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Between Two Worlds
Escaping from Tyranny: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam
Authors: Zainab Salbi and Laurie Becklund, Reader: Josephine Bailey

Her father was Saddam's personal pilot. Growing up in a world of tyranny and oppression, she reveals the dictator first from her point of view as a child, then as a secretly rebellious teenager, an abused wife, and ultimately a professional woman coming to terms with the horror of secrets her mother revealed only on her deathbed. "Compelling...a fascinating glimpse at a fanatical leader."—Booklist

Unabridged, 9 CDs, Biography, Journalists, E9X180, 9781400101801, ~~$34.99~~ Now $22.74
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A Bold, Fresh Piece of Humanity
Author/Reader: Bill O'Reilly, Bill O'Reilly

In his most intimate book yet, the relentless Fox-TV newsman examines the people, places, and experiences that launched him on his journey from being a working-class kid to an influential television personality and author. He focuses on his neighborhood, church, and family, as well as how his views emerged from his decades as a news correspondent.

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Unabridged, 6 CDs, Biography, Journalists, E7R946, 9780739369463, $31.95
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Breaking News
Author: Martin Fletcher, Reader: Stephen Hoye

Now NBC's News Bureau Chief in Israel, Fletcher has written both an eyewitness account of some of the most tumultuous moments in modern history and an intimate personal story of a young man's ambitious, daring, and often funny quest for adventure. He describes his growth from clueless adventurer to grizzled veteran of the world's battlefields. "Hoye sounds professional and in control, yet one is aware of strong emotions below the surface... a superb and mesmerizing production."—AudioFile

Unabridged, 8 CDs, Biography, Journalists, E8M723, 9781400107230, $34.99
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Breathing the Fire
Fighting to Report -- and Survive -- the War in Iraq
Author/Reader: Kimberly Dozier, Kimberly Dozier

This CBS News correspondent battled back from critical injuries sustained in a Baghdad bombing on Memorial Day in 2007. She seizes that event as a pivotal moment from which to assess her world – her rise to network broadcasting, the demands on and perils of women covering dangerous events, and the politics around her. "Her tone is not evening-news remote. She lets emotion rise in her voice, particularly when she describes her encounters with the families of blast victims."—AudioFile

Unabridged, 8 CDs, Biography, Journalists, E9M645, 9781400106455, $34.99
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Dispatches from the Edge
A Memoir of War, Disasters and Survival
Author/Reader: Anderson Cooper, Anderson Cooper

Cooper's groundbreaking coverage on CNN has changed the way we watch the news. His powerful memoir takes us behind the scenes of the cataclysmic events of our age, from the tsunami in Sri Lanka and the Iraq war, to the starvation in Niger and Hurricane Katrina. Audie Award finalist. "His straightforward reading [is] clear and engaging... [He] is a sensational writer and reporter."—Publishers Weekly

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Unabridged, 5 CDs, Biography, Journalists, E5H780, 9780061137808, ~~$29.95~~ Now $14.45
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Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism
Author/Reader: Bob Edwards, Bob Edwards

The dramatic tale of how America's greatest newscaster changed the way we receive and understand the news – long before anchors, pundits, and the mini-cam. He aired rooftop reports on the London blitz, bombing raids over Berlin, and the 1954 broadcast that brought down Senator Joe McCarthy. The Oscar-nominated movie Good Night. And Good Luck stars David Strathairn as Murrow.

Unabridged, 4 CDs, Biography, Journalists, E4X136, 9781400101368, $24.99
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Enemies of the People
My Family's Journey to America
Author: Kati Marton, Reader: Laural Merlington

In this true-life thriller, the author draws on her skill as an investigative reporter to discover who her journalist parents really were – and how they survived the Nazis in Budapest and imprisonment by the Soviets during the Cold War. She reveals the secret war between Washington and Moscow, in which she and her family were pawns in a much larger game. "A riveting moral tale of Communist terror and human courage."—Elie Wiesel

Unabridged, 8 CDs, Biography, Journalists, E8M335, 9781400113354, $34.99 This item is scheduled for release on 11/30/2009, but you may order it now for earliest possible shipment.
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Honeymoon in Tehran
Two Years of Love and Danger in Iran
Author: Azadeh Moaveni, Reader: Carrington MacDuffie

An American journalist covering the rise of Ahmadinejad in Tehran falls in love and becomes pregnant. Hiding her pregnancy, continuing to publish increasingly sensitive reports on Iran, she realizes she is being spied on. With arrest imminent, she flees the country she had hoped to help through her journalism. "MacDuffie's fluid reading makes this an engaging and informative look at modern Iran."—Booklist

Unabridged, 11 CDs, Biography, Journalists, E9B090, 9781433260902, $29.95
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I Lost My Love in Baghdad
A Modern War Story
Author/Reader: Michael Hastings, Michael Hastings

Extraordinary and informative account of the chaos inside Baghdad's Green Zone. Newsweek's youngest war correspondent lost his fiancée when she was killed during a kidnapping attempt at the Iraqi Islamic Party headquarters. Nowhe offers a raw account of the war and a heartbreaking story of one life lost to it. "Emotionally wrenching... moving but deeply disturbing."—Booklist

Unabridged, 6 CDs, Biography, Journalists, E6M735, 9781400107353, $29.99
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In an Instant
Author/Readers: Lee and Bob Woodruff
The crude homemade bomb changed everything, instantly. ABC's World News Tonight co-anchor and his wife share their story about the attack in Iraq that left Bob seriously injured. A love story of how they have recovered and renewed their lives. Winner of a Listen Up Award from Publishers Weekly. "This gritty memoir is well served by Lee's capable and compelling speaking voice. Lee's vocal control is strong, even mesmerizing."—Publishers Weekly

Unabridged, 8 CDs, Biography, Journalists, E9X760, 9781428157606, $34.99
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