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When Anna David got sober and sold a book about her recovery to the biggest publisher in the world, she thought she'd made it. She was wrong. Still, after years of struggle and self-discovery, she ended up thriving personally and professionally. Now she's sharing what she's learned and showing others how to do the same.

Una descarnada crónica de guerra, un reportaje desde el mayor conflicto bélico al que nos hemos enfrentado este siglo: la pandemia de la Covid-19. Agus Morales, periodista internacional, pasó los meses de marzo y abril de 2020 en la primera línea de los hospitales catalanes que se enfrentaban a un virus desconocido y letal. Sus experiencias están narradas en este audiolibro tan sobrecogedor como cercano.

Dorothy Butler Gilliam, whose 50-year-career as a journalist put her in the forefront of the fight for social justice, offers a comprehensive view of racial relations and the media in the US.

This meticulously researched and thought-provoking book dives deep into the fascinating world of Carlson's ascent to prominence, providing a comprehensive analysis of his career trajectory and the circumstances surrounding his departure from Fox News.

The two-time Emmy-award-winning Camerota retraces her steps down an often gritty path toward her dream of becoming a journalist. At times heartbreaking and pulse-pounding, Combat Love is an inspiration for anyone who's ever searched for that elusive place called home.

Libre, passionnée, courageuse, dotée d'un franc-parler connu aussi bien au Canada qu'en France, Denise Bombardier n'est pas de ces journalistes et écrivains qui laissent indifférent. Femme de combats, d'engagements, parce qu'elle ne craint ni la polémique ni les débats d'idées, elle s'est tracé un sillon médiatique et littéraire où s'impose une ligne directrice rare : le refus des compromis et des compromissions. Une force de caractère qui lui vient de loin, comme ces mémoires le décrivent avec vigueur, chaleur, tendresse, colères et humour aussi.

Danielle Flood, a journalist born of the wartime love triangle that inspired the one in Graham Greene's The Quiet American, searches for her father after surviving a bizarre youth of privilege, estrangement, and cruelty. As she yearns for her father's love and presence, Danielle's beautiful French and Vietnamese mother leaves her in burlesque house dressing rooms in the American Midwest, in convent schools in Long Island and Dublin, and with strangers in New York City.

This highly respected veteran newsman shares the stories he's long kept under wraps. Schieffer goes beyond the news everyone is familiar with to share the compelling anecdotes only his colleagues were previously privy to. Says the author, "I want to tell you about the parts that didn't get on television or in the paper." The result is an eye-opening glimpse behind the scenes of the news business.

Marie Colvin, described as "the greatest war correspondent of her generation", was killed in a rocket attack in February 2012 while reporting on the desperate suffering of civilians inside Syria's besieged Homs. Paul Conroy, who had forged a close bond with Colvin as they put their lives on the line time and time again to report from some of the world's most dangerous conflict zones, was with her.

In her extraordinary follow-up memoir, The Arrogant Years, Lagnado revisits her first years in America, and describes a difficult coming-of-age tragically interrupted by a bout with cancer at age 16. At once a poignant mother and daughter story and a magnificent snapshot of the turbulent ’60s and ’70s, The Arrogant Years is a stunning work of memory and resilience that ranges from Cairo to Brooklyn and beyond - the unforgettable true story of a remarkable young woman’s determination to push past the boundaries of her life and make her way in the wider world.

ليس هناك من لم يسمع باسم الصحفي ورئيس تحرير صحيفة الأهرام الشهيرة لمدة سبعة عشر عاماً الكاتب والصحفي محمد حسنين هيكل، فهو من أبرز الصحفيين العرب في القرن العشرين، وهو يكتب ويحلل في السياسة منذ أيام الرئيس الراحل جمال عبد الناصر وحتى أيام حسني مبارك، وهو المطلع على الكثير من التفاصيل والدهاليز التي لا يعرفها الجميع، وهو الخبير في اللعبة السياسية، وقد أنشأ مجموعة المراكز المتخصصة للأهرام وهي مركز الدراسات السياسية والإستراتيجية ومركز الدراسات الصحفية ومركز توثيق تاريخ مصر المعاصر.

