Living & Working in Canada is a comprehensive guide to the country & its customs & an up to date source of information for foreigners who need to be introduced to the Canadian way of life. The guide is organised into detailed chapters on finding a job, employment conditions, permits & visas, arrival, accommodation, postal services, telecommunications, television & radio, education, public transport, motoring, health, insurance, finance, leisure, sports, shopping, odds & ends, the Canadians, & moving house or leaving Canada. Also included are appendices listing useful addresses & websites, details concerning further reading & conversion amounts for weights & measures. ...

What's it really like Living & Working in France? Not surprisingly there's a lot more to life than baguettes, berets & boules! This book is guaranteed to hasten your introduction to la vie francaise, irrespective of whether you're planning to stay for a few months or indefinitely. Adjusting to day-to day-life in France just got a whole lot simpler! The most comprehensive & best-selling book about living in France since it was first published in 1993, containing up to twice as much information as some similar books. ...

As well as being a fascinating country, with a rich & varied culture, India is emerging as a major world economy. More & more people are going there to live & work. The purpose of this book is to ease the transition between western & Indian cultures. If you are going to India to do business or for long-term employment, or are being relocated there by your company, this book will tell you all you need to know to help you & your family settle quickly into your new environment
- & to ensure that it is the experience of a lifetime. Beginning with an overview of the history of India, its geographical divisions, political system, religions, languages & ethnic & cultural divisions, this comprehensive guide goes on to provide detailed information on: how to get a work permit & find a job; Indian work practices, employment rights & benefits; taxes & pensions; the Indian health care system; how to set up a business & set up a company; how to buy or rent a property; what the cost of living is like; how to open a bank account & obtain a credit card; expatriate & Indian lifestyles; entertainment & leisure in India; Indian customs & habits food
- the regional variations & local delicacies; & raising & educating your children.

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Living & Working in Ireland is essential reading for anyone planning to live or work in Ireland & is the most up-to-date source of practical information available about everyday life. It`s guaranteed to hasten your introduction to the Irish way of life, &, most importantly, will save you time trouble & money. The best-selling & most comprehensive book about Living & Working in Ireland since it was first published in 2001, containing up to twice as much information as similar books. Now completely redesigned & printed in full colour. Joe Laredo was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, & has been a freelance writer & editor for over ten years. He is an authority on living, working & buying property abroad & the author of six books, & is responsible for regularly updating & editing a number of Survival Books` best-selling titles. Joe is also the author of Buying a Home in Irel&. ...

Living & Working in London, first published in 2000 & now in its 6th edition, is the most comprehensive book available about daily life
- & is essential reading for newcomers. What`s it really like Living & Working in London? Not surprisingly there`s a lot more to life than bobbies, beefeaters & busbys! This book is guaranteed to hasten your introduction to the London way of life, irrespective of whether you`re planning to stay for a few months or indefinitely. Adjusting to day-to day-life in London just got a whole lot simpler!
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This is an indispensable handbook for anyone living afloat! An estimated 15, 000 people live on board boats in the UK & many more are interested in possibly doing so. The aim of this beautifully illustrated guide is to help people live the dream & not the nightmare, providing a useful step by step illustrated guide on the basics of getting afloat & staying there. The book covers the different types of craft available to the buyer & their good & bad points, & discusses such practicalities as moorings, engines (including basic maintenance & fault finding), layout & furnishing a boat, heating & cooking, types of fuel & stove, safety, options on sanitation, electrics, hull blacking, painting, water tank, survival tips & finances. This is a must-have guide for anyone wishing to get onto the water, as well as those already living there! ...

Michael Sommers is an expert on Brazilian life--he's lived there for 13 years. In Moon Living Abroad in Brazil, he provides firsthand tips on everything from climate to culture, all in an easy-to-understand manner. Moon Living Abroad in Brazil is packed with essential information & must-have details on setting up daily life, including obtaining visas, arranging finances, gaining employment, choosing schools, & finding health care--plus practical suggestions for how to rent or buy a home for a variety of needs & budgets, whether you're moving to a metropolis or a more rural location. With color & black & white photos, illustrations, & maps to help you find your way, Moon Living Abroad in Brazil will help you tackle the big move with complete confidence. ...

Steve Bloom’s Living Africa is a personal journey through the length & breadth of Africa by one of the most brilliant photographers of the living world at work today. Steve Bloom achieves a breathtaking intimacy with this extraordinary continent in landscapes & wildlife from desert to jungle & human life from remote tribal village to teeming metropolis. See silverback mountain gorillas deep in the Congolese rainforest; endangered black rhino drinking at a moonlit waterhole; a wildebeest calf in the moments after its birth; & an impala in the dramatic instant of its death. The people we encounter are inspirational too: Ndebele women running community workshops; Mozambican migrant workers toiling in a gold mine three kilometres below ground; pilgrims in the ancient rock-hewn churches of northern Ethiopia; & fishermen on the Niger River at dawn. Bloom combines vivid personal experience with a passionate articulation of the environmental & other challenges faced by Africa in the twenty-first century. Everywhere is apparent his deep affection & affinity for the continent where he grew up, & to which he has felt compelled to return throughout his life. Printed on high-quality semigloss paper, this large photographic book collects 236 of Steve Bloom’s celebrated images of the African continent & its people, interspersed with seven essays by Bloom, with explanatory commentary on the photographs & their subjects. ...

What`s it really like Living & Working in Britain? Not surprisingly, there`s a lot more to life than castles, cricket & crumpets. This book is guaranteed to make your life in Britain easier & more enjoyable, irrespective of whether you`re planning to stay for a few months or indefinitely. Adjusting to day-to-day-life in Britain just got a whole lot simpler! The most comprehensive & best-selling book about living in Britain since it was first published in 1991. ...

What`s it really like Living & Working in France? Not surprisingly there`s a lot more to life than baguettes, berets & boules! This book is guaranteed to hasten your introduction to la vie francaise, irrespective of whether you`re planning to stay for a few months or indefinitely. Adjusting to day-to day-life in France just got a whole lot simpler! The most comprehensive & best-selling book about living in France since it was first published in 1993. ...