Marvin Fox's Books

The Man Who Would Not Shut Up

The Rise of Bill O'Reilly

By: Marvin Kitman

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The Man Who Would Not Shut Up

The Rise of Bill O'Reilly

By: Marvin Kitman

Fair? Balanced? To some, Bill O'Reilly is a semi-demented cable TV talk show host who can be an obnoxious, insufferable, opinionated, rude loudmouth whose views, the kinder ones say, are typical right-wing drivel. But there is much more to O'Reilly than what meets eye. O'Reilly is the paradigm of idiosyncrasy in television journalism. On the rough road to the top, O'Reilly learned how to give the public what it wants and thinks it needs. From his early education at the hands of nuns to an advanced degree in public policy from Harvard, from working at local television stations and rising through the ranks to network news, O'Reilly spent nearly twenty-five years learning his craft before he became an overnight star at Fox News. In this very intimate look at the man and what matters to him, veteran media critic Marvin Kitman explores all the experiences that led to the making of Bill O'Reilly—a nonconformist in a business that demands conformity as the price of success, and a man who has risen to the top by not playing by the rules of broadcast news. Kitman shows that O'Reilly is not a knee-jerk conservative, but an "independent" freethinker with a mind of his own, and he believes what journalism needs is more Bill O'Reillys. Not screamers, the blowhards like the current O'Reilly clones rushed on the air since his success, but trained journalists, reporting the news and telling us why, in their opinion, the world is a crazy place. Supported by twenty-nine interviews with O'Reilly, Marvin Kitman chronicles a descent from reporter of news to spewer of views.

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St. Martin's Griffin

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1466855053

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9781466855052

Enemy of the People

Trump's War on the Press, the New McCarthyism, and the Threat to American Democracy

By: Marvin Kalb

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Enemy of the People

Trump's War on the Press, the New McCarthyism, and the Threat to American Democracy

By: Marvin Kalb

Shortly after assuming office in January 2017, President Donald Trump accused the press of being an “enemy of the American people.” Attacks on the media had been a hallmark of Trump’s presidential campaign, but this charge marked a dramatic turning point: language like this ventured into dangerous territory. Twentieth-century dictators—notably, Stalin, Hitler, and Mao—had all denounced their critics, especially the press, as “enemies of the people.” Their goal was to delegitimize the work of the press as “fake news” and create confusion in the public mind about what’s real and what isn’t; what can be trusted and what can’t be. That, it seems, is also Trump’s goal. In Enemy of the People, Marvin Kalb, an award-winning American journalist with more than six decades of experience both as a journalist and media observer, writes with passion about why we should fear for the future of American democracy because of the unrelenting attacks by the Trump administration on the press. As his new book shows, the press has been a bulwark in the defense of democracy. Kalb writes about Edward R. Murrow’s courageous reporting on Senator Joseph McCarthy’s “red scare” theatrics in the early 1950s, which led to McCarthy’s demise. He reminds us of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s reporting in the early 1970s that led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation. Today, because of revolutionary changes in journalism, no Murrow is ready at the battlements. Journalism has been severely weakened. Yet, without a virile, strong press, democracy is in peril. Kalb’s book is a frightening indictment of President Trump’s efforts to delegitimize the American press—and put the future of our democracy in question.

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Brookings Institution Press

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0815735316

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9780815735311

Most Glorious Crown

The Story of America's Triple Crown Thoroughbreds from Sir Barton to American Pharoah

By: Marvin Drager,Ed McNamara

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Most Glorious Crown

The Story of America's Triple Crown Thoroughbreds from Sir Barton to American Pharoah

By: Marvin Drager,Ed McNamara

The definitive work on this rare coronation, this book delves into the history, personalities, and subplots of each of the 12 Triple Crown champions. From Sir Barton in 1919 through American Pharaoh in 2015, each Triple Crown winner has exhibited a true personality and charisma befitting of super stardom and renowned author Marvin Drager's prose brings to life these 12 remarkable stories. The Most Glorious Crown is a unique and fascinating inspection of each champion, their jockeys, owners, and trainers, as well as a riveting account of each race and the events leading up to each historic event. This magnificent oversized book includes more than 150 archival, authentic black-and-white photographs of each thoroughbred throughout different stages of its career. It also includes actual racing forms from each race for the Triple Crown. This new, updated edition features chapters on the 37 year gap between Triple Crown winners and 2015 champion American Pharaoh.

