In this long-awaited & candid memoir Hitchens re-traces the footsteps of his life to date from his childhood in Portsmouth with his adoring tragic mother & reserved Naval officer father; to his life in Washington DC the base from which from he would launch fierce attacks on tyranny of all kinds. Along the way he recalls the girls boys & booze; the friendships & the feuds; the grand struggles & lost causes; & the mistakes & misgivings that have characterised his life. Hitch-22 is by turns moving & funny charming & infuriating enraging & inspiring. It is an indispensable companion to the life & thought of our pre-eminent political writer. ...

In No One Left to Lie To a blistering polemic which shows that Clinton was at once philanderer & philistine crooked & corrupt Hitchens challenges perceptions
- of liberals & conservatives alike
- of this highly divisive figure. In The Missionary Position Hitchens unmasks pseudo-miracles questions Mother Teresas fitness to adjudicate on matters of sex & reproduction & reports on a version of saintly ubiquity which affords genial relations with dictators corrupt tycoons & convicted frauds. In its caustic iconoclasm & unsparing wit showcases the devastating effect of Hitchens writing at its polemical best. In The Trial of Henry Kissinger Hitchens goes straight for the jugular. Under his fearsome gaze Kissinger is accused of being a war criminal whose reckless actions & heinous disregard for international law have led to torture kidnapping & murder.

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First a legendary radio series then a bestselling book now a blockbuser movie the immensely successful Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy needs no introduction. Reissued to coincide with the film's release this hardback omnibus edition include all five parts of the trilogy incorporating for the first time Mostly Harmless along with a guide to the guide & essential notes on how to leave the planet. This single hardback edition is indispensable for any would-be galactic traveller & for old & new fans of Douglas Adams Doctor Who & bestselling science fiction books. ...

Jacob is in the car when his dad stops to pick up a stranger in the rain
- the hitchhiker. Who is he? & why is he out in a storm?
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Hitchhikers do not travel a fixed path. They intentionally wander so they can learn & grow along the way. Embarking on the lean journey is similar; there are many roads on which to wander & no single one is right for all. The Hitchhikers Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road" reveals the most critical lessons learned over the authors combined 30-plus years of exploring the lean highways. One of the books lessons from the road is you need to pay attention to where you are & where you are going just as you do when driving a car. Lean leaders add value by changing things moving them forward & producing different results than the day before. To lead you must go beyond creating a vision; you must develop the vehicle that will deliver it. " The Hitchhikers Guide to Lean" is the vehicle that will help you move beyond the tools & take lean to a self-sustaining & continuously improving level. The books 10 chapters cover lean principles & thinking lean leadership moves the roadmap for lean transformation common pitfalls of lean journeys building an operating system lean accounting lean material management lean in service organizations & how individuals can apply lean to improve themselves. The book concludes with interviews of lean practitioners on the front lines of change at Chrysler Ross Controls DTE Energy RSR Corporation & Nemak." ...

HE HITCHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY: One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. For Arthur who has just had his house demolished this is too much. Sadly the weekends just begun. THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE: When all issues of space time matter & the nature of being are resolved only one question remains: Where shall we have dinner? The Restaurant at the End of the Universe provides the ultimate gastronomic experience & for once there is no morning after. LIFE THE UNIVERSE & EVERYTHING: In consequence of a number of stunning catastrophes Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable cave on prehistoric Earth. & then just as he thinks that things cannot possibly get any worse they suddenly do. SO LONG & THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH: Arthur Dents sense of reality is in its dickiest state when he suddenly finds the girl of his dreams. They go in search of Gods Final Message & in a dramatic break with tradition actually find it. ...

Thirty years of celebrating the comic genius of Douglas Adams... On 12 October 1979 the most remarkable book ever to come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor (and Earth) was made available to humanity -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It's an ordinary Thursday lunchtime for Arthur Dent until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly afterwards to make way for a new hyperspace bypass & his best friend has just announced that he's an alien. At this moment they're hurtling through space with nothing but their towels & an innocuous-looking book inscribed with the big friendly words: DON'T PANIC. The weekend has only just begun... Volume one in the trilogy of five ...

