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Item specifics
- Condition
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Original Language
- English
- SKU
- 0008:Ronson
- ISBN
- 9780743233217
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
0743233212
ISBN-13
9780743233217
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2185436
Product Key Features
Book Title
Them : Adventures with Extremists
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
Political Ideologies / Radicalism, General, American Government / General
Features
Reprint
Genre
Political Science, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
11.1 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
Ron RosenbaumThe New York Times Book ReviewOften entertaining, more often disturbing...[Ronson] has gotten closer to these people than any journalist I can think of., Jonathan Yardley The Washington Post Unlikely though it certainly will seem to most readers at this difficult hour...Jon Ronson has managed to write a hugely amusing book about the lunatic fringe., The San Diego Union-Tribune It takes a funny man to see the humor in all the conspiracy theories that float hatefully across the land, and Jon Ronson is a funny man. It takes a brave man to chase that humor right into the belly of the beast, and Jon Ronson is a brave man too., The San Diego Union-TribuneIt takes a funny man to see the humor in all the conspiracy theories that float hatefully across the land, and Jon Ronson is a funny man. It takes a brave man to chase that humor right into the belly of the beast, and Jon Ronson is a brave man too., Jonathan YardleyThe Washington PostUnlikely though it certainly will seem to most readers at this difficult hour...Jon Ronson has managed to write a hugely amusing book about the lunatic fringe., Ron Rosenbaum The New York Times Book Review Often entertaining, more often disturbing...[Ronson] has gotten closer to these people than any journalist I can think of.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
322.4
Table Of Content
CONTENTS Preface 1. A Semi-Detached Ayatollah 2. Running Through Cornfields 3. The Secret Rulers of the World 4. Bilderberg Sets a Trap! 5. The Middlemen in New York 6. There Are Lizards and There Are Lizards 7. The Klansman Who Won't Use the N-Word 8. Hollywood 9. Living a Diamond Life in a Rocky World 10. Dr. Paisley, I Presume 11. Ceausescu's Shoes 12. The Way Things Are Done 13. The Clearing in the Forest Acknowledgments
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
A wide variety of extremist groups -- Islamic fundamentalists, neo-Nazis -- share the oddly similar belief that a tiny shadowy elite rule the world from a secret room. InThem,journalist Jon Ronson has joined the extremists to track down the fabled secret room.As a journalist and a Jew, Ronson was often considered one of "Them" but he had no idea if their meetings actually took place. Was he just not invited?Themtakes us across three continents and into the secret room. Along the way he meets Omar Bakri Mohammed, considered one of the most dangerous men in Great Britain, PR-savvy Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard Thom Robb, and the survivors of Ruby Ridge. He is chased by men in dark glasses and unmasked as a Jew in the middle of a Jihad training camp. In the forests of northern California he even witnesses CEOs and leading politicians -- like Dick Cheney and George Bush -- undertake a bizarre owl ritual.Ronson's investigations, by turns creepy and comical, reveal some alarming things about the looking-glass world of "us" and "them."Themis a deep and fascinating look at the lives and minds of extremists. Are the extremists onto something? Or is Jon Ronson becoming one of them?, From the bestselling author of The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry and So You've Been Publicly Shamed . A wide variety of extremist groups -- Islamic fundamentalists, neo-Nazis -- share the oddly similar belief that a tiny shadowy elite rule the world from a secret room. In Them, journalist Jon Ronson has joined the extremists to track down the fabled secret room. As a journalist and a Jew, Ronson was often considered one of "Them" but he had no idea if their meetings actually took place. Was he just not invited? Them takes us across three continents and into the secret room. Along the way he meets Omar Bakri Mohammed, considered one of the most dangerous men in Great Britain, PR-savvy Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard Thom Robb, and the survivors of Ruby Ridge. He is chased by men in dark glasses and unmasked as a Jew in the middle of a Jihad training camp. In the forests of northern California he even witnesses CEOs and leading politicians -- like Dick Cheney and George Bush -- undertake a bizarre owl ritual. Ronson's investigations, by turns creepy and comical, reveal some alarming things about the looking-glass world of "us" and "them." Them is a deep and fascinating look at the lives and minds of extremists. Are the extremists onto something? Or is Jon Ronson becoming one of them?
LC Classification Number
HN49.R33
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