Quercus: 997 books
by Helen Gilhooly
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
Do you want to develop a solid understanding of Japanese and communicate confidently with others?
Through authentic conversations, vocabulary building, grammar explanations and extensive practice and review, Complete Japanese will equip you with the skills you need to use Japanese in a variety of...
From Yes to I Do
The Wedding Guide for a Modern Bride
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
A trousseau of creative, canny and crafty tips to plan a wedding with a difference.
This is a new wedding planning guide for brides-to-be. The savvy, the surprising and the downright ingenious ideas that will make your wedding stand out from the crowd. Not to mention some behind-the-scenes...
by Benny Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
It's true that some people spend years studying French before they finally get around to speaking the language. But here's a better idea. Skip the years of study and jump right to the speaking part. Sound crazy? No, it's language hacking.
Unlike most traditional language courses that try to...
by Benny Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
It's true that some people spend years studying German before they finally get around to speaking the language. But here's a better idea. Skip the years of study and jump right to the speaking part. Sound crazy? No, it's language hacking.
Unlike most traditional language courses that try to...
Figuring Foreigners Out, 20th Anniversary Edition
Understanding The World's Cultures
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2011
Craig Storti is a renowned expert in intercultural communications whose approaches are highly practical and based on his decades of experience as an intercultural trainer throughout the world.
This hands-on resource can be used as a self-paced guide or in a facilitated (work or academic course)...
by H. Ned Seelye
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1995
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1995
The need for new approaches, methods, and techniques in cross-cultural training and intercultural education are virtually insatiable, especially for experiential activities. The emphasis in this book is on activities that foster the development of intercultural awareness and cross-cultural sensitivity,...
by Lydia Vellaccio, Maurice Elston
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
Do you want to develop a solid understanding of Italian and communicate confidently with others?
Through authentic conversations, vocabulary building, grammar explanations and extensive practice and review, Complete Italian will equip you with the skills you need to use Italian in a variety of settings...
Why the Universe Exists
How particle physics unlocks the secrets of everything (New Scientist
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Peer deep into the heart of existence and find out why particle chaos was the making of matter.
WHY IS THERE ALWAYS SOMETHING RATHER THAN NOTHING?
As you read this, billions of neutrinos from the sun are passing through your body, antimatter is sprouting from your dinner and the core...
A Journey Through The Universe:
A traveler's guide from the center of the sun to the edge of the unknown
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
There's a whole universe out there ... and this book is your journey into space.
Imagine you had a spacecraft capable of travelling through interstellar space. You climb in, blast into orbit, fly out of the solar system and keep going. Where do you end up, and what do you see along the way?
The...
Mysterium
Unexplained and extraordinary stories for a post-Nessie generation
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
A CATALOGUE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY, THE STRANGE AND THE DOWNRIGHT CREEPY...
Discover the unexplained mysteries and unsettling oddities of the modern world, from a beach in British Columbia awash with human feet, to the 'tulpamaneers' who claim to be channeling the living spirit of My Little Pony....
The Expert Expat
Your Guide to Successful Relocation Abroad
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2011
Expanded and updated edition!
Trusted by thousands of families and individuals, The Expert Expat is essential reading for anyone moving overseas. Personal stories - from the authors' dozens of years abroad as well as the experience of countless expats worldwide - help prepare people for the...
Thumbs Up Australia
Hitchhiking the Outback
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
On the Road meets Down Under in this really rough guide to the adventures of an enthusiastic hitchhiker and his reluctant girlfriend on their quest for the real Australia. Hitching lifts with the desert's dodgiest drivers and taking breaks in the roughest roadhouses, this is Tom Parry's witty, warts-and-all...
Swiss Watching
Inside the Land of Milk and Money
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
New updated edition, new statistics and Epilogue One country, four languages, 26 cantons, and 7.5 million people (but only 80% of them Swiss): there's nowhere else in Europe like it. Switzerland may be almost 400 km from the nearest drop of seawater, but it is an island at the centre of Europe. Welcome...
A Summer In Gascony
The Other South of France
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
"Nostalgia for a traditional France, soused in Armagnac, sunshine and young love, brought vividly to life." - John Mole, author of It's All Greek to Me
The only travel writing book on Gascony, A Summer in Gascony is a charming and humorous tale of an extraordinary summer spent in this relatively...