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Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics Audiobook, by Charles Krauthammer Play Audiobook Sample

Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics Audiobook

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Read By: Charles Krauthammer, George Newbern Publisher: Random House Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 8.17 hours at 1.5x Speed 6.13 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: December 2013 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9780553398304

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

129

Longest Chapter Length:

08:51 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

16 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

05:40 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

3

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Publisher Description

From America’s preeminent columnist, named by the Financial Times the most influential commentator in the nation, a must-have collection of Charles Krauthammer’s essential, timeless writings.

 

A brilliant stylist known for an uncompromising honesty that challenged conventional wisdom at every turn, Krauthammer dazzled readers for decades with his keen insight into politics and government. His weekly column was a must-read in Washington and across the country. Don’t miss the best of Krauthammer’s intelligence, erudition and wit collected in one volume.

 

Readers will find here not only the country’s leading conservative thinker offering a pas­sionate defense of limited government, but also a highly independent mind whose views—on feminism, evolution and the death penalty, for example—defy ideological convention. Things That Matter also features several of Krautham­mer’s major path-breaking essays—on bioeth­ics, on Jewish destiny and on America’s role as the world’s superpower—that have pro­foundly influenced the nation’s thoughts and policies. And finally, the collection presents a trove of always penetrating, often bemused re­flections on everything from border collies to Halley’s Comet, from Woody Allen to Win­ston Churchill, from the punishing pleasures of speed chess to the elegance of the perfectly thrown outfield assist.

 

With a special, highly autobiographical in­troduction in which Krauthammer reflects on the events that shaped his career and political philosophy, this indispensible chronicle takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the fashions and follies, the tragedies and triumphs, of the last three decades of American life.

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"For three decades, Charles Krauthammer has enriched American political discourse with his sharply-honed analysis, humane values, and questing mind.  From personal meditations to learned examinations of history and policy, Things That Matterstands as a record of a transformative period in the American experience, and a remarkable intellect at work."

— Henry A. Kissinger

Quotes

  • Required reading…Krauthammer is among the very best—and this is the best of the best, selected by him, with an engaging and fascinating introduction…Amazingly fresh, and full of thought-provoking formulations and arguments.

    — The Weekly Standard
  • A fantastic read, a cerebral read, a fun read.

    — Guy Benson, Townhall
  • It’s going to be a big hit.

    — Bill O’Reilly, The O’Reilly Factor (October 21, 2013)
  • Krauthammer’s assets include steel-trap logic, an epée wit, a profound sense of history, and a withering contempt for journalists who would rather cringe in the dark than bring the truth to light.

    — City Journal America, you’ve got to read this for your own great pleasure and relief.
  • The best American columnists make their British counterparts look like bumbling amateurs,but none of them writes with more sense,sensibility and sanity than the Washington Post's Charles Krauthammer. Things That Matter, selected from a lifetime of writing, bears comparison with the greatest of American prose.

    — Daniel Johnson, Standpoint
  • Usually thought of as a conserva-tive, this syndicated columnist has won both the left-wing People for the American Way’s First Amendment Award and the right-wing Bradley Foundation’s first $250,000 Bradley Prize. Readers of all political persuasions will find plenty here that’s thought-provoking and worthwhile.

    — Pittsburg Tribune-Review
  • Krauthammer’s first collection in more than 20 years is a priceless introduction to the columnist’s writing. And for those who have thrilled at the sight of a Krauthammer byline for decades, Things That Matter is a window into the master polemicist’s habits of mind, heart, and technique.

    — Matthew Continetti, Commentary
  • Charles Krauthammer is not only the most influential conservative commentator in America, his writing transcends the crush of daily events and can be read, with profit, always.

    — David Brooks, New York Times columnist and bestselling author of The Social Animal  
  • Amid today's clutter of print and cacophony of broadcast commentary, Charles Krauthammer's lapidary judgments stand out, and stand the test of time. Literature has been called news that lasts. Krauthammer's columns take journalism to the level of literature.

    — George F. Will, Washington Post columnist
  • Blending high-mindedness with strong conservative values, he has commanded respect on both the extreme and moderate sides of the spectrum, becoming the closest thing the factionalized GOP could have to a spokesperson, a de facto opposition leader for the thinking right.

    — POLITICO

Awards

  • A New York Times bestseller
  • A USA Today bestseller
  • A #1 Los Angeles Times bestseller
  • A Wall Street Journal bestseller
  • A Publishers Weekly bestseller
  • A Chicago Tribune bestseller
  • An NPR bestseller
  • A San Francisco Chronicle bestseller
  • A Library Journal bestseller

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    — Tim Cooke, 10/28/2022

About Charles Krauthammer

Charles Krauthammer (1950–2018), winner of the Pulitzer Prize, was a syndicated columnist, political commentator, and physi­cian. His column was syndicated to over 400 news­papers worldwide. He was a nightly panelist on Fox News’s Special Report with Bret Baier. He was a former member of the President’s Council on Bioethics and of Chess Journalists of America.

About Charles Krauthammer

George Newbern is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and a television and film actor best known for his roles as Brian MacKenzie in Father of the Bride and Father of the Bride Part II, as well as Danny in Friends. As a voice actor, he is notable for his role as Superman on the Cartoon Newtork series Static Shock, Justice League, and Justice League Unlimited. He has guest starred on many television series, including Scandal, The Mentalist, Private Practice, CSI: Miami, and Numb3rs. He holds a BA in theater arts from Northwestern University.