The Accidental American

Author : Rinku Sen
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1576758923
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Accidental American written by Rinku Sen and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Accidental American" vividly illustrates the challenges and contradictions of U.S. immigration policy, and argues that, just as there is a free flow of capital in the world economy, there should be a free flow of labor.

Author : Alex Carr
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1588366138
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Accidental American written by Alex Carr and published by Random House. This book was released on 2007-04-17 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forced out of a self-imposed exile, one woman faces a lifetime’s worth of secrets and betrayal–all in the name of staying alive. Nicole Blake had planned to leave her criminal life in the past. She had done her time in a dank prison in Marseille and relinquished the world of forgery and counterfeiting for an unassuming career as a freelance consultant. Now her world is a small farm in the French Pyrenees, with daily fresh eggs and the companionship of her devoted dog. But when U.S. intelligence operative John Valsamis shows up at her door, Nicole is reminded that she’ll always be an ex-con. Valsamis is after Nicole’s former lover, Rahim Ali, and soon Nicole finds herself back in Lisbon, tracking down Rahim in all their old haunts. Except now Rahim isn’t just a document forger–he’s a suspected terrorist. Unwittingly drawn into an international web of fundamentalism, crime, and corruption, Nicole discovers that its threads stretch from the cobbled streets of Lisbon to the once-beautiful city of her birth, Beirut, and to the top levels of the government that sent Valsamis to find her. And as with any good web, the harder Nicole fights to free herself, the tighter it closes around her.

Author : Rinku Sen
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1442963689
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Accidental American (Volume 2 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition) written by Rinku Sen and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2009 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rinku Sen
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1442963514
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Accidental American (Volume 1 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 24pt Edition) written by Rinku Sen and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2009 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jared Cohen
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501109839
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Accidental Presidents written by Jared Cohen and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This New York Times bestselling “deep dive into the terms of eight former presidents is chock-full of political hijinks—and déjà vu” (Vanity Fair) and provides a fascinating look at the men who came to the office without being elected to it, showing how each affected the nation and world. The strength and prestige of the American presidency has waxed and waned since George Washington. Eight men have succeeded to the presidency when the incumbent died in office. In one way or another they vastly changed our history. Only Theodore Roosevelt would have been elected in his own right. Only TR, Truman, Coolidge, and LBJ were re-elected. John Tyler succeeded William Henry Harrison who died 30 days into his term. He was kicked out of his party and became the first president threatened with impeachment. Millard Fillmore succeeded esteemed General Zachary Taylor. He immediately sacked the entire cabinet and delayed an inevitable Civil War by standing with Henry Clay’s compromise of 1850. Andrew Johnson, who succeeded our greatest president, sided with remnants of the Confederacy in Reconstruction. Chester Arthur, the embodiment of the spoils system, was so reviled as James Garfield’s successor that he had to defend himself against plotting Garfield’s assassination; but he reformed the civil service. Theodore Roosevelt broke up the trusts. Calvin Coolidge silently cooled down the Harding scandals and preserved the White House for the Republican Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression. Harry Truman surprised everybody when he succeeded the great FDR and proved an able and accomplished president. Lyndon B. Johnson was named to deliver Texas electorally. He led the nation forward on Civil Rights but failed on Vietnam. Accidental Presidents shows that “history unfolds in death as well as in life” (The Wall Street Journal) and adds immeasurably to our understanding of the power and limits of the American presidency in critical times.

Author : Ruth Stern Gasten
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1450043933
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Accidental American written by Ruth Stern Gasten and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Accidental American recalls life in Hitlers Germany, as seen through the eyes of a young girl who later escapes to the United States with her parents. The book tells of kind neighbors, an unforgettable ocean voyage, and bed bugs in Chicago, among other memories.

Author : Young Chun
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781508661047
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Accidental Citizen-Soldier written by Young Chun and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-28 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lawrence N. Powell
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674065441
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Accidental City written by Lawrence N. Powell and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-13 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the history of the city from its being contended over as swampland through Louisiana's statehood in 1812, discussing its motley identities as a French village, African market town, Spanish fortress, and trade center.

Author : Laura Kriska
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462900143
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Accidental Office Lady written by Laura Kriska and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young woman with a new degree in Japanese studies and plenty of youthful idealism and can-do spirit accepts a job as the first American trainee at Honda's headquarters in Tokyo. Her image of Japanese corporate life is dramatically challenged on her first day at work when she is issued a blue polyester uniform—a uniform worn only by women! From menial beginnings serving tea to executives and cleaning the boss's desk, to a stint in public relations, to developing training classes for Japanese associates going to America, Laura Kriska recounts her struggle to adapt to—and ultimately thrive in—the culture of a traditional Japanese company. Shortly before her departure, she travels full circle by introducing a successful campaign to make women's uniforms optional. Now with a new foreword by the author, The Accidental Office Lady is a vivid and valuable firsthand account not only of corporate Japan and the gender inequality that persists within it, but of an outsider's successful attempt to work within cultural boundaries to affect organizational change.

Author : James Naughtie
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780330435611
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Accidental American written by James Naughtie and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2005 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This powerful and compelling narrative examines the relationship between Tony Blair and America, and asks why America has taken Tony Blair to their hearts, and what this means for Britain's politics.