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Thomas M. French (born January 3, 1958) is an American writer and journalist. Personal details Thomas M. French was born Jan. 3, 1958 to Hans and Katherine (née Darst) French in Columbus, Ohio and was raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. While at Indiana University, he was the editor-in-chief of the Indiana Daily Student, the recipient of a Poynter scholarship, the winner of the Hearst Competition for Feature Writing, and graduated in 1980. His first marriage was to Linda French (née Rogowski). French has two sons, Nathaniel and Samuel. He married Kelley Benham in 2006. Benham documented the birth of their daughter Juniper, who was born an extreme preemie in the series "Never Let Go," published in the Tampa Bay Times, for which she was a finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. Career Thomas French's career with the St. Petersburg Times spanned 27 years between 1981 and 2008. He is known for feature writing but he started off on the police and courts beats, as well as general assignments. He is the Riley Endowed Chair in journalism in the Media School at Indiana University. Notable works of journalism In 1998, the Times won its sixth Pulitzer Prize. French won for Feature Writing for his piece “Angels and Demons,” the story of the murders of Jo, Michelle and Christe Rogers and the eventual capture of the murderer, Oba Chandler. French wrote the series "South of Heaven," later expanded into a book of narrative nonfiction, about students at the end of the 1980s at Largo High School with the cooperation of LHS journalism teacher Jan Amburgy. He collaborated on "13", a mini-series that ran in the St. Petersburg Times about middle schoolers at Booker T. Washington Middle Magnet School for International Studies in Tampa. His piece "The Exorcist in Love" is an in-depth investigation into the life and work of Laura Knight (now Laura Knight-Jadczyk). According to Washington Post reporter Anne Hull, French's work has set the standard for a generation of reporters: He wrote a seminal piece of journalism called 'A Cry In The Night' that dominated our craft for a long time and made a model for the rest of us to follow," Hull said. "He's been my teacher since the day I met him. IU will soon get a glimpse of his passion and ferocious belief that journalism should be fair and truthful but also raucous, subversive, emotional and daring. His 2010 book about Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, Florida is called Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives. Awards In 1992, Thomas French won the Livingston Award for Young Journalists for his local reporting on a high school. In 1998, French won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. In 2015, French was inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame. References A Year in the Life of a High School Angels & Demons Laura Knight Never Let Go, written by wife Kelley Benham about the couple's daughter Footnotes. Discover the Thomas French popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Thomas French books.
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Entering the Silence
Thomas MertonThe second volume of Thomas Merton's "gusty, passionate journals" (Thomas Moore) chronicles Merton's advancements to priesthood and emergence as a bestselling author with the surpr...
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The Woman in the Fifth
Douglas KennedyFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Leaving the World and The Moment comes the riveting story of a luckless college professor for whom Paris becomes a city of mortal dang...
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Excess Baggage
Judy AstleyLet bestselling author Judy Astley sweep you away with this insightful, uplifting and hilarious novel where a family holiday turns into more of a torment than a treat... Perfect fo...
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The Journals of George Washington
George WashingtonThe journals of young George Washington were written at the beginning of his military carrier. The books give us a marvelous insight of the atmosphere in the prerevolution period i...
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A French Affair
Susan LewisSome secrets are too devastating to be told...When Natalie Moore is killed in a freak accident in France her mother the very poised and elegant Jessica knows instinctively there ...
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Concrete
Thomas BernhardInstead of the book he’s meant to write, Rudolph, a Viennese musicologist, produces this dark and grotesquely funny account of small woes writ large, of profound horrors detailed a...
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Crucible of War
Fred AndersonIn this engrossing narrative of the great military conflagration of the mideighteenth century, Fred Anderson transports us into the maelstrom of international rivalries. With the S...
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Common Sense and Selected Works of Thomas Paine
Thomas PaineThe pen is mightier than the sword, and this pen helped bring about the American Revolution.Thomas Paine is one of history’s most renowned thinkers and was indispensible to both th...
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Thomas Paine
Albert MarrinFrom National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin comes a compelling look at the life and impact of Thomas Paine and the profound power of ideas.Uneducated as a boy, Thomas Paine gre...
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The Year of the French
Thomas Flanagan & Seamus DeaneA “circumspect and grippingly authentic” historical fiction classic of a brief but pivotal moment in Irish history and the struggle for independence from England (The London Times)...
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White Gold
Giles MiltonGiles Milton's White Gold tells the true story of white European slaves in eighteenth century Algiers, Tunis, and Morocco."An elegantly discursive retelling . . . customarily elega...
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The Little French Bookshop
Cécile PivotA letter writing workshop. Five strangers. Countless secrets bursting in between the pages.When French bookseller Esther loses her father, she decides to place an ad in a newspaper...
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Ratio
Michael RuhlmanMichael Ruhlman’s groundbreaking New York Times bestseller takes us to the very “truth” of cooking: it is not about recipes but rather about basic ratios and fundamental techniques...
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A Merry Mistletoe Wedding
Judy AstleyWith unforgettable characters, charming romance and lots of laughter, A Merry Mistletoe Wedding is a gorgeous Christmas read from muchloved and everpopular author Judy Astley. Perf...
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Death in Venice
Thomas MannEight complex stories illustrative of the author's belief that "a story must tell itself," highlighted by the high art style of the famous title novella.
