How to be an Alien in England

Author: Angela Kiss
Publisher: September Publishing
ISBN: 1910463221
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
A wry, often affectionate view on the English, and how to navigate our national personality. 'In England everything is typical. If your train is late, it is typical. If there are no seats on the upper deck of a bus, it is typical. If it starts to rain at five o'clock just before you leave work, it is typical.' 'The English do not like to be wished "Have a nice day", because to them it sounds like a command. They think, Who the hell do you think you are to order me to have a nice day?' Ten years ago, Angela Kiss arrived in the UK without a word of English. All she brought with her was a small bag, a sense of adventure, a desire to work and a copy of George Mikes' classic 1940s' humour book about the peculiarities of the British, How to be an Alien. Through every dodgy flat share, low-paid waitressing job, awkward date and office mishap, Angela held tight to George's wit and wisdom. With his help she began to understand how to live amongst the English - with their eccentricity, spirit and singing train drivers - and fell in love with a land rich in green spaces, pubs and puddings.

How to Be an Alien

Author: George Mikes
Publisher: Longman
ISBN: 9781405827386
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42

Book Description
'Penguin Readers' are simplified texts designed in association with Longman to provide a step-by-step approach to the joys of reading for pleasure.

The Alien Jew in the British Imagination, 1881–1905

Author: Hannah Ewence
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030259765
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description
This book explores how fin de siècle Britain and Britons displaced spatially-charged apprehensions about imperial decline, urban decay and unpoliced borders onto Jews from Eastern Europe migrating westwards. The myriad of representations of the ‘alien Jew’ that emerged were the product of, but also a catalyst for, a decisive moment in Britain’s legal history: the fight for the 1905 Aliens Act. Drawing upon a richly diverse collection of social and political commentary, including fiction, political testimony, ethnography, travel writing, journalism and cartography, this volume traces the shifting rhetoric around alien Jews as they journeyed from the Russian Pale of Settlement to London’s East End. By employing a unique and innovative reading of both the aliens debate and racialized discourse concerned with ‘the Jew’, Hannah Ewence demonstrates that ideas about ‘space’ and 'place’ critically informed how migrants were viewed; an argument which remains valid in today’s world.

Alien Immigrants to England

Author: William Cunningham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 332

Book Description

Alien Encounters

Author: Rupert Matthews
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
ISBN: 1848584431
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 390

Book Description
In this compelling and revealing examination, author Rupert Matthews looks afresh at key episodes of alien activity on earth, and sheds light on the many mysterious phenomena associated with it. From Roswell to TaizÃ©, the book dissects fascinating eyewitness accounts of communication and contact with alien beings, as well as chilling cases of a...

Resident Aliens in Later Medieval England

Author: Nicola McDonald
Publisher: Studies in European Urban Hist
ISBN: 9782503570549
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234

Book Description
The essays collected in this volume identify and analyse the presence of immigrants in late medieval England. Drawing on unique evidence from the alien subsidies collected in England between 1440 and 1487 and other newly accessible archival resources, and deploying a wide range of historical and cultural methods, they reveal the considerable contribution of foreign-born people to the economy, society and culture of England in the age of the Black Death, the Hundred Years War and the Wars of the Roses.

How to be a Brit

Author: George Mikes
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141927011
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
The hilariously accurate, witty and indispensable manual for everyone who longs to attain True Britishness 'Got me in tears of laughter' 5***** Reader Review 'Laugh-out-loud hilarious, witty and insightful' 5***** Reader Review _______ Born in Hungary, George Mikes eventually spent more than forty years in the Britain observing behaviours and misbehaviours of local and foreign Brits. With essential chapters such as "How to Avoid Travelling", "On Shopping", "In Praise of Television", "On Not Complaining" and "How to Panic Quietly", you'll get to know Britain like never before. Loved by readers and authors alike, How to Be a Brit contains Mikes's three major works -- How to be an Alien, How to be Inimitable and How to be Decadent. If you're British, you'll love it; if you're a foreigner, you'll appreciate it. Queuing: "An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one." How to plan a town: "Street names should be painted clearly and distinctly on large boards. Then hide these boards carefully." Sex: "Continental people have sex lives: the English have hot water bottles." George Mikes's perceptive bestseller provides a complete guide to the British Way of Life. _______ 'Hilarious and informative essays about the British way of life' 5***** Reader Review 'So many people have tried to describe the English mentality . . . This book is as near as you can get!' 5***** Reader Review

Alien Encounters

Author: Chuck Missler
Publisher: Koinonia House
ISBN: 1578215099
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 586

Book Description

The Cosmic Book of Space, Aliens and Beyond

Author:
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
ISBN: 9781913947262
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80

Book Description
3, 2, 1...blast off! Are you ready to journey out of this world to discover what lies beyond? From space pirates and surfing aliens to galactic shark ships and mysterious planets, strap in for the ultimate cosmic activity adventure. Grab your pencils, Earthlings. Let our mission commence!

Three Ways to Snog an Alien

Author: Graham Joyce
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571239511
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 205

Book Description
Doogie's new girlfriend is hot, but what's with the weird behaviour, freaky parents and the super-human intelligence? And was that really a forked tongue he saw or did he imagine it?