The rewards you can reap from exploring this amazing planet are incalculable. Every year, more and more of us are discovering the joy, the excitement, the sheer sense of adventure in roaming the world. But travelling, particularly to the more remote and volatile corners of the globe, can be a dangerous business. If you don't prepare properly - by looking for potential hazards and learning how best to deal with them - you may wish you'd never started out. Written by international security expert Lloyd Figgins, using his experience of over 80 countries, The Travel Survival Guide is a unique new travel guide and essential reading for anyone planning an overseas trip, whether on business, as a tourist or gap-year traveller. If you want no-nonsense, easy-to-follow, practical advice on how to recognise the warning signs, how to prevent problems and cope with emergencies (should they occur), this is the book for you.
This updated edition of the best-selling travel guide to China is your ticket to the trip of a lifetime. Compact, affordable, reliable, a delight to read—these qualities are what has made China Survival Guide so popular with first-time and seasoned China travelers. This third edition has a brand new section on train travel, plus updates and fresh recommendations. Includes practical strategies for lodging, walking, haggling, medical and bathroom emergencies, etiquette, crowds, and learning the twin arts of patience and persistence.
Bronze Award Winner in International Business/Globalization-Axiom Business Book Awards 2021 "This is the Indiana Jones of international business." - Csaba Toth An unvarnished, story-driven, practical guide to working across cultures. The book features real stories of companies going global and highlights the realities of doing business overseas in a post-globalization world. Each story gives fascinating insights and lessons into the cultural realities and unexpected surprises of modern globalization. The Accidental Business Nomad is for anyone working in a more global environment and who is looking to gain critical insights and communications skills needed for a shrinking world. As Managing Director of TSL Marketing's Leadership Nomad group, Kyle Hegarty has deciphered the culture code of doing business in Asia and the fastest growing markets. Hegarty reports on his triumphs and failures, including tales where unexpected lessons abound. The result is a no-holds-barred, gritty, and unvarnished guide to doing business across cultures. Readers will learn: Why up to 70 percent of international ventures fail due to cultural issues, and how to avoid becoming a casualty How to navigate the invisible language of cultural misunderstandings Cross-cultural communications skills everyone in business needs to know The art and science of personality profiling and quick short-cuts to understanding people What outsourced call centers can teach us about the future of global communication How to find inspiration and innovation in the most unlikely of places
The definitive reference for travel medicine, updated for 2020 "A beloved travel must-have for the intrepid wanderer." -Publishers Weekly "A truly excellent and comprehensive resource." -Journal of Hospital Infection The CDC Yellow Book offers everything travelers and healthcare providers need to know for safe and healthy travel abroad. This 2020 edition includes: � Country-specific risk guidelines for yellow fever and malaria, including expert recommendations and 26 detailed, country-level maps � Detailed maps showing distribution of travel-related illnesses, including dengue, Japanese encephalitis, meningococcal meningitis, and schistosomiasis � Guidelines for self-treating common travel conditions, including altitude illness, jet lag, motion sickness, and travelers' diarrhea � Expert guidance on food and drink precautions to avoid illness, plus water-disinfection techniques for travel to remote destinations � Specialized guidelines for non-leisure travelers, study abroad, work-related travel, and travel to mass gatherings � Advice on medical tourism, complementary and integrative health approaches, and counterfeit drugs � Updated guidance for pre-travel consultations � Advice for obtaining healthcare abroad, including guidance on different types of travel insurance � Health insights around 15 popular tourist destinations and itineraries � Recommendations for traveling with infants and children � Advising travelers with specific needs, including those with chronic medical conditions or weakened immune systems, health care workers, humanitarian aid workers, long-term travelers and expatriates, and last-minute travelers � Considerations for newly arrived adoptees, immigrants, and refugees Long the most trusted book of its kind, the CDC Yellow Book is an essential resource in an ever-changing field -- and an ever-changing world.
