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by George Plimpton  Publisher Comments In the mid-'60s, Plimpton joined the Detroit Lions at their preseason camp as a 36-year-old rookie quarterback wannabe, and stuck with the club through an intra-squad game before the paying public a month later. The result is a literary masterpiece about... (read more)  List Price $12.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Carolin Emcke Synopsis "Nobody I ever met on my assignments . . . asked me for direct, practical help. . . . But over and over again people have asked me: 'Will you write this down?' "--"Echoes of Violence" "Echoes of Violence" is an award-winning collection of personal... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $11.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by John Mcphee Publisher Comments From the outwash plains of Brooklyn to Indiana's drifted diamonds and gold "In Suspect Terrain "is a narrative of the earth, told in four sections of equal length, each in a different way reflecting the three others--a biography; a set piece about a... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Molly Ivins Publisher Comments Molly Ivins, one of our most outspoken, and outrageously funny political commentators (and the author of the bestseller Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?) is back. In this merciless, utterly hilarious book, Ivins riddles such targets as Bill Clinton... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $2.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Christopher Hitchens Publisher Comments Beginning the 1990s as a "darling of the left," Hitchens became more of an "unaffiliated radical." As he shows in his reportage, cultural and literary criticism, and opinion essays from the last decade, he is faithful to the internationalist, democratic... (read more) List Price $17.50 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Elliot D Cohen Publisher Comments Media critics and journalists examine what becomes of diversity and democracy when most of the nation's media outlets are controlled by a handful of corporate conglomerates.... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price $7.20 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Jim Klobuchar Publisher Comments When he was the first journalist in the country to call the 1960 presidential race in favor of John F. Kennedy, Jim Klobuchar was a scrappy kid from Minnesota's Iron Range. Minstrel is his memoir, the stunning story of politics, sports, the newsroom, and... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Anne Garrels Publisher Comments As National Public Radio's senior foreign correspondent, Anne Garrels has covered conflicts in Chechnya, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. She is renowned for direct, down-to-earth, insightful reportage, and for her independent take on what she... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Helen Thomas Publisher Comments "I'm still here, still arriving at the White House in the wee hours of the morning, reading the papers and checking the wire, still waiting for the morning briefing, still sitting down to write the first story of the day and still waiting to ask the... (read more) List Price $26.50 Your price $7.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Mort Crim Publisher Comments Second Thoughts is a collection of 100 essays reflecting celebrated broadcaster Mort Crim's conclusions about life after 35 years of covering world events. His daily radio series, from which he has gathered these writings, cuts through the gloomy clouds... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $1.24 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John Ofarrell Publisher Comments Winner of the Best Columnist of the Year at the British Liars' Awards, and Britain's finest satirist, O'Farrell takes dead aim in Global Village Idiot at cell phones, awards ceremonies, genetic sheep splicers, America's right-wing cabal of dunces... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price $4.49 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Andy Rooney Publisher Comments Andy Rooney has been at it for twenty-five years. It's time to celebrate. So here's the ultimate gift for every Rooney fan: an illustrated collection of Rooney's very best pieces from a quarter century at 60 Minutes. Readers can relive Rooney's sharpest... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Alistair Cooke Publisher Comments For over half a century, Alistair Cooke entertained and informed millions of listeners around the world in his weekly BBC radio program Letter from America. An outstanding observer of the American scene, he became one of the world’s best-loved... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Gail Caldwell Publisher Comments In this exquisitely rendered memoir set on the high plains of Texas, Pulitzer Prize winner Gail Caldwell transforms into art what it is like to come of age in a particular time and place. A Strong West Wind begins in the 1950s in the wilds of the Texas... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $12.71 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael Kelly Publisher Comments The collected articles and columns of Michael Kelly, award-winning reporter, war correspondent, columnist, and editor, whose passion for the good story and whose candor and wit made him one of the foremost journalists of our time. His career... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Daniel Singer Publisher Comments A "deserter from death, " Polish-born Daniel Singer narrowly escaped the Holocaust to become one of the left's leading social and political commentators of our time. Deserter from Death collects Singer's writing, from when he was a young correspondent... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $5.75 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Edd Applegate Publisher Comments Beginning with an exposition of the four most widely argued theories of the press, this book goes on to explore several critical perspectives on the tasks and roles of print and broadcast news media in the United States. The author sets out critical... (read more) Your price $80.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Jeff Alan Publisher Comments The stress of constant public scrutiny, the pressure of deadlines and the increasing push for ratings sometimes make ethical reporting seem like a contradiction in terms.<P>In his book Responsible Journalism, Jeff Alan goes beyond theory to explore... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $19.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Neil Postman Publisher Comments An important guide to understanding what you're getting--and not getting--from TV news. Postman and Powers warn that anyone who relies exclusively on TV for a knowledge of the world is making a serious mistake and suggest ways to intelligently evaluate... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David Weinstein Publisher Comments During the 1940s and 1950s, the name DuMont was synonymous with the new medium of television. Many people first watched TV on DuMont-brand sets, the best receivers money and buy. More viewers enjoyed their first programs on the DuMont network, which was... (read more) Your price $45.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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