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Politicians and the Generals: War and Peace After the Cold War

Product Description: In this long awaited successor to his #1 national bestseller The Best and the Brightest, David Halberstam describes in fascinating human detail how the shadow of Cold War Vietnam still hangs over American foreign policy, and how domestic politics have determined our role as a world power...read more

By David Halberstam

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9780743218245 | Scribner, September 1, 2001, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: In this long awaited successor to his #1 national bestseller The Best and the Brightest, David Halberstam describes in fascinating human detail how the shadow of Cold War Vietnam still hangs over American foreign policy, and how domestic politics have determined our role as a world power.

Elvis And Marilyn: 2 X Immortal

Product Description: A visual & conceptual consideration of two American icons, Elvis Presley & Marilyn Monroe. The book is the companion volume to an academic conference entitled Icons of Popular Culture: Elvis & Marilyn . Portraits of Elvis & Marilyn are among the world s most famous images...read more

By Geri Depaoli (editor), David Halberstam (foreword by) and Wendy McDaris (editor)

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Paperback:

9780788197413 | Ill edition (Diane Pub Co, April 30, 2001), cover price $35.00 | About this edition: A visual & conceptual consideration of two American icons, Elvis Presley & Marilyn Monroe.

The Powers That Be

Recounts the growth in power and influence of the great media institutions and the changes that they have brought about on the American scene, focusing on the people who make up Time Incorporated, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and CBS (view table of contents)

By David Halberstam

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Hardcover:

9780394503813 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, August 1, 1983, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Recounts the growth in power and influence of the great media institutions and the changes that they have brought about on the American scene, focusing on the people who make up Time Incorporated, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and CBS

Paperback:

9780252069413 | Reprint edition (Univ of Illinois Pr, October 1, 2000), cover price $25.95

9780440369974 | Reissue edition (Dell Pub Co, July 1, 1986), cover price $6.95 | also contains Totally Wacky Facts About Land Animals | About this edition: Gives an account of power at work in America.

Unfettered Expression: Freedom in American Intellectual Life

Product Description: A group of major thinkers addresses fundamental questions of intellectual freedom both within and without the academy. The essays in this volume were originally given as lectures in a series established in 1991 to honor three University of Michigan faculty members who, in 1954, refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee and were thereafter suspended or dismissed by the University...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By David Halberstam (foreword by) and Peggie J. Hollingsworth

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Hardcover:

9780472111794 | Univ of Michigan Pr, September 1, 2000, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: A group of major thinkers addresses fundamental questions of intellectual freedom both within and without the academy.

The Reckoning: Library Edition

Product Description: In his usual style, David Halberstam explores the American economy by choosing two companies--this time, Ford and Nissan--and telling their stories from the founders and owners to the assembly workers. 13 cassettes.

By Michael Anthony (narrator) and David Halberstam

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9780786102891 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, January 1, 2000), cover price $85.95 | About this edition: In his usual style, David Halberstam explores the American economy by choosing two companies--this time, Ford and Nissan--and telling their stories from the founders and owners to the assembly workers.

Suburbia

By David Halberstam (introduced by), Bill Owens and Robert Harshorn Shimshak

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Hardcover:

9781881270409 | Fotofolio Inc, November 1, 1999, cover price $29.95

Children

Chronicles America's civil rights movement through the lives of some young people--known as the 'Children'--whose courage changed the course of history

By David Halberstam

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Hardcover:

9780679415619, titled "The Children" | Random House Inc, March 1, 1998, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Chronicles the America's civil rights movement through the lives of some young people--known as the 'Children'--whose courage changed the course of history

Paperback:

9780449004395, titled "The Children" | Ballantine Books, April 1, 1999, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Chronicles America's civil rights movement through the lives of some young people--known as the 'Children'--whose courage changed the course of history

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780375401695, titled "The Children" | Unabridged edition (Random House, March 1, 1998), cover price $24.00 | About this edition: Chronicles the history of America's civil rights movement through the lives of some of the young people--known as the 'Children'--who became early revolutionaries and whose courage changed the course of history.

