Showing posts with label customs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label customs. Show all posts

Friday, April 28, 2017

Germany - Culture Smart! Essential Guide to customs and Culture

Germany - Culture Smart! Essential Guide to Customs and Culture
By Barry Tomalin
Pages 168


This publication includes information about the residences of Germany. It contains wonderful insight on the culture and society of the German people. The book includes common-sense tips and insight on etiquette in Germany. It was easy to read and entertaining for the most part. 

Thursday, May 30, 2013

The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? - Jared Diamond 2012 481 pages

It may be hard to believe, but the modern experts who tell us how to live life, may not be totally correct.
The aborigines from New Guinea let toddlers play with any sharp object they can pick up. They let the little ones play in and near the fire. These are all things that would get you or I hot-lined and possibly jailed. Yet the New Gueineans live lives that are just as satisfying as ours.

In many parts of the third world, children make their own toys. How sad. Our children get the newest and most high-tech we can afford. Yet the children in the third world exercise creativity and resourcefulness that our children do not learn with high-tech toys. Third world children play in groups and build life-long social skills, our children...
Hmmmmmm, wait a minute....