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Letters from an American farmer
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J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur |
Written by an emigrant French aristocrat turned farmer, the Letters from an American Farmer (1782) posed the famous question: "What, then, is the American, this new man?," as a new nation took shape … |
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America in the time of Lewis and Clark
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Sally Senzell Isaacs |
Uses the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a reference to examine the history and everyday life of the United States from 1801 to 1850, including the War of 1812, the growth of industrialization, the exp… |
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American commodities in an age of empire
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Mona Domosh |
American Commodities in an Age of Empire is a novel interpretation of the relationship between consumerism, commercialism, and imperialism during the first empire building ear of America in the late … |
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Stephen Fry In America
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Stephen Fry |
Britain's best-loved comic genius, Stephen Fry, turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his chariot of Englishness, a black London ca… |
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Works (American Notes / Pictures from Italy)
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Charles Dickens |
American Notes was the result of the author's five-month trip to America in 1842. Dickens's travelogue includes the glitter of Boston; a Broadway swarming with hogs; a gruesome penitentiary in Philad… |
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My fair lazy
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Jen Lancaster |
It's a JENaissance! The New York Times bestselling author of Pretty in Plaid gets her culture on. Readers have followed Jen Lancaster through job loss, sucky city living, weight loss attempts, and 19… |
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A home album
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Peter Roop |
Text, photographs, and illustrations identify and trace patterns of continuity and change in homes and home life in the United States, including such topics as types of homes, house work, playing, ba… |
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Children of the World War II home front
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Sylvia Whitman |
Explores the experiences of children living in the United States during World War II, including writing V-mail to soldiers, participating in air raid drills, planting Victory Gardens, buying stamps f… |
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God-fearing and free
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Jason W. Stevens |
Religion has been on the rise in America for decades -- which strikes many as a shocking new development. To the contrary, Jason Stevens asserts, the rumors of the death of God were premature. Americ… |
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God rest ye merry, soldiers
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James McIvor |
Documents an inspiring event just after Christmas in 1862 when closely camped Union and Confederate armies, having endeavored to out-sing one another with contrasting patriotic songs, joined together… |
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The gospel of food
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Barry Glassner |
Enjoy what you eat.From the author of the national bestseller The Culture of Fear comes a rallying cry to abandon food fads and myths for calmer and more pleasurable eating.For many Americans, eating… |
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Ciao, America!
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Beppe Severgnini |
Beppe Severgnini chronicles the experiences he and his wife had while renting a house in Georgetown and attempting to adapt to modern American culture. |
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The Christmas almanac
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Natasha Fried |
Everything you need for a perfect holiday! Resources, volunteering, trivia, activities, carols, games, music, traditions, etiquette, crafts, shopping guide, gift lists, history, concerts, tips, recip… |
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Teens, TV and tunes
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Doyle Greene |
"This political analysis of teen culture examines the historical and ideological development of American youth society, the economic and ideological relationship between television and popular music,… |
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Your life as a settler in Colonial America
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Thomas Kingsley Troupe |
Describes what it was like to live as a settler in Colonial America. |
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Confessional crises and cultural politics in twentieth-century America
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Dave Tell |
"Examines the role of confession in American culture. Argues that the genre of confession has profoundly shaped (and been shaped by) six of America's most intractable cultural issues: sexuality, clas… |
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These Happy Golden Years
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Garth Williams,Laura Ingalls Wilder |
The Ingalls family homesteads on their claim in DeSmet, South Dakota. Fifteen-year-old Laura begins to take schoolteaching jobs to raise money for Mary's college. Laura is surprised when Almanzo Wild… |
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What if?
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Eric Marcus |
"No question goes unanswered in this important book about being gay. All the basics--and not-so-basics--are covered in more than one hundred questions asked by real teens."--Amazon.com. |
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I stand corrected
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Eden Collinsworth |
"A fascinating fusion of memoir, manners, and cultural history from a successful businesswoman well-versed in the unique challenges of working in contemporary China. During the course of her long and… |
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Secrets of the nanny whisperer
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Tammy Gold |
"A top expert reveals the most common mistakes parents make with their nannies--and how to avoid them. While there are hundreds of books that tell parents how to puree their own baby food or sleep tr… |
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