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And Now on Radio 4: A Celebration of the World's Best Radio Station

by Simon Elmes

And Now on Radio 4 offers an enthusiast's guide to the shows that have made Radio 4 what it is, and also explores some of the wonderful corners of the network's history that are long forgotten by all but a few. Who, for instance, now recalls Ronnie Barker's starring role on Radio 4 in a sophisticated cabaret-cum-sketch-show called Lines from My Grandfather's Forehead? What about Spike Milligan's intimate, soul-bearing account of his upbringing in colonial India, Plain Tales from the Raj? And who now remembers that Start the Week was once hosted by Russell Harty, a bit of programming compared by one insider to letting Graham Norton run Newsnight.In order to reflect the way devotees listen to Radio 4, the book is organised not on simple chronological lines but in the form of a typical day. Chapter by chapter, the day evolves, from Farming Today, through the daily feast that is Today, through the morning menu of conversation, Woman's Hour, documentary and comedy. Lunchtime brings The World at One. The early evening, of course, yields The Archers. And finally there's Book at Bedtime and Sailing By.An addictive mix of history, biography, anecdote and occasional useless fact, this is the perfect book for Radio 4 aficionados.

And So It Goes

by Linda Ellerbee

An inside look into the world of broadcast journalism. Ellerbee's 80s program NBC News Overnight was a unique vehicle for intelligent reporting and videography.

And Still Peace Did Not Come: A Memoir of Reconciliation

by Agnes Kamara-Umunna

When bullets hit Agnes Kamara-Umunna's home in Monrovia, Liberia, she and her father hastily piled whatever they could carry into their car and drove toward the border, along with thousands of others. An army of children was approaching, under the leadership of Charles Taylor. It seemed like the end of the world. Slowly, they made their way to the safety of Sierra Leone. They were the lucky ones.After years of exile, with the fighting seemingly over, Agnes returned to Liberia--a country now devastated by years of civil war. Families have been torn apart, villages destroyed, and it seems as though no one has been spared. Reeling, and unsure of what to do in this place so different from the home of her memories, Agnes accepted a job at the local UN-run radio station. Their mission is peace and their method is reconciliation through understanding and communication. Soon, she came up with a daring plan: Find the former child soldiers, and record their stories. And so Agnes, then a 43-year-old single mother of four, headed out to the ghettos of Monrovia and befriended them, drinking Club Beer and smoking Dunhill cigarettes with them, earning their trust. One by one, they spoke on her program, Straight from the Heart, and slowly, it seemed like reconciliation and forgiveness might be possible.From Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa's first female president, to Butt Naked, a warlord whose horrific story is as unforgettable as his nickname--everyone has a story to tell. Victims and perpetrators. Boys and girls, mothers and fathers. Agnes comforts rape survivors, elicits testimonials from warlords, and is targeted with death threats--all live on the air.Set in a place where monkeys, not raccoons, are the scourge of homeowners; the trees have roots like elephant legs; and peacebuilding is happening from the ground-up. Harrowing, bleak, hopeful, humorous, and deeply moving--And Still Peace Did Not Come is not only Agnes's memoir: It is also her testimony to a nation's descent into the horrors of civil war, and its subsequent rise out of the ashes.

And Thank You For Watching: A Memoir

by Mark Austin

For more than 30 years, Mark Austin has covered the biggest stories in the world for ITN and Sky News. As a foreign correspondent and anchorman he has witnessed first-hand some of the most significant events of our times, including the Iraq War, during which his friend and colleague Terry Lloyd was killed by American "friendly fire," the historic transition in South Africa from the brutality of apartheid to democracy, the horrors of the Rwandan genocide, and natural disasters such as the Haiti earthquake and the Mozambique floods. The stories themselves will be familiar to many people, but less well known are the often extraordinary behind the scenes tales of a newsman's life on the road; the problems encountered in some of the most dangerous places on earth; the days when things go badly wrong; the moments of high drama and raw emotion and, quite often, the hilarious happenings the viewer never imagines and only seldom sees. Based on decades of experience on the frontlines, this candid and revealing memoir gives a startling insight into one man's extraordinary career and lifts the lid on the world of television news.

