John Maxwell Hamilton: 2 books
Journalism's Roving Eye
A History of American Foreign Reporting
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
In all of journalism, nowhere are the stakes higher than in foreign news-gathering. For media owners, it is the most difficult type of reporting to finance; for editors, the hardest to oversee. Correspondents, roaming large swaths of the planet, must acquire expertise that home-based reporters take...
Casanova Was A Book Lover
And Other Naked Truths and Provocative Curiosities about the Writing, Selling, and Reading of Books
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2000
Everyone knows which books people buy; they can just look at the best-seller lists. But who knows which books people steal? Who, for that matter, knows that authors ruin the book market by writing too much? Or why book critics are not critical? Or why librarians need to throw out more books? Who,...