200 years after Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville forever forged his impression of US Democracy, one of his compatriots retreads similar grounds in this outside-looking-in perspective of life in America. Levy offers up observations on the good, bad, and backwards while trekking through the heartland and visiting with political pundits, entrepreneurs, movie stars, police, prisoners, and many more. (917.304931 LEVY)
La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the Italian Mind / by Beppe
SevergniniA blood-born Italian, Beppe explores the authentic Italy in this zany editorial on da boot, revealing another face to the culture of pasta, pizza, and Pavarotti. This isn't necessarily a book written just for tourists or even armchair tourists, but a tour-de-force perspective on one of the world’s most beloved destinations. (945.093 SEVERGNI)
The Caliph’s House / by Tahir Shah 
Renovating a palace in Casablanca seemed a nice idea until author Shah and his family moved in to stay. After placating the previous guardians’ ‘ghostly’ ties to the place, they were utterly unprepared for the abrupt climate change of Moroccan culture. A woeful lack of restoration professionals soon necessitated visits to Tangiers, Libya and other remote Saharan locales. (964.38053 SHAH)
Renovating a palace in Casablanca seemed a nice idea until author Shah and his family moved in to stay. After placating the previous guardians’ ‘ghostly’ ties to the place, they were utterly unprepared for the abrupt climate change of Moroccan culture. A woeful lack of restoration professionals soon necessitated visits to Tangiers, Libya and other remote Saharan locales. (964.38053 SHAH)
Chameleon Days: An American Boyhood in Ethiopia / by Tim Bascom 
This author was only three when his missionary parents were transplanted to Ethiopia at a time when the strife-ridden country was undergoing many problems. Bascom recounts how he and his brother were witness to riots in their school and attacks to their mission station which forced the family to relocate several times. (963.06092 BASCOM)
Charm City: A Walk Through Baltimore / by Madison Bell
This author was only three when his missionary parents were transplanted to Ethiopia at a time when the strife-ridden country was undergoing many problems. Bascom recounts how he and his brother were witness to riots in their school and attacks to their mission station which forced the family to relocate several times. (963.06092 BASCOM)
Charm City: A Walk Through Baltimore / by Madison Bell
Novelist Madison Bell describes each section of her diverse hometown, one perhaps not associated so much with ‘charm’ despite its nickname Charm City—rendered so in 1974 to beef up tourism and revitalize the historic districts. Baltimore was one of the first coastal cities to profit from a renovated waterfront, a move prompting numerous other American cities to do the same. (917.5260444 BELL)
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