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Mar 18, 2010 in ill fares the land, tony judt, one of our leading historians and thinkers, reveals how we have arrived at our present dangerously confused moment. Tony judt wrote this about the state of the left in america in his book ill fares the land we no longer have political movement. Ill fares the land by tony judt unabridged audiobook. Ill fares the land quotes showing of 211 something is profoundly wrong with the way we live today. Jul 05, 2000 listen to land audiobook by mildred d. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,where wealth accumulates, and men decay oliver goldsmithsomething is profoundly wrong with the way we live today. Tony judt audio books tony judt 19482010 was a british historian, essayist, author, editor, and university professor. James adams delivers a noteworthy performance in this audio version of judt s manifesto on how humanity has arrived at a potentially disastrous place in history and how we must rework out.
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