Journey Through America

Author : Wolfgang Koeppen,Michael Kimmage
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780857454379

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Journey Through America by Wolfgang Koeppen,Michael Kimmage Pdf

Amerikafahrt by Wolfgang Koeppen is a masterpiece of observation, analysis, and writing, based on his 1958 trip to the United States. A major twentieth-century German writer, Koeppen presents a vivid and fascinating portrait of the US in the late 1950s: its major cities, its literary culture, its troubled race relations, its multi-culturalism and its vast loneliness, a motif drawn, in part, from Kafka’s Amerika. A modernist travelogue, the text employs symbol, myth, and image, as if Koeppen sought to answer de Tocqueville’s questions in the manner of Joyce and Kafka. Journey through America is also a meditation on America, intended for a German audience and mindful of the destiny of postwar Europe under many Americanizing influences.

Author : Robert Greenfield
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780786730803

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S.t.p. by Robert Greenfield Pdf

"One of the greatest rock books ever written." -- GQ Thirty years ago, the Rolling Stones swept America, taking Exile on Main Street to Main Streets across the nation. Everyone held their breath to see what would happen; the Stones' previous U.S. tour had been a chaotic circus culminating in the infamous death of a fan at Altamont. And this tour (the "Stones Touring Party") was rumored to be wilder than ever: bigger shows in major arenas, with a far larger entourage and even more drugs. Robert Greenfield went along for the ride, and came away with a riveting insider's account, called by Ian Rankin "one of the greatest rock books ever written." The reality lived up to the rumor: take one part Lee Radziwill, a dash of Truman Capote, set the scene at Hef's Playboy mansion, and toss in the county jail for good measure. That was the Stones Touring Party, the ultimate rock 'n' roll band at the height of its spectacular depravity.

Author : Sonia Levitin
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1986-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0808592890

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Journey to America by Sonia Levitin Pdf

For use in schools and libraries only. In 1938 Lisa Platt, her mother and sisters attempt to flee Nazi Germany to Switzerland, and then to America where her father waits for them

Author : Kevin J. Hayes
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780199862061

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A Journey Through American Literature by Kevin J. Hayes Pdf

A spirited and lively introduction to American literature, this book acquaints readers with the key authors, works, and events in the nation's rich and eclectic literary tradition.

Author : Akbar Ahmed
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780815704409

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Journey into America by Akbar Ahmed Pdf

Nearly seven million Muslims live in the United States today, and their relations with non-Muslims are strained. Many Americans associate Islam with figures such as Osama bin Laden, and they worry about “homegrown terrorists.” To shed light on this increasingly important religious group and counter mutual distrust, renowned scholar Akbar Ahmed conducted the most comprehensive study to date of the American Muslim community. Journey into America explores and documents how Muslims are fitting into U.S. society, placing their experience within the larger context of American identity. This eye-opening book also offers a fresh and insightful perspective on American history and society. Following up on his critically acclaimed Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization (Brookings, 2007), Ahmed and his team of young researchers traveled for a year through more than seventyfive cities across the United States—from New York City to Salt Lake City; from Las Vegas to Miami; from the large Muslim enclave in Dearborn, Michigan, to small, predominantly white towns like Arab, Alabama. They visited homes, schools, and over one hundred mosques to discover what Muslims are thinking and how they are living every day in America. In this unprecedented exploration of American Muslim communities, Ahmed asked challenging questions: Can we expect an increase in homegrown terrorism? How do American Muslims ofArab descent differ from those of other origins (for example, Somalia or South Asia)? Why are so many white women converting to Islam? How can a Muslim become accepted fully as an “American,” and what does that mean? He also delves into the potentially sticky area of relations with other religions. For example, is there truly a deep divide between Muslims and Jews in America? And how well do Muslims get along with other religious groups, such as Mormons in Utah? Journey into America is equal parts anthropological research, listening tour, and travelogue. Whereas Ahmed’s previous book took the reader into homes, schools, and mosques in the Muslim world, his new quest takes us into the heart of America and its Muslim communities. It is absolutely essential reading for anyone trying to make sense of America today.

Author : Maliha Abidi
Publisher : Becker & Mayer
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780760371220

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Journey to America by Maliha Abidi Pdf

Journey to America is a beautiful collection of biographies celebrating 20 of America’s most inspiring first- and second-generation immigrants.

