Letters to a Young Contrarian

Letters to a Young Contrarian

By
Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens
2001 • 159 pages

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772 books

By Men

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Fahrenheit 451
Death Watch
Wool
The Amber Spyglass
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife

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450 books

Non Fiction

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The Princess Bride
The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
Marie Antoinette: The Journey
The City of Falling Angels
Two Histories of England (Child's History of England / History of England)
Becoming Jane Austen

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727 books

Author A I

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Little Women
Fahrenheit 451
The Stranger
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Wool
Death Watch

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523 books

Title J R

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Little Women
Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth
Rilla of Ingleside
The Juniper Tree
My Marriage
Live and Let Fry: From “The Doodle Boy” Joe Whale

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298 books

Audiobook

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The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness
UnDivided
The Alchemist
Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History Without the Fairy-Tale Endings
Founding mothers
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
Get Well Soon

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71 books

2013 Reads

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Wool
20th Century Black Mischief
McSweeney's #45
Here is Where
The inimitable Jeeves
Looking for Alaska
God Is Not Great: The Case Against Religion

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17 books

Diaries Letters

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A Journey to the New World
One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd
The Diary of a Young Girl
Letters to a Young Contrarian

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359 books

Nonfiction

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What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Обезьяны, нейроны и душа
The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment
The Year of Living Biblically
The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
The Grand Design
No Logo

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32 books

Sociology

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The Trouble with Physics
The Drunkard's Walk
No Logo
Columbine
The Year of Living Biblically
Letters to a Young Contrarian
How Music Got Free

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61 books

Philosophy

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Liber Null and Psychonaut: An Introduction to Chaos Magic
Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible & Why We Don't Know About Them
Time Reborn
Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

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27 books

Religion

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The Year of Living Biblically
Обезьяны, нейроны и душа
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
Liber Null and Psychonaut: An Introduction to Chaos Magic
Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible & Why We Don't Know About Them
Letters to a Young Contrarian

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36 books

Politics

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No Logo
From Dictatorship to Democracy
Letters to a Young Contrarian
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
Fatal Invention

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11 books

Writing

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Alexander
Letters to a Young Contrarian
Understanding Comics
Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels
Alan Moore Writing For Comics
Comics and Sequential Art
Framed Ink

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66 books

Non Fiction

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Judy
The Good Soldiers
Young Stalin
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
1776
Three Cups Of Tea : Young Reader's Edition
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

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43 books

Philosophy

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The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Letters to a Young Contrarian
Believing Bullshit
The Metaphysical Club
Thinking the Twentieth Century

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417 books

High Priority

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Volenord
Deep Learning
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Programming the Universe
Energy and Civilization: A History
The beginning of infinity explanations that transform the world
The Box
The Selfish Gene

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62 books

To Read 2018

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Thing Explainer
The Three-Body Problem
The Future Is History
Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work
Nexus

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24 books

Philosophy

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The God Delusion
The History of Western Philosophy
The Communist Manifesto
The Road to Serfdom
Letters to a Young Contrarian
Anarchism and Other Essays
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values

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922 books

Owned

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Hogfather
Treasure Island
Helliconia Spring
The Mote in God's Eye
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lives of Christopher Chant
The Tao Of Physics: An Exploration Of The Parallels Between Modern Physics And Eastern Mysticism

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154 books

Tsundoko

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Age of Wonder How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
Almost Like A Whale
Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction
The Seven Basic Plots
Truth: A History and a Guide for the Perplexed

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80 books

Ideas Rationalism Philosophical

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The God Delusion
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
The Pocket Thich Nhat Hanh
Everyday Zen: Love and Work

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225 books

Kindle

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Peace Talks
1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die
100 Best-Loved Poems
About Writing
The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew

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187 books

Non Fiction

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The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
The Writer's Journey
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
The Elements of Style
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Writing Tools
Steering the Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story

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69 books

Philosophy

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The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values
Free Will
The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
The Quotable Atheist : Ammunition for Nonbelievers, Political Junkies, Gadflies, and Those Generally Hell-Bound
What Is Life? with Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches
A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living

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171 books

Non Fiction

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Dear Ijeawele, Or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
The Barefoot Investor: The Only Money Guide You'll Ever Need
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Man's Search for Meaning
Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
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