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7253368Headshotshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/headshots-9798217018512/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6805301/image.jpg?v=638766598862670000465465MXNPenguin Random House Audio Publishing GroupInStock/Audiolibros/<p><strong>Thirty never-before-collected essaysmany of them profilesby the Pulitzer Prizewinning and bestselling author of <em>The Looming Tower</em>, <em>Going Clear,</em> and <em>The Plague Year</em>. These brilliant pieces reveal the broad spectrum of Wrights cultural and political observations over the past thirty-five years.</strong></p><p>Spanning more than thirty-five years of Lawrence Wrights reporting for <em>The New Yorker</em>, <em>Texas Monthly</em>, <em>Rolling Stone</em>, and other magazines, these pieces remind us what a brilliant observer Wright has been of institutions, of political maneuverings, and of peopledangerous, eccentric, or beloved.</p><p>Some of the essays included:</p><p>ORPHANS OF JONESTOWN (1993): A profile of Jim Joness three sons who, following the Jonestown massacre, were left alone in a society uncomprehending of their experience.</p><p>A RAPISTS HOMECOMING (1995): The ethical dilemma of a prison therapist, concerned that her patientabout to be releasedcould attack again.</p><p>A LIVING DOLL (1988): A very personal column on how the author relates to his 5-year-old daughter through her toys.</p><p>THE LIFE AND DEATH OF RICHARD BRAUTIGAN (1985): An incisive look at the 1960s and 1970s literary icon.</p><p>SPACE CADET (1981): How a sanitary engineer combined her expertise and career with her love of space exploration and NASA.</p><p>THE ELEPHANT IN THE COURTOOM (2022): Should animals have legal rights?</p><p>And many others: A profile of the great spitball pitcher, Gaylord Perry; a look at how a Pentecostal Texas cattle farmer and an orthodox rabbi from Jerusalem came together over the End of Days; a 2006 essay detailing an attack in Gaza that mirrors the tragedies occurring today; a profile of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi; one of Jimmy Carter; and a group of essays that deal with Wrights life as a father.</p><p>This is an important collection that will demand attention, and a stirring overview of an extraordinary career.</p>...6896338Headshots465465https://www.gandhi.com.mx/headshots-9798217018512/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6805301/image.jpg?v=638766598862670000InStockMXN99999PR_DIAudiolibro20279798217018512_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_<p><strong>Thirty never-before collected essaysmany of them profilesby the Pulitzer Prizewinning and bestselling author of <em>The Looming Tower</em>, <em>Going Clear,</em> and <em>The Plague Year</em>. These brilliant pieces reveal the broad spectrum of Wrights cultural and political observations over the past thirty five years</strong></p><p>Spanning more than thirty five years of Lawrence Wrights reporting for <em>The New Yorker</em>, <em>Texas Monthly</em>, <em>Rolling Stone</em> and other magazines, these pieces remind us what a brilliant observer Wright has been of institutions, of political maneuverings, and of peopledangerous, eccentric, or beloved.</p><p>Some of the essays included:</p><p>ORPHANS OF JONESTOWN (1993): A profile of Jim Jones two sons. In 1978, when they left Jonestown to play in a basketball tournament, their father ordered the deaths of everyone they knew and loved, leaving them alone in a society uncomprehending of their experience.</p><p>A RAPISTS HOMECOMING (1995): The ethical dilemma of a prison therapist, concerned that her patient<strong>about to be released</strong>could attack again.</p><p>A LIVING DOLL (1988): A very personal column. How the author relates to his 5-year-old daughter through her dolls and stuffed animals.</p><p>THE LIFE AND DEATH OF RICHARD BRAUTIGAN (1985): An incisive look at the 1960s and 1970s literary icon.</p><p>CAPTURED ON FILM (2006): Dissident filmmakers in Syria.</p><p>SPACE CADET (1981): How a sanitary engineer combined her expertise and career with her love of space exploration and NASA.</p><p>THE ELEPHANT IN THE COURTOOM (2022): Should animals have legal rights?</p><p>And many others: A profile of the great spitball pitcher, Gaylord Perry; a look at how a Pentecostal Texas cattle farmer and an orthodox rabbi from Jerusalem come together over the End of Days; a 2006 essays detailing an attack in Gaza that mirrors the tragedies occurring today; a profile of Jamaal Khashoggi; one of Jimmy Carter; and a group of essays that deal with Wrights life as a father.