Journalists Books


Conversations with Hunter S. Thompson (Literary Conversations Series)Conversations with Hunter S. Thompson (Literary Conversations Series)
Best Price: $46.71
In 1971, the outlandish originator of gonzo journalism, Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005)...
Whittaker Chambers: The Spirit of a Counterrevolutionary (Library Modern Thinkers Series)Whittaker Chambers: The Spirit of a Counterrevolutionary (Library Modern Thinkers Series)
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This book offers a nuanced understanding of the thought of Whittaker Chambers. Reinsch's...
Is Journalism Worth Dying For?: Final DispatchesIs Journalism Worth Dying For?: Final Dispatches
Best Price: $12.20
A collection of final dispatches by the famed journalist, including the first translation of the...
Confesiones de una vieja dama indigna (Bruguera Narrativa) (Spanish Edition)Confesiones de una vieja dama indigna (Bruguera Narrativa) (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $20.95
Continuacion de ""Habiamos ganado la Guerra"". En este ultimo libro, Esther...
Los perros ladran (Compactos Anagrama) (Spanish Edition)Los perros ladran (Compactos Anagrama) (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $16.99
Los textos que componen este libro son lo mas parecido a una autobiografia del autor. Aqui estan...


Memorias de una infamia / Memoirs Of An Infamy (Spanish Edition)Memorias de una infamia / Memoirs Of An Infamy (Spanish Edition)
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Lydia Cacho cuenta por primera vez su vida y narra, de manera descarnada, la conspiracion de...
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Korean Edition)A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Korean Edition)In search of history,In search of history,George Seldes belongs to the pantheon of American heroes. (journalist): An article from: St. Louis Journalism ReviewGeorge Seldes belongs to the pantheon of American heroes. (journalist): An article from: St. Louis Journalism Review
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This digital document is an article from St. Louis Journalism Review, published by SJR St. Louis...
My Love Affair with AmericaMy Love Affair with America
In this touching and delightful memoir, Norman Podhoretz charts the ups and downs of his...


Chronicles of Wasted TimeChronicles of Wasted Time
Best Price: $21.18
While I don't claim to have read everything in English, this is the best-written book...
I & Claudius: Travels With My CatI & Claudius: Travels With My Cat
Best Price: $3.40
Clare De Vries - Intelligent, beautiful and just a little bit crazy. Claudius - Clare's...
Samuel Johnson: A BiographySamuel Johnson: A Biography
Best Price: $7.47
W. Jackson Bate's highly praised "Samuel Johnson: A Biography" is in its fourth...
My Times: A Memoir of DissentMy Times: A Memoir of Dissent
Best Price: $3.95
"Halleluya!  On this 26th day of May, 2004, the New York Times confessed to having...
My Reel StoryMy Reel Story
Best Price: $3.98
An unusual look at the role of movies in interpreting personal life experience.

Travels with Myself and Another: A MemoirTravels with Myself and Another: A Memoir
Best Price: $53.00
"Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival." So Martha Gellhorn introduces her...
My Remarkable JourneyMy Remarkable Journey
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I have purchased many of Larry King's books over the years but this is the first one that I...
Truth Be Told: Off the Record about Favorite Guests, Memorable Moments, Funniest Jokes, and a Half Century of Asking QuestionsTruth Be Told: Off the Record about Favorite Guests, Memorable Moments, Funniest Jokes, and a Half Century of Asking Questions
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Truth Be Told is a revealing and irresistibly entertaining look back on Larry's remarkable...
Arab Journalists in Transnational MediaArab Journalists in Transnational Media
Best Price: $42.50
Despite the increasing volume of books about Arab news media, the world of Arab journalists has...
Larry L. King: A Writer's Life in Letters, Or, Reflections in a Bloodshot EyeLarry L. King: A Writer's Life in Letters, Or, Reflections in a Bloodshot Eye

Journalism MattersJournalism Matters
Best Price: $5.48
For anyone who subscribed to the Maine Times and admired the writing and thinking of Peter Cox,...
Let Truth Be the Prejudice: W. Eugene Smith, His Life and PhotographsLet Truth Be the Prejudice: W. Eugene Smith, His Life and Photographs
Best Price: $93.49
In the fall of 1985 I drove down from Northern New Jersey to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to...
The Vanishing CoastThe Vanishing Coast
Best Price: $58.14
The Value of Fairness: The Story of Nellie Bly (A Valuetale)The Value of Fairness: The Story of Nellie Bly (A Valuetale)
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In this installment of the ValueTales series, Ann Donegan Johnson teaches us the value of...
Roy Vernon Sowers: A Life in Rare BooksRoy Vernon Sowers: A Life in Rare Books
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Roy Vernon Sowers ("he neither used nor permitted any abbreviation of the name") was a...

