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Louis Austin (1898–1971) came of age at the nadir of the Jim Crow era and became a transformative leader of the long black freedom struggle in North Carolina. From 1927 to 1971, he published and edited the Carolina Times, the preeminent black newspaper in the state. He used the power of the press to voice the anger of black Carolinians, and to turn that anger into action in a forty-year crusade for freedom. In this biography, Jerry Gershenhorn chronicles...
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The must-read summary of Peter Thompson and Anthony Delano's book: "Maxwell: A Portrait of Power".
This complete summary of the ideas from Peter Thompson and Anthony Delano's book "Maxwell: A Portrait of Power" tells the story of Robert Maxwell, one of the most controversial publishing tycoons of our time. This biography includes entertaining anecdotes and the authors explore the many contradictions of his life. This summary provides an insight into...
583) The paper
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Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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It's editorial bedlam during one hectic, twenty-four-hour period at the New York Sun. To make the morning edition and scoop the competition, Henry Hackett must race against the clock to expose a major scandal, or two innocent men will go to prison. Thwarting him at every turn is his ambitious managing editor, who seems more concerned with staying on the budget than printing the truth.
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020].
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xvi, 436 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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"Lay down some tracks- no garage required! GarageBand has become the default musical sketchpad for both well-known artists and hobbyists, musicians who want a simple way to record, edit, and share their own tunes. GarageBand For Dummies is your go-to guide to navigating the interface and making the tweaks to create your own songs. Look inside to discover how to lay down a beat with the virtual drum kits, layer on sweet sounds with built-in virtual...
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Life on the Western waterfront has always fascinated Max Miller, a special reporter for the San Diego Sun. Embraced by all the waterfront folk, he has joined them on their cruises, has learned the mystery of their crafts, and knows them like brothers.
Max himself has become a part of the waterfront. Not a fishing boat ties up to the wharf without Max Miller getting the story. Not a submarine comes in nor an airplane soars out over the water without...
587) It can't happen here
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New American Library
Pub. Date
[2005]
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xv, 383 pages ; 21 cm
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A New England newspaper editor fights to destroy the fascist dictatorship established by President Berzelius Windrip in this classic work by the author of Babbit, Arrowsmith, and Main Street that prophesizes the coming of totalitarianism in the United States.
588) Little black dress
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BookShots, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
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108, 14 pages ; 18 cm
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Magazine editor Jane Avery spends her nights alone with Netflix and Oreos--until the Dress turns her loose. Suddenly she's surrendering to dark desires, and New York City has become her erotic playground. But what began as a fantasy will go too far--and her next conquest could be her last.
589) The word detective: searching for the meaning of it all at the Oxford English Dictionary : a memoir
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Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
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xvi, 364 pages ; 25 cm
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"What do you call the part of a dog's back it can't scratch? Can you drink a glass of balderdash? And if, serendipitously, you find yourself in Serendip, then where exactly are you? The answers to all of these questions can be found in the Oxford English Dictionary, the definitive record of the English language. And there is no better guide to the dictionary's many wonderments, its quirks, and its quiddities than the former chief editor of the OED,...
590) The proposal
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Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
2009.
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1 Blu-ray (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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High-powered book editor Maggie is everyone's worst nightmare: ruthless, driven, and tactless. When she finds herself faced with deportation back to Canada, she coerces her much younger assistant into marrying her. However, when the government becomes suspicious, they embark upon a charade in order to make the marriage seem legitimate.
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Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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ix, 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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A stunning, revelatory memoir about a 330-mile walk from Washington, D.C., to New York City--an unforgettable pilgrimage to the heart of America across some of our oldest common ground. Neil King Jr's desire to walk from Washington, D.C., to New York City began as a whim and soon became an obsession. Determined to rediscover what matters in life and to see our national story with new eyes, Neil turned north with a small satchel on his back and one...
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