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  Ambrose Bierce Takes on the Railroad

  Ambrose Bierce Takes on the Railroad ab 108.99 € als gebundene Ausgabe: The Journalist as Muckraker and Cynic. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Wissenschaft, Geschichte,

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  Inside the NRA: Armed and Dangerous--An Expose, Hörbuch, Digital, 185min

  The horrific bombing in Oklahoma City, the discovery of huge caches of weapons stockpiled in private residences, and the astounding rise in membership of various armed militias across the United States has forced Americans to re-examine what it means to have the "right to bear arms". And the scrutinizing public eye wasted no time in looking to the NRA for answers, a group whose foundation and lifeblood is founded in the Second Amendment.Now, from famed muckraker Jack Anderson comes an expose on this controversial organization that will forever change the public's perception of the NRA. Language: English. Narrator: Jack Anderson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pnix/000153/bk_pnix_000153_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Ida Tarbell

  Ida Tarbell ab 9.49 € als epub eBook: Portrait of a Muckraker. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Fachthemen & Wissenschaft, Sozialwissenschaften,

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  Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business - and Won! , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 402min

  Born in 1857 and raised in oil country, Ida M. Tarbell was one of the first investigative journalists and probably the most influential in her time. Her series of articles on the Standard Oil Trust, a complicated business empire run by John D. Rockefeller, revealed to readers the underhanded, even illegal practices that had led to Rockefeller's success. Rejecting the term "muckraker" to describe her profession, she went on to achieve remarkable prominence for a woman of her generation as a writer and shaper of public opinion. This biography offers an engrossing portrait of a trailblazer in a man's world who left her mark on the American consciousness. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Emily Arnold McCully. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/030118/bk_adbl_030118_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Squeaky Clean , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 333min

  One of the most important attributes of a prospective candidate for the United States presidency is that of being clean - not to have any dirt in your background, present or past, which an eager muckraker can dig up. Senator William S. Gaullicauder appeared to fit the bill perfectly in this respect. With a beautiful, talented wife, three grown-up children all making their way in the world, and a skilful and devoted campaign team, he seemed to have everything going for him. But then a skeleton came rattling out of an English cupboard, threatening the senator’s squeaky clean reputation. The story had to be suppressed, and fast. But competing interests were involved, and violence and murder would ensue. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Terry Wale. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/isis/001087/bk_isis_001087_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Case of the Murdered Muckraker: The Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries, Book 10 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 484min

  In late 1923, the newly married Daisy Dalrymple and her husband, Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard, come to America for a honeymoon visit. In the midst of a pleasure trip, however, both work in a bit of business - Alec travels to Washington, DC, to consult with the US government, Daisy to New York to meet with her American magazine editor. While in New York, Daisy stays at the famed Hotel Chelsea, which is not only close to the Flatiron Building offices of Abroad magazine, where she'll be meeting with her editor, but home to many of New York's artists and writers. After her late-morning meeting, Daisy agrees to accompany her editor, Mr. Thorwald, to lunch. But as they are leaving the offices, they hear a gunshot and see a man plummeting down an elevator shaft. The man killed was one of her fellow residents at the Hotel Chelsea, Otis Carmody, who was a journalist with no end of enemies - personal and professional - who would delight in his death. Again in the midst of a murder investigation, Daisy's search for the killer takes her to all levels of society - and even on a mad dash across the country - as she attempts to solve a puzzle that would baffle even Philo Vance himself. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lucy Rayner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/008636/bk_blak_008636_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Man Who Spoke Latin , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 51min

  In addition to writing as a reporter uncovering the conditions of public health in the United States, Samuel Hopkins Adams was a prolific fiction writer, who wrote numerous novels and hundreds of short stories. "The Man Who Spoke Latin" features protagonist Average Jones, a detective who finds cases, clues, witnesses - and often solves the crime - through classified ads.  Samuel Hopkins Adams was born in Dunkirk, New York. From 1891 to 1900, he was a reporter for the New York Sun, and later McClure's Magazine, where he gained a reputation as a muckraker for his articles on the conditions of public health in the United States. In addition, Adams was a prolific writer, who wrote numerous, novels, and hundreds of short stories.  Heather Myre, a resident of western Michigan, is a university-trained audio narrator and voice-over actress. She can be heard in a variety of regional radio and television commercials. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Heather Myre. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/live/001105/bk_live_001105_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 462min

