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Xenophobe's Guide to the Austrians

Author : Louis James
Publisher : Xenophobe's Guide
ISBN 13 : 9781906042219
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Xenophobe's Guide to the Austrians written by Louis James and published by Xenophobe's Guide. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to understanding the Austrians that delves into the cultural curiosities and peculiar characteristics of this land-locked nation"""""The Austrian needs lots of persuading to have his traditions tampered with in the name of modernization and efficiency. He is attached to his sausage, his insipid beer, and the young white wine that tastes so remarkably like iron filings. He prefers the familiar, tried, and tested to the novelty, the latter almost certainly being an attempt by persons unknown to make money at his expense.""""""""Home life for the Austrians is a never-ending quest for Gemutlichkeit or coziness, which is achieved by accumulating objects that run the gamut from the pleasingly aesthetic to the mind-blowingly kitsch.""""""""In Austria detonating pretension is a national pastime. It has to do with attitudes to power that date back to an absolutist form of government and with the self-irony developed by people who were (or thought they were) more talented than the authority to which they had to defer.""""""""The paradoxical character of the Austrian mingles profoundly conservative attitudes with a flair for innovation and invention. This creative tension usually takes the form of official obstructionism to good ideas, but sometimes the other way round. For example, the population were outraged by Josef II's attempt to make them adopt reusable coffins with flaps on the underside for dropping out the corpses. (The Emperor was forced to retreat, grumbling as he did so about the people's wasteful attitude.)""""

The Xenophobe's Guide to the Danes

Author : Helen Dyrbye
Publisher : Oval Projects
ISBN 13 : 190812024X
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book The Xenophobe's Guide to the Danes written by Helen Dyrbye and published by Oval Projects. This book was released on 2008-10-09 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to understanding the Danes that highlights their character and behaviour with warmth and wit.

Xenophobe's Guide to the Germans

Author : Stefan Zeidenitz
Publisher : Xenophobe's Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781906042332
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Xenophobe's Guide to the Germans written by Stefan Zeidenitz and published by Xenophobe's Guides. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights the unique character and behavior of the nation. Frank, irreverent, funny--almost guaranteed to cure Xenophobia.

The Xenophobe's Guide to the Finns

Author : Tarja Moles
Publisher : Oval Projects
ISBN 13 : 1908120363
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book The Xenophobe's Guide to the Finns written by Tarja Moles and published by Oval Projects. This book was released on 2011-05-13 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to understanding the Finns that explores their national characteristics with humour and style.

Xenophobe's Guide to the Swiss

Author : Paul Bilton
Publisher : Xenophobe's Guide
ISBN 13 : 9781906042509
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book Xenophobe's Guide to the Swiss written by Paul Bilton and published by Xenophobe's Guide. This book was released on 2008-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights the unique character and behavior of the nation. Frank, irreverent, funny--almost guaranteed to cure Xenophobia.

Xenophobe's Guide to the Aussies

Author : Ken Hunt
Publisher : Xenophobe's Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781906042202
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Xenophobe's Guide to the Aussies written by Ken Hunt and published by Xenophobe's Guides. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appearances are deceptive Never make the error of underestimating the Aussies. They love to portray a casual disregard for everything around them, but no-one accidentally achieves a lifestyle as relaxed as theirs. Logic down under Aussies will twist any statistics to their own ends. One statistic doing the rounds was that 40% of drivers in accidents had been drinking. Since this left 60% of drivers who hadn't had a drop, but who still had accidents, it must obviously be safer to drink and drive. Let's talk "strine" The Aussies are not subtle and neither is their language. They will say what they mean. The problem is that the words they use don't always mean what they say. For example: bluey--someone who has red hair; you're orright--you are absolutely super; itsa bit warm-- it is probably 120F in the water bag (water bags are always hung in the shade); that'd be right--I don't believe it either. Out in the outback Nature is the biggest single influence on the Aussie attitude. And a very harsh and unforgiving influence it is. Reality, totally uncontrollable, is never far outside the suburban limits.

Xenophobe's Guide to the Belgians

Author : Antony Mason
Publisher : Oval Projects Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9781906042226
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Xenophobe's Guide to the Belgians written by Antony Mason and published by Oval Projects Ltd. This book was released on 2009-04-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Belgians like above all to be practical, solid. They stand square and conduct conversation from the base of the neck. Courteous behaviour is expected: it is the natural product of right-mindedness. It is also practical: that is how you get on in the world. Belgians would be very happy indeed if all the world knew them to be good-natured, tolerant, individualistic, self-assertive, modest, moderate, and the embodiment of European ideals. This is a long-term project. Meanwhile being placed somewhere on the map of Europe will do.

The Xenophobe's Guide to the Germans

Author : Stefan Zeidenitz
Publisher : Ravette Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Xenophobe's Guide to the Germans written by Stefan Zeidenitz and published by Ravette Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an irreverent look at the beliefs and foibles of Germany, almost guaranteed to cure Xenophobia.

Xenophobe's Guide to the Russians

Author : Vladimir Zhelvis
Publisher : Xenophobe's Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781906042462
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Xenophobe's Guide to the Russians written by Vladimir Zhelvis and published by Xenophobe's Guides. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to understanding the Russians which goes behind the curtain of bearishness to reveal their soft underbelly and highlights the unique character and behavior of the nation. Frank, irreverent, funny--almost guaranteed to cure Xenophobia.

