Blood, Class and Empire: The Enduring Anglo-American Relationship
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A mordant, episodic, brilliantly lucid history of transatlantic negotiat ions of power and cultural influence. Interrogating the assumptions behind British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's pious belief that Britain's 20th-century role is to play civilizing Greece to America's Rome, Hitchens shows how the British insinuated the ideology of Empire into America's 'expansionist' foreign policy. Bibliographic Notes, Index. 398p.
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Everyday Drinking: The Distilled Kinglsey Amis
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Amis's wisdom on the cherished subject of drinking. Along with a series of well-tested recipes the book includes Amis's musings on The Hangover, The Boozing Man's Diet, The Mean Sod's Guide, and How Not to Get Drunk - all leavened with fun quizzes on the making and drinking of alcohol all over the world. A full-glass cocktail of wry humor and distilled knowledge. Index. 302p.
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Hitch-22 : A Memoir
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One of the most noticed and debated public intellectuals of our time, despite decades on the public stage, Christopher Hitchens has rarely written of the private dimensions of his life - until now. The book is the candid,personal history of a complicated man: English-born and American by adoption, all atheist and partly Jewish, stalwartly bohemian (proudly flaunting 'drinking' along with 'disputation' as 'hobbies' in Who's Who), and rigorously intellectual. Here he discusses his famously unbending convictions, tracing the thread of principle that connects his opposition to war in Vietnam and his support for intervention in Iraq. Written in a mode that is anything but shy. Photos.
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Hitch-22: A Memoir
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Internationally renowned and controversial journalist Christopher Hitchens has rarely written of the private dimension of his life – until how. Here, in this provocative, widely acclaimed memoir, he presents the candid, personal history of a complicated man: English-born and American by adoption, all atheist and partly Jewish, stalwartly bohemian and rigorously intellectual, Hitchens discusses his famously unbending convictions, tracing the thread of principle that connects his opposition to war in Vietnam and his support for intervention in Iraq. He comments on the roots of his ironic, witty, and tough-minded style – honed through stints as a foreign correspondent in some of the world’s nastiest places. Able to see both sides (at least) of any argument, Christopher Hitchens possesses contradictions that contain their own multitudes. Christopher Hitchens passed away on December 15, 2011. Index. Illus,, b&w photographs. 434p.
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Infidel
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This memoir hit bestseller lists across the country and its author appeared on a host of national TV shows when first published in hardcover. Ultimately a celebration of triumph over adversity, the book recounts the intellectual comingof age of an outspoken, pioneering freedom fighter - from her Muslim childhood to her activism in the Netherlands, and her current life under armed guard in the West. 368p.
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Letters to a Young Contrarian
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(Art of Mentoring series). An exploration of the range of 'contrary positions' invoking mentors such as Zola, Rosa Parks and Vaclav Havel. What they have in common is a commitment to living and thinking, right now, in a society not as it is but as it might be. Provocateur Hitchens bemoans the loss of the skills of dialectical thinking evident in contemporary society and the sacrifice of true irony, satire and other forms of critical style. 141p.
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Long Short War: The Postponed Liberation of Iraq
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Presents an eyewitness account of the 2003 war in Iraq while arguing that the war actually began in 1990 when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, and discusses how the conflict has divided public opinion.
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No One Left to Lie To: The Triangulations of William Jefferson Clinton
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A journalist who has followed the political and personal path of the President since his first run for national office in 1992 examines the rise and fall of many of Clinton's friends and associates and suggests that his largest legacy may be that of pseudo-democracy.
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The Best American Essays 2010
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Twenty-one selections. Contributors, among others, include: Elife Batuman, 'The Murder of zleo Tolstoy'; Brian Doyle, 'Irreconcilable Dissonance'; Jane Kramer, 'Me, Myself, and I'; PHillip Lopate, 'Brooklyn the Unknowable'; David Sedaris, 'Guy Walks into a Bar Car'; John Edgar Wideman, 'Fatheralong'; James Wood, 'A Fine Rage'. Contributors Notes; Notable Essays of 2009. 272p.
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Thomas Paine's Rights of Man
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(Books That Changed The World series). Firstpublished in 1791, Thomas Paine's treatise, 'Declaration of the Rights of Man' is a uniquely American defense of man's inalienable rights. Here, bestselling author and commentator Christopher Hitchens examines this vital work, demonstrating how it established the philosophical basis of our democracy and how it is still viable in today's increasingly controlled society. Timely and sure to be controversial, this invaluable resource offers a glimpse into the mind of one of America's greatest political thinkers and into a possible future in which America continues to treasure the value of rights and reason. Notes, Index.
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Thomas Paine's Rights of Man
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(Books That Changed the World series). A political descendant of the great pamphleteer (Declaration of the Rights of Man, 1791), Christopher Hitchens marvels at Paine's philosophical eloquence, and the extent to which the form of his writing laid foundation to the American experiment. As a proponent of 'the rights of man', Paine's commitment is second to none. Notes, Index. 158p.
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Trial of Henry Kissinger
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The book investigates, in turn, Kissinger's involvement in the war in Indochina, planned assassinations in Santiago, Nicosia, and Washington D.C., and genocide in East Timor. The book amounts to a 'devastating indictment' - drawn on the basis of first-hand testimony, previously unpublished documentation, and broad sweeps through material released under the Freedom of Information Act. 159p.
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Trial of Henry Kissinger
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The book investigates, in turn, Kissinger's involvements in the war in Indochina, planned assassinations in Santiago, Nicosia, and Washington, D.C., and genocide in East Timor. The book adds up to a 'devastating indictment' - drawn on the basis of first-hand testimony, previously unpublished documentation, and broad sweeps through material released under the Freedom of Information Act. 159p.
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