America's most celebrated investigative journalist himself remains something of a mystery. Born Isidor Feinstein in Philadelphia, raised in rural New Jersey, by the age of 25 this college drop-out was already an influential newsman, and enjoying extraordinary access to key figures in New Deal Washington and the friendship of important artists in New York. It is Guttenplan's wisdom to see that the key to Stone's achievements throughout his singular career-and not just in his celebrated I.F. Stone's Weekly-lay in the force and passion of his political commitments. Stone's calm, forensic, yet devastating reports on American politics and institutions sprang from a radical faith in the long-term prospects for American democracy. His testimony on the legacy of American politics from the New Deal and World War II to the era of the civil rights struggles, the Vietnam War, and beyond amounts to as vivid a record of those times as we are likely to have. Guttenplan's lively, provocative book makes clear why so many of his pronouncements have acquired the force of prophecy.

The host of the NBC Today Shows popular segment shares his favorite stories of citizens making a difference around the country.For the six million people who watch the Emmy Awardwinning American Story with Bob Dotson on NBCs Today Show, Bob Dotsons reports celebrate the inspirational stories of everyday Americans. Dotson has been crisscrossing the country for more than forty yearslogging more than four million milesin search of people who have quietly but profoundly changed our lives and our country for the better. Now, in American Story, he presents a road map to the unsung heroes with thoughtful solutions to problems we all face, incredible ideas that work, and blueprints to living our dreams. This inspiring book includes the stories of the boss who came out of retirement to start a new company for his former employees who could not find work; the truck driver who taught microsurgery; the man youve never heard of who has 465 profitable patents, second only to Thomas Edison; the doctor who developed the vaccine to prevent whooping cough, who didnt retire until age 104.In the tradition of Tom Brokaws New York Times bestseller The Time of Our Lives, American Story is a deeply moving and endlessly fascinating alternative narrative for everyone who yearns to feel good about America.

Product Description: “Poignant and wonderfully well-written.” ― Richard North Patterson, New York Times bestselling author of Silent Witness“I fell in love with Amy Mihaljevic not long before her body was discovered lying facedown in an Ashland County wheat field...read more

Product Description: “Anécdotas de la Radio en Vueltabajo”, fue escrito en Pinar del Río, provincia más occidental de Cuba, durante el verano del año dos mil cuatro, cuando aún su autor formaba parte del colectivo de “Radio Guamá”, emisora que transmite desde ese territorio en frecuencia modulada y por los 990 Mhz, FM...read more

During a nostalgic visit to the docksides of his youth, Steve, an unassuming import/export agent, steps into another universe, where buccaneers, demigods, and mythic heroes mingle. Reprint.

Product Description: From her years as a presidential press secretary to her debates with colleagues on Fox News "The Five," Dana Perino reveals the lessons she s learned that have guided her through life, including stories from behind the scenes at the White House with President George W...read more

Product Description: Based on two decades of reporting, NBC s chief foreign correspondent s riveting story of the Middle East revolutions, the Arab Spring, war, and terrorism seen up-close sometimes dangerously so. When he was just twenty-three, a recent graduate of Stanford University, Richard Engel set off to Cairo with $2,000 and dreams of being a reporter...read more

Product Description: Andy Rooney is a classic chronicler of America and her foibles. Over more than six decades of intrepid reporting and elegant essays, Rooney has told it to us straight and without a hint of sugar coating, but with more than a grain of truth and humor...read more

Product Description: Andy Rooney is a classic chronicler of America and her foibles. Over more than six decades of intrepid reporting and elegant essays, Rooney has told it to us straight and without a hint of sugar coating, but with more than a grain of truth and humor...read more

Product Description: Andy Rooney is a classic chronicler of America and her foibles. Over more than six decades of intrepid reporting and elegant essays, Rooney has told it to us straight and without a hint of sugar coating, but with more than a grain of truth and humor...read more

Product Description: This fascinating biography lies at the intersection of storytelling and Canadian experience in the rapidly modernizing late British Empire. Author and publisher (Horatio) Lovat Dickson (1902-87), known as Rache, recalls his travels throughout the Empire as the son of a mining engineer father alongside his developing love of words...read more

Product Description: Despite the increasing volume of books about Arab news media, the world of Arab journalists has remained the center of few academic endeavors. This book provides an innovative study of Arab journalists in transnational media, which are scattered in several cities inside and outside the Arab World such as the BBC Arabic (London), Al Jazeera (Doha) and Al Arabiya (Dubai)...read more

Product Description: What started out as a daily weight loss journal, turned into the telling of an incredible life story. Daily events are documented with explicit detail. But in between the lines, comes the telling of some life experiences that will make you cry, make you laugh and hopefully inspire...read more

Product Description: Stories of hurt, frustration and salvation. PLUS what a teacher learned in The Sixties.

Product Description: Opening with a passing mention of the South Vietnamese government troops firing upon unarmed Buddhist protestors in the central city of Hue in May 1963, Ceylonese journalist J. F. Samaranayake recounts his first-hand experiences and exchanges (1959-1963) with the Viet Nam Press and other Vietnamese interlocutors in Saigon and from Colombo, Ceylon...read more

Product Description: A Sojourn in Omaha Continues a Lifetime of World Adventures for this Newsman John Hlavacek, a reporter known for landing the biggest stories of the 40s and 50s somehow ended up in Omaha, Nebraska, in the 60s. For one who filed breaking stories from the farthest reaches of the globe, a Midwestern American city seemed an unlikely stepping stone...read more