صحافة

يُشكّل سعي غرف الأخبار الدؤوب نحو الحقيقة فهمنا لعالم دائم التغيّر، من التحقيقات الاستقصائية الكاشفة إلى تحليل وسائل الإعلام وفنون الصنعة الصحفية. تكشف هذه الصفحات عن الآلية المعقدة للإعلام الحديث، فتُعلّم فن السرد القصصي بينما تتفحّص كيف تتدفق المعلومات وتؤثّر وتُضلّل أحياناً في عصرنا الرقمي.

صحافة ملخصات الكتب

The Smear

بقلم Sharyl Attkisson • 2017

Billion-dollar industry of leaks, astroturf, and dark money controls the news. Insider shows how.

4.22

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🎯 Character Assassination 📰 Media Manipulation 🤥 Fake News 💰 Dark Money 📢 Propaganda Techniques

The Smear

Billion-dollar industry of leaks, astroturf, and dark money controls the news. Insider shows how.

بقلم Sharyl Attkisson 2017 288 صفحة

4.22

١٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🎯 Character Assassination 📰 Media Manipulation 🤥 Fake News 💰 Dark Money 📢 Propaganda Techniques

The Natashas

بقلم Victor Malarek • 2011

Post-Soviet women became a global commodity. The traffickers who trade them wear badges, not masks.

3.90

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🔗 Sex Trafficking 🕴️ Organized Crime 🗣️ Survivor Testimony ⚠️ Gender Violence 🏛️ Institutional Failure

The Natashas

Post-Soviet women became a global commodity. The traffickers who trade them wear badges, not masks.

بقلم Victor Malarek 2011 320 صفحة

3.90

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🔗 Sex Trafficking 🕴️ Organized Crime 🗣️ Survivor Testimony ⚠️ Gender Violence 🏛️ Institutional Failure

Thinking Like Your Editor

بقلم Susan Rabiner • 2002

Trade editors don't acquire books; they acquire audiences. Your proposal has to prove you have one.

4.10

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🗒️ Book Proposals 🏢 Trade Publishing 📖 Narrative Nonfiction 🧩 Narrative Structure ✂️ Editorial Process

Thinking Like Your Editor

Trade editors don't acquire books; they acquire audiences. Your proposal has to prove you have one.

بقلم Susan Rabiner 2002 288 صفحة

4.10

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🗒️ Book Proposals 🏢 Trade Publishing 📖 Narrative Nonfiction 🧩 Narrative Structure ✂️ Editorial Process

Follow the Science

بقلم Sharyl Attkisson • 2024

The medical system is not broken. It works exactly as the drug industry paid it to.

4.25

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💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🩻 Medical Corruption 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📊 Research Misconduct 💉 Vaccine Policy

Follow the Science

The medical system is not broken. It works exactly as the drug industry paid it to.

بقلم Sharyl Attkisson 2024 336 صفحة

4.25

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💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🩻 Medical Corruption 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📊 Research Misconduct 💉 Vaccine Policy

The Pirates of Somalia

بقلم Jay Bahadur • 2011

On a rattling Soviet plane, a journalist lands in Somalia to find the pirates everyone fears.

3.56

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🏴‍☠️ Maritime Piracy 🏚️ Failed States 🎣 Illegal Fishing 🔍 Investigative Reporting 💊 Drug Economies

The Pirates of Somalia

On a rattling Soviet plane, a journalist lands in Somalia to find the pirates everyone fears.

بقلم Jay Bahadur 2011 300 صفحة

3.56

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🏴‍☠️ Maritime Piracy 🏚️ Failed States 🎣 Illegal Fishing 🔍 Investigative Reporting 💊 Drug Economies

Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy

بقلم David Mitchell • 2019

The internet, Brexit, and everything else a British comedian finds disastrous and hilarious.

