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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • When did America give up on fairness? The author of Fantasyland tells the epic history of how America decided that big business gets whatever it wants, only the rich get richer, and nothing should ever change-and charts a way back to the future. "The one book everyone must read as we figure out how to rebuild our country."-Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs and Leonardo da VinciDuring the twentieth century, Ameri...

Die legendären Hörspielinszenierungen der LITERA-Reihe sind zurück!Seit jeher verzaubern die fantasievollen Märchen des dänischen Dichters Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) durch ihre besondere Stimmung und Poesie Generationen von Lesern. LITERA, das DDR-Schallplattenlabel, produzierte aufwendig und liebevoll zahlreiche Hörspiele berühmter Klassiker, von der kleinen Seejungfrau bis zur Schneekönigin. Mit einer hochkarätigen Sprecher- und Sch...

How an elite cabal rewrote the American dream for their gain - and left the rest of world behind.Evil Geniuses is the secret history of how, over the last half century, from even before Ronald Reagan through Donald Trump, America has sharply swerved away from its dream of progress for the many to a system of unfettered profit and self-interest for the few. As the social liberation of the 1960s finally ended in the chaos of Vietnam and Watergat...

How an elite cabal rewrote the American dream for their gain - and left the rest of the world behind.'Elegantly written, full of insight ... If you want to know why America is where it is and how it can change, this is your book.' - Justin WebbEvil Geniuses is the secret history of how, over the last half century, America has sharply swerved away from its dream of progress for the many to a system of unfettered profit and self-interest for the...

Largely out of sight, they rapidly built and funded a new empire of think tanks and academic institutions and professional organisations, lobbying and political groups, using them to transform politics, media, finance, the legal system and US laws to reinvent and control the political economy.

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Die beiden Tuchwebergesellen Hans und Kumpan verschaffen sich Zugang zu einer von hohen Mauern umgebenen Stadt, in der paradiesische Zustände herrschen. Mit Hilfe der Magd Kattrin gelangen sie ins Schloss des despotischen Kaisers. Der verlangt von ihnen ein Kleid, bei dessen Anblick jeder in die Knie gehen muss. Sofort machen sich die Weber an die Arbeit und lassen dem Kaiser ausrichten, das Kleid könne nur von fähigen Leuten gesehen werden. U...

»Das postfaktische Zeitalter ist kein unerklärliches und verrücktes neues Phänomen. Im Gegenteil: Was wir jetzt sehen, ist nur die Spitze des Eisberges«, schreibt Kurt Andersen in seinem aufsehenerregenden Buch Fantasyland. Der Hang zum Magischen und Fantastischen, so der preisgekrönte Kulturjournalist, ist tief in die kollektive DNA der Amerikaner eingeschrieben. Er entstand, als europäische Siedler erstmals den Boden der »Neuen Welt« betrate...

New York Times bestselling author Kurt Andersen is host and co-creator of Studio 360, the Peabody Award-winning public radio show and podcast. He co-founded Spy magazine, served as editor-in-chief of New York Magazine, and was a cultural columnist and critic for Time and the New Yorker and contributes to Vanity Fair and the New York Times. Read more about him at his website: http://www.kurtandersen.com/

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "The single most important explanation, and the fullest explanation, of how Donald Trump became president of the United States . . . nothing less than the most important book that I have read this year."-Lawrence O'Donnell How did we get here? In this sweeping, eloquent history of America, Kurt Andersen shows that what's happening in our country today-this post-factual, "fake news" moment we're all living through-is...

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "The single most important explanation, and the fullest explanation, of how Donald Trump became president of the United States . . . nothing less than the most important book that I have read this year."-Lawrence O'Donnell How did we get here? In this sweeping, eloquent history of America, Kurt Andersen shows that what's happening in our country today-this post-factual, "fake news" moment we're all living through-is...

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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Washington Post • San Francisco ChronicleIn True Believers, Kurt Andersen-the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Heyday and Turn of the Century-delivers his most powerful and moving novel yet. Dazzling in its wit and effervescent insight, this kaleidoscopic tour de force of cultural observation and seductive storytelling alternates between the present and the 1960s-and in...

Andersen--the "New York Times"-bestselling and critically acclaimed author of "Heyday" and "Turn of the Century"--delivers his most powerful and moving novel yet.

During one monumental month in 1848, gold is discovered in California, the United States wins its first foreign war, rebellion erupts throughout Europe, and an eager English gentleman named Benjamin Knowles plunges into love with the strong-minded New York actress and part-time prostitute Polly Lucking. He also meets her brother Duff, a dangerously damaged veteran of the Mexican War, and befriends the unforgettable Timothy Skaggs--journalist, ...

Heyday is a brilliantly imagined, wildly entertaining tale of America's boisterous coming of age-a sweeping panorama of madcap rebellion and overnight fortunes, palaces and brothels, murder and revenge-as well as the story of a handful of unforgettable characters discovering the nature of freedom, loyalty, friendship, and true love.In the middle of the nineteenth century, modern life is being born: the mind-boggling marvels of photography, the...

Kurt Andersen is a novelist whose works include Heyday and Turn of the Century, and he is the cocreator and host of the public radio program Studio 360. He began his career as a journalist, worked as a columnist for Time and the New Yorker, cofounded and coedited Spy magazine, and served as editor in chief of New York magazine.

Hannah hat längst Frieden geschlossen mit ihrem langweiligen Familienleben in einem dänischen Provinznest. Die Probe des örtlichen Kirchenchors ist ihr Höhepunkt der Woche. Der Gewinn von zwei Tickets für das Konzert eines echten ameri­kanischen Gospelchors ist da schon das Highlight des Jahres, und Hannah ist überwältigt von der mitreißenden Musik und der überschäumenden Lebensfreude der schwarzen Musiker. Und dann ist in Hannahs Leben buchst...

Each volume in this brand new series, presents 50 striking images by an individual photographer from the Library of Congress' Farm Security Administration (FSA) and Office of War Information (OWI) collection, recreating a picture of American life prior to World War II. Each volume in this brand new series, presents 50 striking images by an individual photographer from the Library of Congress' Farm Security Administration (FSA) and Office of Wa...