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Triumph Books

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163319468X

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9781633194687

Christianity Confronts Culture

A Strategy for Crosscultural Evangelism

By: Marvin Keene Mayers

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Christianity Confronts Culture

A Strategy for Crosscultural Evangelism

By: Marvin Keene Mayers

In this revised edition you will find discussions and definitions of the impact of Christian gospel, its ethics, and its lifestyle. Numerous case studies are included.

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Zondervan

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0310289017

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9780310289012

Single Parent Families

Diversity, Myths and Realities

By: Marvin B Sussman,Shirley Hanson

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Single Parent Families

Diversity, Myths and Realities

By: Marvin B Sussman,Shirley Hanson

Here is a comprehensive source of vital information on single parent families in contemporary society. This book analyzes literature and empirical research concerning single parent families and explores issues and challenges they face. Contributing authors from many fields and perspectives examine a broad range of subjects relating to families in which one person is primarily responsible for parenting. The only state-of-the-art compendium on the topic of single parent families available today, the book synthesizes empirical, theoretical, and contemporary literature about the diversity, myths, and realities of single parent families in western countries. Each chapter contains a demographic overview, definitions, a literature review, and implications for practice, research, education, and social policy. Theoretical and conceptual perspectives related to parenting and wider families are included. An analysis, synthesis, and commentary on single parent families concludes the volume. Themes highlighted throughout the book include socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of single parent families, cultural and ethnic features, and legal and ethical components. Some chapter topics include: single parenthood following divorce single parenthood following death of a spouse never married teen mothers and fathers female-headed homeless families adoptions by single parents noncustodial mothers and fathers grandparents as primary parents single parents of children with disabilities Single Parent Families contains additional resources useful for family professionals: an annotated bibliography, a video/filmography, and a national community resource list. The book is intended for a multidisciplinary audience, including sociologists, psychologists, health care professionals, social workers, therapists, and other researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and educators. An ideal primary or reference text for undergraduate and graduate level programs, the book can also serve as a tool for staff development and continuing education in service agencies.

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Routledge

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1317764595

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9781317764595

Gullible's Travels

A Comical History of the Trump Era

By: Marvin Kitman

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Gullible's Travels

A Comical History of the Trump Era

By: Marvin Kitman

How to have fun hating Trump Kitman describes the land of Gulliblesylvania as a democratic country ruled by 34.9 % of the people, "a minority better known as 'the base,' of whom a candidate said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and they would still vote for him." At first Kitman assumed that Trump's candidacy was a publicity stunt. After he realized it was serious, as a satirist he felt very lucky and began to keep a comical journal, modeled after A Journal of the Plague Year which Daniel Defoe described as "Observations of the most remarkable occurrence, which happened in London during the last great visitation in 1665"--which is not to compare the Trump administration to the bubonic plague, Kitman hastens to add. "For one thing, as our POTUS has been telling us, he's made America Great again--AND IT ONLY TOOK A YEAR AND A HALF!" Kitman adds, "And I have never before had such a good time observing and writing about the follies of our country." Gullibles Travels includes 32 "Trumponicles; the debate over the president's intellectual capacity; "That Russian Thing;" "Who is Agent Orange"; and a CODA that asks the question, "How Will It All End?" Impeachment? 25th Amendment sacking? Resignation? Or reelection?

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Seven Stories Press

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1609809890

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9781609809898

A Heritage Not Forgotten

The Stories of Four Courageous Pioneers and Their Journeys to Minnesota Territory

By: Marvin B. Eppard

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A Heritage Not Forgotten

The Stories of Four Courageous Pioneers and Their Journeys to Minnesota Territory

By: Marvin B. Eppard

A Heritage Not Forgotten is based on the adventurous lives of four of the author's great-grandparents who were among the first settlers in Mower County, Minnesota, in the 1850s. Adam left his family in Germany, sailed the Atlantic, worked at a lumber camp, and hopped the freight trains to arrive in Wisconsin as a farm laborer. Matilda, a teenage girl, left Hamburg with her family for a grueling journey to Wisconsin. The book includes the romantic account of Adam and Matilda's courtship and marriage in Wisconsin and their eventful journey to Minnesota by covered wagon. Phillip, a lonely, discouraged young man, left Germany and worked his way through the port in Amsterdam onto a ship bound for New York. As a lumberjack and a farm hand, he found his way to Minnesota Territory. Lucinda, as a nine-year-old girl, traveled with her family about six hundred miles by covered wagons from Ohio to Minnesota Territory. When she was sixteen, Phillip convinced Lucinda's father that she was old enough for courtship and marriage. Woven into the stories are the faith longings of these four people that drew them to transforming conversion experiences that sustained them through the hardships of pioneer life. These two couples conscripted land, raised large families, and were pillars of faith who helped establish a dynamic church in the author's hometown of Racine, Minnesota.

