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Travels with Charley in Search of America

Author : John Steinbeck
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780140187410
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (874 download)

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Download or read book Travels with Charley in Search of America written by John Steinbeck and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate journey across America, as told by one of its most beloved writers A Penguin Classic In September 1960, John Steinbeck embarked on a journey across America. He felt that he might have lost touch with the country, with its speech, the smell of its grass and trees, its color and quality of light, the pulse of its people. To reassure himself, he set out on a voyage of rediscovery of the American identity, accompanied by a distinguished French poodle named Charley; and riding in a three-quarter-ton pickup truck named Rocinante. His course took him through almost forty states: northward from Long Island to Maine; through the Midwest to Chicago; onward by way of Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana (with which he fell in love), and Idaho to Seattle, south to San Francisco and his birthplace, Salinas; eastward through the Mojave, New Mexico, Arizona, to the vast hospitality of Texas, to New Orleans and a shocking drama of desegregation; finally, on the last leg, through Alabama, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey to New York. Travels with Charley in Search of America is an intimate look at one of America's most beloved writers in the later years of his life—a self-portrait of a man who never wrote an explicit autobiography. Written during a time of upheaval and racial tension in the South—which Steinbeck witnessed firsthand—Travels with Charley is a stunning evocation of America on the eve of a tumultuous decade. This Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction by Jay Parini. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

In Search of America

Author : Peter Jennings
Publisher : Hyperion Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book In Search of America written by Peter Jennings and published by Hyperion Books. This book was released on 2002-09-03 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this essential new volume, Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster, the bestselling authors of The Century, take readers on a journey through the United States, and into the great themes of American identity. In Search of America explores the most controversial and liveliest debates of the day, and then moves back in time to the earliest days of the country's founding, to answer this central question: How have the ideals and principles on which the United States was founded served us -- have they withstood the inexorable march of time?

A Search for America

Author : Frederick Philip Grove
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book A Search for America written by Frederick Philip Grove and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-14 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Embark on a profound exploration of the American landscape with Frederick Philip Grove in 'A Search for America.' In this literary journey, Grove, a keen observer and wordsmith, takes readers through a captivating quest to unravel the essence of the American experience. Through vivid prose and insightful reflections, Grove delves into the diverse tapestry of the United States, capturing the pulse of its people, landscapes, and cultural nuances. 'A Search for America' is more than a travelogue; it's a narrative that transcends geographical boundaries, delving into the heart of a nation. Join Grove as he navigates the highways and byways, offering readers a nuanced perspective on America's past, present, and future. This literary work invites introspection and discovery, making it an essential read for those seeking a deeper understanding of the multifaceted fabric of the American identity."

The Search for Christian America

Author : Mark A. Noll
Publisher : Helmers & Howard Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780939443154
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book The Search for Christian America written by Mark A. Noll and published by Helmers & Howard Pub. This book was released on 1989 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through careful historical and contemporary analysis, the authors address such issues as how much Christian action is required to make a whole society Christian; incorrect views of America's history for effective Christian involvement in critical public issues; and more. (Christian)

Sundays in America

Author : Suzanne Strempek Shea
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807072257
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Sundays in America written by Suzanne Strempek Shea and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Pope John Paul II died, Suzanne Strempek Shea, who had not been an active member of a church community for some years, recognized in his mourners a faith-filled passion that she longed to recapture in her own life. So she set out on a pilgrimage to visit a different church every Sunday for one year-a journey that would take her through the broad spectrum of contemporary Protestant Christianity practiced in this country. From a rousing Easter Baptist service in Harlem, to Colorado's Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame for a sing-along at the Cowboy Church; from a roofless Episcopal church in Hawaii, to a storefront African orthodox church where jazz legend John Coltrane is considered a bona fide saint; from the largest church in the country to a small-town church packed for a Sunday school class taught by Jimmy Carter, Shea toured more than thirty states in search of the meaning of Christian faith to the many who practice it. The result, Sundays in America, is an essential guide for those seeking a new house for their worship as well as a colorful road trip for the armchair explorer.

They Made America

Author : David Lefer
Publisher : Back Bay Books
ISBN 13 : 0316070343
Total Pages : 922 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book They Made America written by David Lefer and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 2009-03-03 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of American innovators -- some well known, some unknown, and all fascinating -- by the author of the bestselling The American Century.

