Brings together some of the most important and finest-written pieces from the Guardian and Guardian Unlimited . From eyewitness reports and perceptive political commentary to dramatic sports coverage and unrivalled photography, this title chronicles 2009, a testament to the Guardian 's tradition of journalism.

From political correctness to cars, Top Gear's James May is back with his hilarious and controversial opinions on just about everything.

Offers insight into the voice and mind of the inimitable Hunter S Thompson, as recorded over the decades in the pages of Playboy , the Paris Review , Esquire ; in various lectures; and in television appearances.

Takes us to a place of which there are only memories and ruins: the Great Britain that gave us the Industrial Revolution, a nation that led the world in feats of engineering, a Britain of empire, a place of vital cities, each with their own identity, a country whose residual presence can still be found in the strangest corners of the world.

Presents the author's acute observations on the minutiae of everyday life. This book features some of his best writings on everything from the perils of shaving to the embarrassments of virginity, and from the strange joy of Eurovision to the horror of being sick in trains.

Alistair Cooke was a radio legend, entertaining millions of listeners for over fifty years in his weekly Letter from America. It was the longest-running one-man series in radio history, and every show was a virtuoso performance. This title presents Cooke's finest radio reportage from 1991-1999.

When Alistair Cooke retired in March 2004 and then died a few weeks later, he was acclaimed by many as one of the greatest broadcasters of all time. His Letters from America, which began in 1946 and continued uninterrupted every week until early 2004, kept the world in touch with what was happening in Cooke's wry, liberal and humane style. This selection, made largely by Cooke himself and ...

More and more readers turn to The Best American Magazine Writing for their annual fix of the year's most captivating essays, columns, reporting, and criticism. Chosen from the winners and finalists of the 2009 National Magazine Awards, this year's selections include the haunting story by Chris Jones ( Esquire) of an American soldier's final journey home; James Wood's brilliant critique of the ...

Razor-sharp, witty social observations from Sandi Toksvig.

Author, journalist and broadcaster Sam Hanna Bell fought tirelessly to establish, promote and protect the unique cultural and literary identity of Northern Ireland. This book affirms Bell's importance in the creative and cultural life of Northern Ireland.

Features stories of six residents of Chongin, North Korea's third largest city.

Shows us various sides of the human condition in stories that reflect the author's understanding of the world we inhabit. This book makes us feel more connected to each other and less like strangers living in a strange land.

Graham Greene's collected tablet journalism, 1936-1987, edited with an introduction by Ian Thomson.

The Complete Series of the Famous Wartime Trench Newspaper. A fascinating reproduction of the trench newspaper which provided a satirical and subversive look at the First World War. Taking its name from the army slang for Ypres, where it was first produced, The Wipers Times was similar to Punch, but contained a more specific type of comedy relating exclusively to the soldiers on the Western ...

Reportage resists easy definition and comes in many forms, but it reveals hidden truths about people and events that have shaped the world we know. This book features the author's eyewitness accounts of the atom bomb tests at Bikini atoll and evocations of his encounters with Mao Tse-tung and Winston Churchill.

Presents a collection of entertaining journalism and cartoons .Whether describing penis operations, narcotics or merely pondering the nature of slacking, these pieces are as witty and acerbic as one would expect from one of our foremost contemporary satirists.

Karl Marx (1818-1883) is arguably the most famous political philosopher of all time, but he was also one of the great foreign correspondents of the nineteenth century. During his eleven years writing for the New York Tribune , Marx tackled an abundance of topics, from issues of class and the state to world affairs.