Here is a unique collection of fifty years of essays chosen to form an unconventional autobiography and capstone to his remarkable career as the conservative writer par excellence. Included are essays that capture Buckley's joyful boyhood and family life; his years as a conservative firebrand at Yale; the life of a young army officer; his love of ...
This is an intimate portrait of Ronald Reagan, from his political mentor, ally and friend, William F. Buckley Jr. William F. Buckley Jr. first met Ronald Reagan in 1960, when Reagan, then a well-known actor, was assigned to introduce Buckley to an audience of Californian doctors. On discovering that the microphone couldn't be turned on without ...
In 1951, a twenty-five-year old Yale graduate published his first book, which exposed the extraordinarily irresponsible educational attitude that prevailed at his alma mater. This book rocked the academic world and catapulted its young author, William F. Buckley Jr., into the public spotlight.
Influential and infamous author and journalist William F Buckley delivers wit and wisdom in this hilarious political gift book. Like most magazines, American publication the "National Review" has always published letters from readers, but in 1965, the editors decided that certain letters merited different treatment - either because of the ...
In this collection of newspaper columns, articles, and speeches from the mid-'80s into the '90s by conservative thinker William F. Buckley, topics range from his 1972 trip to China with Richard Nixon, religion, politics, Whittaker Chambers, and Bach.
On assignment to restore a 13th-century German chapel, Blackford Oakes learns that its owner is far more than a charming aristocrat. The charismatic Wintergrin is rousing his countrymen to reunite Germany. Now, Oakes must either pull the fatal switch on his friend, or find a way to change the rules. From the bestselling author of Tucker's Last ...
William F. Buckley conveys love of sailing in this memoir of a month-long cruise in the Pacific. As with AIRBORNE and ATLANTIC HIGH, the author's previous sailing memoirs, Buckley writes about the joys of navigation, and includes excerpts from journals kept by his mates, including his son, writer Christopher Buckley.
On a month-long cruise across the Atlantic on his sailboat Cyrano, Buckley logs daily occurrences and reflections, recalls previous sailing experiences as far back as age 13, and considers his success as a seaman and father. A chapter on how to navigate stands out.
In his 11th outing set against the backdrop of sinister Cold War intrigue, newly minted CIA agent Blackford Oakes crosses paths--and swords--with Kim Philby, perhaps the highest-ranking in the parade of defectors to the Soviet Union. "[A] compelling and literate [series]."--The New York Times Book Review
The rise and fall of a legendary spymaster; Brims with erudite espionage and intelligent intelligence; The ultimate in spy novels - real characters and studied speculation; James Jesus Angleton was an enigma, a secretive man whose power was at its peak during the height of the Cold War. Founder of US counter-intelligence and hunter of moles, his ...
In this examination of religion and belief by the celebrated American journalist and author, Buckley relies upon memoir as much as argument in describing the process by which the truths of the Catholic faith became apparent to him.
This is the first of Buckley's espionage novels set in the Cold War and featuring CIA agent Blackford Oakes, a character who shares some of Buckley's own history.
This collection from the late William F Buckley Jr spans five transformative decades, and includes speeches on a multifarious array of subjects. "Let Us Talk of Many Things" is a collection of speeches from occasions throughout the long life of the late William F Buckley. Beginning with the twenty-four-year-old author challenging the powers at ...
The perfect gift for sophisticated word lovers, this handy pocket guide comesfrom the author famous for his addiction to and marvelous skill with words ofall kinds. Illustrations.
First published in 1984, the book takes place in Berlin in the summer of 1961, just as the Berlin Wall is about to slam shut the last escape route out of Eastern Europe. President Kennedy needs to know what the Soviets are planning and Oakes is sent to acquire the answers. His contact, Henri Tod, is leader of the Bruderschaft, a secret group of ...
Set in Havana in 1961, it places Oakes in the middle of a conspiracy with Che Guevara to bring about an era of detente in East/West relations. When Oakes is betrayed in a clever double-cross, he is trapped in Cuba and the stage is set for a dandy adventure.
The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 was the turning point in the struggle against Communism in Eastern Europe. The culmination of popular uprisings in Hungary, Poland, and East Germany, the Wall's fall led inexorably to revolutions in Czechoslovakia and Romania, the reunification of Germany, and, ultimately, the disintegration of the ...
Aside from his considerable political persona, William F. Buckley is remarkably skilled in his understanding and usage of the English language. Here, for the first time and in one volume, is the complete Buckley on words: a collection of his provocative thoughts on the uses and abuses of language; ideas on usage, style, and speaking; on diction ...
A thought-provoking extended essay first published in National Review--along with responses by distinguished commentators--on the the ways anti-Semitism reveals itself through the work of some of America's leading journalists and intellectuals. The reactions are varied and illuminating. Most hailed the essay as the most important document relating ...
If any two people can be called indispensable in launching the conservative movement in American politics, they are William F. Buckley Jr. and Barry Goldwater. Buckleys National Review was at the center of conservative political analysis from the mid-fifties onward. But the policy intellectuals knew that to actually change the way the country ...
The nationally bestselling exploration of the importance of religious faith in one's life, by the world-famed social and political commentator. In highly personal terms, and with the wit and acuity for which he is justly renowned, Buckley discusses the vital issues of Catholic doctrine and practice.
The year is 1963 and Fidel Castro, seeking revenge for his humiliation during the missile crisis, has become an assassination target. When the CIA's ace agent Blackford Oakes is called upon to carry out the plan, he discovers he is a pawn in the agency's plans--which also calls for his own death!
From the celebrated conservative comes a rich and complex novel about one of the most conspicuous political figures in American history--Senator Joe McCarthy.
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