https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=SU%3A%20(UNITED%20%2B%20STATES%20%2B%20CIVILIZATION%20%2B%2020TH%20%2B%20CENTURY)&QRYTEXT=Subject%3A%20United%20States%20--%20Civilization%20--%2020th%20century%20(Keywords)&SETLVL=SET&CF=BIB&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4307239&CF=BIB In an idyllic American village, elderly romantic Lemuel Sears still falls wildly in love with strangers of both sexes. But his paradise is under threat; the pond he loves is being fouled by unscrupulous polluters involved in organised crime. Can Lemuel thwart the monstrous aspects of late 20th century civilisation & save his beloved village? In an idyllic American village, elderly romantic Lemuel Sears still has it in him to fall wildly in love with strangers of both sexes. But Sears's paradise is under threat; the pond he loves is being fouled by unscrupulous polluters involved in organised crime. Can Sears thwart the monstrous aspects of late-twentieth-century civilisation and save his beloved village? Cheever's wry fable of modern American is interlaced with musings on everything from the etiquette of supermarket queues to the evolution of the ice-skate. In an idyllic American village, elderly romantic Lemuel Sears still falls wildly in love with strangers of both sexes. But his paradise is under threat; the pond he loves is being fouled by unscrupulous polluters involved in organised crime. Can Lemuel thwart the monstrous aspects of late 20th century civilisation & save his beloved village? In an idyllic American village, elderly romantic Lemuel Sears still has it in him to fall wildly in love with strangers of both sexes. But Sears's paradise is under threat; the pond he loves is being fouled by unscrupulous polluters involved in organised crime. Can Sears thwart the monstrous aspects of late-twentieth-century civilisation and save his beloved village? Cheever's wry fable of modern American is interlaced with musings on everything from the etiquette of supermarket queues to the evolution of the ice-skate.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Cheever, John<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Vintage Classic, 2009.<br />1 v. ; 20 cm.<br /><br />Hove Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Available - 95000000060976<br />Jubilee Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Onloan - Due: 17 May 2024 - 95000000061504<br /> https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1297745&CF=BIB For years legendary broadcaster Alistair Cooke brought America to the rest of the world with incomparable wit and wisdom. This is his now classic and irresistibly readable 'personal history' of America, guiding us through centuries of changing life in the US. For years legendary broadcaster Alistair Cooke brought America to the rest of the world with incomparable wit and wisdom. This is his now classic and irresistibly readable 'personal history' of America, guiding us through centuries of changing life in the US.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Cooke, Alistair, 1908-2004<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Penguin, 2008.<br />320 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.<br /><br />Hove Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 973.92 - Available - 04513917<br />Jubilee Library - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 973.92 - Available - 04513874<br /> https://brighton-hove.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=684751&CF=BIB Part of The Americans trilogy, this volume covers the century following the Civil War. Defining the unique qualities of the American nature, issues range from behaviour deviations to the decline of grammer and the homogenizing of space. Part of The Americans trilogy, this volume covers the century following the Civil War. Defining the unique qualities of the American nature, issues range from behaviour deviations to the decline of grammer and the homogenizing of space.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Boorstin, Daniel J. (Daniel Joseph), 1914-<br />New ed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Phoenix, 2000.<br />736p. ; 24 cm.<br />The Americans ; 3<br /><br />Jubilee Library - Jubilee Library Store - (Brighton and Hove City Libraries) - Adult NonFiction - 973.8 - Available - 02720224<br />