Greece - Culture Smart!: the essential guide to customs & culture [Paperback]

Constantine Buhayer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 5, 2006 | Series: Culture Smart!

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

Editorial Reviews

Review

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, Easy Jet Magazine - ...offer glimpses into the psyche of a faraway world, New York Times.

About the Author

CONSTANTINE BUHAYER is a London Greek who supervises for the International Liaison and Communication MA program at the University of Westminster, London, and lectures on bilingual translation. He is also a country analyst on Greece and Cyprus for Jane’ s Sentinel, has reported on Greece and Europe for the BBC, and in 2004 contributed to the coverage of the Athens Olympics for the New York Times. Since 2001 he has been a regular Associate Producer on CBS news’s 60 Minutes. He is currently writing a book on the history and impact of the Greeks in Britain.

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Kuperard; Reprinted edition edition (September 5, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1857333691
• ISBN-13: 978-1857333695
• Product Dimensions: 4.4 x 0.4 x 6.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #607,764 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #88 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Reference > Etiquette > General

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3 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars s'ok, September 22, 2007

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This review is from: Greece - Culture Smart!: the essential guide to customs & culture (Paperback)

I was hoping for something a litte more in-depth and detailed, but over-all this was a good intro book.