Christopher Hitchens was arguably the most erudite, provocative, and polarizing writers of the last 25 years. When he passed away in 2011 from esophageal cancer, writers, readers, listeners, pundits and critics the world over mourned his loss. AND YET... brings together some of the finest essays Hitchens published over the last two decades for the first time in book form, addressing the controversial subjects he is best known for, with characteristic wit and erudition, including: the case against God, faith and religious observance; the case for intervention in Iraq and Iran; jabs at towering political figures like Bill Clinton, Henry Kissinger, and dictators and tyrants the world over; celebrations of the pleasures of drinking, and of the writers whose lives and work most influenced his own, such as Saul Bellow, George Orwell, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and his dear friends Martin Amis and Salman Rushdie, among others.
Bill Moyers on America today:“Here in the first decade of the twenty-first century the story that becomes America’s dominant narrative will shape our collective imagination and our politics for a long time to come. In the searching of ou...
From baseball's Joe DiMaggio to NASCAR's Dale Earnhardt, Speeches by Great Hall of Famers is a collection of more than fifty inspiring speeches by some of the greatest athletes of all time.BaseballJoe DiMaggioMickey MantleCasey StengelFrank Robinson...
Great Speeches by the First Ladies of the United States highlights twenty-five of the most important and well-known speeches by our nation's First Ladies. This collection includes speeches by Eleanor Roosevelt, Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson,...
When First Lady Michelle Obama approached the podium at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, nobody could have predicted that her rousing and emotional “When they go low, we go high” speech would go on to become the motto for the po...
Whether you're a lifelong believer, a devout atheist, or someone who remains uncertain about the role of religion in our lives, this insightful manifesto will engage you with its provocative ideas.With a close and studied reading of the major relig...
Narrator: Christopher Hitchens Published: 05/01/2007
Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address on
March 4, 1865, during his second inauguration as president of the United
States. At a time when victory over the secessionists in the American Civil War
was within days and slavery was near a...
Arguably the most celebrated and revered writer of our time now gives us a new nonfiction collection--a rich gathering of her essays, speeches, and meditations on society, culture, and art, spanning four decades.The Source of Self-Regard is brimming...
From Socrates to Charles I, Danton to Lincoln – here are some of history’s most significant figures with their most important speeches. Fighting for justice, for freedom of speech, and sometimes even for their own lives, these ...
Narrator: Norman Rodway, Samuel West, Elizabeth Bell, and Peter Marinker Published: 01/01/2000
This collection features fourteen of the most important and well-known speeches by some of the world's most influential religious leaders.Mahatma Gandhi: "Oh God" (1931)Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.: "Paul's Letter" (1956)Dr. Billy Graham: "Truth" add...
