New Releases by Evan Osnos

From New York Times bestselling and National Book Award–winning author Evan Osnos comes a timely and provocative collection of essays exploring American oligarchy and the culture of excess, providing a wry, unfiltered look at how the ultrarich shape—and sometimes warp—our social and political landscape. The ultrarich hold more of America’s wealth than they did in the heyday of the Carnegies and Rockefellers. Here, Evan Osnos’s incisive reportage yields an unforgettable portrait of the tactics and obsessions driving this new Gilded Age, in which superyachts, luxury bunkers, elite tax dodges, and a torrent of political donations bespeak staggering disparities of wealth and power. With deft storytelling and meticulous reporting, this is a book about the indulgences, incentives, and psychological distortions that define our economic age. In each essay, Osnos delves into a world that is rarely visible, from the outrageous to the fabulous to the ridiculous: a private wealth manager who broke with members of an American dynasty and spilled their secrets; the pop stars who perform at lavish parties for thirteen-year-olds; the status anxieties that spill out of marinas in Monaco and Palm Beach like real-world episodes of Succession and The White Lotus; the ethos behind the largest Ponzi scheme in Hollywood history; the confessions of disgraced titans in a “white-collar support group.” A celebrated political reporter, Osnos delves into the unprecedented Washington influence of Silicon Valley and Wall Street, drawing on in-depth interviews with Mark Zuckerberg and other billionaires, about their power and the explosive backlash it stirs. Originally published in The New Yorker, these essays have been revised and expanded to deliver an unflinching portrait of raw ambition, unimaginable fortune, and the rise of America’s modern oligarchy. Osnos’s essays are a wake-up call—a case against complacency in the face of unchecked excess, as the choices of the ultrarich ripple through our lives. Entertaining, unsettling, and eye-opening, The Haves and the Have-Yachts couldn’t be more relevant to today’s world.

»Osnos erzählt die bewegende Geschichte düsterer Zeiten mit einer Menschlichkeit, die Hoffnung auf etwas Besseres verspricht.« Michael J. Sandel Nach zehn Jahren als Korrespondent im Nahen Osten und in China zieht Evan Osnos 2013 zurück in die USA. Doch das Land, in das er heimkehrt, ist kaum wiederzuerkennen. Chancengleichheit, Rechtsstaatlichkeit, der Glaube an die Macht der Wahrheit – die fundamentalen Prinzipien der ältesten Demokratie der Welt scheinen ihre Selbstverständlichkeit eingebüßt zu haben. 2016 wird Donald Trump zum Präsidenten gewählt, vier Jahre später stürmen seine Unterstützer das Kapitol. Aus den vereinigten sind die gespaltenen Staaten von Amerika geworden. Evan Osnos hat diese Entwicklungen über Jahre beobachtet. Er versucht zu verstehen und zu erklären: warum im reichen Greenwich an der Ostküste, wo er aufgewachsen ist, aus gemäßigten Konservativen eingefleischte Trump-Anhänger wurden. Wie sich in Clarksburg, West Virginia, wo er seinen ersten Job bei einer Zeitung annahm, die Opioid-Krise zur nationalen Katastrophe ausweiten konnte. Und was die Ursachen sind für den Rassismus, die Waffengewalt und die Ungleichheit in Chicago, wo er selbst zu einem gefragten Journalisten aufstieg. Aus eindringlichen Porträts entsteht eine große Erzählung, die vom 11. September 2001 bis zum 6. Januar 2021 reicht. Der Pulitzer-Preisträger zeichnet nach, wie die USA den moralischen Kompass verloren, der einst aus einer Vereinigung von Staaten die Vereinigten Staaten machte.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER After a decade abroad, the National Book Award– and Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Evan Osnos returns to three places he has lived in the United States—Greenwich, CT; Clarksburg, WV; and Chicago, IL—to illuminate the origins of America’s political fury. Evan Osnos moved to Washington, D.C., in 2013 after a decade away from the United States, first reporting from the Middle East before becoming the Beijing bureau chief at the Chicago Tribune and then the China correspondent for The New Yorker. While abroad, he often found himself making a case for America, urging the citizens of Egypt, Iraq, or China to trust that even though America had made grave mistakes throughout its history, it aspired to some foundational moral commitments: the rule of law, the power of truth, the right of equal opportunity for all. But when he returned to the United States, he found each of these principles under assault. In search of an explanation for the crisis that reached an unsettling crescendo in 2020—a year of pandemic, civil unrest, and political turmoil—he focused on three places he knew firsthand: Greenwich, Connecticut; Clarksburg, West Virginia; and Chicago, Illinois. Reported over the course of six years, Wildland follows ordinary individuals as they navigate the varied landscapes of twenty-first-century America. Through their powerful, often poignant stories, Osnos traces the sources of America’s political dissolution. He finds answers in the rightward shift of the financial elite in Greenwich, in the collapse of social infrastructure and possibility in Clarksburg, and in the compounded effects of segregation and violence in Chicago. The truth about the state of the nation may be found not in the slogans of political leaders but in the intricate details of individual lives, and in the hidden connections between them. As Wildland weaves in and out of these personal stories, events in Washington occasionally intrude, like flames licking up on the horizon. A dramatic, prescient examination of seismic changes in American politics and culture, Wildland is the story of a crucible, a period bounded by two shocks to America’s psyche, two assaults on the country’s sense of itself: the attacks of September 11 in 2001 and the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Following the lives of everyday Americans in three cities and across two decades, Osnos illuminates the country in a startling light, revealing how we lost the moral confidence to see ourselves as larger than the sum of our parts.

