Myths and related stories describe essential human experience which, requiring use of the imagination, reconcile and give voice to fantasy and reality. Speaking through images which embrace the paradox of possible and impossible, the likely and the desired, they stimulate our personal expressive abilities in a way quite distinct from the absorption of prescribed images which television and radio present. This book is concerned with rekindling that creative power of the human imagination which in the West has atrophied through neglect. It is concerned with increasing an understanding of the...

Nancy King and Ken Huff bring to life the joys and challenges of hosting an exchange student. Host Family Survival Kit provides an overview of hosting, beginning with the role of the exchange student in the home. The authors include a discussion of the skills needed for host parenting and an expanded examination of intercultural relations. The book also focuses on the stages of the hosting experience: Arrival, Settling In, Deepening the Relationship, Culture Shock, Culture Learning, Predeparture and Readjustment. The authors discuss what to expect when welcoming an exchange student into your...