Romania - Culture Smart!: the essential guide to customs & culture |
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| Title: | Romania - Culture Smart!: the essential guide to customs & culture |
| Author: | Debbie Stowe |
| Publisher: | Kuperard |
| Type: | Book / Paperback |
| Publication Date: | 05 February, 2008 |
| ISBN / ISBN-13: | 1857334523 / 9781857334524 |
| List Price: | $9.95 |
| Amazon Price: | $9.95 |
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Editorial Review / Publisher's Information:
Product Description
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 rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships.
Culture Smart! offers illuminating insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit-whether on business or for pleasure-into a memorable and enriching experience. Contents include:
* customs, values, and traditions
* historical, religious, and political background
* life at home
* leisure, social, and cultural life
* eating and drinking
* do's, don'ts, and taboos
* business practices
* communication, spoken and unspoken
"Culture Smart has come to the rescue of hapless travellers." Sunday Times Travel
"... the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries." Global Travel
"...full of fascinating-as well as common-sense-tips to help you avoid embarrassing faux pas." Observer
"...as useful as they are entertaining." Easyjet Magazine
"...offer glimpses into the psyche of a faraway world." New York Times
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Customer Reviews:
• Great Book!
01 September, 2009
I bought the book for my friend and of course I read it before i gave it to him. The book reflects very well the realities of Romania and I was pleased to see that. He liked it a lot and anytime I tell him about Romania he says: " I know, I read it in the book".
Good book overall!!
- Amazon Customer Review
• Bunveneti A Romania!
20 September, 2008
I am very glad I bought this book.
I have dealings with people in Romania, both for work and socially, and had been baffled and offended by some behaviors.
This book explains all: for example, it isn't bad manners, it's normal manners, it is local custom, to not say "please" or "thank you." When they get in your face and yell their opinion, it isn't aggression or anger: that's normal conversation. And if you yell right back, they'll appreciate it!
Wish I knew that before my first trip ......
Dropping pronouns & even nouns is how they actually talk (as opposed to what we learn in Berlitz or other language schools).
The essays on recent history & politics are very informative on how many Romanian people view, and sometimes envy us; and explains the disconnect between what we, in a free market economy in a democracy mean and what they hear/understand. And vice versa.
I wish I had this book a year ago, when I first interviewed for a consultant position in Bucharest.
It is easy to read, well laid out, a very casual style of English.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Great!
19 November, 2008
I really enjoyed reading this book. according to my friend who has already been to Romania it was extreamly accurate.
- Amazon Customer Review
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