Prebinding:

9780613171403 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: Chronicles America's civil rights movement through the lives of some young people--known as the 'Children'--whose courage changed the course of history

Espn Sportscentury

A celebration of a century of sports gathers essays from today's best sportswriters to discuss the definitive athlete of each decade, review the careers of the century's one hundred greatest athletes, examine the impact of sports, and more. 100,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

By Chris Berman (foreword by), David Halberstam (introduced by) and Michael MacCambridge (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780786864713 | Hyperion Books, September 1, 1999, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: A celebration of a century of sports gathers essays from today's best sportswriters to discuss the definitive athlete of each decade, review the careers of the century's one hundred greatest athletes, and examine the impact of sports

Best American Sports Writing of the Century

Showcasing the finest sports journalists of the twentieth century, a definitive collection spotlights some of the century's great moments in sports, in works by Red Smith, Damon Runyon, Frank Deford, John Updike, Hunter S. Thompson, Bob Considine, A. J. Liebling, and other notable sportswriters. Simultaneous.

By David Halberstam (editor) and Glenn Stout (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780395945131, titled "The Best American Sports Writing of the Century" | Houghton Mifflin, May 27, 1999, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Spotlights some of the century's great moments in sports, in works by Red Smith, Damon Runyon, Frank Deford, John Updike, Hunter S.

Paperback:

9780395945148 | Mariner Books, June 16, 1999, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Spotlights some of the century's great moments in sports, in works by Red Smith, Damon Runyon, Frank Deford, John Updike, Hunter S.

9780061002632, titled "Blood River" | Harpercollins, September 1, 1991, cover price $3.99 | also contains Blood River

Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordon and the World He Made

Product Description: 2 cassettes / 3 hoursRead by Edward HerrmannIn Playing for Keeps, David Halberstam takes the first full measure of Michael Jordan's epic career, one of the great American stories of our time. A narrative of astonishing power and human drama, brimming with revealing anecdotes and penetrating insights, the book chronicles the forces in Jordan's life that have shaped him into history's greatest basketball player, and the larger forces that have converged to make him the most famous living human being in the world...read more

By David Halberstam

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9780788732478 | Recorded Books, June 1, 1999, cover price $120.00 | About this edition: 2 cassettes / 3 hoursRead by Edward HerrmannIn Playing for Keeps, David Halberstam takes the first full measure of Michael Jordan's epic career, one of the great American stories of our time.

Warp Speed: America in the Age of Mixed Media

Product Description: Did the coverage of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal set a new low for American journalism? How has news gathering and reporting changed, and what effects has this had on the political and cultural landscape? In this insightful and thoughtful book, Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel, two of America's leading press watchers, explore the new culture of news--what they call the new Mixed Media Culture--and show how it works...read more

By David Halberstam (foreword by)

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Hardcover:

9780870781360 | Century Foundation, April 1, 1999, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Did the coverage of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal set a new low for American journalism?

Sports on New York Radio: A Play-By-Play History

Explores the impact of radio and radio personalities on sports and sports fans (view table of contents)

By David Halberstam

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Hardcover:

9781570281976 | Masters Pr, March 1, 1999, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Explores the impact of radio and radio personalities on sports and sports fans

Requiem: By the Photographers Who Died in Vietnam and Indochina

Between the French Indochina war of the 1950's and the fall of Phnom Penn and Saigon in 1975, 134 war photographers were killed. In this volume many thousands of photographs have been gathered to form a monument to the dead and a record of war photography in south-east Asia.

By Horst Faas (editor) and Tim Page (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780224050586 | Gardners Books, November 6, 1997, cover price $65.80 | About this edition: Between the French Indochina war of the 1950's and the fall of Phnom Penn and Saigon in 1975, 134 war photographers were killed.

