A Colossal Wreck

Author : Alexander Cockburn
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1781681198
Total Pages : 609 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Colossal Wreck written by Alexander Cockburn and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander Cockburn was without question one of the most influential journalists of his generation, whose writing stems from the best tradition of Mark Twain, H.L. Menchken and Tom Paine. Colossal Wreck, his final work, finished shortly before his death in July 2012, exemplifies the prodigious literary brio that made Cockburn’s name. Whether ruthlessly exposing Beltway hypocrisy, pricking the pomposity of those in power, or tirelessly defending the rights of the oppressed, Cockburn never pulled his punches and always landed a blow where it mattered. In this panoramic work, covering nearly two decades of American culture and politics, he explores subjects as varied as the sex life of Bill Clinton and the best way to cook wild turkey. He stands up for the rights of prisoners on death row and exposes the chicanery of the media and the duplicity of the political elite. As he pursues a serpentine path through the nation, he charts the fortunes of friends, famous relatives, and sworn enemies alike to hilarious effect. This is a thrilling trip through the reefs and shoals of politics and everyday life. Combining a passion for the places, the food and the people he encountered on dozens of cross-country journeys, Cockburn reports back over seventeen years of tumultuous change among what he affectionately called the “thousand landscapes” of the United States.

Author : Alexander Cockburn
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1781684936
Total Pages : 603 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Colossal Wreck written by Alexander Cockburn and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander Cockburn was without question one of the most influential journalists of his generation, whose writing stems from the best tradition of Mark Twain, H. L. Mencken and Tom Paine. Colossal Wreck, his final work, finished shortly before his death in July 2012, exemplifies the prodigious literary brio that made Cockburn's name. Whether ruthlessly exposing Beltway hypocrisy, pricking the pomposity of those in power, or tirelessly defending the rights of the oppressed, Cockburn never pulled his punches and always landed a blow where it mattered. In this panoramic work, covering nearly two decades of American culture and politics, he explores subjects as varied as the sex life of Bill Clinton and the best way to cook wild turkey. He stands up for the rights of prisoners on death row and exposes the chicanery of the media and the duplicity of the political elite. As he pursues a serpentine path through the nation, he charts the fortunes of friends, famous relatives, and sworn enemies alike to hilarious effect. This is a thrilling trip through the reefs and shoals of politics and everyday life. Combining a passion for the places, the food and the people he encountered on dozens of cross-country journeys, Cockburn reports back over seventeen years of tumultuous change among what he affectionately called the "thousand landscapes" of the United States.

Author : Percy Bysshe Shelley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781511470759
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ozymandias written by Percy Bysshe Shelley and published by . This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the poem Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley like you've never seen it before. With strange illustrations that breathe a new life into the poem, this book is something different for you to add to your bookshelf.

Author : Alexander Cockburn
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1781681821
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Colossal Wreck written by Alexander Cockburn and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander Cockburn was without question one of the most influential journalists of his generation, whose writing stems from the best tradition of Mark Twain, H.L. Menchken and Tom Paine. Colossal Wreck, his final work, finished shortly before his death in July 2012, exemplifies the prodigious literary brio that made Cockburn’s name. Whether ruthlessly exposing Beltway hypocrisy, pricking the pomposity of those in power, or tirelessly defending the rights of the oppressed, Cockburn never pulled his punches and always landed a blow where it mattered. In this panoramic work, covering nearly two decades of American culture and politics, he explores subjects as varied as the sex life of Bill Clinton and the best way to cook wild turkey. He stands up for the rights of prisoners on death row and exposes the chicanery of the media and the duplicity of the political elite. As he pursues a serpentine path through the nation, he charts the fortunes of friends, famous relatives, and sworn enemies alike to hilarious effect. This is a thrilling trip through the reefs and shoals of politics and everyday life. Combining a passion for the places, the food and the people he encountered on dozens of cross-country journeys, Cockburn reports back over seventeen years of tumultuous change among what he affectionately called the “thousand landscapes” of the United States.

