Journalists - United States
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Furiously Happy: A Funny Book about Horrible Things
$19.99 Add to cart#1 New York Times Bestseller
In Furiously Happy, a humor memoir tinged with just enough tragedy and pathos to make it worthwhile, Jenny Lawson examines her own experience with severe depression and a- Author: Lawson, Jenny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 07 2017
- ISBN10: 1250077028
- Language: English
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Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
$20.00 Add to cartThe #1 New York Times bestselling (mostly true) memoir from the hilarious author of Furiously Happy.
“Gaspingly funny and wonderfully inappropriate.”–O, The Oprah Magazine When Jenny Lawson was littl- Author: Lawson, Jenny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 05, 2013
- ISBN10: 0425261018
- Language: English
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Other American Stories
$27.00 Add to cartThe 50th-anniversary edition of the classic, savagely comic account of a trip to Las Vegas that came to represent what happened to America in the 1960s–and a founding document of “gonzo journalism”–… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library (Hardcover)
- Author: Thompson, Hunter S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 05 1998
- ISBN10: 0679602984
- Language: English
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The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne
$19.99 Read more“A powerful story.” —The Horn Book
“A worthy addition to children’s biography collections.” —Booklist “A solid treatment of an important but little-known figure, and it may prompt kids to think abou- Author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 14 2020
- ISBN10: 148146289X
- Language: English
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Into the Soul of the World: My Journey to Healing
$29.00 Read moreThis powerful memoir shares an adventure journalist’s story of a decade-long, round-the-world quest to overcome his drug addiction and to understand and heal from past traumas.
Suffering from PTSD and… [more below]
- Author: Wetzler, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0306829304
- Language: English
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Nothing Could Stop Her: The Courageous Life of Ruth Gruber
$8.99 Read moreRuth Gruber didn’t want to live an ordinary life, and she wouldn’t take “no” for an answer. Born to a Jewish American family in 1911, she grew up to become a renowned journalist and activist. Her care
- Author: Arato, Rona
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: May 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1728445620
- Language: English
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Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
$16.00 Add to cart“The happiest, saddest, sweetest book about rock ‘n’ roll that I’ve ever experienced.”–Chuck Klosterman
Mix tapes: We all have our favorites. Stick one into a deck, press play, and you’re instantly t- Author: Sheffield, Rob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 04 2007
- ISBN10: 1400083036
- Language: English
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The House on First Street: My New Orleans Story
$19.99 Add to cartAfter fifteen years of living like a vagabond on her reporter’s schedule, Julia Reed got married and bought a house in the historic Garden District. Four weeks after she moved in, Hurricane Katrina st
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Reed, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 30 2009
- ISBN10: 0061136654
- Language: English
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Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War
$18.00 Add to cartThe award-winning, powerful portrait of life in the Middle East, that weaves history, cuisine, and firsthand reporting into a fearless, intimate exploration of everyday survival.
In the fall of 2003,- Author: Ciezadlo, Annia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 14 2012
- ISBN10: 1416583947
- Language: English
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From Chernobyl with Love: Reporting from the Ruins of the Soviet Union
$21.95 Add to cart2019 Foreword Indies Award, Gold
In the wake of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the late twentieth century was a time of unprecedented hope for dem
2020 Independent Book Publishers Awards, Bronze Medal- Author: Cengel, Katya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 310
- Publish Date: May 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1640125728
- Language: English
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Sondheim & Me: Revealing a Musical Genius
$26.95 Read moreFOR TEN YEARS, they exchanged notes, letters, faxes, and phone calls. Stephen Sondheim would contact him, and Paul Salsini, the founder and editor of The Sondheim Review, would respond. And vice versa
- Author: Salsini, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1610885937
- Language: English
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Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century
$19.99 Add to cartThe Gonzo memoir from one of the most influential voices in American literature, Kingdom of Fear traces the course of Hunter S. Thompson’s life as a rebel–from a smart-mouthed Kentucky kid flaunting … [more below]
- Author: Thompson, Hunter S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 06 2003
- ISBN10: 0684873249
- Language: English
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Mississippi Sissy
$25.99 Add to cartMississippi Sissy is the stunning memoir from Kevin Sessums, a celebrity journalist who grew up scaring other children, hiding terrible secrets, pretending to be Arlene Frances and running wild in the
- Author: Sessums, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 04 2008
- ISBN10: 0312341024
- Language: English
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Sondheim & Me: Revealing a Musical Genius
$26.95 Read moreFOR TEN YEARS, they exchanged notes, letters, faxes, and phone calls. Stephen Sondheim would contact him, and Paul Salsini, the founder and editor of The Sondheim Review, would respond. And vice versa
- Author: Salsini, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1610885929
- Language: English
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Almost Hemingway: The Adventures of Negley Farson, Foreign Correspondent
$29.95 Add to cartWould it surprise you to learn that there was a contemporary of Ernest Hemingway’s who, in his romantic questing and hell-or-high-water pursuit of life and his art, was closer to the Hemingwayesque id
- Author: Bowman, Rex
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 31 2021
- ISBN10: 0813946670
- Language: English
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Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson
$22.99 Add to cartFew American lives are stranger, more action-packed, or wilder than that of Hunter S. Thompson. Born a rebel in Louisville, Kentucky, Thompson spent a lifetime channeling his energy and insight into s… [more below]
- Author: Wenner, Jann S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0316005282
- Language: English
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The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery
$27.00 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE – In this vulnerable, insightful memoir, the New York Times columnist tells the story of his five-year struggle with a disease that officially doesn’t exist, exploring t… [more below]
- Author: Douthat, Ross
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 0593237366
- Language: English
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The Mercenary: A Story of Brotherhood and Terror in the Afghanistan War
$30.00 Read moreA thrilling and emotional story about the bonds forged in war and good intentions gone wrong.
In the early days of the Afghanistan war, Jeff Stern was scouring the streets of Kabul for a big story. H- Author: Stern, Jeffrey E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 21, 2023
- ISBN10: 154170245X
- Language: English
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Defending Baltimore Against Enemy Attack: A Boyhood Year During World War II
$30.00 Add to cartThe year is 1942, and while America is reeling from the first blows of WWII, Osgood is just a nine-year-old boy living in Baltimore. As the war rages somewhere far beyond the boundaries of his hometow… [more below]
- Author: Osgood, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 170
- Publish Date: November 30 2007
- ISBN10: 1401300235
- Language: English
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A Drinking Life: A Memoir
$18.99 Add to cartThis bestselling memoir from a seasoned New York City reporter is “a vivid report of a journey to the edge of self-destruction” (New York Times).
As a child during the Depression and World War II, Pe… [more below]- Author: Hamill, Pete
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: April 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0316341029
- Language: English
