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  | | The Late Shift Letterman, Leno, & the Network Battle for the Night by Bill Carter Paperback, 350 Pages, Published 2019 by Open Road Media ISBN-13: 978-1-5040-5885-8, ISBN: 1-5040-5885-2 "New York Times Bestseller: A “gripping” true story of late-night comedy and behind-the-scenes drama (Los Angeles Times). When beloved host Johnny Carson announced his retirement after thirty years on The Tonight Show, millions of Americans mourned. But inside the television industry, the news ignited a battle between two amazing talents—Jay Leno and David Letterman—who both yearned to occupy the departing legend’s chair. For NBC, it w ..." |
 | | The War for Late Night When Leno Went Early and Television Went Crazy by Bill Carter Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2011 by Plume Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-452-29749-4, ISBN: 0-452-29749-4 "A dramatic account of the politics and personalities behind NBC's calamitous attempt to reinvent late-night television. When NBC decided to move Jay Leno into prime time to make room for Conan O'Brien to host the Tonight show-a job he had been promised five years earlier-skeptics anticipated a train wreck for the ages. It took, in fact, only a few months for the dire predictions to come true. Leno's show, panned by critics, dragged do ..." |
 | | Boom, Bust, Boom(Reprint) A Story about Copper, the Metal That Runs the World (Paperback) by Bill Carter Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2020 by Scribner ISBN-13: 978-1-4391-3658-4, ISBN: 1-4391-3658-0 "Not long after the strike began in 2007, the government accused Napoleon Gomez, the secretary general of the 250,000-member union of Mining, Metallurgical, Steel and Allied Workers of Mexico, also known as Los Mineros, of embezzling $55 ..." |
 | | Boom, Bust, Boom(Reprint) A Story About Copper, the Metal That Runs the World by Bill Carter, Luis Alberto Urrea Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2014 by Schaffner Press, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-1-936182-56-5, ISBN: 1-936182-56-4 "In following the time-honored journalistic tenet that the best stories are the ones you find in your own backyard, Bill Carter begins this account of the all-pervasive presence of copper in our lives and its cost on our health, economy, and our environment with a simple personal discovery: the presence of arsenic from leftover mine tailings in his backyard garden in the former copper mining town of Bisbee, Arizona. This revelation led h ..." |
 | | The War for Late Night(1st Edition) When Leno Went Early and Television Went Crazy by Bill Carter Hardcover, 416 Pages, Published 2010 by Viking Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-670-02208-3, ISBN: 0-670-02208-X "A dramatic account of the politics and personalities behind NBC's calamitous attempt to reinvent late-night television. When NBC decided to move Jay Leno into prime time to make room for Conan O'Brien to host the Tonight show-a job he had been promised five years earlier-skeptics anticipated a train wreck for the ages. It took, in fact, only a few months for the dire predictions to come true. Leno's show, panned by critics, dragged do ..." |
 | | Fools Rush In(1st Edition) by Bill Carter Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2005 by Corgi Books Import ISBN-13: 978-0-552-77199-3, ISBN: 0-552-77199-6 "Bill CarterSome trips are chosen, others choose you. When tragedy strikes Bill Carter's life he finds himself drawn to a war zone. Sharing his extraordinary journey into a modern heart of darkness, the besieged city of Sarajevo, we meet a man rebuilding the ruins of his former self in the most unlikely of places. Cart" |
 | | The Late Shift(Reprint) Letterman, Leno & the Network Battle for the Night by Bill Carter Paperback, 512 Pages, Published 1996 by Hyperion ISBN-13: 978-0-7868-8907-5, ISBN: 0-7868-8907-1 "“I think it's about the 'Tonight' show,” Rollins said. “Yeah, what about it?” Letterman said. He knew from the tone of the conversation that Rollins wasn't likely to tell him Warren was about to offer him the job. “They're going to give it to Jay,” ..." |
 | | The Late Shift Letterman, Leno, and the Network Battle for the Night by Bill Carter Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 1995 by Hyperion ISBN-13: 978-0-7868-8089-8, ISBN: 0-7868-8089-9 "With two giant careers, millions in ad dollars--and maybe even an entire network--at stake, David Letterman and Jay Leno faced off over who would host the Tonight Show, the most profitable program in TV history. This is the inside account of this high-pressure confrontation." |
 | | The Late Shift(1st Edition) Letterman, Leno, and the Network Battle for the Night by Bill Carter Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 1994 by Hyperion ISBN-13: 978-1-56282-754-0, ISBN: 1-56282-754-5 "Recounts CBS's wooing of late night talk show host David Letterman and how Letterman and Jay Leno faced off over who would host the Tonight Show." |
 | | The Steps of a Good Man The Old Travelin' Troubadour by Bill Carter, Lady Vi Paperback, 490 Pages, Published 2019 by Outskirts Press ISBN-13: 978-1-977205-35-3, ISBN: 1-977205-35-6 "While you may never meet Bill in person, you will get to know this man and want to know more about him as you turn the pages of his memoir.Here is an excerpt from Chapter 1: "There were no church bells ringing, no celebrations on that cold, winter day, December 11, 1929. It was just another day in the little community of Eagleton, Arkansas, which is near the town of Mena. Though located in one of the prettiest places on earth, Southwest ..." |
 | | Gravity Talkers (Paperback) by Bill Carter Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2018 by - - ISBN-13: 978-1-72925-095-2, ISBN: 1-72925-095-5 "In analyzing signals collected by the NASA Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), designed to detect gravity waves propagating through the space-time continuum from such natural events as supernovas, astrophysicist Tom McWade ..." |
