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Mr John Steinbeck
Danny is a paisano, descended from the original Spanish settlers who arrived in Monterey, California, centuries before. He values friendship above money and possessions, so when he suddenly inherits two…
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Thomas Fensch
Two teenagers, living worlds apart . . .
A Jewish girl, with her parents, hiding
from the Nazis in Amsterdam. . .
A Black boy, living outside Chicago…
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The Man Who Was Dr. Seuss is the first major personal and literary biography of theodor Dr. Seuss Geisel. It describes the origins of the rhyme scheme he used for…
Writings examine how Geisel revolutionalized reading, and look at his characters, themes, lifestyle, and writing habits.
Masters of Despair analyzes one hundred years of dystopian fiction from: We, 1924; Brave New World, 1943; Darkness at Noon, 1932; Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1949; Fahrenheit 451, 1953; The Man in…
All readers have favorites from their personal history; The Books That Haunt Us is an analysis of 18 of the author’s favorite books beginning with Steinbeck’s Tortilla Flat, 1935 up…
Originally published in 1989
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Was there ever a Golden age in American Book Publishing? We suggest it was from the 1930s through World War Two into the 1950s.
Notable author-editor relationships during those years…
J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI denied that they had ever investigated novelist John Steinbeck, yet for decades the FBI maintained a file on him. The FBI files on Steinbeck…
In the 1930s, John Steinbeck wrote extensively about union organizing and anti-union sentiment, about poverty and starvation among the migrants in California, and about homelessness, joblessness, poverty, starvation, and the…
This book begins with the Bubonic Plague that hit London in 1665-1666 that Daniel Defoe described in Journal of a Plague Year, written so many years after the actual event.
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World War Two: U.S. Military Plans for the Invasion of Japan are the formerly Top Secret records for the invasion of Japan, which would have been implemented if the A-bomb…
This is the CIA internal history of the development of the U-2. It describes: the development of the U-2 ; why half of all UFO sightings were actually U-2 sightings…
Author Fensch offers comprehensive articles about the top three anchors–Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings, and Dan Rather–the similarities between them, the differences, and how they handle the multifaceted demands of the…
The author presents comprehensive articles about the top three anchors–Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings, and Dan Rather–and offers anaysis and commentary about critical issues in television journalism.
at the dangerous edge of social justice is a searing indictment of reprehensible – and murderous – racist behavior in America and a tribute to those who had the courage…
Khe Sanh remains to this day, an extremely controversial and emotional aspect of the war in Vietnam. The U.S. Armed Forces fought to defend Khe Sanh in early 1968 and…
The first literary and personal biography of James Thurber in 25 years, The Man Who Was Walter Mitty offers new insights into the man who has been called America’s Twentieth…
The kidnapping of the first son of aviator Charles Lindbergh became the crime of the century and defined media circus. These are the complete, never-published, FBI files on the Lindbergh…
Whether you are a novice writer, or an immediate journalism student; in a freshmen English class; writing a speech, a technical report, advertising copy, or promotional or publicity material; beginning…
Offers new insights into James Thurber, the man who has been called America’s Twentieth Century Mark Twain.
Late in his administration Donald Trump attempted to subvert the Department of Justice (DOJ) and bend it to his will by replacing top DOJ officials with his own cohorts and…
George Orwell never came to America, but his masterpiece 1984, published 70 years ago was a warning: doin’t let this (totalitarianism) happen in England nor in America nor elsewhere. But…
During the Nixon administration impeachment process in August, 1974, the U.S. Department of Justice deemed it necessary to have–for its own use–a document outlining the historical and legal aspects of…
George Orwell never came to America; his masterpiece 1984 warned against dictatorship (Big Brother, based on Stalin) and warned against constant warfare, constant surveillance, governmental-authorized torture and other totalitarian issues…
During the Nixon administration, lists were drawn up with names of people thought to be liberal and anti-Nixon; the list was orighinally to be 20 names– politicans and entertainers, but…
The Vietnam war began for the United States in 1954; by 1966, the Central Intelligence Agency undertook a major analysis and concluded: We cannot win in Vietnam. Their analysis was…
This is a short classic autography from a gifted writer – the dog he had as a child; his marriage, the dogs he and his wife had together, and the…
I this collection of interviews, remarkable man who has been called America’s twentieth-century Mark Twain and who was one of the great talkers of his time, expresses his opinions on…
Elvis Presley was never accused of a crime, but for years the FBI kept a file on Presley because of the crimes that went on in the background of his…
The Man Who Was Dr. Seuss is the first major personal and literary biography of Theodor Dr. Seuss Geisel. It describes the origins of the rhyme scheme he used for…
First published in 1970, The Lions and the Lambs profiles the best pool players of that time. It followed the release of The Hustler, a highly acclaimed-and financially successful film-starring…
This revised edition covers the process of sports writing. Topics include: observation; interviewing techniques and various structures of articles; types of leads ; and other style and technique points.
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After the Spanish Civil War, thousands of Spanish fascists immigrated to Cuba. With financing by the American Embassy in Havana, Hemingway recruited a ragtag band to spy on the fascists…
A Jewish girl, with her parents, hiding from the Nazis
in Amsterdam . . .
This collection includes all public interviews John Steinbeck gave throughout his career, from the earliest in 1935, to his last in 1972. Steinbeck’s life, in retrospect, can been seen in…
Those who are regular readers – or those who are addicted to books – may have their own favorite titles from years or decades past and they often go back…
This book begins with the Bubonic Plague that hit London in 1665-1666, that Daniel Defoe described in A Journal of the Plague Year – written so many years after the…
Collections of interviews with notable modern writers