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Trafford Publishing

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1466995149

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9781466995147

The Christian Husband’s Handbook

Constantly Pursuing the Treasure You Hold

By: Marvin Gilbert,Amy George

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The Christian Husband’s Handbook

Constantly Pursuing the Treasure You Hold

By: Marvin Gilbert,Amy George

A marriage can thrive when the husband constantly pursues his wife, seeking to win--again--what he already holds: her heart! Through his constant pursuit, a man of God emulates the consistent, gentle pursuit of the Holy Spirit in his own life. The Christian Husband's Handbook challenges the reader to pursue full Christlike masculinity by embracing sacrificial servant leadership in his home. This book offers a fresh perspective on marriage and family living, supported by a bibliography of almost 120 recently published sources. The Handbook features two unique sections at the end of each chapter: 1. "Listen to the Lady" offers a woman's reflection on the topics; her thoughts enrich and illustrate the chapter's content in a unique way. 2. "Deal with It," a four-part application section at the end of each chapter, invites the reader to grow as a husband and father by reading additional sources, thinking-reflecting on their content, and then praying about, and acting on, the chapter's primary message. Both authors firmly believe that Christian homes should be places of laughter, joy, and growth as men of God constantly pursue the treasure they already hold.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1532695772

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9781532695773

The Making of the Prefident 1789

The Unauthorized Campaign Biography of George Washington

By: Marvin Kitman

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The Making of the Prefident 1789

The Unauthorized Campaign Biography of George Washington

By: Marvin Kitman

A “witty, funny and hysterically silly” political parody that dares to take on the Mount Vernon Machine (The New York Times). Lampooning the modern “campaign insider” books, this book asks: “How is it possible that a man with no military experience becomes a general? He loses more battles than he wins and becomes a war hero? He has absolutely no political opinions in the most sophisticated intellectual period of our history? He has no ambitions, and he wins?” Through careful research, and with plenty of laughs—as well as a foreword by John Cleese—journalist Marvin Kitman exposes George Washington’s weaknesses for social climbing and high-stakes whist, not to mention his relationships with the Founding Girlfriends. “Hilarious . . . Will entertain and fascinate even those who think they hate history.” —Houston Chronicle

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Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

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0802196608

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9780802196606

Dangerous Spaces

Beyond the Racial Profile

By: D. Marvin Jones

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Dangerous Spaces

Beyond the Racial Profile

By: D. Marvin Jones

An eye-opening, unapologetic explanation of what "racial profiling" is in modern-day America: systematic targeting of communities and placing of suspicion on populations, on the basis of not only ethnicity but also certain places that are linked to the social identity of that group. In 21st-century, post–civil rights era America, "race" has become complex and intersectional. It is no longer simply a matter of color—black versus white—contends author D. Marvin Jones, but equally a matter of space or "geographies of fear," which he defines as spaces in which different groups are particularly vulnerable to stereotyping by law enforcement: blacks in the urban ghetto, Mexicans at the functional equivalent of the border, Arabs at the airport. Dangerous Spaces: Beyond the Racial Profile demonstrates how society has constructed a set of threat narratives in which certain widespread problems—immigration, drugs, gangs, and terrorism, for example—have been racialized and explains the historical and social origins of these racializing threat narratives. The book identifies how these narratives have led directly to relentless profiling that results in arrest, deportation, massive surveillance, or even death for members of suspect populations. Readers will come to understand how the problem of profiling is not merely a problem of institutional bias and individual decision making, but also a deeply rooted cultural issue stemming from the processes of meaning-making and identity construction.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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9798216071747

Cultural Anthropology

A Christian Perspective

By: Stephen A. Grunlan,Marvin K. Mayers

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Cultural Anthropology

A Christian Perspective

By: Stephen A. Grunlan,Marvin K. Mayers

This volume on cultural anthropology presents a Christian perspective for Bible school students of conservative evangelical backgrounds. The hope is that a sympathetic approach to the problems of cultural diversity throughout the world will help young people overcome typical North American cultural biases and bring understanding and appreciation for the diversities of behavior and thought that exist in a culturally heterogeneous world. Grunlan and Mayers take the position of "functional creationism"; and though they discuss some of the problems implied in traditional interpretations of the age of the world and especially of the creation of the human race, they do not attempt to deal with either physical anthropology or the origins of man. They do, however, attempt to deal meaningfully with the problems posed by biblical absolutism and cultural relativism, and their practice. Concluding chapters with a series of thought-provoking questions should prove to be of real help to both the professional and nonprofessional teacher of anthropology.

