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1) Mister Organ
Publisher
Drafthouse Films
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Intrepid journalist and filmmaker David Farrier (Tickled) faces off against his greatest foe yet in MISTER ORGAN, a bizarre tale that finds Farrier in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a mysterious con man.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
From a beat reporter at the Washington Post to an overnight sensation as the leader of the New Journalism movement, Tom Wolfe was at the forefront of reshaping how American stories are told. Recognizing the importance of overlooked subcultures and communities, Wolfe documented everything from rural stock car drivers to hippies in Haight Ashbury to the Apollo Astronauts, and his ability to bridge cultural and class divides while tackling stories central...
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Get the Summary of Malcolm Gladwell's What the Dog Saw in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures" is a collection of essays by Malcolm Gladwell that explores the intricacies of various phenomena through the lens of psychology, economics, and social science. The book delves into the lives of pitchmen like Ron Popeil and his family, who revolutionized the infomercial industry with...
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Español
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Este nuevo libro de la periodista y editora de género María Fitzgerald presenta a los lectores distintas crónicas periodísticas sobre temas de gran coyuntura y reflexión nacional, como lo son las mutilaciones oculares en el marco del Paro Nacional de 2021, la trata de mujeres con fines de explotación sexual en las grandes ciudades capitales, los estragos de la minería ilegal y las desapariciones extrajudiciales. Tomando como protagonistas a...
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Español
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Esta es una colección de columnas del autor Moisés Wasserman, publicadas en el periódico El Tiempo de Bogotá, entre finales del año 2017 y el 2022, agrupadas en cinco capítulos que llevarán al lector en un recorrido profundo, reflexivo y ameno por distintos
temas de interés general, como la ciencia, la política y la actualidad nacional.
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Español
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Una juez en zona guerrillera es el libro ganador del Premio Nacional de Cultura Universidad de Antioquia 2022 en la modalidad Testimonio. Según el jurado, "este es un testimonio que mantiene un hilo conductor y transporta bien al lector a escenarios en los que ocurren los hechos que vive su protagonista. Está narrado de una manera muy auténtica y pone al lector frente a una realidad que el país debe conocer".
A través de las memorias y la voz...
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English
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"Complete freedom, nobody enjoys it: we start oppressed by syntax and end up dealing with the Police of Social and Political Order, but, within the narrow limits that grammar and law coerce us, we can still move". This quote of Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos (in Memoirs of prison, 1953), also illustrates the present moment of Brazilian journalism. Among so many forms of censorship present in our days: the political and ideological (induced by the...
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English
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Get the Summary of Adam Nagourney's The Times in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Times" by Adam Nagourney chronicles the evolution of The New York Times through various executive editors' tenures, focusing on their leadership styles, the challenges they faced, and the newspaper's transformation in response to internal and external pressures. A.M. Rosenthal's era is marked by his commitment to journalistic standards...
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English
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There is a famous 11th century collection of stories, folktales, legends and histories written in Sanskrit, by the Shaivite Somadeva, called the "Kathasaritsagara" or the "Oceans of the Streams of Stories". There are multiple layers of story, within a story in this amazing collection of stories. The "Kathasaritsagara", is a large collection of stories loosely strung together. The stories are narrated for the recreation and the information of the same...
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A gripping and surprising perspective on the clash between Islam, Secularism, and the political role of women in the Arab world. Offering an insightful portrait of the messy work of democracy, A REVOLUTION IN FOUR SEASONS is especially poignant in this global era of divided politics.
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English
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Do you love to write and publish articles? You can take it one step further and convert them into ebooks. Releasing books on Amazon couldn't be easier. It may take a day or so to learn the steps, but afterward, you are cleared hot to print money. The purpose of releasing ebooks is to generate passive income and keep your word top of mind. Also, books can be at the top of your sales funnel, leading to more products and services such as consulting,...
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English
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Part memoir, part reportage, “Louder Than Bombs” is a story of music from the front lines. Ed Vulliamy, a decorated war correspondent and journalist, offers a testimony of his lifelong passion for music. Vulliamy's reporting has taken him around the world to cover the Bosnian war, the fall of the Berlin Wall and collapse of Communism, the Iraq wars of 1991 and 2003 onward, narco violence in Mexico, and more, places where he confronted stories...
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English
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What do you do when the reputation you've built over decades is destroyed in a day?
In the court of public opinion, you're rarely innocent until proved guilty, and your enemies don't have to play by the rules.
Any misstep can blow up into a worldwide embarrassment on Facebook and Twitter, land on the front page of the New York Times, and bring down a CEO, a business, or a celebrity. You need a smart strategic response. You need Mike Sitrick.
In...
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Half of our brain wants us to create; however, most of us don't give it the opportunity. It's hard to create when we need to pay the bills. So the first challenge to start creating is finding the time. Creation is a part of our souls and allows us to view the world much differently. We don't just see and feel things; we consume them. Then we must process what we see and feel into something someone else can understand. It's all quite magical. If you...
16) Pulitzer
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English
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From the National Book Award–winning author, an absorbing biography of the esteemed editor, publisher, power broker, and rival to William Randolph Hearst.
An eccentric genius, Joseph Pulitzer immigrated to the United States to fight in the Civil War-despite barely speaking English. He would soon master the language enough to begin a successful newspaper career in St. Louis, become a fierce opponent to William Randolph Hearst, and, eventually,...
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English
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This is the story of Rebecca Smith and John R. Emshwiller, the two reporters who led the Wall Street Journal's reporting on Enron and uncovered the unorthodox partnerships at the heart of the scandal through skill, luck, and relentless determination.
It all started in August 2001when Emshwiller was assigned to write a supposedly simple article on the unexpected resignation of Enron CEO Jeff Skilling. During his research, Emshwiller uncovered a buried...
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English
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Working as a correspondent for 20/20 and Good Morning America, John Stossel confronted dozens of scam artists: from hacks who worked out of their basements to some of America's most powerful executives and leading politicians. His efforts shut down countless crooks -- both famous and obscure. Then he realized what the real problem was.
In Give Me a Break, Stossel takes on the regulators, lawyers, and politicians who thrive on our hysteria about risk...
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English
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"We knew from the beginning how critical it was to have our own publication, to set forth our agenda for freedom...to urge change, to use the pen alongside the sword," writes David Hilliard in the preface to this stunning collection of pages from the original groundbreaking editions of the Black Panther Party's official news organ and original essays by Hilliard, Elaine Brown, Dr. Stan Oden, Craig Laurence Rice, Kumasi, and Joshua Bloom.
First...
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