3.67

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🎭 Political Satire 🗣️ Social Commentary 🇬🇧 British Humor 📰 Column Collections 🔒 Digital Privacy

Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy

The internet, Brexit, and everything else a British comedian finds disastrous and hilarious.

بقلم David Mitchell 2019 264 صفحة

3.67

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🎭 Political Satire 🗣️ Social Commentary 🇬🇧 British Humor 📰 Column Collections 🔒 Digital Privacy

Hell-Bent

بقلم Benjamin Lorr • 2012

A 105-degree room. Twenty-six postures. One guru. And the strangest competitive sport on earth.

3.97

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🎤 Immersion Journalism 🧘 Yoga Culture 🔮 Cult Dynamics 💪 Extreme Wellness 🕉️ Modern Hatha Yoga

Hell-Bent

A 105-degree room. Twenty-six postures. One guru. And the strangest competitive sport on earth.

بقلم Benjamin Lorr 2012 320 صفحة

3.97

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🎤 Immersion Journalism 🧘 Yoga Culture 🔮 Cult Dynamics 💪 Extreme Wellness 🕉️ Modern Hatha Yoga

Dragnet Nation

بقلم Julia Angwin • 2014

A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.

3.68

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🛡️ Digital Surveillance 🔒 Data Privacy 👁️ Mass Surveillance 📰 Investigative Journalism 🛠️ Digital Self-Defense

Dragnet Nation

A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.

بقلم Julia Angwin 2014 304 صفحة

3.68

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🛡️ Digital Surveillance 🔒 Data Privacy 👁️ Mass Surveillance 📰 Investigative Journalism 🛠️ Digital Self-Defense

Don't Be Evil

بقلم Rana Foroohar • 2019

The internet promised openness. What arrived was surveillance, addiction, and monopoly.

3.85

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🏢 Big Tech Critique 🔒 Data Privacy 🧠 Attention Economy ⚖️ Tech Monopolies 💼 Gig Economy

Don't Be Evil

The internet promised openness. What arrived was surveillance, addiction, and monopoly.

بقلم Rana Foroohar 2019 328 صفحة

3.85

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🏢 Big Tech Critique 🔒 Data Privacy 🧠 Attention Economy ⚖️ Tech Monopolies 💼 Gig Economy

These Are the Plunderers

بقلم Gretchen Morgenson • 2023

They buy companies, load them with debt, cut costs, and cash out. The wreckage is your problem.

3.70

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💼 Private Equity 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🏥 Healthcare Privatization

These Are the Plunderers

They buy companies, load them with debt, cut costs, and cash out. The wreckage is your problem.

بقلم Gretchen Morgenson 2023 391 صفحة

3.70

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💼 Private Equity 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🏥 Healthcare Privatization

California Burning

بقلم Katherine Blunt • 2022

The California utility that chose shareholder returns over safety, and the fires that followed.

4.26

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🏢 Corporate Malfeasance ⚡ Energy Policy 🔌 Utility Regulation 🔥 Wildfire Crisis 🛠️ Aging Infrastructure

California Burning

The California utility that chose shareholder returns over safety, and the fires that followed.

بقلم Katherine Blunt 2022 350 صفحة

4.26

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🏢 Corporate Malfeasance ⚡ Energy Policy 🔌 Utility Regulation 🔥 Wildfire Crisis 🛠️ Aging Infrastructure

Private Empire

بقلم Steve Coll • 2012

How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.

4.00

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🛢️ Oil Industry 🏢 Corporate History 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚡ Energy Politics 💼 Corporate Power

Private Empire

How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.

بقلم Steve Coll 2012 685 صفحة

4.00

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🛢️ Oil Industry 🏢 Corporate History 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚡ Energy Politics 💼 Corporate Power

Kremlin Rising

بقلم Peter Baker • 2005

Putin didn't seize Russia. Russians handed it to him, desperate for order after a decade of chaos.

