Norman Mailer said that George Plimpton was the best-loved man in New York. For more than fifty years, his friends made a circle whose circumference was vast and whose center was a fashionable tenement on New York's East Seventy-second street. Taxi drivers, hearing his address, …
A collection of poignant, hilarious, and candid reflections by more than two hundred friends, colleagues, and family members shares memories of the iconic creator of "participatory journalism," following Plimpton's life from his privileged youth to his literary and journalism ca…
The authors present a complete portrait of Assange and WikiLeaks: how it works, the controversy surround it, and his trouble with the law.
The authors present a complete portrait of Assange and WikiLeaks: how it works, the controversy surround it, and his trouble with the law.
The talents he nurtured were known worldwide: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, Ring Lardner, Erskine Caldwell, James Jones, Sherwood Anderson and other great authors. But Maxwell Perkins remained a mystery, a backstage presence who served these authors not on…
A-- The talents he nurtured were known worldwide: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, and numerous others. But Maxwell Perkins remained a mystery, a backstage presence who served these authors not only as editor but also as critic, career manager, moneylender, p…
A biography of Maxwell Perkins, an editor who was deeply involved in the literary careers of Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe, Ring Lardner, Erskine Caldwell, James Jones, Sherwood Anderson and other great authors.
"NBC News" senior writer Dokoupil offers a gripping examination of his longtime marijuana-dealing father, as well as a researched look at the evolution of American narcotics laws. In the early 1970s, Dokoupil's father, also named Tony, dropped out of graduate school to deal mari…
"NBC News"senior writer Dokoupil offers a gripping examination of his longtime marijuana-dealing father, as well as a researched look at the evolution of American narcotics laws. In the early 1970s, Dokoupil's father, also named Tony, dropped out of graduate school to deal marij…