Celebrating the wit and insight of P.J. O'Rourke, this collection compiles memorable quotes and reflections from over forty years of his writing. Released to honor what would have been his 75th birthday, it showcases his unique perspective on various topics, blending humor with sharp commentary. Readers can expect a rich tapestry of O'Rourke's thoughts that highlight his distinctive voice and enduring influence in the literary world.
An analysis of the present political moment, and the anger that defines it, from bestselling author and acclaimed satirist P.J. O'Rourke.
With his typical wit and keen analysis, O'Rourke looks at the way the post-war generation somehow came of age by never quite growing up and somehow created a better society by turning society upside down.
A follow-up to "Holidays in hell" collects classic travel pieces written throughout the author's post-retirement years, a period marked by his haphazard journeys with and without family to such regions as China, Kyrgyzstan, and America.
A collection of O'Rourke's writings about cars for Car and Driver, Automobile, Esquire, Forbes, and other publications.
Now available in paperback, Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, the book that created the field of economics, is transformed into a page-turner of global significance by America's sharpest political commentator writing in English today.
O'Rourke casts his ever-shrewd and mordant eye on America's latest adventures in warfare. He is both incisive reporter and absurdist, relevant and irreverent, with a clear eye for everyone's confusion, including his own. O'Rourke understands that peace is sometimes one of the most troubling aspects of war.
Called "an everyman's guide to Washington" (The New York Times), P. J. O'Rourke's savagely funny and national best-seller Parliament of Whores has become a classic in understanding the workings of the American political system. Originally written at the end of the Reagan era, this new edition includes an extensive foreword by the renowned political writer Andrew Ferguson -- showing us that although the names and the players have changed, the game is still the same. Parliament of Whores is an exuberant, broken-field run through the ethical foibles, pork-barrel flimflam, and bureaucratic bullrorfle inside the Beltway that leaves no sacred cow unskewered and no politically correct sensitivities unscorched.
„Warum sind manche Leute reich und andere nicht? Die zentrale Frage dieses Buches konnte ich nicht beantworten, weil ich ein wirtschaftlicher Idiot war.“ Der Journalist P.J. O’Rourke hat nicht die geringste Ahnung von wirtschaftlichen Theorien. Er beschließt, sich an Ort und Stelle umzusehen und geht auf eine höchst vergnügliche wirtschaftliche Entdeckungsreise um die Welt, auf welcher der Leser ganz nebenher alles Wissenswerte über das Innenleben der New Yorker Börse, über Auto reparieren in Kuba, Cognac trinken in Hongkong und das Funktionieren der Wirtschaft erfährt.
