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Anatomy of an urban legend: HOW THE BOGUS NOTION THAT CNN'S FOOTAGE OF PALESTINIANS CELEBRATING THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS WAS

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This digital document is an article from American Journalism Review, published by University of Maryland on November 1, 2001. The length of the article is 2138 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation Details  read more »

Pulitzer net income up by 20%; newspaper guild charges hiring freeze, lack of contract is "demoralizing." (Pulitzer Publishing

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This digital document is an article from St. Louis Journalism Review, published by SJR St. Louis Journalism Review on May 1, 1994. The length of the article is 1902 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.From the supplier: St. Louis Newspaper Guild members intervened at the Pulitzer Publishing Co.'s annual shareholders' meeting held on May 11, 1994, to present the plight of the company's workers.  read more »

Travels of a Photographer in China, 1933-1946

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Hedda Morrison's A Photographer in Old Peking, published last year, offered an incomparable visual record of a vanished city: Peking as it was in the 1930s and '40s. Library Journal called it "remarkable...an unusual and valuable book about pre-1949 China." A fitting sequel to that volume,this book collects more of Morrison's photographs from China during the same period; in this case, her subject is the China beyond Peking's boundaries.  read more »

Owning a Piece of the Minors (Writing Baseball)

cover of Owning a Piece of the Minors (Writing Baseball)author: Jerome Klinkowitz
Mike Veeck
asin: 0809321947
binding: Hardcover
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Owning a Piece of the Minors is by and about a man who lived his dream and acquired a baseball team. When Jerry Klinkowitz joined the group that ran the Waterloo, Iowa, Diamonds in the 1970s, ownership of a minor league baseball franchise conferred little mystique. Neglected for a half century, minor league baseball was at best obscure. Yet in the purchase of fantasy, what difference if your desire is out of style?  read more »

How They Said It: Wise and Witty Letters from the Famous and Infamous

cover of How They Said It: Wise and Witty Letters from the Famous and Infamousauthor: Rosalie Maggio
asin: 0735201323
binding: Hardcover
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In her bestseller, How to Say It (over 1 million copies sold), Rosalie Maggio took readers through the rudiments of effective letterwriting. Now the acclaimed author lets 500 remarkable missives speak for themselves. Pithy, charming, and humorous letters penned by historical, political, and literary figures illustrate that the ultimate hallmarks of any good letter are clarity, sincerity, and personality.  read more »

Careers for Mystery Buffs & Other Snoops And Sleuths

cover of Careers for Mystery Buffs & Other Snoops And Sleuthsauthor: Blythe Cameson
asin: 0844243329
binding: Paperback
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Careers For. . . * VARIETY OF CAREERS SHOWN. From the obvious to the obscure, readers will be able to explore careers that match their interests. * CAREER PROFILES. Includes complete job descriptions and salary ranges. * PROFESSIONAL INTERVIEWS. Allow student to see what jobs are really like and what it took to get them. * PROVEN GUIDELINES. Help students understand what it takes to get the job of their dreams and the steps to get there.

How to Write a Children's Book in 30 Days or Less: Stop Procrastinating and Start Writing Today

cover of How to Write a Children's Book in 30 Days or Less: Stop Procrastinating and Start Writing Todayauthor: Caterina Christakos
asin: 0595262600
binding: Paperback
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The first time I attempted to write a children's book, it took me three months and several years of promising myself that I would do it "one day." In that time, I managed to wash the dog, rearrange my closet, get my apartment so clean that they should have done a commercial about it and procrastinate in ways that gave the word a new name.  read more »

How to Succeed in the Publishing Game

cover of How to Succeed in the Publishing Gameauthor: Vickie Stringer
Mia Mcpherson
asin: 097678940X
binding: Paperback
list price: $20.00 USD
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Best-selling author and world-renowned publisher Vickie Stringer began her empire with one book – Let That Be the Reason. After enduring 26 rejection letters from mainstream publishers, Stringer began to explore the promising world of self-publishing. Stringer has distinguished herself as a Literary Renaissance Woman, boasting titles such as best-selling author, leading publisher, prominent literary agent and motivator to aspiring authors and self-publishers.  read more »