A Search for America

Author : Frederick Philip Grove
Publisher : Graphic Publishers, 1927 (1928 printing)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book A Search for America written by Frederick Philip Grove and published by Graphic Publishers, 1927 (1928 printing). This book was released on 1927 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autobiographical fiction affording numerous references to Grove's life as Felix Paul Greve (1879-1909), and the three years he spent in America before he came to Manitoba in December, 1912. -- On title page: 'America is a continent, not a country.' -- Preface ["Author's Note", p. vi] is dated Dec. 1926, Rapid City, and signed with the printed initials F.P.G. Grove claims that this book has been rewritten 8 times over the last 32 years, and excuses "anachronisms" as "an unavoidable consequence of such a method of composition." He thanks A.L.P. [Phelps] and W.K. [Kirkconnell] of Wesley College, Winnipeg, for their encouragement.

America Anonymous

Author : Benoit Denizet-Lewis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9781416594376
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (943 download)

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Download or read book America Anonymous written by Benoit Denizet-Lewis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-01-06 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America Anonymous is the unforgettable story of eight men and women from around the country -- including a grandmother, a college student, a bodybuilder, and a housewife -- struggling with addictions. For nearly three years, acclaimed journalist Benoit Denizet-Lewis immersed himself in their lives as they battled drug and alcohol abuse, overeating, and compulsive gambling and sexuality. Alternating with their stories is Denizet-Lewis's candid account of his own recovery from sexual addiction and his compelling examination of our culture of addiction, where we obsessively search for new and innovative ways to escape the reality of the present moment and make ourselves feel "better." Addiction is arguably this country's biggest public-health crisis, triggering and exacerbating many of our most pressing social problems (crime, poverty, skyrocketing health-care costs, and childhood abuse and neglect). But while cancer and AIDS survivors have taken to the streets -- and to the halls of Congress -- demanding to be counted, millions of addicts with successful long-term recovery talk only to each other in the confines of anonymous Twelve Step meetings. (A notable exception is the addicted celebrity, who often enters and exits rehab with great fanfare.) Through the riveting stories of Americans in various stages of recovery and relapse, Denizet-Lewis shines a spotlight on our most misunderstood health problem (is addiction a brain disease? A spiritual malady? A moral failing?) and breaks through the shame and denial that still shape our cultural understanding of it -- and hamper our ability to treat it. Are Americans more addicted than people in other countries, or does it just seem that way? Can food or sex be as addictive as alcohol and drugs? And will we ever be able to treat addiction with a pill? These are just a few of the questions Denizet-Lewis explores during his remarkable journey inside the lives of men and women struggling to become, or stay, sober. As the addicts in this book stumble, fall, and try again to make a different and better life, Denizet-Lewis records their struggles -- and his own -- with honesty and empathy.

The Future in America

Author : Herbert George Wells
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Future in America written by Herbert George Wells and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

This America: The Case for the Nation

Author : Jill Lepore
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1631496425
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book This America: The Case for the Nation written by Jill Lepore and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed historian and New Yorker writer comes this urgent manifesto on the dilemma of nationalism and the erosion of liberalism in the twenty-first century. At a time of much despair over the future of liberal democracy, Jill Lepore makes a stirring case for the nation in This America, a follow-up to her much-celebrated history of the United States, These Truths. With dangerous forms of nationalism on the rise, Lepore, a Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer, repudiates nationalism here by explaining its long history—and the history of the idea of the nation itself—while calling for a “new Americanism”: a generous patriotism that requires an honest reckoning with America’s past. Lepore begins her argument with a primer on the origins of nations, explaining how liberalism, the nation-state, and liberal nationalism, developed together. Illiberal nationalism, however, emerged in the United States after the Civil War—resulting in the failure of Reconstruction, the rise of Jim Crow, and the restriction of immigration. Much of American history, Lepore argues, has been a battle between these two forms of nationalism, liberal and illiberal, all the way down to the nation’s latest, bitter struggles over immigration. Defending liberalism, as This America demonstrates, requires making the case for the nation. But American historians largely abandoned that defense in the 1960s when they stopped writing national history. By the 1980s they’d stopped studying the nation-state altogether and embraced globalism instead. “When serious historians abandon the study of the nation,” Lepore tellingly writes, “nationalism doesn’t die. Instead, it eats liberalism.” But liberalism is still in there, Lepore affirms, and This America is an attempt to pull it out. “In a world made up of nations, there is no more powerful way to fight the forces of prejudice, intolerance, and injustice than by a dedication to equality, citizenship, and equal rights, as guaranteed by a nation of laws.” A manifesto for a better nation, and a call for a “new Americanism,” This America reclaims the nation’s future by reclaiming its past.