And the Good News Is...: Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side

by Dana Perino

#1 New York Times Bestseller#1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller From her years as the presidential press secretary to her debates with colleagues on Fox News' The Five, Dana Perino reveals the lessons she's learned that have guided her through life, kept her level-headed, and led to her success, even in the face of adversity. Thoughtful, inspiring, and often surprising, AND THE GOOD NEWS IS . . . traces Dana Perino's unlikely journey through politics and television. It's a remarkable American story-made up of equal parts determination and clear-eyed optimism. From facing professional challenges and confronting personal fears to stepping up to a podium for a President, Dana has come to expect the unexpected and has an uncanny ability to find the good news in any tough situation. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS . . . takes us from her Western childhood in Wyoming and Colorado to a chance meeting on an airplane that changes her life entirely. Then, with refreshing honesty and humor, she recounts her frustration with a string of unsatisfying jobs and living circumstances until a key career tip leads her back to Washington, D.C. to work for the Bush Administration. Dana also shares here her best work and life lessons-tips that will help you to get your point across convincingly while allowing your own grace and personality to shine through. As someone who still believes in working together to solve the problems our nation faces, Dana offers clear, practical advice on how to restore civility to our personal and public conversations. The result is a fascinating read that can help anyone become more successful, productive, and joyously content.

And the Good News Is... Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side

by Dana Perino

#1 New York Times Bestseller<P> #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller<P> From her years as the presidential press secretary to her debates with colleagues on Fox News' The Five, Dana Perino reveals the lessons she's learned that have guided her through life, kept her level-headed, and led to her success, even in the face of adversity. <P> Thoughtful, inspiring, and often surprising, AND THE GOOD NEWS IS . . . traces Dana Perino's unlikely journey through politics and television. It's a remarkable American story-made up of equal parts determination and clear-eyed optimism. <P> From facing professional challenges and confronting personal fears to stepping up to a podium for a President, Dana has come to expect the unexpected and has an uncanny ability to find the good news in any tough situation. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS . . . takes us from her Western childhood in Wyoming and Colorado to a chance meeting on an airplane that changes her life entirely. Then, with refreshing honesty and humor, she recounts her frustration with a string of unsatisfying jobs and living circumstances until a key career tip leads her back to Washington, D.C. to work for the Bush Administration.<P> Dana also shares here her best work and life lessons-tips that will help you to get your point across convincingly while allowing your own grace and personality to shine through. As someone who still believes in working together to solve the problems our nation faces, Dana offers clear, practical advice on how to restore civility to our personal and public conversations. The result is a fascinating read that can help anyone become more successful, productive, and joyously content.

And Their Children After Them: The Legacy of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: James Agee, Walker Evans, and the Rise and Fall of Cotton in the South

by Dale Maharidge

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction in 1990In And Their Children After Them, the writer/photographer team Dale Maharidge and Michael Williamson return to the land and families captured in James Agee and Walker Evans&’s inimitable Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, extending the project of conscience and chronicling the traumatic decline of King Cotton. With this continuation of Agee and Evans&’s project, Maharidge and Williamson not only uncover some surprising historical secrets relating to the families and to Agee himself, but also effectively lay to rest Agee&’s fear that his work, from lack of reverence or resilience, would be but another offense to the humanity of its subjects. Williamson&’s ninety-part photo essay includes updates alongside Evans&’s classic originals. Maharidge and Williamson&’s work in And Their Children After Them was honored with the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction when it was first published in 1990.

And Then? And Then? What Else?: A Writer's Life

by Daniel Handler Lemony Snicket

You never love a book the way you love a book when you are ten. Writing as Lemony Snicket, Daniel Handler has led several generations of young readers into that special and curious space of being hopelessly lost, and joyfully finding yourself, in the essential strangeness of literature. The wondrous and perilous journey of the Baudelaire orphans sprung from the author’s own path, from his childhood discovery of Baudelaire’s poetry through the countless peculiarities of his pursuit of a literary life—abject failure and startling success, breakthrough and breakdown, concordance and controversy—lit along the way by the books and culture he loved best. At once a personal memoir and a literary exploration, a how-to book and a critical inquiry, a sequence of stories and a series of events, And Then? And Then? What Else? is a book not just for anyone curious about the creator of Lemony Snicket, but for anyone who loved books when they were a child, and still loves them now.

