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Cuba - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

by Russell Maddicks, Culture Smart!
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016

Cuba is a land of contradictions that is easy to enjoy but difficult for first-time visitors to decipher. The largest island in the Caribbean, it is a tropical paradise that Christopher Columbus called "the most beautiful land that human eyes have ever seen." It is famous for the romantic...
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Mauritius - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

by Tom Cleary, Culture Smart!
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011

Mauritius is a conundrum. A small, exotic, multiethnic island nation in the Indian Ocean, to some it is a multicultural "rainbow," a haven of peace, love, and understanding. Others see it as ethnically divided, cultivating only "sugarcane and prejudice." Opinions differ as to whether...
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Peru - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

by John Forrest, Julia Porturas, Culture Smart!
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...
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Ecuador - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

by Russell Maddicks, Culture Smart!
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,...
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Mexico - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

by Russell Maddicks, Culture Smart!
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...
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Venezuela - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

by Russell Maddicks, Culture Smart!
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...
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Iran - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

by Stuart Williams, Culture Smart!
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...
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Bringing Elizabeth Home

A Journey of Faith and Hope

by Ed Smart, Lois Smart
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2003

At 3:58 in the morning of June 5, 2002, Ed and Lois Smart awoke to the sound of their nine-year-old daughter Mary Katherine’s frightened voice. “She’s gone. Elizabeth is gone.” At first they thought she was having a bad dream about her older sister, but Mary Katherine’s seeming bad dream...
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Afghanistan - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

by Nazes Afroz, Moska Najib, Culture Smart!
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013

Afghanistan is situated at the crossroads of Asia, a strategically important location that connects the Middle East with Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Down the ages it has been subjected to continuous foreign invasion and intervention—from Alexander the Great to Genghis Khan, and as...
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Western Europe - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

by Roger Jones, Culture Smart!
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011

The historic countries of Western Europe – Austria, Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland – are the jewels in the crown of European civilization. Their importance and attraction for the rest of the world are so great that the region is...
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Japan - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

by Paul Norbury, Culture Smart!
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017

Culture Smart! Japan will guide you through modern Japan's shifting social and cultural maze. It provides invaluable insights into people's attitudes and behavior, and practical tips to help make your visit to this complex, rich, and dynamic society a mutually rewarding experience. Today Japan is...
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Bhutan - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

by Karma Choden, Dorji Wangchuk, Culture Smart!
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018

The tiny Kingdom of Bhutan, at the eastern end of the Himalayas, nestles between the giant nation states of China and India. Often called the "Land of the Thunder Dragon," it remained secluded until recent times—the first ever "tourist" set foot in Bhutan in 1974 and was followed...
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Dominican Republic - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

by Ginnie Bedggood, Ilana Benady, Culture Smart!
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010

Occupying the eastern two-thirds of island of Hispaniola, the Dominican Republic has something for almost everyone – except perhaps obsessive perfectionists. If you can relax and go with the flow you will experience a land of great environmental diversity with a rich and varied culture, a turbulent...
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Argentina - Culture Smart!

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

by Robert Hamwee, Culture Smart!
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015

The second-largest country in South America, Argentina has been through great changes in recent years. Its journey from dictatorship to democracy has left many scars, but these are largely eclipsed by the pride and resilience of the Argentinian people, who have developed a style, a language, and a...
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