  Can man live on fast food alone? Morgan Spurlock tried to do just that. For 30 days, he ate nothing but three "squares" a day from McDonald's as part of an investigation into the effects of fast food on American health. The resulting documentary won him resounding applause and a worldwide release that broke box-office records. Audiences were captivated by Spurlock's experiment, during which he gained 25 pounds, his blood pressure skyrocketed, and his libido all but disappeared. But this story goes far beyond Spurlock's good-humored "Mc-Sickness". He traveled across the country, into schools, hospitals, and people's homes, to investigate school lunch programs, the marketing of fast food, and the declining emphasis on health and physical education. He looks at why fast food is so tasty, cheap, and ultimately seductive, and what Americans can do to turn the rising tide of obesity, hypertension, and diabetes that have accompanied its ever-growing popularity. He interviewed experts in 20 U.S. cities, from surgeons general and kids to lawmakers and marketing gurus who share their research, opinions, and "gut feelings" on our ever-expanding girth and what we can all do to offset a health crisis of supersized proportions. In this groundbreaking, hilarious book, "benevolent muckraker" Morgan Spurlock debuts a wry investigative voice that will appeal to anyone interested in the health of our country, our children, and ourselves. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Morgan Spurlock. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/000409/bk_peng_000409_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean up Sin-Loving New York , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 924min

  When young Theodore Roosevelt was appointed police commissioner of New York City, he had the astounding gall to try to shut down the brothels, gambling joints, and after-hours saloons. This is the story of how TR took on Manhattan vice... and vice won. In the 1890s, New York City was America’s financial, manufacturing, and entertainment capital, and also its preferred destination for sin, teeming with forty thousand prostitutes, glittery casinos, and all-night dives. Police cap­tains took hefty bribes to see nothing while reformers writhed in frustration. In Island of Vice, Richard Zacks paints a vivid portrait of the lewd underbelly of 1890s New York, and of Theodore Roosevelt, the puritanical, cocksure police commissioner resolved to clean it up. Writing with great wit and zest, Zacks explores how young Roosevelt goes head to head with Tammany Hall, takes midnight rambles with muckraker Jacob Riis, and tries to convince two million New Yorkers to enjoy wholesome family fun. When Roosevelt’s crackdown succeeds too well, even his supporters turn on him, and TR discovers that New York loves its sin more than its salvation. With cameos by Stephen Crane, Mark Twain, and a horde of very angry cops, Island of Vice is an unforgettable snap­shot of turn-of-the-century New York in all its seedy glory and a brilliant miniature of one of America’s most colorful presidents. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Ochman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/002906/bk_rand_002906_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Hogs Wild: Selected Reporting Pieces , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 748min

  A master of both distilled insight and utter nonsense (The Believer), Ian Frazier is one of the most gifted chroniclers of contemporary America. Hogs Wild assembles a decade's worth of his finest essays and reportage and demonstrates the irrepressible passions and artful digressions that distinguish his enduring body of work. Part muckraker, part adventurer, and part raconteur, Frazier beholds, captures, and occasionally reimagines the spirit of the American experience. He travels down South to examine feral hogs and learns that their presence in any county is a strong indicator that it votes Republican. He introduces us to a man who, when his house is hit by a supposed meteorite, hopes to "leverage" the space object into opportunity for his family, and a New York City police detective who is fascinated with rap-music-related crimes. Alongside Frazier's delight in the absurdities of contemporary life is his sense of social responsibility: There's an echo of the great reform-minded writers in his pieces on a soup kitchen, opioid overdose deaths on Staten Island, and the rise in homelessness in New York City under Mayor Bloomberg. In each dizzying discovery, Hogs Wild unearths the joys of inquiry without agenda, curiosity without calculation. To listen to Frazier is to become a kind of social and political anthropologist - astute and deeply engaged. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ian Frazier. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/aren/002273/bk_aren_002273_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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