Christopher Hitchens: 38 books

Christopher Hitchens—political journalist, cultural critic, public intellectual and self-described contrarian—is one of the most controversial and prolific writers of his generation. His most recent book, God Is Not Great, was on the New York Times bestseller list in 2007 for months. Like his hero,...

"All first-rate criticism first defines what we are confronting," the late, great jazz critic Whitney Balliett once wrote. By that measure, the essays of Christopher Hitchens are in the first tier. For nearly four decades, Hitchens has been telling us, in pitch-perfect prose, what we confront...

Christopher Hitchens, um dos intelectuais mais polêmicos e influentes dos últimos 30 anos, coloca em xeque o papel da religião em livro que é best-seller mundial “Deus não criou o homem à sua própria imagem, foi o contrário”. Essa afirmação norteia o escritor e jornalista britânico...

“If someone says I’m doing this out of faith, I say, Why don’t you do it out of conviction?” —CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS One of his generation’s greatest public intellectuals, and perhaps its fiercest, Christopher Hitchens was a brilliant interview subject. This collection—which spans...

Bijna vier decennia lang heeft Christopher Hitchens in uitdagend proza laten zien wat er gebeurt als we onze principes, onze redelijkheid, tolerantie en ons scepticisme te grabbel gooien. Onbarmhartig en zonder angst toont hij bedrog, stelt hij onrechtvaardigheid aan de kaak en ontmaskerthij hypocresie.Het...

Em 2010, o jornalista e polemista britânico Christopher Hitchens foi obrigado a interromper subitamente a turnê de lançamento de seu livro de memórias Hitch-22. O diagnóstico de um câncer em estado avançado determinava, então, uma guinada radical em sua vida. O intelectual bon vivant movido...

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 McEwan From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of God Is Not Great, a provocative and entertaining...

Una extraordinaria polémica contra la religión de la mano de uno de los más brillantes intelectuales de la actualidad, Christopher Hitchens. «Esta es la cuestión acerca de mis ideas y de quienes piensan como yo. Nuestra creencia no es una creencia. Nuestros principios no son una fe. No...

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...

From bestselling author and provocateur Christopher Hitchens, the classic guide to the art of principled dissent and disagreement In Letters to a Young Contrarian, bestselling author and world-class provocateur Christopher Hitchens inspires the radicals, gadflies, mavericks, rebels, and angry...

Mortalidad es la historia ejemplar de la resistencia de un hombre a retroceder al enfrentarse a lo desconocido, así como una penetrante mirada a la condición humana. El 8 de junio de 2010, durante la gira de promoción de su libro de memorias, Hitch-22, un insoportable dolor en el pecho y...

Intellectual juggernaut and staunch atheist Christopher Hitchens goes head-to-head with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, one of the Western world's most openly devout political leaders, on the highly charged topic of religion. Few world leaders have had a greater hand in shaping current events...

A “brief but potent” appreciation of one of the most influential and revolutionary works of political thought “mixing biography, criticism and philosophy” (Los Angeles Times). Christopher Hitchens, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of God Is Not Great, has been called a Tom...

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...