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Examines the issue of journalistic ethics, discussing such areas as accuracy, conflicts of interest, relationships with sources, and slanting the news. ... Read more

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Featuring detailed coverage of the events taking place in Europe and the Pacific, as well as those on the homefront, Part Two of this reference features writings by Howard K. Smith, William L. Shirer, Margaret Bourke-White, Edward R. Murrow, and others. Bill Maudlin's Up Front and Hiroshima by John Hersey are included in their entirety. Chronology; photos; maps; notes; glossary. 190 cartoons. ... Read more

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Reporting World War II, Part Two
My wife is the reader and she dearly loved this book.So down to earth and factual.

A tremendous collection of important journalism on WWII
As I noted in my comments on Volume 1 of this set, the living memory of the events and times of the Second World War are, sadly, leaving us rapidly.It is wonderful to have this collection of reporting from those years.Too often, people remember their history from Hollywood movies, where everything is glorious, simple, and victory is assured in the end.In real life, there is chaos, a determination to endure, but victory is not known until it is finally attained.

This volume picks up in Italy during 1944 and ends with victory in the Pacific and the aftermath of Hiroshima.There are articles on the Battle of the Bulge, Iwo Jima, the death of F.D.R, the death of Ernie Pyle in the Pacific from a sniper's bullet,the German surrender, and dozens more.

One of the most touching is an extended piece on the Japanese Internment camps with pen and ink drawings by one of the Japanese.Bill Mauldin also has a piece in here with his famous WWII cartoons of the GIs at the front.William Laurence gives a famous account of the bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.

There is a section of fine photos of the reporters included and others in the text including some aerial shots from a bomber's point of view.This first volume ends with the Mountain Campaign in Italy in 1944.The volume also supplies a short, but full chronology of the war, some excellent maps, biographies of the journalists, acknowledgements, notes on the texts, and a glossary of military terms.

This, together with the first volume, is a collection of important history you will want to have on your shelf.

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As a young man barely in his twenties, William Andrew Spalding arrived in Los Angeles in 1874 and obtained his first job on the Herald by writing an editorial on the dilapidated state of the Plaza. From that date to 1900 his life was intimately associated with the newspapers of his city--the Express and the Times, as well as the Herald--and he worked in almost every capacity for them: reporter, business manager, and editor.
Spalding worked for the Times during its formative years when Harrison Gray Otis, the champion of conservatism, fought organized labor, and Spalding helped the Times through its initial great fight, the "big strike" of 1890. His strong sense of justice and social responsibility led him repeatedly into political reforms and moved him to organize, with others, the Orange Growers' Union, which later became the California Fruit Growers Exchange--better known as Sunkist Growers. Spalding's colorful autobiography, first published in 1961, provides a valuable account of Los Angeles journalism--and Los Angeles history--during a formative period. ... Read more

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Worth it for Insurgent Mexico/War in Eastern Europe
John Reed lived a short and adventurous life. This three part compilation of his works was excellent to read because of Insurgent Mexico, and the War in Eastern Europe. Both are excellent, and are worth buying this book for its historical importance and for our modern experience in these regions. If Mexican history and Eastern Europe interest you, this is a great read. I enjoy journalistic accounts, and this book really fits the bill. 10 Days that Shook the World is interesting as a period piece and to see that the Commies perhaps duped him butis not as fascinating as the first two works.

The original of Reds
I have to say that John Reed's Ten Days That Shook The World works more as a period piece today than as history.Still, you might look at the guy as an early example of what Hunter Thompson called, "GonzoJournalism." Reed was reporting history as he saw it happen.There isalways something to be said for that. ... Read more

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In a time when public perceptions were shaped by the written and spoken word, war correspondents were often as influential as politicians and as celebrated as movie stars. Here, for the first time in paperback, the work of more than 50 remarkable reporters has been drawn from original newspaper and magazine reports, radio transcripts, and wartime books to capture the intensity of World War II's unfolding drama. This volume includes the work of Ernie Pyle, A. J. Liebling, E. B. White, William L. Shirer, John Steinbeck, Margaret Bourke-White, Edward R. Murrow, Martha Gellhorn, James Agee, John Hersey-whose Hiroshima appears in full-and many more. Also included are:

A detailed chronology (1933-1945)
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Reporting WW II
The book is excellent.However, I would have liked to get the volume bound in series with the other LOA titles and the dust cover on it.This may be a minor quibble as the book is so far superior.I would like to get the book with the dust jacket showing Ed Murrow, which I was originally taken with when I borrowed the book from a library in Japan.
No big issue, though.

The product description shows the book with Murrow's picture (as pictured to the right), so I took it for granted that that was the way the book would arrive.

I wish I could give it six stars...
This two-volume set is as gripping as the very best fictional thrillers. The writing quality is amazingly good -- perhaps reporters were just better educated in those days, or maybe the drama of the war brought out the verybest in them. There is an immediacy to these selections that is lackingfrom most after-the-fact retrospectives.

