Ruth Paget
Ruth Paget lived and worked in Paris, France for seven years and lived in Japan as a high school exchange student. In 1979, she traveled to the People's Republic of China and later worked on the first Super Bowl broadcast in China. She is bilingual in English and French, speaks Spanish, and reads several other European languages.
She is currently learning German in Germany as she travels throughout the country.
In addition to her studies at the University of Chicago in Far Eastern Languages and Civilizations, she has studied French literature for children and francophone children's culture at Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin. She learned to speak Spanish as a librarian in California and holds an MLIS in library and information science from San Jose State University.
She is the author of five books including Eating Soup with Chopsticks: Sweet Sixteen in Japan and China Hand:From the Great Wall to Olive Ball and Beyond.
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She is currently learning German in Germany as she travels throughout the country.
In addition to her studies at the University of Chicago in Far Eastern Languages and Civilizations, she has studied French literature for children and francophone children's culture at Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin. She learned to speak Spanish as a librarian in California and holds an MLIS in library and information science from San Jose State University.
She is the author of five books including Eating Soup with Chopsticks: Sweet Sixteen in Japan and China Hand:From the Great Wall to Olive Ball and Beyond.
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The Danube's Source in GermanyThe Danube River has its source in the Black Forest in Germany. The little town where the source appears offers Austrian flair to a visit to Germany.
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Review of the Empty Mirror by J. Sydney JonesMurder reflects the socieity and era in which it occurs. Like a piece of music, a painting, or a sculpture, murder allows us to see how people of another time behaved when someonone's life ended at the hands of another.
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Metz, France: Pioneer of Urban Ecology and Gastronomic StrongholdWater, parks, and canals rule the urban ecology of Metz, France, where the theory of urban ecology was first pioneered.
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Ulm, Germany: Birthplace of Albert EinsteinUlm, Germany especially its cathedral reveal many devastating stories about German and Jewish soldiers who had to serve in the army of the Third Reich.
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Illegal Library Book SalesAuthors who sell books at library author talks routinely fail to collect and report sales tax. It is also illegal to conduct business on government buildings which includes libraries.
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The Lady and the Unicorn TapestriesThe Lady and the Unicorn Tapestries in the Cluny Museum in Paris have been a mystery for years. This article contains a possible interpretation of these six tapestries.
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Marrying France - #143 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #143 deals with a farewell visit to the museum dedicated to Pascal at the Abbaye de Port-Royal-des-Champs. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #142 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #142 deals with visits to the Normandy Beaches, Arromanches, and Mont Saint Michel. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #141 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #141 deals with a visit to Bayeux, Normandy. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #140 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #140 deals with a day of tourism in Brussels, Belgium. Ruth Paget traveled extensively in Europe during the seven years that she lived in France.
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Marrying France - #139 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #139 deals with a trip to Brouges, Belgium. Ruth Paget traveled extensively during the seven years that she lived in France.
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Marrying France - #138 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #138 deals with French cuisine and a visit to the resort town of Les Sables d'Olonne. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #137 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #137 deals with outings in the French Limousin to St. Leonard de Noblat and St. Junien. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #136 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #36 deals with a visit to the French ghost town of Oradour-sur-Glane and Limoges in the French Limousing. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in Paris for seven years.
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Marrying France - #135 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #135 deals with a visit to the Louvre's Islamic art collection and a visit to the Limousin province. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #134 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #134 deals with a visit to the chic Bagatelle Gardens, Empress Josephine's Malmaison Chateau, and Versailles. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #133 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #133 deals with fancy food in Paris. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #132 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #132 deals with a walking tour of the 3,000 year old town of Metz and its gastronomy. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #131 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #131 deals with a visit to the medieval town of Gorze and gastronomy in Lorraine. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #130 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #130 deals with a visit to Metz and the cuisine of the Lorraine. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #129 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #129 deals with visits to the chateaus at Langeais and Villandry in the Loire Valley and Compiegne. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #128 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #128 deals with visits to Antwerp, Belgium and Eurodisney. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #127 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #127 deals with a visit to Orleans and Thanksgiving in Brussels. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #126 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #126 deals with a visit to the Blois Chateau. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #125 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in ParisBlog #125 deals with a visit to Knossos and the archaeological museum at Heraklion and to Chania on the island of Crete. Ruth Paget traveled extensively in Europe during the seven years that she lived in France.
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Marrying France - #124 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #124 deals with outings to Rethymo, Agios Nikolaeus, and the Lasthiti Plateau on the island of Crete in Greece. Ruth Paget traveled extensively in Europe during the seven years that she lived in France.
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Marrying France - #123 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #123 deals with outings to the French Basque country and a trip to Athens, Greece. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #122 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #122 deals with a gastronomic walking tour of Bayonne, France. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #121 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #121 deals with a trip to Pamplona, Spain and a walking tour of Bayonne, France. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #120 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #120 deals with visits to Bayonne, France and San Sebastian, Spain. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #119 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #119 deals with trips to Nantes and Bayonne, Biarritz, and Saint Jean de Luz in the French Basque country. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #118 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #118 deals with a visit to the Cistercian Abbey de Chaalis and the history of the Carmelite Order. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #117 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #117 deals with trips to Vezalay and Dijon in Burgundy. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #116 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #116 deals with visits to Rheims and Angers. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #115 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #115 deals with a visit to the incomparable chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in for seven years.
