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"writing with passion and flair, hitchens targets the pernicious effects of tv culture, the "corruption and decay" of the english language, the loss of politeness, and the "syrupy confessional mood" brought on by the death of diana, which hitchens contrasts with the somber national response to the death of winston churchilllooking at the changed face of his country, hitchens finds a "politically correct zeal for the new" whose impact on daily life has been "as devastating in effect, if not in violence, as mao tse tung's cultural revolution in chinaif there is a term that summarizes everything that has gone wrong in britain, it is "tony blairism," which hitchens sees as having rewritten england's history, trivialized its journalism, subverted its educational system and cultural standards, and overthrown accepted notions of patriotism, faith, and moralityone english critic called the abolition of britain "an elegant jeremiad" in which peter hitchens identifies everything that has gone wrong with britain since world war ii and makes the case for "those many millions who feel that they have become foreigners in their own land and wish with each succeeding day that they could turn the clock back" see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe new britain is government by focus group in which people are told what to feel as a way of preventing them from asking how they want to be governedoxfam bookshop cheltenham a surprise best seller in england, the abolition of britain is bitingly witty and fiercely argued, yet also filled with somber appreciation for what "the idea of england" has always meant to the west and to the world at large
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Peter hitchens details a very personal story of how he left the faith but dramatically returnedhitchens provides hope for all believers whose friends or family members have left christianity or who are enchanted by the arguments of the anti-religious intellects of our ageoxfam bookshop hove what if notorious atheist christopher hitchens, bestselling author of god is not great, had a christian brother? he doesthe path to a secular utopia, pursued by numerous modern tyrants, is truly paved with more violence than has been witnessed in any era in historysee oxfam website for delivery information read morepeter brings his work as an international journalist to bear as he documents firsthand accounts of atheistic societies, specifically in communist russia, where he lived in moscow during the collapse of the soviet unionhe shows that the world's bloodiest century, the 20th, entailed nothing short of atheism's own version of the crusades and the inquisitionand like many of the old testament saints whose personal lives were intertwined with the life of their nation, so peter's story is also the story of modern england and its sad spiritual decline
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With intelligence, insight, eloquence, and wit, hitchens gives us an artful portrait of a complex, formative figure and his turbulent eraoxfam shop dumfries in this unique biography of thomas jefferson, leading journalist and social critic christopher hitchens offers a startlingly new and provocative interpretation of our founding father--a man conflicted by power who wrote the declaration of independence and acted as ambassador to france yet yearned for a quieter career in the virginia legislaturesee oxfam website for delivery information read morea masterly writer, jefferson was an awkward public speakera reluctant candidate, he left an indelible presidential legacya professed proponent of emancipation, he elided the issue of slavery from the declaration of independence and continued to own human property
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Oxfam shop nether edge dawkins and hitchens have convinced many western intellectuals that secularism is the way forwardinstead, they inherit their faith from their parents, who often innoculate them against the elegant arguments of secularistssee oxfam website for delivery information read morebased on a wealth of demographic research, considering questions of multiculturalism and terrorism, kaufmann examines the implications of the decline in liberal secularism as religious conservatism rises - and what this means for the future of western modernitynot only will the religious eventually triumph over the non-religious, but it is those who are the most extreme in their beliefs who have the largest familiesbut most people don't read their books before deciding whether to be religioushas owners name to inner pageislamist muslims have won the culture war in much of the muslim world, and their success provides a glimpse of what awaits the christian west and israelwithin judaism, the ultra-orthodox may achieve majority status over their liberal counterparts by mid-centurythe cumulative effect of immigration from religious countries, and religious fertility will be to reverse the secularisation process in the westand what no one has noticed is that far from declining, the religious are expanding their share of the population: in fact, the more religious people are, the more children they have
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' - michael shermer 'the words of hitchens, dawkins, harris and dennett are needed more than everoxfam bookshop st albans includes a foreword by stephen fry 'a classic for our timesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeverything that was said as they agreed and disagreed with one another, interrogated ideas and exchanged insights - about religion and atheism, science and sense - speaks with urgency to our present agewith a sparkling introduction from stephen fry, it makes essential reading for all their admirers and for anyone interested in exploring the tensions between faith and reason' - matt ridley known as the 'four horsemen' of new atheism, these four big thinkers of the twenty-first century met only oncetheir electrifying examination of ideas on this remarkable occasion was intense and wide-rangingthese are the heirs to voltairequestions they asked of each other included: 'is it ever possible to win a war of ideas? is spirituality the preserve of the religious? are there any truths you would rather not know? would you want to see the end of faith?' the dialogue was recorded, and is now transcribed and presented here with new introductions from the surviving three horsemen
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This fiftieth-anniversary edition celebrates heller's masterpiece with an introduction by howard jacobson, rare images from heller's personal archive and essays by the likes of norman mailer, anthony burgess and christopher hitchenshere, at last, is the definitive edition of a classic of world literaturejoseph heller's unforgettable novel is a hilarious and tragic satire on military madness, and the tale of one man's efforts to survive itreading catch-22 is nothing less than a rite of passage50th anniversary edition some light wear to the covers see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop woodbridge he had decided to live forever or die in the attemptset in italy during world war ii, this is the story of a bombardier named yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him
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