Now available in a single abridged paperback Ian Kershaw's Hitler" is the definitive biography of the Nazi leader. Ian Kershaw's two volume biography " Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris" & " Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis" was greeted with universal acclaim as the essential work on one of the most malign figures in history from his earliest origins to the final days of the Second World War. Now this landmark historical work is available in one single abridged edition tracing the story of how a bitter failed art student from an obscure corner of Austria rose to unparalleled power destroying the lives of millions & bringing the world to the brink of Armageddon. " Supersedes all previous accounts. It is the sort of masterly biography that only a first-rate historian can write". (David Cannadine " Observer"). " The Hitler biography for the twenty-first century". (Richard Evans " Sunday Telegraph"). "I cannot imagine a better biography of this great tyrant emerging for a long while". (Jeremy Paxman). " Magisterial...anyone who wishes to understand the Third Reich must read Kershaw for no one has done more to lay bare Hitler's morbid psyche". (Niall Ferguson " Sunday Telegraph"). " For the present generation Kershaw's Hitler stands out as a clear beacon of truth illuminating a dark age of terror & mendacity". (" Mail on Sund"). " An achievement of the very highest order". (Michael Burleigh " Financial Times"). Ian Kershaw (b. 1943) was Professor of Modern History at the University of Sheffield from 1989-2008 & is one of the world's leading authorities on Hitler. His books include " The ' Hitler Myth'" his two volume biography " Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris" & " Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis" & " Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions that Changed the World 1940-1941". He was knighted in 2002." ...

Ian Kershaws Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris" charts the rise of Adolf Hitler from a bizarre misfit in a Viennese dosshouse to dictatorial leadership. With extraordinary skill & vividness drawing on a huge range of sources Kershaw recreates the world which first thwarted & then nurtured Hitler in his youth from early childhood to the first successes of the Nazi Party. As his seemingly pitiful fantasy of being Germanys saviour attracted more & more support Kershaw brilliantly conveys why so many Germans adored Hitler connived with him or felt powerless to resist him. " Supersedes all previous accounts. It is the sort of masterly biography that only a first-rate historian can write". (David Cannadine " Observer" Books of the Year). " The Hitler biography for the 21st century...cool judicious factually reliable & intelligently argued". (Richard Evans " Sunday Telegraph"). " One of the major historical biographies of our times...a riveting read". (Jackie Wullschlager " Financial Times" Best Biographies of the Year). " His analysis of Hitlers extraordinary character has the fascination of a novel but he places his struggle & rise in the context of meticulously researched history... Deeply disturbing. Unforgettable". (A.N. Wilson " Daily Mail"). "A sane erudite moral & intellectually honest biography of the 20th centurys most destructive politician". (Ruth Scurr " The Times"). Ian Kershaws other books include " Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis" " Making Friends with Hitler" " Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions that Changed the World 1940-1904" & " The End: Hitlers Germany 1944-1945". " Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis" received the Wolfson History Prize & the Bruno Kreisky Prize in Austria for Political Book of the Year & was joint winner of the inaugural British Academy Book Prize." ...

Winner of the Wolfson Prize for History Ian Kershaws Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis" is the concluding second volume of one of the greatest biographies of modern times. No figure in twentieth century history more clearly demands a close biographical understanding than Adolf Hitler; & no period is more important than the Second World War. Beginning with Hitlers startling European successes in the aftermath of the Rhineland occupation from Czechoslovakia to Poland; addressing crucial questions about the unique nature of Nazi radicalism; exploring the Holocaust & the poisoned European world that allowed Hitler to operate so effectively; & ending nine years later with the suicide in the Berlin bunker Kershaw allows us as never before to understand Hitlers motivation & impact. " Magisterial.. .anyone who wishes to understand the third reich must read Kershaw for no on has done more to lay bare Hitlers morbid psyche". (Niall Ferguson " Sunday Telegraph"). " An achievement of the very highest order.. .a marvellous book". (Michael Burleigh " Financial Times"). " No previous biographer has examined Hitlers devilishness in Kershaws detail.. .his book is so comprehensive so richly documented & so judicious that it will not soon be superseded". (Daniel Johnson " Daily Telegraph"). Ian Kershaws other books include " Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis" " Making Friends with Hitler" " Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions that Changed the World 1940-4" & " The End: Hitlers Germany 1944-45". " Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis" received the Wolfson History Prize & the Bruno Kreisky Prize in Austria for Political Book of the Year & was joint winner of the inaugural British Academy Book Prize." ...