3.90

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🇷🇺 Post-Soviet Russia 🔒 Authoritarian Consolidation 📺 State Propaganda ⚔️ Chechen Wars 💰 Oligarchs

Kremlin Rising

Putin didn't seize Russia. Russians handed it to him, desperate for order after a decade of chaos.

بقلم Peter Baker 2005 464 صفحة

3.90

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🇷🇺 Post-Soviet Russia 🔒 Authoritarian Consolidation 📺 State Propaganda ⚔️ Chechen Wars 💰 Oligarchs

National Security Cinema

بقلم Matthew Alford • 2017

The Pentagon secretly approved or killed your favorite movies, one script at a time.

3.81

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📢 Propaganda Studies 🎬 Military-Entertainment Complex 📺 Media Manipulation 📜 Historical Revisionism 🏢 Media Consolidation

National Security Cinema

The Pentagon secretly approved or killed your favorite movies, one script at a time.

بقلم Matthew Alford 2017 265 صفحة

3.81

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📢 Propaganda Studies 🎬 Military-Entertainment Complex 📺 Media Manipulation 📜 Historical Revisionism 🏢 Media Consolidation

The Betrayal of Anne Frank

بقلم Rosemary Sullivan • 2022

A cold case team identifies Anne Frank's betrayer. Her father knew and kept the secret.

3.83

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🕵️ Cold Cases 🧬 Forensic History 🏴 Nazi Occupation 🔬 Microhistory 🗃️ Archival Research

The Betrayal of Anne Frank

A cold case team identifies Anne Frank's betrayer. Her father knew and kept the secret.

بقلم Rosemary Sullivan 2022 400 صفحة

3.83

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🕵️ Cold Cases 🧬 Forensic History 🏴 Nazi Occupation 🔬 Microhistory 🗃️ Archival Research

The Caesars Palace Coup

بقلم Max Frumes • 2021

One casino, $24 billion in debt, and the holdout creditors who forced Apollo to pay.

4.05

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🏢 Private Equity 💰 Leveraged Buyouts 📋 Corporate Governance 🕵️ Financial Investigations 🏚️ Corporate Collapses

The Caesars Palace Coup

One casino, $24 billion in debt, and the holdout creditors who forced Apollo to pay.

بقلم Max Frumes 2021 460 صفحة

4.05

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🏢 Private Equity 💰 Leveraged Buyouts 📋 Corporate Governance 🕵️ Financial Investigations 🏚️ Corporate Collapses

The Ultimate Evil

بقلم Maury Terry • 1987

Berkowitz took the fall. The Son of Sam murders were a cult operation, and the others walked.

3.87

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😈 Satanic Panic 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🕯️ Occult Crime 🤫 Police Cover-Ups 📂 Cold Case Reviews

The Ultimate Evil

Berkowitz took the fall. The Son of Sam murders were a cult operation, and the others walked.

بقلم Maury Terry 1987 538 صفحة

3.87

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😈 Satanic Panic 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🕯️ Occult Crime 🤫 Police Cover-Ups 📂 Cold Case Reviews

A Short History of the World in 50 Lies

بقلم Natasha Tidd • 2023

A forged document, a faked war, an imaginary country: the lies that changed history.

3.60

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🗺️ World History 🏛️ Political History 📢 Propaganda 📰 Media Manipulation 🤥 Historical Falsehoods

A Short History of the World in 50 Lies

A forged document, a faked war, an imaginary country: the lies that changed history.

بقلم Natasha Tidd 2023 288 صفحة

3.60

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🗺️ World History 🏛️ Political History 📢 Propaganda 📰 Media Manipulation 🤥 Historical Falsehoods

Down and Delirious in Mexico City

بقلم Daniel Hernandez • 2011

A Mexican-American writer goes home to a city that swallows him with punks, cults, and riots.

3.61

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🏙️ Mexico City 🎸 Youth Subcultures 🙏 Popular Religion 📰 Gonzo Journalism 🗺️ Borderland Studies

Down and Delirious in Mexico City

A Mexican-American writer goes home to a city that swallows him with punks, cults, and riots.

