|
|
Lädt ... Overstated : A Coast-to-Coast Roast of the 50 States (2020. Auflage)| 77 | 6 | 347,091 | 
(3.57) | Keine | History.
Politics.
Nonfiction.
Humor (Nonfiction.)
HTML: This program is read by the author.
In Colin Quinn's new audiobook, the popular comedian, social commentator, and star of the shows Red State Blue State and Unconstitutional tackles the condition of our union today.
Utah: The Church of States
Vermont: The Old Hippie State
Florida: The Hot Mess State
Arizona: The Instagram Model State
Wisconsin: The Diet Starts Tomorrow State
The United States is in a fifty-states-wide couples' counseling session, thinking about filing for divorce. But is that really what we want? Can a nation composed of states that are so different possibly hang together?
Colin Quinn, comedian, social commentator, and writer and star of Red State Blue State and Unconstitutional, calls us out state-by-state, from Connecticut to Hawaii. He identifies the hypocrisies inherent in what we claim to believe and what we actually do. Within a framework of big-picture thinking about systems of government??after all, how would you put this country together if you started from scratch today???to dead-on observations about the quirks and vibes of the citizens in each region, Overstated skewers us all: red, blue, and purple. It's ultimately infused with the same blend of optimism and practicality that sparked the U.S. into being.
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press… (mehr) |
▾Empfehlungen von LibraryThing ▾Diskussionen (Über Links) Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. ▾Reihen und Werk-Beziehungen ▾Auszeichnungen und Ehrungen AuszeichnungenPrestigeträchtige AuswahlenBemerkenswerte Listen
|
|
| Gebräuchlichster Titel |
|
| Originaltitel |
|
| Alternative Titel |
|
| Ursprüngliches Erscheinungsdatum |
|
| Figuren/Charaktere |
|
| Wichtige Schauplätze |
|
| Wichtige Ereignisse |
|
| Zugehörige Filme |
|
| Epigraph (Motto/Zitat) |
Die Informationen stammen von der englischen "Wissenswertes"-Seite. Ändern, um den Eintrag der eigenen Sprache anzupassen. Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free but nothing is harder to learn than how to use freedom. -Tocqueville  | |
|
| Widmung |
Die Informationen stammen von der englischen "Wissenswertes"-Seite. Ändern, um den Eintrag der eigenen Sprache anzupassen. To CQ. I realize it might come off as conceited and selfish to some to dedicate a book to myself, but I couldn't think of anyone more deserving. And I hope the American people will realize what I've meant to this country. | |
|
| Erste Worte |
Die Informationen stammen von der englischen "Wissenswertes"-Seite. Ändern, um den Eintrag der eigenen Sprache anzupassen. I've been to 47 of the 50 states, not counting the Dakotas and Wyoming, so I guess I've been to al 50. -Introduction Plymouth Rock was all about the religious people. -New England | |
|
| Zitate |
Die Informationen stammen von der englischen "Wissenswertes"-Seite. Ändern, um den Eintrag der eigenen Sprache anzupassen. We took the concept of “the citizen” and weaponized it. A toast to us! The Americans: the most self-centered, enthusiastic, discontented spiritual materialists in history. We all swore we wouldn’t spend our whole lives arguing, bickering, and laughing at dumb shit. But we do. We used up our freedom of assembly to line up for new Yeezys. We used our free speech to curse out umpires and refs. Technology to jerk off to. We used our literacy to read comment sections. Do you know how many books Tolstoy sold last year? Probably three. Meanwhile there’s a YouTube video of a wedding party falling off a dock that got seven million views. Another couple of billion for a fish playing cards with a goat. When you set up a country and say free buffet, you can’t complain when everybody ignores the steamed vegetables. Well, that’s the history of America. It was decent people trying to escape their past and not realizing you can never escape your past; it follows you and ruins your credit rating. Started in the twentieth century, real estate in New York was actually simple. Follow the gays. You could walk around the neighborhood and ask a resident, “What’d you think of the Tonys last night?” If they say that Judith Light got robbed, you should invest. | |
|
| Letzte Worte |
Die Informationen stammen von der englischen "Wissenswertes"-Seite. Ändern, um den Eintrag der eigenen Sprache anzupassen. All the armies of Europe and Asia...could not by force take a drink from the Ohio River or make a track on the Blue Ridge in the trial of a thousand years. No, if destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men, we will live forever or die by suicide. -Abraham Lincoln (Zum Anzeigen anklicken. Warnung: Enthält möglicherweise Spoiler.) | |
|
| Hinweis zur Identitätsklärung |
|
| Verlagslektoren |
|
| Werbezitate von |
|
| Originalsprache |
|
| Anerkannter DDC/MDS |
|
| Anerkannter LCC |
|
▾Literaturhinweise Literaturhinweise zu diesem Werk aus externen Quellen.  Wikipedia auf Englisch
Keine ▾Buchbeschreibungen History.
Politics.
Nonfiction.
Humor (Nonfiction.)
HTML: This program is read by the author.
In Colin Quinn's new audiobook, the popular comedian, social commentator, and star of the shows Red State Blue State and Unconstitutional tackles the condition of our union today.
Utah: The Church of States
Vermont: The Old Hippie State
Florida: The Hot Mess State
Arizona: The Instagram Model State
Wisconsin: The Diet Starts Tomorrow State
The United States is in a fifty-states-wide couples' counseling session, thinking about filing for divorce. But is that really what we want? Can a nation composed of states that are so different possibly hang together?
Colin Quinn, comedian, social commentator, and writer and star of Red State Blue State and Unconstitutional, calls us out state-by-state, from Connecticut to Hawaii. He identifies the hypocrisies inherent in what we claim to believe and what we actually do. Within a framework of big-picture thinking about systems of government??after all, how would you put this country together if you started from scratch today???to dead-on observations about the quirks and vibes of the citizens in each region, Overstated skewers us all: red, blue, and purple. It's ultimately infused with the same blend of optimism and practicality that sparked the U.S. into being.
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press ▾Bibliotheksbeschreibungen Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. ▾Beschreibung von LibraryThing-Mitgliedern
| Zusammenfassung in Haiku-Form |
|
|
Aktuelle DiskussionenKeine Google Books — Lädt ... |
)
1