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Hitch 22
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Author : Christopher Hitchens
language : en
Publisher: Twelve
Release Date : 2010-06-02
Hitch 22 written by Christopher Hitchens and has been published by Twelve this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Over the course of his 60 years, Christopher Hitchens has been a citizen of both the United States and the United Kingdom. He has been both a socialist opposed to the war in Vietnam and a supporter of the U.S. war against Islamic extremism in Iraq. He has been both a foreign correspondent in some of the world's most dangerous places and a legendary bon vivant with an unquenchable thirst for alcohol and literature. He is a fervent atheist, raised as a Christian, by a mother whose Jewish heritage was not revealed to him until her suicide. In other words, Christopher Hitchens contains multitudes. He sees all sides of an argument. And he believes the personal is political. This is the story of his life, lived large.
Mortality
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Author : Christopher Hitchens
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Books Ltd
Release Date : 2012-08-25
Mortality written by Christopher Hitchens and has been published by Atlantic Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The world's greatest contrarian confronts his own death in this brave and unforgettable book. During the American book tour for his memoir, Hitch-22, Christopher Hitchens collapsed in his hotel room with excruciating pain in his chest. As he would later write in the first of a series of deeply moving Vanity Fair pieces, he was being deported 'from the country of the well across the stark frontier that marks off the land of malady.' Over the next year he experienced the full force of modern cancer treatment. Mortality is at once an unsparingly honest account of the ravages of his disease, an examination of cancer etiquette, and the coda to a lifetime of fierce debate and peerless prose. In this moving personal account of illness, Hitchens confronts his own death - and he is combative and dignified, eloquent and witty to the very last.
God Is Not Great
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Author : Christopher Hitchens
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Books Ltd
Release Date : 2011-11-01
God Is Not Great written by Christopher Hitchens and has been published by Atlantic Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-01 with Religion categories.
In god is Not Great Hitchens turned his formidable eloquence and rhetorical energy to the most controversial issue in the world: God and religion. The result is a devastating critique of religious faith god Is Not Great is the ultimate case against religion. In a series of acute readings of the major religious texts, Christopher Hitchens demonstrates the ways in which religion is man-made, dangerously sexually repressive and distorts the very origins of the cosmos. Above all, Hitchens argues that the concept of an omniscient God has profoundly damaged humanity, and proposes that the world might be a great deal better off without 'him'.
Thomas Jefferson
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Author : Christopher Hitchens
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-10-13
Thomas Jefferson written by Christopher Hitchens and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-13 with History categories.
"A balanced, readable portrait. A refreshing perspective.” —New York Times Book Review With intelligence, insight, eloquence, and wit, bestselling author Christopher Hitchens gives us an artful portrait of a complex, formative figure in American history and his turbulent era. In this unique biography of Thomas Jefferson, leading journalist and social critic Christopher Hitchens offers a startlingly new and provocative interpretation of our Founding Father—a man conflicted by power who wrote the Declaration of Independence and acted as ambassador to France yet yearned for a quieter career in the Virginia legislature. A masterly writer, Jefferson was an awkward public speaker. A professed proponent of emancipation, he elided the issue of slavery from the Declaration of Independence and continued to own human property. A reluctant candidate, he left an indelible presidential legacy.
Why Orwell Matters
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Author : Christopher Hitchens
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2008-08-06
Why Orwell Matters written by Christopher Hitchens and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
"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.
Hitch 22
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Author : Christopher Hitchens
language : nl
Publisher: J.M. Meulenhoff
Release Date : 2011-10-07
Hitch 22 written by Christopher Hitchens and has been published by J.M. Meulenhoff this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-07 with Literary Criticism categories.
Waar de journalist Christopher Hitchens ook optreedt, er is rumoer. Hij zoekt de controverse op, neemt geen blad voor de mond, en gaat alle hypocrisie te lijf. Hij is een beruchte bon-vivant en staat bekend om zijn liefde voor literatuur en alcohol. Als buitenlandcorrespondent verbleef hij op de gevaarlijkste plekken ter wereld. Deze militante atheïst en bohemien werpt op elk onderwerp dat hij aansnijdt een nieuw en onverwacht licht. Of hij nu schrijft over de oorlog in Vietnam, de seksuele escapades op Engelse jongensinternaten, Bob Dylan of de interventie in Irak, zijn oorspronkelijke geest weet steeds weer verbanden bloot te leggen die het onderwerp losweken van elke gemeenplaats. In Hitch 22 maakt deze criticaster met het vlijmscherpe intellect je deelgenoot van zijn levensgeschiedenis, een geschiedenis van uitersten.