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Zondervan Academic

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0310535867

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9780310535867

The Speech

By: Marvin Amparo Santana

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The Speech

By: Marvin Amparo Santana

In a courtroom where people are not physically allowed to lie, the most unthinkable stories emerge. Everyone must deliver a speech or story pertaining to what their lives were like: drama, thriller, love, hate, and sorrow are just a few of the trays that each person’s story contains. Regardless of how malicious or righteous their lives were, at the end, each person may get a second chance. But it’d be up to The Hearing Court to decide which person would have such a chance. This time, there was no need for a lawyer or a reading of their inalienable rights. This time, they had no rights—only a courtroom filled with anxious and unbiased listeners who would have no sympathy for one’s tears, begging, or melancholy case. In a court where time doesn’t matter, and love and hope dance together, speakers try their best to recount what could be their last story.

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Postidal

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1519466471

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Exploring and Mapping Alaska

The Russian America Era, 1741-1867

By: Alexey Postnikov,Marvin Falk

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Exploring and Mapping Alaska

The Russian America Era, 1741-1867

By: Alexey Postnikov,Marvin Falk

Russia first encountered Alaska in 1741 as part of the most ambitious and expensive expedition of the entire eighteenth century. For centuries since, cartographers have struggled to define and develop the enormous region comprising northeastern Asia, the North Pacific, and Alaska. The forces of nature and the follies of human error conspired to make the area incredibly difficult to map. Exploring and Mapping Alaska focuses on this foundational period in Arctic cartography. Russia spurred a golden era of cartographic exploration, while shrouding their efforts in a veil of secrecy. They drew both on old systems developed by early fur traders and new methodologies created in Europe. With Great Britain, France, and Spain following close behind, their expeditions led to an astounding increase in the world’s knowledge of North America. Through engrossing descriptions of the explorations and expert navigators, aided by informative illustrations, readers can clearly trace the evolution of the maps of the era, watching as a once-mysterious region came into sharper focus. The result of years of cross-continental research, Exploring and Mapping Alaska is a fascinating study of the trials and triumphs of one of the last great eras of historic mapmaking.

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University of Alaska Press

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1602232520

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9781602232525

Reap the Wild Seeds

By: Loyd E. Hill,Marvin R. Query

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Reap the Wild Seeds

By: Loyd E. Hill,Marvin R. Query

REAP THE WILD SEEDS In it, he has shown a vivid knowledge of people, his characters and their adventures, their loves, their heart aches of disappointment, hopes for the future. Many of these were of devious nature. As many of the results show that they were not always achieved in a totally honest nature I suspect that Mr. Query has a technical mind as many of the twists and turns require an inquiring mind to follow. The fi nal results and efforts are worthy of your reading. I am very proud to have contributed to this exciting novel, and hopefully, the movie that follows. Loyd E. Hill

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Xlibris Corporation

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1483636569

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9781483636566

The Presumption

Race and Injustice in the United States

By: D. Marvin Jones

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The Presumption

Race and Injustice in the United States

By: D. Marvin Jones

This powerful book on racism in the United States argues that a threatening narrative originating in slavery continues to link Black people to inferiority, dangerousness, and crime, causing them to be presumed guilty by society and U.S. legal systems. Why are Black people stopped, arrested, and shot by police at such a high rate? Why are they portrayed in the media as gangbangers and urban thugs? D. Marvin Jones writes that the problem of race lies in the way Blackness has been inextricably knotted together in our culture with presumptions. In the era of segregation this was a presumption of inferiority, but in our era, it is primarily a presumption of dangerousness or criminality. In chapters on slavery, urban spaces, the drug war, media portrayals, and white spaces, he shows how the presumption of guilt continues to shape the treatment of Black people in the United States. Arguing that this presumption is not simply a matter of hate on the part of individuals, but instead a social process linked to a widely shared racial ideology, The Presumption points out the continuation of racial caste in the United States as a crisis for democracy and provides a blueprint for a kind of second Reconstruction.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1440867720

