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Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test»rank: 6900par: Tom Wolfe
Chroniques et points de vue:From :They say if you remember the '60s, you weren't there. But, fortunately, Tom Wolfe was there, notebook in hand, politely declining LSD while Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters fomented revolution, turning America on to a dangerously playful way of thinking as their Day-Glo conveyance, Further, made the most influential bus ride since Rosa Parks's. By taking 0n the Road's hero Neal Cassady as his driver on the cross-country revival tour and drawing on his own training as a magician, Kesey made Further into a bully pulpit, and linked ... |
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Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army»rank: 1357par: Jeremy Scahill
Chroniques et points de vue:From :They say if you remember the '60s, you weren't there. But, fortunately, Tom Wolfe was there, notebook in hand, politely declining LSD while Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters fomented revolution, turning America on to a dangerously playful way of thinking as their Day-Glo conveyance, Further, made the most influential bus ride since Rosa Parks's. By taking 0n the Road's hero Neal Cassady as his driver on the cross-country revival tour and drawing on his own training as a magician, Kesey made Further into a bully pulpit, and linked ... |
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Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America»rank: 5634par: Rick Perlstein
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca:Amazon Best of the Month, May 2008: How did we go from Lyndon Johnson's landslide Democratic victory in 1964 to Richard Nixon's equally lopsided Republican reelection only eight years later? The years in between were among the most chaotic in American history, with an endless and unpopular war, riots, assassinations, social upheaval, Southern resistance, protests both peaceful and armed, and a 'Silent Majority' that twice elected the central figure of the age, a brilliant politician who relished the battles of the day but ended them in disgrace. ln Nixonland Rick ... |
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Birth Of Biopolitics: Lectures at the College de France 1978-1979»rank: 11200par: Michel Foucault
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca:Amazon Best of the Month, May 2008: How did we go from Lyndon Johnson's landslide Democratic victory in 1964 to Richard Nixon's equally lopsided Republican reelection only eight years later? The years in between were among the most chaotic in American history, with an endless and unpopular war, riots, assassinations, social upheaval, Southern resistance, protests both peaceful and armed, and a 'Silent Majority' that twice elected the central figure of the age, a brilliant politician who relished the battles of the day but ended them in disgrace. ln Nixonland Rick ... |
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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography»rank: 15240par: Simon Singh
Chroniques et points de vue:From :People love secrets. Ever since the first word was written, humans have sent coded messages to each other. ln The Code Book, Simon Singh, author of the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, offers a peek into the world of cryptography and codes, from ancient texts through computer encryption. Singh's compelling history is woven through with stories of how codes and ciphers have played a vital role in warfare, politics, and royal intrigue. The major theme of The Code Book is what Singh calls 'the ongoing evolutionary battle between codemakers and codebreakers,' ... |
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Northern Armageddon: The Battle of the Plains of Abraham»rank: 23642par: D. Peter Macleod
Chroniques et points de vue:From :People love secrets. Ever since the first word was written, humans have sent coded messages to each other. ln The Code Book, Simon Singh, author of the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, offers a peek into the world of cryptography and codes, from ancient texts through computer encryption. Singh's compelling history is woven through with stories of how codes and ciphers have played a vital role in warfare, politics, and royal intrigue. The major theme of The Code Book is what Singh calls 'the ongoing evolutionary battle between codemakers and codebreakers,' ... |
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Toronto: The Way We Were»rank: 3943par: Mike Filey
Chroniques et points de vue:From :People love secrets. Ever since the first word was written, humans have sent coded messages to each other. ln The Code Book, Simon Singh, author of the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, offers a peek into the world of cryptography and codes, from ancient texts through computer encryption. Singh's compelling history is woven through with stories of how codes and ciphers have played a vital role in warfare, politics, and royal intrigue. The major theme of The Code Book is what Singh calls 'the ongoing evolutionary battle between codemakers and codebreakers,' ... |
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Thames: Sacred River»rank: 2330par: Peter Ackroyd
Chroniques et points de vue:From :People love secrets. Ever since the first word was written, humans have sent coded messages to each other. ln The Code Book, Simon Singh, author of the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, offers a peek into the world of cryptography and codes, from ancient texts through computer encryption. Singh's compelling history is woven through with stories of how codes and ciphers have played a vital role in warfare, politics, and royal intrigue. The major theme of The Code Book is what Singh calls 'the ongoing evolutionary battle between codemakers and codebreakers,' ... |
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus»rank: 3824par: Charles C. Mann
Chroniques et points de vue:From :People love secrets. Ever since the first word was written, humans have sent coded messages to each other. ln The Code Book, Simon Singh, author of the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, offers a peek into the world of cryptography and codes, from ancient texts through computer encryption. Singh's compelling history is woven through with stories of how codes and ciphers have played a vital role in warfare, politics, and royal intrigue. The major theme of The Code Book is what Singh calls 'the ongoing evolutionary battle between codemakers and codebreakers,' ... |
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Oh, Oh, Canada! a Voice from the Conservative Resistance»rank: 25250par: William D. Gairdner
Chroniques et points de vue:From :People love secrets. Ever since the first word was written, humans have sent coded messages to each other. ln The Code Book, Simon Singh, author of the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, offers a peek into the world of cryptography and codes, from ancient texts through computer encryption. Singh's compelling history is woven through with stories of how codes and ciphers have played a vital role in warfare, politics, and royal intrigue. The major theme of The Code Book is what Singh calls 'the ongoing evolutionary battle between codemakers and codebreakers,' ... |