Best Selling Books by Andrew A. Rooney

Provides a collection of more than fifty of the best of \"Sixty Minutes\" commentator Andy Rooney''s award-winning essays on the current American political, economic, and social scene.

Chairs. Neat people. Ugliness. War. Over six decades of intrepid reporting and elegant essays, Andy Rooney has proven a shrewd cultural analyst - unafraid to question the sometimes ridiculous, often surprising facts of our lives. Rooney''s great gift is telling it straight, without a hint of sugar coating, but with more than a grain of truth and humor. His take on America? ''''It''s just amazing how long this country has been going to hell without ever having got there.'''' On food? ''''there''s more dependable mediocrity than there used to be.''''

Andy Rooney once again proves why he is one of America’s favorite curmudgeons. Writing at the top of his form, Rooney covers a plethora of subjects, from getting rid of leftovers to the worst job in the world, from travel tips for the travel industry to the best hotel room he ever had. Andy Rooney has an opinion on everything, and in his inimitably irreverent and crotchety style he voices here those things we’ve always wanted to say but never thought we could get away with. You’ll find yourself smiling and frowning and involuntarily bobbing your head in agreement. “As television watchers know, Andrew A. Rooney is a very funny fellow. He can be even funnier in print, as Not That You Asked… aptly demonstrates.”—Associated Press “The greatest thing about Andy is that he makes everyone uncomfortable—especially me.”—Don Hewitt, executive producer, 60 Minutes

Best known for his patented curmudgeonly commentary carried weekly on the television news show, 60 Minutes, Rooney here brings his style to the written word. The material doesn''t stray very far from the material he developed on television and in his earlier books. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

A collection of letters by the popular TV commentator to fans, friends, CBS executives, tax collectors, and his children.

This collection includes: A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney, And More by Andy Rooney, and Pieces of My Mind. America''s favorite commentator and humorist, explores the joys and frustrations of everyday life. Here are more than 250 essays taken from the best of his television special, 60 Minutes appearances, and nationally syndicated newspaper column.

The fourth collection of his newspaper columns.

The \"60 Minutes\" commentator brings together his greatest pieces of writing spanning a half-century.

Who is better prepared to confront challenges and defend principles in a volatile modern world? Those with strong national, religious, ethnic, or tribal identities who accept democracy, or democrats who renounce identity as a kind of divisive prejudice? Natan Sharansky, building on his personal experience as a dissident, argues that valueless cosmopolitanism, even in democracies, is dangerous. Better to have hostile identities framed by democracy than democrats indifferent to identity. In a vigorous, insightful challenge to the left and right alike, Natan Sharansky, as he has proved repeatedly, is at the leading edge of the issues that frame our times.

My War is a blunt, funny, idiosyncratic account of Andy Rooney''s World War II. As a young, naïve correspondent for The Stars and Stripes, Rooney flew bomber missions, arrived in France during the D-Day invasion, crossed the Rhine with the Allied forces, traveled to Paris for the Liberation, and was one of the first reporters into Buchenwald. Like so many of his generation, Rooney''s life was changed forever by the war. He saw life at the extremes of human experience, and wrote about what he observed, making it real to millions of men and women. My War is the story of an inexperienced kid learning the craft of journalism. It is by turns moving, suspenseful, and reflective. And Rooney''s unmistakable voice shines through on every page.

Offers essays written by the famed commentator that discuss varied topics including media bias, torture, baseball, and holidays.

Popular television personality Andy Rooney explores the pleasures and frustrations of everyday life. Presenting the finest of his newspaper essays from the last three years, Rooney offers 126 unconventional pieces on issues affecting us all--from politics, sex, and the economy to ice cream, toilet paper, and dental appointments.

Andy Rooney selects his personal favorites from 25 years as the resident commentator for the most popular news program in history: \"60 Minutes.\" Photos throughout.

This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security, diplomacy, defense, war, strategy, and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought and experience, and includes the latest analysis of international threats, both conventional and asymmetric. It also includes riveting first person accounts of historic battles and wars.Some of the books in this Series are reproductions of historical works preserved by some of the leading libraries in the world. As with any reproduction of a historical artifact, some of these books contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. We believe these books are essential to this collection and the study of war, and have therefore brought them back into print, despite these imperfections.We hope you enjoy the unmatched breadth and depth of this collection, from the historical to the just-published works.

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