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Books by Christopher Hitchens
  | | The Portable Atheist(1st Edition) Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever by Christopher Hitchens Paperback, 528 Pages, Published 2007 by Da Capo Press ISBN-13: 978-0-306-81608-6, ISBN: 0-306-81608-3 "Christopher Hitchens's personally curated New York Times bestselling anthology of the most influential and important writings on atheism, including original pieces by Salman Rushdie and Ian McEwanFrom the #1 New York Times best-selling author of God Is Not Great, a provocative and entertaining guided tour of atheist and agnostic thought through the ages--with never-before-published pieces by Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, and Ayaan Hirsi A ..." |
 | | Mortality(Reprint) by Christopher Hitchens, Graydon Carter, Carol Blue Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2014 by Twelve ISBN-13: 978-1-4555-0276-9, ISBN: 1-4555-0276-6 "On June 8, 2010, while on a book tour for his bestselling memoir, Hitch-22, Christopher Hitchens was stricken in his New York hotel room with excruciating pain in his chest and thorax. As he would later write in the first of a series of award-winning columns for Vanity Fair, he suddenly found himself being deported "from the country of the well across the stark frontier that marks off the land of malady." Over the next eighteen months, ..." |
 | | Thomas Jefferson(1st Edition) Author of America (Eminent Lives) by Christopher Hitchens Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2009 by Harper Perennial ISBN-13: 978-0-06-083706-8, ISBN: 0-06-083706-3 "In this unique biography of Thomas Jefferson, leading journalist and social critic Christopher Hitchens offers a startlingly new and provocative interpretation of our Founding Father. Situating Jefferson within the context of America's evolution and tracing his legacy over the past two hundred years, Hitchens brings the character of Jefferson to life as a man of his time and also as a symbolic figure beyond it. Conflicted by power, J ..." |
 | | And Yet...(Reprint) Essays by Christopher Hitchens Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2016 by Simon & Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-4767-7207-3, ISBN: 1-4767-7207-X "The seminal, uncollected essays--lauded as "dazzling" (The New York Times Book Review)--by the late Christopher Hitchens, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller God Is Not Great, showcase the notorious contrarian's genius for rhetoric and his sharp rebukes to tyrants and the ill-informed everywhere. For more than forty years, Christopher Hitchens delivered essays to numerous publications on both sides of the Atlantic that were aston ..." |
 | | The Missionary Position Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice by Christopher Hitchens, Thomas Mallon Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2012 by Twelve ISBN-13: 978-1-4555-2300-9, ISBN: 1-4555-2300-3 "What's next--The Girl Scouts: The Untold Story? How could anybody write a debunking book about Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity order? Well, in this little cruise missile of a book, Hitchens quickly establishes that the idea is not without point. After all, what is Mother Teresa doing hanging out with a dictator's wife in Haiti and accepting over a million dollars from Charles Keating? The most riveting material in the book ..." |
 | | Why Orwell Matters(Reprint) by Christopher Hitchens, Robert Powell Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2003 by Basic Books ISBN-13: 978-0-465-03050-7, ISBN: 0-465-03050-5 "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 is both admiring and aggressive, sympathetic yet critical, taking true measure of his subject as hero and problem. Answering both the detractors and the false claimants, Hitchens tears down the façade of sainthood ..." |
 | | The Parthenon Marbles(Updated) The Case for Reunification by Christopher Hitchens, Nadine Gordimer, Robert Browning, Charalamabos Bouras Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2008 by Verso ISBN-13: 978-1-84467-252-3, ISBN: 1-84467-252-2 "With the opening of the New Acropolis Museum in Athens, bestselling author Christopher Hitchens states the case for reunification. The Parthenon Marbles (formerly known as the Elgin Marbles), designed and executed by Pheidias to adorn the Parthenon, are perhaps the greatest of all classical sculptures. In 1801, Lord Elgin, then ambassador to the Turkish government, had chunks of the frieze sawn off and shipped to England, where they we ..." |
 | | The Best American Essays 2010(Reprint) by Christopher Hitchens, Robert Atwan Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2010 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-0-547-39451-0, ISBN: 0-547-39451-9 "Christopher Hitchens Robert Atwan. This was typically self-deprecating, but contains an important grain of truth. Harry's education extends no further than high school, his view is further limited by ... They find an emaciated, enfeebled Cohen breathing oxygen through a mask with a volume of Walter Benjamin's Selected Writings on his lap. This is comedy, high and dark, but it does not prevent the critic, minutes before his death, d ..." |
 | | The Four Horsemen(1st Edition) The Conversation That Sparked an Atheist Revolution by Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Stephen Fry Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2019 by Random House ISBN-13: 978-0-525-51195-3, ISBN: 0-525-51195-4 "In 2007, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett filmed a landmark discussion about modern atheism. The video went viral. Now in print for the first time, the transcript of their conversation is illuminated by new essays from three of the original participants and an introduction by Stephen Fry. At the dawn of the new atheist movement, the thinkers who became known as “the four horsemen,” the heralds of rel ..." |
 | | Mortality(1st Edition) by Christopher Hitchens, Carol Blue, Editor Graydon Carter Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 2012 by Twelve ISBN-13: 978-1-4555-0275-2, ISBN: 1-4555-0275-8 "On June 8, 2010, while on a book tour for his bestselling memoir, Hitch-22, Christopher Hitchens was stricken in his New York hotel room with excruciating pain in his chest and thorax. As he would later write in the first of a series of award-winning columns for Vanity Fair, he suddenly found himself being deported "from the country of the well across the stark frontier that marks off the land of malady." Over the next eighteen months, ..." |
