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"If someone says I'm doing this out of faith, I say, Why don't you do it out of conviction?" -CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS One of his generation's greatest public intellectuals, and perhaps its fiercest, Christopher Hitchens was a brilliant inte...

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Är Henry Kissinger - vinnare av Nobels fredspris, USA:s utrikesminister under Nixon och Ford och den mest ryktbare diplomaten i sin generation - också krigsförbrytare? Den frågan ställer författaren Christopher Hitchens i den här uppmärksammade ...

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Den 8 juni 2010 kollapsade Christopher Hitchens i sitt hotellrum i New York. När diagnosen strupcancer fastställdes färdades han från de friskas land över till det karga landskapet som tillhör de sjuka. Under de följande arton månaderna, fram till...

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I did not, I wish to state, become a journalist because there was no other profession' that would have me. I became a journalist because I did not want to rely on newspapers for information. Love, Poverty and War: Journeys and Essays showcases Ame...

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"e;A balanced, readable portrait. A refreshing perspective. New York Times Book ReviewWith intelligence, insight, eloquence, and wit, bestselling author Christopher Hitchens gives us an artful portrait of a complex, formative figure in America...

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'The Adventures of Augie March is the Great American Novel. Search no further' Martin AmisA penniless and parentless Chicago boy growing up in the Great Depression, Augie March drifts through life latching on to a wild succession of occupations, i...

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Including Homage to Catalonia'Spain not only defined Orwell as an individual, it also gave him his first glimpse of totalitarianism' D. J. Taylor, GuardianGeorge Orwell's experience of the Spanish Civil War had a transformative effect on his life ...

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Written on the brink of World War II, West's classic examination of the history, people, and politics of Yugoslavia is a magnificent blend of travel journal, cultural commentary, and historical insight.

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Bristling with inspired observations and wild anecdotes, this first collection offers a unique insight into the voice and mind of the inimitable Hunter S. Thompson, as recorded in the pages of Playboy , The Paris Review , Esquire , and elsewhere. ...

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Sometimes all we have is the courage of our convictions. But not all convictions are created equal. In fact, some are downright delusional. And once a foolish notion sinks its teeth into the famous or the powerful, look out–the impact can ha...

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Written in the decade before Freud s death, Civilization and Its Discontents may be his most famous and most brilliant work. It has been praised, dissected, lambasted, interpreted, and reinterpreted. Originally published in 1930, it seeks to answe...

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Presents a century's worth of stars, moguls, parties and scandals, as seen through the unrivalled lens and inimitable prose of "Vanity Fair".

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A provocative volume of the controversial radical thinker Christopher Hitchens-political journalist, cultural critic, public intellectual and self-described contrarian-is one of the most controversial and prolific writers of his generation. His mo...

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A provocative volume of the controversial radical thinkerChristopher Hitchens-political journalist, cultural critic, public intellectual and self-described contrarian-is one of the most controversial and prolific writers of his generation. His mos...

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This groundbreaking volume, never before published in the United States, at last introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books throughout his career, the elev...

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“Rebecca West’s magnum opus . . . one of the great books of our time.” —The New Yorker   Written on the brink of World War II, Rebecca West’s classic examination of the history, people, and politics of Yugoslavia...

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Discover Graham Greene s blackly comic and timely espionage thriller, set amid the vice and squalor of pre-revolutionary Havana. British Intelligence being sent up something rotten Daily Telegraph Wormold is a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of ...

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On November 26, 2010, intellectual juggernaut and staunch atheist Christopher Hitchens went head-to-head with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, one of the Western worlds most openly devout political leaders, on the highly charged topic of ...

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As the Duke and Duchess of Sussex bring renewed focus to the monarchy, now is the perfect time to re-examine Christopher Hitchens s powerful polemic.In this scathing essay, Christopher Hitchens looks at the relationship of the press and the public...

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Courageous, insightful and candid thoughts on malady and mortality from one of the world's most celebrated writers.

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For nearly four decades, Hitchens showed readers how to grapple with the principles of reason, tolerance, and skepticism that define the formations of civilization. Legions of readers, admirers and detractors alike, have learned to read Hitchens w...

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In this expanded edition of Hitchens' slow motion citizen's cardiac arrest of the Clinton presidency, he looks at Clinton's influence on the 2000 election, Hillary Clinton's run for a New York Senate seat, and how he claims the net of corruption i...

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Featuring the controversial bestselling author of The God Delusion with a foreword by Stephen Fry_________________"e;Do you believe in God?"e;_________________What readers are saying:***** Awe inspiring . . . I read it in almost one sittin...

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Brought to you by Penguin.Known as the 'four horsemen' of New Atheism, these four big thinkers of the twenty-first century met only once. Their electrifying examination of ideas on this remarkable occasion was intense and wide-ranging. Everything ...

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Brought to you by Penguin.'Graham Greene had wit and grace and character and story and a transcendent universal compassion that places him for all time in the ranks of world literature' John Le CarreWormold is a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city o...

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THE AUTHORATITIVE TEXT "e;All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. "e;Mr Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, is a lazy drunk. The animals decide to overthrow him in a revolution that will allow them to run the farm, ...

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The seminal, uncollected essays—lauded as "dazzling” (The New York Times Book Review)—by the late Christopher Hitchens, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller God Is Not Great, showcase the notorious contrarian's genius ...

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A ';brief but potent' appreciation of one of the most influential and revolutionary works of political thought ';mixing biography, criticism and philosophy' (Los Angeles Times). Christopher Hitchens, the #1 New York Timesbestselling author of God ...

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