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The Man in the Mirror

By: Marvin Amparo Santana

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The Man in the Mirror

By: Marvin Amparo Santana

Dear Reader, Hereby I leave you with one of my oldest poems. Instead of writing an intro about what this small book is about, I rather, show you. Yours, Marvin Poem: The Visit Yesterday, my ghosts came to visit me. They repeatedly told me of all the times I had failed. They reminded me of who I used to be. As dawn approached, I took the bus and got off at a place in the Bronx I didn’t know much, then I walked back home as my ghosts talked to me, reminding me of who I really am, telling me who I won’t ever become, recounting me of all the loved ones I’ve lost. As soon as I entered my apartment, I served them tea. I thanked them for their visit, but they wouldn’t leave. They wouldn’t leave. Till this day they're still here.

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The Jacksonian Persuasion

Politics and Belief

By: Marvin Meyers

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The Jacksonian Persuasion

Politics and Belief

By: Marvin Meyers

Meyers's book is a major study in Jacksonian democracy and in the art of analyzing political communications.

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Stanford University Press

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0804705062

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9780804705066

One Scandalous Story

Clinton, Lewinsky, and Thirteen Days That Tarnishe

By: Marvin Kalb

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One Scandalous Story

Clinton, Lewinsky, and Thirteen Days That Tarnishe

By: Marvin Kalb

In 1963 Marvin Kalb observed the Secret Service escorting an attractive woman into a hotel for what was most likely a rendezvous with President Kennedy. Kalb, then a news correspondent for CBS, didn't consider the incident newsworthy. Thirty-five years later, Kalb watched in dismay as the press dove headfirst into the scandal of President Clinton's affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, disclosing every prurient detail. How and why had the journalistic landscape shifted so dramatically? One Scandalous Story seeks to answer this critical question through the inside story of thirteen days -- January 13-25, 1998 -- that make up a vital chapter in the history of American journalism. In riveting detail, Kalb examines just how the media covered the Lewinsky scandal, offering what he calls an "X-ray of the Washington press corps." Drawing on hundreds of original interviews, Kalb allows us to eavesdrop on the incestuous deals between reporters and sources, the bitter disagreements among editors, the machination of moguls for whom news is Big Business, and above all, the frantic maneuvering to break the story. With fresh insight, he retraces decisions made by Michael Isikoff of Newsweek, Internet renegade Matt Drudge, Jackie Judd of ABC, Clinton-basher Lucianne Goldberg, Susan Schmidt of The Washington Post, Jackie Bennett of the Office of the Independent Counsel, and other key players in this scandal that veered from low comedy to high drama. Through the lens of those thirteen turbulent days, Kalb offers us a portrait of the "new news" in all its contradictions. He reveals how intense economic pressures in the news business, the ascendancy of the Internet, the blurring of roles between reporters and commentators, and a surge of dubious sourcing and "copy-cat journalism" have combined to make tabloid-style journalism increasingly mainstream. But are we condemned to a resurgence of "yellow journalism"? Painstakingly documented and sobering in its conclusions, One Scandalous Story issues a clarion call to newsmakers and the American public alike: "Journalism can change for the better -- and must.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439136300

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9781439136300

I & II Kings (2007)

A Commentary

By: Marvin A. Sweeney

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I & II Kings (2007)

A Commentary

By: Marvin A. Sweeney

Now available in paperback, this volume offers a close reading of the historical books of I and II Kings, concentrating on not only issues in the history of Israel but also the literary techniques of storytelling used in these books. Marvin A. Sweeney provides a major contribution to the prominent Old Testament Library series with dvanced discussions of textual difficulties in the books of Kings as well as compelling narrative interpretations. The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing.

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Westminster John Knox Press

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1611644984

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9781611644982

English-Haitian Creole Bilingual Dictionary

By: Albert Valdman,Marvin D. Moody,Thomas E. Davies

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English-Haitian Creole Bilingual Dictionary

By: Albert Valdman,Marvin D. Moody,Thomas E. Davies

Haitian Creole (HC) is spoken by approximately 11,000,000 persons in Haiti and in diaspora communities in the United States and throughout the Caribbean. Thus, it is of great utility to Anglophone professionals engaged in various activities—medical, social, educational, welfare— in these regions. As the most widely spoken and best described creole language, a knowledge of its vocabulary is of interest and utility to scholars in a variety of disciplines. The English-Haitian Creole Bilingual Dictionary (EHCBD) aims to assist anglophone users in constructing written and oral discourse in HC; it also will aid HC speakers to translate from English to their language. As the most elaborate and extensive linguistic tool available, it contains about 30 000 individual entries, many of which have multiple senses and include subentries, multiword phrases or idioms. The distinguishing feature of the EHCBD is the inclusion of translated sentence-length illustrative examples that provide important information on usage.

