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Quirky British author of The Missing of the Somme (DB 76938) and Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi (DB 74532)…
details his residency aboard the American aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush. Describes the people he met and the experiences in which he engaged. 2014
The perfect book for all student journalists, this young readers adaptation of the New York Times bestselling She Said by…
Pulitzer Prize winning reporters' Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey will inspire a new generation of young journalists. Soon to be a major motion picture! Do you want to know how to bring secrets to light? How journalists can hold the powerful to account? And how to write stories that can make a difference? In Chasing the Truth , award-winning journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey share their thoughts from their early days writing their first stories to their time as award-winning investigative journalists, offering tips and advice along the way. Adapted from their New York Times bestselling book She Said , Chasing the Truth not only tells the story of the culture-shifting Harvey Weinstein investigation, but it also shares their best reporting practices with readers. This is the perfect book for aspiring journalists or anyone devoted to uncovering the truth.
Analyzes The Diary of a Young Girl (DB 57022) as a literary work, a Holocaust narrative, and a cultural artifact.…
Examines the evidence that Anne rewrote her memoir to increase its appeal. Discusses the published book's use in classroom instruction and its adaptation for stage and film. 2009
Portrays Shawnee chief Tecumseh (1768-1813) and his determination to protect Native American rights. Discusses Tecumseh's alliance with the British during…
the American Revolution and the War of 1812 and his efforts to unify Indian tribes and stop settlers' westward expansion. For grades 5-8. Spur Awards finalist. 2010
Twenty-nine stories selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines. Includes Patrick Hruby on the creation of John Madden's video game, S.L.…
Price's piece on a Mohawk lacrosse-stick maker, and Jason Fagone's report on former NFL star Marvin Harrison's alleged links to a shooting in Harrison's North Philadelphia neighborhood. Strong language. 2011
Biography of Sioux Indian chief Sitting Bull (1831-1890), who witnessed the settling of the West by white pioneers who displaced…
his people. Highlights Sitting Bull's 1876 victory over General George Custer's cavalry at the Little Big Horn. For grades 6-9. 2010
Writing coach presents colloquial advice on making grammar useful and memorable, along with examples from well-known authors. Encourages writers to…
master grammar rules--and then to break them discretely. Provides keepsakes at the end of each chapter, which review its salient and applicable points. 2010
Two Philadelphia Daily News reporters chronicle their probe into corruption in the Philadelphia Police Department narcotics squad, for which they…
won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. Some strong language. 2014
Chronicles the Dakota War of 1862, which began when Sioux Indians attacked settlers on the Minnesota frontier. Recounts President Lincoln's…
orders to General John Pope to put down the insurrection and the hanging of thirty-eight warriors despite appeals by former hostage Sarah Wakefield and an Episcopal priest. Violence. 2012
Twenty essays by popular authors on the reasons behind their pursuit of writing. Sue Grafton, author of A is for…
Alibi (DB 35069), ruminates on the source of "writer's block" and David Baldacci discusses his compulsion for writing. Also includes Isabel Allende, Jodi Picoult, and others. 2013
Autobiography of the creative director of Vogue magazine. Coddington chronicles her childhood in wartime Wales and her modeling and fashion…
career that began in 1959. Discusses her later move to America as well as her husbands, lovers, and famous contemporaries. Some strong language. 2012
After accepting her diagnosis of Lou Gehrig's disease in 2011, forty-five-year-old Palm Beach Post journalist quit her job and took…
seven journeys with friends and family to celebrate her life and create memories. She also met her birth mother, adopted a dog, and got permanent makeup. Some strong language. 2013
Connaissez-vous l'auteur québécois François Moreau ? Saviez-vous que le sublime Bernard-Marie Koltès avait visité le Québec à l'âge de dix-neuf…
