Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011 Stoyo Petkanov the deposed Party leader of a former Soviet satellite country is on trial His adversary the prosecutor general stands for the new government's ideals & liberal certainties & is attempting to ensare Petkanov with the dictator's own totalitarian laws But Petkanov is not beaten yet He has been given his chance to fight back & he takes it with a vengeance to the increasing discomfort & surprise of those around him ...

The introduction of the Porsche 901 in 1963 marked a milestone in automotive history Although the name later had to be changed because Peugeot had patented having a 0 in the middle of car model numbers the 911 didn't let anything stand in the way of its becoming an iconic sports car This success story spans all the way from the 901 & the Carrera RS 27 (which with its characteristic rear spoiler-the so-called ducktail-was the fastest production car of its time) right up to the current generation of the 991 The famous automotive photographer Rene Staud whose The Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Book has also been published by te Neues showcases the most important models-all in his typically radiant & distinctive style ...

From the 1 New York Times best-selling author of God Is Not Great a provocative & entertaining guided tour of atheist & agnostic thought through the ages- with never-before-published pieces by Salman Rushdie Ian Mc Ewan & Ayaan Hirsi Ali Christopher Hitchens continues to make the case for a splendidly godless universe in this first-ever gathering of the influential voices- past & present- that have shaped his side of the current (and raging) Godno-god debate With Hitchens as your erudite & witty guide you'll be led through a wealth of philosophy literature & scientific inquiry including generous portions of the words of Lucretius Benedict de Spinoza Charles Darwin Karl Marx Mark Twain George Eliot Bertrand Russell Emma Goldman H L Mencken Albert Einstein Daniel Dennett Sam Harris Richard Dawkins & many others well-known & lesser known & they're all set in context & commented upon as only Christopher Hitchens- political & literary journalist extraordinaire (Los Angeles Times )- can Atheist? Believer? Uncertain? No matter The Portable Atheist will speak to you & engage you every step of the way ...

Beginning in the late 1940's American literature discovered a four-letter word & the word was beat Beat as in poverty & beatitude ecstasy & exile Beat was Jack Kerouac touring the American road in prose as fast & reckless as a V-8 Chevy It was the junk-sick surrealism of William Burroughs; the wild Whitmanesque poetry of Allen Ginsberg; & the lumberjack Zen of Gary Snyder The Portable Beat Reader collects the most significant writing of these & fellow members (and spiritual descendants) of the Beat Generation including Neal Cassady Gregory Corso Diane di Prima Bob Dylan Leroi Jones & Michael Mc Clure In poetry fiction essays song lyrics letters & memoirs it captures the triumphant rudeness energy & exhilaration of a movement that swept through American letters with hurricane force ...

The Portable Poe compiles Poe's greatest writings tales of fantasy terror death revenge murder & mystery including " The Pit & the Pendulum" " The Fall of the House of Usher" " The Cask of Amontillado" & " The Murders in the Rue Morgue" the world's first detective story In addition this volume offers letters articles criticism visionary poetry & a selection of random "opinions" on fancy & the imagination music & poetry intuition & sundry other topics ...

The Age of Enlightenment of the 18th century also called the Age of Reason was so named for an intellectual movement that shook the foundations of Western civilization In championing radical ideas such as individual liberty & an empirical appraisal of the universe through rational inquiry & natural experience Enlightenment philosophers in Europe & America planted the seeds for modern liberalism cultural humanism science & technology & laissez-faire Capitalism This volume brings together works from this era with more than 100 selections from a range of sources It

Includes:: examples by Kant Diderot Voltaire Newton Rousseau Locke Franklin Jefferson Madison & Paine that demonstrate the pervasive impact of Enlightenment views on philosophy & epistemology as well as on political social & economic institutions

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A newly edited collection of the seminal writings & speeches of a legendary writer orator & civil rights leader The life of Frederick Douglass is nothing less than the history of America in the 19th century from slavery to reconstruction His influence was felt in the political sphere major social movements literary culture & even international affairs His resounding words tell not only his own remarkable story but also that of a burgeoning nation forced to reckon with its tremulous moral ground This compact volume offers a full course on a necessary historical figure giving voice once again to a man whose guiding words are needed now as urgently as ever The Portable Frederick Douglass

Includes:: the full range of Douglass's writings from autobiographical writings that span from his life as a slave child to his memories of slavery as an elder statesman in the late 1870s; his protest fiction (one of the first works of African American fiction); his brilliant oratory constituting the greatest speeches of the Civil War era which launched his political career; & his journalistic essays that range from cultural & political critique toart literature law history philosophy & reform

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Although Hannah Arendt is considered one of the major contributors to social & political thought in the twentieth century this is the first general anthology of her writings This volume

Includes:: selections from her major works including The Origins of Totalitarianism Between Past & Future Men in Dark Times The Jew as Pariah & The Human Condition as well as many shorter writings & letters Sections include extracts from her work on fascism Marxism & totalitarianism; her treatment of work & labour; her writings on politics & ethics; & a section on truth & the role of the intellectual

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This book is an outstanding overview of the life & thoughts of Karl Marx The editor masterfully weaves together Marx's published works & private letters into a rich tapestry of history & ideas In addition to what you might expect to find in a collection like this (the text of The Communist Manifesto selections from Das Kapital) there are also tidbits from Marx's hand that help you truly understand the man & the history of his ideology from his predictions on the fates of France & Russia even down to his favorite color (red of course) & his old report cards No serious student of economic & political philosophy should be without an understanding of Karl Marx This book provides it like no other ...

The works of Friedrich Nietzsche have fascinated readers around the world ever since the publication of his first book more than a hundred years ago As Walter Kaufmann one of the world's leading authorities on Nietzsche notes in his introduction Few writers in any age were so full of ideas & few writers have been so consistently misinterpreted The Portable Nietzsche

Includes:: Kaufmann's definitive translations of the complete & unabridged texts of Nietzsche's four major works Twilight of the Idols The Antichrist Nietzsche Contra Wagner & Thus Spoke Zarathustra In addition Kaufmann brings together selections from his other books notes & letters to give a full picture of Nietzsche's development versatility & inexhaustibility In this volume one may very conveniently have a rich review of one of the most sensitive passionate & misunderstood writers in Western or any literature -Newsweek

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