Brit-think, Ameri-think

Brit-think, Ameri-think
Author: Jane Walmsley
Publisher: Penguin Mass Market
Total Pages: 150
Release: 1987
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 9780140093674

An irreverent and indispensable guide to understanding the great cultural ocean that divides Britain and America.

Brit-Think, Ameri-Think

Brit-Think, Ameri-Think
Author: Jane Walmsley
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2003-02-25
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0142001341

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.

Living & Working in America

Living & Working in America
Author: Steve Mills
Publisher: How To Books Ltd
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781857039139

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.

Brit-Myth

Brit-Myth
Author: Chris Rojek
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781861893369

Chris Rojek explores the myths, misconceptions, and stereotypes of the British.

Before We Were Strangers

Before We Were Strangers
Author: Renée Carlino
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2015-08-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1501105787

From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Sweet Thing and Nowhere But Here comes a love story about a Craigslist “missed connection” post that gives two people a second chance at love fifteen years after they were separated in New York City. To the Green-eyed Lovebird: We met fifteen years ago, almost to the day, when I moved my stuff into the NYU dorm room next to yours at Senior House. You called us fast friends. I like to think it was more. We lived on nothing but the excitement of finding ourselves through music (you were obsessed with Jeff Buckley), photography (I couldn’t stop taking pictures of you), hanging out in Washington Square Park, and all the weird things we did to make money. I learned more about myself that year than any other. Yet, somehow, it all fell apart. We lost touch the summer after graduation when I went to South America to work for National Geographic. When I came back, you were gone. A part of me still wonders if I pushed you too hard after the wedding… I didn’t see you again until a month ago. It was a Wednesday. You were rocking back on your heels, balancing on that thick yellow line that runs along the subway platform, waiting for the F train. I didn’t know it was you until it was too late, and then you were gone. Again. You said my name; I saw it on your lips. I tried to will the train to stop, just so I could say hello. After seeing you, all of the youthful feelings and memories came flooding back to me, and now I’ve spent the better part of a month wondering what your life is like. I might be totally out of my mind, but would you like to get a drink with me and catch up on the last decade and a half? M

Achieving Our Country

Achieving Our Country
Author: Richard Rorty
Publisher:
Total Pages: 159
Release: 1999
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780674003125

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.

Bright-sided

Bright-sided
Author: Barbara Ehrenreich
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2009-10-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0805087494

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.