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Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing by Robert A. Caro
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Power Broker and The Years of Lyndon Johnson: an unprecedented gathering of vivid, candid, deeply revealing recollections about his experiences researching and writing his acclaimed booksFor the first time in his long career, Robert Caro gives us a glimpse into his own life and work in these evocatively written, personal pieces... -
![The Children by David Halberstam]()
The Children by David Halberstam
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Children is Halberstam's moving evocation of the early days of the civil rights movement, as seen thru the story of the young people--the Children--who met in the 60s & went on to lead the revolution... -
![Sois jeune et tais-toi: Réponse à ceux qui critiquent la jeunesse by Salomé Saqué]()
Sois jeune et tais-toi: Réponse à ceux qui critiquent la jeunesse by Salomé Saqué
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsChanger de regard sur la jeunesse.Les jeunes seraient « paresseux », « incultes », voire « égoïstes et individualistes ». J'ai entendu mille fois ces accusations à l'égard de la jeunesse : dans des dîners de famille, à la volée chez un commerçant ou portées par des éditorialistes remontés à la télévision... -
![Like Eating a Stone: Surviving the Past in Bosnia by Wojciech Tochman]()
Like Eating a Stone: Surviving the Past in Bosnia by Wojciech Tochman
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDuring four years of war in Bosnia, over 100,000 people lost their lives. But it was months, even years, before the mass graves started to yield up their dead and the process of identification, burial, and mourning could begin... -
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![Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War by Robert Fisk]()
Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War by Robert Fisk
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAccount of war in the late-20th century both as historical document and as an eyewitness testament to human savagery. Written by one of Britain's foremost journalists, this book combines political analysis and war reporting: it is an epic account of the Lebanon conflict by an author who has personally witnessed the carnage of Beirut for over a decade... -
![Inventing Reality: The Politics of the Mass Media by Michael Parenti]()
Inventing Reality: The Politics of the Mass Media by Michael Parenti
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis study looks at the role of the print and electronic media in defining "respectable" political discourse in the United States. From a critical perpective, Parenti looks at the economics and politics of "presenting" the news and argues that the media systematically distort the news. This manufactured reality deprives the public of necessary information for effective participation in government... -
![Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage by Paulo Freire]()
Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage by Paulo Freire
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis book displays the striking creativity and profound insight that characterized Freire's work to the very end of his life-an uplifting and provocative exploration not only for educators, but also for all that learn and live... -
![Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It by Kelly Gallagher]()
Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It by Kelly Gallagher
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRead-i-cide n: The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools. Reading is dying in our schools. Educators are familiar with many of the factors that have contributed to the decline—poverty, second-language issues, and the ever-expanding choices of electronic entertainment... -
![Dzisiaj narysujemy śmierć by Wojciech Tochman]()
Dzisiaj narysujemy śmierć by Wojciech Tochman
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDzisiaj narysujemy śmierć to reporterska opowieść o tym, jakie konsekwencje niesie ludobójstwo nie tylko dla jego sprawców i ofiar, ale także dla nas – świadków. Tochman wikła czytelników w cierpienie swoich bohaterów, a każdy z nich jest ze swoją historią konkretny, pojedynczy, wyjątkowy... -
![Dan Rather: Stories of a Lifetime by Dan Rather]()
Dan Rather: Stories of a Lifetime by Dan Rather
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTales from the front lines of 60 years of television.Emmy Award winner and former CBS News anchor Dan Rather brings his unforgettable staged performance, Stories of a Lifetime, to the Minetta Lane Theatre, where it will be recorded live for Audible Theater... -
![Everybody loves a good drought by Palagummi Sainath]()
Everybody loves a good drought by Palagummi Sainath
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe human face of poverty The poor in India are, too often, reduced to statistics. In the dry language of development reports and economic projections, the true misery of the 312 million who live below the poverty line, or the 26 million displaced by various projects, or the 13 million who suffer from tuberculosis gets overlooked... -
![Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World! by Andrew Breitbart]()
Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World! by Andrew Breitbart
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Brash, funny, fiery, and irreverent." -- Rush Limbaugh Known for his network of conservative websites that draws millions of readers everyday, Andrew Breitbart has one main goal: to make sure the "liberally biased" major news outlets in this country cover all aspects of a story fairly. Breitbart is convinced that too many national stories are slanted by the news media in an unfair way... -
![On the Front Line with the Women Who Fight Back by Stacey Dooley]()
On the Front Line with the Women Who Fight Back by Stacey Dooley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsStacey Dooley is one of Britain's most loved documentary presenters and campaigners. In 2007, Stacey was a slightly vapid twenty-something working in fashion retail. She was selected to take part in the BBC series Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts which saw her live and work alongside Indian factory workers making clothes for the UK High Street... -
![The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care by T.R. Reid]()
The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care by T.R. Reid
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn The Healing of America, New York Times bestselling author T. R. Reid shows how all the other industrialized democracies have achieved something the United States can’t seem to do: provide health care for everybody at a reasonable cost... -
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![Algues vertes, l'histoire interdite by Inès Léraud, Pierre Van Hove]()
Algues vertes, l'histoire interdite by Inès Léraud, Pierre Van Hove
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPas moins de 3 hommes et 40 animaux ont été retrouvés morts sur les plages bretonnes. L’identité du tueur est un secret de polichinelle : les algues vertes. Un demi-siècle de fabrique du silence raconté dans une enquête fleuve.Des échantillons qui disparaissent dans les laboratoires, des corps enterrés avant d’être autopsiés, des jeux d’influence, des pressions et un silence de plomb... -
