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An insider and behind the scenes look at investigative reporting from an award-winning investigative reporter. First-hand intimate stories, not only about the workings of local television news, but also events and personalities that shaped the last 50 years including: Presidents Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan; my experiences in Saudi Arabia with General Norman Schwarzkopf before the First Gulf War; Klan cross burnings and a Klan riot; an insider view of Florida executions including “Old Sparky”, the electric chair.

"Jetzt ist meine beste Zeit!", sagt Birgit Schrowange und blickt in ihrem neuen Buch "Birgit ungeschminkt" dankbar auf 40 erlebnisreiche Jahre vor der Kamera zurück - doch mehr noch schaut sie nach vorn! Amüsant und selbstironisch lässt die beliebte Moderatorin tief in ihr Leben blicken. Noch nie hat sie die komplette und geradezu märchenhafte Liebesgeschichte mit ihrem Verlobten Frank erzählt, den sie nach 10 Single-Jahren kennenlernte.

Margaret Lally Murray came to Canada in a homemade dress with pictures of cowboys she might marry. But instead of a quiet prairie existence, she found a life filled with politics, printer's ink, and possibilities always vergin' on the verge. She was a 100 percent emancipated woman and British Columbia's first and most memorable female publisher.

Tom Wolfe comandó una generación de escritores dispuestos a dinamitar las convenciones de la sociedad tradicional. Estaban allí para contarnos cosas de nosotros mismos de un modo hasta entonces inaudito. Se convirtieron en nuestros sabios orientadores, nuestros heraldos, incluso en nuestra conciencia moral: eran los nuevos periodistas.

Coming Full Circle: From Jim Crow to Journalism is the memoir of an African American woman who grew up privileged and educated in the restricted culture of the American South in the 1950s and 1960s. Despite Jim Crow laws that affected where she lived, how she was educated, and what civil rights she would be denied, Lloyd would become one of the first African American women to be the top editor of a mainstream daily newspaper. Her memoir is a window on the intersection of race, gender, culture, and the media’s role in our uniquely American experiment in democracy.

A music journalist (Tucker) from Nashville, Tennessee, is given an assignment by Volunteers Variety magazine to travel to Cleveland, Ohio, and cover the live music scene, along with the world famous Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. After attending an Alice Cooper concert in the Flats, he becomes entangled with a very strange group of people, diving into the gritty side of the big city to get their thrills.

When China opened its doors in the 1980s, it shocked the world by allowing private enterprise and free markets. As a foreign correspondent for BusinessWeek, Dori Jones Yang was among the first American journalists to cover China under Deng Xiaoping, who dared to defy Maoist doctrine as he rushed to catch up with richer nations. Fluent in Mandarin, she got to know ordinary Chinese people - who were embracing opportunities that had once been unimaginable in China.

Years ago, Steve Hannah’s chance detour through the Midwest cut short a planned cross-country trip. He found himself in Wisconsin, a distinctly different place from the East Coast, where he was born and raised. Charmingly beautiful and full of welcoming people, America’s dairyland would soon become his home. Dairylandia recounts Steve Hannah’s burgeoning love for his adopted state through the writings of his long-lived column, “State of Mind”.

Agatha Christie, born in upper-middle-class British society during the late Victorian era, turned into one of the most prolific and popular mystery writers of all time. Her novels have been translated into 44 languages and have sold over two billion copies worldwide. Her mysteries continue to sell as new generations of readers discover the delights of her main characters, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. In addition, Christie’s plays have been a tremendous success, with The Mousetrap running in London for the past 70 years.

The night Mark Leiren-Young drove into Williams Lake, British Columbia, in 1985 to work as a reporter for the venerable Williams Lake Tribune, he arrived on the scene of an armed robbery. And that was before things got weird. For a 22-year-old from Vancouver, a stint in the legendary Cariboo town was a trip to another world and another era. 

Honduras no es Irak, pero cada año mueren asesinadas 85 personas por cada 100.000 habitantes, una cifra que supera a la de Irak. Honduras vive una de las guerras no declaradas menos contadas del mundo. Una guerra laberíntica de todos contra todos: el narco, que transporta a través del país el 90% de la cocaína colombiana y venezolana que llega a Estados Unidos; los pandilleros convertidos en soldados del narco y en extorsionadores; una policía sin medios que, en vez de detener criminales, prefiere ejecutarlos....

