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Letter from America
1946-2004
E-bok, 2005
125 kr
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A defining collection from Alistair Cooke's legendary BBC Radio broadcasts, guiding us through nearly sixty years of changing life in the United States'No one else succeeded in explaining to the English-speaking world ... the idiosyncrasies of a country at once so familiar, and yet so utterly …
Letter from America
1946-2004
Häftad, 2021
190 kr
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A defining collection from Alistair Cooke's legendary BBC Radio broadcasts, guiding us through nearly sixty years of changing life in the United States'No one else succeeded in explaining to the English-speaking world ... the idiosyncrasies of a country at once so familiar, and yet so utterly …
Letter from America, 1946-2004
E-bok, 2007
95 kr
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For over half a century, Alistair Cooke entertained and informed millions of listeners around the world in his weekly BBC radio program Letter from America . An outstanding observer of the American scene, he became one of the world’s best-loved broadcasters, and a foreigner who helped Americans …
Alistair Cooke's America
Häftad, 2009
446 kr
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First published in 1973, this follow-up to Alistair Cooke's acclaimed 1972 television documentary series America: A Personal History of the United States has sold almost two million copies. From the nation's discovery to modern times; from the American revolutionaries to the pioneers who forged …
Douglas Fairbanks
The Making of a Screen Character
Inbunden, 2002
110 kr
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This now classic portrait of Douglas Fairbanks - the swashbuckling original King of Hollywood - was first published in 1940. Long out of print and hard to find, Alistair Cooke's posthumous biography was the first serious consideration of the career of the great silent screen star and husband of …
Alistair Cooke's America
50th Anniversary Edition
Häftad, 2023
214 kr
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For more than sixty years Alistair Cooke wrote and broadcast on every facet of American life with incomparable wit and wisdom. This is his ‘personal history’ of America, the best-selling book that accompanied his legendary BBC television series which was first broadcast in November 1972. It has …
Alistair Cooke's America
Ljudbok, 2010
202 kr
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For years legendary broadcaster Alistair Cooke brought America to the rest of the world with incomparable wit and wisdom. This is his classic "personal history" of America, guiding us through centuries of changing life in the USA. Beginning with his own arrival in America as a graduate in the …
Vintage Mencken
Av H. L. Mencken, Alistair Cooke
E-bok, 2011
147 kr
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Patient Has the Floor
Essays
E-bok, 2014
213 kr
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Masterful essays by one of the most distinctive voices in broadcast journalismIn his Letter from America reports for the BBC and as the host of PBS''s Masterpiece Theatre, Alistair Cooke addressed millions of people all over the world every week. The fourteen essays collected here, each of which …
America Observed
From the 1940s to the 1980s
E-bok, 2014
246 kr
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The definitive survey of Alistair Cooke''s brilliant career as a newspapermanFew journalists have covered the American scene as thoroughly as Alistair Cooke did. In addition to presenting the Sunday-night Letter from America broadcasts for the BBC, Cooke was the Guardian''s chief US correspondent …
Generation on Trial
U.S.A. v. Alger Hiss
E-bok, 2014
227 kr
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The story of Whittaker Chambers, HUAC, and the case that defined the McCarthy era, as reported by one of the twentieth century''s most respected journalists.In August 1948, a former Communist Party member named Whittaker Chambers testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee that a …
Americans
Letters from America 1969–1979
E-bok, 2015
246 kr
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"Reading [Cooke] is like spending an evening with him: you may have heard it all before, but never told with such grace and sparkle." —The New York Times Book ReviewAs the voice of the BBC''s Letter from America for close to six decades, Alistair Cooke addressed several millions of listeners on …
Letters from America, 1946-1951
E-bok, 2015
27 kr
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"[Cooke is] one of the most gifted and urbane essayists of the century, a supreme master." —The SpectatorAs the voice of the BBC''s Letter from America for close to six decades, Alistair Cooke addressed several millions of listeners on five continents. They tuned in every Friday evening or Sunday …
Talk About America, 1951-1968
E-bok, 2015
246 kr
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"There is never going to be anyone else like Cooke, a chronicler of amazing times." —The Daily TelegraphAs the voice of the BBC''s Letter from America for close to six decades, Alistair Cooke addressed several millions of listeners on five continents. They tuned in every Friday evening or Sunday …
Memories of the Great & the Good
E-bok, 2015
222 kr
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Alistair Cooke knew, met, interviewed, or reported on many of the most influential men and women of the twentieth century and in this collection profiles the twenty-three he considered the most remarkableIn his career of more than fifty years broadcasting the BBC radio program Letter from America …
Fun & Games with Alistair Cooke
On Sport and Other Amusements
E-bok, 2015
153 kr
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From Duke Ellington to Churchill Downs, championship golf to Greta Garbo, Alistair Cooke reports on the popular sports and entertainments he loved the most This delightful anthology, drawn from Alistair Cooke’s Letter from America BBC broadcasts as well as his reporting for the Guardian , showcases …
Alistair Cooke at the Movies
E-bok, 2015
197 kr
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A wonderful entertainment that reflects Alistair Cooke''s love affair with cinema, from his early days as a film critic to his iconic role as the host of Masterpiece TheatreHumphrey Bogart, Fred Astaire, Lauren Bacall, Marlene Dietrich, and Marilyn Monroe are just a few of the stars profiled, along …
Alistair Cooke Collection Volume One
Letters from America, Talk About America, and The Americans
E-bok, 2018
328 kr
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Three volumes of BBC broadcasts about the US from the New York Times–bestselling author, host of Masterpiece Theater, and "international treasure" (Booklist). In addition to his most visible presence as the host of PBS''s Masterpiece Theater for over two decades, British-born Alistair Cooke …
Letters From America: Seasonal Letters
Ljudbok, 2021
122 kr
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This selection contains eight of Alistair Cooke''s Christmas and New Year Letters from America , broadcast in December and January over the five decades of his career and covering a range of festive topics from the light-hearted to the sombre. Starting with his December 2001 Letter - broadcast in …
Letters From America: The Elections
Ljudbok, 2021
118 kr
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Alistair Cooke was a radio legend, entertaining millions of listeners for over fifty years in his weekly Letter from America . It was the longest-running one-man series in radio history, and every show was a virtuoso performance. Wise and witty, informed yet informal, Cooke was the doyen of foreign …
Letter From America Collection
Ljudbok, 2021
176 kr
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For over half a century, Alistair Cooke entertained millions of listeners across the globe with his weekly BBC radio programme ''Letter from America''. An outstanding observer of the American scene, he became one of the world''s best-loved broadcasters and had the distinction of presenting the …
Golf
The Marvelous Mania
E-bok, 2011
159 kr
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Legendary journalist and beloved TV host Alistair Cooke shares his life-long passion for golf in this stunning collection of his best writing on the sport he loved most. On a fateful day in 1964, Alistair Cooke was dragged into Van Cortland Park in New York City to play his first game of golf. He …
Letter from America: The Essential Letters 1936 - 2004
With additional narration by BBC American correspondent Matt Frei
Ljudbok, 2015
212 kr
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All six volumes of ''The Essential Letters from America'', brought together for the first time in this definitive chronological collection of Alistair Cooke''s finest broadcasts Alistair Cooke was the doyen of foreign correspondents and a radio legend, entertaining millions of listeners for over …
Letter from America
1946-2004
Häftad, 2016
215 kr
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When Alistair Cooke retired in March 2004 and then died a few weeks later, he was acclaimed by many as one of the greatest broadcasters of all time. His Letters from America, which began in 1946 and continued uninterrupted every week until early 2004, kept the world in touch with what was happening …
