Wordstruck

A Nova Scotia boyhood is recaptured through remembrances of early encounters with the written word and love of the language and the quiet but unforgettable special moments of youth

Biographies & Memoirs

MACNEIL, Robert

Professionals & Academics

Penguin??Books

The noted journalist chronicles his career from his training as a print journalist to his television career in England and the United States

The Right Place at the Right Time

Arts & Literature

Tells the anecdotal history of the English language from its obscure Anglo-Saxon origins to its present status as the world's most prominent, expressive, and fast-growing international language

The Story of English: Revised Edition

History

McCrum, Robert

Cran,william

Americas

Now revised, The Story of English is the first book to tell the whole story of the English language. Originally paired with a major PBS miniseries, this book presents a stimulating and comprehensive record of spoken and written English—from its Anglo-Saxon origins some two thousand years ago to the present day, when English is the dominant language of commerce and culture with more than one billion English speakers around the world. From Cockney, Scouse, and Scots to Gulla, Singlish, Franglais, and the latest African American slang, this sweeping history of the English language is the essential introduction for anyone who wants to know more about our common tongue.

The Story of English: Third Revised Edition

Politics & Social Sciences

Anthropology

Penguin Publishing Group

A woman’s mysterious disappearance off the coast of Finland threatens the career-and marriage-of a distinguished New York diplomat in this “restrained, mature love story” (People) with an “extraordinary narrative grip” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

The Voyage

Romance

Paranormal

Houghton/Mifflin

The disastrous 1917 explosion of a munitions ship in Halifax Harbor, Nova Scotia, forms the backdrop to this “rich, abundantly humane love story” (Chicago Tribune)-”a powerful piece of work” (Washington Post Book World) that marks an “auspicious fiction debut for an already accomplished author and award-winning journalist” (Chicago Sun-Times).

Burden of Desire

Literature & Fiction

United States

Mariner Books

Anchorman Grant Munro is at the pinnacle of a brilliant career. Covering every story from the Kennedy assassination to the Clinton sex scandals, Munro has won the admiration and trust of millions of television viewers. About to turn sixty, Munro suddenly feels threatened when a handsome and much younger colleague with little experience vies for his anchor post. Dragged into a media circus where tabloid values are fast becoming staples of the nightly news, Munro must negotiate a minefield of scheming, betrayal, and greed to hold on to the job and values he prizes. Bestselling author Robert MacNeil, whose two previous novels have been published to great acclaim, here turns his wit and acuity onto his home turf in an up-to-the-minute take on an industry that affects the lives of all Americans.

Breaking News: A Novel (Harvest Book)

Respected journalist Robert MacNeil did not receive a personal response from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt when he wrote to him in 1942 as an eleven-year-old boy living in Nova Scotia. He did, however, receive a personal letter and a large gift from the American consul. This gesture of generosity is the departure point for MacNeil's exploration of nationality, loyalty, and one of the reasons he eventually became an American citizen in 1997. Born in Canada and witness to many pivotal moments in history as a journalist in England and America, MacNeil's memoir integrates historical events from the past seventy years with his own personal story to provide an intimate glance at one man who became inseparably connected with America and her people. With a reporter's sharp analysis and an autobiographer's introspection, Looking for My Country delivers a story that is both touching and thought-provoking.

Looking For My Country: Finding Myself in America (Harvest Book)

Humor & Entertainment

Harper Paperbacks

Do You Speak American?

Is the growing influence of Spanish threatening to displace English in the United States? Are America's grammatical standards in serious decline? Has the media saturation of our culture homogenized our speech? These and other questions catapulted Robert MacNeil and William Cran, coauthors of the language classic The Story of English, on a journey that took them around the country in search of answers. Do You Speak American?, the companion volume to a PBS special, is the tale of the surprising discoveries they made while interviewing a host of native speakers and observing everyday verbal interactions across the country. Examining the histories and controversies surrounding both written and spoken American English, MacNeil and Cran address highly emotional anxieties and assumptions about our language-and offer some unpredictable responses. With insight and wit, MacNeil and Cran bring us a compelling follow-up to The Story of English that is at once a celebration and a potent study of our singular language.

Social Sciences

Highlighted by wryly told but vivid accounts of his scoops, dangerous missions, and encounters with world figures, the noted journalist chronicles his career from his training as a print journalist to his television career in England and the United States

Little,Brown & Co

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Books by MACNEIL, Robert

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Wordstruck

The Right Place at the Right Time

The Story of English: Revised Edition

The Story of English: Third Revised Edition

The Voyage

Burden of Desire

Breaking News: A Novel (Harvest Book)

Looking For My Country: Finding Myself in America (Harvest Book)

Do You Speak American?

The Right Place at the Right Time