Mon 30 Oct 2006
Audio Book Review: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America : A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart and The Writers of The Daily Show
Posted by Liz Lewis under Arts & Entertainment , Comedy , History , Nonfiction , Students
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"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America : A Citizen's Guide to Democrac" by Jon Stewart and The Writers of The Daily Show Length: 3 hours and 49 min. ISBN: 1-58621-701-1 Publisher's Weekly Best Seller New York Times Best Seller Listen to an excerpt with: Windows Media Player Real Player |
Jon Stewart, host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning The Daily Show, and his coterie of patriots deliver a hilarious look at American government.
Termed a “political king-maker” by Newsweek, and “the Dan Rather of infotainment” by Vanity Fair, Jon Stewart, along with the writers of The Daily Show, combines his riotous wit and razor-sharp insight in this hilarious book.
American-style democracy is the world’s most beloved form of government, which explains why so many other nations are eager for us to impose it on them. But what is American democracy?
In America (The Audiobook), Jon Stewart and The Daily Show writing staff offer their insights into our unique system of government, dissecting its institutions, explaining its history and processes, and exploring the reasons why concepts like “one man, one vote”, “government by the people”, and “every vote counts” have become such popular urban myths.
Among the topics:
This program contains explicit language.
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