Isbn: 9781847245823 - a field guide to the british (19 resultados)

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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. A Field Guide to the British This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 298 pages. In 1996 Sarah Lyall, a New York Times reporter, left behind her American root s and moved to London for love. As that newspaper's correspondent in London, she became known here for her witty and incisive dispatches from her adopted countr y, as she conjured with her new and eccentric countrymen. She also found herself with a ringside seat at a singular moment in British life: the roller-coaster y ears of Tony Blair's New Labour had inaugurated a battle between the old world o f aristocratic privilege and a new world of modern meritocracy. In A Field Guide to the British, Lyall strides her way readably, eloquently and perceptively acr oss the social, political and cultural landscape of contemporary Britain. In a n arrative studded with memorable anecdote and rich in humour, she explores themes as diverse as peers, politics, the media, understatement, the weather, and Brit ain's relationship with animals, alcohol and sex. She ponders such matters as th e missing link between the famous British reserve and the famous British hooliga nism (could it possibly be binge drinking?); how any parliamentary motion is eve r passed when the Commons act like naughty schoolboys and the Lords spend two da ys debating UFOs; and the age-old question of how anyone could possibly enjoy a game as tedious as cricket.A Field Guide to the British is an impressively wid e-ranging survey of contemporary British mores from a writer blessed with acute powers of observation and a fluent and readable writing style. Seeing ourselves through Lyall's eyes is sometimes embarrassing, often revelatory - but always ve ry funny. Wry, insightful and engaging, A Field Guide to the British is permeate d with a deep affection for its author's adopted country and an unerring eye for.…

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