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"Drawing on new and extensive research, including never-before-published correspondence and interviews with Maggie's colleagues, lovers, and soldiers and generals who knew her in the field, journalist and historian Jennet Conant restores Maggie's rightfulplace in history as a woman who paved the way for the next generation of journalists, and one of the greatest war correspondents of her time"--
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A hustler from a family of hustlers, Javi Perez, after college graduation, writes a viral essay embellishing his life story, which lands him a gig at a legendary magazine, but when his childhood best friend is released from prison, Javi offers to cut him in on the deal in exchange for his silence.
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"A soul-stirring memoir from Colombian immigrant and travel journalist Nikki Vargas, whisking us through the countries that brought her new love, self-discovery, and the inspiration to launch the first international feminist travel magazine, Unearth Women. At twenty-six years old, life looked a certain way for Nikki Vargas. She’d settled in New York City ready to join the ranks of the Carrie Bradshaws of the world, had landed in a promising...
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"Searching for a story to launch her career and new friends to help her navigate motherhood, Tash, welcomed into a circle of sleek, sophisticated mothers, discovers the kind of life she's always dreamed of until two recent murders make her wonder why she's been so quickly accepted into their exclusive world"--
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"It's been twelve long years since Detective Kawika Wong was tasked with solving the brutal murder of the infamous real-estate developer Ralph Fortunato-a case that led to more bodies than answers and a slew of complicated and ancient secrets, a case that made his career. Now, the once rookie detective is next in line to be Honolulu's next Chief of Police. But all is not well on Oʻahu or the Big Island. For weeks, Kawika and his team have failed...
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"Equal parts thought-provoking and entertaining, Emmy Award winning reporter Christina Estes introduces Jolene Garcia in her Tony Hillerman Prize winning debut, Off the Air. Jolene Garcia is a local TV reporter in Phoenix, Arizona, splitting her time between covering general assignments-anything from a monsoon storm to a newborn giraffe at the zoo-and special projects. Stories that take more time to research and produce. Stories that Jolene wants...
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Get the Summary of Jason Diamond's Searching for John Hughes in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Searching for John Hughes" is a memoir by Jason Diamond that chronicles his journey as a writer and his obsession with the films of John Hughes. Diamond's narrative weaves through his experiences working at a bakery, his strained relationship with his parents, and his struggles with depression and identity. He recounts...
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Get the Summary of Tom Brokaw's Never Give Up in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Never Give Up" by Tom Brokaw is a rich narrative that intertwines personal anecdotes and historical events, offering a unique perspective on mid-20th-century America. The story begins with the Brokaw family's settlement in South Dakota, where they establish The Brokaw House, a community hub. It follows the life of Red Brokaw, Tom's...
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Get the Summary of William l. Shirer's Gandhi in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "William L. Shirer's book 'Gandhi' provides a detailed account of Mahatma Gandhi's life, his negotiations with the British for Indian autonomy, and his unique approach to revolution through non-violent resistance, or Satyagraha. Shirer, a journalist, covers Gandhi's efforts to end British colonial rule, which exploited India for centuries,...
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Good Day! , the critically-acclaimed biography about the legendary Paul Harvey, is now in paperback! In this heartwarming book, author Paul J. Batura tells the all-American story of one of the best-known radio voices in history. From his humble beginnings to his unparalleled career of more than 50 years with ABC radio, Paul Harvey narrated America's story day by day, through wars and peace, through the threat of communism and the crumbling of old...
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Get the Summary of Meg Kissinger's While You Were Out in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Raised in a North Shore Chicago neighborhood, the Kissinger children grew up in a large Catholic community. The family, with five girls and three boys born between 1952 and 1964, each had distinct personalities. Their mother, Jean, a former debutante with a genius IQ, struggled with the demands of motherhood and secretly used...
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Scottish-born Douglas Gibson was drawn to Canada by the writing of Stephen Leacock-and eventually made his way across the Atlantic to find a job in book publishing, where he edited a biography of none other than Leacock. But over the decades, his stellar career would lead him to work with many more of the country's leading literary lights. This memoir shares stories of working-and playing-alongside writers including Robertson Davies, Mavis Gallant,...
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Ce livre cherche à découvrir le sens profond de la vie de Julien Assange qui veut révéler la vérité, rien que la vérité. Sa quête est motivée par une foi inébranlable : les preuves des actions des hommes et des institutions opaques seules permettent d'en comprendre le fonctionnement et d'ouvrir la connaissance humaine. Julian Assange a ce désir farouche de réveiller les consciences, d'être un porte-parole : le premier guerrier de la...
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Get the Summary of Max Boot's The Corrosion of Conservatism in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Corrosion of Conservatism" by Max Boot is a reflective journey through the author's personal and political evolution. Boot recounts his early life as a Jewish immigrant from the Soviet Union, where his family faced repression and anti-Semitism. His conservative ideology was shaped by his experiences and the influence...
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Get the Summary of Russell Baker's Growing Up in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Growing Up" is a memoir by Russell Baker that recounts his journey from a childhood marked by the Great Depression to his eventual success as a journalist. The narrative begins with Baker's elderly mother, who, after a fall, becomes mentally adrift in her past, often forgetting the present and even mistaking her son for a stranger....
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Roger Kahn is one of America's foremost sportswriters. After successful seasons as a newspaperman and magazine writer, he burst onto the national scene in 1972 with his memorable bestseller, THE BOYS OF SUMMER, memorializing the Brooklyn Dodgers. Now in his eighth decade, Kahn has again written a book for the hearts and minds of his readers. Chronicling his own life, INTO MY OWN is Kahn's reflection on the eight people who shaped him as a man, a father,...
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William O'Rourke's singular view of American life over the past 40 years shines forth in these short essays on subjects personal, political, and literary, which reveal a man of keen intellect and wide-ranging interests. They embrace everything from the state of the nation after 9/11 to the author's encounter with rap, from the masterminds of political makeovers to the rich variety of contemporary American writing. His reviews illuminate both the books...
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Marginaux. C'est l'étiquette donnée à ceux qui ne font rien comme les autres.
Fiers de l'être, c'est la réaction de Raymond Viger et de Danielle Simard devant cette désignation. C'est également une invitation à embrasser les possibilités qui résident au-delà des normes. Parce 25 ans d'intervention auprès des jeunes marginaux façonnent une perception unique du monde.
Marginaux et fiers de l'être, c'est la chronique des événements...
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“Prelude to the Past” is the remarkable story of a young Jewish girl growing up in Germany during the years leading up to the First World War. She experienced adulthood during the tumultuous years between the two World Wars, becoming one of the most important journalistic figures of the period. This tumultuous era comes to life through the eyes of a powerful, passionate, strong, yet vulnerable Jewish woman who not only recorded the events of the...
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