And You Know You Should Be Glad: A True Story of Lifelong Friendship

by Bob Greene

A highly personal and moving true story of friend-ship and remembrance from the New York Times bestselling author of Duty and Be True to Your SchoolGrowing up in Bexley, Ohio, population 13,000, Bob Greene and his four best friends -- Allen, Chuck, Dan, and Jack -- were inseparable. Of the four, Jack was Bob's very best friend, a bond forged from the moment they met on the first day of kindergarten. They grew up together, got into trouble together, learned about life together -- and were ultimately separated by time and distance, as all adults are. But through the years Bob and Jack stayed close, holding on to the friendship that had formed years before.Then the fateful call came: Jack was dying. And in this hour of need, as the closest of friends will do, Bob, Allen, Chuck, and Dan put aside the demands of their own lives, came together, and saw Jack through to the end of his journey.Tremendously moving, funny, heart-stirring, and honest, And You Know You Should Be Glad is an uplifting exploration of the power of friendship to uphold us, sustain us, and ultimately set us free.

Android Smartphones For Dummies

by Jerome DiMarzio

Become smartphone savvy with Dummies Android Smartphones For Dummies is the all-new guide to Android phones with the familiar Dummies charm everyone loves. This book will give Android rookies a crash-course in how to use these popular phones. You&’ll go beyond the basics of texting and taking photos—we&’ll walk you through all the pro tips and tricks for customizing your phone, optimizing all your settings, using social media (safely), and making the most of apps and widgets. We&’ll even teach you how to make calls, because phones can still do that. Set up and customize your new Android phone Take stunning pictures, video, and even selfies Find the best apps to make your life easier and more fun Keep your data secure and private while you browse the internetNew and inexperienced Android users will love the helpful, step-by-step guidance and friendly advice in Android Smartphones For Dummies.

Andy Warhol, Publisher

by Lucy Mulroney

Although we know him best as a visual artist and filmmaker, Andy Warhol was also a publisher. Distributing his own books and magazines, as well as contributing to those of others, Warhol found publishing to be one of his greatest pleasures, largely because of its cooperative and social nature. Journeying from the 1950s, when Warhol was starting to make his way through the New York advertising world, through the height of his career in the 1960s, to the last years of his life in the 1980s, Andy Warhol, Publisher unearths fresh archival material that reveals Warhol’s publications as complex projects involving a tantalizing cast of collaborators, shifting technologies, and a wide array of fervent readers. Lucy Mulroney shows that whether Warhol was creating children’s books, his infamous “boy book” for gay readers, writing works for established houses like Grove Press and Random House, helping found Interview magazine, or compiling a compendium of photography that he worked on to his death, he readily used the elements of publishing to further and disseminate his art. Warhol not only highlighted the impressive variety in our printed culture but also demonstrated how publishing can cement an artistic legacy.

Angewandte Netzwerktechnik kompakt: Dateiformate, Übertragungsprotokolle und ihre Nutzung in Java-Applikationen (IT kompakt)

by Valentin Plenk

Dieses kompakte Lehrbuch zeigt an konkreten, in Java ausprogrammierten Beispielen, wie Information zwischen Systemen #65533;ber ein Netzwerk ausgetauscht werden kann. Dabei werden #65533;bliche Datenaustauschformate und Datenaustauschprotokolle erkl#65533;rt. Der im Buch behandelte Stoff deckt damit den gesamten Bereich technischer Kommunikation von Datenformaten #65533;ber Protokolle bis hin zum Versenden von Netzwerktelegrammen ab. Durch diese breite Themenauswahl erlangt der Leser ein Verst#65533;ndnis der typischen Probleme in der Anwendung der Netzwerktechnik, von der Repr#65533;sentation der Daten in einem Dateiformat #65533;ber den Austausch der Daten #65533;ber Standardprotokolle bis hin zur Definition einfacher, eigener Protokolle auf der Basis von TCP/IP. Der Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf der Anwendung von Netzwerken.

