Japan-An A-Z Guide is your updated guide to living, working and traveling in Japan-or doing business with the Japanese. With over 70 alphabetical listings, the book will guide you through all aspects of Japanese life-from catching bullet trains and office etiquette to eating sushi and karaoke singing Written by one-time Australian Executive Woman of the Year, the book draws on examples from the author's own experience-and is a practical and personal approach. It is an easy to read essential guide to dealing successfully with the Japanese in business, day to day living and play. Although first...

'Hope as My Compass' is a best-selling memoir set in Canada and Australia...a stranger than fiction, true life story nominated for the National Biography Prize. On the cover, Bryce Courtenay says: 'story of hope and perseverance-when's the movie?' Starting life in an orphanage in Calgary, Catherine DeVrye was adopted by loving parents. When she was twenty-one, they both died of cancer, within a year of each other. An only child, Catherine packed her bags for a 3-month working holiday in Australia, arriving jobless and near penniless... This led to a life-long journey to find her place in the...

'Information in this book can lead you on the road to success.' So commented the late Sir Edmund Hillary, first man to conquer Everest: This book is for you if: -You want to reach your personal summit of success; however you define it in your own heart -You sometimes make mountains out of molehills -You want better balance between your professional and personal life -You need a boost of common sense, perspective and inspiration in times of change Catherine DeVrye has written another best-seller that offers encouragement to everyone in the workplace today. The easy to read format contains...