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Shy of the Squirrel's Foot
A Peripheral History of the Jargon Society as Told through Its Missing Books
Price:
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9781469682518
Pub Date: November 2024
Imprint: University of North Carolina Press
The Jargon Society, a boundary-pushing publisher of poetry and experimental writing, was founded by Jonathan Williams (1929-2008) in 1951. Jargon quickly gained a reputation as the home of the poetic...
Heaping Coals
From Media Firebrand to Anglican Priest
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CA$26.99
ISBN: 9781459752597
Pub Date: October 2024
Imprint: Dundurn Press
“Coren tells us the stories of his fascinating life with clarity, self-deprecating wit, and page-turning verve.” — STEPHEN FRY From England’s working class to high profile media personality,...
Locker Room Talk
A Woman's Struggle to Get Inside
Price:
CA$49.95
ISBN: 9781978837782
Pub Date: August 2024
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Melissa Ludtke offers a compelling account of her courtroom quest to do what her male sportswriter colleagues took for granted: to talk with players in Major League Baseball's locker rooms. She reveals how, as a 26-year-old woman, she took MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn to federal court-and won.
Stories Can Save Us
America's Best Narrative Journalists Explain How
Price:
CA$35.95
ISBN: 9780820366753
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: University of Georgia Press
Great journalism relies on a narrative arc to engage and inform the reader. Stories Can Save Us looks at how the best reporters and writers craft narrative literary journalism. Journalist Matt Tullis...
Stories Can Save Us
America's Best Narrative Journalists Explain How
Price:
CA$155.95
ISBN: 9780820366777
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: University of Georgia Press
Great journalism relies on a narrative arc to engage and inform the reader. Stories Can Save Us looks at how the best reporters and writers craft narrative literary journalism. Journalist Matt Tullis...
Citizen Carl
The Editor Who Cracked Teapot Dome, Shot a Judge, and Invented the Parking Meter
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CA$30.95
ISBN: 9780826365767
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University of New Mexico Press
Educator, lawyer, editor, inventor, entrepreneur, and civic booster, Carl Magee helped shape New Mexico and Oklahoma in the years after gaining statehood, garnering fame along the way. Jack McElroy's...
The Ultimate Protest
Malcolm W. Browne, Thich Quang Duc, and the News Photograph That Stunned the World
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CA$43.95
ISBN: 9780826365705
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: University of New Mexico Press
The Ultimate Protest: Malcolm W. Browne, Thich Quang Duc, and the News Photograph That Stunned the World examines how the most unlikely of war correspondents, Malcolm W. Browne, became the only Western...
Loren Miller
Civil Rights Attorney and Journalist
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CA$29.95
ISBN: 9780806194196
Pub Date: February 2024
Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
Loren Miller: Civil Rights Attorney and Journalist recovers this remarkable figure from the shadows of history and for the first time fully reveals his life for what it was: an extraordinary American story and a critical chapter in the annals of racial justice.
Just Call Me Rae
The Story of Rae O. Weimer, Founder of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications
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CA$34.95
ISBN: 9798987960509
Pub Date: February 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Rae O. Weimer founded the University of Florida’s first school of journalism, and within one year of his arrival in Gainesville, the school received accreditation. No longer would Florida’s students...
Odyssey of a Wandering Mind
The Strange Tale of Sara Mayfield, Author
Price:
CA$150.00
ISBN: 9780817321369
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: University of Alabama Press
A carefully rendered portrait of a brilliant but troubled daughter of the Old South who struggled against the conventions of gender, class, family, and ultimately of sanity, yet survived to define a creative life of her own
Odyssey of a Wandering Mind
The Strange Tale of Sara Mayfield, Author
Price:
CA$43.95
ISBN: 9780817361365
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: University of Alabama Press
A carefully rendered portrait of a brilliant but troubled daughter of the Old South who struggled against the conventions of gender, class, family, and ultimately of sanity, yet survived to define a creative life of her own
Joseph Addison
An Intellectual Biography
Price:
CA$47.95
ISBN: 9780813950402
Pub Date: December 2023
Imprint: University of Virginia Press
The name Joseph Addison was once synonymous with the finest of English prose. Eminent writers from Voltaire to Lord Macaulay to John Steinbeck considered him a consummate master to be studied and emulated....
