoir ranks with the tradition of important tell-alls like Cass Canfield, Howell Raines, and Ben Bradlee. Kosner, whiz-kid star at Newsweek, editor of New York Magazine, editor of the New York Daily News... (read more)

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Son of the Rough South: An Uncivil Memoir
by Karl Fleming


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Fleming crafts a remarkable and moving memoir of growing up an orphan in the rough South, becoming a "Newsweek" reporter and covering the most brutal--though often inspiring--aspects of the civil rights revolution.... (read more)

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A Fist in the Hornet's Nest: On the Ground in Baghdad Before, During & After the War
by Richard Engel


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Based on his private journals and his public interviews, A Fist in the Hornet's Nest is Richard Engel's harrowing, fascinating, and informative view of Iraq from street level. Through his wartime reportage, Engel has emerged as one of the preeminent... (read more)

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Common Nonsense
by Andy Rooney


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Andy Rooney's Sunday evening observations on 60 Minutes are an American institution, shaping the way people see everything from coffee percolators to the state of the nation. Rooney's books, most recently the bestselling My War and Sincerely, Andy Rooney,... (read more)

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All Governments Lie: The Life and Times of Rebel Journalist I. F. Stone
by Myra Macpherson


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Boasting equal parts scholarship and style, "All Governments Lie" is a highly readable, groundbreaking, and timely look at I. F. Stone -- one of America's most independent and revered journalists, whose work carries the same immediacy it did almost a... (read more)

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Living Out Loud
by Anna Quindlen


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"A panopticon of life in this decade, sure to be valuable to future social historians She touches on life, love, home, family, work, men, women, children and issues large and small."<BR>CHICAGO TRIBUNE<BR>The voice is Anna Quindlen's. But we... (read more)

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Knowledge, Competence, and Communication: Chomsky, Freire, and the Communicative Movement
by William H Walcott


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In "Knowledge, Competence, and Communication," author William H. Walcott debates the meaning of creating equitable and critical instructional practices by exploring diverse representations of knowledge. He covers both historically important topics and... (read more)

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A Matter of Opinion
by Victor S. Navasky




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Victor S. Navasky is the renowned editor, writer, and teacher who has been at the helm of The Nation for almost thirty years. A Matter of Opinion, a scintillating reflection on his journalistic experiences, is also an extraordinary political document... (read more)

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Explorers House: National Geographic and the World It Made
by Robert Poole


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For more than one hundred years, the National Geographic Society has brought "the world and all that is in it" to millions worldwide. Through its unparallel led research, exploration, publications, and photography, the organization and its magazine have,... (read more)

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Evaluation in Media Discourse: Analysis of a Newspaper Corpus (Corpus and Discourse)
by Monika Bednarek


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Bednarek (English linguistics, U. of Augsburg) examines 100 newspaper articles and how they express opinion on both hard-news and tabloid stories using a framework she has developed for evaluating different types of discourse. She begins by examining... (read more)

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A Mighty Heart: The Inside Story of the Al Qaeda Kidnapping of Danny Pearl
by Mariane Pearl


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For five weeks the world waited for news about Danny Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan....And then came the broadcast of his shocking murder. The complete account of his abduction, the intense effort to rescue... (read more)

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Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media...
by John Stossel


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Working as a correspondent for 20/20 and Good Morning America, John Stossel confronted dozens of scam artists: from hacks who worked out of their basements to some of America's most powerful executives and leading politicians. His efforts shut down... (read more)

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In Search of Willie Morris: The Mercurial Life of a Legendary Writer and Editor
by Larry L King


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Willie Morris, the famously talented—and complex—writer and editor, helped to remake American journalism and wrote more than a dozen books, with several classics among them. His time at the head of Harper's magazine, where he was made editor... (read more)

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