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Moyers on Democracy by Bill Moyers Publisher Comments People know Bill Moyers from his many years of path-breaking journalism on television. But he is also one of America's most sought-after public speakers. In this collection of speeches, Moyers celebrates the promise of American democracy and offers a... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Numbers Game: The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and in Life by Michael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot Publisher Comments The Strunk & White of statistics team up to help the average person navigate the numbers in the news. Drawing on their hugely popular BBC Radio 4 show More or Less, journalist Michael Blastland and internationally known economist Andrew Dilnot... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Autumn of the Moguls: My Misadventures with the Titans, Poseurs, and Money Guys Who Mastered and Messed Up Big Media by Michael Wolff Publisher Comments Astute, brutally honest, and always provocative chronicler of assorted media-world implosions Michael Wolff has sorted through the wreckage of fallen media empires and fearlessly deconstructed the peculiar psychology behind the mess. A former media... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Political by New Yorker Publisher Comments A sophisicated smirk riot filled with jabs at the overly serious world of politics.... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Reporting Writings From the New Yorker by David Remnick Publisher Comments David Remnick is a man much praised for his powers of observation, description and analysis, and Reporting contains his very best pieces from the last fifteen years. Here is Remnick on Don DeLillo, Philip Roth and The Sopranos; and here he is writing... (read more) Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Granta Book of Reportage by Granta Books Publisher Comments Collects twelve of the most significant pieces of eyewitness reports that have been published by the leading news journal, in a new edition that includes James Fenton's account on hitching a ride on a tank in Saigon, Martha Gellhorn's discussion of... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Thanks for the Memories, Mr. President: Wit and Wisdom from the Front Row at the White House by Helen Thomas Publisher Comments In a natural follow-up to her national bestseller Front Row at the White House, the dean of the White House press corps presents a vivid and personal presidential chronicle. Currently a columnist for Hearst and a former White House bureau chief for UPI,... (read more) List Price $10.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist by Hunter S Thompson Publisher Comments Brazen, incisive, and outrageous as ever, Hunter S. Thompson is back with another astonishing volume of his private correspondence, the highly anticipated follow-up to The Proud Highway. When that first book of letters appeared in 1997, Time pronounced... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Professional Feature Writing by Bruce Garrison Publisher Comments The new edition of this successful text gives advanced writers and reporters a thorough look at newspaper, magazine, and newsletter feature writing. It includes computer-based research tools and a discussion of online publications and resources. This... (read more) List Price $99.95 Your price: $55.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Devil Problem: And Other True Stories by David Remnick Publisher Comments Readers know from his now classic Lenin's Tomb that Remnick is a superb portraitist who can bring his subjects to life and reveal them in such surprising ways as to justify comparison to Dickens, Balzac, or Proust. In this collection, Remnick's gift for... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Secret Parts of Fortune: Three Decades of Intense Investigations and Edgy Enthusiasms by Ron Rosenbaum Publisher Comments One part intellectual and one part private eye, Ron Rosenbaum takes readers into "the secret parts" of the great mysteries, controversies, and enigmas of our time, including:the occult rituals of Skull and Bones, the legendary Yale secret society that... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Copy, Rip, Burn: The Politics of Copyleft and Open Source by David Berry Publisher Comments Open source technology, like Linux, has revolutionized the world of copyright and expanded the technological potentials of digital media. From downloading music and movies to accessing free software, digital media is forcing us to rethink the very idea... (read more) List Price $32.75 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Vermeer in Bosnia: Cultural Comedies and Political Tragedies by Lawrence Weschler Publisher Comments From the master chronicler of the marvelous and the confounding–author of Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder–here is a much-anticipated new collection of more than twenty pieces from the past two decades, the majority of which have never... (read more) List Price $25.75 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit by Andy Rooney Publisher Comments Andy Rooney is a classic chronicler of America and her foibles. Over more than six decades of intrepid reporting and elegant essays, Rooney has told it to us straight and without a hint of sugar coating, but with more than a grain of truth and humor... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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I'd Hate Myself in the Morning: A Memoir by Ring Lardner Jr. Publisher Comments Ring Lardner, Jr.'s memoir is a pilgrimage through the American century. The son of an immensely popular and influential writer, Lardner grew up swaddled in material and cultural privilege. After a memorable visit to Moscow in 1934, he worked as a... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Outrageous Fortune: The Rise and Ruin of Conrad and Lady Black by Tom Bower Publisher Comments Traces the rise and fall of the publishing mogul and his wife, from their entry into New York's highest power circles through their relentless pursuit of the British House of Lords and the scandalous discovery of their massive corporate fraud activities.... (read more) List Price $24.75 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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In the Hot Zone: One Man, One Year, Twenty Wars with DVD by Kevin Sites Publisher Comments Kevin Sites is a man on a mission. Venturing alone into the dark heart of war, armed with just a video camera, a digital camera, a laptop, and a satellite modem, the award-winning journalist covered virtually every major global hot spot as the first... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
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Black Gold: Nuggets from a Lifetime of Laughs by Arthur Black Publisher Comments The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour is Canada's top award for humour and nobody has won it more times than Arthur Black, who carried off his third medal in June 2006. Now, in case there is anyone left standing who still disputes Black's claim... (read more) List Price $18.75 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Media systems in society :understanding industries, strategies, and power by Joseph Turow About the Author Joseph Turow, called by the New York Times "probably the reigning academic expert on media fragmentation," is Robert Lewis Shayon Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. He... (read more) Your price: $1.95 Used - Hardcover
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Omaha Blues: A Memory Loop by Joseph Lelyveld Publisher Comments In the basement of the Cleveland synagogue where his father, Arthur, was a celebrated rabbi, Joseph Lelyveld finds a musty trunk of souvenirs. Applying his award-winning investigative skills, as both a newspaperman and author, Lelyveld uses his father's... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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