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Writing to Learn

How to Write - and Think - Clearly About Any Subject at All

by William Zinsser ...

This is an essential book for everyone who wants to write clearly about any subject and use writing as a means of learning. ... Read more

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This is an essential book for everyone who wants to write clearly about any subject and use writing as a means of learning.
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A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People’s Business

by Roxane Gay ...

From beloved and bestselling author Roxane Gay, “a strikingly fresh cultural critic” (Washington Post) comes an exhilarating collection of her essays on culture, politics, and everything in between.Since the publication of the groundbreaking Bad Feminist and Hunger, Roxane Gay has continued to tackle big issues embroiling society—state-sponsored violence and mass shootings, women’s rights post ... Read more

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From beloved and bestselling author Roxane Gay, “a strikingly fresh cultural critic” (Washington Post) comes an exhilarating collection of her essays on culture, politics, and everything in between.Since the publication of the groundbreaking Bad Feminist and Hunger, Roxane Gay has continued to tackle big issues embroiling society—state-sponsored violence and mass shootings, women’s rights post
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Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights

The Collapse of Journalism and What Can Be Done to Fix It

by Craig Aaron, Eric Alterman, C. Edwin Baker, Yochai Benkler, Michael J. Copps, Michael Schudson, Thomas Frank, Todd Gitlin, Chris Hedges, Janine Jackson, Pamela Newkirk, John Nichols, Clay Shirkey, David Simon, Paul Starr, Leonard Downie ...

Essays by Thomas Frank, Clay Shirky, David Simon, and others: "Anyone concerned about the state of journalism should read this book." — Library JournalThe sudden meltdown of the news media has sparked one of the liveliest debates in recent memory, with an outpouring of opinion and analysis crackling across journals, the blogosphere, and academic publications. Yet, until now, we have lacked a ... Read more

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Essays by Thomas Frank, Clay Shirky, David Simon, and others: "Anyone concerned about the state of journalism should read this book." — Library JournalThe sudden meltdown of the news media has sparked one of the liveliest debates in recent memory, with an outpouring of opinion and analysis crackling across journals, the blogosphere, and academic publications. Yet, until now, we have lacked a
... Read more
Covering America

A Narrative History of a Nation's Journalism

by Christopher B. Daly ...

Journalism is in crisis, with traditional sources of news under siege, a sputtering business model, a resurgence of partisanship, and a persistent expectation that information should be free. In Covering America, Christopher B. Daly places the current crisis within historical context, showing how it is only the latest challenge for journalists to overcome.In this revised and expanded edition, Daly ... Read more

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Journalism is in crisis, with traditional sources of news under siege, a sputtering business model, a resurgence of partisanship, and a persistent expectation that information should be free. In Covering America, Christopher B. Daly places the current crisis within historical context, showing how it is only the latest challenge for journalists to overcome.In this revised and expanded edition, Daly
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

by Hunter S. Thompson ...

A fiftieth-anniversary edition of the cult classic of gonzo journalism, hailed as “the best book on the dope decade” (The New York Times Book Review), featuring Ralph Steadman’s original drawings and an introduction by Caity WeaverThe inspiration for the major motion picture directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro“A scorching epochal sensation!”—Tom WolfeFirst ... Read more

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A fiftieth-anniversary edition of the cult classic of gonzo journalism, hailed as “the best book on the dope decade” (The New York Times Book Review), featuring Ralph Steadman’s original drawings and an introduction by Caity WeaverThe inspiration for the major motion picture directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro“A scorching epochal sensation!”—Tom WolfeFirst
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Spook

Science Tackles the Afterlife

by Mary Roach ...

What happens when we die? The bestselling author of Stiff and Packing for Mars "makes a clever investigator and a thoroughly entertaining, if skeptical, tour guide." (Janet Maslin, New York Times)"A hilarious look at misadventures in paranormal research. . . . Surreal, fascinating, at times absurd" ( Boulder Weekly</stron... ... Read more

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What happens when we die? The bestselling author of Stiff and Packing for Mars "makes a clever investigator and a thoroughly entertaining, if skeptical, tour guide." (Janet Maslin, New York Times)"A hilarious look at misadventures in paranormal research. . . . Surreal, fascinating, at times absurd" ( Boulder Weekly</stron...
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The Piracy Crusade

How the Music Industry's War on Sharing Destroys Markets and Erodes Civil Liberties

by Aram Sinnreich ...

