After reading this book, it will finally become clear that none of us knew about how America lives and how to live in America. The author's sketches about how the life of ordinary Americans works, from everyday household things to making big decisions. Registering a car or choosing a school for children; buying a house or renting a home; the mechanics of getting into college or finding a job and choosing a president or governor. From people’s attitudes to sex and big politics to daily home life and standard problems faced by everyone who lives or comes to the United States. Nikolai Zlobin is a historian, political scientist, international relations expert, and has been a political adviser to seven presidents of different countries. He has two dozen books, hundreds of articles, courses on political science and international relations, taught at universities in Russia, the USA and Europe.