Justin Webb
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Candid, unsparing, surprising and darkly funny, Justin Webb's memoir of his 1970s upbringing is as much a portrait of a strange decade in our history as of his own dysfunctional childhood. Justin Webb's childhood was far from ordinary. Between his mother's un-diagnosed psychological problems, and his step-father's untreated ones, life at home was dysfunctional at best. But with gun-wielding school masters and sub-standard living conditions, Quaker...
Author
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks America
Pub. Date
[2010], p2008
Language
English
Description
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. From Truman's surprise victory in 1948, to George W. Bush's win in 2000, Cooke comments on aspects of the American electoral process and system, in a manner that was wise, witty, informed, yet informal.
