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Books, Resources & Products We Recommend - Journalists
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| After: How America Confronted the September 12 Era |
Steven Brill
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Drawing on 347 on-the-record interviews and revelations from memos of government meetings, court filings, and other documents, Brill gives us a front-row seat as these and other players in this real-life drama cross paths in a series of alliances and confrontations and fight for their own interests and their version of the public interest. The result is a gritty story -- and trailblazing journalism -- that inspires us not because these Americans or their country are .... [Read More] |
| Benjamin Franklin |
Walter Isaacson
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In this colorful and intimate narrative, Isaacson provides the full sweep of Franklin's amazing life, from his days as a runaway printer to his triumphs as a statesman, scientist, and Founding Father. He chronicles Franklin's tumultuous relationship with his illegitimate son and grandson, his practical marriage, and his flirtations with the ladies of Paris. He also shows how Franklin helped to create the American character and why he has a particular resonance in the .... [Read More] |
| China Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World |
Ted Fishman
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Veteran journalist and former commodities trader Ted Fishman paints a vivid picture of the megatrends radiating out of China. Fishman draws on interviews with Chinese, American, and European workers, managers, and executives to show how China will force all of us to make big changes in how we think about ourselves as consumers, workers, citizens and even as parents. |
| City Room |
Arthur Gelb
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When Arthur Gelb joined The New York Times in 1944, manual typewriters, green eyeshades, spittoons, floors littered with cigarette butts, and two bookies were what he found in the city room. Gelb was twenty, his position the lowliest-night copy boy. When he retired forty-five years later, he was managing editor. Gelb's time at the Times reveals his intimate take on the great events of the past fifty years. The raffish early days are long gone, the hum of computers has .... [Read More] |
| Everyone's Money Book: On Financial Planning |
Jordan Goodman
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For years, Americans have sought answers to their financial questions in Everyone's Money Book by Jordan E. Goodman. Now even more detailed answers can be found in a new series of books that focus on single topics in a short, affordable format. Each book in the series contains the most current information on its topic as well as just the right resources-worksheets, Web sites, newsletters, consumer groups, government agencies, and more-to help you put this information to .... [Read More] |
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| Everyone's Money Book: On Stocks, Bonds, And Mutual Funds |
Jordan Goodman
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For years, Americans have sought answers to their financial questions in Everyone's Money Book by Jordan E. Goodman. Now even more detailed answers can be found in a new series of books that focus on single topics in a short, affordable format. Each book in the series contains the most current information on its topic as well as just the right resources-worksheets, Web sites, newsletters, consumer groups, government agencies, and more-to help you put this information to .... [Read More] |
| In Katrina's Wake |
Christopher Jordan
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Renowned photographer Chris Jordan went on assignment—his own—to capture the tragedy of the aftermath of this, the greatest natural disaster in the history of the United States. In Katrina's Wake, his series of 50 photographs, layer, the horror of ruin with the uncanny beauty of nature, even in its most savage incarnation. |
| Kiplinger's Practical Guide To Your Money |
Ted Miller
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Former editor of Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, author Ted Miller has a unique understanding of what otherwise knowledgeable adults don't know about their money. The basics of money management--saving or investing--are presented here in a straightforward, easy-to-grasp style, and will fill in those gaps so you can make money-smart decisions for the rest of your life. In this comprehensive volume, a proven financial expert shows you how to grapple--decisively and .... [Read More] |
| Maestro |
Bob Woodward
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In Maestro, Bob Woodward takes you inside the Fed and Greenspan's thinking. We listen to the Fed's internal debates as the American economy is pushed into a historic 10-year expansion while the world economy lurches from financial crisis to financial crisis. Greenspan plays a sometimes subtle, sometimes blunt behind-the-scenes role. He appears in Maestro up close as never before -- alternately nervous and calm, plunging into mathematics one moment and politics the next, .... [Read More] |
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| Reading Between the Lies |
Jordan Goodman
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Reading Between the Lies gives investors all the information they need to begin the self-education process. The book examines today's financial markets and discusses how they have been abused, touching but not dwelling on such infamous cases as Enron, Tyco, WorldCom, and Adelphia. It explains how to dig into company financial records to find valuable investing information, and shows how to turn this research into an action plan for safer, profitable investing. Reading .... [Read More] |
| World Boom Ahead: Why Business and Consumers Will Prosper |
Knight Kiplinger
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What's in store for the decades ahead? The 21st century will bring rapid and tumultuous change in global markets, the workplace and the structure of business. Knight Kiplinger has covered business, economic and political trends for nearly three decades, as a newspaper reporter, Washington bureau chief and editor. America's leading business forecaster offers a vision of challenges and opportunities--and suggests how to profit from them. |
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