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Facing Unpleasant Facts
Av George Orwell, George Packer
Häftad, 2021
204 kr
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George Orwell was first and foremost an essayist, producing throughout his life an extraordinary array of short nonfiction that reflected--and illuminated--the fraught times in which he lived. "As soon as he began to write something," comments George Packer in his foreword, "it was as natural for …
The Fight Is for Democracy: Winning the War of Ideas in America and the World
Häftad, 2003
217 kr
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All Art Is Propaganda
Critical Essays
Av George Orwell, Keith Gessen m. fl.
Häftad, 2021, 12-15 år
152 kr
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Orwell demonstrates in piece after piece how intent analysis of a work or body of work gives rise to trenchant aesthetic and philosophical commentary. As a critic, George Orwell cast a wide net. Equally at home discussing Charles Dickens and Charlie Chaplin, he moved back and forth across the …
Our Man
Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century
Häftad, 2020
207 kr
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*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Biography* *Winner of the Los Angeles Times Prize for Biography* *Winner of the 2019 Hitchens Prize* "Portrays Holbrooke in all of his endearing and exasperating self-willed glory...Both a sweeping diplomatic history and a Shakespearean tragicomedy... If you …
The Assassins' Gate
America in Iraq
Häftad, 2006
338 kr
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Named One of the 10 Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book Review Named one of the Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post Book World , The Boston Globe , Chicago Tribune , The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review , Los Angeles Times Book Review , USA Today , Time , and New York …
The Unwinding
An Inner History of the New America
Häftad, 2014
220 kr
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER A NEW YORK TIMES B ESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK AN NPR BEST BOOK Selected by New York Times ' critic Dwight Garner as a Favorite Book A Washington Post Best Political Book A New Republic Best Book A riveting examination of a nation in crisis, from one of the …
Last Best Hope
America in Crisis and Renewal
Inbunden, 2021
247 kr
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One of The New York Times 's 100 notable books of 2021 "[George Packer's] account of America’s decline into destructive tribalism is always illuminating and often dazzling." —William Galston, The Washington Post Acclaimed National Book Award-winning author George Packer diagnoses America’s descent …
Last Best Hope
America in Crisis and Renewal
E-bok, 2021
182 kr
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One of The New York Times ''s 100 notable books of 2021 "[George Packer''s] account of America’s decline into destructive tribalism is always illuminating and often dazzling." —William Galston, The Washington Post Acclaimed National Book Award-winning author George Packer diagnoses America’s …
The Emergency
A Novel
Inbunden, 2025
334 kr
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A gripping fable of imperial collapse that illuminates the crises of our times. George Packer's bestselling nonfiction work exploring American life has won many prizes, including the National Book Award. With The Emergency , he returns to fiction, bringing us a visionary novel that goes to the …
Emergency
A Novel
E-bok, 2025
275 kr
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A gripping fable of imperial collapse that illuminates the crises of our times. George Packer's bestselling nonfiction work exploring American life has won many prizes, including the National Book Award. With The Emergency, he returns to fiction, bringing us a visionary novel that goes to the nerve …
Assassins' Gate
America in Iraq
Häftad, 2007
171 kr
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The Assassins' Gate recounts how the United States set about changing the history of the Middle East and became ensnared in a guerrilla war in Iraq. The consequences of that policy are shown in the author's vivid reporting on the ground in Iraq, where he made several tours on assignment for The New …
Unwinding
Thirty Years of American Decline
Häftad, 2014
210 kr
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America is in crisis. In the space of a generation, it has become more than ever a country of winners and losers, as industries have failed, institutions have disappeared and the country's focus has shifted to idolise celebrity and wealth. George Packer narrates the story of America over the past …
Unwinding
E-bok, 2013
118 kr
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America is in crisis. In the space of a generation, it has become more than ever a country of winners and losers, as industries have failed, institutions have disappeared and the country's focus has shifted to idolise celebrity and wealth.George Packer narrates the story of America over the past …
Party to Murder
Häftad, 2009
327 kr
