books by Daniel Okrent

books by Daniel Okrent

books:

Daniel Okrent

Our Times: Multimedia Encyclopedia of the 20th Century
Walter Bernard, Milton Glaser, ...

Vicarious, 1996

Review by Judy Pozar : Our Times: Multimedia Encyclopedia of the 20th Century is much more than a compilation of facts and figures. It provides a context which enhances understanding. Based on the best-selling book, Our Times: The Illustrated History of the 20th Century, the CD-ROM brings the 20th century to life through fascinating articles, ...

Nine Innings

Daniel Okrent

Mariner Books, 2000

Nine Innings-
I read this book back in 1998, when I was getting back into baseball. To read it is to enjoy a baseball game, just the same as if you are in the stands, pitch by pitch. It gave me all the background that I was interested in ( 40 man vs 25 man roster, free agency ...

Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center

Daniel Okrent

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004

A Page Turner Full of Fascinating Characters and Stories
This lively narrative history is full of fascinating characters and stories. The humbly powerful John D., Jr. (who financed it), the Victorian president of Columbia (who leased the land), Nelson Rockefeller (who took over command of it), and the extraordinary team of ...

Public Editor #1: The Collected Columns (with Reflections, Reconsiderations, and Even a Few Retractions) of ...

Daniel Okrent

PublicAffairs, 2008

Observing the Times, from a distance
Okrent was the first, and still - 3 editors in - probably the best of the Public Editors; it fell to him to define the role, and he basically used his biweekly column to take on simmering controversies, challenge preexisting notions at The Times, and occasionally dip ...

The 20th Century: An Illustrated History Of Our Lives And Times

JG Press, 1999

The 20th Century: An Illustrated History of Our Lives and Ti
This is a very good overview of what events occured over the last 100 years. It is concise and has a good selection of illustrations. Great coffee table book.

Fortune: The Art of Covering Business

Gibbs Publishing, 1999

Twenty years of covering business
Fortune magazine, for many years, had the luxury of using eye-catching graphics on its covers unrelated to the contents inside. This rather unusual arrangement was because most copies were on subscription to the folks who ran the nation's business and any newsstand ...

Baseball Anecdotes

Daniel Okrent, Steve Wulf

Harper Audio, 1991

The PBS Series Without Photos
For those of us who love the history of baseball as much as the game itself, this is a, "must get". I found all the anecdotes from the PBS Ken Burns documentary "Baseball" here plus a bunch that didn't make it. (You may recall, that Daniel Okrent was heavily ...

The Ultimate Baseball Book, Expanded and Updated

Mariner Books, 2000

Still Best of Breed
I read the first edition of this book, I guess more than 20 years ago now. I was dazzled immediately, in the very first inning, by both the prose and the great photos. The most amazing thing (to me anyway)is Nemec's historical report. Somehow even though he's writing ...

Happily Ever After? : TIME Magazine Cover Story
Daniel Okrent

TIME Magazine, 2000

The "most transformational event" turns Wall Street on its ear, two giants into one and the future into an alluring promise