بقلم Daniel Hernandez 2011 288 صفحة

3.61

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🏙️ Mexico City 🎸 Youth Subcultures 🙏 Popular Religion 📰 Gonzo Journalism 🗺️ Borderland Studies

House of Trump, House of Putin

بقلم Craig Unger • 2018

Trump's condos laundered billions for the Russian mob, tied to Putin through a single crime boss.

4.02

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🕴️ Russian Mafia 💸 Money Laundering 🏛️ Kleptocracy 🗳️ Election Interference 🕵️ Soviet Intelligence

House of Trump, House of Putin

Trump's condos laundered billions for the Russian mob, tied to Putin through a single crime boss.

بقلم Craig Unger 2018 382 صفحة

4.02

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🕴️ Russian Mafia 💸 Money Laundering 🏛️ Kleptocracy 🗳️ Election Interference 🕵️ Soviet Intelligence

The Lost Bank

بقلم Kirsten Grind • 2012

A $1.88 billion fire sale and a silent bank run: inside the collapse of Washington Mutual.

4.12

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🏦 Banking History 💥 Financial Crises 💸 Subprime Lending ☣️ Toxic Corporate Culture ⚖️ Regulatory Failure

The Lost Bank

A $1.88 billion fire sale and a silent bank run: inside the collapse of Washington Mutual.

بقلم Kirsten Grind 2012 400 صفحة

4.12

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🏦 Banking History 💥 Financial Crises 💸 Subprime Lending ☣️ Toxic Corporate Culture ⚖️ Regulatory Failure

Propaganda Blitz

بقلم David Edwards • 2018

The news isn't broken. It's working exactly as designed: manufacturing consent for the powerful.

4.28

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🧐 Media Criticism 📣 War Propaganda 🏢 Corporate Power 🎭 Manufacturing Consent 📡 Media Ownership

Propaganda Blitz

The news isn't broken. It's working exactly as designed: manufacturing consent for the powerful.

بقلم David Edwards 2018 336 صفحة

4.28

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🧐 Media Criticism 📣 War Propaganda 🏢 Corporate Power 🎭 Manufacturing Consent 📡 Media Ownership

You Can't Read This Book

بقلم Nick Cohen • 2012

Censorship didn't vanish after book burnings. It learned to smile and send a legal notice.

4.08

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🗽 Free Speech Defense 🙊 Religious Censorship 🏢 Corporate Silence 📢 Whistleblowing 🖥️ Digital Authoritarianism

You Can't Read This Book

Censorship didn't vanish after book burnings. It learned to smile and send a legal notice.

بقلم Nick Cohen 2012

4.08

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🗽 Free Speech Defense 🙊 Religious Censorship 🏢 Corporate Silence 📢 Whistleblowing 🖥️ Digital Authoritarianism

Making It in America

بقلم Rachel Slade • 2024

Sixty thousand American factories shuttered since NAFTA. One couple bet everything to open just one.

3.63

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🏭 American Manufacturing 📉 Manufacturing Decline 📜 Trade Policy 📦 Offshoring ✊ Labor Unions

Making It in America

Sixty thousand American factories shuttered since NAFTA. One couple bet everything to open just one.

بقلم Rachel Slade 2024 352 صفحة

3.63

٣٢٣ تقييم

🏭 American Manufacturing 📉 Manufacturing Decline 📜 Trade Policy 📦 Offshoring ✊ Labor Unions

A Letter to Liberals

بقلم Robert F. Kennedy Jr. • 2022

Science silenced, dissent crushed, trillions siphoned: the pandemic response that liberals policed.

4.39

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🏥 Public Health Policy 💉 Vaccine Safety ⚖️ Civil Liberties 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🗽 Classical Liberalism

A Letter to Liberals

Science silenced, dissent crushed, trillions siphoned: the pandemic response that liberals policed.