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Drama / 5m, 6f Millions of Iraqis, spanning the country's religious and ethnic spectrum, welcomed the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. But the mostly young men and women who embraced America's project so enthusiastically that they were prepared to risk their lives for it by aiding the U.S. forces …
Emergency
A Novel
Häftad, 2026
239 kr
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A gripping fable of imperial collapse that illuminates the crises of our times. George Packer's bestselling nonfiction work exploring American life has won many prizes, including the National Book Award. With The Emergency , he returns to fiction, bringing us a visionary novel that goes to the …
Last Best Hope
America in Crisis and Renewal
Häftad, 2022
257 kr
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One of The New York Times 's 100 notable books of 2021 "[George Packer's] account of America’s decline into destructive tribalism is always illuminating and often dazzling." —William Galston, The Washington Post Acclaimed National Book Award-winning author George Packer diagnoses America’s descent …
Unwinding
An Inner History of the New America
Ljudbok, 2013
485 kr
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER A NEW YORK TIMES B ESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK AN NPR BEST BOOK Selected by New York Times '' critic Dwight Garner as a Favorite Book A Washington Post Best Political Book A New Republic Best Book A riveting examination of a nation in crisis, from one of the …
Betrayed
A Play
E-bok, 2008
224 kr
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Based on George Packer''s account in The New Yorker , Betrayed is a riveting and morally complex drama that explores in the Iraqis'' own words the ways in which we have already abandoned them. Millions of Iraqis, spanning the country''s religious and ethnic spectrum, welcomed the overthrow of …
Unwinding
An Inner History of the New America
E-bok, 2013
186 kr
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER A NEW YORK TIMES B ESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK AN NPR BEST BOOK Selected by New York Times '' critic Dwight Garner as a Favorite Book A Washington Post Best Political Book A New Republic Best Book A riveting examination of a nation in crisis, from one of the …
Blood of the Liberals
E-bok, 2015
199 kr
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An acclaimed journalist and novelist explores the legacy and future of American liberalism through the history of his family''s politically active history George Packer''s maternal grandfather, George Huddleston, was a populist congressman from Alabama in the early part of the century--an agrarian …
Our Man
Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century
E-bok, 2019
125 kr
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From one of America’s greatest non-fiction writers, an epic saga of the rise and fall of American power, from Vietnam to Afghanistan, told through the life of one man.**WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2019****FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 2020**Richard …
Unwinding
Thirty Years of American Decline
E-bok, 2019
136 kr
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*WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION*‘A Great American Novel in the guise of a Great Nonfiction Epic, The Unwinding asks…do we truly like the world we have made for ourselves?’ The TimesAmerica is in crisis. In the space of a generation the country has become divided between winners …
Last Best Hope
America in Crisis and Renewal
Ljudbok, 2021
167 kr
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Brought to you by Penguin. What happened to America? Is there still hope? We have arrived at a critical moment in American history. The United States is divided, its democracy is shaken. But all is not lost. The remarkable fruit of two decades of research, Last Best Hope is a riveting, urgent, …
Unwinding
Thirty Years of American Decline
Häftad, 2019
171 kr
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*WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION*‘A Great American Novel in the guise of a Great Nonfiction Epic, The Unwinding asks…do we truly like the world we have made for ourselves?’ The TimesAmerica is in crisis. In the space of a generation the country has become divided between winners …
Last Best Hope
America in Crisis and Renewal
Häftad, 2022
265 kr
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Acclaimed National Book Award-winning author George Packer diagnoses America's descent into a failed state, and envisions a path toward overcoming injustices, paralyses, and divides How, in a few decades, did the United States transform from a broadly prosperous middle-class country, with …
Last Best Hope
America in Crisis and Renewal
E-bok, 2021
144 kr
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Acclaimed National Book Award-winning author George Packer diagnoses America's descent into a failed state, and envisions a path toward overcoming injustices, paralyses, and divides How, in a few decades, did the United States transform from a broadly prosperous middle-class country, with …
