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Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Emmy Award-winning NPR journalist Maria Hinojosa shares her personal story interwoven with American immigration policy's coming-of-age journey at a time when our country's branding went from "The Land of the Free" to "the land of invasion.""--
Author
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"From his lower-middle-class beginnings in a mixed but predominantly black neighborhood in West Philadelphia to his department chairmanship at George Mason University, the life of Walter E. Williams is an "only in America" story of achievement. In Up from the Projects, this nationally syndicated columnist and prolific author recalls some of the highlights and turning points of his life." --Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When veteran war reporter Benjamin Hall woke up in Kyiv on the morning of March 14, 2022, he had no idea that, within hours, Russian bombs would nearly end his life. This is the story of how he survived--a story that continues to this day. For the first time, Hall shares his experience in full--from his ground-level view of the war to his dramatic rescue to his arduous, and ongoing, recovery. Going inside the events that have permanently transformed...
Author
Series
KEY News thrillers volume 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In Mary Jane Clark's latest novel, you will enter the mind of a sociopath. It's a place where the rules don't apply. Where anything is fair game. And where murder is the ultimate means to an end." "Key News film and theatre critic Caroline Enright thinks her trip to a theatre festival in the beautiful Berkshire mountains of Massachusetts will be as easy as a summer breeze ... until her complicated relationship with her stepdaughter, Meg, grows even...
85) A private war
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c.2018
Language
English
Description
In a world where journalism is under attack, Marie Colvin is one of the most admired war correspondents of our time. She is fearless and rebellious, and her mission to show the true cost of war. It drives her, along with war photographer Paul Conroy, to embark on the most dangerous assignment of their lives as they journey to the frontlines of conflict across the globe.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1985, c1984
Language
English
Description
The famous journalist and author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich documents his front row seat at the pivotal events leading up to World War II. In the second of a three-volume series, William Shirer tells the story of his own eventful life, detailing the most notable moments of his career as a journalist stationed in Germany during the rise of the Third Reich. Shirer was there while Hitler celebrated his new domination of Germany, unleashed...
87) Poisonous
Author
Series
Max Revere novels volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Teen-aged Internet bully Ivy Lake fell off a cliff and few people cared... except her mentally-challenged eighteen-year-old step-brother, Tommy. He loved her in spite of her cruelty. He's distraught and doesn't understand why his blended family is falling apart. After a year, the police still have no answers: Ivy could have jumped, could have been pushed, or it could have been an accident. With too many suspects and not enough evidence, the investigation...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Examines Abraham Lincoln's relationship with the press, arguing that he used such intimidation and manipulation techniques as closing down dissenting newspapers, pampering favoring newspaper men, and physically moving official telegraph lines.
89) Fire brand
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
"Gaby Cane was always afraid of her attraction to Bowie McCayde. Even when Bowie's family took her in, she sensed his simmering resentment. Years later, she's an aspiring journalist who can hold her own with any man professionally, but when Bowie strides back into her life, the pull of loyalty is too strong to ignore. When Bowie asks Gaby to help save his family's ranch, he never expects her to have transformed into a stunning woman, and her innocence...
90) The good times
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the growth of Baker's journalistic career, from newsboy, to police reporter and White House correspondent, to columnist, during the 1950s and early 1960s.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"The movement of people--what Americans call 'immigration' and the rest of the world calls 'migration'--is among the defining issues of our time. Technology and information crosses countries and continents at blistering speed. Corporations thrive on being multinational and polyglot. Yet the world's estimated 244 million total migrant population, particularly those deemed 'illegal' by countries and societies, are locked in a chaotic and circular debate...
93) Deceit
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
From the bestselling author of Derailed comes an explosive new thriller about a disgraced journalist who stumbles upon an unimaginable conspiracy—but will anyone believe him?
Tom Valle was once a star reporter for one of America’s greatest newspapers, the kind of publication any journalist would give his right arm to work for. But Tom was the journalist who cried wolf. He went through a very public firing for making up stories...
Tom Valle was once a star reporter for one of America’s greatest newspapers, the kind of publication any journalist would give his right arm to work for. But Tom was the journalist who cried wolf. He went through a very public firing for making up stories...
94) Down to the wire
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A reporter for the Bergen News, Chris Turley could never measure up to his father. Edward Turley, a combination of Bob Woodward and Ernie Pyle, was one of the last great investigative reporters and a difficult man to impress. While stuck covering press conferences and town hall meetings, Chris, his father’s legend in mind, has always dreamed of his own Pulitzer, however unlikely it seems. Then one day while he’s waiting to meet a source, a giant...
95) Second nature
Author
Series
Publisher
Wheeler Pub
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon Nora Roberts, a tenacious journalist and a secretive author pen a new narrative between them when they discover their passion for one another is Second Nature...
Legendary horror author Hunter Brown thrills fans with his tales of terror. But the master of macabre is also a marvel of mystery, maintaining a low—and reclusive—profile. It's Celebrity magazine reporter
96) Ties that bind
Author
Series
Ribbons west volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Jordana Baldwin had come to California by stagecoach to help her sister Victoria, but after three years she has grown restless and feels the need to do something different. When her writing catches the attention of an eastern newspaper, she takes on the guise of a man to report on the progress of the Transcontinental Railroad and to spy for the Central Pacific.
97) Home town story
Language
English
Description
A politician, bitter because he believes big business is responsible for his election loss, and his secretary vow to expose big business for the evil monster it is. He must change his mind when the town's biggest company goes to the rescue of his sister when she is trapped in a cave.
98) Black lightning
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Seattle, a serial killer is executed in the electric chair, watched by Ann Jeffers, the reporter who helped to convict him. At the instant the killer dies, Jeffers' husband suffers a heart attack at home, after which he is a completely different man. What is more, the killings continue.
Author
Series
Publisher
Second Story Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Profiles women journalists, past and present, from many countries.
A book whose stories will inspire young people to see the impact that journalists, and these women in particular, have had on society. Profiles ten female journalists from around the world.