books by George Packer     books:       All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays George Orwell, Keith Gessen Harcourt, 2008 As a critic, George Orwell cast a wide net. Equally at home discussing Charles Dickens and Charlie Chaplin, he moved back and forth across the porous borders between essay and journalism, high art and low. A frequent commentator on literature, language, film, and drama throughout his career, Orwell turned increasingly to the critical essay in the 1940s, when his most important experiences were behind him and some of his most incisive writing lay ...             Betrayed: A Play George Packer Faber & Faber, 2008 Millions of Iraqis, spanning the country’s religious and ethnic spectrum, welcomed the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. But the mostly young men and women who embraced America’s project so enthusiastically that they were prepared to risk their lives for it by aiding the U.S. forces constitute a small minority. On a cold, wet night in January 2007, George Packer met two such Iraqi men in the lobby of the Palestine Hotel, in central ...             The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq122 reviews George Packer Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006 Best Book on the Iraq War (so far) Packer was an earlier supporter of the war in Iraq, who has, in the last couple of years, changed his tune. He is also an incredible writer, and Assassin's Gate is the best written book I have read on the war. Packer moves between DC and Iraq from the beginning of the plans for the war, including fascinating profiles of Anti-Saddam Iraqi and U.S. liberal who supported the war to the (almost) ...             Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays George Orwell Harcourt, 2008 George Orwell was first and foremost an essayist. From his earliest published article in 1928 to his untimely death in 1950, he produced an extraordinary array of short nonfiction that reflected—and illuminated—the fraught times in which he lived and wrote. "As soon as he began to write something," comments George Packer in his foreword to this new two-volume collection, "it was as natural for Orwell to propose, generalize, qualify, ...             The Fight Is for Democracy: Winning the War of Ideas in America and the World3 reviews George Packer Harper Perennial, 2003 Maybe you should read the book before writing a review To the person who says that the US doesn't care for democracy, maybe you should read the book. He clearly states in his essay that the reason for the book is that it seems fairly clear to him that the message we are sending out with our foreign policies and even our domestic policies is that we don't care about democracy or perhaps just choose to give it lip service. And it's about time that we ...             Antonia Saw the Oryx First (African Trilogy)1 review Maria Thomas Soho Press, 2007 Looking at Africa through many eyes. Complex & interesting! Traditional African powers and imposed western ideas are juxtaposed in this complex and interesting story. If you liked Barbara Kingsolver's "Poisonwood Bible", chances are you will like this book too. In Antonia Saw the Oryx First we meet characters through the eyes of an American doctor who has been in Africa long enough to feel more African than American, yet her perspective is a mixture ...             Blood of the Liberals9 reviews George Packer Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001 A voice in the wilderness How did such a basic, rational notion as liberalism turn into the favorite epithet of talk-show hosts? What happened to social justice? Where is the freewheeling spirit of the Sixties? These, and other questions, have haunted me for years. Not being well versed in American history, the seemingly abrupt annhiliation of everything "liberal" has caused me great puzzlement and distress. Packer, in a ...             The Village of Waiting11 reviews George Packer Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001 Profound in its Simplicity George Packer's ability to describe the lives of many who live in Togo make this piece of text a must-read for all, even for those who do not have an interest in serving in the Peace Corps. He writes with raw emotion and sincerity, without a tad of pretense. I'd say that Packer's foremost accomplishment in this text is that he makes no attempt to tell a story about how a superior white individual ...             THE ASSASSINS\\\\\' GATE: AMERICA IN IRAQ GEORGE PACKER FABER AND FABER, 2006             Central Square2 reviews George Packer Graywolf Press, 1998 A brilliantly written, touching novel Packer is an American Martin Amis who writes with a powerful grasp of language, and captures the intersection of disintegrating lives with a vivid and empathetic touch. He writes women with as much insight as men, and makes Cambridge (Mass)a map of American social and cultural relations. Men who don't read novels will like this one, and women who do will like it even better. (No, I'm not ...             THE SHADOW OF THE SUN.(Review): An article from: American Scholar George Packer Phi Beta Kappa Society, 2001 This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Phi Beta Kappa Society on June 22, 2001. The length of the article is 2584 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: THE SHADOW OF THE SUN.(Review) Author: ...              search for books african, america, american, antonia, article, assassins, betrayed, blood, central, critical, democracy, essays, facing, facts, fight, first, ideas, liberals, narrative, propaganda, review, scholar, shadow, square, trilogy, unpleasant, village, waiting, winning, world books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: The Ethics of Teaching: A Casebook Impressum - about us get your own shout box