"Ich bin ein Kind der Stadt" bekennt Bestsellerautorin Chris Lohner. Sie erzählt in ihrem neuen Buch von ihrer Kindheit und Jugend. Ihr Buch könnte in diesen herausfordernden Wochen nicht aktueller sein, erinnert sie sich doch an die schwierigen Zeiten nach dem 2. Weltkrieg, die geprägt waren von großer Verunsicherung und anders als heute auch von großer Not. Mitten im Krieg, der nach ihrer Geburt noch zwei Jahre dauern sollte, kam Chris Lohner zur Welt.

Er ist jung und eifrig. Er ist stolz auf sich und auf die große Zeitung, bei der er arbeiten darf. Er genießt es, die Dinge kühl und gegebenenfalls scharf niederschreiben zu dürfen, er genießt es umso mehr, da es in seinem vorherigen journalistischen Leben nicht möglich war; er ist der erste Ostler in der Redaktion. Zunächst arbeitet er im Sportressort, dann als Reporter. Über Jahre geschieht und gelingt alles wie selbstverständlich, weit ist diese Welt hier und offen - bis das Vorherige, das Bedrängende von Neuem aufscheint, in eleganterer Form, mit dramatischen Folgen.

Fearless: Diary of a Badass Reporter is the narrative of a most uncommon and astonishing life - where even as a teenager Julie Blacklow displayed qualities that marked her as a natural for reporting. Courage, tenacity, and a willingness to get in anyone's face if it served her mission to help people were in her DNA. Her intolerance of injustice made her especially popular - or unpopular depending on which side of the fence you sat. Blacklow was among the first women in television news in America.

When Anna David got sober and sold a book about her recovery to the biggest publisher in the world, she thought she'd made it. She was wrong. Still, after years of struggle and self-discovery, she ended up thriving personally and professionally. Now she's sharing what she's learned and showing others how to do the same.

Tras el quinto sorbo al Kas me dieron ganas de mear y bendita la diminuta vejiga de un niño. De camino a los lavabos, con la cremallera del inocente pantalón corto todavía abierta, apareció la imagen. Destellos de luz dorada y cantos angelicales iluminaron el pasillo y el videojuego de mi vida mostró el primer logro desbloqueado en mitad de la pantalla. Entre bidones de cerveza y una pila de listines telefónicos desfasados, surgió un póster del Oviedo de la temporada 1987-88. La del último ascenso a primera división. Ahí comenzó todo.

From the best-selling book On The Road With Charles Kuralt, these classic stories represent Kuralt's defining, and perhaps finest, work. Never before released on audio, this collection ensures that his unforgettable voice will be heard by generations to come.

Marcel van Roosmalen over zijn dementerende moeder in het verpleegtehuis ten tijde van de coronapandemie - ontroerend eerlijk, droogkomisch en actueel. Wanneer de moeder van Marcel van Roosmalen na een val niet terug kan keren naar het ouderlijk huis, en onderdak vindt in een verpleegtehuis in Velp, lijkt een rustige periode voor haar en haar kinderen aan te breken. Totdat in maart 2020 de coronapandemie om zich heen grijpt. Het verpleegtehuis wordt ontruimd vanwege de vele positief geteste bewoners en moeder Van Roosmalen wordt getransporteerd naar de bossen bij Groesbeek.

Agatha Christie è, ancora oggi, la scrittrice di gialli più letta al mondo. Donna appassionata, piena di talento e carattere, la Christie ha vissuto una vita tutt'altro che monotona: un'educazione fuori dagli schemi, due matrimoni, molti viaggi e un successo conclamato grazie all'invenzione di due personaggi memorabili, il detective Hercule Poirot e l'ingegnosa Miss Marple. Il suo enorme talento come scrittrice la portò non solo a essere un'autrice di gialli eccezionale, ma anche un'ottima sceneggiatrice di teatro.

Witz, Satire und die Lust an absurden Kontrasten: In seinen Glossen sieht Hellmuth Karasek der Zeit beim Vergehen zu und versucht, wenigstens die Komik festzuhalten. "Karasek ist eine Erzählernatur." Felicitas von Lovenberg, F.A.Z. Eigentlich küsst man Kröten nicht - man schluckt sie als unangenehme Wahrheiten hinunter. Nur Frösche küsst man - im Märchen, damit sie sich in Prinzen verwandeln. Doch die Glosse verhält sich zur Realität so, als müsste ihr Autor dauernd Kröten schlucken.