بقلم Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2022 123 صفحة

4.39

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🏥 Public Health Policy 💉 Vaccine Safety ⚖️ Civil Liberties 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🗽 Classical Liberalism

Freak Kingdom

بقلم Timothy Denevi • 2018

Hunter S. Thompson spent a deadly serious decade trying to stop America's descent into fascism.

4.26

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🧪 Gonzo Journalism 🇺🇸 Us Political History ✍️ Literary Biography 😞 Political Disillusionment ☮️ Counterculture Movement

Freak Kingdom

Hunter S. Thompson spent a deadly serious decade trying to stop America's descent into fascism.

بقلم Timothy Denevi 2018 416 صفحة

4.26

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🧪 Gonzo Journalism 🇺🇸 Us Political History ✍️ Literary Biography 😞 Political Disillusionment ☮️ Counterculture Movement

A State of Fear

بقلم Laura Dodsworth • 2021

The UK government orchestrated fear to secure pandemic compliance. How it worked, and what it broke.

4.31

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🦠 Pandemic Response 🏛️ Government Overreach 😨 Fear And Control 📈 Behavioral Economics 📰 Media Manipulation

A State of Fear

The UK government orchestrated fear to secure pandemic compliance. How it worked, and what it broke.

بقلم Laura Dodsworth 2021 320 صفحة

4.31

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🦠 Pandemic Response 🏛️ Government Overreach 😨 Fear And Control 📈 Behavioral Economics 📰 Media Manipulation

Davos Man

بقلم Peter S. Goodman • 2022

A global elite rewrote economic rules to enrich themselves. The pandemic was their biggest payday.

3.93

١٬٠٠٠+

🔻 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 💰 Tax Evasion 🌪️ Disaster Capitalism 📉 Neoliberalism Critique

Davos Man

A global elite rewrote economic rules to enrich themselves. The pandemic was their biggest payday.

بقلم Peter S. Goodman 2022 480 صفحة

3.93

١٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🔻 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 💰 Tax Evasion 🌪️ Disaster Capitalism 📉 Neoliberalism Critique

Russian Roulette

بقلم Michael Isikoff • 2018

Putin ordered it, WikiLeaks delivered it, and Trump's team kept taking the meetings.

4.20

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🇺🇸 Election Interference 🕵️ Russian Intelligence 🐻 Putin's Russia 📢 Disinformation Campaigns 💻 Cyber Warfare

Russian Roulette

Putin ordered it, WikiLeaks delivered it, and Trump's team kept taking the meetings.

بقلم Michael Isikoff 2018

4.20

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🇺🇸 Election Interference 🕵️ Russian Intelligence 🐻 Putin's Russia 📢 Disinformation Campaigns 💻 Cyber Warfare

Sidecountry

بقلم John Branch • 2021

Dispatches from sport's wild edge: avalanches, impossible climbs, and the communities left behind.

3.84

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🎒 Adventure Journalism 🪂 Extreme Sports 📖 Literary Journalism 📰 Longform Journalism 💀 Risk And Mortality

Sidecountry

Dispatches from sport's wild edge: avalanches, impossible climbs, and the communities left behind.

بقلم John Branch 2021 368 صفحة

3.84

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🎒 Adventure Journalism 🪂 Extreme Sports 📖 Literary Journalism 📰 Longform Journalism 💀 Risk And Mortality

The Missing Cryptoqueen

بقلم Jamie Bartlett • 2022

A fake cryptocurrency, a hidden Bitcoin fortune, and the woman who vanished onto the Mediterranean.

4.20

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🪙 Cryptocurrency Scams 💸 Financial Fraud 🔺 Multi-Level Marketing 🃏 Ponzi Schemes 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Missing Cryptoqueen

A fake cryptocurrency, a hidden Bitcoin fortune, and the woman who vanished onto the Mediterranean.

