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The Missionary Position : Mother Teresa in theory and practice by Christopher Hitchens
$32.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
In a searching examination of the Teresa cult, the author of "International Territory: The United Nations 1945-95" passes his final caustic judgement on Mother Teresa, reviewing her surrogate role as propagandist for the most extreme views, and concluding that she is "not" heaven's agent on Earth. "Hitc ...Show more
The Trial of Henry Kissinger by Christopher Hitchens
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Reading Level: very good
Drawing on first-hand testimony, previously unpublished documentation and broad sweeps through material released under the Freedom of Information Act, Christopher Hitchens mounts a devastating indictment of a man whose ambition and ruthlessness, he alleges, have directly resulted in both individual murd ...Show more
Thomas Jefferson: Author of America by Christopher Hitchens
$29.95 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks | Series: Eminent Lives Ser.
An eloquent writer, Thomas Jefferson was an awkward public speaker and a reluctant candidate; nevertheless he left an indelible presidential legacy. He penned the Declaration of Independence and acted as Minister to France yet yearned for a quieter career in the Virginia legislature. Predicting that sla ...Show more
Thomas Paine's Rights of Man by Christopher Hitchens
$23.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
An enlightening and beautifully written introduction to the making, and message, of a book that was central to the foundation of the United States. My country is the world and my religion is to do good.' Thomas Paine, writing in Declaration of the Rights of Man (1791) Thomas Paine is one of the greatest ...Show more
Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere by Christopher Hitchens
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
Unacknowledged Legislation is a celebration of Percy Shelley's assertion that 'poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world'. In over thirty magnificent essays on writers from Oscar Wilde to Salman Rushdie, and with his trademark wit, rigour and flair, master critic Christopher Hitchens dispels ...Show more
Why Orwell Matters by Christopher Hitchens
$27.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
"Hitchens presents a George Orwell fit for the 21st century. "-Boston Globe. In this widely acclaimed biographical essay, Christopher Hitchens assesses the life, the achievements, and the myth of the great political writer and participant George Orwell. In true emulative and contrarian style, Hitchens i ...Show more