Hitch 22
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Author : Christopher Hitchens
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Books Ltd
Release Date : 2010-05-20
Hitch 22 written by Christopher Hitchens and has been published by Atlantic Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The acid, hilarious, confessional, provocative bestselling memoirs of our greatest contrarian, and the author of god Is Not Great . In this long-awaited and candid memoir, Hitchens re-traced the footsteps of his life to date, from his childhood in Portsmouth, with his adoring, tragic mother and reserved Naval officer father; to his life in Washington DC, the base from which from he would launch fierce attacks on tyranny of all kinds. Along the way, he recalled the girls, boys and booze; the friendships and the feuds; the grand struggles and lost causes; and the mistakes and misgivings that have characterised his life. Hitch-22 is, by turns, moving and funny, charming and infuriating, enraging and inspiring. It is an indispensable companion to the life and thought of our pre-eminent political writer.
Hitch 22
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Author : Christopher Hitchens
language : en
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Release Date : 2010-06-01
Hitch 22 written by Christopher Hitchens and has been published by McClelland & Stewart this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
#1 New York Times bestselling author and finalist for the National Book Award — one of the most admired and controversial public intellectuals of our time — shares his personal life story. Most who have observed Christopher Hitchens over the years would agree that he possesses a ferocious intellect and is unafraid to tackle the most contentious subjects. Now 60, English-born and American by adoption; all atheist and partly Jewish; bohemian (even listing "drinking" along with "disputation" as "hobbies" in Who's Who), he has held to a consistent thread of principle whether opposing war in Vietnam or supporting intervention in Iraq. As a foreign correspondent in some of the world's nastiest places, a lecturer and teacher and an esteemed literary critic, Hitchens manifests a style that is at once ironic, witty, and tough-minded. A legendary bon vivant with an unquenchable thirst for literature, he has sometimes ridiculed those who claim that the personal is political, though he has often seemed to illustrate that very idea. Readers will find that his own many opposites attract, as do his many sketches of friendship and ex-friendship, from Martin Amis to Noam Chomsky. Condemned to be able to see both sides of any argument, Christopher Hitchens has contradictions that contain their own multitudes.
No One Left To Lie To
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Author : Christopher Hitchens
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Books Ltd
Release Date : 2012-04-01
No One Left To Lie To written by Christopher Hitchens and has been published by Atlantic Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-01 with Political Science categories.
In this vitriolic polemic, Christopher Hitchens takes on the myth surrounding the most divisive political figures in American political history: Bill Clinton and Hilary Clinton. By far the best of all the books on the Clinton era. - Edward Said In No One Left to Lie To, Christopher Hitchens portrays President Bill Clinton as one of the most ideologically skewed and morally negligent politicians of recent times. In a blistering polemic which shows that Clinton was at once philanderer and philistine, crooked and corrupt, Hitchens challenges perceptions - of liberals and conservatives alike - of this highly divisive figure. With blistering wit and meticulous documentation, Hitchens masterfully deconstructs Clinton's abject propensity for pandering to the Left while delivering to the Right and argues that the president's personal transgressions were inseparable from his political corruption.
Letters To A Young Contrarian
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Author : Christopher Hitchens
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 2009-04-28
Letters To A Young Contrarian written by Christopher Hitchens and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-28 with Religion categories.
"Art of Mentoring" seriesIn the book that he was born to write, provocateur and best-selling author Christopher Hitchens inspires future generations of radicals, gadflies, mavericks, rebels, angry young (wo)men, and dissidents. Who better to speak to that person who finds him or herself in a contrarian position than Hitchens, who has made a career of disagreeing in profound and entertaining ways. This book explores the entire range of "contrary positions"-from noble dissident to gratuitous pain in the butt. In an age of overly polite debate bending over backward to reach a happy consensus within an increasingly centrist political dialogue, Hitchens pointedly pitches himself in contrast. He bemoans the loss of the skills of dialectical thinking evident in contemporary society. He understands the importance of disagreement-to personal integrity, to informed discussion, to true progress-heck, to democracy itself. Epigrammatic, spunky, witty, in your face, timeless and timely, this book is everything you would expect from a mentoring contrarian.