![Out on the Wire: Uncovering the Secrets of Radio's New Masters of Story with Ira Glass by Jessica Abel]()
Out on the Wire: Uncovering the Secrets of Radio's New Masters of Story with Ira Glass by Jessica Abel
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA graphic narrative that takes readers behind-the-scenes of five of today's most popular narrative radio shows, including This American Life and RadioLab.Every week, millions of devoted fans download or tune in to This American Life, The Moth, Radiolab, Planet Money, Snap Judgment, and other narrative radio shows. The pieces captivating listeners are by turns funny, heartbreaking, and profound... -
![Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change by Victor Papanek]()
Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change by Victor Papanek
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDesign for the Real World has, since its first appearance twenty-five years ago, become a classic. Translated into twenty-three languages, it is one of the world's most widely read books on design... -
![Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy by Tressie McMillan Cottom]()
Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy by Tressie McMillan Cottom
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“The best book yet on the complex lives and choices of for-profit students...Categorized as:
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![The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications, with Exercises and Answer Keys by Amy Einsohn]()
The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications, with Exercises and Answer Keys by Amy Einsohn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Copyeditor's Handbook is a lively, practical manual for newcomers to publishing and for experienced editors who want to fine-tune their skills or broaden their understanding of the craft... -
![The Free Voice: On Democracy, Culture and the Nation by Ravish Kumar]()
The Free Voice: On Democracy, Culture and the Nation by Ravish Kumar
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings‘The National Project for Instilling Fear in the people has reached completion. Before the promised highways and jobs, everybody has been unfailingly given one thing—fear. For every individual, fear is now the daily bread. We are all experiencing fear; it comes to us in many different forms—from the moment we step out of our homes, with so many warnings ringing in our ears.. -
![Marx's Grundrisse by Karl Marx, David McLellan]()
Marx's Grundrisse by Karl Marx, David McLellan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWritten during the winter of 1857-8, the "Grundrisse" was considered by Marx to be the first scientific elaboration of communist theory. A collection of seven notebooks on capital and money, it both develops the arguments outlined in the Communist Manifesto (1848) and explores the themes and theses that were to dominate his great later work "Capital"... -
![Bulldozed: Scott Morrison’s Fall and Anthony Albanese’s Rise by Niki Savva]()
Bulldozed: Scott Morrison’s Fall and Anthony Albanese’s Rise by Niki Savva
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings‘I don’t hold a hose, mate.’ Scott Morrison, 20 December 2019, on the Black Summer bushfires‘It’s not a race.’ Scott Morrison, 10 March 2021, on the COVID-19 vaccine rolloutBetween 2013 and 2022, Tony Abbott begat Malcolm Turnbull, who begat Scott Morrison... -
![Season on the Brink by John Feinstein]()
Season on the Brink by John Feinstein
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA Season on the Brink chronicles the basketball season that John Feinstein spent following the Indiana Hoosiers and their fiery coach, Bob Knight.Knight granted Feinstein an unprecedented inside look at college basketball -- with complete access to every moment of the season... -
![Flipped: How Georgia Turned Purple and Broke the Monopoly on Republican Power by Greg Bluestein]()
Flipped: How Georgia Turned Purple and Broke the Monopoly on Republican Power by Greg Bluestein
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe untold story of the unlikely heroes, the cutthroat politics, and the cultural forces that turned a Deep South state purple—by a top reporter at The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionFlipped is the definitive account of how the election of Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff transformed Georgia from one of the staunchest Republican strongholds to the nation’s most watched battleground state—and... -
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![Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon's Downfall by Elizabeth Drew]()
Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon's Downfall by Elizabeth Drew
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRe-issued forty years after the tumultuous events that led to Richard Nixon’s historic downfall, a new edition of the legendary Elizabeth Drew’s Washington Journal, featuring a brilliant new afterword. Originally published soon after Richard Nixon's resignation, Elizabeth Drew’s Washington Journal is a landmark work of political journalism... -
![The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan's Pech Valley by Wesley Morgan]()
The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan's Pech Valley by Wesley Morgan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOf the many battlefields on which U.S. troops and intelligence operatives fought in Afghanistan, one remote corner of the country stands as a microcosm of the American campaign: the Pech and its tributary valleys in Kunar and Nuristan... -
![The Refusal of Work: The Theory and Practice of Resistance to Work by David Frayne]()
The Refusal of Work: The Theory and Practice of Resistance to Work by David Frayne
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPaid work is absolutely central to the culture and politics of capitalist societies, yet today's work-centred world is becoming increasingly hostile to the human need for autonomy, spontaneity and community. The grim reality of a society in which some are overworked, whilst others are condemned to intermittent work and unemployment, is progressively more difficult to tolerate... -
![The Question by Henri Alleg, Ellen Ray]()
The Question by Henri Alleg, Ellen Ray
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOriginally published in 1958, The Question is the book that opened the torture debate in France during Algeria’s war of independence and was the first book since the eighteenth century to be banned by the French government for political reasons... -
![Freedom Next Time: Resisting the Empire by John Pilger]()
Freedom Next Time: Resisting the Empire by John Pilger
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWorld–renowned journalist John Pilger looks at five nations (Palestine, Diego Garcia, Afghanistan, Iraq, and South Africa) that have undergone long and painful struggles for freedom, yet are still waiting for its realization... -
![To Kill a Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia by Michael Parenti]()
To Kill a Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia by Michael Parenti
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDrawing on a wide range of unpublished material and observations gathered from his visit to Yugoslavia in 1999, Michael Parenti challenges mainstream media coverage of the war and uncovers hidden agendas behind the Western talk of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and democracy...
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