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Le dernier homme d'honneur

DERNIER HOMME D'HONNEUR

by Daniel Renaud ...

Un homme d’honneur de la mafia brise l’omerta pour la première fois au Canada. Le 1er mai 1973, Antonio Mucci fait irruption au journal Le Devoir et ouvre le feu sur le journaliste Jean-Pierre Charbonneau. L’attentat sème l’indignation à travers le pays. Ce coup d’éclat aidera Mucci à se tailler une place au sein de la puissante mafia montréalaise, dont l’ombre plane sur la métropole depuis des ... Read more

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Un homme d’honneur de la mafia brise l’omerta pour la première fois au Canada. Le 1er mai 1973, Antonio Mucci fait irruption au journal Le Devoir et ouvre le feu sur le journaliste Jean-Pierre Charbonneau. L’attentat sème l’indignation à travers le pays. Ce coup d’éclat aidera Mucci à se tailler une place au sein de la puissante mafia montréalaise, dont l’ombre plane sur la métropole depuis des
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Spook

Science Tackles the Afterlife

by Mary Roach ...

What happens when we die? The bestselling author of Stiff and Packing for Mars "makes a clever investigator and a thoroughly entertaining, if skeptical, tour guide." (Janet Maslin, New York Times)"A hilarious look at misadventures in paranormal research. . . . Surreal, fascinating, at times absurd" ( Boulder Weekly</stron... ... Read more

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What happens when we die? The bestselling author of Stiff and Packing for Mars "makes a clever investigator and a thoroughly entertaining, if skeptical, tour guide." (Janet Maslin, New York Times)"A hilarious look at misadventures in paranormal research. . . . Surreal, fascinating, at times absurd" ( Boulder Weekly</stron...
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How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor

A Smart, Irreverent Guide to Biography, History, Journalism, Blogs, and Everything in Between

by Thomas C. Foster ...

The New York Times bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor uses the same skills to teach how to access accurate information in a rapidly changing 24/7 news cycle and become better readers, thinkers, and consumers of media.We live in an information age, but it is increasingly difficult to know which information to trust. Fake news is rampant in mass media, stoked by foreign ... Read more

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The New York Times bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor uses the same skills to teach how to access accurate information in a rapidly changing 24/7 news cycle and become better readers, thinkers, and consumers of media.We live in an information age, but it is increasingly difficult to know which information to trust. Fake news is rampant in mass media, stoked by foreign
... Read more
Undaunted

How Women Changed American Journalism

by Brooke Kroeger ...

An essential history of women in American journalism, showcasing exceptional careers from 1840 to the presentUndaunted is a representative history of the American women who surmounted every impediment put in their way to do journalism’s most valued work. From Margaret Fuller’s improbable success to the highly paid reporters of the mid-nineteenth century to the breakthrough investigative triumphs ... Read more

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An essential history of women in American journalism, showcasing exceptional careers from 1840 to the presentUndaunted is a representative history of the American women who surmounted every impediment put in their way to do journalism’s most valued work. From Margaret Fuller’s improbable success to the highly paid reporters of the mid-nineteenth century to the breakthrough investigative triumphs
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Prendre la parole

Les règles de l'art, les pièges à éviter, les trucs du métier

by Jean-Luc Mongrain ...

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On la craint, on l'anticipe, on tente même de l'éviter… Et pourtant, la prise de parole en public représente un formidable outil de rencontre et de partage, si on en maîtrise les règles essentielles. Avec le style direct et efficace qu'on lui connaît, Jean-Luc Mongrain vous livre des trucs qui ont fait leurs preuves sur scène et devant la caméra. Réunissant théorie, exercices, exemples et conseils ... Read more

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On la craint, on l'anticipe, on tente même de l'éviter… Et pourtant, la prise de parole en public représente un formidable outil de rencontre et de partage, si on en maîtrise les règles essentielles. Avec le style direct et efficace qu'on lui connaît, Jean-Luc Mongrain vous livre des trucs qui ont fait leurs preuves sur scène et devant la caméra. Réunissant théorie, exercices, exemples et conseils
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The Sting

A nail-biting revenge thriller that you won't be able to put down

by Evie Hunter ...

A nail-biting revenge thriller from the author of The Scam, Evie HunterVictim or villain?She’s out of prison…Lauren Miller has served six years behind bars for a crime she did not commit. Now, with her life in tatters, she is determined to bring those who framed her to justice.Out for revenge…Journalist Nate Black is intrigued by Lauren’s story. Is she the innocent victim she claims to be ... ... Read more

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A nail-biting revenge thriller from the author of The Scam, Evie HunterVictim or villain?She’s out of prison…Lauren Miller has served six years behind bars for a crime she did not commit. Now, with her life in tatters, she is determined to bring those who framed her to justice.Out for revenge…Journalist Nate Black is intrigued by Lauren’s story. Is she the innocent victim she claims to be ...
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Veils of Distortion

How the News Media Warps Our Minds

by John Zada ...

