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A Cry From The Far Middle by P. J. O'Rourke
$33.00 NZD
Category: Politics
P.J. O'Rourke says we've worked ourselves into a state of anger and perplexity, and it's no surprise because perplexed and angry is what America has always been all about. This uproarious look at the current state of the United States includes essays like 'The New Puritanism - and Welcome to It,' about ...Show more
A Cry from the Far Middle - Dispatches from a Divided Land by P. J. O'Rourke
$25.00 NZD
Category: History
Observations on the present political moment, and the discord that defines it, from the best man for the job: bestselling author and acclaimed satirist P.J. O'Rourke P. J. O'Rourke says we've worked ourselves into a state of anger and perplexity, and it's no surprise because perplexed and angry are wha ...Show more
DON'T VOTE: It Just Encourages the Bastards by P.J. O'Rourke
$36.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
In his new book, "DON'T VOTE - It Just Encourages the Bastards", best-selling political humorist P.J. O'Rourke writes the mirthful political theory companion to his classic political science book, Parliament of Whores. Best-selling humorist P.J. O'Rourke is back with his latest political masterpiece, "D ...Show more
DON'T VOTE - It Just Encourages the Bastards by P.J. O'Rourke
$29.99 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
Best-selling humorist P.J. O'Rourke is back with his latest political masterpiece, DON'T VOTE - It Just Encourages the Bastards. Using his signature wit and keen observational skills, O'Rourke reflects on his forty year career as a political commentator, spanning his addled hippie youth to his current s ...Show more
Driving Like Crazy : Thirty Years of Vehicular Hell-bending by P.J. O'Rourke
$29.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
Jump in and buckle-up. P.J. O'Rourke delivers his rapid-fire wit from the driver's seat of Buicks, Land Rovers, Harley-Davidsons and at least one Soviet army surplus truck. "Driving Like Crazy" is a hilarious collection of fender-bending pieces that career along at O'Rourke's full-throttle, breakneck Go ...Show more
Holidays in Heck by P. J. O'Rourke
$28.99 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: very good
Holidays in Heck takes the reader on a globe-trotting journey to far-reaching places including China, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and the Galapagos Islands. The collection begins after the Iraq War, when P.J. retired from being a war correspondent because he was "too old to keep being scared stiff and too s ...Show more
Holidays in Heck by P.J. O'Rourke
$36.99 NZD
Category: Travel
The long-awaited follow up to the classic Holidays in Hell, P.J. O'Rourke's Holidays in Heck is the middle-aged version of his classic travel pieces, featuring journeys to China, Venice, the UK and beyond. Holidays in Heck takes the reader on a globe-trotting journey to far-reaching places including Chi ...Show more
How the Hell Did This Happen?: A Cautionary Tale of American Democracy by P.J. O'Rourke
$22.99 NZD
Category: No Category
This election cycle was so absurd that celebrated political satirist, journalist, and die-hard Republican P. J. O'Rourke endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. How the Hell Did This Happen? is his essential take on the stranger-than-fiction (and stranger-than-fact) 2016 presidential election and ...Show more
How the Hell Did This Happen?: The US Election of 2016 by P. J. O'Rourke
$32.99 NZD
Category: Humour
No comedian could have written the joke this election cycle has been. The punch line is too ridiculous (whoever the punch line is going to be). Celebrated political satirist, journalist, and diehard Republican P.J. O'Rourke brings his critical eye and inimitable voice to some serious risky business. How ...Show more
On The Wealth of Nations by P J O'Rourke
$29.99 NZD
Category: Politics | Series: Books That Shook the World | Reading Level: very good
'The Wealth of Nations is, without doubt a 'book that changed the world.' But it has been taking its time. Two hundred and thirty one years after publication, Adam Smith's practical truths are only beginning to be absorbed in full. Although its contents didn't make people gasp, something about The Wealt ...Show more
Peace Kills by P J O'Rourke
$29.95 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
In his classic Parliament of Whores, P.J. O'Rourke listened to the dirty joke that is the US government. In his bestseller Eat the Rich he subjected himself to the shaggy dog story of economics. Now O'Rourke brings his critical facilities to bear on the ultimate stand-up act - American foreign policy. I ...Show more