Author: Jane WalmsleyPublisher: Penguin Mass Market
ISBN: 9780140093674
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
An irreverent and indispensable guide to understanding the great cultural ocean that divides Britain and America.
Author: Jane WalmsleyBrit-Think, Ameri-Think
Author: Jane WalmsleyPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142001341
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
When it comes to understanding the great cultural ocean that divides Brits and Yanks, it's not just our vocabulary but also our attitudes that differ. This irreverent guide surveys a whole gamut of British-American divergences, from sex to food, from pets to religion, from sports to money, and from war to-most divergent of all-humor. Entertaining and invaluable, Brit-Think, Ameri-Think has been updated to reflect changes in political, cultural, and social trends, and includes new chapters on cultural icons Oprah Winfrey and Bridget Jones, and on Brit-cool vs. Ameri-cool.
Author: Jane WalmsleyLiving & Working in America
Author: Steve MillsPublisher: How To Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781857039139
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Updated and revised for the sixth edition, this guide is packed with information on immigration, employment and living conditions, as well as useful names and addresses, including websites.
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Author: Chris RojekBright-sided
Author: Barbara EhrenreichPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0805087494
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Exposes the downside of America's penchant for positive thinking, which the author believes leads to self-blame and a preoccupation with stamping out "negative" thoughts on a personal level, and, on a national level, has brought on economic disaster.
Achieving Our Country
Author: Richard RortyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780674003125
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
One of America's foremost philosophers challenges the lost generation of the American Left to understand the role it might play in the great tradition of democratic intellectual labor that started with writers such as Walt Whitman and John Dewey.
A Walk in the Woods
Author: Bill BrysonPublisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 0385674546
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
God only knows what possessed Bill Bryson, a reluctant adventurer if ever there was one, to undertake a gruelling hike along the world's longest continuous footpath—The Appalachian Trail. The 2,000-plus-mile trail winds through 14 states, stretching along the east coast of the United States, from Georgia to Maine. It snakes through some of the wildest and most spectacular landscapes in North America, as well as through some of its most poverty-stricken and primitive backwoods areas. With his offbeat sensibility, his eye for the absurd, and his laugh-out-loud sense of humour, Bryson recounts his confrontations with nature at its most uncompromising over his five-month journey. An instant classic, riotously funny, A Walk in the Woods will add a whole new audience to the legions of Bill Bryson fans.
