Whether you're a businessperson beginning to work in the United States or a foreign student visiting for a semester this new edition of American Ways will help you navigate America's diverse & changing culture From the deep-seated attitudes that mark the American character to customs & everyday activities American Ways explores the tapestry of the country's life providing invaluable information on cultural values politics education religion & relationships In this revised edition Gary Althen & Janet Bennett have added material that reflects some of the important changes that have occurred over the last decade This edition features new material on American politics reflecting the impact of the Bush administration as well as the election of the nation's first black president & an updated chapter on the effects of social networking sites on meeting people & creating friendships ...

In the year 2000 in the closest election in American history Alice Blackwell's husband becomes president of the United States Their time in the White House proves to be heady tumultuous & controversial But it is Alice's own story
- that of a kind bookish only child born in the 1940s Midwest who comes to inhabit a life of dizzying wealth & power
- that is itself remarkable Alice candidly describes her small-town upbringing & the tragedy that shaped her identity; she recalls her early adulthood as a librarian & her surprising courtship with the man who swept her off her feet; she tells of the crisis that almost ended their marriage; & she confides the privileges & difficulties of being first lady a role that is uniquely cloistered & public secretive & exposed In Alice Blackwell Curtis Sittenfeld has created her most dynamic & complex heroine yet American Wife is not a novel about politics It is a gorgeously written novel that weaves race class fate & wealth into a brilliant tapestry It is a novel in which the unexpected becomes inevitable & the pleasures & pain of intimacy & love are laid bare

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This collected volume of original essays proposes to address the state of scholarship on the political cultural & intellectual history of Americans responses to wilderness from first contact to the present While not bringing a synthetic narrative to wilderness the volume will gather competing interpretations of wilderness in historical context ...

What does US history look like with women at the center of the story? From Pocahantas to military women serving in the Iraq war this survey chronicles the contributions recognized & unrecognized that women have made to the American experience Committed to a multicultural approach to women's history the narrative opens not with the European settlers who came to America but with the Native American peoples who were already there Women who seized opportunities for political & cultural influence during & after the American Revolution were mainly white women Women's domestic & waged labor shaped the Northern economy & slavery affected the lives of Southern women both free & enslaved Women took the lead in 19th century movements such as temperance moral reform & abolitionism as well as women's rights The demand for the vote first enunciated at Seneca Falls in 1848 culminated in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 New patterns of work leisure & education shaped modern women's lives after 1920 as did international events such as the Great Depression World War II & the Cold War Women played especially large roles in the civil rights movement & the revival of feminism as well as in the backlash these movements provoked Moving beyond the well-documented lives of white middle-class women this survey recognizes the diversity of American women's experiences defined by race ethnicity & class but also geography sexual orientation age & religion At the core of the narrative is the recognition that gender-the changing historical & cultural constructions of roles assigned to the biological differences of the sexes-is central to understanding the history of American women's lives & the history of the United States ...

Tracklist Vote Thatcher 251 Give Up 325 So Long 339 Hello Dear 307 Amazing Grace 350 Terrible Youth 417 Blind Kids 253 Someone Far Away 356 Real People 341 ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONA delicious important novel' The Times Alert alive & gripping' Independent Some novels tell a great story & others make you change the way you look at the world Americanah does both' Guardian ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Hollywood meets Bollywood in Americanising Shelley
- a Pygmalion-like tale of a Tinseltown hanger-on who attempts to transform a Himalayan village belle into an A-list American celebrity Having recently arrived in America from a small village in the Himalayas Shalini discovers the man she was supposed to marry is far from the man of her dreams Shalini sets out to seek her fortune in a foreign land where anything seems possible Little does she realize that west-coast import Rob is attempting to make a name for himself in show-business & has recently been challenged by the CEO of a Hollywood management company (Beau Bridges) to pluck a superstar out of thin air Now as Shalini becomes Shelley & Rob does his best to school the culturally inquisitive beauty in the ways of Western society the opportunity to see the world from an entirely different perspective prompts both to re-evaluate their lives as love blossoms & the quest for fame takes a back seat to romance
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Hollywood meets Bollywood in Americanising Shelley
- a Pygmalion-like tale of a Tinseltown hanger-on who attempts to transform a Himalayan village belle into an A-list American celebrity Having recently arrived in America from a small village in the Himalayas Shalini discovers the man she was supposed to marry is far from the man of her dreams Shalini sets out to seek her fortune in a foreign land where anything seems possible Little does she realize that west-coast import Rob is attempting to make a name for himself in show-business & has recently been challenged by the CEO of a Hollywood management company (Beau Bridges) to pluck a superstar out of thin air Now as Shalini becomes Shelley & Rob does his best to school the culturally inquisitive beauty in the ways of Western society the opportunity to see the world from an entirely different perspective prompts both to re-evaluate their lives as love blossoms & the quest for fame takes a back seat to romance Certificate PG Duration 1 hour & 27 minutes (approx)
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Written by bestselling author Boris Starling The Americans is one of the new titles for 2017 in the Haynes Explains series A light-hearted & entertaining take on the classic workshop manual it contains everything you'd expect to see including exploded views flow charts fault diagnosis & the odd wiring diagram It takes the reader through all areas of American life giving the reader all the hints & tips needed to make cross-Atlantic relationships run smoothly ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Secrets can be deadly in this suspenseful thriller about undercover Russian spies in 1980s Washington D C Philip (Matthew Rhys) & Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell) seem to be a typical suburban couple but they&re actually lethal KGB agents plotting to bring down America As the Cold War escalates Philip & Elizabeth must take extreme measures to continue their mission & keep their true identities hidden But when an FBI agent moves in across the street they become ensnared in a pulse-pounding game of cat & mouse Special Features • Deleted Scenes • Commentary on " The Colonel" by Joseph Weisberg Joel Fields & Noah Emmerich • Executive Order 2579 Exposing The Americans • Perfecting the Art of Espionage • Ingenuity Over Technology • Gag Reel ...