Turner, Ted

Overview

Works:	67 works in 177 publications in 6 languages and 11,449 library holdings
Genres:	Biography Documentary television programs Popular works Science television programs Educational television programs Nonfiction television programs Historical television programs Interviews Television programs History
Roles:	Author, Interviewee, Author of introduction, Contributor
Classifications:	HC102.5.T86, B

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Ted Turner

Call me Ted by Ted Turner( Book )
Ted Turner : a biography by Michael O'Connor( )
CNN, the inside story by Hank Whittemore( Book )
Ted Turner : it ain't as easy as it looks by Porter Bibb( )
It ain't as easy as it looks : Ted Turner's amazing story by Porter Bibb( Book )

Citizen Turner : the wild rise of an American tycoon by Robert Goldberg( Book )
Last stand : Ted Turner's quest to save a troubled planet by Todd Wilkinson( Book )
Media man : Ted Turner's improbable empire by Ken Auletta( Book )
Clash of the titans : how the unbridled ambition of Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch has created global empires that control what we read and watch by Richard Hack( Book )
Me and Ted against the world : the unauthorized story of the founding of CNN by Reese Schonfeld( Book )
Call me Ted by Ted Turner( Recording )
Lead, follow or get out of the way : the story of Ted Turner by Christian Williams( Book )
Ted Turner speaks : insights from the world's greatest maverick by Ted Turner( Book )
Ted Turner : cable television tycoon by Jeremy Byman( Book )
The grand gesture : Ted Turner, Mariner, and the America's Cup by Roger Vaughan( Book )
Ted Turner, television's triumphant tiger by Rebecca Stefoff( Book )
Ted Turner by David Marc Fischer( Book )
Clash of the titans : how the unbridled ambition of Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch has created global empires that control what we read and watch by Richard Hack( Recording )
Mei ti di guo : Tai de tou na de dian shi ge ming by Ao Li Ta( Book )
Riding a white horse : Ted Turner's goodwill games & other crusades by Althea Carlson( Book )

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Most widely held works by Ted Turner

The racing edge by Ted Turner( Book )

7 editions published between 1979 and 1984 in English and Swedish and held by 229 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Citizen Turner : the wild rise of an American tycoon by Robert Goldberg( Book )

2 editions published between 1994 and 1995 in English and held by 35 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gerald Jay Goldberg and Robert Goldberg - themselves father and son - show how Turner's life has been crucially influenced by the shadow of his alcoholic father. As a boy, Ted, with missionary zeal, went about saving wounded animals; the relentlessly overachieving adult Turner leaps to the rescue of wounded companies and longs to save the world. No stranger to crises - often of his own making - he seems to function best in hurricane winds. In such a context, his efforts to improve the planet's environment and his recent marriage to cinema goddess Jane Fonda take on a new meaning

Monday night war : Raw is War vs. WCW Monday Nitro( Visual )

2 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and held by 33 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In 1995, two wrestling companies squared off on Monday night television to compete head to head. One one side, Vince McMahon the promoter who created WWE. On the other, WCW, owned by Ted Turner and run by Eric Bischoff. They lay it all on the table

Greed : with John Stossel( Visual )

5 editions published between 1998 and 2011 in English and held by 30 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A discussion of the relative value for society of accumulated excessive personal wealth as it is distributed through philanthropy or invested in economic progress. Greed is seen as a universal motivation that empowers economic growth for all by responding to the needs of consumers

Ted Turner and the news war( Visual )

1 edition published in 1984 in English and held by 22 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Tells about the winner-take-all contest between two cable giants - Cable News Network and ABC Group W's Satellite News Channel, the players were CNN's flamboyant president Ted Turner and SNC's Lloyd Werner

The pop-up book of Captain Planet and the Planeteers( Book )

2 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 20 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Captain Planet and the Planeteers battle environmental villains who want to destroy the world. Features pop-up and movable illustrations

Greed( Visual )

1 edition published in 1999 in English and held by 17 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A discussion on greed and the relative value for society of accumulated excessive personal wealth. Shows the relationship between the producers of goods and consumers on the other end, as well as the distribution of accumulated wealth through philanthropy

A Dialogue, Sagan-Turner : a conversation with Carl Sagan & Ted Turner( Visual )

