false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175298110m/503150.jpg 503150 7 "Do justice, and let the skies fall." Christopher Hitchens borrows from Roman antiquity this touchstone for a career of confrontation, argument, and troublemaking. Part of the Art of Mentoring series, <I>Letters to a Young Contrarian</I> is a trim volume of about two dozen letters to an imaginary student of controversy. The letters are wonderfully engaging--Hitchens is an exceptional prose stylist--and from the outset they strike a self-reflective note. What Hitchens lionizes and illuminates in this book is not any particular disagreement, but a way of being perpetually at odds with the mainstream. "Humanity is very much in debt to such people," he argues.<p> Hitchens's style is incendiary and sometimes flamboyant. He relishes the role of provocateur and fancies himself a gadfly to the drowsy American republic. One of his main strengths is his erudition, allowing him to range over vast landscapes of the humanities and politics in a single breath. But he is also sometimes glib and self-satisfied, and his penchant for referencing everything in sight can be distracting. Nonetheless, his arguments are forceful and morally important--and if the reader feels otherwise, there are few more fitting compliments to a professional dissident than dissent. <I>--Eric de Place</I> 42824 2001 Letters to a Young Contrarian (Art of Mentoring) total:361|5:90|4:151|3:86|2:31|1:3| 361 1377 563 51 503150 0465030335 9780465030330 333 45 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175298110m/503150.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/503150.Letters_to_a_Young_Contrarian 4 2 false Mon Jul 16 09:51:57 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 09:52:30 -0700 2007 780669 0465030327 9780465030323 24 5 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178288830m/780669.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/780669.Letters_to_a_Young_Contrarian 4 1 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 05:13:50 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 03 19:39:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 503150 0465030335 9780465030330 333 45 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175298110m/503150.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/503150.Letters_to_a_Young_Contrarian 5 1 false Mon Oct 13 13:04:28 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 15:26:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 503150 0465030335 9780465030330 333 45 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175298110m/503150.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/503150.Letters_to_a_Young_Contrarian 2 0 false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 19:20:17 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 10:14:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 503150 0465030335 9780465030330 333 45 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175298110m/503150.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/503150.Letters_to_a_Young_Contrarian 3 0 false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 21:46:37 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 08:28:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 503150 0465030335 9780465030330 333 45 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175298110m/503150.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/503150.Letters_to_a_Young_Contrarian 4 0 false Sun Mar 23 16:22:32 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 18:30:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 503150 0465030335 9780465030330 333 45 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175298110m/503150.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/503150.Letters_to_a_Young_Contrarian 5 1 false Sun Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Mon Feb 11 23:18:06 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 23:27:02 -0800 2008 Brilliant!

The book I've read more times than any other. I consistently go back to it when in times of crisis or when I need a mental recharging.

The thing I love about Hitchens is the fact that no matter what you think about him, he has lived a full life. There's no...more...]]> 503150 0465030335 9780465030330 333 45 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175298110m/503150.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/503150.Letters_to_a_Young_Contrarian 4 1 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 11:35:53 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 11:35:57 -0800 2008 more...]]> 503150 0465030335 9780465030330 333 45 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175298110m/503150.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/503150.Letters_to_a_Young_Contrarian 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 05 07:08:01 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 06 02:01:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 503150 0465030335 9780465030330 333 45 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175298110m/503150.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/503150.Letters_to_a_Young_Contrarian 4 0 false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 16:00:13 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 19:53:28 -0800 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doKkOSMaT...

The guy's got an i...more...]]> 503150 0465030335 9780465030330 333 45 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175298110m/503150.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/503150.Letters_to_a_Young_Contrarian 2 0 false Sun Oct 18 18:34:40 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 18:36:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 503150 0465030335 9780465030330 333 45 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175298110m/503150.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/503150.Letters_to_a_Young_Contrarian 3 0 false Sat May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Tue Dec 30 11:39:37 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 11:41:13 -0800 2008 503150 0465030335 9780465030330 333 45 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175298110m/503150.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/503150.Letters_to_a_Young_Contrarian 4 0 false Mon Mar 09 07:21:47 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 15:52:52 -0700 2009 This is a book you will read and re-read.
I wont even mention that most Americans would never tire of hearing Christop...more...]]> 503150 0465030335 9780465030330 333 45 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175298110m/503150.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/503150.Letters_to_a_Young_Contrarian 4 0 false Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 11:04:32 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 11:13:25 -0800 2008 503150 0465030335 9780465030330 333 45 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175298110m/503150.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/503150.Letters_to_a_Young_Contrarian 4 0 false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Feb 13 10:01:58 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 05:32:48 -0800 2009 1 503150 0465030335 9780465030330 333 45 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175298110m/503150.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/503150.Letters_to_a_Young_Contrarian 5 0 false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 29 03:58:49 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 27 06:13:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 503150 0465030335 9780465030330 333 45 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175298110m/503150.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/503150.Letters_to_a_Young_Contrarian 4 0 false Wed Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 15:42:06 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 09:37:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 503150 0465030335 9780465030330 333 45 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175298110m/503150.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/503150.Letters_to_a_Young_Contrarian 3 0 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 03 03:32:52 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 12 00:29:50 -0800 2007 God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, at the airport, I snagged this book up expecting to read it on the flight to Japan. A few months later, I actually got around to it. I enjoyed a lot of what he had to say, but I d...more...]]> 503150 0465030335 9780465030330 333 45 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175298110m/503150.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/503150.Letters_to_a_Young_Contrarian 4 0 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Dec 07 17:15:05 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 17:23:36 -0800 2009 503150 0465030335 9780465030330 333 45 3.81 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175298110m/503150.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/503150.Letters_to_a_Young_Contrarian 5 0 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 09:19:38 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 09:47:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=503150