Angewandte Netzwerktechnik kompakt: Dateiformate, Übertragungsprotokolle und ihre Nutzung in Java-Applikationen (IT kompakt)

by Valentin Plenk

Erfahren Sie mit diesem Buch alles über die angewandte NetzwerktechnikIm privaten Bereich spielt Netzwerktechnik eine eher untergeordnete Rolle. Dabei sorgt sie erst dafür, dass die Kommunikation via Internet funktioniert. Der industrielle Sektor hat die Vorteile des Datenaustauschs mit Hilfe von Netzwerken allmählich erkannt. Doch erst im Rahmen der „Industrie 4.0“ wird laut Valentin Plenk die Datenübertragung in Echtzeit mehr Bedeutung gewinnen. Mit Blick auf diese Entwicklung stellt er in seinem Buch im Sinne der angewandten Netzwerktechnik speziell die höheren Schichten der Netzwerktechnik in den Fokus. Dieses kompakte Lehrbuch zeigt Ihnen anhand von konkreten, in Java ausprogrammierten Beispielen, wie Informationen zwischen Systemen über ein Netzwerk ausgetauscht werden können. Pro Kapitel behandelt dieses Netzwerktechnik-Buch ein bestimmtes Thema. Nach der Einführung in die Grundlagen der Kommunikation geht der Autor zunächst auf Java-Streams, Zeichencodierung sowie die Netzwerkanalyse mit Wireshark ein. Anschließend schenkt Plenk speziell folgenden Datenaustauschformaten sowie Protokollen besonderes Augenmerk:• JSON• HTML• HTTP• OPC UA• TCP/IP• UDP/IPKonkrete Beispiele und Übungen geben Ihnen PraxiseinblickeAuf diese Weise deckt dieses Buch über die angewandte Netzwerktechnik den gesamten Bereich technischer Kommunikation ab, von den Netzwerkprotokollen bis hin zum Versenden von Netzwerktelegrammen. Durch diese breite Themenauswahl bekommen Sie als Leser ein tieferes Verständnis für die typischen Problemstellungen in der Anwendung der Netzwerktechnik. Sie erfahren mehr über die Darstellung von Daten in einem bestimmten Dateiformat und wie Sie Daten mittels Standardprotokollen austauschen können. Zudem lernen Sie, wie Sie eigene, einfache Protokolle auf der Basis von TCP/IP erstellen können. Schwerpunkt des Buches bildet dabei immer die Anwendung von Netzwerken.Mit Hilfe zahlreicher Übungsaufgaben (inklusive Lösungsvorschlägen) sowie Anwendungsbeispielen können Sie Ihren persönlichen Kenntnisstand überprüfen und das Gelernte vertiefen. So sind Sie ideal auf die Praxis vorbereitet. Die zweite Auflage des Buchs „Angewandte Netzwerktechnik kompakt“ wurde um den Themenbereich Webservices ergänzt. Im Abschnitt zu UDP/IP finden Sie jetzt außerdem hilfreiche Codebeispiele für Broadcast und Multicast.

Angewandte Netzwerktechnik kompakt: Dateiformate, Übertragungsprotokolle und ihre Nutzung in Java-Applikationen (IT kompakt)