 | | Thomas Paine's Rights of Man(Reprint) (Books That Changed the World) by Christopher Hitchens, Grove Press Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2008 by Grove Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-4383-9, ISBN: 0-8021-4383-0 "Christopher Hitchens, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of God Is Not Great has been called a Tom Paine for our times, and in this addition to the Books that Changed the World Series, he vividly introduces Paine and his Declaration of the Rights of Man, the world’s foremost defense of democracy. Inspired by his outrage at Edmund Burke’s attack on the French Revolution, Paine’s text is a passionate defense of man’s inalienable ri ..." |
 | | God Is Not Great(1st Edition) How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2008 by Emblem Editions International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-7710-4143-3, ISBN: 0-7710-4143-8 "Christopher Hitchens, described in the London Observer as “one of the most prolific, as well as brilliant, journalists of our time” takes on his biggest subject yet–the increasingly dangerous role of religion in the world. In the tradition of Bertrand Russell’s Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris’s recent bestseller, The End Of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion. With a close and erudite reading of ..." |
 | | Thomas Paine's Rights of Man(1st Edition) A Biography (Books That Changed the World) by Christopher Hitchens, Thomas Paine Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2007 by Atlantic Monthly Press ISBN-13: 978-0-87113-955-9, ISBN: 0-87113-955-3 "Thomas Paine was one of the greatest advocates of freedom in history, and his Declaration of the Rights of Man, first published in 1791, is the key to his reputation. Inspired by his outrage at Edmund Burkeâs attack on the French Revolution, Paineâs text is a passionate defense of manâs inalienable rights. Since its publication, Rights of Man has been celebrated, criticized, maligned, suppressed, and co-opted. But in Thomas Paineâ ..." |
 | | God Is Not Great(1st Edition) How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens Hardcover, 307 Pages, Published 2007 by Twelve Books ISBN-13: 978-0-446-57980-3, ISBN: 0-446-57980-7 "A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.\nIn the tradition of Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris's recent bestseller, The End of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case\nagainst religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man- ..." |
 | | Love, Poverty and War(Updated) Journeys and Essays by Christopher Hitchens Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2006 by Atlantic Books Import ISBN-13: 978-1-84354-452-4, ISBN: 1-84354-452-0 "Features three sections: 'Love', 'Poverty', and 'War'. 'Love' celebrates the work of Joyce, Proust and Borges. 'Poverty' includes a series of assessments of Michael Moore and the cult of the Kennedys. This book's final section, 'War', contains reportage from North Korea, Pakistan and Iraq." |
 | | The Adventures of Augie March (Penguin Classics) by Saul Bellow, Christopher Hitchens Paperback, 608 Pages, Published 2006 by Penguin Classics Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-14-303957-0, ISBN: 0-14-303957-1 "“The Adventures of Augie March is the great American Novel. Search no further.” –Martin AmisA Penguin Classic As soon as it first appeared in 1953, this novel by the great Saul Bellow was hailed as an American classic. Augie, the exuberant narrator-hero is a poor Chicago boy growing up during the Great Deptression. A “born recruit,” Augie makes himself available for a series of occupations, then proudly rejects each one as unworthy. His ..." |
 | | Letters to a Young Contrarian (Art of Mentoring (Paperback)) by Christopher Hitchens, Basic Books Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2005 by Basic Books ISBN-13: 978-0-465-03033-0, ISBN: 0-465-03033-5 ""Do justice, and let the skies fall." Christopher Hitchens borrows from Roman antiquity this touchstone for a career of confrontation, argument, and troublemaking. Part of the Art of Mentoring series, Letters to a Young Contrarian is a trim volume of about two dozen letters to an imaginary student of controversy. The letters are wonderfully engaging--Hitchens is an exceptional prose stylist--and from the outset they strike a self-reflec ..." |
 | | Blood, Class and Empire(1st Edition) The Enduring Anglo-American Relationship (Nation Books) by Christopher Hitchens Paperback, 428 Pages, Published 2004 by Nation Books ISBN-13: 978-1-56025-592-5, ISBN: 1-56025-592-7 "Since the end of the Cold War so-called experts have been predicting the eclipse of America's "special relationship" with Britain. But as events have shown, especially in the wake of 9/11, the political and cultural ties between America and Britain have grown stronger. Blood, Class and Empire examines the dynamics of this relationship, its many cultural manifestations - the James Bond series, PBS's "Brit Kitsch," Rudyard Kipling - and e ..." |
 | | Safe Area Gorazde(1st Edition) The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995 by Joe Saccoo, Christopher Hitchens, Foreword Christopher Hitchens Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2018 by Fantagraphics Books ISBN-13: 978-1-56097-470-3, ISBN: 1-56097-470-2 "Safe Area Gorazde is a harrowing documentary comic destined to become a classic of war reporting. In the waning days of the Bosnian war, Joe Sacco, the cartoonist behind the acclaimed Palestine, made several visits to Gorazde, a UN "safe area" that had been repeatedly attacked by Serb forces. He interviewed survivors of the Serb siege and assembled their recollections. Sacco depicts the atrocities of the war in simple, restrained panels ..." |
 | | Frontiers(1st Edition) The Book of the TV Series by Nadine Gordimer, Nigel Hamilton, Ronald Eyre, Christopher Hitchens, Frederic Raphael, John Wells, Richard Rodriguez, Jon Swain, Chris Hitchens, Eyre Raphael Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1991 by Bbc Pubns ISBN-13: 978-0-563-20701-6, ISBN: 0-563-20701-9 "A variety of contributors write about the great dividing lines that cut off one people from another and mark the barriers between culture, language, religion and race. Some frontiers follow natural features such as rivers or mountain ranges, whilst others are the results of recent wars or old imperial bargains, but they are all man-made. Novelist and playwright Frederic Raphael explores the Pyrenees, the frontier between France and Spai ..." |
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