Three essential works that redefined the art of journalism by “one of our sharpest and most trustworthy cultural observers” (The New York Times).
 
In these masterpieces of razor-sharp reportage, the National Book Award–winning and New York Times–bestselling author proves herself one of the premier essayists of the twentieth century, “an articulate witness to the most stubborn and...

"In addition to three extraordinary pieces on war, this book includes Bowden's incisive sports writing, think pieces, and a selection of fascinating profiles--from a piece on the world's youngest and most baffling dictator, Kim Jong-un, to features on newspaper scion Arthur Sulzberger and The Wire creator, David Simon"--Published in Atlantic Monthly.--Back jacket flap.

Based on a series of interviews with the former President during the early sixties recounting his views of the historic times he lived in as well as his own life.

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Army Life in a Black Regiment is a riveting and empathetic account of the lessons learned from an encounter between a New England intellectual and nearly a thousand newly freed slaves. In the fall of 1862, Thomas Wentworth Higginson was asked to take command of the 1st Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers, and he immediately understood the significance of the experiment...

For more than fifty years, as both editor of and contributor for The New Yorker, Roger Angell has honed a reputation as a master of the autobiographic essay-sharp-witted, plucky, and at once nostalgic and unsentimental. In Let Me Finish, Angell reflects on a remarkable life (while admitting to not really remembering the essentials) and on its influences large and small-from growing up in Prohibition-era New York, to his boyhood romance with baseball,...

Une édition de référence de L'Ingénu de Voltaire, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques. « S'il y avait eu une seule vérité cachée dans vos amas d'arguments qu'on ressasse depuis tant de siècles, on l'aurait découverte sans doute ; et l'univers aurait été d'accord au moins sur ce point-là. Si cette vérité était nécessaire comme le soleil l'est à la terre, elle serait brillante comme lui. C'est une absurdité,...

Extrait : "En compagnie du chat, j'ai travaillé tout le jour dans la solitude de mon palais de la Rotonde que j'avais déserté hier. A l'heure o le soleil rouge du soir s'enfonce derrière le Lac des Lotus, mes deux serviteurs, comme d'habitude, viennent me chercher. Mais, le Pont de Marbre franchi, nous passons cette fois sans nous arrête devant la brèche qui mène à mon fragile palais du Nord."

Running with fire in one hand and water in the other, Rabia explained, "I am going to burn paradise and douse hellfire so that both veils may be lifted from those on the quest, and they will become sincere of purpose. God's servants will learn to see Him without hope for reward or fear of punishment. As it is now, if you took away hope for reward or fear of punishment, no one would obey." This was the mentality of the most famous female Sufi saint,...

Le grand lustre qui s'effondre pendant une représentation, un machiniste qui est retrouvé pendu, l'Opéra est le théâtre d'évènements étranges. La direction se rend à l'évidence: un fantme ou un homme machiavélique répondant au nom de Erik hante le théâtre. Des témoins affirment avoir vu le visage de cet être: déformé, il n'appartient pas à un humain. Peu après, les directeurs de l'Opéra reçoivent des demandes mensuelles de 20...