Claridge, Laura P.

Summary: "Left off her company's fifth anniversary tribute but described by Thomas Mann as "the soul of the firm," Blanche Knopf began her career when she founded Alfred A. Knopf with her husband in 1915. With her finger on the pulse of a rapidly changing culture, Blanche quickly became a driving force behind the firm. A conduit to the literature of Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance, Blanche...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KNOPF, BLANCHE CLA

Stapinski, Helene

Summary: "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"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 STA

Kephart, Beth

Summary: "A picture book biography of legendary children's book editor, Ursula Nordstrom"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Anne Schwartz Books 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 NOR

Gottlieb, Robert

Summary: "The editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster writes with wit and candor about becoming the editor of The New Yorker, and the challenges and satisfactions of running America's preeminent magazine,"--NoveList.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GOTTLIEB, ROBERT GOT

Summary: In the 1930s, William Randolph Hearst's media empire included 28 newspapers, a movie studio, a syndicated wire service, radio stations and 13 magazines. Nearly one in four American families read a Hearst publication. His newspapers were so influential that Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Winston Churchill all wrote for him. The first practitioner of what is now known as 'synergy,' Hearst...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CIT

Verdelle, A. J.

Summary: "The award-winning author of The Good Negress shares invaluable insights on the precarious journey toward creativity that is the writer's life, and tells the compelling story of her relationship with Toni Morrison, painting an illuminating portrait of this towering yet enigmatic cultural icon. With the publication of her debut novel The Good Negress in 1995, A. J. Verdelle became an overnight...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VERDELLE, A.J. VER

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B VERDELLE VER

Wenner, Jann

Summary: "Rolling Stone founder, editor, and publisher Jann Wenner offers a memoir from the heart of the rock and roll generation: from the triumphs of the Beatles and the Stones to Bono and the Boss, from Burning Man to the White House. Jann Wenner has been called by his peers "the greatest editor of his generation." His deeply personal memoir brings you inside the music, the politics, and the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: 921 WEN

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WENNER, JANN S. WEN

Nasaw, David.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HEARST, WILLIAM RANDOLPH NAS

Chapman, Sally Putnam.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 1997

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 CHA

Pope, Paul David

Summary: "Intense rivalry and Borgia-like cunning made the Pope family one of America's wealthiest and most influential--now a descendent of the two Pope patriarchs chronicles a family that embodied the American century..."--Dust jacket flap.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield Pub 2010

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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 364 Pop

Graham, Laurie

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1990

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 GRAHA

Mays, Andrea E.

Summary: "Today it is the most valuable book in the world. Recently one sold for over five million dollars. It is the book that rescued the name of William Shakespeare and half of his plays from oblivion. The Millionaire and the Bard tells the miraculous and romantic story of the making of the First Folio, and of the American industrialist whose thrilling pursuit of the book became a lifelong...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FOLGER, HENRY MAY

Summary: Lists publishers, magazines, and other markets that publish fictional works, and offers articles on how to develop one's writing skills and improve the odds of getting published.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Writer's Digest Books 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 NOV

Summary: The practical handbook for aspiring poets contains more than 1,200 up-to-date entries including many new ones along with submission information, editorial requirements, interviews with successful writers, phone and fax numbers, e-mail addresses and guidance on how much to charge.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Writer's Digest Books 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 POE

Anderson, Kirsten (Kirsten Stephanie)

Summary: "Enter a world of shrunken heads, mystic holy men, shriveled aliens, and bizarre relics in the delightfully odd tale of Robert Ripley. Born in California, Ripley began his career as a sports cartoonist. He went on to chronicle global records and oddities in his weekly column, Believe It Or Not! After publishing mogul William Randolph Hearst took an interest in the column, it became a syndicated...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2015

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET RIPLEY

Makos, Adam

Summary: Adapted for young adults from the New York Times best-seller, this gripping true account of a WWII American tank gunner, who met his destiny in an armor duel and forged an enduring bond with his enemy, brings to life the perils of war.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SMO

Contents: Volume 1. Publishers ; Editorial services & agents ; Associations, events, courses & awards ; Books & magazines for the trade ; Indexes -- Volume 2. Advertising, marketing & publicity ; Book manufacturing ; Sales & distribution ; Services & suppliers ; Indexes.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Information Today, Inc. 2019

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2 available in Reference, Call number: R 070.5 LMP VOL 1
Call number: R 070.5 LMP VOL 2

Herman, Jeff

Summary: Jeff Herman’s Guide is the writer’s best friend. It reveals the names, interests, and contact information of hundreds of agents and editors. It presents invaluable information about 245 publishers and imprints, lists independent book editors who can help you make your work more publisher-friendly, and helps you spot scams. Jeff Herman’s Guide unseals the truth about how to outsmart the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: New World Library 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070.5 HER
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Summary: The story of a man who was an American newspaper editor and publisher who helped establish the pattern of the modern newspaper. In his time he was one of the most powerful journalists in the United States.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JOS

Thompson, Neal.

Summary: Recounts the life of the enigmatic cartoonist-turned-eccentric-millionaire whose wealth and fame were built from his extensive collection of exotic curiosities and offers insight into his final years spent on a private island.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Archetype 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RIPLEY, ROBERT L THO

Morgan, Ann (Ann Beatrice)

Summary: "A beguiling exploration of the joys of reading across boundaries, inspired by the author's year-long journey through a book from every country. Following an impulse to read more internationally, journalist Ann Morgan undertook first to define "the world" and then to find a story from each of 196 nations. Tireless in her quest and assisted by generous, far-flung strangers, Morgan discovered not...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810 MOR