Traditional Chinese Edition of [Joe Biden: The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now]

Vietnamese edition of National Book Award winner Evan Osnos'' Joe Biden: The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now chronicling the long political career of newly elected US president Joe Biden. Vietnamese translation by 1980Books.

«Nalgum momento da nossa vida, o fracasso é inevitável, mas desistir é imperdoável.» O presidente eleito Joseph R. Biden Jr. foi considerado, simultaneamente, o homem com mais sorte e o mais azarado - afortunado por ter cumprido uma carreira política de cinquenta anos que culmina no comando da Casa Branca, mas também marcada por profundas perdas pessoais e pelas deceções sofridas. No entanto, mesmo que a vida de Biden tenha sido moldada pela tragédia, também foi impulsionada por uma disposição, rara nos altos escalões da política, para enfrentar adversidades, equívocos e reveses da sorte. As provações criaram nele uma profunda empatia pelos outros, em dificuldades - uma qualidade essencial para conduzir a os Estados Unidos à recuperação e à renovação. Num tom jornalístico e abarcando um amplo contexto, Evan Osnos baseia-se em quase uma década de reportagem para a The New Yorker para revelar as personagens e o significado da extraordinária eleição presidencial de 2020. Parte ainda de longas entrevistas com Biden e revela conversas com mais de uma centena de outras pessoas, incluindo o presidente Barack Obama, Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg e uma série de ativistas, conselheiros, oponentes e membros da família de Biden. Este retrato revela a longa e agitada carreira de Biden no Senado, os oito anos como vice-presidente de Obama, a sua travessia no deserto político depois de ser preterido por Hillary Clinton, em 2016, a decisão de desafiar Donald Trump e a escolha da senadora Kamala Harris como sua companheira de corrida. Evan Osnos pondera as dificuldades que Biden enfrenta no início da sua presidência e avalia como um país em mudança, um poço profundo de experiências e uma abordagem rigorosa das questões alteraram suas posições. Neste retrato cheio de nuances, Biden emerge como imperfeito, mas decidido, e temperado pela tragédia - um homem que pode ser inesperadamente adequado para o seu momento na história.