 | | Red Summer - The Danger And Madness Of Commercial Salmon Fishing In Alaska(Reprint) by Bill Carter Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2010 by Schaffner Press, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-9824332-8-7, ISBN: 0-9824332-8-X "Painting a visceral portrait of the life of commercial fishermen in the remote Eskimo village of Egekik, Alaska, this intense memoir depicts the author's four summers spent with a crew of seasonal salmon netters. Distinguishing itself from a typical adventure, this recollection relates the unforgiving supervision of the experienced female crew-chief, who along with her rugged shipmates lives by the credo: do the work or leave. From an e ..." |
 | | Red Summer(1st Edition) The Danger, Madness, and Exaltation of Salmon Fishing in a Remote Alaskan Village by Bill Carter, Evan Hunter Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2008 by Scribner Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-9706-6, ISBN: 0-7432-9706-7 "A vivid, unforgettable account of the danger, pain, and joy of working on a salmon fishing boat and living in a small village on the farthest edge of Alaska Set in the tiny Native village of Egegik on the shores of Alaska's Bristol Bay, Bill Carter's Red Summer is the thrilling story of one man's journey from novice to seasoned fisherman over the course of four beautiful, brutal summers in one of the earth's few remaining wild places. ..." |
 | | Desperate Networks(1st Edition) by Bill Carter Hardcover, 404 Pages, Published 2006 by Doubleday Deluxe Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-385-51440-8, ISBN: 0-385-51440-9 "In the executive offices of the four major networks, sweeping changes are taking place and billions of dollars are at stake. Now Bill Carter, bestselling author of The Late Shift, goes behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings of the television industry, capturing the true portraits of the larger-than-life moguls and stars who make it such a cutthroat business. In a time of sweeping media change, the four major networks struggle fo ..." |
 | | Fools Rush In by Bill Carter Paperback, 329 Pages, Published 2004 by Doubleday Uk ISBN-13: 978-0-385-60681-3, ISBN: 0-385-60681-8 "And to Paul McGuinness and the staff at Principle Management, for all their assistance over the years. To Elliott Lewitt and Julie Kirkham for always believing in the project and being such insightful readers of the first drafts. To Bob Guccione Jr, ..." |
 | | Ireland(1st Edition) Contemp Persp Land Peo by Anthony John Parker, Bill Carter, R.W. Carter, A.J. Parker Paperback, 504 Pages, Published 1990 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-05294-8, ISBN: 0-415-05294-7 "REFERENCES Bailey, M, Bowman, J. and O'Donnell, C. (1986) Air Quality in Ireland : the Present Position, An Foras Forbartha, Dublin. Bailey, M, Kevany, J. and Walsh, J. (1987) Air Pollution, Climate and Health in Dublin, National Board for Science and Technology, Dublin. Brady, J. (1986) The impact of clean air legislation on Dublin households, Irish Geography, 19, 41-4. Cabot, D. (1985) The State of the Environment, An Foras Forba ..." |
 | | Boom, Bust, Boom A Story About Copper, the Metal that Runs the World by Bill Carter Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2012 by Scribner Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-1-4391-3644-7, ISBN: 1-4391-3644-0 "From “a first-rate writer in the fascinating tradition of Junger and Krakauer” (Jim Harrison, author of Legends of the Fall), a sweeping account of civilization’s complete dependence on copper and what it all means for people, nature, and the global economy.A SWEEPING ACCOUNT OF CIVILIZATION’S COMPLETE DEPENDENCE ON COPPER AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR PEOPLE, NATURE, AND OUR GLOBAL ECONOMY COPPER is a miraculous and contradictory metal, essent ..." |
 | | Desperate Networks(Reprint) by Bill Carter Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2007 by Broadway ISBN-13: 978-0-7679-1974-6, ISBN: 0-7679-1974-2 "In the executive offices of the four major networks, sweeping changes are taking place and billions of dollars are at stake. Now Bill Carter, bestselling author of The Late Shift, goes behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings of the television industry, capturing the true portraits of the larger-than-life moguls and stars who make it such a cutthroat business. In a time of sweeping media change, the four major networks struggle fo ..." |
 | | Latitude(1st Edition) How American Astronomers Solved the Mystery of Variation by Bill Carter, Merri Sue Carter, William E. Carter Hardcover, 168 Pages, Published 2002 by Naval Inst Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-55750-016-8, ISBN: 1-55750-016-9 "The author chronicles the remarkable scientific story of America's first great contribution to astronomy--solving the problem of "variation" in latitude. (Science & Mathematics)" |
 | | Get Carter Backstage in History from JFK's Assassination to the Rolling Stones by Bill Carter, Judi Turner Paperback, 316 Pages, Published 2006 by Fine's Creek Publishing Llc ISBN-13: 978-0-9774604-2-7, ISBN: 0-9774604-2-8 "For most of his life, Bill Carter has been hearing two words that either struck fear in his heart or caused it to race for an entirely different reason: Get Carter. Early in his career, this Arkansas maverick established himself as the "go-to guy" in difficult situations. Whenever there was a tough job to do, the call went out to "Get Carter." A Secret Service agent when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas on November 2 ..." |
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