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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.
Bad Guy Number One
Wainewright the Poisoner: The Confessions of Thomas Griffiths Wainewright
Andrew Motion
May 31, 2001 issue
O’Brian’s Great Voyage
Blue at the Mizzen
by Patrick O'Brian
Patrick O'Brian: A Life Revealed
by Dean King
March 9, 2000 issue
The Case of Arthur Conan Doyle
Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle
by Daniel Stashower
Holy Clues: The Gospel According to Sherlock Holmes
by Stephen Kendrick
November 4, 1999 issue
The Cosmopolitan Man
The Essential Gore Vidal
edited by Fred Kaplan
The Smithsonian Institution: A Novel
by Gore Vidal
April 22, 1999 issue
Last Summer on the Vineyard
The Gun Runner's Daughter
by Neil Gordon
No Safe Place
by Richard North Patterson
Mackerel By Moonlight
by William F. Weld
December 17, 1998 issue
Powell’s Way
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
May 28, 1998 issue
Goodbye to All That
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
July 17, 1997 issue
The Long Littleness of Life
Christopher Isherwood: Diaries, Volume One: 1939-1960
edited and introduced by Katherine Bucknell
February 20, 1997 issue
Something for the Boys
Executive Orders
by Tom. Clancy
Marine: A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit
by Tom Clancy
November 14, 1996 issue
Pulp Politics
Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics
by Anonymous
The People's Choice: A Cautionary Tale
by Jeff Greenfield
The Last Debate
by Jim Lehrer
February 29, 1996 issue
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