Treinta gotas para apagar el incendio es el primer libro del periodista Johnatan Clavijo, en el cual se recogen cinco años de su ejercicio como columnista en el periódico El Mundo de Medellín, medio en el que logró publicar 123 textos, entre los años 2015 y 2020. Particularmente, en Treinta gotas para apagar el incendio, se destacan 30 de esas columnas, como un tejido de crónicas e historias que reflejan sus visiones periodísticas y humanas sobre Colombia y el mundo.

Audiokniha Jakuba Szántó, válečného reportéra a zpravodaje České televize na Blízkém východě, přibližuje autorovy dramatické zážitky z frontových linií, teroristických útoků, revolucí i státních převratů. Původně vystudovaný historik své zážitky očitého svědka zasazuje do širšího dějinného kontextu a demytizuje práci žurnalistů uprostřed pohnutých situací a nepředvídatelného vývoje. Vedle strhujícího vyprávění dává nahlédnout i do svých vztahů k rodině, novinářským kolegům i přátelům napříč Orientem.

Liz Hayes has graced our television screens for more than four decades. Millions of Australians kicked off their weeks with Liz co-hosting Channel 9's Today show, and now for over 25 years have settled into their Sunday nights to watch her investigative journalism on 60 Minutes. From camping in grizzly bear territory to sipping tea with an Afghani warlord in an active warzone, Liz has almost seen it all. Compelling and elegantly written, Liz's long-awaited memoir takes us behind the cameras.

Ryszard Kapuściński’s life, work, reception, and legacy, through his literary reportage. An award-winning writer and a candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature, Ryszard Kapuściński (1932-2007) was a celebrated Polish journalist and author. Praised for the lengths to which he would go to get a story, Kapuściński gained an extraordinary knowledge of the major global events of the second half of the twentieth century and shared it with his diverse audience.

Pioneering journalist Nellie Bly is best remembered for two "stunts": her undercover expose of the Blackwell's Island insane asylum, and her race around the world to beat the record set in Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days. Yet those events do not begin to grasp the scope of her career as a reporter.

In this entertaining and intimate memoir, the woman known by fans as "The Notorious P. A. B." reveals why she walked away from her TV news career after three decades. Patti Ann Browne also shares funny and poignant stories of her life off camera—from how she met her husband four years after turning down a blind date with him, to her son's near-death shortly after his premature birth and how it changed her perspective on life. Patti Ann's uplifting story is one of following your heart, owning your mistakes, living with integrity, and leaving the rest to God.

When Ginger Zee opened her life to listeners in Natural Disaster, the response was enormous. She put a very relatable if surprising face on depression and has helped lessen the stigma surrounding mental health issues. But Ginger tells us, Natural Disaster was "Ginger Lite" and only scratched the surface. In this moving follow-up, Ginger shares her truest self.

Für die meisten von uns ist es die größte Angst, einen geliebten Menschen zu verlieren oder eine schwere Krankheit zu bekommen. Doch wie kann ein Leben gelingen, wenn einem beide Katastrophen widerfahren? Als Anja Caspary die Diagnose Brustkrebs erhält, ist der Schock zunächst riesig. Statt sich mit der Frage nach dem Warum aufzuhalten oder die Krankheit zu verschweigen, nimmt sie ihr Schicksal selbstbewusst in die Hand.

Er ist jung und eifrig. Er ist stolz auf sich und auf die große Zeitung, bei der er arbeiten darf. Er genießt es, die Dinge kühl und gegebenenfalls scharf niederschreiben zu dürfen, er genießt es umso mehr, da es in seinem vorherigen journalistischen Leben nicht möglich war; er ist der erste Ostler in der Redaktion. Zunächst arbeitet er im Sportressort, dann als Reporter. Über Jahre geschieht und gelingt alles wie selbstverständlich, weit ist diese Welt hier und offen - bis das Vorherige, das Bedrängende von Neuem aufscheint, in eleganterer Form, mit dramatischen Folgen.