HeartlinesHeartlines
Best Price: $16.23
"I've always believed that words are like silver. Left stored away and unused, they...
Newsflash! My Surprising Journey from Secular Anchor to Media EvangelistNewsflash! My Surprising Journey from Secular Anchor to Media Evangelist
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Most people would look at Teresa Tomeo - author, host of an internationally syndicated talk...
Times of Terror: Notebooks of a foreign correspondentTimes of Terror: Notebooks of a foreign correspondent
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Times of Terror: Notebooks of a Foreign Correspondent is a tell-all account of an astonishing...
Bubbles From AtlantisBubbles From Atlantis
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"New Orleans is a bum and an angel, a devil and a wastrel, a genius, monster, moron and...
Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs: A True Story of Bad Breaks and Small MiraclesTake Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs: A True Story of Bad Breaks and Small Miracles
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The Alaskan landscape?so vast, dramatic, and unbelievable?may be the reason the people in...

Oliver's Towns: More Columns of Oliver TowneOliver's Towns: More Columns of Oliver Towne
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This is a new collection of columns from legendary newspaperman Gareth Hiebert. For 32 years...
Coronation of Elizabeth II: The greatest pageant on earthCoronation of Elizabeth II: The greatest pageant on earth
Although a fairly short book, the author, Romola Metzner captures remarkable details of Queen...
Pie in the Sky: A Memoir about Writing and PublishingPie in the Sky: A Memoir about Writing and Publishing
Best Price: $7.95
PIE IN THE SKY is a refreshing success story by the author of hundreds of magazine articles and...
My Love Affair With America: The Cautionary Tale of a Cheerful ConservativeMy Love Affair With America: The Cautionary Tale of a Cheerful Conservative
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I find Podhoretz to be a pitiable unimpressive individual, a bitter pathetic old man. He...
Safe Passage: Travels through the Twentieth Century (Media Information Communicatio)Safe Passage: Travels through the Twentieth Century (Media Information Communicatio)
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A veteran writer's adventures in a tumultuous century. Bitten by the urge for travel and...

In the Shadow of CrowsIn the Shadow of Crows
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A true story of two unlikely individuals who change each others lives: When Bindra contracts...
1989 The Berlin Wall: My Part in its Downfall1989 The Berlin Wall: My Part in its Downfall
Best Price: $10.00
It's a great pity that this book came out in 2009 as seemingly one of a mass of history...
Les Brownlee: The Autobiography of a Pioneering African-American JournalistLes Brownlee: The Autobiography of a Pioneering African-American Journalist
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Raised by a single mother in a racist Chicago suburb, Les Brownlee overcame hardships to become...
Hunter: The Strange and Savage Life of Hunter S. ThompsonHunter: The Strange and Savage Life of Hunter S. Thompson
Best Price: $13.57
Only E. Jean Carroll, called by The New York Times the female answer to Hunter Thompson could...
The Corpse Had a Familiar FaceThe Corpse Had a Familiar Face
For eighteen years, Pulitzer Prize-winner Edna Buchanan had one of the most exciting,...

The Know-It-AllThe Know-It-All
I loved it from A-ak to Zywiec. A.J. takes us through the Encyclopaedia Britannica with facts...
The Underdog: How I Survived the World's Most Outlandish CompetitionsThe Underdog: How I Survived the World's Most Outlandish Competitions
Joshua Davis dreams like most guys. He wants a fun career, exciting adventures, a happy wife...
Mostly TrueMostly True
Molly O'Neill's father believed that baseball was his family's destiny. He wanted to...
The Sound of No Hands Clapping: A MemoirThe Sound of No Hands Clapping: A Memoir
Best Price: $1.50
Toby Young is still starstruck. Following on from his ill fated adventures at society gloss mag,...
Superman and SonSuperman and Son

Very Truly Yours, Nikola TeslaVery Truly Yours, Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a man of letters. He wrote many letters to the editors of the magazines and...
Naked in Baghdad: The Iraq War and the Aftermath as Seen by NPR's Correspondent Anne GarrelsNaked in Baghdad: The Iraq War and the Aftermath as Seen by NPR's Correspondent Anne Garrels
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As National Public Radio?s much loved and respected senior foreign correspondent Anne Garrels...
Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns AmericaBecause They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America
Best Price: $6.20
Brigitte Gabriel's "Because They Hate" sounds astonishingly like the...
Queen of the Oil Club: The Intrepid Wanda Jablonski and the Power of InformationQueen of the Oil Club: The Intrepid Wanda Jablonski and the Power of Information
This is the story of a gutsy journalist who challenged power-and succeeded. Wanda Jablonski was...
The Corpse Had a Familiar FaceThe Corpse Had a Familiar Face
For eighteen years, Pulitzer Prize-winner Edna Buchanan had one of the most exciting,...

