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|  | | Amazing Arizona - Fascinating Facts, Legends & Tall Tales!
Arizona was the last of the territories of the American Southwest to become a state because of its unique geography and its many Indian tribes who resisted the invasion of European-Americans. This is a fascinating look at who made it happen...and how, beginning with fur trappers and "Mountain Men."
div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt">span style="font-size: larger">span style="color: black">Arizona is unique among American states in its geography, geology, the diversity of its climate, its indigenous animal and plant life, and in the history of its first inhabitants—communities of Indians whose ancestors arrived on the scene more than 20,000 years ago./span>/b>/span>/div>
div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt">span style="font-size: larger">span style="color: black"> AMAZ | |  | | America's Famous Hopi Indians - Their Spiritual Way of Life & Phrophecies
A provocative look at the traditional beliefs, customs, spirit and incredible prophecies of the Hopi people.
span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt">The oral history of the Hopi people tell them that they were the first human beings to inhabit the North and South American continents and that they arrived on large rafts, island-hopping across the Pacific Ocean…not by the land bridge that once connected Alaska and Siberia!o:p>/o:p>/span>
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This book identifies and describes the traditional and modern-day [read Western-like] elements that make up the Chinese way of doing business...which varies greatly in the different regions and which are very much like separate countries.
span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt">China has emerged on the world scene as a major economic and political force that appears destined to surpass the United States—a portent of the future that goes well beyond anything the U.S. has faced before. /span>
div style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in -8pt 0pt 0in">span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt">The business practices of today’s China are a mixture of traditional values and customs combined with Western concepts and practices that, despite bumps in the highway, are propelling the countr | |  | | Exotic Japan! - The Sensual & Visual Pleasures
This book identifies and describes the sensual and visual pleasures that make Japan such a seductive place for both residents and visitors, from its incredible collection of entertainment districts to the indescribable beauty of its coastlines and offshore islands.
span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size: 14pt">Journalist-author Boyé Lafayette De Mente delves into his 60 years of experience of living in, working in, traveling in and writing 30-plus pioneer books on the Japanese way in all areas of life to present a smorgasbord of the many things that make Japan one of the most unusual, attractive and seductive countries in the world—with invaluable insights into how to enjoy the sensual and visual feast!/span>
div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size: 14pt">Chapte | |  | | Japan - A New Way of Getting the Most Out of a Japan Experience!
How to experience the real Japan instead of the travelogue Japan, by preparing your attitude and expectations and getting off of the beaten track.
span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt">Most people who visit Japan as tourists are kept on a pre-set course that takes them to and by a variety of attractions, limiting their experiences to a small sampling of the diversity and richness that make up the essence of life in Japan./span>
span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt"> The depth and breadth of the whole Japan exper-ience is, in fact, incredible and cannot be packaged into several days or even several weeks./span>
div style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt">span style= | |  | | Japan: Understanding & Dealing with the New Japanese Way of Doing Business
A detailed description of the new hybrid - mixed Japanese-Western - way of doing business, how to cope with it efficiently, and what the Japanese are doing that is new and important.
Japan's economic invasion of the world slowed to a slow crawl in the late 1980s and early 1990s because the real estate and financial industries copied the American practices that crashed the U.S. economy. And then came China, overtaking the Japanese in 2010 to become the world's second largest economy.
This double-whammy resulted in the Japanese coming up with a new hybrid form of management in an effort to remain a world-class economic power. This book identifies and explains the new Japanese way of doing business...which has some lessons for the U.S. and other counries in bo | |  | | Once a Fool - From Japan to Alaska by Amphibious Jeep
This is the personal account of journalist-author Boye Lafayette De Mente who joined Australian Ben Carlin on a 4-month crossing of the North Pacific and Bering Sea in a converted amphibious jeep called Half-Safe!
span style="font-size: medium">In the spring of 1957 Tokyo-based American journalist Boyé Lafayette De Mente joined Australian adventurer Ben Carlin on an amphibious jeep called “HALF-SAFE” (named after a deodorant slogan “Don’t Be Half-Safe!”) on a journey from Japan to Alaska via the North Pacific, the Bering Sea and Shelikof Strait—an incredible adventure that made the i>Guinness Book of World Records. /i>/span>
div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">span style="font-size: medium">De Mente was working for i>The Japan Times /i>when Ca | |  | | Speak Japanese Today! - A Little Language Goes a Long Way!
A home-course for anyone who wants or needs to communicate in Japanese without extensive study and practice... All you have to do is read the English language phonetics of the Japanese words and sentences in the book and the sounds come out in Japanese. Examples: How are you? Ikaga desu ka? [Ee-kah-gah dess kah?] I'm fine/well. Ganki dess [Gane-kee dess.]
This self-help language book is based on the use of English phonetics to make it possible for you to communicate instantly in perfectly understandable Japanese. It is designed for business people, travelers, students, martial arts fans, manga fans, and any one interested in Japan for any reason. It includes vocabulary and sentences for airline pilots, Immigration officials, bus drivers, tour guides, doctors, bartenders, home-stay host families, students, shopping, dining out, etc./b> | |  | | The Mexican Mind - Understanding & Appreciating Mexican Culture
Definitive explanations of key "cultural code words" in Mexican-Spanish that reveal the heart and soul of Mexicans.
span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 16pt">Author Says Americans Ignorant /span>span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 16pt">of Mexico's Cultural Heritage/span>
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div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 14pt">W/span>span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 14pt">hen Americans think of great cultural achievements they generally think of Europe; when they think of the exotic and perhaps the erotic they think of the Orient—missing the fact that Mexico | |  | | Why Oriental Girls Attract Western Men! - The Erotic Side of the Orient!
An insider's account of why Western men find the girls of China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines so sensually and sexually appealing. One reason: In Asia sex has never been a sin!
span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size: 14pt">The exotic side of the Orient has always fascinated both Western men and women who were fortunate enough to visit there. But it has been the /span>i>span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size: 15pt">erotic/span>/i>span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; font-size: 14pt"> side of Oriental life that has resulted in large numbers of Western men, beginning with Marco Polo, spending years or the rest of their lives in the Far East./span>
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