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iUniverse

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153201600X

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9781532016004

It Figures!

Fun Figures of Speech

By: Marvin Terban

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It Figures!

Fun Figures of Speech

By: Marvin Terban

“Enjoyable and informative . . . Using this humorously presented book, children will truly improve their styles of writing” (School Library Journal). Writing “The road was bumpy” is okay . . . but isn’t it more fun to say “It felt like we were riding on square tires”? This lively guide shows kids how to make their writing more dramatic, more memorable, or just plain funnier—whether they’re writing for school or for creative expression. It explains six techniques: Similes Metaphors Onomatopoeia Alliteration Hyperbole Personification . . . and provides guidelines for their use, plenty of examples, and entertaining illustrations.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0547346271

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9780547346274

Sports & the Heroic

By: Marvin Leibstone

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Sports & the Heroic

By: Marvin Leibstone

SPORTS & THE HEROIC is an ode to all American sports, illuminating that which can be derived from them for the good life. Of real events, facts and portrayals of well-known athletes, plus segments that are fiction, this slim volume pulls no punches, describing the good and the dreadfully awful that make up sports in our time, yet reminding us that sports, as a whole, can empower the very best that any of us has to offer in a complex world.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1477103716

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9781477103715

Men's Changing Roles in the Family

By: Robert A Lewis,Marvin B Sussman

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Men's Changing Roles in the Family

By: Robert A Lewis,Marvin B Sussman

How are men reacting to, perceiving, and behaving in light of the changes in gender roles. Here is an important volume that provides new and interesting reading about contemporary husbands and fathers. Men’s Changing Roles in the Family, offers an overview of the causes and consequences of changes in men’s family roles in recent decades. Experts introduce you to the issues, problems, and methods on the cutting edge of those disciplines that study men in the context of their families. Until now relatively little has been known empirically about men in contemporary families, and even less has been known about husbands and fathers from direct reports of the men themselves. This groundbreaking volume successfully closes this gap in the literature with an examination of the effects that fathers’growing involvement with their children have on their wives and themselves; a clinical assessment of some men’s angry reactions to separation and divorce and those special therapeutic goals and strategies that may help reduce their distress; examinations of the conflicting demands of the work world and the family upon some contemporary husbands and fathers and the negative effects of nonstandard work schedules upon men’s family life; and an examination of factors that make many men unhappy in patriarchal family structures. Men’s Changing Roles in the Family also contributes toward breaking new ground by examining family roles now performed by special groups of men. Finally, this important volume reports empirical findings about men in family-like relationships, illustrating evidence for the unique roles that male caregivers can offer children in day-care centers and reviewing current empirical studies of men’s friendships and their development.

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Routledge

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1317953940

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9781317953944

21st Century American English Compendium

A Portable Guide to the Idiosyncrasies, Subtleties, Technical Jargon, and Conventional Wisdom of American English

By: Marvin Rubinstein

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21st Century American English Compendium

A Portable Guide to the Idiosyncrasies, Subtleties, Technical Jargon, and Conventional Wisdom of American English

By: Marvin Rubinstein

A compendium of American proverbs, expressions, slang, colloquialisms; British-US glossary; abbreviations and acronyms and other various odds and ends. Widely used by non-native speakers and translators.

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520

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Schreiber Publishing

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0884003167

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9780884003168

Zoo Culture

By: Bob Mullan,Garry Marvin

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Zoo Culture

By: Bob Mullan,Garry Marvin

Why do people go to zoos? Is the role of zoos to entertain or to educate? In this provocative book, the authors demonstrate that zoos tell us as much about humans as they do about animals and suggest that while animals may not need zoos, urban societies seem to. A new introduction takes note of dramatic changes in the perceived role of zoos that have occurred since the book's original publication. "Bob Mullan and Garry Marvin delve into the assumptions about animals that are embedded in our culture. . . . A thought-provoking glimpse of our own ideas about the exotic, the foreign." -- Tess Lemmon, BBC Wildlife Magazine "A thoughtful and entertaining guided tour." -- David White, New Society "[An] unusual and intriguing combination of historical survey, psychological enquiry, and compendium of fascinating facts." -- Evening Standard

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212

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University of Illinois Press

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0252067622

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9780252067624

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