Kuperard: 127 books
by John Scotney
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Today the theory of evolution by natural selection and the science of genetics are the twin keys to our understanding of how life on earth came about. Yet when an English naturalist called Charles Darwin first published his ideas in 1859 in a book called On the Origin of Species the world was horrified...
Philippines - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a...
Costa Rica - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Costa Rica is renowned for its tropical beauty, the warmth and charm of the "Ticos"—its people's own name for themselves—and its political stability. This "Switzerland of the Americas" is widely regarded as an oasis of democracy in turbulent Central America. Since the first...
Peru - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Peru is associated with ancient civilizations, awe-inspiring Inca cities, ruthless conquistadores, spectacular Andean scenery, astonishing biodiversity, and colorful woven textiles. All true—but visitors will find a great deal more to Peru than this. The two distinctive cultures that first encountered...
Panama - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2006
Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a...
Ecuador - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Squeezed between Colombia in the north and Peru in the south, Ecuador is named for its location on the Equator and has a landscape so varied that it has been described as a microcosm of every microclimate found in South America. This diversity makes it a magnet for tourists, mountain trekkers, volunteers,...
Mexico - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Culture Smart! Mexico takes you to the heart of Mexican society. It describes how people socialize and meet members of the opposite sex, the dynamics of daily life, the central importance of family, and the annual cycle of Catholic feasts and fiestas. For business travelers there are key sections...
Venezuela - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
An influential oil producer with a colorful and charismatic president at its helm since 1999, Venezuela is a vast, sometimes frustrating, but never dull country. It is one of the most complex countries in Latin America and one of the least understood. An ambitious attempt to benefit the poor and redistribute...
by Peter Gosling
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Man's quest for speed is driven by two ambitions. One is the competitive urge to excel — to go as fast as possible by any available means, and preferably to go faster than anybody else. The other, more practical, aim is to make travel and transport as swift and efficient as possible. The two are...
by Akasha Lonsdale
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
In today's multicultural society we are increasingly likely to meet and become friends with people from different religious backgrounds, and to find ourselves attending an unfamiliar ceremony. When this happens, there can be few of us who know exactly what to expect, or are confident about how to...
Saudi Arabia - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a...
Iran - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Iran is rarely out of the headlines, and there is likely to be a rush of interest from tourists and investors if the provisional framework agreement reached in April 2015 is implemented, lifting most sanctions in exchange for limits on its nuclear program for at least ten years. Western fascination...
by Katherine Clark
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU• to appreciate the depth and beauty of the dominant form of Christianity in Greece, Russia and much of Eastern Europe• to understand the tenets, nature and holy days of Orthodox belief• to recognize the physical features of an Orthodox church, and the spiritual significance...
by David Starr-Glass
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU• to appreciate the wisdom of the world’s oldest monotheistic religion• to understand what it means to be a Jew• to recognize the key Jewish festivals and the different aspects of Jewish practice and belief• to avoid faux pas in conversation, in travelling and in personal...