Whether you're conducting business, traveling for pleasure, or even relocating abroad, one mistake with customs or etiquette can leave a bad taste in everyone's mouth. International travelers, now more than ever, are not just individuals from the United States, but ambassadors and impression makers for the country as a whole. Newly updated, redesigned, and resized for maximum shelf appeal for travelers of all ages, Culture Shock! country and city guides make up the most complete reference series for customs and etiquette you can find. These are not just travel guides; these are guides for a way of life.
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P. Sean Bramble was born in Cambridge, Maryland, and grew up there and in La Cañada-Flintridge, California. After graduating from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore with a degree from the Writing Seminars department, he wrote for two Maryland newspapers, The Daily Banner and The Daily Times, and a computer newsletter, The Report on IBM. Moving to Japan courtesy of the JET Program in 1992, he has taught English there ever since, apart from a stint teaching in Shanghai, China. Stricken with writer’s block for approximately 10 years, he has so far managed to overcome it with occasional pieces, including commentary for The New Republic. Culture Shock! Japan is his first book. Mr. Bramble lives in Dazaifu, Japan, with his wife and daughter.
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This review is from: Culture Shock! Japan: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette (Culture Shock! A Survival Guide to Customs & Etiquette) (Paperback)
To anyone who is considering purchasing this book: Please note that my edition of "Culture Shock! Japan" was first published 1 October 2004 and reprinted 30 November 2005. Thus, any review listed below that is dated previously cannot possibly be describing the actual book that I wrote! It is my understanding that those reviews describe a previous edition of the book. My edition was based on my long years in Japan, and it was written as gracefully, and with as much humor, as I could muster. I would respectfully ask anyone who is reading this now to kindly give my book the benefit of the doubt -- and if you would like to post your reaction after having read it, by all means be my guest. Sincerely, P. Sean Bramble (author)
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This review is from: Culture Shock! Japan: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette (Culture Shock! A Survival Guide to Customs & Etiquette) (Paperback)
Note P. Sean Bramble's comment that his authorship of this book began in 2004. Amazon has scrambled his edition with what seems to be a previous edition by Rex Shelley in 1992. The images and the "look inside" links take you back and forth to wrong web pages... The Shelley book, which seems to be the one to avoid, is ISBN 1558680713.
I will order what I hope is the Bramble book, and hope that Amazon straightens out this mess.
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Humour, insight and intelligence,
This review is from: Culture Shock! Japan: A Guide to Customs and Etiquette (Paperback)
If you're visiting Japan and want to see beyond the ferro-concrete castle replicas and the pools of vomit on Yurakucho metro station, this book is the one to open your eyes. Whether you're an interested tourist or a longer stay gaijin trying to save money on your shocking shaken (car inspection), Bramble's insight and cutting sarcasm bring the whole experience humorously to life. Don't go to Japan without it.
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Mount Fuji, World War, Number One, United States, Cold War, Far East, Socialist Party New!
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