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Taking aim at the ruthless fanatics in the Bush White House and the feckless fools in the all-too-compliant Democratic opposition, the best-selling author of Pigs at the Trough paints a scathing picture of our contemporary political landscape?peopled with scoundrels and cowards, and awash in the constant and corrosive tow of dirty money.
But the book doesn?t stop there. Over the course of her run for governor of California, Arianna Huffington learned that criticism and outrage are not enough. She lays out her game plan for winning back America from our not-so-compassionately-conservative president, now firmly and happily in the grip of right-wing radicals like Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, and John Ashcroft. With the 2004 election fast approaching, Arianna Huffington sees fire in the ashes of the Democratic Party and reason for hope that this can be the year that the people finally take back control of their government and their country.
Fearless, funny, in full command of the facts, and ever passionate, Arianna Huffington offers not just a chapter-and-verse diagnosis of the fanaticism that drives the Bush White House but a bold vision of New Responsibility for rebuilding our broken democracy. If you want to know what you can do to restore America to the promise and moral greatness envisioned by our greatest leaders, from Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt to FDR and Bobby Kennedy, this book is required reading. These are big dreams, but, as Arianna argues, anything smaller guarantees the reelection of George Bush.
作者简介 Arianna Huffington is a nationally syndicated columnist, author of ten books including the national best-seller Pigs at the Trough, and co-host of the National Public Radio program Left, Right, and Center. She lives in Los Angeles with her two daughters.
媒体推荐 "Arianna leaves me in shock and awe?keeping it real, doing it with flair and humor and depth." -- Bill Maher
"Huffington has once again soared ahead of the pack in her analysis of American politics." -- Molly Ivins, author of Bushwhacked
"Huffington marks out a path between fanatics and fools that should guide and energize rational citizens of the great republic." -- Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
"I loved this book so much that I almost finished it." -- Larry David
"One of America's foremost foes of folly and fanaticism, corruption and cruelty." -- Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed
"Read this if you care about the future of our country." -- Bill Moyers
"This book belongs on every bookshelf in America?right next to mine." -- Al Franken
编辑推荐 Arianna Huffington is a rare breed of political celebrity: an articulate pundit who left the intellectually safe world of criticizing elected officials to try her hand at actually becoming one. While her campaign for Governor of California in the highly unusual 2003 recall election was unsuccessful, the experience has brought valuable insight and perspective to Fanatics and Fools. Huffington, a former supporter of Newt Gingrich, has recently occupied a unique place in the political landscape as she moved away from the right, never quite arrived at the left and dwelled somewhere askew from what is thought of as the center. In this book, she grudgingly endorses the idea of voting with the Democrats in the 2004 presidential election despite grave misgivings about the Democratic Party, which she accuses of too often trying to be a watered-down of the Republicans. But even those Democrats, she feels, are infinitely preferable to the George W. Bush administration with its record of corporate favoritism and patterns of deception leading up to the invasion of Iraq. A section chronicling her experience in campaigning may not seem particularly relevant to people living outside California, but it's a pretty interesting passage. Few skilled opinion makers ever get out and run themselves (imagine George Will or David Broder giving stump speeches), and Huffington brings humor and humility to her account. Her characterization of Arnold Schwarzenegger includes stinging criticisms of his policies but conveys grudging admiration for the actor turned Governor. Her criticisms of Bush and the Republicans are impassioned; well supported, their sheer volume impedes her effort to create a unified message. Still, Huffington's wit and candor, coupled with her recently gained battleground experience, make Fanatics and Fools a terrific read. --John Moe
专业书评 From Publishers Weekly
Stadiem (Marilyn Monroe Confidential) and Gibbs (of the famed Morton family restaurateurs) delve into the not-so-secret secrets of famous and favored eateries worldwide. Stadiem and Gibbs stick with the icons, but the unfortunate result is that anyone interested in marquee dining likely already knows the inside scoop doled out here. New York's Elaine's gets tagged, for instance, as "the Lion Country Safari of American letters, all giants, no midlisters," while the short-on-patience waiters at Brooklyn steakhouse Peter Luger serves heart attacks on a plate. How about dining at The Ivy in the heart of London's theater district? "It's so good and obvious a choice that you can't get in unless you're a star." And a trip to the Hotel Costes restaurant in Paris will-shocker-leave you feeling inadequate. Though the book's mission to "enable outsiders to feel like insiders" is noble, the dope proffered is minimal.