by Valentin Plenk

Erfahren Sie mit diesem Buch alles über die angewandte NetzwerktechnikIm privaten Bereich spielt Netzwerktechnik eine eher untergeordnete Rolle. Dabei sorgt sie erst dafür, dass die Kommunikation via Internet funktioniert. Der industrielle Sektor hat die Vorteile des Datenaustauschs mit Hilfe von Netzwerken allmählich erkannt. Doch erst im Rahmen der „Industrie 4.0“ wird laut Valentin Plenk die Datenübertragung in Echtzeit mehr Bedeutung gewinnen. Mit Blick auf diese Entwicklung stellt er in seinem Buch im Sinne der angewandten Netzwerktechnik speziell die höheren Schichten der Netzwerktechnik in den Fokus. Dieses kompakte Lehrbuch zeigt Ihnen anhand von konkreten, in Java ausprogrammierten Beispielen, wie Informationen zwischen Systemen über ein Netzwerk ausgetauscht werden können. Pro Kapitel behandelt dieses Netzwerktechnik-Buch ein bestimmtes Thema. Nach der Einführung in die Grundlagen der Kommunikation geht derAutor zunächst auf Java-Streams, Zeichencodierung sowie die Netzwerkanalyse mit Wireshark ein. Anschließend schenkt Plenk speziell folgenden Datenaustauschformaten sowie Protokollen besonderes Augenmerk:• JSON• HTML• HTTP• OPC UA• TCP/IP• UDP/IPKonkrete Beispiele und Übungen geben Ihnen PraxiseinblickeAuf diese Weise deckt dieses Buch über die angewandte Netzwerktechnik den gesamten Bereich technischer Kommunikation ab, von den Netzwerkprotokollen bis hin zum Versenden von Netzwerktelegrammen. Durch diese breite Themenauswahl bekommen Sie als Leser ein tieferes Verständnis für die typischen Problemstellungen in der Anwendung der Netzwerktechnik. Sie erfahren mehr über die Darstellung von Daten in einem bestimmten Dateiformat und wie Sie Daten mittels Standardprotokollen austauschen können. Zudem lernen Sie, wie Sie eigene, einfache Protokolle auf der Basis von TCP/IP erstellen können. Schwerpunkt des Buches bildet dabei immer die Anwendung von Netzwerken.Mit Hilfe zahlreicher Übungsaufgaben (inklusive Lösungsvorschlägen) sowie Anwendungsbeispielen können Sie Ihren persönlichen Kenntnisstand überprüfen und das Gelernte vertiefen. So sind Sie ideal auf die Praxis vorbereitet. Die zweite Auflage des Buchs „Angewandte Netzwerktechnik kompakt“ wurde um den Themenbereich Webservices ergänzt. Im Abschnitt zu UDP/IP finden Sie jetzt außerdem hilfreiche Codebeispiele für Broadcast und Multicast.

The Anglo-Norman Historical Canon: Publishing and Manuscript Culture (Elements in Publishing and Book Culture)

by Jaakko Tahkokallio

This Element is a contribution to the ongoing debate on what it meant to publish a book in manuscript. It offers case-studies of three twelfth-century Anglo-Norman historians: William of Malmesbury, Henry of Huntingdon, and Geoffrey of Monmouth. It argues that the contemporary success and rapid attainment of canonical authority for their histories was in significant measure the result of successfully conducted publishing activities. These activities are analysed using the concept of a 'publishing circle'. This concept, it is suggested, may have wider utility in the study of authorial publishing in a manuscript culture. This Element is also available as Open Access.

Anglophone Students Abroad: Identity, Social Relationships, and Language Learning

by Rosamond Mitchell Kevin McManus Nicole Tracy-Ventura

Anglophone students abroad: Identity, social relationships and language learning presents the findings of a major study of British students of French and Spanish undertaking residence abroad. The new dataset presented here provides both quantitative and qualitative information on language learning, social networking and integration and identity development during residence abroad. The book tracks in detail the language development of participants and relates this systematically to individual participants’ social and linguistic experiences and evolving relationship. It shows that language learning is increasingly dependent on students’ own agency and skill and the negotiation of identity in multilingual and lingua franca environments.

Angry Optimist: The Life and Times of Jon Stewart

by Lisa Rogak

A New York Times Bestseller Since his arrival at The Daily Show in 1999, Jon Stewart has become one of the major players in comedy as well as one of the most significant liberal voices in the media. In Angry Optimist, biographer Lisa Rogak charts his unlikely rise to stardom. She follows him from his early days growing up in New Jersey, through his years as a struggling standup comic in New York, and on to the short-lived but acclaimed The Jon Stewart Show. And she charts his humbling string of near-misses—passed over as a replacement for shows hosted by Conan O'Brien, Tom Snyder, and even the fictional Larry Sanders—before landing on a half-hour comedy show that at the time was still finding its footing amidst roiling internal drama.Once there, Stewart transformed The Daily Show into one of the most influential news programs on television today. Drawing on interviews with current and former colleagues, Rogak reveals how things work—and sometimes don't work—behind the scenes at The Daily Show, led by Jon Stewart, a comedian who has come to wield incredible power in American politics.

