Songs of the Doomed. More Notes on the Death of the American Dream, Paperback - Hunter S. Thompson

`Thompson's best work of the past three decades' New York Times Book Review

Reducere. First published in 1990, Songs of the Doomed is back in print -- by popular demand In this third and most extraordinary volume of the Gonzo Papers,...

Tells a story of crazed road trips fuelled by bourbon and black acid, of insane judges and giant porcupines, of girls, guns, explosives and, of cou...

Showcases the evolution of the writer of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and "Hell's Angels", through his work at the magazine that he helped to p...

With long hair in the wind, beards and bandanas flapping, earrings, chain whips and Harleys flashing chrome, the Hell's Angels erupted into 1960s A...

A phalanx of motorcycles came roaring over the hill from the west... the noise was like a landslide, or a wing of bombers passing over. Even knowin...

Reducere. From the legendary journalist and creator of "Gonzo" journalism Hunter S. Thompson comes the bestselling critical look at Nixon and McGovern's 1972...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Hunter S. ThompsonNumber of pages: 720Publication date: 2011Dimensions: 196 x 129 x 48Cover type: Pa...

Reducere. The New York Times bestselling investigation into white-collar unemployment from ``our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism``--The New Y...

Reducere. This book lays out a new paradigm for developing minority businesses so that they can fully contribute to our national competitive advantage and pr...

Reducere. 136 songs of African-American slaves, collected and compiled a few years after the Emancipation Proclamation, are presented here complete with thei...

Reducere. America was the place Smith had dreamed of his whole life.There, his character, determination, and ambition had propelled him to the top of society...

How the optimism gap between rich and poor is creating an increasingly divided societyThe Declaration of Independence states that all people are en...

Reducere. The steady immigration of black populations from Africa and the Caribbean over the past few decades has fundamentally changed the racial, ethnic, a...

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The pioneering anthropologist Sherry B. Ortner explores the culture and practices of independent filmmaking in the U.S., arguing that during the pa...

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Michael SaymanNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 131 x 202 x 21Cover type: Paperback /...

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Reducere. From the king of ``Gonzo`` journalism and bestselling author who brought you Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas comes another astonishing volume of let...

Reducere. Join Thea Stilton and the Thea Sisters on an adventure packed with mystery and friendship!The Thea Sisters are taking a road trip across America al...

Reducere. In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, Patrick Radden Keefe investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle...

Reducere. From the bestselling author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, the legendary Hunter S. Thompson's second volume of the "Gonzo Papers" is back. Gene...

DescriptionExperience the psalms like never before--through thought-provoking fiction. A man wakes up in the Valley of Death and realizes he's give...

Reducere. Warning * This book contains the following: Unsafe use of powerful firearms in combination with explosivesCultivation of illegal crops Impressionab...

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Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Peter RichardsonIllustration(s): 16 b-w illustrationsNumber of pages: 296Publication date: 2022...

Reducere. It's a time of transition for the American Right. The old ideas are failing. The conservative movement is disintegrating. And the European American...

Reducere. For millions of Americans, Solomon D. Butcher's photographs epitomize the sod-house frontier. His images from western Nebraska constitute the most ...

Reducere. Hunter S. Thompson detonated a two-ton bomb under the staid field of journalism with his magazine pieces and revelatory Fear and Loathing in Las Ve...

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In the spring of 1970, Ralph Steadman went to America in search of work and found more than he bargained for. In this unique memoir Steadman tells ...

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The author has the rare knack of being out of his depth wherever he goes - even (perhaps especially) in the land of his birth. Whether discussing t...

"Brilliant - a grimly humorous yet humane account of the realities of growing old in the modern age." - Henry Marsh"A remarkably likeable guide to ...

DescriptionNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NEW YORK TIMES Editors' ChoiceFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic comes an impassioned critique of America'...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): C. G. JungIllustration(s): 53 b/w illus.Number of pages: 376Collection: Philemon Foundation SeriesP...

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Reducere. "DON'T believe the naysayers. The American Dream--the fable that says if you work hard and follow the rules, you'll make it--is alive and well."--N...

The Portuguese winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature exercises his capacity for darkness, intellectual inquiry and humour across these reissued ...

Reducere. Winner of the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction Brave, clear-eyed, and passionate, Stakes Is High is the book we need to guide us past crisis mode a...

A brilliant and comprehensive study of class struggle in the United StatesPrisoners of the American Dream is Mike Davis's brilliant exegesis of a p...