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When the Going Was Good is Graydon Carter's lively recounting of how he made his mark as one of society's most talented editors and shapers of culture. Carter arrived in New York from Canada with little more than a suitcase, a failed literary magazine in his past and a keen sense of ambition. He landed a job at Time, went on to work at Life, cofounded Spy magazine and edited The New York Observer before catching the eye of Condé Nast chairman Si Newhouse, who tapped him to run Vanity Fair.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE From two-time National Magazine Award winner Tom Junod, a searching, brilliantly stylized memoir about a charismatic, philandering father who tried to mold his son in his image, the many secrets he hid, the son’s obsessive quest to uncover...

As a kid growing up in New York in the late '50s, Bill Apter fell in love with professional wrestling, and it wasn't long before he was rubbing shoulders with the greats as a young reporter and photographer. He's since become the world's best-known wrestling magazine personality, and he's had professional and personal relationships with a who's who of the business, like Triple H, Hulk Hogan, The Rock, Sting, and Ric Flair.

'Informative, amusing, sometimes shocking' – Giles Foden, The Guardian A critical examination of the British press over the last century, from legendary foreign correspondent John Simpson. Through many decades of groundbreaking journalism across the globe, John Simpson has become one of the...

Bloomsbury presents I Will Show You How It Was by Illia Ponomarenko, read by Sergey Nagorny. "A story of searing clarity from Ukraine’s frontlines of an unfathomably resilient, freedom loving people who refuse to bend to Putin’s assault on truth and human life."—Nicole Perlroth “Destined...

Sir David Frost, who died suddenly in August 2013, was the only person to have met and interviewed every British Prime Minister since Harold Wilson as well as seven Presidents of the United States. Other world leaders he interviewed included Nelson Mandela, Mikhail Gorbachev, Vladimir Putin, Henry Kissinger, Benazir Bhutto, Shimon Peres, Yasser Arafat and Benjamin Netanyahu.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Named a Best Book of the Year by critics from both NPR and the New York Post! "The voice of a man who tasted the best of the American century and still left the party early, with his dignity intact." —The New Yorker From the pages of Spy and Vanity Fair to...

In diesem Buch erzählt SPIEGEL-Reporter Alexander Kühn von dem Jahr, in dem er 50 wurde – und wie es ihm gelang, seinen Frieden zu machen mit dem Älterwerden. Dafür tat er das, was Journalisten nun mal tun: Er sprach mit interessanten Menschen, bekannten und weniger bekannten, älteren, alten und sehr alten, darunter der Milliardär Klaus-Michael Kühne oder Otto Waalkes, Barbara Schöneberger und Nana Mouskouri, Thomas Gottschalk und der YouTuber Rezo, eine Sekretärin, eine trans Frau und ein Bäckermeister.

NPR’s Best Books of 2020 BookPage’s Best Books of 2020 Real Simple’s Best Books of 2020 Boston.com readers voted one of Best Books of 2020 “Anyone striving to understand and improve this country should read her story.” —Gloria Steinem, author of My Life on the Road The Emmy...

Die Mauer ist gerade erst gefallen. Im mecklenburgischen Neustrelitz verlässt der 19-jährige Charly Hübner sein Elternhaus im Streit. Er findet Zuflucht am Theater und in der Literatur, liest wie besessen und landet nahezu unumgänglich bei den Jahrestagen von Uwe Johnson. Ein dicker Wälzer, der trotz der manchmal sperrigen Sprache und verwinkelten Erzählweise einen so noch nie erlebten Sog auf den damaligen Teenager ausübte. Aus dem Teenager von damals ist heute einer der beliebtesten deutschen Schauspieler geworden – während Johnson mehr und mehr in Vergessenheit geraten ist.

In Ik weet zeker dat het liefde was vraagt ze zich af: hoe beïnvloedt de ene relatie de andere? Hoe werkt een verlies door in je (liefdes)leven? Deze meeslepende memoires zijn niet alleen een reconstructie van opgroeien zonder moeder, maar ook een pijnlijk herkenbare zoektocht naar het verlangen om gezien te worden en naar intimiteit in allerlei uitingsvormen.

Craig Rice, the author of fourteen novels, countless short stories, and a number of true crime pieces, once rivaled Agatha Christie in sales. She was on the cover of Time Magazine in 1946. However, the past fifty years have seen her fall into relative obscurity. Rice made for an interesting subject for a biography because nearly every identification point about the author was in dispute.

María Hinojosa es una periodista galardonada que ha colaborado con las cadenas más respetadas y se ha distinguido por realizar reportajes con un toque humano. En estas memorias escritas con gran belleza, nos relata la historia de la política de inmigración de los EE.UU. que nos ha llevado al punto en que estamos hoy, al mismo tiempo que nos comparte su historia profundamente personal.

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.