ans, que le Bartleby de Melville avait un frère russe du nom d'Oblomov, qu'une partie des archives de Kafka a traîné pendant des années dans un appartement poussiéreux de Tel-Aviv ? Avez-vous déjà lu Jean-Pierre Issenhuth, Bernard Frank ou Jean-René Huguenin ? Et les lettres de jeunesse de Jean Genet à son amie Andrée Plainemaison, surnommée Ibis ? Ou lesCahiers de prisonde Louis-Ferdinand Céline ? À toutes ces questions de la plus haute importance, Robert Lévesque peut répondre oui, lui le "lecteur impuni", l'insatiable fouineur, jamais las d'engloutir des pages et des pages de ses auteurs de prédilection et de tout savoir à leur sujet, le moindre détail, le plus petit événement, l'origine et le sort du manuscrit le plus obscur. Tous ces livres, non seulement il les a lus, relus, annotés, mais il en a fait en plus la matière même de sa vie, l'unique objet de ses passions, avec ses trois chats et sa chère Béatrix. Et il en parle avec la verve qu'on lui connaît, ce style désinvolte, comme impatient, ce goût des digressions et des anecdotes qui font les meilleurs chroniqueurs, surtout quand ils savent, en parlant des autres, parler en même temps d'eux-mêmes, tantôt nostalgiquement, tantôt ironiquement, comme le fait ici l'auteur quand il se rappelle ses découvertes de jeunesse, ses débuts dans le journalisme, un récital de Wilhelm Kempff au Petit Séminaire de Rimouski Et tout le reste. Issu de chroniques parues dans la revueLiberté, Le Lecteur impuniest le neuvième livre de Robert Lévesque à paraître dans la collection 'Papiers collés'
Portrait of the Lakota Sioux warrior (ca. 1842-1877), about whom little is known. Describes his resistance to efforts to force…
his people onto reservations, his role in famous battles at Rosebud Creek and the Little Bighorn, and the importance of horses to the Plains Indians. For grades 6-9. 2010
Biography of the Chiricahua Apache war leader and shaman (1829-1909), who was a hero to his people but was vilified…
by white settlers. Discusses Geronimo's capture and long imprisonment by the U.S. government and his hatred of Mexicans for the massacre of his family. For grades 6-9. 2010
An adaptation for youth of Dee Brown's 1970 book Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (DB 20462). Recounts the conquest…
of the West from the viewpoint of American Indians, particularly the Sioux nation. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2011
Random House presents the audiobook edition of In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin, written and read by…
Lindsey Hilsum. ** BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK ** 'It has always seemed to me that what I write about is humanity in extremis , pushed to the unendurable, and that it is important to tell people what really happens in wars.' Marie Colvin, 2001 Marie Colvin was glamorous, hard-drinking, braver than the boys, with a troubled and rackety personal life. With fierce compassion and honesty, she reported from the most dangerous places in the world, fractured by conflict and genocide, going in further and staying longer than anyone else. In Sri Lanka in 2001, Marie was hit by a grenade and lost the sight in her left eye - resulting in her trademark eye patch - and in 2012 she was killed in Syria. Like her hero, the legendary reporter Martha Gellhorn, she sought to bear witness to the horrifying truths of war, to write 'the first draft of history' and crucially to shine a light on the suffering of ordinary people. Written by fellow foreign correspondent Lindsey Hilsum, this is the story of the most daring war reporter of her age. Drawing on unpublished diaries and notebooks, and interviews with Marie's friends, family and colleagues, In Extremis is the story of our turbulent age, and the life of a woman who defied convention
From the longest-running, most influential book review in America, here is its best, funniest, strangest, and most memorable coverage over…
the past 125 years. Since its first issue on October 10, 1896, The New York Times Book Review has brought the world of ideas to the reading public. It is the publication where authors have been made, and where readers first encountered the classics that have enriched their lives. Now the editors have curated the Book Review &’s dynamic 125-year history, which is essentially the story of modern American letters. Brimming with remarkable reportage, this book collects interesting reviews, never-before-heard anecdotes about famous writers, and spicy letter exchanges. Here are the first takes on novels we now consider masterpieces, including a long-forgotten pan of Anne of Green Gables and a rave of Mrs. Dalloway , along with reviews and essays by Langston Hughes, Eudora Welty, James Baldwin, Nora Ephron, and more. Listeners will discover how literary tastes have shifted through the years—and how the Book Review &’s coverage has shaped so much of what we read today
Guide to effective online communication addresses problems inherent in the virtual world, including the lack of feedback, empathy, control, emotion,…
and connection and commitment. Discusses specific techniques for emails, conference calls, webinars, chat sessions, and sales. 2018
A history of the United States exploring the perspective of its indigenous peoples. Dunbar-Ortiz analyzes how native tribes actively resisted…
national expansion and examines the systematic destruction of the lives and cultures of the native civilizations present in North America before European colonization. Violence. 2014