Cartoons and Caricatures of Mark Twain in Context
Reformer and Social Critic, 1869-1910
Price:
CA$138.00
ISBN: 9780817321727
Pub Date: November 2023
Imprint: University of Alabama Press
The first book-length treatment of Mark Twain's public persona as depicted in newspaper and magazine illustrations
Cartoons and Caricatures of Mark Twain in Context
Reformer and Social Critic, 1869-1910
Price:
CA$36.95
ISBN: 9780817361044
Pub Date: November 2023
Imprint: University of Alabama Press
The first book-length treatment of Mark Twain's public persona as depicted in newspaper and magazine illustrations
Backseat Quarterback
Price:
CA$30.95
ISBN: 9781496849526
Pub Date: October 2023
Imprint: University Press of Mississippi
A wife?s insider story of her marriage to a famous New York Giant during the golden days of professional football
My Name Is Not Harry
A Memoir
Price:
CA$28.00
ISBN: 9781459748903
Pub Date: September 2023
Imprint: Dundurn Press
“A distinctive and insightful perspective on being Muslim in the post-9/11 world.” — Charles TaylorVeteran Toronto Star editor Haroon Siddiqui, brown and Muslim, has spent a life on the media...
Shy of the Squirrel's Foot
A Peripheral History of the Jargon Society as Told through Its Missing Books
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9781469682518
Pub Date: November 2024
Imprint: University of North Carolina Press
Heaping Coals
From Media Firebrand to Anglican Priest
CA$26.99
ISBN: 9781459752597
Pub Date: October 2024
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Locker Room Talk
A Woman's Struggle to Get Inside
CA$49.95
ISBN: 9781978837782
Pub Date: August 2024
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Stories Can Save Us
America's Best Narrative Journalists Explain How
CA$35.95
ISBN: 9780820366753
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: University of Georgia Press
Stories Can Save Us
America's Best Narrative Journalists Explain How
CA$155.95
ISBN: 9780820366777
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: University of Georgia Press
Citizen Carl
The Editor Who Cracked Teapot Dome, Shot a Judge, and Invented the Parking Meter
CA$30.95
ISBN: 9780826365767
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University of New Mexico Press
The Ultimate Protest
Malcolm W. Browne, Thich Quang Duc, and the News Photograph That Stunned the World
CA$43.95
ISBN: 9780826365705
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: University of New Mexico Press
Loren Miller
Civil Rights Attorney and Journalist
CA$29.95
ISBN: 9780806194196
Pub Date: February 2024
Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
Just Call Me Rae
The Story of Rae O. Weimer, Founder of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications
CA$34.95
ISBN: 9798987960509
Pub Date: February 2024
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Odyssey of a Wandering Mind
The Strange Tale of Sara Mayfield, Author
CA$150.00
ISBN: 9780817321369
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: University of Alabama Press
A carefully rendered portrait of a brilliant but troubled daughter of the Old South who struggled against the conventions of gender, class, family, and ultimately of sanity, yet survived to define a creative life of her own
Odyssey of a Wandering Mind
The Strange Tale of Sara Mayfield, Author
CA$43.95
ISBN: 9780817361365
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: University of Alabama Press
A carefully rendered portrait of a brilliant but troubled daughter of the Old South who struggled against the conventions of gender, class, family, and ultimately of sanity, yet survived to define a creative life of her own
Joseph Addison
An Intellectual Biography
CA$47.95
ISBN: 9780813950402
Pub Date: December 2023
Imprint: University of Virginia Press
Cartoons and Caricatures of Mark Twain in Context
Reformer and Social Critic, 1869-1910
CA$138.00
ISBN: 9780817321727
Pub Date: November 2023
Imprint: University of Alabama Press
Cartoons and Caricatures of Mark Twain in Context
Reformer and Social Critic, 1869-1910
CA$36.95
ISBN: 9780817361044
Pub Date: November 2023
Imprint: University of Alabama Press
Backseat Quarterback
CA$30.95
ISBN: 9781496849526
Pub Date: October 2023
Imprint: University Press of Mississippi
My Name Is Not Harry
A Memoir
CA$28.00
ISBN: 9781459748903
Pub Date: September 2023
Imprint: Dundurn Press