The editing is first-rate.Oddly, no one is listed as an editor, so I suppose the credit must go tothe four-person Advisory Board. As is typical of Library of Americavolumes, there are excellent supporting materials at the back of each book-- biographical notes, maps, notes, glossary, and so on -- and the bindingsare very high quality.

All in all, these books are wonderful. If you haveeven a passing interest in history, I strongly recommend them. If you lovereading history, they are indispensable.

The best journalists reporting to Americans on WWII
An amazing collection of the finest pieces written on WWII for the American audience.William Shirer, Ernie Pyle, Ernest Hemingway, Bill Maudlin, etc., covering the earliest moves by the Germans into Czechoslovakia and Poland, the Pacific, African and European theaters, the Eastern Front, the Battle of the Bulge, the campaigns in Italy, the home front, the Battle of Britain, and so on. Remarkable for the quality of the writing and the sense of place and time in every piece.Yes, Americans were told the truth in 1938 about Hitler and the Nazis, and about the Holocaust shortly thereafter.Why did we not do something sooner? ... Read more

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Originally published in 1881.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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First published in Rolling Stone magazine in 1971, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is Hunter S. Thompson's savagely comic account of what happened to this country in the 1960s. It is told through the writer's account of an assignment he undertook with his attorney to visit Las Vegas and "check it out." The book stands as the final word on the highs and lows of that decade, one of the defining works of our time, and a stylistic and journalistic tour de force. As Christopher Lehmann-Haupt wrote in The New York Times, it has "a kind of mad, corrosive prose poetry that picks up where Norman Mailer's An American Dream left off and explores what Tom Wolfe left out."
This Modern Library edition features Ralph Steadman's original drawings and three companion pieces selected by Dr. Thompson: "Jacket Copy for Fear and Loath-
ing in Las Vegas," "Strange Rumblings in Aztlan," and "The Kentucky Derby Is Deca-
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Dr. Thompson made the list of inspirational scribes when Ipolled in a recent writing workshop, and why not? Back in a spiffyModern Library edition, replete with additional essays, I find in thisiconographic work that HST both invoked--and provoked--an era that wasnot so much the '60s proper, but rather the mean, shadow-filled deathof that time, which is still playing out. Thank God Thompson was thereto explode the myth of "objective" journalism and help pavethe way for the pens and voices that followed. ... Read more

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Fear and Loathing
This was a gift to my son. He had had the first edition and it was lost in a home break up. He said okay, but definitely edited.

A LAS VEGAN POINT OF VIEW
When I was in college in the early 1970's a friend turned me on to Dr. Hunter S. Thompson and his Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas. Little did I know then that in 1979 I would be moving to Las Vegas because of a job. I had the book with me on the plane and I remember reading it, and people around me looking at the title and freaking out a bit. What were they, and I getting into?

32 years later, the views that Dr. Thompson expresses about Las Vegas hold mostly true. Yes we have gone from a mob run city to a corporate run city, but the reality is there is little difference. We just dress better now and can use credit cards. The population has gone up 200+%, but life is the same. The same characters are still here, just better dressed and slightly better educated. It's still hot and dusty and the use and availability of mind altering substances is still here. We just don't have the crazed attorneys and the Great Whale cars. We do have Hummers though.

What was true in 1971 is true in 2010, "There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible than a man in the depths of an ether binge."

Thank you Hunter for a book that is as good now as it was 39 years ago. A classic.

Quick delivery, good service
The book arrived promptly and in the condition it was promised to be in.Very nice.

Satisfied
Wasnt exactly what I thought it was going to look like. Had different cover. Eventually was happy with the product and its looks.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream" by Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter Thompson practiced total immersion journalism.This form of reporting is called gonzo journalism.

Hunter Thompson drove to Las Vegas to report on a motorcycle race and ended up writing a story about himself writing a story about a motorcycle race.If he would have written a conventional report on motorcycle racing it would have been interesting to motorcycle enthusiasts for a few days.Since he wrote a gonzo story he had a very wide canvas and he used it well to create a classic.

The reader might be turned off by the obstreperous behavior, extreme self indulgence and offensive inconsiderate language.If you can look past this offensive conduct and you will see that Hunter Thompson gave us an insight into the American character of the 1970's.

See also: Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga (Modern Library)

I completely enjoyed this book and recommend it to others.

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Semonche provides a wealth of information on news libraries and the managerial concerns of news librarians. The volume is organized in several broad sections devoted to the history and mission of news libraries, managerial issues and approaches, news libraries and computer-assisted journalism, special concerns of news libraries, and profiles of particular types of news libraries. Chapters within each section address more particular topics and provide valuable guidance on how to manage libraries and implement new technology. The volume concludes with a more extensive glossary and an annotated bibliography of books and articles published between 1985 and 1993. While theoretical matters are considered, this reference is largely a ready source of practical knowledge for all types of news librarians. ... Read more