Good Economics for Hard Times

Author : Abhijit V. Banerjee
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1541762878
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book Good Economics for Hard Times written by Abhijit V. Banerjee and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The winners of the Nobel Prize show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day. Figuring out how to deal with today's critical economic problems is perhaps the great challenge of our time. Much greater than space travel or perhaps even the next revolutionary medical breakthrough, what is at stake is the whole idea of the good life as we have known it. Immigration and inequality, globalization and technological disruption, slowing growth and accelerating climate change--these are sources of great anxiety across the world, from New Delhi and Dakar to Paris and Washington, DC. The resources to address these challenges are there--what we lack are ideas that will help us jump the wall of disagreement and distrust that divides us. If we succeed, history will remember our era with gratitude; if we fail, the potential losses are incalculable. In this revolutionary book, renowned MIT economists Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo take on this challenge, building on cutting-edge research in economics explained with lucidity and grace. Original, provocative, and urgent, Good Economics for Hard Times makes a persuasive case for an intelligent interventionism and a society built on compassion and respect. It is an extraordinary achievement, one that shines a light to help us appreciate and understand our precariously balanced world.

Hitler's Cosmopolitan Bastard

Author : Martyn Bond
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 022800702X
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Hitler's Cosmopolitan Bastard written by Martyn Bond and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the turbulent period following the First World War the young Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi founded the Pan-European Union, offering a vision of peaceful, democratic unity for Europe, with no borders, a common currency, and a single passport. His political congresses in Vienna, Berlin, and Basel attracted thousands from the intelligentsia and the cultural elite, including Albert Einstein, Thomas Mann, and Sigmund Freud, who wanted a United States of Europe brought together by consent. The Count's commitment to this cooperative ideal infuriated Adolf Hitler, who referred to him as a "cosmopolitan bastard" in Mein Kampf. Communists and nationalists, xenophobes and populists alike hated the Count and his political mission. When the Nazis annexed Austria, the Count and his wife, the famous actress Ida Roland, narrowly escaped the Gestapo. He fled to the United States, where he helped shape American policy for postwar Europe. Coudenhove-Kalergi's profile was such that he served as the basis for the fictional resistance hero Victor Laszlo in the film Casablanca. A brilliant networker, the Count guided many European leaders, notably advising Winston Churchill before his 1946 Zürich speech on Europe. A friend to both Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and President Charles de Gaulle, Coudenhove-Kalergi was personally invited to the High Mass in Rheims Cathedral in 1961 to celebrate Franco-German reconciliation. A provocative visionary for Europe, Coudenhove-Kalergi thought and acted in terms of continents, not countries. For the Count, the United States of Europe was the answer to the challenges of communist Russia and capitalist America. Indeed, he launched his Pan-European Union thirty years before Jean Monnet set up the European Coal and Steel Community, the precursor to the European Union. Timely and captivating, Martyn Bond's biography offers an opportunity to explore a remarkable life and revisit the impetus and origins of a unified Europe.

The Concise Untold History of the United States

Author : Oliver Stone
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 147679166X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book The Concise Untold History of the United States written by Oliver Stone and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Text in this work is taken from the transcript from the author's documentary on Showtime, which was based on the Gallery Books publication titled The untold history of the United States"--Title page verso.

The Xenophobe's Guide to the Brazilians

Author : Paulo Henrique Barauna
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781906042233
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book The Xenophobe's Guide to the Brazilians written by Paulo Henrique Barauna and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-26 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Xenophobe's Guide to the Italians

Author : Martin Solly
Publisher : Oval Projects
ISBN 13 : 1908120606
Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book The Xenophobe's Guide to the Italians written by Martin Solly and published by Oval Projects. This book was released on 2008-07-25 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to understanding the Italians which reveals their cultural curiosities and defining characteristics.

Xenophobe's Guide to the Japanese

Author : Sahoko Kaji
Publisher : Oval Projects Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9781906042400
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Xenophobe's Guide to the Japanese written by Sahoko Kaji and published by Oval Projects Ltd. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The quintessence of unspoken mutual understanding is to be found in the word yoroshiku: 'You have understood what I want you to do. I have understood that you have understood what I want you to do. Therefore I leave it up to you to finish the task and I expect it to be done in the way I want it to be done. And I thank you for understanding me and agreeing to take the trouble to do the task.' All this in four syllables." "For all the apparent worship of the way of the warrior, being yasashii, which means being gentle, tender, caring, yielding and considerate, is very important in Japan. Asked what a Japanese values most in a potential spouse, both sexes tend to put being being yasashii at the top of their list of desirable virtues. The concept is even applied to the inanimate. For instance, a car or shampoo can be yasashii to you, to the eye, and to the environment."

In the Name of Identity

Author : Amin Maalouf
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1611453240
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book In the Name of Identity written by Amin Maalouf and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning author explores why so many people commit crimes in the name of identity. "Makes for compelling reading in America today."--"The New York Times."

On the Offensive

Author : Karen Stollznow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110849627X
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book On the Offensive written by Karen Stollznow and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You people ... She was asking for it ... That's so gay ... Don't be a Jew ... My ex-girlfriend is crazy ... You'd be pretty if you lost weight ... You look good ... for your age ... These statements can be offensive to some people, but it is complicated to understand exactly why. It is often difficult to recognize the veiled racism, sexism, ableism, lookism, ageism, and other -isms that hide in our everyday language. From an early age, we learn and normalize many words and phrases that exclude groups of people and reinforce bias and social inequality. Our language expresses attitudes and beliefs that can reveal internalized discrimination, prejudice, and intolerance. Some words and phrases are considered to be offensive, even if we're not trying to be"--