UPDATED IN 2026. A rare and penetrating account by a former CBC and Al Jazeera newsroom insider of how the news skews our perceptions and disorients society.'Fake news' has become a ubiquitous catchphrase and a worldwide obsession. Yet too few of us know that shades of falsehood have always run through the mainstream news media. As news organizations double-down in their efforts to shock and ... Read more

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UPDATED IN 2026. A rare and penetrating account by a former CBC and Al Jazeera newsroom insider of how the news skews our perceptions and disorients society.'Fake news' has become a ubiquitous catchphrase and a worldwide obsession. Yet too few of us know that shades of falsehood have always run through the mainstream news media. As news organizations double-down in their efforts to shock and
... Read more
On the Front Line

The Collected Journalism of Marie Colvin

by Marie Colvin ...

Veteran Sunday Times war correspondent, Marie Colvin was killed in February 2012 when covering the uprising in Syria.On the Front Line is an Orwell Special Prize winning journalism collection from veteran war correspondent Marie Colvin, who is the subject of the movie A Private War, starring Rosamund Pike and Jamie Dornan.Marie Colvin held a profound belief in the pursuit of truth, and the courage ... Read more

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Veteran Sunday Times war correspondent, Marie Colvin was killed in February 2012 when covering the uprising in Syria.On the Front Line is an Orwell Special Prize winning journalism collection from veteran war correspondent Marie Colvin, who is the subject of the movie A Private War, starring Rosamund Pike and Jamie Dornan.Marie Colvin held a profound belief in the pursuit of truth, and the courage
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Reporting Baseball's Sensational Season of 1890

The Brotherhood War and the Rise of Modern Sports Journalism

by Scott D. Peterson ...

When the members of the first baseball players' union formed their own league in open revolt against the reserve clause and other restrictive practices of the National League, baseball journalism became less of a "curiosity shop" phenomenon and moved into the mainstream. Baseball writers Henry Chadwick, T.H. Murnane, and Ella Black covered the labor struggle on the field and in the front offices- ... Read more

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When the members of the first baseball players' union formed their own league in open revolt against the reserve clause and other restrictive practices of the National League, baseball journalism became less of a "curiosity shop" phenomenon and moved into the mainstream. Baseball writers Henry Chadwick, T.H. Murnane, and Ella Black covered the labor struggle on the field and in the front offices-
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Writing to Learn

How to Write - and Think - Clearly About Any Subject at All

by William Zinsser ...

This is an essential book for everyone who wants to write clearly about any subject and use writing as a means of learning. ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

This is an essential book for everyone who wants to write clearly about any subject and use writing as a means of learning.
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The Deal from Hell

How Moguls and Wall Street Plundered Great American Newspapers

by James O'Shea ...

In 2000, after the Tribune Company acquired Times Mirror Corporation, it comprised the most powerful collection of newspapers in the world. How then did Tribune nosedive into bankruptcy and public scandal? In The Deal From Hell, veteran Tribune and Los Angeles Times editor James O'Shea takes us behind the scenes of the decisions that led to disaster in boardrooms and newsrooms from coast to coast, ... Read more

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In 2000, after the Tribune Company acquired Times Mirror Corporation, it comprised the most powerful collection of newspapers in the world. How then did Tribune nosedive into bankruptcy and public scandal? In The Deal From Hell, veteran Tribune and Los Angeles Times editor James O'Shea takes us behind the scenes of the decisions that led to disaster in boardrooms and newsrooms from coast to coast,
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Under the White Gaze

Solving the Problem of Race and Representation in Canadian Journalism

by Christopher Cheung ...

Canada’s multiculturalism stops where most newsrooms begin. Despite recent efforts to increase diversity in the news, people of colour are often presented as clichés – from freeloading immigrants to keepers of exotic cultures – rather than individuals with complex stories.Instead of treating diversity like a missing ingredient – simply add one racialized reporter and the problem is solved – ... Read more

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Canada’s multiculturalism stops where most newsrooms begin. Despite recent efforts to increase diversity in the news, people of colour are often presented as clichés – from freeloading immigrants to keepers of exotic cultures – rather than individuals with complex stories.Instead of treating diversity like a missing ingredient – simply add one racialized reporter and the problem is solved –
... Read more
Gareth Jones - Eyewitness to the Holodomor

by Professor Ray Gamache ...