"Նախագահ Ջոզեֆ Ռ. Բայդեն Կրտսերին անվանում են եւ՛ խիստ բախտավոր, եւ՛խիստ անբախտ մարդ։ Նա 50 տարի շարունակ քաղաքական կայուն կարիերա է արել եւ հասել է Սպիտակ տուն։ Միաժամանակ այդ վերելքն ուղեկցվել է անձնական ծանր կորուստներով, հիասթափություններով ու տառապանքով։ Հայտնի լրագրող Էվան Օզնոսը միաձուլում է բարձրակարգ լրագրությունն ու ավելի ընդարձակ կոնտեքստը։ Նա ներկայացնում է նախագահի՝ 2020 թվականի արտասովոր ընտրության բնույթն ու նշանակությունը։ Գիրքը հիմնված է հեղինակի ծավալուն հարցազրույցների վրա։ Հեղինակը սերտ շփվել է Բայդենի ու նրա ընտանիքի անդամների հետ։ Նրա զրուցակիցներն են եղել նախագահ Բարաք Օբաման, Քորի Բուքերը, Էմի Կլոբուշարը, Փիթ Բութիգիեգը եւ բազում ակտիվիստներ, խորհրդականներ, ընդդիմադիրներ. ավելի քան 100 մարդ։ Այս գիրք-դիմանկարը լույս է սփռում Բայդենի երկար ու իրադարձություններով հարուստ կարիերայի վրա։ Բայդենը Սենատում է, հետո, որպես Օբամայի փոխնախագահ, 8 տարի Սպիտակ տանն է։ Նախագահական մրցավազքը Հիլարի Քլինթոնին զիջելուց հետո Բայդենը հաղթահարում է քաղաքական ամայությունը, Դոնալդ Թրամփին ձեռնոց նետելու եւ Քամալա Հարիսին փոխնախագահ նշանակելու որոշում է կայացնում։ Այս երանգավորված դիմանկարում հեղինակը Բայդենին ներկայացնում է իր թերություններով ու վճռականությամբ։ Բայդենը ներկայանում է որպես ողբերգությունների ու տառապանքների միջով անցած մի մարդ, որն այս պատմական ժամանակահատվածում զարմանալիորեն համապատասխանում է իր պաշտոնին։ Էվան Օզնոսը (ծնվ. 1976 թ.) ամերիկացի լրագրող եւ գրող է։ 2008-ից աշխատում է The New Yorker ամսագրում, առավելապես հայտնի է ԱՄՆ եւ ՉԺՀ ներքին ու արտաքին քաղաքականության մասին հոդվածներով։ 2014-ին նրա հեղինակած «Հավակնության դարը.հաջողության որս, ճշմարտություն եւ բախտ նոր Չինաստանում» գիրքն արժանացել է ԱՄՆ Գրքի ազգային մրցանակի։ 2020-ի հոկտեմբերին նրա հեղինակությամբ լույս է տեսել Ջո Բայդենի կենսագրականը։" --Title page verso.

«Este libro logra dimensionar con destreza al hombre y al político, para presentar un retrato inaudito del candidato demócrata». The Washington Post El reconocido periodista Evan Osnos, ganador de los premios Pulitzer y National Book Award, combina su minuciosa investigación con el tono íntimo de las entrevistas que sostuvo con Joe Biden en varias ocasiones. Osnos logra revelar los matices del personaje a través de más de un centenar de conversaciones con figuras como Barack Obama y miembros de la familia Biden, activistas y oponentes ideológicos. Esta biografía ilumina la vida personal del hombre que perdió a su familia en un accidente automovilístico, a la vez que muestra una admirable trayectoria política: su carrera en el Senado, sus ocho años como vicepresidente de Estados Unidos en el gobierno de Obama y su decisión de postularse a la presidencia por el Partido Demócrata. El retrato más completo y brillante del hombre con el poder de frenar a Trump. «El fracaso en algún punto de la vida es inevitable, pero darse por vencido es imperdonable». Joe Biden

*A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR* A concise, brilliant, and trenchant examination of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s successful lifelong quest for the presidency by National Book Award winner Evan Osnos. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has been called both the luckiest man and the unluckiest—fortunate to have sustained a fifty-year political career that reached the White House, but also marked by deep personal losses and disappointments that he has suffered. Yet even as Biden’s life has been shaped by drama, it has also been powered by a willingness, rare at the top ranks of politics, to confront his shortcomings, errors, and reversals of fortune. As he says, “Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.” His trials have forged in him a deep empathy for others in hardship—an essential quality as he leads America toward recovery and renewal. Blending up-close journalism and broader context, Evan Osnos, who won the National Book Award in 2014, draws on nearly a decade of reporting for The New Yorker to capture the characters and meaning of 2020’s extraordinary presidential election. It is based on lengthy interviews with Biden and on revealing conversations with more than a hundred others, including President Barack Obama, Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg, and a range of activists, advisers, opponents, and Biden family members. This portrayal illuminates Biden’s long and eventful career in the Senate, his eight years as Obama’s vice president, his sojourn in the political wilderness after being passed over for Hillary Clinton in 2016, his decision to challenge Donald Trump for the presidency, and his choice of Vice President Kamala Harris as his running mate. Osnos ponders the difficulties Biden faces as his presidency begins and weighs how a changing country, a deep well of experiences, and a rigorous approach to the issues, have altered his positions. In this nuanced portrait, Biden emerges as flawed, yet resolute, and tempered by the flame of tragedy—a man who just may be uncannily suited for his moment in history.

