O Rourke: 154 books
Power and Plenty
Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2009
International trade has shaped the modern world, yet until now no single book has been available for both economists and general readers that traces the history of the international economy from its earliest beginnings to the present day. Power and Plenty fills this gap, providing the first full account...
How the Hell Did This Happen?
The Election of 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
The iconic humorist offers his take on the stranger-than-fiction (and stranger-than-fact) 2016 presidential election and its equally unbelievable aftermath.
The 2016 election cycle was so absurd that celebrated political satirist, journalist, and die-hard Republican P. J. O’Rourke endorsed...
The American Spectator's Enemies List
A Vigilant Journalist's Plea for a Renewed Red Scare
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Whatever happened to good old-fashioned red-baiting? The #1 New York Times–bestselling humorist rails against the silly people in our midst . . .
In the midst of the Clinton years, political satirist P. J. O’Rourke, in conjunction with the conservative magazine The American Spectator, launched...
Republican Party Reptile
The Confessions, Adventures, Essays and (Other) Outrages of . . .
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Writings from the old-school Republican and New York Times–bestselling author of How the Hell Did This Happen?: “Hilarious” (Christopher Buckley, author of Thank You for Smoking).
In this collection of pieces, the outrageous political satirist renowned for such classics as Parliament of Whores...
Peace Kills
America's Fun New Imperialism
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
With his latest national best seller, Peace Kills, P.J. O'Rourke casts his ever-shrewd and mordant eye on America's latest adventures in warfare. Imperialism has never been more fun.To unravel the mysteries of war, O'Rourke first visits Kosovo: "Wherever there's injustice, oppression, and suffering,...
Dealing Death and Drugs
The Big Business of Dope in the U.S. and Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
The War on Drugs doesn’t work. This became obvious to El Paso City Representatives Susie Byrd and Beto O’Rourke when they started to ask questions about why El Paso’s sister city Ciudad Juárez has become the deadliest city in the world-8,000-plus deaths since January 1, 2008. Byrd and O’Rourke...
by P. J. O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2008
The #1 New York Times–bestselling political humorist reads Adam Smith’s classic economic treatise—so you don’t have to.
Recognized almost instantly on its publication in 1776 as the fundamental work of economics, The Wealth of Nations was also recognized as really long. The original edition...
by Tim O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2014
What happens in Paris . . .
Since returning home, Sammy's been struggling desperately to remember her friends and her adventures back in the Wild West. Were they real? Could the vampires, the werewolves, even Harry be just figments of her imagination? Desperate for answers, Sammy has returned...
by Erica O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Constance started to keen as the air around us began to thrash and twist, the caustic scent of ozone burning my nose. As I watched, her dark gold hair began to lift and kink into knots.
"I'm here. It'll be okay." It was the last thing I said before my best friend's little sister went...
by Tim O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
The second addictive adventure in Tim O'Rourke's acclaimed Sammy Carter series
It's been a year since Samantha Carter blasted back to 1888, barely escaping with her life. Now, returned to present-day London with only her nymphomaniac flatmate for company, she's starting to believe that everything...
by Mary O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
As she nears 80, Mary O’Rourke reflects on her life and its universal themes through letters.
To the Athlone Fianna Fáil Women’s Group … to a future female politician … to a young couple embracing on a bridge … to a past professor … to a niece in America …
On the eve of...
Hadija's Story
Diaspora, Gender, and Belonging in the Cameroon Grassfields
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2017
In 1952, a woman named Hadija was brought to trial in an Islamic courtroom in the Cameroon Grassfields on a charge of bigamy. Quickly, however, the court proceedings turned to the question of whether she had been the wife or the slave-concubine of her deceased husband. In tandem with other court cases...
A Short History of Brexit
From Brentry to Backstop
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
A succinct, expert guide to how we got to Brexit
After all the debates, manoeuvrings, recriminations and exaltations, Brexit is upon us. But, as Kevin O'Rourke writes, Brexit did not emerge out of nowhere: it is the culmination of events that have been under way for decades and have historical...
by Pat O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2012
Snaps tells the story of Pat O'Rourke and her parents who lived almost literally in an unusual car, a 1922 custom Buick designed for a General Motors official who used it to go hunting in the wilds of Michigan. It could sleep at least four adults comfortably. The O'Rourkes traveled in the car, camping...