Gareth Jones (1905-1934), the young Welsh investigative journalist, is revered in Ukraine as a national hero and is now rightly recognised as the first reporter to reveal the horror of the Holodomor, the Soviet Government-induced famine of the early 1930s, which killed millions of Ukrainians. Gareth Jones - Eyewitness to the Holodomor is a meticulous study of the efforts made by the the ... Read more

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Gareth Jones (1905-1934), the young Welsh investigative journalist, is revered in Ukraine as a national hero and is now rightly recognised as the first reporter to reveal the horror of the Holodomor, the Soviet Government-induced famine of the early 1930s, which killed millions of Ukrainians. Gareth Jones - Eyewitness to the Holodomor is a meticulous study of the efforts made by the the
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Not Exactly Lying

Fake News and Fake Journalism in American History

by Andie Tucher ...

Winner, 2023 Columbia University Press Distinguished Book AwardWinner, 2023 Frank Luther Mott / Kappa Tau Alpha Research AwardWinner, 2023 Journalism Studies Division Book Award, International Communication AssociationWinner, 2023 History Book Award, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass CommunicationLong before the current preoccupation with “fake news,” American newspapers routi... ... Read more

$36.79 CAD

Winner, 2023 Columbia University Press Distinguished Book AwardWinner, 2023 Frank Luther Mott / Kappa Tau Alpha Research AwardWinner, 2023 Journalism Studies Division Book Award, International Communication AssociationWinner, 2023 History Book Award, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass CommunicationLong before the current preoccupation with “fake news,” American newspapers routi...
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Mr Jones - The Man Who Knew Too Much: The Life and Death of Gareth Jones

The Life and Death of Gareth Jones

by Martin Shipton ...

Murdered in Mongolia in 1935 aged only 29, the Welsh investigative journalist Gareth Jones is a national hero in Ukraine for being the first reporter to reveal the truth about the Holodomor – the 1932-33 genocide inflicted on Ukraine by the Soviet Union during which over four million people perished. A graduate of Aberystwyth and Cambridge universities, Jones – fluent in Welsh, English, Russian, ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

Murdered in Mongolia in 1935 aged only 29, the Welsh investigative journalist Gareth Jones is a national hero in Ukraine for being the first reporter to reveal the truth about the Holodomor – the 1932-33 genocide inflicted on Ukraine by the Soviet Union during which over four million people perished. A graduate of Aberystwyth and Cambridge universities, Jones – fluent in Welsh, English, Russian,
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Avoiding the News

Reluctant Audiences for Journalism

by Benjamin Toff, Ruth Palmer, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen ...

Series series Reuters Institute Global Journalism Series
Winner, 2025 Hazel Gaudet-Erskine Best Book Award, International Journal of Press/PoliticsWinner, 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleA small but growing number of people in many countries consistently avoid the news. They feel they do not have time for it, believe it is not worth the effort, find it irrelevant or emotionally draining, or do not trust the media, among other reasons. Why and how ... Read more

$35.19 CAD

Winner, 2025 Hazel Gaudet-Erskine Best Book Award, International Journal of Press/PoliticsWinner, 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleA small but growing number of people in many countries consistently avoid the news. They feel they do not have time for it, believe it is not worth the effort, find it irrelevant or emotionally draining, or do not trust the media, among other reasons. Why and how
... Read more
Montreal Standard Time: The Early Journalism of Mavis Gallant

Edited by Neil Besner, Marta Dvorák, Bill Richardson ...

Montreal Standard Time is drawn from Mavis Gallant’s columns in The Montreal Standard during her six-year tenure at the newspaper, beginning in 1944, when she was 22. Gallant reported on an extraordinary range of subjects: labour issues, mining, existentialism, immigration, comedy, mercy killings, feminism, and suffrage. Her journalism is peopled by a rich cast of characters: writers, painters, ... Read more

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Montreal Standard Time is drawn from Mavis Gallant’s columns in The Montreal Standard during her six-year tenure at the newspaper, beginning in 1944, when she was 22. Gallant reported on an extraordinary range of subjects: labour issues, mining, existentialism, immigration, comedy, mercy killings, feminism, and suffrage. Her journalism is peopled by a rich cast of characters: writers, painters,
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Introduction to Book History

by David Finkelstein, Alistair McCleery ...