Contemplado desde fuera, el paisaje chino adquiere a veces rasgos grotescos: una tierra de millonarios sin escrúpulos y burócratas implacables destinados a gobernar la economía global o un Goliat lastimoso infestado de corrupción y al borde del colapso. No parece haber una perspectiva equilibrada. Lo que apenas vemos es cómo la gente (ricos y pobres, señores y súbditos) se amolda o se reinventa mientras la sociedad cambia a un ritmo vertiginoso. Como corresponsal en Pekín del Chicago Tribune y luego del New Yorker, Evan Osnos ha estudiado sobre el terreno las profundas transformaciones sociales que han sacudido China durante los últimos decenios. En este libro describe el principal conflicto que hoy vive aquel país: la colisión entre las necesidades individuales activadas por el crecimiento económico y un Partido Comunista decidido a mantener su hegemonía. Osnos pone el dedo en la llaga de las paradojas. ¿Por qué el régimen que más personas ha sacado de la pobreza en la historia restringe tan vigorosamente la libertad de expresión? ¿Por qué tantos jóvenes devotos de la cultura pop occidental se oponen a la influencia cultural de Occidente? ¿Por qué la palabra "lujo" está vedada en las vallas publicitarias mientras Ferrari y Rolls Royce hacen su agosto? ¿Por qué el dinero y la prosperidad dan pie a una búsqueda de trascendencia espiritual? Con firme pulso narrativo y grandes dosis de ironía, Osnos responde a esas y otras preguntas contando las historias de los humildes, los poderosos y los estrambóticos (que no son pocos), buscando las claves o desvelando los secretos. Este libro es un gran escenario donde se representan las comedias y los dramas, los esplendores, las farsas y las desdichas de la nueva China.

Feuilleton se décline en poche en regroupant par thématique les reportages parus. Un format différent, une identité graphique de couverture dans la lignée de la revue. Pour ce quatrième poche, l''économie dans tous ses états. Des enquêtes usant des techniques narratives de la fiction à lire comme des précis d''économie illustrés. Du Krach de la Kabul Bank sur fond de corruption généralisée, aux conséquences économiques qu''engendrerait un séisme de magnitude 7,9 à Tokyo, des mésaventures d''un milliardaire en Amazonie en passant par la cybercriminalité d''une ville roumaine, du marché des jeux vidéo en ligne et de son prolétariat invisible au géant suédois Ikea, d''une terre bolivienne chargée de lithium objet de convoitise au tourisme chinois, jusqu''à un Madoff en prison traité comme un coq en pâte, voici une plongée dans l''univers impitoyable du commerce et de la finance qui nous offre une vision décalée et riche de ce qui régit le inonde d''aujourd''hui.

Acht Jahre lang lebt und arbeitet Evan Osnos in China – in dieser Zeit wird er Zeuge einer unglaublichen Transformation: Das Land verändert sich in einem Tempo und Ausmaß, das selbst das der industriellen Revolution übertrifft. (Tatsächlich berührt der Wandel alle Gesellschaftsbereiche und jeden Einzelnen.) Osnos spürt diesen Umwälzungen nach und zeichnet ein eindrückliches Bild des Kampfes um Glück, Erfolg und Wahrheit, der China und seine Einwohner im 21. Jahrhundert prägt. Sein einzigartiges Porträt Chinas versammelt die Geschichten der Männer und Frauen, die alles dafür geben, ihr eigenes Leben oder gleich das ganze Land zu verändern – Osnos spricht mit Glücksrittern auf der Jagd nach Reichtum, begleitet den Künstler Ai Weiwei und den Friedensnobelpreisträger Liu Xiaobo, trifft lyrikverliebte Straßenkehrer und Internetmillionäre. Die Erwartungen, Hoffnungen und Enttäuschungen der Menschen werden durch seine fundierten Schilderungen greifbar und erlauben ein tieferes Verständnis der heutigen chinesischen Gesellschaft.