If it's Tuesday, it must be Boston. If it's Thursday, it must be L.A. And if your life ever looks like this, then you understand how hard it is to get your work done while on-the-road, and also be in-touch with your family. While there are heaps of handy books and magazines which will help you tweak your Smartphone and speed up your laptop, this book offers a wider view; how to use tools, software, and services to streamline your life. This book is for the U.S. passport carrying mobile professional who travels often, telecommutes, or works from a virtual office and is seeking ways to become more productive and less stressed while working remotely. The real goal? To free you up -- so that you can spend more time doing the things you love with the people you love the most. (And make more money along the way.) visit www.roadwarriorguide.com
Lisa Smith was a bright, young lawyer at a prestigious firm in NYC in the early nineties when alcoholism started to take over her life. What was once a way of escaping her insecurity and negativity became a means of coping with the anxiety and stress of an impossible workload. Girl Walks Out of a Bar is Smith's darkly comic and wrenchingly honest story of her formative years, the decade of alcohol and drug abuse, divorce, and her road to recovery. Smith describes how her spiraling circumstances conspired with her predisposition to depression and self-medication, nurturing an environment ripe for addiction to flourish. Girl Walks Out of a Bar is a candid portrait of alcoholism through the lens of gritty New York realism. Beneath the façade of success lies the reality of addiction.
Marcey Rader, Lifestyle Designer and The Savve Traveler for Extended Stay America Hotels(r), uses her ten plus years of corporate business travel experience, her diverse background in wellness, operations management, corporate training and productivity with the intention to empower Road Warriors everywhere! She knows firsthand that business travel isn't part of your job. It's a lifestyle . You don't have to sacrifice your health and productivity on the road. "It's the most comprehensive and practical book on productivity that I have seen in the 37 years I have been in the productivity and organizing industry." Barbara Hemphill, Founder, Productive Environment Institute and Author, Less Clutter More Life "This book is fun, dynamic, high-octane goodness that no on-the-go badass can do without!" Eyenie Schultz, The Technicolor Priestess and SoulStyle Alchemist "After having finished the book several days ago, I got the best night's sleep I've had in ages. I wish I had read Marcey's words 300,000 air miles ago! " Brad Messner, Eternal Road Warrior and Founder, Travel Development Group This book is jam-packed with health and productivity hacks for hotel, air, auto and home! The easy-to-read format guides you through apps and programs designed specifically to streamline your life, and behavioral changes to help you eat for energy, find movement opportunities, and sleep like a champ. You'll develop productivity habits to control your inbox, master your calendar, and complete your tasks to Work Well and Play More ! BONUS! Buyers get special access to hidden online chapters with all links, references, resources, and discounts cited in the book. You don't have to spend your weekends catching up, only to hop on the travel treadmill Monday morning. You'll be educated, empowered and even entertained. With these tactics, you'll feel better and find more time to play or make more money ... your choice. "Whether its nutrition, exercise or productivity, Marcey shows how business travel isn't just part of your job, it's a lifestyle that can be mastered." Stan Phelps, Author of Purple Goldfish, Green Goldfish, and Golden Goldfish and Founder, 9 INCH Marketing "I love the reminder to "surround yourself with people you can learn from that are better than you at whatever aspect of your life you are trying to improve. Life's too short to sit around on the bench. Trust me...You'll want Marcey on your 'A-team'!" Diana M. Needham, Needham Business Consulting "This is the most comprehensive, yet practical book I have ever read on staying healthy, vital and primed for success while on the road with just the right touch of theory to application." -Gregory Florez, Author, and CEO, V2Performance If you are a business traveler, road warrior or mobile professional who doesn't want to sacrifice your health to climb the ladder of success, this book is for YOU!"
Arriving in India is a culture shock. It's chaotic and intense. The India Survival Guide organises the chaos for you, allowing you to confidently and safely travel in India. Conquer any fear or nerves you may have by being prepared. This succinct and easy-to-read guide will help you master India in just 1 hour. Get ready to experience incredible India now!This quick-start safety guide teaches: before you travel essentials, arriving and getting to your hotel safely, street smart safety for men and women, how to avoid scams, sickness, getting ripped off, and dealing with pollution, how to bargain for the best price, what to do when sick, plus more.