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From the Back Cover
Full of movie stars, tycoons, statesmen, athletes, and supermodels, with sex, money, style, and glamour, Everybody Eats There is a fun, delicious read.
Matsuhisa • Nobu began modestly, with a little sushi bar in LA, which happened to be across the street from the hospital where the Hollywood hotshots had heart surgery. And the collision of incredibly healthful food with incredibly rich people with heart problems spawned the biggest restaurant empire in the world.
Arpège • Paris chef Alain Passard on why he turned off meat and on to vegetables: "I couldn't keep having a creative relationship with a corpse."
Cipriani Downtown • Where Bellinis are served to the elite of Elite (the model agency) and the world's most famous dirty old men—Harvey Weinstein, Mick Jagger, Jack Nicholson.
Sweetings • You sit with London's financial elite—Hambros, Rothschilds, and Goldsmiths—at long wooden counters and eat grilled Dover sole, or deep-fried plaice, with chips. Forget green vegetables; real Englishmen don’t touch 'em.
Mr Chow • More LA paparazzi are camped out here than at a Tom Cruise film premiere, and more leg is on display than in a Hanes panty hose commercial.
Elaine's • And so Plimpton brought in the young, struggling Gay Talese. And Talese brought in the young and less struggling Tom Wolfe. And in the course of ten years, Elaine's had become the most celebrity-packed restaurant in the world, all because Elaine had a fondness for writers, and let them float their bills.
Dan Tana's • Girls Who Kick Ass love this LA version of a New Jersey steak house. So did Phil Spector, who went here for a Caesar salad and two glasses of wine ($50 bill, $500 tip) before he took Lana Clarkson back to his château and allegedly shot her in the head.
Al Moro • At precisely one, a crowd of men in dark suits storm the doors. Is Al Moro being raided? No, but they are the authorities: Italian senators and ministers and other bigwigs from the nearby parliament, but they're only here to eat.
From the Back Cover
Full of movie stars, tycoons, statesmen, athletes, and supermodels, with sex, money, style, and glamour, Everybody Eats There is a fun, delicious read.
Matsuhisa • Nobu began modestly, with a little sushi bar in LA, which happened to be across the street from the hospital where the Hollywood hotshots had heart surgery. And the collision of incredibly healthful food with incredibly rich people with heart problems spawned the biggest restaurant empire in the world.
Arpège • Paris chef Alain Passard on why he turned off meat and on to vegetables: "I couldn't keep having a creative relationship with a corpse."
Cipriani Downtown • Where Bellinis are served to the elite of Elite (the model agency) and the world's most famous dirty old men—Harvey Weinstein, Mick Jagger, Jack Nicholson.
Sweetings • You sit with London's financial elite—Hambros, Rothschilds, and Goldsmiths—at long wooden counters and eat grilled Dover sole, or deep-fried plaice, with chips. Forget green vegetables; real Englishmen don’t touch 'em.
Mr Chow • More LA paparazzi are camped out here than at a Tom Cruise film premiere, and more leg is on display than in a Hanes panty hose commercial.
Elaine's • And so Plimpton brought in the young, struggling Gay Talese. And Talese brought in the young and less struggling Tom Wolfe. And in the course of ten years, Elaine's had become the most celebrity-packed restaurant in the world, all because Elaine had a fondness for writers, and let them float their bills.
Dan Tana's • Girls Who Kick Ass love this LA version of a New Jersey steak house. So did Phil Spector, who went here for a Caesar salad and two glasses of wine ($50 bill, $500 tip) before he took Lana Clarkson back to his château and allegedly shot her in the head.
Al Moro • At precisely one, a crowd of men in dark suits storm the doors. Is Al Moro being raided? No, but they are the authorities: Italian senators and ministers and other bigwigs from the nearby parliament, but they're only here to eat.
