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The 1970s

1999
Discusses the political, economic, and cultural life of the United States in the 1970s, including Vietnam, race relations, feminism, the environment, fashion, music, television, and film.

Distracted

the erosion of attention and the coming Dark Age
2008

The American dream

stories from the heart of our nation
2001
Journalist Dan Rather presents the stories of more than thirty everyday American men and women who have pursued their dreams of liberty, happiness, family, fame, education, innovation, and service.

I'm a stranger here myself

notes on returning to America after 20 years away
1999
Bill Bryson recounts some of the strange experiences he had when he returned to the United States after living in Britain for twenty years.

Platforms

a microwaved cultural chronicle of the 1970s
1994
Text, illustrations, and photographs present a humorous look at America in the seventies.

The American dream

stories from the heart of our nation
2002
Journalist Dan Rather presents the stories of more than thirty everyday American men and women who have pursued their dreams of liberty, happiness, family, fame, education, innovation, and service.

Ciao, America

an Italian discovers the U.S.
2002
Beppe Severgnini chronicles the experiences he and his wife had while renting a house in Georgetown and attempting to adapt to modern American culture.

Peter Lippman's America

1985
Text and drawings present scenes of modern America in its many aspects, from a New England parade to the Alaskan wilderness.

Way off the road

discovering the peculiar charms of small-town America
2007
William Geist offers an amusing and expansive collection of essays exploring some of America's quirky, strange and offbeat towns and people.

The lost continent

travels in small-town America
1989
Bryson, an Iowan transplanted to England, returns to search for the perfect American small town.

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