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William McDonald
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Returning for its second year but reimagined in a new impulse format, with a new title, new cover, new mission, and new sensibility, here is The Socialite Who Killed a Nazi with Her Bare Hands, a pithier, quirkier collection of the 164 best page-turning obituaries from The New York Times.Written by top journalists, each story is a gem of a bio, a full life in miniature. There's the famous: Steve Jobs, including the story of how he was reunited with...
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"The obits. Its the first section many of us turn to when we open the paper, not to see who died, but rather to find out about who lived to discover the interesting lives of people whove made a mark.A new annual that collects nearly 300 of the best of The New York Times obituaries from the previous year, The Obits Annual 2012 is a compelling, addictive-as-salted-peanuts whos who of some of the most fascinating people of the twentieth century. Written...
3) Obit
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
It's a shame no one wants to talk to them at parties, because obituary writers are a surprisingly funny bunch. Ten hours before newspapers hit neighborhood doorsteps—and these days, ten minutes before news hits the web—an obit writer is racing against deadline to sum up a long and newsworthy life in under 1000 words. The details of these lives are then deposited into the cultural memory amid the daily beat of war, politics, and football scores....