Author: Tunui John-NgarikiPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0473347946
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Writing from the shadow - the perspective of self imposed exile in America
The Name of My Country
Author: Tunui John-NgarikiPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0473347946
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Writing from the shadow - the perspective of self imposed exile in America
The Men in My Country
Author: Marilyn AbildskovPublisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 9781587294495
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
In the early 1990s, at the watershed age of thirty, Marilyn Abildskov decided she needed to start over. She accepted an offer to move from Utah to Matsumoto, Japan, to teach English to junior high school students. “All I knew is that I had to get away and when I stared at my name on the Japanese contract, the squiggles of katakana, my name typed in English sturdily beneath, I liked how it looked. As if it—as if I—were translated, transformed, emerging now as someone new.” The Men in My Country is the story of an American woman living and loving in Japan. Satisfied at first to observe her exotic surroundings, the woman falls in love with the place, with the light, with the curve of a river, with the smell of bonfires during obon, with blue and white porcelain dishes, with pencil boxes, and with small origami birds. Later, struggling for a deeper connection—“I wanted the country under my skin”—Abildskov meets the three men who will be part of her transformation and the one man with whom she will fall deeply in love. A travel memoir offering an artful depiction of a very real place, The Men in My Country also covers the terrain of a complex emotional journey, tracing a geography of the heart, showing how we move to be moved, how in losing ourselves in a foreign place we can become dangerously—and gloriously—undone.
Have You Seen My Country Lately?
Author: Jerry DoylePublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439199256
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
"I’ve seen my country lately. Frankly, I don’t like what I see. Nevertheless, it’s not too late to restore the great and unique wonder that is the United States. We are the beacon of hope for the world, and we will remain so as long as we stand up for our principles." In keeping with his no-holds-barred on-air style, conservative radio talk show host Jerry Doyle has the guts to ask the tough questions about the state of our nation today. In this informative, entertaining, and challenging narrative, he urges Americans to take back the things that make our country great, and delivers his hard-hitting and oftentimes humorous spin on: • ECONOMIC FASCISM—the rapid government domination that began with the egregious takedown of GM • BAILOUTS—the missteps, wrong moves, and rules of salary caps, bank buy-ins, and bonuses that changed from day to day • EDUCATION—how our "everybody wins" obsession is destroying teaching and fostering an obnoxious self-entitlement trend • THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY—will American capitalism survive this administration? . . . and much more. If you like your politics straight up, with a commonsense chaser and a shot of dry wit, you’ll be galvanized and enlightened by Jerry Doyle—the man, his story, and his insights into America today.
My Country, 'Tis of Thee
Author: Keith EllisonPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451666896
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
As the first Muslim elected to Congress, Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison explores what it's like to be an American in the twenty-first century. As a Black, Latino, and former Catholic who converted to Islam, Keith Ellison, is the first Muslim elected to Congress—from a district with fewer than 1 percent Muslims and 11 percent Blacks. With his unique perspective on uniting a disparate community and speaking to a common goal, Ellison takes a provocative look at America and what needs to change to accommodate different races and beliefs. Filled with anecdotes, statistics, and social commentary, Ellison touches on everything from the Tea Party to Obama, from race to the immigration debate and more. He also draws some very clear distinctions between parties and shows why the deep polarization is unhealthy for America. Deeply patriotic, with My Country ’Tis of Thee, Ellison strives to help define what it means to be an American today.
Dude, Where's My Country?
Author: Michael MoorePublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141938390
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
He's the man everyone's talking about. He's taken on gun freaks, stupid white men and corporate crooks. Now Michael Moore is on a new mission: to get us of our behinds and kicking out the corrupt political elites who rule our lives.
An humble tribute to my country: or practical essays, political, legal, moral and miscellaneous, including a brief account of the life, sufferings, and memorable visit of General Lafayette
Author: Samuel ELLIOT (of Brattleborough, Vt.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Where Did My Country Go?
Author: R. Dean ChriscoPublisher:
ISBN: 9780990310044
Category : Conservatism
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Where Did My Country Go and Taking My Country Back A clandestine war has been raging against American ideals and Christian beliefs/morality for well over a century, surfacing in the last few decades to reveal the sinister face of the enemy. The enemy's war machinery is being run by those who call themselves "Progressives." In truth, there is nothing at all progressive about them; their name masks the eons old belief system of secular humanism and their collectivist mission to steal liberty. This enemy's mortar fire has been targeting our American heritage, chiseling away at the foundation of Christian beliefs, morality, ethics, and free enterprise which our Founding Fathers put in place as underpinnings of the American dream. One tragedy from these savage attacks is a remanufactured, politically correct, phony, and deceptive history that has been rewritten about who Americans are, the individualism that has made our nation great, making us the envy of the world. Our author Dean Chrisco is convinced there is a way to solve our many problems as our nation sits at this fork in the road. He contends that collectively, most Americans have a form of national amnesia; they do not even know who they are anymore or what trademarks made our nation such a special place in years past. To discover the solution, he contends the first issue at hand is to observe the genuine historical past of our nation, including the Founder's implementations that set our country on the right course. Knowing our true past is the facilitator that brings us face to face with our true identify, our heritage, and the problems caused by attacks made along the way. History reveals the true foundation and underpinnings of how our nation, something the Leftists do not want young citizens to see. Said differently, history becomes a lens through which we can view the hidden and internal workings of our nation's past, seeing infectious problems, much like a CT-Scan does in the world of medicine when considering treatment for a problem with the human body.
The Complete Concordance to Shakspeare
Author: Mary Cowden ClarkeMy Country. The History of the British Isles. By E. S. A. [i.e. Letitia Willgoss Stone.] Edited by John H. Broome
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Author: E. S. A.The World Factbook 2003
Author: United States. Central Intelligence AgencyPublisher: Potomac Books
ISBN: 9781574886412
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
By intelligence officials for intelligent people