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A unique collection of eulogies of the 20th century's greatest figures, written by conservative icon William F. Buckley Jr. and compiled by National Review and Fox News White House correspondent James Rosen.
In a half century on the national stage, William F. Buckley Jr. achieved unique stature as a polemicist and the undisputed godfather of modern American conservatism. He knew everybody, hosted everybody at his East 73rd Street maisonette, skewered everybody who needed skewering, and in general lived life on a scale, and in a swashbuckling manner, that captivated and inspired countless young conservatives across that half century.
Among all of his distinctions, which include founding the conservative magazine National Review and serving as host on the long-running talk show Firing Line, Buckley was a master of that most elusive of art forms: the eulogy. Buckley drew on his unrivaled gifts in what he liked to call "the controversial arts" to mourn, celebrate, or seek eternal mercy for the men and women who touched his life and the nation; to conjure their personalities, recall memorable moments, herald their greatness; or to remind us why a given individual, even with the grace that death can uniquely confer, should be remembered as evil.
At all points these remembrances reflect Buckley's singular voice, with its elegant touch and mordant humor, and lend to the lives departed final tributes consistent with their own careers, lives, and accomplishments. Of the more than 100 eulogies located in Buckley's vast archive of published works, A Torch Kept Lit collects the very best, those remembering the most consequential lives (Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan), the most famous to today's listeners (Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Princess Diana), those who loomed largest in the conservative movement (Barry Goldwater, Milton Friedman), the most accomplished in the literary world (William Shawn, Norman Mailer), the most mysterious (Soviet spy Alger Hiss, CIA spymaster Richard Helms), and those most dear to Buckley (his mother and father).
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William F. Buckley Jr. is widely regarded as the most influential American conservative writer, activist, and organizer in the postwar era. In this nuanced biography, Alvin Felzenberg sheds light on little-known aspects of Buckley's career, including his role as back-channel adviser to policy makers, his intimate friendship with both Ronald and Nancy Reagan, his changing views on civil rights, and his break with George W. Bush over the Iraq War.
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Wonderful book about a great man!
- De Eddie en 04-08-19
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How Proust Can Change Your Life
- De: Alain de Botton
- Narrado por: Nicholas Bell
- Duración: 5 h y 6 m
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For anyone who ever wondered what Marcel Proust had in mind when he wrote the one-and-a-quarter-million words of In Search of Lost Time (while bedridden no less), Alain de Botton has the answer. For, in this stylish, erudite and frequently hilarious book, de Botton dips deeply into Proust’s life and work - his fiction, letter, and conversations – and distils from them that rare self-help manual: one that is actually helpful.
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A nice petite primer on Proust
- De Darwin8u en 02-20-13
De: Alain de Botton
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Miles Gone By
- A Literary Autobiography
- De: William F. Buckley Jr.
- Narrado por: William F. Buckley Jr.
- Duración: 18 h y 35 m
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In this autobiography, woven from personal pieces composed over the course of a celebrated writing life of more than 50 years, you'll meet William Buckley the boy, growing up in a family of 10 children; Buckley the daring young political enfant terrible, whose debut book, God and Man at Yale, was a shocking New York Times best seller; Buckley the editor of National Review, widely hailed as the founder of the modern conservative movement; and Buckley the husband and father.
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The sound of paint drying.
- De Ray en 10-16-05
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Buckley
- William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism
- De: Carl T. Bogus
- Narrado por: Mark Ashby
- Duración: 14 h y 9 m
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William F. Buckley, Jr., was the foremost architect of the conservative movement that swept the American political landscape from the 1960s to the early 2000s. When Buckley launched National Review, in 1955, conservatism was a beleaguered, fringe segment of the Republican Party. Three decades later Ronald Reagan - who credited National Review with shaping his beliefs - was in the White House. Buckley and his allies devised a new-model conservatism.
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Unbalanced panoramic of conservatism - No Buckley
- De John in PA en 07-18-14
De: Carl T. Bogus
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The Reagan I Knew
- De: William F. Buckley Jr.
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 6 h y 11 m
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In The Reagan I Knew, the late William F. Buckley Jr. offers a reminiscence of 30 years of friendship with the man who brought the American conservative movement out of the political wilderness and into the White House. Reagan and Buckley were political allies and close friends throughout Reagan's political career. They went on vacations together and shared inside jokes.
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More Buckley than Reagan
- De Hebern en 10-12-20
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God and Man at Yale
- The Superstitions of Academic Freedom
- De: William F. Buckley Jr.