بقلم Jamie Bartlett 2022 320 صفحة

4.20

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🪙 Cryptocurrency Scams 💸 Financial Fraud 🔺 Multi-Level Marketing 🃏 Ponzi Schemes 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Propaganda and the Public Mind

بقلم Noam Chomsky • 1998

How humanitarian words sell one bombing and bury another, and the machinery behind the script.

4.06

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📡 Propaganda Studies 🎙️ Media Criticism 🧠 Mass Persuasion 🗣️ Doublespeak 🏛️ State Capture

Propaganda and the Public Mind

How humanitarian words sell one bombing and bury another, and the machinery behind the script.

بقلم Noam Chomsky 1998 256 صفحة

4.06

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📡 Propaganda Studies 🎙️ Media Criticism 🧠 Mass Persuasion 🗣️ Doublespeak 🏛️ State Capture

Amexica

بقلم Ed Vulliamy • 2010

Drugs north, guns south: the border is its own nation, and the cartels are its government.

3.86

٥٠٠+

🕴️ Organized Crime ⚔️ Drug War 💀 Narco Culture 💰 Cartel Economics 🏜️ Migrant Journeys

Amexica

Drugs north, guns south: the border is its own nation, and the cartels are its government.

بقلم Ed Vulliamy 2010 368 صفحة

3.86

٥٠٠+ تقييم

🕴️ Organized Crime ⚔️ Drug War 💀 Narco Culture 💰 Cartel Economics 🏜️ Migrant Journeys

The Unlikely Disciple

بقلم Kevin Roose • 2009

He arrived a skeptic. He left a prayer. One semester undercover at Liberty University.

3.98

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✝️ Evangelicalism 📰 Immersion Journalism 🤔 Faith And Doubt 🏛️ Social Conservatism 🧬 Creationism

The Unlikely Disciple

He arrived a skeptic. He left a prayer. One semester undercover at Liberty University.

بقلم Kevin Roose 2009 324 صفحة

3.98

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✝️ Evangelicalism 📰 Immersion Journalism 🤔 Faith And Doubt 🏛️ Social Conservatism 🧬 Creationism

The Way of the Knife

بقلم Mark Mazzetti • 2013

After 9/11, the CIA started killing. The Pentagon started spying. The boundary never returned.

3.85

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📡 Intelligence Agencies 🛸 Drone Warfare 🕵️ Covert Operations 🎯 Counterterrorism 💰 Privatization Of War

The Way of the Knife

After 9/11, the CIA started killing. The Pentagon started spying. The boundary never returned.

بقلم Mark Mazzetti 2013 381 صفحة

3.85

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📡 Intelligence Agencies 🛸 Drone Warfare 🕵️ Covert Operations 🎯 Counterterrorism 💰 Privatization Of War

Step By Step The Life In My Journeys

بقلم Simon Reeve • 2018

Suicidal at sixteen, one exam pass. He now films documentaries in the world's most dangerous places.

4.34

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🗺️ Travel Memoirs 📰 Travel Journalism ⛰️ Adventure Travel 🌍 Geopolitics Travel 💪 Resilience Narratives

Step By Step The Life In My Journeys

Suicidal at sixteen, one exam pass. He now films documentaries in the world's most dangerous places.

بقلم Simon Reeve 2018 352 صفحة

4.34

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🗺️ Travel Memoirs 📰 Travel Journalism ⛰️ Adventure Travel 🌍 Geopolitics Travel 💪 Resilience Narratives

Creative Writing For Dummies

بقلم Maggie Hamand • 2010

From notebook: what makes travel writing sell, how to find your story, where to pitch.

3.89

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🧳 Travel Writing ✍️ Writing Craft 📚 Creative Nonfiction 📝 Travel Memoir 💼 Freelance Writing

Creative Writing For Dummies

From notebook: what makes travel writing sell, how to find your story, where to pitch.

بقلم Maggie Hamand 2010 386 صفحة

3.89

٣٢١ تقييم

🧳 Travel Writing ✍️ Writing Craft 📚 Creative Nonfiction 📝 Travel Memoir 💼 Freelance Writing

The Silenced Majority

بقلم Amy Goodman • 2012

The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.