Author : Alexis de Tocqueville,Jacob Peter Mayer,A. P. Kerr
Publisher : Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1981-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0313227128

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Journey to America by Alexis de Tocqueville,Jacob Peter Mayer,A. P. Kerr Pdf

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) visited the United States in 1831 as an assistant magistrate of the French government. His great work Democracy in America was published in 1835. This volume contains all of the notebooks Tocqueville kept during his American journey.

Author : Charles Johnson,Patricia Smith,WGBH Series Research Team
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 0613210700

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Africans in America by Charles Johnson,Patricia Smith,WGBH Series Research Team Pdf

A riveting history of America is told from the point of view of the Africans who arrived in shackles and endured the terrible dichotomy of this new land founded on ideals of liberty but dedicated to perpetuation of slavery. Photos & illustrations.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Murder and Madness by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael Karl Witzel, Gyvel Young-Witzel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1616731230

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Legendary Route 66 by Michael Karl Witzel, Gyvel Young-Witzel Pdf

It started in the heartland and originally ended in Los Angeles (not, contrary to myth, at the ocean). It carried truckers crossing the country, Okies fleeing the Dust Bowl, vacationers seeking the sun. It was Americas Main Street, the Mother Road, the Will Rogers Highway, and, at its dangerous curves, Bloody 66. Get your kicks on Route 66 with this wonderfully illustrated tribute to the best-loved highway in this car-loving nation. Michael Witzel shares his expertise and wealth of personal, archive, collector, and contributing photographer images in these pages, offering a nostalgic tour of the charms and oddities of this road through American cultural history. Starting in Chicago and running to Santa Monica, this book highlights the sights along the highway with historic and current photos in then-and-now pairings, and includes Route 66 postcards, road signs, trinkets, maps, brochures, and advertisements. Here we see Route 66 as it was in its heyday and as it is now, the neon glamour of yesterday versus the ghost towns of today. Witzel and his wife, Gyvel Young-Witzel, recount the highways history, its role in popular culture, and its demise, as well as the individual stories of famous sights. Several profiles of those with close ties to the Mother Road, including the woman who played Ruthie Joad in the The Grapes of Wrath film, are included.

Author : Kati Marton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781416586135

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Enemies of the People by Kati Marton Pdf

Relates the author's eyewitness account of her parents' arrests in Cold War Budapest, Hungary, and the terrible separation that followed, drawing on secret police files to reveal how her family was betrayed by friends and colleagues.

Author : Candace Christiansen
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0152024522

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Home by Candace Christiansen Pdf

An anthology of poetry and prose by such writers as Carl Sandburg, Willa Cather, Robert Frost, all celebrating aspects of the American landscape.

Author : Carol Bierman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1897330545

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Journey to Ellis Island by Carol Bierman Pdf

This dramatic true story--told by the daughter of Russian immigrant Jehuda Weinstein--reveals the joys, fears, and eventual triumph of a family who realizes its dream. Full color.

Author : Ruth Gruener
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781338627473

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Out of Hiding: A Holocaust Survivor’s Journey to America (With a Foreword by Alan Gratz) by Ruth Gruener Pdf

With a foreword by Alan Gratz, New York Times bestselling author of Refugee. Ruth Gruener was a hidden child during the Holocaust. At the end of the war, she and her parents were overjoyed to be free. But their struggles as displaced people had just begun.In war-ravaged Europe, they waited for paperwork for a chance to come to America. Once they arrived in Brooklyn, they began to build a new life, but spoke little English. Ruth started at a new school and tried to make friends -- but continued to fight nightmares and flashbacks of her time during World War II.The family's perseverance is a classic story of the American dream, but also illustrates the difficulties that millions of immigrants face in the aftermath of trauma.This is a gripping and human account of a survivor's journey forward with timely connections to refugee and immigrant experiences worldwide today.

Author : Che Guevara
Publisher : Harvill Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UVA:X004559034

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Back on the Road by Che Guevara Pdf

The fascinating travel diaries that make up this volume are a vital complement to "The Motorcycle Diaries, " described by the "London Times" as ""Das Kapital" meets "Easy Rider."" These journals chronicle Guevara's trip through Latin America as his youthful idealism was developing into the political fervor that made him a revolutionary icon. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.