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Shea Anderson's beloved Nonna had endless rules for a happy, healthy life: avoid owls, never put a hat on a bed, and never, ever accept a marriage proposal that comes with an heirloom ring. Happily ever after is hard enough without bad karma in the mix. Naturally, panic sets in when Shea's boyfriend, John, proposes with an heirloom ring. Yes is her answer, but Nonna's warning sets Shea on a mission to ensure the ring contains forever energy: She will...

Jefferson Grieff is on Death Row in an American prison for brutally murdering his wife. But it turns out that Grieff has a gift: he can solve crimes from inside his cell, and that is exactly why English journalist Beth Davenport needs his help. A woman who recently helped Beth has gone missing, with the only clue being a text with a blurry image of a man lunging towards the camera. Will Grieff crack the case in time? And is it possible to solve a...

"In 2019, a Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent who reported in over 150 countries, many in violent upheaval, was diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor, which gave him the strength to face more personal conflicts, in this unforgettable final dispatch that reveals how facing the unknown can change our relationship to the world around us."--

"Ruth Gruber, born in to a Jewish American family in 1911, was drawn to adventure and driven to fight injustice throughout her eventful seven-decade career as a journalist"--

"An award-winning journalist, TV political analyst, and creator of TheGrio documentary, Afro-Latinx Revolution: Puerto Rico, recounts her experiences as an African American and Puerto Rican woman, reflecting on her improbable journey from Syracuse to Harvard, hedge fund boardrooms to newsrooms, and beyond in pursuit of America's infinite opportunities. Part inspiring memoir, part cultural analysis, with remarkable self-determination, Natasha S. Alford...

"From Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Elephant in the Room comes the first inside account of the Westminster Dog Show-America's oldest and most beloved dog show-following one dog on his quest to become a champion"--

Ma bio se mélange et s'entrecroise à travers la vie de multiples personnes ou personnages qui font de ma vie une route fleurie, parfois parsemée d'épines. Vous découvrirez aussi pourquoi une fille porte le nom d'un garçon pour une grande partie de sa vie. Je souhaite également que tous ces gens qui ont traversé ma vie demeurent dans l'esprit de ceux qui les ont connus, aimés, respectés et même détestés. Aussi longtemps que leurs noms...

Comment les journalistes peuvent-ils utiliser toutes les possibilités qu'offre l'audio? Au-delà du fait que la radio, même centenaire, est toujours d'actualité, ce livre explore différents aspects du journalisme audio, qui englobe tous les types de contenu audio produits en suivant une démarche journalistique rigoureuse. Il présente toutes les étapes de la production des reportages d'actualité, des émissions d'affaires publiques, ou des

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"Genevieve Francis, a twenty-five-year-old Black reporter, assumed she'd go into her fourth year at her newspaper job with a bigger story than the latest seasonal ice cream flavor. Instead, she's relegated to doing copy edits and sensitivity reads on the articles her white colleagues write. So when Gen finally gets the opportunity to cover a prominent CEO's gala, she leaps at the chance--this will be her biggest assignment to date. The only problem:...

"Cowboy Ross Burris has an image problem, and he needs to fix it in a hurry. When sports reporter Celeste Montgomery comes to town for an interview, opportunity knocks—and Ross answers. He can’t believe it when he proposes to the city girl, but no one is more surprised than Celeste when she actually says “I do!” to the sexy rodeo star. But she quickly realizes she’s made a terrible mistake, because all she wants is to make her fake Mr. a...