4.06

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📻 Independent Media 📺 Media Criticism 🔍 Investigative Journalism ✊ Grassroots Movements 💸 Economic Inequality

The Silenced Majority

The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.

بقلم Amy Goodman 2012 380 صفحة

4.06

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📻 Independent Media 📺 Media Criticism 🔍 Investigative Journalism ✊ Grassroots Movements 💸 Economic Inequality

The Sellout

بقلم Charles Gasparino • 2009

Two outsiders invented a bond that made Wall Street billions, then destroyed the entire system.

3.92

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🧨 Financial Crises 🗽 Wall Street History 🏠 Mortgage Bonds ⚙️ Financial Engineering 📈 Leverage

The Sellout

Two outsiders invented a bond that made Wall Street billions, then destroyed the entire system.

بقلم Charles Gasparino 2009 553 صفحة

3.92

٣٠٢ تقييم

🧨 Financial Crises 🗽 Wall Street History 🏠 Mortgage Bonds ⚙️ Financial Engineering 📈 Leverage

Static

بقلم Amy Goodman • 2006

When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.

4.05

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📺 Media Criticism 🌐 U.S. Foreign Policy 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🤫 Government Secrecy 📢 Whistleblowing

Static

When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.

بقلم Amy Goodman 2006 338 صفحة

4.05

٣٨٤ تقييم

📺 Media Criticism 🌐 U.S. Foreign Policy 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🤫 Government Secrecy 📢 Whistleblowing

It Takes a Pillage

بقلم Nomi Prins • 2009

Bankers designed the crisis. Government paid the tab. The $13 trillion bill landed on your desk.

3.96

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🏦 Investment Banking 💰 Government Bailouts 🏢 Too Big To Fail 🚪 Revolving Door 📊 Financial Derivatives

It Takes a Pillage

Bankers designed the crisis. Government paid the tab. The $13 trillion bill landed on your desk.

بقلم Nomi Prins 2009 304 صفحة

3.96

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🏦 Investment Banking 💰 Government Bailouts 🏢 Too Big To Fail 🚪 Revolving Door 📊 Financial Derivatives

September 11

بقلم Dean E. Murphy • 2002

A blind man, his guide dog, a stranger: 78 flights down. Then the tower fell.

4.34

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🎙️ Oral History 🗣️ Survivor Testimony 🚒 First Responders 💔 Collective Trauma 🆘 Disaster Response

September 11

A blind man, his guide dog, a stranger: 78 flights down. Then the tower fell.

بقلم Dean E. Murphy 2002 272 صفحة

4.34

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🎙️ Oral History 🗣️ Survivor Testimony 🚒 First Responders 💔 Collective Trauma 🆘 Disaster Response

The Fort Bragg Cartel

بقلم Seth Harp • 2025

America's deadliest soldiers run a drug cartel. The military shields them; investigations vanish.

4.05

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🪖 Military Corruption 💊 Drug Trafficking 🎯 Special Operations ⏳ Forever Wars 💉 Opioid Crisis

The Fort Bragg Cartel

America's deadliest soldiers run a drug cartel. The military shields them; investigations vanish.

بقلم Seth Harp 2025 357 صفحة

4.05

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🪖 Military Corruption 💊 Drug Trafficking 🎯 Special Operations ⏳ Forever Wars 💉 Opioid Crisis

The Grim Sleeper

بقلم Christine Pelisek • 2016

He murdered Black women for decades while police looked away. A piece of pizza ended it.

3.92

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🕵️ Serial Murder Cases 📁 Cold Case Investigations 🤝 Police Mistrust 💊 Crack Epidemic 👤 Marginalized Victims

The Grim Sleeper

He murdered Black women for decades while police looked away. A piece of pizza ended it.

