Great News Town

Great News Town

Author: Sue Merrell

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2012-12-17

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1257859919

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Jordan, Illinois is a great news town. But when the murder rate starts growing faster than corn in July, the staff of the Jordan Daily News try to figure out if a serial killer is causing the deaths, a madman, or several unrelated killers.


Our Towns

Our Towns

Author: James Fallows

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2018-05-08

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 1101871857

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • "James and Deborah Fallows have always moved to where history is being made.... They have an excellent sense of where world-shaping events are taking place at any moment" —The New York Times • The basis for the HBO documentary streaming on HBO Max For five years, James and Deborah Fallows have travelled across America in a single-engine prop airplane. Visiting dozens of towns, the America they saw is acutely conscious of its problems—from economic dislocation to the opioid scourge—but it is also crafting solutions, with a practical-minded determination at dramatic odds with the bitter paralysis of national politics. At times of dysfunction on a national level, reform possibilities have often arisen from the local level. The Fallowses describe America in the middle of one of these creative waves. Their view of the country is as complex and contradictory as America itself, but it also reflects the energy, the generosity and compassion, the dreams, and the determination of many who are in the midst of making things better. Our Towns is the story of their journey—and an account of a country busy remaking itself.


Big Town, Big Time

Big Town, Big Time

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Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC

Published: 1998-12

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1582610282

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The 100th anniversary of the creation of Greater New York via consolidation of what had previously been dozens of separate communities. These are the greatest moment in New York City history, recreated from the news and picture files of the New York Daily News. From Typhoid Mary to the opening of Yankee Stadium to the unforgettable blackout, it's a time to remember. This 224 page book is a colorful panoply of politics, culture, crime, sports, etc.... The personalities, the events, the flow of time. The Daily News, for so long the eyes and the ears of the city, chronicles the past and brings it back to life in "Big Town Big Time!"


Newscatcher

Newscatcher

Author: John Palmer

Publisher: KCM Publishing

Published: 2014-10-07

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 1939961114

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"This story… the story of John Palmer… is great. So was every John Palmer story, from start to finish." --Brian Williams, anchor of NBC Nightly News "The story of John Palmer takes the reader behind the scenes with telling anecdotes and instructive insights. His dream came true and now he’s shared it with all of us."--Tom Brokaw, Special Correspondent, NBC News From one of the most respected newsmen in broadcast journalism comes Newscatcher, an insightful and revealing memoir by John Palmer of NBC News. Posthumously released just over a year after his passing in August 2013, this remembrance captures the essence of Palmer's ability to tell stories, both personal and historical, in his informal style as if being recounted by an old friend. Newscatcher includes stories about Palmer's years as a young boy growing up in Tennessee and details the path that led to his career in TV news - a serendipitous journey that lasted for more than 40 years. It was a profession that provided John Palmer the unique opportunity to pay witness to and report on some of history's most memorable moments, including the early days of the civil rights movement, crime and politics in the streets of Chicago and New York, the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr., turmoil in the Middle East, the Challenger disaster, as well as the aftermath of 9/11. A Washington insider, Palmer discusses his time as an NBC News White House correspondent covering presidential politics from the Carter administration through George W. Bush’s first years in office. This incredible overview of John Palmer's life and career is also a must-read for Journalism courses at universities across the nation that will provide budding students who have an interest in broadcasting with a fascinating look at the ever-changing world of television news.


Mill Town

Mill Town

Author: Kerri Arsenault

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2020-09-01

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1250155959

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Winner of the 2021 Rachel Carson Environmental Book Award Winner of the 2021 Maine Literary Award for Nonfiction Finalist for the 2020 National Book Critics John Leonard Prize for Best First Book Finalist for the 2021 New England Society Book Award Finalist for the 2021 New England Independent Booksellers Association Award A New York Times Editors’ Choice and Chicago Tribune top book for 2020 “Mill Town is the book of a lifetime; a deep-drilling, quick-moving, heartbreaking story. Scathing and tender, it lifts often into poetry, but comes down hard when it must. Through it all runs the river: sluggish, ancient, dangerous, freighted with America’s sins.” —Robert Macfarlane, author of Underland Kerri Arsenault grew up in the small, rural town of Mexico, Maine, where for over 100 years the community orbited around a paper mill that provided jobs for nearly everyone in town, including three generations of her family. Kerri had a happy childhood, but years after she moved away, she realized the price she paid for that childhood. The price everyone paid. The mill, while providing the social and economic cohesion for the community, also contributed to its demise. Mill Town is a book of narrative nonfiction, investigative memoir, and cultural criticism that illuminates the rise and collapse of the working-class, the hazards of loving and leaving home, and the ambiguous nature of toxics and disease with the central question; Who or what are we willing to sacrifice for our own survival?


My Addiction, My Superpower

My Addiction, My Superpower

Author: Mitch Motivates

Publisher: Post Hill Press

Published: 2024-01-09

Total Pages: 83

ISBN-13:

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In 2006, one week shy of his nineteenth birthday, Mitch found himself in rehab for drug addiction. In a short period of time, his substance abuse spiraled out of control until he ran away from home, and his family filed a missing person’s report with the police. A week after he was found, he spent a total of eight months in treatment. After spending nearly four years recovering in rehab, halfway houses, and collegiate recovery programs, he moved to New York and made something special of his life. In My Addiction, My Superpower, Mitch shares his recovery journey in detail, in which he reveals the lessons he learned and breaks them down into twelve easy tips for anyone who has been impacted by addiction, mental health, or substance abuse.


Step of Faith

Step of Faith

Author: Madeleine Calcutt

Publisher: Dorrance Publishing

Published: 2012-06

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1434967298

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A sea change can be a step of faith. It was for Caitlin, who left a busy city to live in a small fishing village in Australia. But perhaps she was meant to be there? She wondered about this, especially after she met Stewart, a Christian widower with two small children. Deep feelings develop between them, but problems with Stewart's grieving get in the way. Can these be resolved? As the story progresses, the reader discovers how powerful love is, especially God's love.