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Seven For A Secret
Judy AstleyIf you like Jenny Colgan, Milly Johnson and Trisha Ashley, you will love this brilliantly funny romantic comedy buzzing with speculation and scandal from bestselling author Judy As...
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The Painted Castle
Kristy CambronSet in three time periodsthe rapid change of Victorian England, the peak of England’s homefront tensions at the end of WWII, and modern dayThe Painted Castle unlocks secrets lost f...
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Single for the Summer
Mandy BaggotA fun, feelgood romantic comedy to read on the beach this summer, from Queen of Greek romance Mandy Baggot.Tess Parks has made up her mind: love isn’t for her.When it comes to dati...
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Hungry
Jeff GordinierA food critic chronicles four years spent traveling with René Redzepi, the renowned chef of Noma, in search of the most tantalizing flavors the world has to offer. “If yo...
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The Elements of Cooking
Michael RuhlmanIn The Elements of Cooking, New York Times bestselling author Michael Ruhlman deconstructs the essential knowledge of the kitchen to reveal what professional chefs know only after ...
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The Secret Life of Language
Simon PulleynThis book looks at how language has evolved around the globe from ancestral protolanguages to our recognisable modern tongues. It demonstrates how language has been shaped by socia...
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Thomas and Beal in the Midi
Christopher TilghmanA young interracial couple escapes from Maryland to France in 1892, living first among artists in the vibrant Latin Quarter of Paris, and then beginning a new life as winemakers in...
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The Right Thing
Judy AstleyLet bestselling author Judy Astley sweep you away with this insightful and uplifting gem of a novel about the important things in life. Perfect for fans of Jenny Colgan, Milly John...
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The French Laundry Cookbook
Susie Heller, Thomas Keller & Deborah JonesIACP Award Winner 2019 marks the twentyfifth anniversary of the acclaimed French Laundry restaurant in the Napa Valley“the most exciting place to eat in the United States” (Th...
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All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony DoerrNOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIESfrom producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia LobertiWinner of the Pulitzer Prize an...
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The Button Man
Mark PryorIn this prequel to The Bookseller, former FBI profiler Hugo Marston has just become head of security at the US Embassy in London. He’s asked to protect a famous moviestar couple, D...
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It Must Have Been the Mistletoe
Judy AstleyLet muchloved and everpopular author Judy Astley gift you an unmissable, hilarious and heartwarming read this Christmas. Perfect for fans of Katie Fforde, Trisha Ashley, Jenny Colg...
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In the Summertime
Judy AstleyLet muchloved and everpopular author Judy Astley sweep you away to magical Cornwall in this lively, laughterpacked and heartwarming read a return to the setting of her fantastical...
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The Virgin Elizabeth
Robin MaxwellNow available again, the third book in Robin Maxwell's acclaimed Elizabethan quartet, a Los Angeles Times bestseller called "Tense, absorbing, highly enter...
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Thomas Paine and the Promise of America
Harvey J. KayeThomas Paine was one of the most remarkable political writers of the modern world and the greatest radical of a radical age. Through writings like Common Senseand words such as "Th...
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The Little Book Of Philosophy
André Comte-Sponville & Frank WynneIn this remarkable little book, Andre ComteSponville introduces the reader to the western philosophical tradition in a series of sparkling chapters on the 'big questions'. In doing...
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The Boy in the Cupboard
Shane DunphyThree heartstopping stories of children trapped by their parents' pasts ... Craig, the little boy who can't speak English, isn't allowed to use his real name and hides food around ...
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The Gospel of Thomas
Marvin W. MeyerA fresh, authoritative English translation, with an informative introduction, fascinating explanatory notes, and the Coptic text, with interpretation by Harold Bloom, our pre–emine...
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The Penguin History of Britain
Mark KishlanskyThe sixth of nine volumes in the major Penguin History of Britain series, A Monarchy Transformed narrates the tempestuous political events of the Stuart dynasty. It charts the rei...
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James Monroe
Tim McGrathThe extraordinary life of James Monroe: soldier, senator, diplomat, and the last Founding Father to hold the presidency, a man who helped transform thirteen colonies into a vibrant...
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Knives at Dawn
Andrew FriedmanSizzling sauté pans. Screaming spectators. Television cameras. A ticking clock.Fasten your seatbelt for the Bocuse d’Or, the world’s most challenging and prestigious cooking compet...
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Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of ThomasPaine
Thomas Paine & Sidney HookA volume of Thomas Paine's most essential works, showcasing one of American history's most eloquent proponents of democracy.Upon publication, Thomas Paine’s modest pamphlet Co...
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Extinction
Thomas BernhardFrom the late Thomas Bernhard, arguably Austria's most influential novelist of the postwar period, and one of the greatest artists in all twentiethcentury literature in the German ...
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All Inclusive
Judy AstleyDo the friendships you make on holiday have anything to do with real life? It might be sensible to hope that they don't!! Bestselling author Judy Astley has written another highly...
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A Summer Reunion
Fanny Blake'A lovely holiday read about female friendships past and present. Warm and engaging' Catherine AlliottOne perfect villa, four old friends, and a holiday that will change everythin...
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The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown
Lorri Glover & Daniel Blake SmithA freshly researched account of the dramatic rescue of the Jamestown settlersThe English had long dreamed of colonizing America, especially after Sir Francis Drake brought home Spa...
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Hero of Two Worlds
Mike DuncanFrom the bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm and host of the Revolutions podcast comes the thrilling story of the Marquis de Lafayette’s lifelong quest to defend the p...