... often remarkably judicious.\" That's what Peter Davison, the editor of George Orwell's Complete Works, said in 1998 about these authors, Orwell for Beginners, contained in this volumeNo twentieth-century writer remains more vividly etched in the public imagination than George Orwell, thanks to Animal Farm and the unforgettable Nineteen Eighty-Four- and thanks, as well, to the persisting power of the logic-defying authoritarianism Orwell warned us about. George Orwell remains relevant because Big Brothers remain as brazen and truthless as ever. This book brings Orwell to life as never before. New discoveries-including a human rights manifesto coauthored with Bertrand Russell and Arthur Koestler-help us better understand the worldview behind the words. In part two of this book, Planet Orwell, Orwell's manifesto appears here for the first time, along with a wealth of fresh biographical and literary insights.\""Artist and adventurer Mike Mosher is Professor of Art/Communication Multimedia at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan, applying his practice to courses in drawing, comics, community murals, and technology user experience design. He has coauthored books on web design, on teaching English to Japanese speakers by using rock music lyrics, and published numerous articles and reviews in online cultural and political journals. David Norman Smith hails from the San Francisco Bay Area, where he received an A. B. in economics from the University of California in 1974. After earning a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1988, Smith joined the sociology faculty at the University of Kansas, where, from 2012-2016, he also served as department chair. Smith's many publications include Marx's Capital Illustrated (Haymarket Books, 2014, with art by Phil Evans), which has now appeared in ten languages; George Orwell Illustrated (Haymarket Books, 2018, with art by Mike Mosher); and articles on capitalism, the working class, charisma, authoritarianism, genocide, critical theory, and more in journals including Sociological Theory, Research in Political Economy, The American Psychologist, Antisemitism Studies, and Rethinking Marxism. Smith's recent publications include The Anger Games: Who Voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 Election, and Why?\" ( Critical Sociology, 2018, with Eric Hanley); \"Sharing, Not Selling: Marx Against Value\" (Continental Thought & Theory, 2017); \"Theory and Class Consciousness,\" in The Handbook of Critical Theory (Palgrave, 2017, edited by Michael Thompson) ; \"Capitalism's Future,\" in the volume of the same name edited by Daniel Krier and Mark Worrell (Haymarket Books, 2016); \"The Adventures of Professor Piketty\" ( Critical Sociology, 2015, illustrated by Tom Johnson); and \"Charisma Disenchanted: Max Weber and His Critics\" ( Current Perspectives in Social Theory, 2013).A seasoned activist, Smith was named Public Citizen of the Year in 2004 by the National Association of Social Workers (Kansas) in recognition of his efforts on behalf of the successful living wage campaign in Lawrence. For Yale University Press, he is currently editing Marx's World: Global Society and Capital Accumulation in Marx's Late Manuscripts. \""25 | George Orwell Illustrated, Paperback | Indigo Chapters