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What do Dr. Seuss, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, Andrei Sakharov, and James Michener have in common? They were all published by Bob Bernstein during his twenty-five-year run as president of Random House, before he brought the dissidents Liu Binyan, Jacobo Timerman, Natan Sharansky, and Václav Havel to worldwide attention in his role as the father of modern human rights.
Starting as an office boy at Simon & Schuster in 1946, Bernstein moved to...
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English
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"Among the fabled tycoons of the Gilded Age--Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt--is a forgotten figure: Mrs. Frank Leslie. For twenty years she ran the country's largest publishing company, Frank Leslie Publishing, which chronicled postbellum America in dozens of weeklies and monthlies. A pioneer in an all-male industry, she made a fortune and became a national celebrity and tastemaker in the process. But Miriam Leslie was also a byword for scandal:...
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Publisher
Morgan Reynolds
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
112 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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English
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A biography of the influential American journalist and publisher of newspapers and magazines, discussing his career and his involvement in politics.
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Publisher
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xiii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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In the first-ever biography devoted to the figure who molded modern geek culture, pulp scholar Nadis paints a vivid portrait of Ray PalmerNa brilliant, charming, and wildly willful iconoclast who helped ignite the UFO craze, convinced Americans of hidden worlds, and championed the occult.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An exuberant true-life adventure following two very different men - a loveable huckster turned publisher of DC Comics and the man he helped escape from 1930s Berlin - as they cross paths with icons of midcentury pop culture in pursuit of the American dream"--
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HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 448 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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The riveting story of the country's first media dynasty, the Medills of Chicago, whose power and influence shaped the story of American and American journalism for four generations.
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 576 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"Alongside such legends as Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Elton John, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, and Paul McCartney was one man who knew them all - Jann Wenner. From growing up in San Rafael, California, to dropping out of Berkeley and creating Rolling Stone with $7,500 borrowed from friends and family, Wenner's love for rock 'n' roll led him to create one of the great cultural touchstones of an era. From dropping acid with the icons of classic...
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