Product Description: Ever since the invention of the telegraph, journalists have sought to remove the barriers of time and space. Today, we readily accept that reporters can jet quickly to a distant location and broadcast instantly from a satellite-connected, video-enabled cell phone hanging from their belts...read more

Covers all aspects of the book trade, including a history of the book, authorship, marketing, etiquette, and the Library of Congress. (view table of contents)

Describes how a newspaper is produced, discusses the work experiences of editors, reporters, and others involved in the process, and considers economic, ethical, and related issues

Argues that all nations are growing more interdependent

Product Description: This book takes readers through the fascinating, complex Third World connections that shape our lives in profound but subtle ways. Going beyond the generalities, it looks at specific American communities from coast to coast, describing how everything that happens in the Third World--from industrial development to environmental disaster-- influences our daily lives...read more