Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) was a British-American journalist and social critic. Known for his confrontational style and contrarian views on a range of social issues, Hitchens was a frequent contributor to The Nation, The Atlantic, The Times Literary Supplement and Vanity Fair. Hitchens recounts his struggle with esophageal cancer in Mortality, which was published in 2012.
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Orwell’s List
September 26, 2002
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Bad Guy Number One
May 31, 2001
Wainewright the Poisoner: The Confessions of Thomas Griffiths Wainewright Andrew Motion
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Lord Trouble
September 21, 2000
Bosie: A Biography of Lord Alfred Douglas
by Douglas Murray
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O’Brian’s Great Voyage
March 9, 2000
Blue at the Mizzen
by Patrick O'Brian
Patrick O’Brian: A Life Revealed
by Dean King
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The Real Thing
December 2, 1999
Headlong
by Michael Frayn
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The Case of Arthur Conan Doyle
November 4, 1999
Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle
by Daniel Stashower
Holy Clues: The Gospel According to Sherlock Holmes
by Stephen Kendrick
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The Cosmopolitan Man
April 22, 1999
The Essential Gore Vidal
edited by Fred Kaplan
The Smithsonian Institution: A Novel
by Gore Vidal
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Last Summer on the Vineyard
December 17, 1998
The Gun Runner’s Daughter
by Neil Gordon
No Safe Place
by Richard North Patterson
Mackerel By Moonlight
by William F. Weld
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Powell’s Way
May 28, 1998
A Dance to the Music of Time
collected in four "movements," by Anthony Powell. A Question of Upbringing (1951). A Buyer's Market (1952). The Acceptance World (1955). At Lady Molly's (1957). Casanova's Chinese Restaurant (1960). The Kindly Ones (1962). The Valley of Bones (1964). The
A Dance to the Music of Time a seven-hour miniseries adapted by Hugh Whitemore. broadcast in the UK on Channel Four
Journals: 1982-1986 by Anthony Powell
Journals: 1987-1989 by Anthony Powell
Journals: 1989-1992 by Anthony Powell
Miscellaneous Verdicts: Writings on Writers 1946-1989
by Anthony Powell
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Goodbye to All That
July 17, 1997
Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
by Jon Lee Anderson
The Motorcycle Diaries: A Journey Around South America by Ernesto Che Guevara, translated by Ann Wright
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The Life of Literature
May 15, 1997
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Taking Off?
March 6, 1997
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The Long Littleness of Life
February 20, 1997
Christopher Isherwood: Diaries, Volume One: 1939-1960 edited and introduced by Katherine Bucknell
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Mother Teresa
December 19, 1996
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Something for the Boys
November 14, 1996
Executive Orders by Tom. Clancy
Marine: A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit
by Tom Clancy
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Pulp Politics
February 29, 1996
Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics by Anonymous
The People’s Choice: A Cautionary Tale by Jeff Greenfield
The Last Debate by Jim Lehrer
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Ode to the West Wing
July 13, 1995
Shelley’s Heart by Charles McCarry
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Experimental Station
January 20, 1983
The Cyprus Triangle by R.R. Denktash