Nasty, Brutish, and Short (eBook)

Lessons and Laughs from an Overseas Officer

Todd Millick (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
170 Seiten
Hamilton Books (Verlag)
978-0-7618-6783-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This collection of irreverent essays about life overseas is a funny and endearing jaunt to a dozen countries, from England to Egypt, and Afghanistan to Haiti, as a former overseas officer speaks his mind about all the strange people and places he has encountered around the world.

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Nasty, Brutish, and Short is a collection of irreverent essays about life overseas. The author no longer has to hold his tongue about his experienceswhich means it's payback time. He now speaks his mind about all the strange people and places he has encountered around the world over the last twenty years.And he takes the reader on a funny and endearing jaunt to a dozen countries, from England to Egypt, and Afghanistan to Haiti, answering crucial questions like Why are Pakistani driving ranges so dangerous? And, How long can Bulgarians actually hold a grudge?Unlike other foreign travel books, the author isn't just passing through. He has lived in these dangerous and difficult places, often for years at a time. He knows their people, streets, and customs like the back of his hand. It was part of his job. Sometimes his life depended on it.

Autor

Todd Millick was in the U.S. government for nearly twenty years. He studied medieval history at the University of Colorado and received a master’s degree from Cambridge. He has also published a collection of poetry called Short and Sweet (Middle Island Press, 2016).

Inhalt

PrefaceChapter One: Looking BackwardChapter Two: Not a High School QuarterbackChapter Three: Farid FlintstoneChapter Four: The Egyptian BrakeChapter Five: A Quick Geography LessonChapter Six: Friendly FireChapter Seven: ChesterChapter Eight: Just KiddingChapter Nine: Land of the FreeChapter Ten: Cairo Makes You CrazyChapter Eleven: The Other White MeatChapter Twelve: Paradise LostChapter Thirteen: Taxi!Chapter Fourteen: Applied HistoryChapter Fifteen: And Now for Your International ForecastChapter Sixteen: Land of the Limping DogChapter Seventeen: Kramer vs. KramerChapter Eighteen: Land of the LostChapter Nineteen: Unhappy DrunksChapter Twenty: Going Back to See the ElephantsPostscript: Clean and Happy PeopleAcknowledgementsAbout the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.6.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Humor / Satire
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Expatriation • Foreign Service • Foreign travel • humor essays • life abroad • life overseas • Travel
• ISBN-10: 0-7618-6783-X / 076186783X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7618-6783-8 / 9780761867838