This second edition of An Introduction to Book History provides a comprehensive critical introduction to the development of the book and print culture. Each fully revised and updated chapter contains new material and covers recent developments in the field, including:The Postcolonial BookCensorship by states and religionsSocial History, and the recognition of underrepresentation of its value to ... Read more

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This second edition of An Introduction to Book History provides a comprehensive critical introduction to the development of the book and print culture. Each fully revised and updated chapter contains new material and covers recent developments in the field, including:The Postcolonial BookCensorship by states and religionsSocial History, and the recognition of underrepresentation of its value to
... Read more
The Year's Best Sports Writing 2023

Edited by Richard Deitsch ...

A must-read collection featuring the best in sports journalism Richard Deitsch, a media reporter at The Athletic and a former Sports Illustrated writer, has curated an essential anthology showcasing incredible feats and diverse perspectives across the world of sports. Selected from a wide range of newspapers, magazines, and digital publications during the previous year, these stories capture ... Read more

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A must-read collection featuring the best in sports journalism Richard Deitsch, a media reporter at The Athletic and a former Sports Illustrated writer, has curated an essential anthology showcasing incredible feats and diverse perspectives across the world of sports. Selected from a wide range of newspapers, magazines, and digital publications during the previous year, these stories capture
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Il fatto personale

by Antonio Padellaro ...

Il fondatore de Il Fatto Quotidiano racconta per la prima volta la sua vita di giornalista. Dalle prime esperienze alla fondazione del Fatto e ai suoi cinque anni di direzione. ... Read more

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Il fondatore de Il Fatto Quotidiano racconta per la prima volta la sua vita di giornalista. Dalle prime esperienze alla fondazione del Fatto e ai suoi cinque anni di direzione.
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Tell Everyone

Why We Share and Why It Matters

by Alfred Hermida ...

Social media is fuelling our human urge to share, affecting the information we depend on to make smart decisions, from choosing politicians to doing business to raising money for charity. Tell Everyone delves into contemporary culture to reveal how social media has become the planet's nervous system—amplifying the power of individuals, informing our choices and shaping how we learn about our world ... Read more

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Social media is fuelling our human urge to share, affecting the information we depend on to make smart decisions, from choosing politicians to doing business to raising money for charity. Tell Everyone delves into contemporary culture to reveal how social media has become the planet's nervous system—amplifying the power of individuals, informing our choices and shaping how we learn about our world
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The Murder Business

How the Media Turns Crime Into Entertainment and Subverts Justice

by Mark Fuhrman ...

Crime stories fascinate the public. But between factual news stories, overblown “human interest” reports, and salacious murder mystery exposes, it’s difficult to tell where news ends and entertainment begins. Mark Fuhrman, best-selling author of Murder in Brentwood, explores this fine line, revealing new and shocking details on such high-profile cases as Jon Benet Ramsey, Martha Moxley and Chandra ... Read more

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Crime stories fascinate the public. But between factual news stories, overblown “human interest” reports, and salacious murder mystery exposes, it’s difficult to tell where news ends and entertainment begins. Mark Fuhrman, best-selling author of Murder in Brentwood, explores this fine line, revealing new and shocking details on such high-profile cases as Jon Benet Ramsey, Martha Moxley and Chandra
... Read more
Work and Other Sins

Life in New York City and Thereabouts

by Charlie LeDuff ...

**From the New York Times bestselling author of Detroit: An American Autopsy"Except for a few drinks, nothing is free in Charlie LeDuff's blunt and touching Work and Other Sins. The laughter and wisdom are hard won, the lessons are often painful... the sad tales and wit from the bar rail are endless and timeless." --The New York Times Book Review**Charlie LeDuff is that rare breed of news reporter ... Read more

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**From the New York Times bestselling author of Detroit: An American Autopsy"Except for a few drinks, nothing is free in Charlie LeDuff's blunt and touching Work and Other Sins. The laughter and wisdom are hard won, the lessons are often painful... the sad tales and wit from the bar rail are endless and timeless." --The New York Times Book Review**Charlie LeDuff is that rare breed of news reporter
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The Fox Effect

How Roger Ailes Turned a Network into a Propaganda Machine

by David Brock, Ari Rabin-Havt, Media Matters for America ...

Here is comprehensive overview of the tumultuous career of former Fox News president Roger Ailes and a must-read for anyone looking to understand his legacy and impact on news media.Based on the meticulous research of the news watchdog organization Media Matters for America, David Brock and Ari Rabin-Havt show how Fox News, under its president Roger Ailes, changed from a right-leaning news network ... Read more

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Here is comprehensive overview of the tumultuous career of former Fox News president Roger Ailes and a must-read for anyone looking to understand his legacy and impact on news media.Based on the meticulous research of the news watchdog organization Media Matters for America, David Brock and Ari Rabin-Havt show how Fox News, under its president Roger Ailes, changed from a right-leaning news network
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