9780679461975 | Random House Inc, October 28, 1997, cover price $175.00

9780679456575 | Random House Inc, October 1, 1997, cover price $85.00 | About this edition: Photographs commemorate the lives and work of the one hundred thirty-five photojournalists recorded as missing or killed in the Vietnam War

The Kansas Century: 100 Years of Championship Jayhawk Basketball

Looks at the history of the University of Kansas basketball team, noting famous coaches and players, and offering reflections and memories

By David Halberstam (editor), Bill Mayer, John McLendon, Ted O'Leary, Joe Posnanski, Alexander Wolff and Chuck Woodling

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Hardcover:

9780836253030 | Andrews McMeel Pub, November 1, 1997, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Looks at the history of the University of Kansas basketball team, noting famous coaches and players, and offering reflections and memories

The Reckoning

Product Description: Award-winning author David Halberstam's The Reckoning gives a riveting account of the most decisive economic confrontation of this century--between Detroit's Ford Motor Company and Japan's Nissan. Here are young Ford, renegade Iacocca, visionary Katayama--everyone needed to reveal the crucial nuances behind two nations competing for commercial supremacy...read more

By David Halberstam

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Hardcover:

9780688048389 | William Morrow & Co, September 1, 1986, cover price $3.98 | About this edition: Presents a study of the crisis in the automobile industry, in a volume that focuses on the Ford Motor Company

Paperback:

9780380721474 | Reprint edition (Avon Books, March 1, 1994), cover price $10.00

9780380704477 | Reissue edition (Avon Books, October 1, 1988), cover price $6.50 | also contains Rabbits Don't Lay Eggs! | About this edition: Presents a study of the crisis in the automobile industry, in a volume that focuses on the Ford Motor Company

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780786102907 | Blackstone Audio Inc, August 1, 1997, cover price $76.95 | About this edition: Award-winning author David Halberstam's The Reckoning gives a riveting account of the most decisive economic confrontation of this century--between Detroit's Ford Motor Company and Japan's Nissan.

Memories of the Mick

Looks at the career achievements of the legendary baseball player, including his start with the New York Yankees in 1951 and his record-breaking season in 1961

By Maury Allen, David Halberstam (introduced by) and Bob Olen (photographer)

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Hardcover:

9780878339730 | Taylor Pub, April 1, 1997, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Looks at the career achievements of the legendary baseball player, including his start with the New York Yankees in 1951 and his record-breaking season in 1961

The Amateurs

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of The Best and the Brightest profiles the struggles of four unknown young men who compete to represent the U.S. as its lone single sculler in the 1984 Olympics. Reprint. NYT.

By David Halberstam

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Paperback:

9780449910030 | Ballantine Books, May 1, 1996, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of The Best and the Brightest profiles the struggles of four unknown young men who compete to represent the U.

9780140089349 | Viking Pr, September 1, 1986, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Profiles the four men who competed to represent the U.

October 1964

A study of a seminal season in the history of American baseball offers a close-up look at the 1964 clash between the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals

By David Halberstam

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Hardcover:

9780708958223 | Large print edition (Niagra Large Print, February 1, 1996), cover price $29.50 | About this edition: A study of a seminal season in the history of American baseball offers a close-up look at the 1964 clash between the New York Yankees and the St.

9780517171660 | Random House Value Pub, May 1, 1995, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERTHE BEST SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR"October 1964 should be a hit with old-time baseball fans, who'll relish the opportunity to relive that year's to-die-for World Series, when the dynastic but aging New York Yankees squared off against the upstart St.

9780679415602 | 1 edition (Villard Books, August 1, 1994), cover price $24.00 | About this edition: A study of a seminal season in the history of American baseball offers a close-up look at the 1964 clash between the Yankees, representing the status quo, and the St.

Paperback:

9780449983676 | Reprint edition (Ballantine Books, May 1, 1995), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: An acclaimed chronicle of the World Series in a seminal year finds the Yankees and Cardinals facing off as America confronts its feelings about race.

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9780679433385 | Random House, June 1, 1994, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Presents an account of the 1964 confrontation between the New York Yankees and the St.

The Sports Photography of Robert Riger

A retrospective study of Robert Riger's photographic career, from his early beginnings with Sports Illustrated through his museum-exhibition successes, focuses on his intimate look at the world of sports and his portraits of notable athletes. 25,000 first printing.

By David Halberstam (introduced by) and Robert Riger

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9780679445135 | Random House Inc, October 1, 1995, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: A retrospective study of Robert Riger's photographic career, from his early beginnings with Sports Illustrated through his museum-exhibition successes, focuses on his intimate look at the world of sports and his portraits of notable athletes.

The Next Century

Product Description: Examines why America is plagued by deteriorating educational systems and political infrastructure, and proposes some provocative solutions that might allow the country to redeem itself and face the shifting geopolitical climate of the twenty-first century. Reprint. NYT. PW.