Series series Science/Technology/Culture
In the decade and a half since Napster first emerged, forever changing the face of digital culture, the claim that “internet pirates killed the music industry” has become so ubiquitous that it is treated as common knowledge. Piracy is a scourge on legitimate businesses and hard-working artists, we are told, a “cybercrime” similar to identity fraud or even terrorism.In The Piracy Crusade, Aram ... Read more

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In the decade and a half since Napster first emerged, forever changing the face of digital culture, the claim that “internet pirates killed the music industry” has become so ubiquitous that it is treated as common knowledge. Piracy is a scourge on legitimate businesses and hard-working artists, we are told, a “cybercrime” similar to identity fraud or even terrorism.In The Piracy Crusade, Aram
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America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction

by John Steinbeck ...

A Penguin ClassicMore than four decades after his death, John Steinbeck remains one of the nation's most beloved authors. Yet few know of his career as a journalist who covered world events from the Great Depression to Vietnam. Now, this distinctive collection offers a portrait of the artist as citizen, deeply engaged in the world around him. In addition to the complete text of Steinbeck's last ... Read more

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A Penguin ClassicMore than four decades after his death, John Steinbeck remains one of the nation's most beloved authors. Yet few know of his career as a journalist who covered world events from the Great Depression to Vietnam. Now, this distinctive collection offers a portrait of the artist as citizen, deeply engaged in the world around him. In addition to the complete text of Steinbeck's last
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

by Michael Lewis ...

The #1 New York Times bestseller: "It is the work of our greatest financial journalist, at the top of his game. And it's essential reading."-Graydon Carter, Vanity FairThe real story of the crash began in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn't shine and the SEC doesn't dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real estate derivative markets where geeks invent impenetrable securities to profit ... Read more

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The #1 New York Times bestseller: "It is the work of our greatest financial journalist, at the top of his game. And it's essential reading."-Graydon Carter, Vanity FairThe real story of the crash began in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn't shine and the SEC doesn't dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real estate derivative markets where geeks invent impenetrable securities to profit
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The Year I Was Peter the Great

1956—Khrushchev, Stalin’s Ghost, and a Young American in Russia

by Marvin Kalb ...

A chronicle of the year that changed Soviet Russia-and molded the future path of one of America's pre-eminent diplomatic correspondents1956 was an extraordinary year in modern Russian history. It was called the year of the thaw-a time when Stalin's dark legacy of dictatorship died in February only to be reborn later that December. This historic arc from rising hope to crushing despair opened with ... Read more

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A chronicle of the year that changed Soviet Russia-and molded the future path of one of America's pre-eminent diplomatic correspondents1956 was an extraordinary year in modern Russian history. It was called the year of the thaw-a time when Stalin's dark legacy of dictatorship died in February only to be reborn later that December. This historic arc from rising hope to crushing despair opened with
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True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa

Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa

by Michael Finkel ...

The improbable but true story of a man accused of murdering his entire family and the journalist he impersonated while on the runIn 2001, Mike Finkel was on top of the world: young, talented, and recently promoted to a plum job at the New York Times Magazine. Then he made an irremediable slip: Under extraordinary pressure to keep producing blockbuster stories, he fabricated parts of an article. ... Read more

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The improbable but true story of a man accused of murdering his entire family and the journalist he impersonated while on the runIn 2001, Mike Finkel was on top of the world: young, talented, and recently promoted to a plum job at the New York Times Magazine. Then he made an irremediable slip: Under extraordinary pressure to keep producing blockbuster stories, he fabricated parts of an article.
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Seek

Reports from the Edges of America & Beyond

by Denis Johnson ...

“Johnson writes with a fervor that can only be described as religious. Seek is scary and beautiful and ecstatic and uncontrolled…he elevates the mundane to the sublime; he boils things down to their essence. He’s simply one of the few writers around whose sentences make you shudder.” —Adrienne Miller, EsquirePart political disquisition, part travel journal, part self-exploration, Seek is a ... Read more

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“Johnson writes with a fervor that can only be described as religious. Seek is scary and beautiful and ecstatic and uncontrolled…he elevates the mundane to the sublime; he boils things down to their essence. He’s simply one of the few writers around whose sentences make you shudder.” —Adrienne Miller, EsquirePart political disquisition, part travel journal, part self-exploration, Seek is a
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Finding the News

Adventures of a Young Reporter

by Peter Copeland ...

