Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
Covering key moments from the assassination of Kennedy through Vietnam and Watergate to September 11, Iraq and anticipating the 2004 elections, this book provides a collection of Letters from the author's legendary BBC Radio 4 broadcasts.-
Any Human Heart
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Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders
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The Consolations of Philosophy
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White Teeth
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What a Carve Up!
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Jane Austen
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English Passengers
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A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
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Notes on a Scandal
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The Shadow of the Sun
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The Beach
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Freakonomics
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How I Live Now
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Blink
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Empire
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The Accidental
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The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
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Fast Food Nation
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Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction
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The Fabric of the Cosmos
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Everything is Illuminated
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Hegemony or Survival
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Regeneration
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The Classical World
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Dark Star Safari
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The Impressionist
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The Revenge of Gaia
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The World According to Clarkson
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A Certain Justice
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How to be Good
Alistair Cooke was born in Manchester in 1908 and educated at the universities of Cambridge, Yale and Harvard. Throughout his long career he worked as a journalist and broadcaster for many different organisations including the BBC, The Times and the Guardian, and won numerous awards for his work. He is best known both at home and abroad for his weekly Letters from America, far and away the longest-running radio series in broadcasting history. He died in March 2004, just a few weeks after his retirement.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141035345 |
| ISBN 10 | 014103534X |
| Title | Letter from America |
| Author | Alistair Cooke |
| Series | Penguin Celebrations |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2007-09-06 |
| Number of pages | 544 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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