Books and authors Christopher Hitchens loved or.

Much missed Christopher Hitchens - I cannot tire of this book, such a wealthy collection of essays, beautifully written, argued and opens the mind to objective thought and questions the general opinion. Highly intellectual, every word melts in the brain.

THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2010. edited by Christopher Hitchens. BUY NOW FROM. MORE BY CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS. Nonfiction. THE FOUR HORSEMEN. by Christopher Hitchens Nonfiction.. our editors select the one author and one book they believe to be most worthy of your attention and highlight them in our Pro Connect email alert.

These essays were previously published in The Atlantic, City Journal, Foreign Affairs, The Guardian, Newsweek, New Statesman, The New York Times Book Review, Slate, Times Literary Supplement, The Wall Street Journal, The Weekly Standard, The Wilson Quarterly, and Vanity Fair.

Christopher Hitchens; Load More. Featured. Photo Essay. Silence in the Streets: Dispatches From New York City Under Lockdown. Cover Story. Princess Anne Opens Up About Her Lifetime as a Royal.

In the last months of his life, a physically weakened Christopher Hitchens traveled to the Texas Freethought Convention to accept the Richard Dawkins Award.While there, an eight-year-old girl, Mason Crumpacker of Dallas, asked Hitchens what books she should consider reading.

Christopher Hitchens is alone (except for Hersh) as a true believer in The Dark Side of Camelot. I won’t go into all Hitchens’s fumbles, but one persisting theme in his anti-Kennedy rants is the systematic exoneration of President Eisenhower and his Administration.

Review: The Monarchy by Christopher Hitchens by Matthew Selwyn February 11, 2013 6 Comments The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favourite Fetish (1990) is an extended essay by polemicist Christopher Hitchens in which he debunks the myths surrounding the Sovereign and argues persuasively for a re-evaluation of the United Kingdom's deference to the Monarchy in favour of an open Republic.

The Broken Compass - Peter Hitchens. Nothing to be Frightened of - Julian Barnes. Jersey under the Jackboot - Reginald Charles Fulke Maugham. P.S.: Certainly not an exhaustive list as books which haven't been mentioned in a positive sense have been excluded.

An informal essay I wrote to dissect one of my favourite Hitchslaps. Please keep in mind that I'm not a professional literary critic by any means; these are just my own observations and interpretations. In April of 2008, a debate was held between the Hitchens brothers—Peter and Christopher—to discuss the topics of religion and the Iraq War.

A perfect introduction to Hitchens, one of the defining voices of the last 30 years, and famous for its numerous references to George Orwell, this book collects previously published essays by Hitchens on politics and culture. Packed with typical wit and incendiary comment, it was named by the New York Times as one of the 10 best books of 2011.

Philip Larkin, the Impossible Man.. I suppose it was my first essay in practical criticism.”. Christopher Hitchens was an Atlantic contributing editor and a Vanity Fair columnist.

Christopher Hitchens was a contributing editor to Vanity Fair, Slate, and the Atlantic, and the author of numerous books, including works on Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and George Orwell.He also wrote the international bestsellers god Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, Hitch-22: A Memoir, and Arguably.He died in December 2011.