The Know-It-AllThe Know-It-All
I loved it from A-ak to Zywiec. A.J. takes us through the Encyclopaedia Britannica with facts...
The Underdog: How I Survived the World's Most Outlandish CompetitionsThe Underdog: How I Survived the World's Most Outlandish Competitions
Joshua Davis dreams like most guys. He wants a fun career, exciting adventures, a happy wife...
Mostly TrueMostly True
Molly O'Neill's father believed that baseball was his family's destiny. He wanted to...
The Sound of No Hands Clapping: A MemoirThe Sound of No Hands Clapping: A Memoir
Best Price: $1.50
Toby Young is still starstruck. Following on from his ill fated adventures at society gloss mag,...
Superman and SonSuperman and Son

Very Truly Yours, Nikola TeslaVery Truly Yours, Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a man of letters. He wrote many letters to the editors of the magazines and...
Naked in Baghdad: The Iraq War and the Aftermath as Seen by NPR's Correspondent Anne GarrelsNaked in Baghdad: The Iraq War and the Aftermath as Seen by NPR's Correspondent Anne Garrels
Best Price: $2.70
As National Public Radio?s much loved and respected senior foreign correspondent Anne Garrels...
Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns AmericaBecause They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America
Best Price: $6.20
Brigitte Gabriel's "Because They Hate" sounds astonishingly like the...
Queen of the Oil Club: The Intrepid Wanda Jablonski and the Power of InformationQueen of the Oil Club: The Intrepid Wanda Jablonski and the Power of Information
This is the story of a gutsy journalist who challenged power-and succeeded. Wanda Jablonski was...
My Name Is Iran: A MemoirMy Name Is Iran: A Memoir
Best Price: $0.60
I fell in love with "Reading Lolita in Tehran" and nearly ran to Powell's to buy...

Life at Southern Living: A Sort of MemoirLife at Southern Living: A Sort of Memoir
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If you think "Southern Living" is just your mother's favorite magazine,...
Barry Bingham: A Man of His Word (Kentucky Remembered: An Oral History Series)Barry Bingham: A Man of His Word (Kentucky Remembered: An Oral History Series)
Best Price: $34.97
My Los Angeles in Black and (Almost) White (Sports and Entertainment)My Los Angeles in Black and (Almost) White (Sports and Entertainment)
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My Los Angeles in Black & (Almost) White provides an account of the author's coming of...
In My Father's Garden (Deep South Books)In My Father's Garden (Deep South Books)
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A common love of gardening helps May reunite with his estranged father after thirty-nine years.
Ted Poston: Pioneer American JournalistTed Poston: Pioneer American Journalist
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As a minority journalist myself, I have been the sole person of color on three of the six...

Margaret Fuller, Wandering PilgrimMargaret Fuller, Wandering Pilgrim
Best Price: $45.56
Murray's study of the 19th century American feminist author and intellectual Margaret Fuller...
No Ordinary Joe: A Life of Joseph Pulitzer III (Missouri Biography Series)No Ordinary Joe: A Life of Joseph Pulitzer III (Missouri Biography Series)
Best Price: $29.99
As you watch the national news it is easy to see how the national organizations have blurred...
Bernarr MacFadden: A Study of Success (American Newspapermen 1790-1933 Series)Bernarr MacFadden: A Study of Success (American Newspapermen 1790-1933 Series)
Best Price: $29.95
Percy Keese Fitzhugh Boy Scout AuthorPercy Keese Fitzhugh Boy Scout Author
Best Price: $21.31
Percy Keese Fitzhugh was an established writer and journalist in the early 20th century, but it...
Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American DreamMr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream
Best Price: $66.75
The real Hugh Hefner-the extraordinary inside story of an American icon "Riveting... Watts...

