If only they didn't speak English : notes from Trump's America
By: Sopel, Jon
Publisher: London : BBC Books, c2017.Description: xix, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781785942280Subject(s): -- United States -- Civilization -- 21st century | -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 21st century | -- United States -- Description and travel | Civilization | Manners and customsDDC classification: 973 SO IFItem type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 973 SO IF (Browse shelf) | Available | T0059289 |
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973 ME SO The soul of America : | 973 SC SE Seven events that made America America : and proved that the founding fathers were right all along / | 973 SM NA Name all the animals / | 973 SO IF If only they didn't speak English : | 973 TE CU USA / | 973.049607 AN AL All God's children need travelling shoes / | 973.049607 AN GA Gather together in my name / |
Includes index.
"As the BBC’s North America Editor, Jon Sopel has had a pretty busy time of it lately. In the 18 months it’s taken for a reality star to go from laughingstock to leader of the free world, Jon has travelled the length and breadth of the United States, experiencing it from a perspective that most of us could only dream of: he has flown aboard Air Force One, interviewed President Obama and has even been described as ‘a beauty’ by none other than Donald Trump. Through music, film, literature, TV and even through the food we eat and the clothes that we wear we all have a highly developed sense of what America is and through our shared, tangled history we claim a special relationship. But America today feels about as alien a country as you could imagine. It is fearful, angry and impatient for change. Reflecting on his journey across the continent to cover the most turbulent race in recent history, Jon Sopel lifts a lid on the seething resentments, profound anxieties and sheer rage that found its embodiment in a brash, unpredictable and seemingly unstoppable figure. In this fascinating, insightful portrait of American life and politics, Jon sets out to answer our questions about a country that once stood for the grandest of dreams but which is now mired in a storm of political extremism, racial division and increasingly perverse beliefs."--Publisher description.