Schechter: 78 books
The More You Watch the Less You Know
News Wars/(sub)Merged Hopes/Media Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
A candid insider's tale of how the media really works and why it doesn't work the way it should, The More You Watch, The Less You Know has emerged as a key catalyst in the debate on media reform. The More You Watch, The Less You Know recounts Schechter's media adventures, from when he was "Danny...
At Oma's Table
More than 100 Recipes and Remembrances from a Jewish Family's Kitchen
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2007
An intimate collection of Jewish family recipes spanning three generations.
Unlike many in her generation, Doris Schechter was lucky enough to grow up knowing one of her grandparents. Polish by birth, Leah Goldstein-or Oma, as Doris called her-was a capable, nononsense woman and an amazing...
Political Pioneer of the Press
Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Her Transnational Crusade for Social Justice
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
Known most prominently as a daring anti-lynching crusader, Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) worked tirelessly throughout her life as a political advocate for the rights of women, minorities, and members of the working class. Despite her significance, until the 1970s Wells-Barnett’s life, career,...
by Harold Schechter
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Praised by Caleb Carr for his "brilliantly detailed and above all riveting" true-crime writing, Harold Schechter brings his expertise to a marvelous work of fiction. Superbly rendering the 1830s Baltimore of Edgar Allan Poe, Schechter taps into the dark genius of that legendary author -- and follows...
Pipeline
A Novel of Suspense
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
“A white-knuckle ride through a…crisis that threatens the world as we know it.”
—Newsweek
In Peter Schechter’s Pipeline—a riveting follow-up to his widely praised debut Point of Entry—a harsh spotlight illuminates the global race to secure the next generation of energy...
Conquering Chaos at Work
Strategies for Managing Disorganization and the People Who Cause It
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2000
Are you a Mess Maven suffering from Paperosis Misplacea? Do you work with a Deadline Deadbeat or have Phone-o-phobic clients? Have you ever felt overwhelmed or overloaded?
For anyone struggling with too many projects, too little time, and too much paper, organizing guru Harriet Schechter -- aka The...
by Schechter, Danny
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Veteran journalist Danny Schechter investigates a complex web of fraud and crime that he shows played a majorif largely unreportedrole in bringing the economy down. His four-year investigation focuses on three interconnected cesspools of corruption: what the FBI calls an "epidemic of mortgage fraud," predatory and deceptive securitization by Wall Street, and insurance scams.
Bestial
The Savage Trail of a True American Monster
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
FROM SOCIAL OUTCAST TO NECROPHILE AND MURDERER -- HIS APPALLING CRIMES STUNNED AN ERA.
San Francisco, the 1920s. In an age when nightmares were relegated to the fiction of Edgar Allan Poe and distant tales of the Whitechapel murders, a real-life monster terrorized America. His acts of butchery...
Deranged
The Shocking True Story of America's Most Fiendish Killer
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2009
LURED FROM THE SAFETY OF HOME -- INTO THE JAWS OF HELL
"America's principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers" (The Boston Book Review), Harold Schechter shatters the myth that violent crime is a modern phenomenon -- with this seamless true account of unvarnished horror from the...
by Harold Schechter
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Bestselling true-crime writer Harold Schechter, a leading authority on serial killers, and coauthor David Everitt offer a guided tour through the bizarre and blood-chilling world of serial murder. Through hundreds of detailed entries that span the entire spectrum -- the shocking crimes, the infamous...
by John M. Schechter
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
A musical instrument that has played a vital role in Latin American music cultures—the harp—is the subject of this new work, the first study of its kind to be published in English. John Schechter presents a history of the harp in Spain, traces its introduction into colonial Latin America, and...
by Harold Schechter
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
The heinous bloodlust of Dr. H.H. Holmes is notorious -- but only Harold Schechter's Depraved tells the complete story of the killer whose evil acts of torture and murder flourished within miles of the Chicago World's Fair. "Destined to be a true crime classic" (Flint Journal, MI), this authoritative...
by Harold Schechter
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
The truth behind the twisted crimes that inspired the films Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs...
From “America’s principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers” (The Boston Book Review) comes the definitive account of Ed Gein, a mild-mannered...
When South Africa Called, We Answered
How the Media and International Solidarity Helped Topple Apartheid
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
There were two battles against apartheid—a political campaign and a media war. The political story has been told, and now you can read about the media effort. As South Africa marks in 2014 its 20th anniversary as a democracy, its transformation is still hailed as a "miracle." Most of the credit for...