بقلم Christine Pelisek 2016 325 صفحة

3.92

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🕵️ Serial Murder Cases 📁 Cold Case Investigations 🤝 Police Mistrust 💊 Crack Epidemic 👤 Marginalized Victims

Hype

بقلم Gabrielle Bluestone • 2021

Fyre was not a glitch: the internet is built to reward hype and punish skepticism.

3.32

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🎣 Internet Scams 📱 Influencer Culture 🚀 Startup Hype 🧠 Psychology Of Scams 🤳 Social Media Manipulation

Hype

Fyre was not a glitch: the internet is built to reward hype and punish skepticism.

بقلم Gabrielle Bluestone 2021 352 صفحة

3.32

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🎣 Internet Scams 📱 Influencer Culture 🚀 Startup Hype 🧠 Psychology Of Scams 🤳 Social Media Manipulation

Voodoo Histories

بقلم David Aaronovitch • 2009

From Stalin's show trials to 9/11 truthers: why conspiracy theories work, and why debunking fails.

3.54

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🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 🏛️ Political Paranoia 🧐 Skeptical Inquiry 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📰 Disinformation

Voodoo Histories

From Stalin's show trials to 9/11 truthers: why conspiracy theories work, and why debunking fails.

بقلم David Aaronovitch 2009 358 صفحة

3.54

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🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 🏛️ Political Paranoia 🧐 Skeptical Inquiry 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📰 Disinformation

Now I Can Die in Peace

بقلم Bill Simmons • 2005

86 years of Red Sox misery meet one October that upends everything a fan believed about himself.

3.92

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🧢 Baseball Fandom ⚾ Sports Memoir 📰 Sports Journalism 🔥 Obsessive Fandom 🏆 Championship Runs

Now I Can Die in Peace

86 years of Red Sox misery meet one October that upends everything a fan believed about himself.

بقلم Bill Simmons 2005 374 صفحة

3.92

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🧢 Baseball Fandom ⚾ Sports Memoir 📰 Sports Journalism 🔥 Obsessive Fandom 🏆 Championship Runs

V13

بقلم Emmanuel Carrère • 2022

A year inside France's biggest trial: 250 voices, unrepentant killers, and the cost of dying awake.

4.45

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🏛️ Trial Journalism 💣 Jihadist Radicalization 🎙️ Survivor Testimony 🕵️ Intelligence Failures ⚖️ Law And Morality

V13

A year inside France's biggest trial: 250 voices, unrepentant killers, and the cost of dying awake.

بقلم Emmanuel Carrère 2022 267 صفحة

4.45

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🏛️ Trial Journalism 💣 Jihadist Radicalization 🎙️ Survivor Testimony 🕵️ Intelligence Failures ⚖️ Law And Morality

You Can't Make This Stuff Up

بقلم Lee Gutkind • 2012

True stories with a novelist's power: the craft, the ethics, and where you must never invent.

3.98

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📝 Creative Nonfiction ✍️ Narrative Craft 🎬 Scene Building 🔍 Immersion Journalism ⚖️ Truth And Ethics

You Can't Make This Stuff Up

True stories with a novelist's power: the craft, the ethics, and where you must never invent.

بقلم Lee Gutkind 2012 288 صفحة

3.98

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📝 Creative Nonfiction ✍️ Narrative Craft 🎬 Scene Building 🔍 Immersion Journalism ⚖️ Truth And Ethics

The Givers

بقلم David Callahan • 2017

When the richest Americans give, they also take: control over public life, without a vote.

3.73

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🏛️ Money In Politics 💰 Wealth And Democracy 🕶️ Dark Money 💼 Venture Philanthropy 💸 Billionaire Influence

The Givers

When the richest Americans give, they also take: control over public life, without a vote.

بقلم David Callahan 2017 352 صفحة

3.73

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🏛️ Money In Politics 💰 Wealth And Democracy 🕶️ Dark Money 💼 Venture Philanthropy 💸 Billionaire Influence

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