Journalism

Colloquial Croatian provides a step-by-step course in Croatian as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently...

How does drawing shape the truth and our understanding of the visual world? Why has the act of reportage drawing persisted and thrived in our ever-changing media landscape? This book offers a deep dive into the world of reportage drawing, a world...

Freelancing for Journalists offers an authoritative, practical and engaging guide for current and aspiring journalism freelances, exploring key aspects of the role including pitching a story, networking, branding and navigating freelance laws and rights...

The Pyramid of Lies by international financial journalist Duncan Mavin, is the true story of Lex Greensill, the Australian farmer who became a hi-flying billionaire banker before crashing back down to earth, exposing a tangled network of flawed...

Fundamentals of Arabic Grammar provides an authoritative guide to Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) grammar. It has been organised to promote a thorough understanding of MSA grammar and presents its complexities in a cohesive and user-friendly format, filling...

Powerful and often controversial, news pictures promise to make the world at once immediate and knowable. Yet while many great writers and thinkers have evaluated photographs of atrocity and crisis, few have sought to set these images in a broader...

Jordan's diverse socioeconomic make-up encapsulates, like no other Middle Eastern state, both the array of pressing short-term problems facing the region, and the underlying challenges that Arab states will need to face once the current spate of civil...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637580905Author James O'KeefeFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Post Hill PressPublisher Post Hill PressWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 157mm...

Adapted into the Channel 4 documentary 'Sex: My British Job' by Nick Broomfield. Ming and Beata share neither the same language nor cultural background, yet their stories are remarkably similar. Both are single mothers in their thirties and both came...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593239353Author Bill KovachFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA...

Colloquial Amharic: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Amharic as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a...

Feature Writing for Journalists considers both newspapers and magazines and helps the new or aspiring journalist to become a successful feature writer.Using examples from a wide range of papers, specialist and trade magazines and 'alternative'...

Since its development shaped by the turmoil of the World Wars and suspicion of new technologies such as film and radio, political communication has become a hybrid field largely devoted to connecting the dots among political rhetoric, politicians and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598536676Author Ernest HemingwayFormat HardbackPage Count 864Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of AmericaWeight(grams)...

T'ung and Pollard's Colloquial Chinese course is the ideal introductory course for all dedicated learners of Mandarin Chinese. Written by experienced teachers, the course provides a rigorous introduction to the pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957216570Author Ellie StevensonFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Rosegate PublicationsPublisher Rosegate PublicationsWeight(grams) 95gDimensions(mm)...

Challenging the opinion that public service broadcasting is a thing of the past, David Hendy explains its importance in the present - and in the future. Written by a leading expert in the field, this book explores the development of public service...

A nostalgic romp through modern NBA history as documented by basketball's most iconic and innovative magazine covers.Every magazine cover is the result of a series of intentional decisions. Cover Story shares the behind-the-scenes stories of these...

* Practical, with easy to follow rules, without getting into the technicalities of linguistics. * Includes examples of correct and incorrect ways to report stories, as well as examples of common mistakes, problem words, and real journalism headlines. *...

Power Beyond Scrutiny uncovers the forces which distort and limit public debate in the media. From the misuse of politicians' expenses to recent phone hacking scandals, establishment corruption has never been more in the headlines. Yet amidst the din...

The gripping and definitive in-the-room account of the revolution that has swept the news industry over the last decade and reshaped our world.The last decade has seen the News industry face unprecedented change. The sometimes-century old institutions...

A first-of-its-kind guide for new media times, this book provides practical, step-by-step instructions for writing first-person features, essays, and digital content. Combining journalism techniques with self-exploration and personal storytelling,...

'The blessing of an inherently interpretive medium like comics is that it hasn't allowed me to . . . make a virtue of dispassion. For good or for ill, the comics medium is adamant, and it has forced me to make choices. In my view, that is part of its...

Winner of the Swedish National Language Council's Erik Wellander Prize, 2003Swedish: A Comprehensive Grammar is an award-winning complete reference guide to modern Swedish grammar. Systematic and accessible, the volume is organised to promote a thorough...

Autobiography of a journalist based in Yorkshire, heavy sport bias.Book InformationISBN 9781526209863Author Guy WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Guy WilliamsPublisher Guy Williams

American novelists and poets who came of age in the early twentieth century were taught to avoid journalism "like wet sox and gin before breakfast." It dulled creativity, rewarded sensationalist content, and stole time from "serious" writing. Yet Willa...

The foremost study of punctuation availableCovers all common punctuation problemsMastery of punctuation is a skill vital to allFew people can claim to use punctuation confidentlyNumerous examples of punctuation usageAbout the AuthorEric...

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies remains the most authoritative reference work for students and scholars interested in engaging with the phenomenon of translation in all its modes and in relation to a wide range of theoretical and...

*WINNER of the BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION****AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER***'Astounding on every page. John Vaillant is one of the great poetic chroniclers of the natural world' David Wallace-Wells, author of The Uninhabitable Earth'No book...

'The five authors have drawn on their enormous range of experience in newspaper and broadcast journalism, at national and regional level, as well as their teaching expertise for this book, which will be essential reading for students in journalism, and...

'The five authors have drawn on their enormous range of experience in newspaper and broadcast journalism, at national and regional level, as well as their teaching expertise for this book, which will be essential reading for students in journalism, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501183690Author Tucker CarlsonFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Threshold EditionsPublisher Threshold EditionsWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 212mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorLee Wilkins is Distinguished Curator's Teaching Professor and professor emeritus in the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri.Chad Painter is...

Danish: A Comprehensive Grammar presents a fresh and accessible description of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use in modern Danish. The volume is organized to promote a thorough understanding of Danish grammar. It offers a...

A Frequency Dictionary of Mandarin Chinese is an invaluable tool for all learners of Mandarin Chinese, providing a list of the 5,000 words and the 2,000 Chinese characters (simplified) most commonly used in the language. Based on a fifty-million-word...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642935677Author Laura LoomerFormat HardbackPage Count 408Imprint Bombardier BooksPublisher Bombardier BooksWeight(grams) 776gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 164mm...

At least since the French Revolution, France has the peculair distinction of simultaneously fascinating, charming and exasperating its neighbours and foreign observers. Contemporary France provides an essential introduction for students of French...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Hilarious, nimble, and thoroughly illuminating' Colson Whitehead, author of The Underground Railroad'Recalls the work of John Jeremiah Sullivan and the late David Foster Wallace, with a dash of Janet Malcolm' VogueFrom its...

In 1991 Andrew Solomon faced down tanks in Moscow with a band of Russian artists protesting the August coup. We find him on the quest for a rare bird in Zambia in 1998, and in Greenland in 2001 researching widespread depression among the Inuit. In 2002...

Longtime manuscript editor and Chicago Manual of Style guru Carol Fisher Saller has negotiated many a standoff between a writer and editor refusing to compromise on the "rights" and "wrongs" of prose styling. Saller realized that when these sides squared...