Most Popular Books by Michael Moore

The causes of the global financial crisis were multi-faceted but revealed still unresolved weaknesses in national and international financial oversight and resolution frameworks. In particular, many governments in the crisis-hit countries had to provide unprecedented levels of support to contain the crisis and protect financial stability. These interventions have not only contributed to a significant increase in sovereign exposures but, in many countries, they have also risked weakening market discipline and worsening moral hazard.

Two friends with diverse religions meet by chance after a long time, decide to catch up on their lives through a holiday but find themselves looking into the face of evil.

Every book tells a story . . . And the 70 titles in the Pocket Penguins series are emblematic of the renowned breadth and quality that formed part of the original Penguin vision in 1935 and that continue to define our publishing today. Together, they tell one version of the unique story of Penguin Books. Multi-million selling author; award-winning filmmaker, performer, activist and scourge of political hypocrites everywhere, Michael Moore is nothing less than a global phenomenon. Stupid White Men - the book they tried to ban in the US - was published by Penguin in the UK in 2002 and has since sold well over 1.5 million copies. These hilarious and scorching extracts show exactly why Moore is the man that everyone has an opinion on.

Intended to serve as a handbook for people with liberal opinions to take back their country from the conservative forces in power, this book skillfully makes use of Michael Moore''s trademark brand of confrontational, exasperated humor to lambast the concocted threats and lies designed by the conservative right to stay rich and in control. On these pages no one is safe from Moore''s sharp-tongued critiques: corporate barons who have bilked millions out of their employees'' lifetime savings, legislators who have stripped away our civil liberties in the name of "homeland security," and even the ever-present right-wing brother-in-law who manages, year after year, through his babbling idiocy, to ruin Thanksgiving dinner. Una sarcástica y despiadada cruzada, este libro tiene una clara misión: acabar de una vez por todas con el mandato de George W. Bush, el hombre que se coló en la Casa Blanca gracias a los compinches de su papá. Moore no deja títere con cabeza a invitar al lector a ponerse manos a la obra para tratar de salvar al mundo de uno de los hombres más poderosos y nocivos del planeta. Llena de su humor característica, nadie escape de sus críticas: ni los negociantes, ni los legisladores, ni el cuñado que maneja a arruinar cada cena de familia con sus opiniones idiotas e conservadoras.

Tras un largo retiro de la opinión pública, el autor de Estúpidos hombres blancos vuelve para situarse en el ojo del huracán con un libro autobiográfico. Capturando el espíritu de los últimos cincuenta años, y al mismo tiempo personal e inquebrantablement

The ancient Greek philosopher Plato is perhaps the single most important figure in the history of philosophy, but what did he really mean by his allegory of the cave? How does his Theory of Forms have relevance to our everyday life? Could a political system based on philosopher kings really be the answer to society''s ills? In this slim volume, author Michael Moore answers these questions and more as he breaks down Plato''s key ideas into easily accessible chunks. With each chapter featuring famous quotes from the philosopher followed by a broader discussion of his general theories, The Pocket Book of Plato provides an ideal introduction to one of the world''s great thinkers. ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Pocket Books present the ideas of some of the world''s great thinkers in attractive pocket-sized hardbacks.

Yesterday Is Only a Memory is an exquisite collection of poems about love. The resilience of the heart after a devastating heartbreak as well as its vulnerability and strength when in love are all encapsulated in this collection. Told through Michael Moore''s poetic brilliance, Yesterday Is Only a Memory will not only take you back to your beautiful past, but it will also take you forward to an incredible tomorrow brought by the ripples of yesterday''s memories.

Michael Moore va néixer a Flint (Michigan). Als vint-i-dos anys va fundar The Flint Voice, un dels diaris alternatius més respectats del país. El 1989 va dirigir Roger & Me, en què demanava explicacions al director de la General Motors per una reestructuració que aquesta empresa havia fet a Flint, la seva ciutat natal. En un altre documental, The Big One, va donar a conèixer les malifetes de les grans empreses i els polítics, i va obligar la Nike a deixar d’utilitzar els nens d’Indonèsia com a mà d’obra barata. En el polèmic documental Bowling for Columbine, guanyadora d’un Oscar el 2003, Moore es pregunta per què els Estats Units és el país amb més morts per armes de foc sense cap més altra guerra que l’odi racista, la repressió policial i el crim organitzat. Ha escrit diversos llibres que han estat un autèntic èxit de vendes, com Estúpids homes blancs (Empúries, 2003) i Ei, ¿on s’ha ficat el meu país? (Empúries, 2004). També és el director del documental Fahrenheit 9/11, que pel seu contingut polèmic ha tingut problemes de distribució als Estats Units però que ha estat rebut amb aplaudiments a Europa, on l’han guardonat amb la Palma d’Or del Festival de Cannes 2004. Fora els que manen!L’americà mitjà cada dia treballa més, i durant més hores, però en aquesta època de reduccions corporatives i favoritismes polítics, l’estabilitat laboral, un nivell de vida passable i una jubilació digna s’estan convertint en objectius inabastables. A Fora els que manen!, amb el mateix sentit de l’humor irreverent d’Estúpids homes blancs i Ei, ¿on s’ha ficat el meu país?, el controvertit director de Bowling for Columbine i Fahrenheit 9/11 ataca sense embuts els peixos grossos de la política i del món empresarial globalitzat, que són els seus pitjors enemics, i llança una acusació corrosiva i implacable contra els quatre que remenen les cireres. I, com ha fet moltes vegades després, deixa al descobert els punts febles dels qui es creuen els amos del món.

This social critic shares his views of the political, social, financial, and physical complexities of the twenty-first century, from the explosion of the tech-stock bubble to Bush''s scorched-earth environmental policies.