Author : Michael Schumacher
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1596919930
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mighty Fitz written by Michael Schumacher and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The disappearance of the Edmund Fitzgerald remains one of the great unsolved mysteries in maritime history. Michael Schumacher relays in vivid detail the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald, its many productive years on the waters of the Great Lakes, its tragic demise, the search effort and investigation, as well as the speculation and the controversy that followed in the wake of the disaster. Michael Schumacher is the author of six books. He has written 25 documentaries on Great Lakes shipwrecks, including three about the Edmund Fitzgerald. "In his ballad, Mr. Lightfoot sang about the Fitz's final tense moments, when "the waves turn minutes to hours: Now the hours have lengthened into years and years into decades-but the allure of this doomed ship and its missing men remains as strong as ever."-Wall Street Journal

Author : Alexander Cockburn
Publisher : Verso
ISBN 13 : 9781859847794
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Five Days That Shook the World written by Alexander Cockburn and published by Verso. This book was released on 2000-12-17 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is an account of the most intense popular uprising since the protests against the Vietnam War, exploring the convergence and victory of trade unionists, environmentalists, human rights advocates and farmers over the WTO in Seattle.

Author : Jack Henseleit
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781760500863
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mermaid Wreck written by Jack Henseleit and published by . This book was released on 2019-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Witching Hours, Anna and Max travel the world with their father, the Professor - but their real adventures take place in the dangerous underworld of dark fairies, where the children face sinister creatures and battle for their lives. Stuck in a leaky beach house by the Australian seaside, all Anna wants is a holiday - but in the shadowy ghost town of Mermaid's Purse, something strange is going on. A famous explorer has gone missing, leaving behind their research about a long-lost shipwreck: a wreck that may be hiding a dark secret. In the midst of a violent gale, Anna sets out to explore the town, sure that Max and the Professor will be safe indoors. But with a weird voice calling out to her from across the sea, and a network of cobwebbed tunnels running beneath her feet, Anna is about to learn that this ghost town might not be as empty as it seems ... Beware what lies beneath.

Author : Percy Bysshe Shelley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rosalind and Helen, a Modern Eclogue written by Percy Bysshe Shelley and published by . This book was released on 1819 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Monbiot
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1786632918
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Out of the Wreckage written by George Monbiot and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thrilling new route to a better society A toxic ideology of extreme competition and individualism has come to dominate our world. It misrepresents human nature, destroying hope and common purpose. Only a positive vision can replace it, a new story that re-engages people in politics and lights a path to a better future. George Monbiot shows how new findings in psychology, neuroscience and evolutionary biology cast human nature in a radically different light: as the supreme altruists and cooperators. He shows how we can build on these findings to create a new politics: a “politics of belonging.” Both democracy and economic life can be radically reorganized from the bottom up, enabling us to take back control and overthrow the forces that have thwarted our ambitions for a better society. Urgent and passionate, Out of the Wreckage provides the hope and clarity required to change the world.

Author : Chapo Trap House
Publisher : Atria Books
ISBN 13 : 1501187295
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chapo Guide to Revolution written by Chapo Trap House and published by Atria Books. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instant New York Times bestseller “Howard Zinn on acid or some bullsh*t like that.” —Tim Heidecker The creators of the cult-hit podcast Chapo Trap House deliver a manifesto for everyone who feels orphaned and alienated—politically, culturally, and economically—by the lanyard-wearing Wall Street centrism of the left and the lizard-brained atavism of the right: there is a better way, the Chapo Way. In a guide that reads like “a weirder, smarter, and deliciously meaner version of The Daily Show’s 2004 America (The Book)” (Paste), Chapo Trap House shows you that you don’t have to side with either sinking ships. These self-described “assholes from the internet” offer a fully ironic ideology for all who feel politically hopeless and prefer broadsides and tirades to reasoned debate. Learn the “secret” history of the world, politics, media, and everything in-between that THEY don’t want you to know and chart a course from our wretched present to a utopian future where one can post in the morning, game in the afternoon, and podcast after dinner without ever becoming a poster, gamer, or podcaster. A book that’s “as intellectually serious and analytically original as it is irreverent and funny” (Glenn Greenwald, New York Times bestselling author of No Place to Hide) The Chapo Guide to Revolution features illustrated taxonomies of contemporary liberal and conservative characters, biographies of important thought leaders, “never before seen” drafts of Aaron Sorkin’s Newsroom manga, and the ten new laws that govern Chapo Year Zero (everyone gets a dog, billionaires are turned into Soylent, and logic is outlawed). If you’re a fan of sacred cows, prisoners being taken, and holds being barred, then this book is NOT for you. However, if you feel disenfranchised from the political and cultural nightmare we’re in, then Chapo, let’s go…