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The New Yorker is, of course, a bastion of superb essays, influential investigative journalism, and insightful arts criticism. But for eighty years it’s also been a hoot. Now an uproarious sampling of its funny writings can be found in this collection, by turns satirical and witty, misanthropic and menacing. From the 1920s onward—but with a special focus on the latest generation—here are the humorists who have set the pace and stirred the pot, pulled the leg and pinched the behind of America. The comic lineup includes Christopher Buckley, Ian Frazier, Veronica Geng, Garrison Keillor, Steve Martin, Susan Orlean, Simon Rich, David Sedaris, Calvin Trillin, and many others. If laughter is the best medicine, Disquiet, Please! is truly a wonder drug. ... Read more

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Younger Next Year
Dr. Harry Lodge and Chris Crowley have writtena fun, accessible book that has serious intent.Not only is the book easy to read, but it provides real tools for change. If we all adhere to Harry's and Crhis' guidance, we have excellent chances of avoiding some serious ailments of old age because we'll maintain our bodies to remain resilient.I keep buying copies of this bookfor my friends!Buy, read it, then start taking excellent care of yourself using information from this book. A little secret:I personally know Dr. Lodge and he is living proof of the effectiveness of the guidance he provides us in his book because he looks fabulous:trim, energetic, and a wonderful person who looks many years younger than his age!We should all be as physically fit as Dr. Lodge!

Very funny!
This is a great book.It's very similar to the previous New Yorker humor compilation, "Fierce Pajamas," except that it includes much more material by more contemporary humorists.As much as I love James Thurber and Dorothy Parker, the contemporary humorists resonate more with me.Quite a funny book.

The best of 84 yrs?You got to be kidding, right?
Some good,but mostly bad (DUMB) to blah.After 265 pages ** of mostly nothing I started thinking just who are these scribblers writing to or for? Obviously not to me or anyone I have ever known. So they must be writing to themselves or to their tight little club of colleagues.Over the years, while waiting in hospital waiting rooms, I've picked up the New Yorker and have always set it back down in wonder as to how it stayed in business.

I find it stunning that after 84 years that this and 'Fierce Pajamas'is considered the BEST of their lot.

I found very little funny here. Lots a slapstick poorly done, lots of LSD tripping like nonsense but mostly it was pretentious, irrelevant stuff that just went nowhere. LAME

Remember that July '08 Obama cover of theirs? The one showing Barack Obama wearing traditional Muslim clothing, whileMichelle is in combat gear, complete with an AK-47 assault rifle slug over her back.
They're in the Oval Office, greeting one another with a "fist bump".In the background an American flagburns in the fireplace, with a portrait of Osama Bin Laden above its mantel.

Well the stories within this book, just like the Obama cover,should have never been published.Poor quality.

** I have now finished. My conclusion? After finishing this collection from the New Yorker I've concluded that this is where authors go to offload thier trash.

Here's an example of the typical piece of humor in this book.
"Ask the Optimist!
Dear Optimist: My husband, who knows very well that I love nothing more than wearing bonnets, recently bought a convertible. He's always doing "passive-aggressive" things like this. Like once, after I had all my teeth pulled, he bought a big box of Cracker Jacks. Another time, when I had very serious burns over ninety percent of my body, he tricked me into getting a hot-oil massage, then tripping me so that I fell into a vat of hydrochloric acid. I've long since forgiven him for these "misunderstandings" but, tell me, is there a way I can be "optimistic" about this "bonnet" situation? 'Mad due to no more bonnetsCleveland, Ohio.

Dear Mad: You can still wear bonnets while in a convertible! You will just need to have more of them to start with! What I recommend? Buy a large number of bonnets, place them in the car, begin driving! When one blows off, put on another from your enormous stockpile! And just think of all the happiness you will create in your wake, as people who cannot afford bonnets scurry after your convertible, collecting your discards! Super! "

I fail to see the humor.This way beyond absurdest with a nasty sickness.Again, this is typical.

I, like another reviewer here,am"glad I had got it from the library and not put my money out for this. "

Not consistently humorous
While the essays in the first part of this book by Thurber, Woody Allen and David Owen, to name just a few, were witty, at some point the writing lost some of the humor and began to be labored.Dated pieces from the 1920's lost their effect when the names are no longer in the consciousness today. These older essays reminded me of when I watched an old Milton Berle show and wondered why it had seemed funny fifty years ago. Still,David Owen's 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Ex-Wife brought a grin (and I don't have an ex-wife).I also liked the contemporary Donald Rumsfield Orders Breakfast at Denny's by Frank Gannon. But, about two-thirds of the way through this, I was glad I had got it from the library and not put my money out for this.I finished it as a testament to my determination.

Diisquiet, Please
I bought this book as a gift for my husband...and ultimately, for myself. We both are very happy with the contents and the variety of literary people contributing to this anthology. ... Read more

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Title: Janice Fiamengo. The Woman's Page: Journalism and Rhetoric in Early Canada.(Book review)
Author: Linda Quirk
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Date: March 22, 2009
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Volume: 47Issue: 1Page: 99(2)

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The third grade of Parkside Elementary School finds out that it is hard work as well as fun to produce their own school newspaper. ... Read more