Who can recommond some great books about Western culture ?

[Chinese Knot]

Hi my brothers !

Most of you come from the western countries and you must know your culture very well . Would you like to recommond some books about Western
 culture ? As you know , I have an international culture center and I would love to intoruce more western culture to the Chinese people here . I want to                       
translate some great books with other co-workers in order to promote the exchanges between China and other countries .

Anybody has some great ideas about the books of western culture ? If you know some publisher there who have some simliar plan , please let me know .

Let us together do our best to promote the cultures of the world .

Thanks for all your time and welcome any ideas !

Good Luck !

Chinese Knot

[ttwjr32]

go to Amazon.com and you can search many titles there and they do ship to china

[Martin]

What is knott supposed to look up on Amazon?  I think he was looking for specific titles.

Sorry I can't help knot. I hope someone else can help.

[Paul Todd]

Here's some:

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists: By Robert Tressell
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West. By Dee Brown
The Outsider:By Albert Camus
From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the Present, 500 Years of Western Cultural Life: By Jacques Barzun
The Razor's Edge. By W. Somerset Maugham
The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
Candide : By Voltaire
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: By Hunter S. Thompson

I've left out the likes of Shakespeare, Hardy and the like. If you want a list of the "classics" let me know and I'll put one together for you. Best of luck with your project, it's a fine idea.

[ttwjr32]

What is knott supposed to look up on Amazon? 

you can do a search for american culture,history on the site and it will pull up some titles 

[maxx]

Anything written by John Steinbeck.

Thiere used to be a set of books published.By time life books.It was called the history of the Americas.It covers everything that ever happened in America.
If you can find any books by P.G. Nagle.They are well written books.Covering the American civil war. In New Mexico and Texas.If you can Find History Channels Web site.You can order any number of Cd's that cover American history.

For something more contemporary.I would go with rolling stone magazine.And time magazine.

[Martin]

What is knott supposed to look up on Amazon? 

you can do a search for american culture,history on the site and it will pull up some titles 

He wants western culture...not just American culture. I know it might come as a surprise to some, but there are other countries with their own cultures that make up western culture.

[maxx]

Boy Martin somebody is whinny today.Do you want to borrow.Conner's teething ring.He has only slobbered on it a little today.Chinese Knot for the Canadian culture.Try Bob and Doug Mckenzie.They paint a true picture of Canadian culture and customs

[Martin]

Bob and Doug is good. Or anything by Rick Mercer.

[mustfocus]

No wonder all the good comedians come from Canada... the americans can't take a joke... 

[ttwjr32]

 I know it might come as a surprise to some, but there are other countries with their own cultures that make up western culture.

now thats what i like about the forum more informative than the  Bob and Ted show.

[Rhonald]

I hear Yogurt has good culture. Why read about it when one can enjoy the taste and health benifits it has.

[Rhonald]

A History of Warfare by John Keegan ...... why? Because One key concept put forward by him is that war is inherently cultural. So by studying the difference on how, for example, the Greeks waged war compared to the Japanese, One can see how we approach most things in life, wether being politics, war, business or Love.

[Neil]

Heard this in a movie today ....

"... Oh I'm from Canada, you ever been?"

"No, but I like the food."


HUH    ??

I get asked that a lot.  Describe Canadian food.  Hmm, hamburgers and steaks?  Poutine, but that's french Canadian. 

[mustfocus]

Heard this in a movie today ....

"... Oh I'm from Canada, you ever been?"

"No, but I like the food."


HUH    ??

Which movie did that come from?  Although I've heard similar lines before... usually from people who are trying not to hurt someone's feelings... or they really like the poutine...