Enjoy Germany & its culture without feeling like a Dummkopf. Do you want to blend in when visiting Berlin? To feel like you belong in Bavaria? ” When in Germany, Do as the Germans Do” makes it simple! If you long to navigate the narrow streets of an Alpine village unnoticed or go to a movie in Munich without turning heads, transform yourself from a typical tourist into a connoisseur of culture. With this crash course in German customs & heritage, you`ll avoid embarrassing blunders & enrich your travel experience. Packed with almost one hundred articles, this handy collection of cultural dos & don`ts covers a broad range of topics, including food, art, pop culture, politics, business, entertainment, home life, history, & education. In these pages, you`ll find authoritative answers to questions such as: At a restaurant, should I find my own table or wait to be seated? What is a suitable topic for small talk with a stranger in Germany? Are gas stations open on Sundays? What Goethe novel swept the world in the 1770s? Where do Germans get their fascination with the American Wild West? Can I use an ATM card in Germany? With light-hearted quizzes, cool Internet addresses, & up-to-date insights into all aspects of German culture, ” When in Germany, Do as the Germans Do” will delight everyone from students & tourists to armchair travelers & trivia buffs. ...

There is no place like Rome. Throughout its long, long history, its many changes in form & fortune, Rome has always been a tourist centre. In every age
- Classical, Christian, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical, Romantic, Modern, people have flocked to see its wonders. This is the story of what Rome`s visitors have looked at over the past two thousand years, the buildings, the statues, the paintings, the artefacts that have most impressed each generation of travellers from the time of the Roman Republic in the second century BC up to the present age of mass tourism. It is the history both of how Rome has changed with the centuries & how the taste of those who have visited the city has changed with it.
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Once people from diverse cultures start to work together, unexpected & puzzling behavior patterns can crop up. Suddenly things can go wrong an no one knows why! Now Gwyneth Olofsson takes on these work-related intercultural issues & offers practical advice in her new book, When in Rome or Rio or Riyadh. After sixteen years of cultural training & business consulting, Olofsson has collected the cultural questions her students & business trainees have asked her & compiled them in brief, to-the-point letters & answers. Largely drawn from her column in Volvo's magazine, Global, she shares answers to burning questions on topics best related to the 33 countries with the largest gross domestic product-those where businesspeople are most likely to be. Olofsson uses each specific cultural question as a springboard to explore cultural commonalities & differences. She also provides Global Warnings for topics that are particularly sensitive in certain cultures. &, she's made the book easy to navigate with a country-specific index at the front of the book. Whether searching for the answer to a specific cultural question (such as making a good impression) or understanding a specific area of the world (such as Belgium or Indonesia), the reader can locate the information quickly through this index. ...

When In Rome is a riotous, hilarious, gift book that highlights the varying differences between foreign etiquettes when you travel abroad. The book illustrates various nations` cultural, social etiquettes & customs & how funny, confusing & downright ridiculous they are when compared to each other. The book is a rip-roaring guide to 50+ nations` opposing gestures, manners & ways of expressing themselves physically, when their is a communication breakdown in the language barrier. For example, never put your hands on your hips next to a Mexican (you`re asking for a fight), & never give & Iranian a thumbs up (its rude). Trouble will ensue if you do! So, your government urges you: take this amazing travel guide with you with you when abroad, read it, learn from it & if you happen to meet a foreign traveller (which will be inevitable) remember what you`ve learnt &, please, please, please be on your best behaviour. Word count: 20, 000 ...

Monstrous fun with Dad from an exciting new author & illustrator team! Every little monster wants to be just like daddy
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A major motion picture adaptation by Studio Ghibli, creators of SPIRITED AWAY & ARRIETTY. Anna hasn`t a friend in the world
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` We had climbed a mountain & crossed a pass; been wet, cold, hungry, frightened, & withal happy. One more Himalayan season was over. It was time to begin thinking of the next. ” Strenuousness is the immortal path, sloth is the way of death.”` First published in 1946, the scope of H.W. ` Bill` Tilman`s When Men & Mountains Meet is broad, covering his disastrous expedition to the Assam Himalaya, a small exploratory trip into Sikkim, & then his wartime heroics. In the thirties, Assam was largely unknown & unexplored. It proved a challenging environment for Tilman`s party, the jungle leaving the men mosquito-bitten & suffering with tropical diseases, & thwarting their mountaineering success. Sikkim proved altogether more successful. Tilman, who is once again happy & healthy, enjoys some exploratory ice climbing & discovers Abominable Snowman tracks, particularly remarkable as the creature appeared to be wearing boots-`there is no reason why he should not have picked up a discarded pair at the German Base Camp & put them to their obvious use`. & then, in 1939, war breaks out. With good humour & characteristic understatement we hear about Tilman`s remarkable Second World War. After digging gun pits on the Belgian border & in Iraq, he was dropped by parachute behind enemy lines to fight alongside Albanian & Italian partisans. Tilman was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his efforts-and the keys to the city of Belluno, which he helped save from occupation & destruction. Tilman`s comments on the German approach to Himalayan climbing could equally be applied to his guerrilla warfare ethos. ` They spent a lot of time & money & lost a lot of climbers & porters, through bad luck & more often through bad judgement.` While elsewhere the war machine rumbled on, Tilman`s war was fast, exciting, lightweight & foolhardy-and makes for gripping reading. ...

Dorothy Edwards` classic story about one naughty but very entertaining little sister. Sometimes my naughty little sister can be good.. .when she helps Grannie to make a Christmas Pudding & even teaches Bad Harry a lesson or two. Has my little sister given up her naughty ways? When My Naughty Little Sister Was Good has charmed generations of adults & children alike thanks to Dorothy Edwards` playful stories & Shirley Hughes` beautiful illustrations. The best-selling books in this series are perfect for little girls with siblings of their own. Praise for My Naughty Little Sister: ` Edwards was one of the best children`s writers of the 20th century & her collaboration with illustrator Shirley Hughes was pure magic: the stories are cheeky, touching & funny`
- the Sunday Express. ` Naughtiness is naughtiness, whatever the generation, & these stories are a delight`
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When Inspector Chen Cao agrees to do a translation job for a Triad-connected businessman he is given a laptop, a `little secretary` to provide for his every need, medical care for his mother. There are, it seems, no strings attached.. . Then a murder is reported: Chen is loath to shorten his working holiday, so Sergeant Yu is forced to take charge of the investigation. The victim, a middle-aged teacher, has been found dead in her tiny room in a converted multi-family house. Only a neighbour could have committed the crime, but there is no motive. It is only when Chen returns & starts to investigate the past that he finds answers. But by then he has troubles of his own. ...

With a free `SANTA STOP HERE` sign to cut out & keep, this picture book is the perfect laugh-out-loud Christmas gift. When Santa`s house at the North Pole explodes, a regular family welcome him into their home with open arms. But Santa is NOT an easy houseguest
- his elves take over the house, the reindeer poo everywhere & Santa even starts a flood!
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