By David Halberstam

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Hardcover:

9780688103910 | William Morrow & Co, January 1, 1991, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A journalist reflects on the recent past and offers a wide-ranging perspective on the startling changes now reshaping the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and he analyzes Japan's rise to its present position in the world's economy

Paperback:

9780380717064 | Reprint edition (Avon Books, February 1, 1992), cover price $10.00 | About this edition: Reflecting on the recent past, a journalist offers a wide-ranging perspective on the startling changes reshaping the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and analyzes Japan's rise to its present position in the world's economy

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780787100667 | Unabridged edition (Dove Entertainment Inc, January 1, 1995), cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Examines why America is plagued by deteriorating educational systems and political infrastructure, and proposes some provocative solutions that might allow the country to redeem itself and face the shifting geopolitical climate of the twenty-first century.

9781558003910 | Dove Entertainment Inc, March 1, 1991, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Halberstam reflects on the recent past and surprising events taking place in the world and offers his personal perspective on the century to come in America.

The Fifties

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines the social, political, economic, and cultural history of the 1950s

By David Halberstam

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Hardcover:

9780517156070, titled "Fifties" | Random House Value Pub, April 1, 1996, cover price $9.99

9780679415596 | 1 edition (Villard Books, June 1, 1993), cover price $27.50 | About this edition: The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines the social, political, economic, and cultural history of the 1950s

Paperback:

9780449909331 | Reprint edition (Ballantine Books, June 1, 1994), cover price $20.00 | About this edition: The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines the social, political, economic, and cultural history of the 1950s

9789990061727 | Ballantine Books, June 1, 1994, cover price $0.02

9780679747253 | Large print edition (Random House Large Print, May 1, 1993), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Examines the social, political, economic, and cultural history of the 1950s

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780679424338 | Random House, May 1, 1993, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines the social, political, economic, and cultural history of the 1950s.

Best American Sports Writing, 1991

Presents a selection of the year's finest sports writing, with excerpts by both veteran and rookie sports writers from national and regional newpapers and magazines

By David Halberstam (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780395570432 | Houghton Mifflin, October 1, 1991, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Presents a selection of the year's finest sports writing, with excerpts by both veteran and rookie sports writers from national and regional newpapers and magazines

Paperback:

9780395570449 | Houghton Mifflin, October 1, 1991, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Presents a selection of the year's finest sports writing, with excerpts by both veteran and rookie sports writers from national and regional newpapers and magazines

Summer of '49

Chronicles the 1949 pennant race between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, profiling the players, owners, and fans as baseball was poised on the brink of major changes

By David Halberstam

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Prebinding:

9780613437660, titled "Summer of '49" | Turtleback Books, August 1, 1990, cover price $15.30 | About this edition: Chronicles the 1949 pennant race between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, profiling the players, owners, and fans as baseball was poised on the brink of major changes

David Halberstam's Summer of '49

Product Description: With incredible skill, passion, and insight, Pulitzer Prize-winningauthor David Halberstam returns us to a glorious time when the dreams of a now almost forgotten America rested on the crack of a bat. The year was 1949, and a war-weary nation turned from the battlefields to the ball fields in search of new heroes...read more

By Mel Allen (contributor) and David Halberstam

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Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781558001602 | Dove Entertainment Inc, December 1, 1989, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: With incredible skill, passion, and insight, Pulitzer Prize-winningauthor David Halberstam returns us to a glorious time when the dreams of a now almost forgotten America rested on the crack of a bat.

The Making of a Quagmire: American and Vietnam During the Kennedy Era

Product Description: Pulitzer-prize winning author David Halberstam's eyewitness account provides a riveting narrative of how the United States created a major foreign policy disaster for itself in a faraway land it knew little about. In the introduction to this edition, historian Daniel J...read more

By David Halberstam

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Paperback:

9780345357779 | Reprint edition (Ballantine Books, December 1, 1988), cover price $4.95 | also contains No Name | About this edition: Pulitzer-prize winning author David Halberstam's eyewitness account provides a riveting narrative of how the United States created a major foreign policy disaster for itself in a faraway land it knew little about.

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