Animal Suffering and Public Relations: The Ethics of Persuasion in the Animal-Industrial Complex (Routledge New Directions in PR & Communication Research)

by Núria Almiron

Animal Suffering and Public Relations conducts an ethical assessment of public relations, mainly persuasive communication and lobbying, as deployed by some of the main businesses involved in the animal industrial complex – the industries participating in the systematic and institutionalized exploitation of animals. Society has been experiencing a growing ethical concern regarding humans’ (ab)use of other animals. This is a trend first promoted by the development of animal ethics – which claims any sentient being, because of sentience, deserves moral consideration – and more recently by other approaches from the social sciences, including critical animal studies. In this volume, we aim to start an entirely unaddressed discussion within the field of public relations: the need to problematize the ethics of persuasion when nonhuman animal suffering is involved, particularly the impact of persuasion and lobbying on compassion towards other animals in the cases of food, experimentation, entertainment and environment management. The books provides an interdisciplinary, theoretical discussion illustrated with international case studies from experts in strategic communication, public relations, lobbying and advocacy, animal ethics, philosophy of law, political philosophy and social psychology. This unique book merges the fields of critical public relations, animal ethics and critical animal studies and will be of direct appeal to a wide range of researchers, academics and doctoral students across related fields.

Animal Suffering and Public Relations: The Ethics of Persuasion in the Animal-Industrial Complex (Routledge New Directions in PR & Communication Research)

by Núria Almiron

Animal Suffering and Public Relations conducts an ethical assessment of public relations, mainly persuasive communication and lobbying, as deployed by some of the main businesses involved in the animal-industrial complex—the industries participating in the systematic and institutionalised exploitation of animals.Society has been experiencing a growing ethical concern regarding humans’ (ab)use of other animals. This is a trend first promoted by the development of animal ethics—which claims any sentient being, because of sentience, deserves moral consideration—and more recently by other approaches from the social sciences, including critical animal studies. In this volume, we aim to start an entirely unaddressed discussion within the field of public relations: The need to problematise the ethics of persuasion when nonhuman animal suffering is involved, particularly the impact of persuasion and lobbying on compassion towards other animals in the cases of food, experimentation, entertainment, and environmental management. This book provides an interdisciplinary, theoretical discussion illustrated with international case studies from experts in strategic communication, public relations, lobbying and advocacy, animal ethics, philosophy of law, political philosophy, and social psychology.This unique book merges the fields of critical public relations, animal ethics, and critical animal studies and will be of direct appeal to a wide range of researchers, academics, and doctoral students across related fields.

Anita Brenner: A Mind of Her Own

by Susannah Joel Glusker

Journalist, historian, anthropologist, art critic, and creative writer, Anita Brenner was one of Mexico's most discerning interpreters. In this book, her daughter, Susannah Glusker, traces Brenner's intellectual growth and achievements from the 1920s through the 1940s. This intellectual biography brings to light a complex, fascinating woman who bridged many worlds--the United States and Mexico, art and politics, professional work and family life. Journalist, historian, anthropologist, art critic, and creative writer, Anita Brenner was one of Mexico's most discerning interpreters. Born to a Jewish immigrant family in Mexico a few years before the Revolution of 1910, she matured into an independent liberal who defended Mexico, workers, and all those who were treated unfairly, whatever their origin or nationality. In this book, her daughter, Susannah Glusker, traces Brenner's intellectual growth and achievements from the 1920s through the 1940s. Drawing on Brenner's unpublished journals and autobiographical novel, as well as on her published writing, Glusker describes the origin and impact of Brenner's three major books, Idols Behind Altars, Your Mexican Holiday, and The Wind That Swept Mexico. Along the way, Glusker traces Brenner's support of many liberal causes, including her championship of Mexico as a haven for Jewish immigrants in the early 1920s. This intellectual biography brings to light a complex, fascinating woman who bridged many worlds--the United States and Mexico, art and politics, professional work and family life.

