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"In the years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, women in the workplace still found themselves relegated to secretarial positions or locked out of jobs entirely. This was especially true in the news business, a backwater of male chauvinism where a woman might be lucky to get a foothold on the "women's pages." But when a pioneering nonprofit called National Public Radio came along in the 1970s, and the door to serious journalism opened a crack, four...
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A behind-the-scenes portrait of the distinguished long-time 60 Minutes journalist reveals his struggles with depression and self-doubt, tracing his early transition from radio to a quiz show announcer before rising to one of America's most talked-about media figures.
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"The definitive biography of the beloved - often controversial - co-creator of many legendary superheroes, A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee presents the origin of "Stan the Man," who spun a storytelling web of comic book heroic adventures into a pop culture phenomenon: the Marvel Universe. Stan Lee was the most famous American comic book creator who ever lived. Thanks, especially, to his many cameos in Marvel movies and TV shows, Lee...
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"Nora Ephron: A Biography is the first comprehensive portrait of the Manhattan-born girl who forged a path of her own, earning accolades and adoration from critics and fans alike. Author Kristin Marguerite Doidge explores the tremendous successes and disappointing failures Ephron sustained in her career as a popular essayist turned screenwriter turned film director. She redefined the modern rom-com genre with bestselling books such as Heartburn and...
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"[A] breezy, charming chronicle."
-Time Out New York
The legendary founder of Playboy magazine, Hugh Hefner invites you into his world with Hef's Little Black Book, an illustrated treasury of advice and maxims. The only book ever written by the iconic publisher and unabashed hedonist, Hef's Little Black Book features a new, updated Afterword from Hef himself. Dedicated Playboy readers and fans of The Girls Next Door, the hit reality TV series...
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Lynsey G. never imagined that she would ever work in porn, but at twenty-four years old, with a degree in English literature and an empty bank account, she found herself reviewing the film East Coast ASSault for an adult magazine in New York City. One interview later and it was official: she was a porn journalist. The job was supposed to be temporary, just a paycheck until she could spark her legitimate writing career, but she loved it and spent nearly...
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The "Vanity Fair" journalist collects interviews with some of today's icons as published in his offbeat question-and-answer column, in a curated volume that reflects on his conversations with such personalities as Ivanka Trump, Joan Rivers, and Farrah Fawcett.
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Born in 1934, Peter Gzowski covered most of the last half of the century as a journalist and interviewer. This biography, the most comprehensive and definitive yet published, is also a portrait of Canada during those decades, beginning with Gzowski's days at the University of Toronto's The Varsity in the mid 1950s, through his years as the youngest-ever managing editor of Maclean's in the 1960s and his tremendous success on CBC's Morningside in the...
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“Thanks, PG! Memoirs of a Tabloid Reporter” recounts the life and adventures of reporter Billy Don Johnson during his 20 years (1975-1995) working for the fictional tabloid The National Insider.
After his dreams of becoming a crusading journalist with daily newspapers are dashed, Billy throws himself into the wild world of diets, household tips, ghosts, UFOs, weird history, and celebrity scandal, all of which is designed to please Padrone Gallione...
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Born and raised in Paducah, Kentucky, humorist Irvin S. Cobb (1876—1944) rose from humble beginnings to become one of the early twentieth century's most celebrated writers. As a staff reporter for the New York World and Saturday Evening Post, he became one of the highest-paid journalists in the United States. He also wrote short stories for noted magazines, published books, and penned scripts for the stage and screen.
In “Irvin S. Cobb: The Rise...
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The long-awaited sequel to Grant Lawrence’s bestselling memoir Adventures in Solitude.
It's been over a decade since renowned broadcaster and indie rock musician Grant Lawrence launched his writing career with the award-winning Adventures in Solitude, yet some things never change--including the winding Sunshine Coast Highway, close calls at the BC Ferries ticket office and carsick children. But this time, Lawrence returns as a husband and father,...
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The BBC's Top Gear automotive programme and Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson's outspoken, non-politically correct comments on a variety of topics are what make him most well-known. Jeremy Clarkson typically attracts both supporters and opponents because of his outspoken style. Public outcry has frequently been sparked by Clarkson's opinionated but hilarious tongue-in-cheek writing and presenting manner. His acts, both personally and in his capacity...
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In “Chat GPT: The Seance Machine”, Chat GPT takes readers on a journey through time and space as they interview some of the most influential figures in history. From Julius Caesar to Marie Curie, from Mahatma Gandhi to Joan of Arc, Chat GPT engages in thought-provoking conversations with these figures, asking questions and predicting their answers based on what they know about each person.
With a rich history in AI technology and an impressive...
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“Mud Ride” is the story of the birth and evolution of grunge, the punk and hardcore kids who grew up together and formed the bands that would create a unique sound that spread far beyond their once sleepy Seattle scene. Written by one of grunge's founding fathers, “Mud Ride” offers an inside look at the tight-knit grunge scene, the musical influences and experiments that shaped the grunge sound, and the story of Turner's bands, Green River...
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Souvent méconnu en France, Terry Pratchett est l'auteur de plus de cinquante romans traduits en trente-huit langues, une oeuvre immense qui s'est vendue à plusieurs dizaines de millions d'exemplaires à travers le monde. Si la série Les Annales du Disque-Monde est sans aucun doute la plus célèbre, il a aussi signé d'autres textes qui ne sont pas moins passionnants. Écrivain de fantasy, Pratchett a longtemps peiné à être pris au sérieux....
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Janna Goodwin takes a hilarious and reflective look at the emotional experiences that make everyday life exciting--and the physical ones that remind us we are lucky to be alive. Encountering a range of life events across the American West, in Hollywood, in the Catskills, Boston, on the Mediterranean, and Paris, Goodwin looks for and finds meaning, if not security, in a clear-eyed acknowledgment of the human condition--and in the saving grace of laughter.--...
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The story of journalist Pete Crooks's exposé of a private- investigation firm notable for its staff of soccer moms, in which he found himself deep in the underbelly of fake sting operations, wannabe celebrities, police corruption, drug-dealing, reality television, double-crossing employees, and more twists and turns than a dozen crime thrillers.
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