Vencedor do National Book Award, livro faz retrato profundo e bem-humorado do cotidiano na China atual. Estamos acostumados a ver a China como uma caricatura. Alguns enxergam apenas um país de burocratas pragmáticos e estudantes empenhados em herdar a condução da economia global. Outros a veem como um Golias às avessas, atolado em corrupção e à beira da estagnação. Mas pouco sabemos sobre o dia a dia da nação que mais cresce no mundo. Como poderosos e pessoas comuns estão reconstruindo suas vidas nesse país em processo dramático de transformação?Correspondente em Beijing da revista New Yorker, Evan Osnos morou na China por diversos anos e foi testemunha da revolução econômica e cultural que tomou conta do país nas últimas décadas. Em A era da ambição, ele descreve o grande conflito em curso: o choque entre a ascensão do indivíduo e a luta do Partido Comunista para permanecer no controle. O autor levanta questões incômodas: por que um governo capaz de livrar milhões de pessoas da pobreza escolheu cercear a liberdade de expressão? Por que milhões de jovens profissionais chineses fazem questão de resistir às influências do Ocidente? Como os chineses das várias camadas sociais estão encontrando sentido para suas vidas depois de duas décadas de busca incessante por riqueza? Com impressionante verve narrativa e senso atilado de ironia, Osnos acompanha a vida das pessoas comuns e revela como a China atual se tornou um campo de luta renhida entre a ambição e o autoritarismo. Mas essa batalha terá apenas um vencedor.

« L''un des meilleurs livres sur les complexités de la Chine moderne. » The Guardian « Le portrait captivant et troublant d''un pays gagné par une crise morale et une frustration explosive. » The New York Times « Le splendide portrait de la Chine du XXIe siècle. » The Wall Street Journal Vue de loin, la Chine nous apparaît sous des traits déformés : une nation de ploutocrates pragmatiques et d''étudiants implacables dont le seul rêve est de contrôler l''économie globale. Ou un géant un peu confus, rongé par la corruption et au bord de la stagnation. Nous ne voyons pas l''extraordinaire façon dont les Chinois, puissants ou modestes, réinventent leurs vies dans un pays en pleine mutation. Durant les nombreuses années qu''il a passées en Chine, Evan Osnos, lauréat du prix Pulitzer, a été le témoin des profonds changements politiques, économiques et culturels qui s''y sont déroulés. Couronné par le National Book Award 2014, il décrit dans ce récit fascinant la collision entre la montée de l''individualisme et la lutte du Parti communiste pour reprendre le contrôle. Pourquoi ce pays qui a permis à son peuple d''accéder à la richesse s''acharne-t-il à lui refuser la liberté d''expression ? Pourquoi des millions de jeunes Chinois séduits par la culture occidentale résistent-ils à ce point à son influence ? Autant de questions auxquelles répond ce portrait saisissant de la Chine d''aujourd''hui et de demain.

Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction finalist Winner of the 2014 National Book Award in nonfiction. As the Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker, Evan Osnos was on the ground in China for years, witness to profound political, economic, and cultural upheaval. Age of Ambition provides a vibrant, colorful, and revelatory inner history of China during a moment of profound transformation. From abroad, we often see China as a caricature: a nation of pragmatic plutocrats and ruthlessly dedicated students destined to rule the global economy-or an addled Goliath, riddled with corruption and on the edge of stagnation. What we don''t see is how both powerful and ordinary people are remaking their lives as their country dramatically changes. In Age of Ambition, Osnos describes the greatest collision taking place in that country: the clash between the rise of the individual and the Communist Party''s struggle to retain control. He asks probing questions: Why does a government with more success lifting people from poverty than any civilization in history choose to put strict restraints on freedom of expression? Why do millions of young Chinese professionals-fluent in English and devoted to Western pop culture-consider themselves "angry youth," dedicated to resisting the West''s influence? How are Chinese from all strata finding meaning after two decades of the relentless pursuit of wealth? Writing with great narrative verve and a keen sense of irony, Osnos follows the moving stories of everyday people and reveals life in the new China to be a battleground between aspiration and authoritarianism, in which only one can prevail. An Economist Best Book of 2014. Winner of the bronze medal for the Council on Foreign Relations’ 2015 Arthur Ross Book Award

Contains photos illustrating an industrialized China that are based on the photographer''s two projects: "Traces", which are landscape photos of these industrialized areas and "Dark Clouds", which show the people, whom live and work within these landscapes.