Anna: The Biography

by Amy Odell

Bloomberg&’s 10 Most Compelling Books to Put on Your Reading List This Spring This definitive biography of Anna Wintour follows the steep climb of an ambitious young woman who would—with singular and legendary focus—become one of the most powerful people in media.As a child, Anna Wintour was a tomboy with no apparent interest in clothing but, seduced by the miniskirts and bob haircuts of swinging 1960s London, she grew into a fashion-obsessed teenager. Her father, an influential newspaper editor, loomed large in her life, and once he decided she should become editor-in-chief of Vogue, she never looked back. Impatient to start her career, she left high school and got a job at a trendy boutique in London—an experience that would be the first of many defeats. Undeterred, she found work in the competitive world of magazines, eventually embarking on a journey to New York and a battle to ascend, no matter who or what stood in her way. Once she was crowned editor-in-chief of Vogue—in one of the stormiest transitions in fashion magazine history—she continued the fight to retain her enviable position, ultimately rising to dominate all of Condé Nast. Based on extensive interviews with Anna Wintour&’s closest friends and collaborators, including some of the biggest names in fashion, journalist Amy Odell has crafted the most revealing portrait of Wintour ever published. Weaving Anna&’s personal story into a larger narrative about the hierarchical dynamics of the fashion industry and the complex world of Condé Nast, Anna charts the relentless ambition of the woman who would become an icon.

Annotation (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)

by Remi H. Kalir Antero Garcia

An introduction to annotation as a genre--a synthesis of reading, thinking, writing, and communication--and its significance in scholarship and everyday life.Annotation--the addition of a note to a text--is an everyday and social activity that provides information, shares commentary, sparks conversation, expresses power, and aids learning. It helps mediate the relationship between reading and writing. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers an introduction to annotation and its literary, scholarly, civic, and everyday significance across historical and contemporary contexts. It approaches annotation as a genre--a synthesis of reading, thinking, writing, and communication--and offer examples of annotation that range from medieval rubrication and early book culture to data labeling and online reviews.

Announcer (Earning $50,000 - $100,000 with a High S)

by Christie Marlowe

For many high school graduates, college is a way to get ahead, but going to college is not the only way for young adults to succeed. Many people choose to enter the workforce after high school to start earning money and gaining experience right away. These motivated young workers can have rewarding jobs without ever having to earn a 4-year college degree. If you're interested in radio or television and don't know that you want to--or can--go to college, a career as an announcer might be right for you. Young people need only a high school diploma or equivalent to start working as an announcer--and they can eventually earn more than $50,000 a year. In Announcers, you'll learn how to start a career in this field and what you need to succeed. Find out about the prospects for announcers in the future, how much announcers can make each year, and whether your path to success includes a career as an announcer.

Announcing: Broadcast Communicating Today (Wadsworth Series In Broadcast And Production)

by Carl Hausman Philip Benoit Frank Messere Lewis B. O'Donnell

This text presents an introduction to the mechanics, tools, and techniques of television and radio announcing. The text's clear and concise writing style and practical approach have been its consistent strengths and selling points.

Announcing for Broadcasting and the Internet: The Modern Guide to Performing in the Electronic Media

by Carl Hausman Philip G. Benoit Fritz Messere

Announcing for Broadcasting and the Internet is the standard text for traditional broadcasters and emerging pioneers. While many still pursue careers in traditional fields such as television and radio news announcing, broadcast performance has expanded to Internet radio, podcasting, home voice-over production, and performance on YouTube and other Internet video venues. This text is an update of the classic text Announcing. The practical guide to mastering the techniques and mechanics of broadcast announcing remains, updated to give readers the ability to produce their own portfolio of performance products and get started in the career they want. It covers audio and video editing programs, new streaming media, and how to develop a powerful, consistent, and noteworthy speaking voice.

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