Etiquette Books

Maria O'Shea has written an indispensable book for the visitor to Iran. She manages to combine humor, wit, and ironic distance with the incredible breadth and depth of knowledge about the people and the culture that can only come from living there. Her book will be especially useful to Westerners who have to deal with Iran because she has clearly already done all the homework. She sees the Iranians whole, with all their foibles, but not without affection and an abiding appreciation of a very old culture that is too often misrepresented in the West. It's a good read even if you aren't going there.

This is an excellent introduction to Persian Culture. If you want better, you'll have to spend quite a bit more money. My native Irani friend's native Irani mother said that she was ashamed that a westerner could write so accurately on a subject about which she had forgotten much. She herself ended up reading, enjoying, and praising this book about her own culture. That alone should say it all. While no volume, not even the $3420 Encyclopedia Iranica, could possibly cover everything, O'Shea's book taught me a variety of useful information in an entertaining way, and helped me to understand and appreciate my Irani friends better. This book is best read while interacting frequently with Iranians, otherwise it might not be as enjoyable.

This is a useful and detailed reference.

Most other works on the cultures, culturally-influenced national dress, and customs in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Arabian Peninsula and Gulf region re superficial dreck by comparison.

Hope this helps.

Stephen H. Franke
San Pedro, California
[Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2006-2007,
1990-1991, and 1970-1971]

Very very current and informative for the area. Quite useful for someone that may be spending time there on business. Easy to read and understand.

Cyberflirt has it all--a guide to all the major websites for singles, step-by-step instruction on how to find love on the internet, and answers to every conceivable question about "netiquette." Cyberflirt reveals the nuts and bolts of flirting on the web. Readers of Cyberflirt will be delighted to discover exactly why Susan Rabin is regarded both nationally and internationally as "the world's foremost flirt."

At last we have a first-class guide to finding love in cyberspace. Cyberflirt has it all--a guide to all the major websites for singles, step-by-step instruction on how to find love on the internet, and answers to every conceivable question about "netiquette" and the nuts and bolts of flirting on the web. Readers of Cyberflirt will be delighted to discover exactly why Susan Rabin is regarded both nationally and internationally as "the world's foremost flirt."

By Rich Gosse, Co-founder of AmericanSingles.com, world's largest website for romantic eligibles.

This book is hilarious and so true! I highly recommend it.

You will laugh your whole way through this book, it is hilarious! I absolutely LOVED this book, being engaged 6 months when I read it ... I found everything she said to be so true (yet unexpected before I got engaged). I read the whole book in one night, I couldn't put it down!

This is darling book with a great message for a young child. The little dog learns how to get the sheep to follow his directions by using good manners.

EASY TO READ. ADORABLE ILLUSTRATIONS. ALL AROUND CUTE BOOK FOR ALL KIDS!
MY GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER WHO IS FOUR YEARS OLD LOVED THIS ONE!

I'm a bartender of 15 years ina famous San Francisco bar, if every custumer read this I would be one of the idle rich.

Having experience on BOTH sides of the bar, this book is thee guide on how to properly perform an unusually simple task, ATTEND BAR. This hilarious book is the textbook that was forgotton to be included in the general education classes of common sense. Shows how to make the most of your experience in an establishment that sells alcohol. Making both your life and the bartenders life much easier. This wacky off-the-wall book is loaded with laughs for bar patrons, owners, employees, and also educates comepletely. Because you really would be suprised how many don't really know what they're doing while attending a bar. I wish I could give one to every kid who comes into a bar on their 21st birthday, take that back, I wish I could give this to EVERYONE.

I think it did a great job of explaining India and getting things done in India. Lots of good points, nicely put. It was fun to read. I think it makes any foreigner much more knowledgeable and confident about how to deal with the Indian market and people.

Even though my interest is specifically in doing non-profit work in India, not necessarily business per se, I was still able to benefit a lot from this book.

It is a great introduction to India in general for Americans like me, helpfully summarizing elements of the country's history, politics, and law that one needs to know to operate there, and most helpfully helping you recognize potential difficulties you and your Indian co-workers will face in communicating with one another, and how to overcome them.

I will for sure require my India team members to read this book!

Doing Business with Kuwait is almost an encyclopedia about Kuwait. I wonder if Mr. Kennedy has missed anything about Kuwait. It is a remarkable work as the book talks about the history, politics, economy, and society of Kuwait. It also provides detailed information about religion, weather, demography, and many more topics.

The book contains magnificent data represented in many charts. In addition, the "Visitor Tips" sections are most useful and helpful for foreign visitors to Kuwait, whether the purpose of the visit is business, leisure, or work.

Therefore, if that part of the world, particularly Kuwait, is of an interest to you, this book is of a great great value.

Doing Business with Kuwait is a wide-ranging comprehensive look at how businesspersons from the West and East need to modifify their approach to business in order to be successful in the Kuwaiti environment. A brief skim through this book shows that business rules and practices in Kuwait are in fact very different than they are in the USA and the rest of the world. Indeed, as a successful businessperson operating in Kuwait, I can agree wholeheartedly with the general thrust of Mr Kennedy's book, which accords with my own business experience in Kuwait. I only wish that I had it to hand when I was starting business in Kuwait myself several years ago. Doing Business with Kuwait is logically divided into seven neat sections. These cover the country, the economy, business laws, taxation, finance&industry,the market place, and behavioural aspects. Whether it is background infomation on country, a detailed look at rules and regulations, or tips and hints on how to be successful in the Kuwait market place, it is all to be found in Doing Business with Kuwait. The book puts into words things about Kuwait that I had learned intuitively over the years. One of the striking things about Doing Business with Kuwait is how its wealth of information is presented. The individual chapters are written in a simple flowing style that is a joy to read and in which the exposition opens out gradully and very understandably. But best of all, the text is intrespersed here and there with boxes cintaining advice on how to do certain things and warnings of potential pitfalls. A really great way to present the essentials. In conclusion, I can only heartily recopmmend Doing Business with Kuwait to anyone, whether an executive of an international corporation or a small time entrepreneur like myself, cosidering taking a chance in the Kuwaiti market which, belive me, is not for the faint-hearted. I only hope that this book will be recognised for what it is, the bible on doing business in Kuwait.

Easy entertaining is charming, nostalgic and very romantic. The recipes are easy and the author adds little anecdotes and historical touches to make any work involved seem like fun.

This book is so easy to read since the author's writing style flows like she is a friend chatting next to you about suggestions for your upcoming party.

It is well indexed so one can quickly go right to an area of interest to get great ideas. Edith Gilbert's recommendations are easy to implement and make even those of us who are not particularly domestic look like seasoned entertainers.

This is a very helpful tool for anyone wanting to enhance their communication skills.

At last, a quick reference guide to writing real letters for real life exists! Whether you're expressing personal sentiments or composing personal business correspondence, Casey Fitts Hawley offers tools for effective communication. For the unskilled or time challenged writer, endless hours of researching rules of etiquette, thumbing through the thesaurus, and dictionary dependence vanish with the use of this cleverly condensed "one stop letter shopping" guide. Consider adapting information and ideas presented in this book for real conversations in real life for positive results. Deliver your personal statement with the style and panache suggested in Effective Letters for Every Occasion for an effortless yet lasting expression.