</p><p>This is an important collection that will demand attention, and a stirring overview of an extraordinary career.</p>...(*_*)9798217018512_<p><strong>Thirty never-before-collected essaysmany of them profilesby the Pulitzer Prizewinning and bestselling author of <em>The Looming Tower</em>, <em>Going Clear,</em> and <em>The Plague Year</em>. These brilliant pieces reveal the broad spectrum of Wrights cultural and political observations over the past thirty-five years.</strong></p><p>Spanning more than thirty-five years of Lawrence Wrights reporting for <em>The New Yorker</em>, <em>Texas Monthly</em>, <em>Rolling Stone</em>, and other magazines, these pieces remind us what a brilliant observer Wright has been of institutions, of political maneuverings, and of peopledangerous, eccentric, or beloved.</p><p>Some of the essays included:</p><p>ORPHANS OF JONESTOWN (1993): A profile of Jim Joness two sons who, following the Jonestown massacre, were left alone in a society uncomprehending of their experience.</p><p>A RAPISTS HOMECOMING (1995): The ethical dilemma of a prison therapist, concerned that her patientabout to be releasedcould attack again.</p><p>A LIVING DOLL (1988): A very personal column on how the author relates to his 5-year-old daughter through her toys.</p><p>THE LIFE AND DEATH OF RICHARD BRAUTIGAN (1985): An incisive look at the 1960s and 1970s literary icon.</p><p>SPACE CADET (1981): How a sanitary engineer combined her expertise and career with her love of space exploration and NASA.</p><p>THE ELEPHANT IN THE COURTOOM (2022): Should animals have legal rights?</p><p>And many others: A profile of the great spitball pitcher, Gaylord Perry; a look at how a Pentecostal Texas cattle farmer and an orthodox rabbi from Jerusalem came together over the End of Days; a 2006 essay detailing an attack in Gaza that mirrors the tragedies occurring today; a profile of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi; one of Jimmy Carter; and a group of essays that deal with Wrights life as a father.</p><p>This is an important collection that will demand attention, and a stirring overview of an extraordinary career.</p>...(*_*)9798217018512_<p><strong>Thirty never-before-collected essaysmany of them profilesby the Pulitzer Prizewinning and bestselling author of <em>The Looming Tower</em>, <em>Going Clear,</em> and <em>The Plague Year</em>. These brilliant pieces reveal the broad spectrum of Wrights cultural and political observations over the past thirty-five years.</strong></p><p>Spanning more than thirty-five years of Lawrence Wrights reporting for <em>The New Yorker</em>, <em>Texas Monthly</em>, <em>Rolling Stone</em>, and other magazines, these pieces remind us what a brilliant observer Wright has been of institutions, of political maneuverings, and of peopledangerous, eccentric, or beloved.</p><p>Some of the essays included:</p><p>ORPHANS OF JONESTOWN (1993): A profile of Jim Joness three sons who, following the Jonestown massacre, were left alone in a society uncomprehending of their experience.</p><p>A RAPISTS HOMECOMING (1995): The ethical dilemma of a prison therapist, concerned that her patientabout to be releasedcould attack again.</p><p>A LIVING DOLL (1988): A very personal column on how the author relates to his 5-year-old daughter through her toys.</p><p>THE LIFE AND DEATH OF RICHARD BRAUTIGAN (1985): An incisive look at the 1960s and 1970s literary icon.</p><p>SPACE CADET (1981): How a sanitary engineer combined her expertise and career with her love of space exploration and NASA.</p><p>THE ELEPHANT IN THE COURTOOM (2022): Should animals have legal rights?</p><p>And many others: A profile of the great spitball pitcher, Gaylord Perry; a look at how a Pentecostal Texas cattle farmer and an orthodox rabbi from Jerusalem came together over the End of Days; a 2006 essay detailing an attack in Gaza that mirrors the tragedies occurring today; a profile of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi; one of Jimmy Carter; and a group of essays that deal with Wrights life as a father.</p><p>This is an important collection that will demand attention, and a stirring overview of an extraordinary career.</p>...9798217018512_Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Groupaudiolibro_9798217018512_9798217018512Lawrence WrightInglésMéxico2027-08-03T00:00:00+00:00NoMINUTE2027-08-03T00:00:00+00:00Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group