Download or read book Definitely British Absolutely American written by and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Le manuel de référence de civilisation britannique et américaine pour préparer les concours.
Download or read book Definitely British Absolutely American written by Robert Lim and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comment préparer les épreuves écrites et orales d'anglais à l'entrée d'HEC, des IEP, de l'ENA et des ESJ ? Comment approfondir ses connaissances de civilisation américaine et britannique, à travers un panorama de la politique, de la société et de l'économie du monde anglo-saxon ? La deuxième édition de ce manuel de référence vous propose des conseils pratiques pour aborder avec sérénité vos essais, commentaires et entretiens en langue anglaise. Chaque dossier est composé d'un cours, d'une page de vocabulaire en contexte, de fiches et de corrigés de concours d'entrée et de sortie des écoles de commerce, de l'IEP et de l'ENA.
Download or read book The Men Who Lost America written by Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questioning popular belief, a historian and re-examines what exactly led to the British Empire’s loss of the American Revolution. The loss of America was an unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing book makes a different argument. Weaving together the personal stories of ten prominent men who directed the British dimension of the war, historian Andrew O’Shaughnessy dispels the incompetence myth and uncovers the real reasons that rebellious colonials were able to achieve their surprising victory. In interlinked biographical chapters, the author follows the course of the war from the perspectives of King George III, Prime Minister Lord North, military leaders including General Burgoyne, the Earl of Sandwich, and others who, for the most part, led ably and even brilliantly. Victories were frequent, and in fact the British conquered every American city at some stage of the Revolutionary War. Yet roiling political complexities at home, combined with the fervency of the fighting Americans, proved fatal to the British war effort. The book concludes with a penetrating assessment of the years after Yorktown, when the British achieved victories against the French and Spanish, thereby keeping intact what remained of the British Empire. “A remarkable book about an important but curiously underappreciated subject: the British side of the American Revolution. With meticulous scholarship and an eloquent writing style, O'Shaughnessy gives us a fresh and compelling view of a critical aspect of the struggle that changed the world.”—Jon Meacham, author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Download or read book Relax It s Just English written by Brett Vanderburg and published by via tolino media. This book was released on 2024-01-05 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You don't get better at English by filling in blanks in grammar exercises. 'Business English' is just a marketing term. Books and dictionaries teach you words most people never use. 'If' is just a regular word with no special grammar. If you can read this description, you can speak and write like a native English speaker, and you don’t need to memorize ‘Business English’ phrases and do hundreds of grammar exercises to do it. Relax, It’s Just English will show you that you already know most of the vocabulary and grammar you need to speak and write better English. There are no exercises, and you won’t find hundreds of rules and exceptions. Over 28 chapters, you will learn shortcuts through some of the trickiest and most important parts of using English, all in a fun and easy-to-read style designed to take some of the pain out of learning the language. Writing work emails, managing tenses, and using the word 'if' are all covered in a simpler, more realistic way than most students of English have heard before, and many other overlooked topics are given needed attention. Perhaps most importantly, you'll unlearn some unnecessary rules you've been taught over the years. Less stress, more authentic language. Relax, it's just English.
Download or read book American Skin written by Don De Grazia and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000-04-06 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timeless story about a young man's need to find comfort and a sense of belonging, as well as a stunning portrait of the class and racial tensions that pervade our society, "American Skin" "is the American story American literature is not complete without. . . . Full of images and humor and action and questions" (Carolyn Chute, author of "The Beans of Egypt, Maine."
Download or read book English Rock and Pop Performances written by Lisa Jansen and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the phenomenon of non-American rock and pop singers emulating an Americanized singing style for performance purposes. By taking a novel approach to this pop cultural trend and drawing attention to the audience, British and American students’ perceptions of English rock and pop performances were elicited. Interviews guided by various music clips were conducted and analyzed through a detailed qualitative content analysis. The interviewees' responses provide important insights into social meanings attached to Americanized voices and local British accents in the respective genres and show how British and American attitudes toward these performance accents differ. These perceptions and attitudes are illustrated by developing associative fields which offer a fresh view on the notion of indexicalities. An engaging folk linguistic investigation of a relatable everyday pop culture phenomenon, this book makes complex sociolinguistic phenomena easily approachable and qualitative research accessible. It is suitable for intermediate students onward and inspires further research projects in the field of language performances.
Download or read book British Friends of the American Revolution written by Jerome R. Reich and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 1997-12-03 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the culmination of Jerome Reich's research on conflicting political ideologies current in England and America during the second half of the eighteenth century and those English individuals who attempted--albeit unsuccessfully--to reconcile them. These short chapter studies profile a dozen British men and women, who, for diverse reasons, opposed the policy of the British government toward its thirteen colonies before and during the American Revolution and helped prepare the way for the recognition of the United States as an independent nation.
Download or read book Modern Prose Form and Style written by William Van O'Connor and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Using Corpora to Explore Linguistic Variation written by Randi Reppen and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many large-scale investigations of linguistic variation are unfeasible using traditional approaches. This volume is a collection of papers that illustrate the ways in which linguistic variation can be explored through corpus-based investigation.
Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Great Britain and the American Civil War written by Ephraim Douglass Adams and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Great Britain and the American Civil War by Ephraim Douglass Adams
Download or read book Sustainable Development for the Americas written by E. William Colglazier and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-12-20 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental sustainability efforts require a great deal of engagement and political will, ranging from local communities to state departments. Science diplomats—from experts and scientists to spokespersons and ambassadors—can help facilitate at all levels and yield valued resources from technology sharing, capacity building, and knowledge exchanges. This book explores the importance of sustained international scientific cooperation, building community resilience, and the role of political will in sustainability and diplomacy. It shows how even small diplomatic efforts can influence myriad issues, from overfishing to human rights negotiations to global carbon emission reduction. Features: • Examines various topics such as global climate change, arid environments, water security and governance, trans-boundary conflict and cooperation, urban and rural resilience, and public health. • Presents case studies from various geographic regions through the lens of diplomacy, including the US–Mexico border, the Gulf of California, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Central and South Asia, and China. • Discusses how building networks of people, organizations, and countries engaged in science diplomacy is crucial for mutual growth and for overcoming conflicting political stances. Sustainable Development for the Americas: Science, Health and Engineering Policy and Diplomacy provides a useful resource for diplomats, policymakers, students, and decision-makers. It provides numerous examples of how using science and technology for policy and diplomacy is essential to finding common ground among nations for a collective global benefit.
Download or read book Repatriation of American Seamen written by United States. Congress. House. Merchant Marine and Fisheries and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Book of Philadelphia written by Robert Shackleton and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2017 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book of Philadelphia is a title suggestive of a large task. Philadelphia is complex, old, still growing, and he who understands her and writes of his understanding so that others may share it must have energy, insight, and skill. Mr. Shackleton's book bears ample evidence of his powers as an interpreter; his previous efforts at baring the souls of New York and Boston have given him a penetrating vision and a sureness of touch that find full scope in his book of Philadelphia. He has given us far more than a guidebook for the tourist or casual sojourner; his observations and comments have a character that should make the book even more valuable to Philadelphians than to outsiders.
Download or read book The Parliamentary Debates Hansard written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Speech on the British Colonial Trade delivered in the House of Representatives etc written by Joshua A. LOWELL and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