1 edition published in 1989 in English and held by 17 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Updates a number of themes from the Cosmos television series. Turner and Sagan discuss issues that are vital to our survival: pollution, the greenhouse effect, nuclear weapons, etc. Carl Sagan explains the benefits of our space program, the possibility of time travel, etc

Cosmos : a personal voyage by Carl Sagan( Visual )

1 edition published in 1989 in English and held by 15 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In A dialogue: Sagan - Turner, Carl Sagan and Ted Turner "discuss the issues that are vital to the survival of our species on the Earth: pollution, the greenhouse effect, and nuclear weapons -- all problems with catastrophic global consequences. Dr. Sagan then explains the many benefits of our space program, the fascinating possibility of time travel, and our search for life on other planets."--Container

Cold War( Visual )

1 edition published in 2012 in English and held by 14 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Soldiers of God (1975-1988): Afghanistan is a war that costs the lives of almost 15,000 Soviet conscripts and an estimated one million Afghans. The U.S. supplies billions of dollars of weapons to unlikely allies -- Islamic fundamentalists. The result is a Vietnam-style conflict which takes its toll on the Soviets and hastens the end of the Cold War

Cold War( Visual )

1 edition published in 2012 in English and held by 13 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sputnik (1949-1961): In the mid-'50s, the Soviet Union seems to forge ahead. In October 1957, the first Soviet satellite Sputnik orbits the Earth -- to the dismay and fear of the U.S., frustrated by its own ineffectual space program. In 1961, the Soviets launch Yuri Gagarin into space. America will have to meet the challenge

Call me Ted by Ted Turner( Book )

6 editions published in 2008 in English and Dutch and held by 13 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Memoires van de Amerikaanse mediamagnaat, oprichter van de nieuwszender CNN

Cold War( Visual )

1 edition published in 2012 in English and held by 13 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Vietnam (1954-1958): Vietnam has been divided since the end of French colonial rule. The North is run by communists, the South by anti-communists. Ignoring warnings against involvement in a nationalist struggle, the U.S. commits its armed forces. American protests against the war mount. The U.S. realizes this is not a war it can win

Cold War( Visual )

1 edition published in 2012 in English and held by 13 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Red Spring (the 1960s): In the Soviet bloc, communist rule stifles ambition and achievement. Soviet defense expenditure cripples economic growth. The young lust for totems of America's youth culture -- blue jeans and rock 'n' roll. In Czechoslovakia, Dubcek attempts limited reform, but in 1968, Soviet force crushes the Prague Spring

Cold War( Visual )

1 edition published in 2012 in English and held by 13 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The wall comes down (1989): Dominoes fall: incredibly quickly, the Soviet bloc breaks up, virtually without bloodshed. First Poland, then Hungary, then East Germany slip away from communist control. Gorbachev makes no effort to hold them back with force. Amid scenes of jubiliation, the hated Berlin Wall comes down

Cold War( Visual )

1 edition published in 2012 in English and held by 12 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Marshall Plan (1947-1952): The U.S. adopts the Truman Doctrine, pledging to defend freedom worldwide. Secretary of State George Marshall plans to bolster economic recovery in Europe. Seeing this as a threat, Stalin forbids his satellites to participate. The world effectively divides

Portrait of the Soviet Union( Visual )

4 editions published between 1988 and 1990 in English and held by 10 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A series of short segments within broad related categories exploring the geographic regions of the USSR, their cultures, and their peoples, past and present. Also examines the Soviet Union in World War II and traces the political and ideological changes of the Soviet government from Peter the Great, through the 1917 Revolution, and up to today

Ted Turner looks ahead( Visual )

4 editions published in 1983 in English and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ted Turner, owner of CNN Cable Television, talks about television's future especially in the area of cable television. Emphasis is placed on his concern for the need for quality television

Cheap in America( Visual )

1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 7 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A series of segments variously describing which group in America gives the most to charity, what kind of people give to charity, why do or don't the rich give and what are the effects on people who give to charity

Ted Turner speaks : insights from the world's greatest maverick by Ted Turner( Book )

2 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A sampling of quotes and commentary from Ted Turner providing insight into his thinking about family, idealism, technology, and other topics

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