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Humorous, clever and concise, these guides take an analytical but affectionate look at different nations, their character and quirks.Written from an insider's perspective, they offer amusing insights on the nation's views and values. Some stereotypes are upheld and others dispelled. Light-hearted yet illuminating, the guides pinpoint cultural differences which encourages awareness and understanding.

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A no-holds barred, warts-and-all account of life in London's financial heartland. Having worked in the Square Mile, Anderson is perfectly placed to reveal the secrets, tricks of the trade, 6-figure bonuses, monstrous egos and verbal and substance abuse of the people we trust our money to. 'His timing couldn't be better... London's pernicious financial world reveals itself in all its ugliness' "Daily Mail

The story of a young girl, Nicole, whose mother abandons her and her sister, Renee', very early in their childhood. They are moved away from their father to live with their grandmother who is raising them the best way she knows how. Nicole and her sister go through so many things in their life without their mother and father, so much that Nicole ends up on a soul searching mission to figure out why the people in her life that she cares about m...

Herman Hesse was a German-Swiss poet, painter and novelist. In 1946 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is most noted for Steppenwolf, Siddhartha and The Glass Bead Game. Siddhartha was written in 1922 and showed his love of the Indian culture and Buddhist philosophy. Siddhartha returned to popularity in the 1960's due in part to the counterculture mood in the hippie movement and the novel's themes of a quest for enlightenment.

Clive Bell was a 20th century art critic. Wikipedia summarized Bell's philosophy as follows. "In general formalism (which can be traced back at least to Kant) is the view that it is an object's formal properties which makes something art, or which defines aesthetic experiences. Bell proposed a very strong version of formalism: he claimed that nothing else about an object is in any way relevant to assessing whether it is a work of art, or aesth...

Walter Lippmann is considered to be one of the great journalists of his time. In Public Opinion he discuses democratic theory and how people play a role in a democracy. The influence of the media on public opinion is also covered. This work has had a great influence on political science as a scholarly ursuit.

Machiavelli's best known work is The Prince, in which he describes the arts by which a Prince (a ruler) can retain control of his realm. He focuses primarily on what he calls the principe nuovo or "new prince", under the assumption that a hereditary prince has an easier task since the people are accustomed to him. All a hereditary prince needs to do is carefully maintain the institutions that the people are used to, a new prince has a much mor...

The Blue Lagoon is the story of two cousins, Dicky and Emmeline Lestrange, stranded on a remote island with a beautiful lagoon. As children, they are cared for by Paddy Button, a portly sailor who drinks himself to death after only two and a half years in paradise. Frightened and confused by the man's gruesome corpse, the children flee to another part of Palm Tree Island. Over a period of five years, they grow up and eventually fall in love. S...

Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish essayist, poet, novelist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Kidnapped, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Treasure Island. Stories included in New Arabian Nights are The Suicide Club -- The rajah's diamond -- The pavilion on the links -- A lodging for the night: a story of Francis Villon -- The Sire de Maletroit's door -- Providence and the guitar.

Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946) was a Scots/Canadian who later became a U S citizen. Seton was an author and wildlife artist who helped found the Boy Scouts of America. His notable books related to Scouting include The Birch Bark Roll and The Boy Scout Handbook. Seton is responsible for the inclusion of American Indian culture in the Boy Scout program. Lobo, Rag and Vixen Being The Personal Histories Of Lobo, Redruff, Raggylug & Vixen begins...

Jane Austen, (1775-1817) was an English novelist known for her realism. Her family was part of the lower level gentry. She lived with her family and was active in church and the social activities of her gender and station. Jane used biting social commentary, satire and irony in her works. Lady Susan is an early Austen work. Lady Susan is a victim of a vicious scandal. She is forced to live with her brother-in-law and his family. Susan uses her...

Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946) was a Scots/Canadian who later became a U S citizen. Seton was an author and wildlife artist who helped found the Boy Scouts of America. His notable books related to Scouting include The Birch Bark Roll and The Boy Scout Handbook. Seton is responsible for the inclusion of American Indian culture in the Boy Scout program. Animal Heroes was published in 1905. Stories include The slum cat, Arnaux, the chronicle o...

A Series of Lessons in Isaac Pitmans's System of Phonography

Willa Cather was an early 20th century author best known for her novels, O Pioneers, My Antonia, and Death Comes for the Archbishop. In 1906 Cather became the managing editor of McClure's magazine. As a muckraker journalist Cather co-authored a scathing biography about the head of the Christian Science church, Mary Baker Eddy. A Lost Lady is written in the third person. Niel Herbert is a young man who grows up in Sweet Water and witnesses the ...

Dorothy Richardson was a 20th century British writer who often worked in "stream of consciousness". After she finished school she worked as a teacher, writer and held some clerical positions Her major work was called Pilgrimage. It was a series of books or as she preferred to call them chapters published under separate titles. This included: Pointed Roofs, 1915, Backwater, 1916, Honeycomb, 1917, The Tunnel, 1919, Interim, 1919, Deadlock, 1921,...

Elizabeth von Armin (1866 - 1941) was born in Australia and grew up in England. After marrying a German count and moving to his estate she began writing children's books. In this sequel to Elizabeth and Her German Garden Elizabeth discusses the summer she spent in near solitude enjoying her garden. She did occasionally have to contend with her husband, the "Man of Wrath, " and her children. Elizabeth Arnim portrays her garden is beautiful deta...