Jackie as Editor [With Earbuds] (Playaway Adult Nonfiction)Jackie as Editor [With Earbuds] (Playaway Adult Nonfiction)
Best Price: $59.99
An absorbing chronicle of a much overlooked chapter in Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis?s life?her...
Was Justice Served?: For the Brutal Murder of Former TIME Magazine Writer/Reporter Julie R. GraceWas Justice Served?: For the Brutal Murder of Former TIME Magazine Writer/Reporter Julie R. Grace
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During her career, Julie Grace worked for several political icons, including Paul Simon, Alan...
Hello Sweetheart? Gimmie Rewrite!: My Life in the Wonderful World of SportsHello Sweetheart? Gimmie Rewrite!: My Life in the Wonderful World of Sports
Best Price: $25.04
At age seventeen, Jim Taylor began a career in writing as part-time high school sports reporter....
A Life in the NewsA Life in the News
Best Price: $19.99
To say that Tony Parsons is a household name and that his is one of the most recognizable faces...
Before the CameraBefore the Camera

Newhouse: All the Glitter, Power, & Glory of America's Richest Media Empire & the Secretive Man Behind ItNewhouse: All the Glitter, Power, & Glory of America's Richest Media Empire & the Secretive Man Behind It
Best Price: $14.79
The book shows how American media are controlled by a single family company. It owns many of the...
Wandering Ghost: The Odyssey of Lafcadio HearnWandering Ghost: The Odyssey of Lafcadio Hearn
Interweaving selections from letters, articles, essays, confessions, and stories, the author...
Full Swing: Hits, Runs and Errors in a Writer's LifeFull Swing: Hits, Runs and Errors in a Writer's Life
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I like books written by people who live extraordinary lives or were part of an extraordinary...
Scotty: James B. Reston and the Rise and Fall of American JournalismScotty: James B. Reston and the Rise and Fall of American Journalism
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"Scotty," is a tremendous book worthy of your purchase and time to read with...
My Trade: A Short History of British JournalismMy Trade: A Short History of British Journalism
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Marr's trade is journalism, he has been a print journalist, an editor and a BBC political...

Katharine Graham's WashingtonKatharine Graham's Washington
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I am not completely finished with this book, but wanted to post a review urging all who are...
Pull Me Up: A MemoirPull Me Up: A Memoir
Best Price: $1.94
Like Dan Barry, I am a 45-year-old newspaper reporter who survived cancer. We were colleagues...
The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My FamilyThe Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family
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The Commitment Love, Sex, Marriage and My Family Dan Savage This is a fun read on a serious...
Our Brother's Keeper: My Family's Journey through Vietnam to Hell and BackOur Brother's Keeper: My Family's Journey through Vietnam to Hell and Back
Best Price: $22.84
Jedwin Smith (no relation, but I was once his boss at the Atlanta newspaper where we both...
Freelancing in Paradise: The Story of Two American Reporters Who Supported Their Family by Covering Turbulent Times in the Caribbean, 1958-1963Freelancing in Paradise: The Story of Two American Reporters Who Supported Their Family by Covering Turbulent Times in the Caribbean, 1958-1963
Best Price: $19.99
What?s it like to cover news events and interview famous people while living in one of the...

The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, Volume IV: From Disunionism to the Brink of War: 1850-1860The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, Volume IV: From Disunionism to the Brink of War: 1850-1860
Best Price: $118.00
The fiery editor of the Liberator helped shape the destiny of a divided nation rapidly moving...
My Year OffMy Year Off
Best Price: $22.59
Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters, 1917-1961Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters, 1917-1961
Best Price: $11.20
The death of Ernest Hemingway in 1961 ended one of the most original and influential careers in...
Garlic and SapphiresGarlic and Sapphires
Includes an interview with the author and recipe cards! GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES is Ruth...
That Mean Old Yesterday: A MemoirThat Mean Old Yesterday: A Memoir
Best Price: $4.38
This memoir was hard for me to read at times and hard for me to put down. I was intrigued by...

Defy the Stars: The Life and Death of Tom HurndallDefy the Stars: The Life and Death of Tom Hurndall
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Defy the Stars is the story of a young man who went to the Middle East as an observer and lost...
Voice of the Vanishing Minority: Robert Sellar and the Huntingdon Gleaner 1863-1919Voice of the Vanishing Minority: Robert Sellar and the Huntingdon Gleaner 1863-1919
Best Price: $49.89
At the turn of the century Robert Sellar, editor of the "Huntingdon Gleaner" in the...
Are You Somebody?: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin WomanAre You Somebody?: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman
Best Price: $2.20
I found this book intensely moving -- but not for the reasons I thought I would. It's...
Selected Letters of Martha GellhornSelected Letters of Martha Gellhorn
Best Price: $3.00
Martha Gellhorn did not cooperate with her biographers when she was alive and she did not make...
 
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