Author : Christopher Hitchens
Publisher : Verso
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 40,24 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781859842843
Suggests that President Clinton's largest legacy may be the weakening of the presidency and of the Democratic Party.
Author : Christopher Hitchens
Publisher : Verso
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 36,29 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781859847367
A Washington journalist follows the rise of Bill Clinton and proposes that, if successful, the Clinton machine will become the model of pseudo-democracy for the coming century.
Author : Christopher Hitchens
Publisher : Verso
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 27,81 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781859843987
In this incendiary book, Hitchens takes the floor as prosecuting counsel and mounts a devastating indictment of Henry Kissinger, whose ambitions and ruthlessness have directly resulted in both individual murders and widespread, indiscriminate slaughter.
Author : Christopher Hitchens
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 46,96 MB
Release : 2008-08-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0786725893
"Hitchens presents a George Orwell fit for the twenty-first century." --Boston Globe In this widely acclaimed biographical essay, the masterful polemicist Christopher Hitchens assesses the life, the achievements, and the myth of the great political writer and participant George Orwell. True to his contrarian style, Hitchens is both admiring and aggressive, sympathetic yet critical, taking true measure of his subject as hero and problem. Answering both the detractors and the false claimants, Hitchens tears down the façade of sainthood erected by the hagiographers and rebuts the critics point by point. He examines Orwell and his perspectives on fascism, empire, feminism, and Englishness, as well as his outlook on America, a country and culture toward which he exhibited much ambivalence. Whether thinking about empires or dictators, race or class, nationalism or popular culture, Orwell's moral outlook remains indispensable in a world that has undergone vast changes in the seven decades since his death. Combining the best of Hitchens' polemical punch and intellectual elegance in a tightly woven and subtle argument, this book addresses not only why Orwell matters today, but how he will continue to matter in a future, uncertain world.
Author : Christopher Hitchens
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 48,73 MB
Release : 2009-04-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 078673907X
From bestselling author and provocateur Christopher Hitchens, the classic guide to the art of principled dissent and disagreement In Letters to a Young Contrarian, bestselling author and world-class provocateur Christopher Hitchens inspires the radicals, gadflies, mavericks, rebels, and angry young (wo)men of tomorrow. Exploring the entire range of "contrary positions"—from noble dissident to gratuitous nag—Hitchens introduces the next generation to the minds and the misfits who influenced him, invoking such mentors as Emile Zola, Rosa Parks, and George Orwell. As is his trademark, Hitchens pointedly pitches himself in contrast to stagnant attitudes across the ideological spectrum. No other writer has matched Hitchens's understanding of the importance of disagreement—to personal integrity, to informed discussion, to true progress, to democracy itself.
Author : Christopher Hitchens
Publisher : Plume
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 28,11 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780452284982
One of our most respected and controversial liberal thinkers makes the case for war in Iraq. Written in his trademark contrarian voice, Untitled on Iraq is comprised of Hitchens' essays on the justification for war in Iraq and other related issues written for Slate.com, The Wall Street Journal, The Nation, and more, as well as 25% new material on the war
Author : Christopher Hitchens
Publisher : Grove Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 31,59 MB
Release : 2008-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780802143839
Thomas Paine's "Rights of Man" has been celebrated, criticized, maligned, suppressed, and co-opted, but Hitchens marvels at its forethought and revels in its contentiousness. In this book, he demonstrates how Paine's book forms the philosophical cornerstone of the U.S.
Author : Simon Cottee
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 29,36 MB
Release : 2008-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0814716865
Brings together Hitchens' most incisive reflections on the 'war on terror', the war in Iraq and the state of the contemporary left. It also includes a selection of critical commentaries on his work from his former leftist comrades, a set of exchanges between Hitchens and various left-leaning interlocutors and more.
Author : Christopher Hitchens
Publisher : Verso
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 34,14 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9781859843833
Hitchens provides rich evidence that his own sallies as a political journalist are nourished by a close engagement with a broad sweep of novelists.
Author : Karen M. McManus
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 49,13 MB
Release : 2017-06-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0141375647
The international bestselling YA thriller by acclaimed author Karen M. McManus - now available in a bold new cover look complete with a blood red background and matching sprayed edges. Five students walk into detention. Only four come out alive. Yale hopeful Bronwyn has never publicly broken a rule. Sports star Cooper only knows what he's doing in the baseball diamond. Bad boy Nate is one misstep away from a life of crime. Prom queen Addy is holding together the cracks in her perfect life. And outsider Simon, creator of the notorious gossip app at Bayview High, won't ever talk about any of them again. He dies 24 hours before he could post their deepest secrets online. Investigators conclude it's no accident. All of them are suspects. Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you'll go to protect them. 'Tightly plotted and brilliantly written, with sharp, believable characters, this whodunit is utterly irresistible' - HEAT 'Twisty plotting, breakneck pacing and intriguing characterisation add up to an exciting single-sitting thrillerish treat' -THE GUARDIAN 'A fantastic murder mystery, packed with cryptic clues and countless plot twists. I could not put this book down' - THE SUN 'Pretty Little Liars meets The Breakfast Club' - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY But the story doesn't end here, it continues with One of Us Is Next. . .