A Search for America

Author : Frederick Philip Grove
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book A Search for America written by Frederick Philip Grove and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Look Homeward, America

Author : Bill Kauffman
Publisher : Intercollegiate Studies Institute
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Look Homeward, America written by Bill Kauffman and published by Intercollegiate Studies Institute. This book was released on 2006 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Look Homeward, America, Bill Kauffman introduces us to the reactionary radicals, front-porch anarchists, and traditionalist rebels who give American culture and politics its pith, vim, and life. Kauffman limns an alternative America that draws its breath from local cultures, traditional liberties, small-scale institutions, and neighborliness. There is an America left that is worth saving: these are its paragons, its poets, its pantheon.

America, One Step at a Time

Author : Daniel Rogers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780972903806
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book America, One Step at a Time written by Daniel Rogers and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As seen on The Fine Living Channel's, Radical Sabbaticle TV program. The delightfully refreshing true story of one mans walk across America. The book tells of his adventures along the way, as well as reviews some of the historical sights he passes.

What Really Matters

Author : Tony Schwartz
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0553374923
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (533 download)

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Download or read book What Really Matters written by Tony Schwartz and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1996-03-01 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the height of his career as a journalist, Tony Schwartz hit an unexpected wall. Why did success suddenly feel so empty? How could he add richer meaning to his everyday life? What guides could he trust on the road to wisdom? During the next five years his search for answers took him from a meditation retreat in the mountains of Utah to a biofeedback laboratory in Kansas, from a peak-performance workshop at a tennis academy in Florida to a right-brain drawing course in Boston. Blending the hunger of a seeker with a journalist's hard-headed inquiry, he discovered the best teachers and techniques for inner development--and identified the potential pitfalls and false gurus he met along the way. What he found dramatically changed his life. It may change yours as well.

Dvořák in America

Author : Joseph Horowitz
Publisher : Marcato Books
ISBN 13 : 9780812626810
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Dvořák in America written by Joseph Horowitz and published by Marcato Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of Antonin Dvorak's 1890s stay in America, where he took the essences of Indian drums, slave spirituals, and other musical forms and created from them a distinctly new music.

The Warmth of Other Suns

Author : Isabel Wilkerson
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0679763880
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book The Warmth of Other Suns written by Isabel Wilkerson and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this beautifully written masterwork, the Pulitzer Prize–winnner and bestselling author of Caste chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Wilkerson compares this epic migration to the migrations of other peoples in history. She interviewed more than a thousand people, and gained access to new data and official records, to write this definitive and vividly dramatic account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering our cities, our country, and ourselves. With stunning historical detail, Wilkerson tells this story through the lives of three unique individuals: Ida Mae Gladney, who in 1937 left sharecropping and prejudice in Mississippi for Chicago, where she achieved quiet blue-collar success and, in old age, voted for Barack Obama when he ran for an Illinois Senate seat; sharp and quick-tempered George Starling, who in 1945 fled Florida for Harlem, where he endangered his job fighting for civil rights, saw his family fall, and finally found peace in God; and Robert Foster, who left Louisiana in 1953 to pursue a medical career, the personal physician to Ray Charles as part of a glitteringly successful medical career, which allowed him to purchase a grand home where he often threw exuberant parties. Wilkerson brilliantly captures their first treacherous and exhausting cross-country trips by car and train and their new lives in colonies that grew into ghettos, as well as how they changed these cities with southern food, faith, and culture and improved them with discipline, drive, and hard work. Both a riveting microcosm and a major assessment, The Warmth of Other Suns is a bold, remarkable, and riveting work, a superb account of an “unrecognized immigration” within our own land. Through the breadth of its narrative, the beauty of the writing, the depth of its research, and the fullness of the people and lives portrayed herein, this book is destined to become a classic.

The Future in America: A Search After Realities

Author : H. G. Wells
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Future in America: A Search After Realities written by H. G. Wells and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-15 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Future in America: A Search After Realities" by H. G. Wells. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.