Edward curtin (68 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Seeking Truth in A Country of Lies is a collection of lyrical and critical essays offering keen insight into a very wide range of topics: from probing analyses related to work, the digital revolution, propaganda, the attacks of September 11, 2001, the CIA, government assassinations and wars, to spellbinding reflections on poetry, nature, time, and even silence. Following in the path of such earlier celebrated essayists as Thoreau and John Berger, Curtin's critique is at once political, social, cultural, and deeply personal. Constructed over a broad swath of time, these essays address some of the most significant events in recent history, shining shafts of brilliant light into the shadows. Reading Curtin is akin to taking a walk in the woods with a good friend who gradually unrolls a stunning life-changing revelation, where, having started out with a particular destination in mind, one is then lured ever onwards into diverging paths another after another, until, as the compass finally turns one gently back toward home, that sanctuary no longer looks the same. A restless wonderment has been aroused, dots are connected, and a comprehensive picture emerges. Here's but a taste: The morning star welcomed me. The sun rose majesti-cally. And across my window three early flies jitterbug in the first light. The whole earth is conspiring to explode with life and seeking our assent. Most suicides die of natural causes, slowly and in silence. Rub Lucifer, the Prince of Darkness, the right way and the CIA emerges into the light. A few slices from the bread of truth is essential to conceal the lies.and his acerbic twist updating Robert Frost to contemporary context: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I took the one to the mall.The power of Curtin's essays lies in their capacity to evoke in the reader the exhilaration and passion for truth that the writer felt when writing them, that the writer hoped would be carried into the world as rebellion against propaganda, war, and injustice. They contain multitudes of trajectories, not least a celebration of the beauty of life and the hope that a better world is possible.…

Paperback. Condición: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Seeking Truth in A Country of Lies is a collection of lyrical and critical essays offering keen insight into a very wide range of topics: from probing analyses related to work, the digital revolution, propaganda, the attacks of September 11, 2001, the CIA, government assassinations and wars, to spellbinding reflections on poetry, nature, time, and even silence. Following in the path of such earlier celebrated essayists as Thoreau and John Berger, Curtin's critique is at once political, social, cultural, and deeply personal. Constructed over a broad swath of time, these essays address some of the most significant events in recent history, shining shafts of brilliant light into the shadows. Reading Curtin is akin to taking a walk in the woods with a good friend who gradually unrolls a stunning life-changing revelation, where, having started out with a particular destination in mind, one is then lured ever onwards into diverging paths another after another, until, as the compass finally turns one gently back toward home, that sanctuary no longer looks the same. A restless wonderment has been aroused, dots are connected, and a comprehensive picture emerges. Here's but a taste: The morning star welcomed me. The sun rose majesti-cally. And across my window three early flies jitterbug in the first light. The whole earth is conspiring to explode with life and seeking our assent. Most suicides die of natural causes, slowly and in silence. Rub Lucifer, the Prince of Darkness, the right way and the CIA emerges into the light. A few slices from the bread of truth is essential to conceal the lies.and his acerbic twist updating Robert Frost to contemporary context: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I took the one to the mall.The power of Curtin's essays lies in their capacity to evoke in the reader the exhilaration and passion for truth that the writer felt when writing them, that the writer hoped would be carried into the world as rebellion against propaganda, war, and injustice. They contain multitudes of trajectories, not least a celebration of the beauty of life and the hope that a better world is possible.…

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paperback. Condición: Very Good. A used book with minor shelf wear and imperfections. Photos and additional details upon request. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores.

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Unknown Binding. Condición: Fair. Sorry, No international shipping on this item.Ex-Library paperback with all the usual markings, possible attachments, and library wear. Quite worn cover.

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Paperback or Softback. Condición: New. At the Lost and Found: Personal & Political Dispatches of Resistance and Hope. Book.

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. At the Lost and Found is a dazzling exploration of the most important issues of our time, written in a style that defies categorization. Open it at any chapter and you will be hooked by themes and sentences that are a moveable feast for head, heart, and spirit. Each chapter is like a river journey that will twist and turn your mind down unexpected tributaries that you never thought to follow. And when you reach the end, you will realize you have been traveling one mighty river and all your meandering thoughts and reveries have transported you past places called Lost and Found, where you stopped briefly to satisfy your immense hunger for understanding and meaning in a world gone mad. Reading Edward Curtin is a feast of many complementary dishes served human family style. His writing is truly unique, fusing the political with the personal, art with astute objective analyses, and the tragic with the comic. From a detailed critique of the Internet and cell phones, one passes effortlessly to the linked bewitchment of CIA propaganda and its assassinations of President Kennedy and the Reverand Martin Luther King, Jr. There are highlights on pot shops and lowlifes Donld Rumsfeld and Allen Dulles; meditations on time, remembering, and forgetting; the endless evil of U.S. wars waged around the world; nuclear war and Trident submarines; Leftist betrayals; the U.S. war against Russia through Ukraine; capitalism and consumerism; the Israeli genocide of Palestinians; the corruption of the U.S. political system; the connection between bread, rebellion, and the search for happiness; Bob Dylan, music, basketball; and much more. This feast of complementary dishes is moving and memorable. Like the mighty river journey, it will bring you to a place of gratitude. Unlike straightforward political analyses, At the Lost and Found weaves politics through the personal and every person's search for understanding, happiness, and hope in a world on the edge of an abyss. Slyly laced within it, one will find the author's personal story lightly limned to suggest that Thoreau was right to remind us that it is always the first person that is speaking, not some disembodied purely objective abstraction. Curtin's writing follows in the tradition of other essayists who saw life whole, such as James Baldwin, John Berger, and Albert Camus. Add a touch of sly wit, whimsy, and storytelling, and you have the ingredients that make At the Lost and Found a tour de force. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

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Paperback. Condición: New.

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PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. Established seller since 2000.

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Softcover. Condición: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Size: 4to. Text contains minor marks/notes in pencil. Binding is sound. Previous owner's name in pencil on title page. Printed wraps, (iv), 187 pages, extensively illustrated with diagrams and photos. A few marks on covers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 5 oz. Category: Archaeology; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 012544.…

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Condición: New. In English.

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