Series series From Our Own Correspondent
Finding the News tells Peter Copeland’s fast-paced story of becoming a distinguished journalist. Starting in Chicago as a night police reporter, Copeland went on to work as a war correspondent in Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa before covering national politics in Washington, DC, where he rose to be bureau chief of the E. W. Scripps Company. The lessons he learned about accuracy and ... Read more

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Finding the News tells Peter Copeland’s fast-paced story of becoming a distinguished journalist. Starting in Chicago as a night police reporter, Copeland went on to work as a war correspondent in Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa before covering national politics in Washington, DC, where he rose to be bureau chief of the E. W. Scripps Company. The lessons he learned about accuracy and
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Bartleby and Me

Reflections of an Old Scrivener

by Gay Talese ...

"Literary Legend" (New York) Gay Talese retraces his pioneering career in literary nonfiction, marked by his fascination with the world's hidden characters.In the concluding act of this "incomparable" (Air Mail) capstone book, Talese introduces readers to one final unforgettable story: the strange and riveting all new true crime tale of Dr. Nicholas Bartha, who blew up his Manhattan brownstone—and ... Read more

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"Literary Legend" (New York) Gay Talese retraces his pioneering career in literary nonfiction, marked by his fascination with the world's hidden characters.In the concluding act of this "incomparable" (Air Mail) capstone book, Talese introduces readers to one final unforgettable story: the strange and riveting all new true crime tale of Dr. Nicholas Bartha, who blew up his Manhattan brownstone—and
... Read more
Brand New Beat

The Wild Rise of Rolling Stone Magazine

by Peter Richardson ...

How the iconic publication's unruly first decade rewrote the rules of journalism.Rolling Stone's first decade was truly rock and roll: chaotic, wild, and unpredictable. Brand New Beat charts the origins and evolution of the magazine during its formative early years in San Francisco. Founded in 1967 by a 21-year-old college dropout, Rolling Stone and its editors were steeped in the Bay Area's ... Read more

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How the iconic publication's unruly first decade rewrote the rules of journalism.Rolling Stone's first decade was truly rock and roll: chaotic, wild, and unpredictable. Brand New Beat charts the origins and evolution of the magazine during its formative early years in San Francisco. Founded in 1967 by a 21-year-old college dropout, Rolling Stone and its editors were steeped in the Bay Area's
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Talk of the Devil

The Collected Writings of Ian Fleming

by Ian Fleming ...

A fascinating literary collection of rarely seen journalism and other writings by Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond series.Ian Fleming was best known for bringing to life the legendary character of James Bond, one of the most beloved and enduring icons of our time, but he was perhaps even more interesting than his creation. His career in Naval Intelligence and extensive travels around the ... Read more

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A fascinating literary collection of rarely seen journalism and other writings by Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond series.Ian Fleming was best known for bringing to life the legendary character of James Bond, one of the most beloved and enduring icons of our time, but he was perhaps even more interesting than his creation. His career in Naval Intelligence and extensive travels around the
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Live Sports Media

The What, How and Why of Sports Broadcasting

by Dennis Deninger ...

In Live Sports Media: The What, How and Why of Sports Broadcasting, Dennis Deninger provides an all-encompassing view of the sports television industry from his own perspective as an Emmy Award-winning producer at ESPN, at a time of seismic shifts in the industry. Technological advances and the proliferation of sports content across multiple media platforms have increased accessibility to sports ... Read more

$87.99 USD

In Live Sports Media: The What, How and Why of Sports Broadcasting, Dennis Deninger provides an all-encompassing view of the sports television industry from his own perspective as an Emmy Award-winning producer at ESPN, at a time of seismic shifts in the industry. Technological advances and the proliferation of sports content across multiple media platforms have increased accessibility to sports
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Capturing News, Capturing Democracy

Trump and the Voice of America

by Kate Wright, Martin Scott, Mel Bunce ...

Series series Journalism and Political Communication Unbound
The Voice of America (VOA) is the oldest and largest US government-funded international media organization. In 2020, Donald Trump nominated Michael Pack, a right-wing documentarian and close friend of Steve Bannon, to lead the US Agency for Global Media - the independent federal agency overseeing US-funded international media. During Pack's seven-month tenure, more than 30 whistleblowers filed ... Read more

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The Voice of America (VOA) is the oldest and largest US government-funded international media organization. In 2020, Donald Trump nominated Michael Pack, a right-wing documentarian and close friend of Steve Bannon, to lead the US Agency for Global Media - the independent federal agency overseeing US-funded international media. During Pack's seven-month tenure, more than 30 whistleblowers filed
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Videojournalism

Multimedia Storytelling for Online, Broadcast and Documentary Journalists

by Kenneth Kobre ...

