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* Country-by-country protocols and customs * International business musts and faux pas * Dining, hosting, gift giving, and more * Cross-cultural explorations Did you know: * In Brazil, the U.S. thumb-to-forefinger gesture for "okay" is vulgar? * In Mexico, you should not refer to people who live i... More

Everything You Need to Know for Business and Travel Success The Global Etiquette Guide to Asia * Country to country protocols and customs * International business musts and faux pas * Dining, hosting, gift giving, and more * Cross-cultural exploration The Global Etiquette Series Did you know: * I... More

* Country-by-country protocols and customs * International business musts and faux pas * Dining, hosting, gift giving, and more * Cross-cultural explorations Did you know: * In Senegal, you may extend your wrist-- or even an elbow-- in place of a handshake if you are holding something you cannot p... More

Ideal for Everyone from Global Executives to Globe-Hopping Tourists Did you know: * In Switzerland, a kiss on the cheek can be either expected-or deeply offensive? * If you don't want to share in after-dinner drinks in Hungary, you'd better have a good excuse-like doctor's orders? In today's high... More

How do you convey respect in Japan? Are business gifts appropriate in Kuala Lumpur? Can women negotiate contracts in Morocco? The right answers can mean lucrative foreign deals. The wrong ones can spell farewell to golden opportunities abroad. Now you no longer have to rely on instinct and hearsay t... More

Clothahump, the wizard, is dying. All that can save him are rare medicinal powers to be found across the Glittergeist Ocean, past distant Snarken, Jon-Tom, the Spellsinger, sets out on the most perilous pilgrimage of his still-young career, armed with only his music-making duar and a reluctant Mudge... More

In the final volume of Foster's Taken trilogy, Marcus Walker, a Chicago commodities trader kidnapped by aliens, and his sardonic talking dog land on the planet Hyff where they help the Hyfft battle unpleasant invaders before resuming their quest to return home.From science fiction legend and New Yor... More