Lithuania - Culture Smart!: a quick guide to customs & etiquette [Paperback]

Lara Belonogoff (Author)

Book Description

Series: Culture Smart! | Publication Date: October 23, 2007

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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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

LARA BELONOGOFF is an American travel writer and journalist who has lived and worked in Lithuania for a number of years. She has a B.A. Hons in English Literature from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MFA in Creative Writing from New School University, New York. Lara has worked in Central and Eastern Europe as an editor and writer for the authoritative In Your Pocket city guide series and in the USA. She currently lives in San Francisco and is the supervisor of the copywriting department for Gilbert Guide and unofficially works as a promoter for Lithuanian tourism.

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Kuperard (October 23, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1857333500
• ISBN-13: 978-1857333503
• Product Dimensions: 4.4 x 0.5 x 6.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,148,268 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #20 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Anthropology > General
  • #22 in Books > Travel > Europe > Lithuania

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cute and insightful!, November 10, 2007

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Celeste (Knoxville, TN United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Lithuania - Culture Smart!: a quick guide to customs & etiquette (Paperback)

For a little book, this gem is full of interesting information and neat little facts. It is a quick read but very worthwhile. Would recommend it for anyone wishing to travel to Lithuania or anyone with Lithuanian ancestory wanting to learn about their history.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Superficial Template, January 21, 2010

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Traveler "Stosh" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Lithuania - Culture Smart!: a quick guide to customs & etiquette (Paperback)

Very superficial, lot of the verbiage is akin to the your newspaper horoscope it could apply to anything. Errors about food and culture abound. This is a series of canned programs. I bought it for a friend to answer some questions, and I hoped would be interested enough to visit Lithuania. I not giving it to him as it is worthless.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars arrogant and patronizing, June 23, 2009

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This review is from: Lithuania - Culture Smart!: a quick guide to customs & etiquette (Paperback)

The author's arrogant and conceited attitude is difficult to stomach. This reads like a teenager's book report on two semesters spent in Lithuania.