- Narrado por: Michael Edwards
- Duración: 6 h y 40 m
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This is the book that launched William F. Buckley, Jr.'s career. As a young, recent Yale graduate, he took on Yale's professional and administrative staffs, citing their hypocritical diversion from the tenets on which the institution was built. Yale was founded on the belief that God exists, and thus that virtue and individualism represent immutable cornerstones of education. However, when Buckley wrote this scathing expose, the institution had made an about face.
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Good book....narrated by a $10 answering machine
- De Jose en 02-01-15
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A Man and His Presidents
- The Political Odyssey of William F. Buckley Jr.
- De: Alvin S. Felzenberg
- Narrado por: Jim Meskimen
- Duración: 17 h y 28 m
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William F. Buckley Jr. is widely regarded as the most influential American conservative writer, activist, and organizer in the postwar era. In this nuanced biography, Alvin Felzenberg sheds light on little-known aspects of Buckley's career, including his role as back-channel adviser to policy makers, his intimate friendship with both Ronald and Nancy Reagan, his changing views on civil rights, and his break with George W. Bush over the Iraq War.
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Wonderful book about a great man!
- De Eddie en 04-08-19
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How Proust Can Change Your Life
- De: Alain de Botton
- Narrado por: Nicholas Bell
- Duración: 5 h y 6 m
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For anyone who ever wondered what Marcel Proust had in mind when he wrote the one-and-a-quarter-million words of In Search of Lost Time (while bedridden no less), Alain de Botton has the answer. For, in this stylish, erudite and frequently hilarious book, de Botton dips deeply into Proust’s life and work - his fiction, letter, and conversations – and distils from them that rare self-help manual: one that is actually helpful.
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A nice petite primer on Proust
- De Darwin8u en 02-20-13
De: Alain de Botton
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre A Torch Kept Lit
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- billdalton
- 03-04-17
I Surely Miss That Man
I wish I owned every copy of "The National Review" and a video of every "Firing Line." No one articulated conservatism better than William F. Buckley, and he did it with such aplomb and class. There exists no one today of any political persuasion who is anywhere near his equal. This audible book, with its excellent reading, is a fine reminder of what perfection is, and it will be listened to by me over and over.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-28-16
Excellent
It was like listening to WFB one more time.....hope you enjoy it as well as I did.
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- Gerald McKay
- 02-14-22
It's WFB at his best
This was magnificent sketch of the century.
I would have been better in his voice, but we can't have everything.
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- The Mindfulness Guru
- 12-15-22
Readable and accessible
This book of the selected obituaries penned by the late William F. Buckley works on every level, and is an example of how to write an obituary. While Buckley can get snarky at times, his language is characteristically challenging yet understandable.
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- Kathryn Grammer
- 05-30-18
James Rosen kept the torch of Conservatism lit
I hope many will read WFB’s candid profiles of the great and the profane. Buckley is a wonderful, funny and entertaining storyteller.
May he have found his just rewards.
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- Paul A. Hansen
- 10-10-17
Really quite good.
You will excuse me for withholding the fifth star over the trifle of one mispronunciation. Otherwise, totally enjoyable and very well done.
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- Darren E Ryan
- 12-14-16
Kept lit indeed
Any fan of good writing will enjoy this regardless of their political leanings. Buckley was a master without a contemporary equal except for perhaps the editor of this volume who has rekindled that which needs to be kept lit.
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- Lisa Hill
- 10-14-16
Excellent...inspiring imagery!
I am a fine artist and I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves history as well as a story well written.... A life well told.
The imagery created by the words and phrases chosen feels like a journey shared.....
The narration is comfortable and the narrator more than capable.
William F. Buckley.... I had no idea! An amazing life!
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- Paul S.
- 12-28-16
Great insight into a conservative Giant!
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
For conservatives that enjoy learning about an Icon of conservatism, this book gives insight from a revealing direction - obituaries & remembrances. I found it fascinating. The language used between friends and foes is so interesting because the words are sometimes archaic & unknown in their meaning. It's a group that very comfortably used language in a formal way - much as was done in earlier centuries. Great stuff!!
Any additional comments?
I loved the way it was written and the way each obituary was introduced with an overview or history of the background between Buckley and the deceased.
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- Luis
- 04-08-17
Wonderful read
I most highly recommend it. Lots of historical bits of past influencers of our modern nation.
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