Videojournalism: Multimedia Storytelling for Online, Broadcast and Documentary Journalists is an essential guide for solo video storytellers—from "backpack" videojournalists to short-form documentary makers to do-it-all broadcast reporters.Based on interviews with award-winning professionals sharing their unique experiences and knowledge, Videojournalism covers topics such as crafting and editing ... Read more

$94.99 USD

Videojournalism: Multimedia Storytelling for Online, Broadcast and Documentary Journalists is an essential guide for solo video storytellers—from "backpack" videojournalists to short-form documentary makers to do-it-all broadcast reporters.Based on interviews with award-winning professionals sharing their unique experiences and knowledge, Videojournalism covers topics such as crafting and editing
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Homage To Catalonia

by George Orwell ...

**A National Review Top Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Century"One of Orwell’s very best books and perhaps the best book that exists on the Spanish Civil War."—The New Yorker**In 1936, originally intending merely to report on the Spanish Civil War as a journalist, George Orwell found himself embroiled as a participant—as a member of the Workers’ Party of Marxist Unity. Fighting against the ... Read more

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**A National Review Top Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Century"One of Orwell’s very best books and perhaps the best book that exists on the Spanish Civil War."—The New Yorker**In 1936, originally intending merely to report on the Spanish Civil War as a journalist, George Orwell found himself embroiled as a participant—as a member of the Workers’ Party of Marxist Unity. Fighting against the
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The Glossy Years

Magazines, Museums and Selective Memoirs

by Nicholas Coleridge ...

'The most entertaining book of the year'Sunday Times_____________________________________________________Diana touched your elbow, your arm, covered your hand with hers. It was alluring. And she was disarmingly confiding."Can I ask you something? Nicholas, please be frank..."Over his thirty-year career at Condé Nast, Nicholas Coleridge has witnessed it all. From the anxieties of ... ... Read more

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'The most entertaining book of the year'Sunday Times_____________________________________________________Diana touched your elbow, your arm, covered your hand with hers. It was alluring. And she was disarmingly confiding."Can I ask you something? Nicholas, please be frank..."Over his thirty-year career at Condé Nast, Nicholas Coleridge has witnessed it all. From the anxieties of ...
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What Works in Community News

Media Startups, News Deserts, and the Future of the Fourth Estate

by Ellen Clegg, Dan Kennedy ...

A groundbreaking study of the journalism startups that are solving the local news crisis one community at a timeA must-read for activists, entrepreneurs, and journalists who want to start local news outlets in their communitiesLocal news is essential to democracy. Meaningful participation in civic life is impossible without it. However, local news is in crisis. According to one widely cited study, ... Read more

$12.99 USD

A groundbreaking study of the journalism startups that are solving the local news crisis one community at a timeA must-read for activists, entrepreneurs, and journalists who want to start local news outlets in their communitiesLocal news is essential to democracy. Meaningful participation in civic life is impossible without it. However, local news is in crisis. According to one widely cited study,
... Read more
Getting Off at Elysian Fields

Obituaries from the New Orleans Times-Picayune

by John Pope ...

No city in America knows how to mark death with more funerary panache than New Orleans. The pageants commemorating departed citizens are often in themselves works of performance art. A grand obituary remains key to this Stygian passage. And no one writes them like New Orleanian John Pope. Collected here are not just simple, mindless recitations of schools and workplaces, marriages, and mourners ... Read more

$17.99 USD

No city in America knows how to mark death with more funerary panache than New Orleans. The pageants commemorating departed citizens are often in themselves works of performance art. A grand obituary remains key to this Stygian passage. And no one writes them like New Orleanian John Pope. Collected here are not just simple, mindless recitations of schools and workplaces, marriages, and mourners
... Read more
High School Journalism: A Practical Guide

A Practical Guide

by Jim Streisel ...

High school journalists share the same objectives as professional reporters--finding the story, writing the story, and packaging the story so that it appeals to an audience. Understanding how to best accomplish these objectives is key to the student on the newspaper, yearbook or Web site staff, but the fundamental art of storytelling and story presentation are not always at the center of high ... Read more

$16.99 USD

High school journalists share the same objectives as professional reporters--finding the story, writing the story, and packaging the story so that it appeals to an audience. Understanding how to best accomplish these objectives is key to the student on the newspaper, yearbook or Web site staff, but the fundamental art of storytelling and story presentation are not always at the center of high
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