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Marrying France - #114 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #114 deals with angst in Paris. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #113 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #113 deals with a trip to Honfleur in Normandy and an outing to the Orangerie Museum to see the Monet's Water Lilies. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #112 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #112 deals with the second half ofa visit to the chateau at Chantilly and a trip to Trouville in Normandy. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #111 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #111 deals with several art mysteries and a visit to the chateau at Chantilly. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #110 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #110 deals with a trip to Saumur and possible meanings of the labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #109 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #109 deals with trips to visit the chateau at Azay-le-Rideau. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #108 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #108 deals with a walking tour around Poitiers. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #107 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #107 deals with a trip to Poitiers. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #106 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #106 deals with a visit to the dog cemetary in Asnieres outside Paris and doubts about France's moral authority and ethics. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #105 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #105 deals with Deauville and a meal at the famous Bar du Soleil. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #104 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #104 deals with Merovingian art at the Abbey of Jouarre and an outing to Deauville. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #103 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #103 deals with the Merovingian art at the Abbey of Jouarre. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #102 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #102 deals with the iconography of the four beasts in artwork at the Abbey of Jouarre. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #101 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #101 deals with British house parties and a visit to France's Abbey of Jouarre. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #100 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #100 deals with paintins in the Wallace Collection and a day with an English family making a trifle. Ruth Paget traveled extensively in Europe during the seven years that she lived in France.
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Marrying France - #99 of 143 Blogs Abour Working and Living in FranceBlog #99 deals with English cuisine and a visit to London's Wallace Collection. Ruth Paget traveled extensively in Europe during the seven years that she lived in France.
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Marrying France - #98 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #98 deals with a visit to London's Victoria and Albert Museum and a discourse on Essex Man. Ruth Paget traveled extensively in Europe during the seven years that she worked and lived in France.
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Marrying France - #97 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #97 deals with touring Cambridge and a visit to London's Tate Gallery. Ruth Paget traveled extensively in Europe during the seven years that she lived in France.
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Marrying France - #96 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #96 deals with touring the towns of Epping, located in Essex, England and Cambridge. Ruth Paget traveled extensively in Europe during the seven years that she lived in France.
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Marrying France - #95 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #95 deals with touring around London. Ruth Paget traveled extensively around Europe during the seven years that she lived in France.
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Marrying France - #94 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #94 deals with a trip to London and walking tours around the city. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #93 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #93 deals with the dessert course and finale to a French dinner party. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #92 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #92 deals with the main course and conversation topics of a French dinner party. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #91 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #91 deals with the first courses of a French dinner party. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #90 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #90 deals with the afternoon preparations for a French dinner party. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #89 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #89 deals with preparing the tableware and dessert for a French dinner party. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #88 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #88 deals with going to a French market to prepare for a French dinner party. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #87 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #87 deals with the morning preparations for inviting French guest over for dinner. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #86 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #86 deals with the history of the French Vendee region. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #85 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #85 deals with the French genius for crepes. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #84 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #84 deals with a trip to the resort town of the Sables d'Olonne. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #83 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #83 deals with touring Brussels and a trip to Ghent. Ruth Paget traveled extensively in Europe during the seven years that she lived in France.
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Marrying France - #82 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #82 deals with visits to art museums and the royal palace in Brussels and a trip to Brouges. Ruth Paget traveled extensively in Europe when she lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #81 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #81 deals with visits to Antwerp, Belgium and the Victor Horta Museum in Brussels. Ruth Paget traveled extensively in Europe during the seven years that she lived in Europe.
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Marrying France - #80 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #89 deals with the Brussels market and dancing to Rai music. Ruth Paget traveled extensivelly in Europe during the seven years that she lived in France.
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Marrying France - #79 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #79 deals with daily life in Brussels, Belgium. Ruth Paget traveled extensively in Europe during the seven years that she lived in France.
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Marrying France - #78 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #78 deals with the Marmottan Museum's Monet collection and the Guimet Museums' collection of Khmer art. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #77 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #77 deals with an intriguing guided tour of the Louvre. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #76 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #76 deals with a trip to Nantes. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #75 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #75 deals with trips to Guerande and the beach at La Baule. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #74 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #74 deals with a trip to Guerande in Brittany. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #73 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #73 deals with outings to London's National Gallery and British Museum and touring in Hampstead Heath. Ruth Paget traveled extensively in Europe during the seven years that she lived in France.
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Marrying France - #72 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #72 deals with a trip to London, England and British cuisine. Ruth Paget traveled extensivelly in Europe during the seven years that she lived in France.
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Marrying France - #71 Of143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #71 deals with a trip to London and a stay in Hampstead Heath. Ruth Paget traveled extensively throughout Europe during the seven years that she lived in France.
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Marrying France - #70 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #70 deals with Toulouse-Lautrec's home in Arcachon and a tour around Bordeaux's Gironde estuary. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #69 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #69 deals with a vacation to the resort town of Arcachon in the Bordeaux region and the cuisine of Bordeaux. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #68 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #68 deals with a trip to Bordeaux and the resort town of Arcachon and the cuisine of Bordeaux. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #67 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #67 deals with bourgeois life in Metz, France. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #60 of 143 Blogs About Working and Living in FranceBlog #60 deals with outings to the Musee d'Orsay and Metz in eastern France. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #65 of 143 Blogs About FranceBlog #65 deals with outings to Chambord, Versailles, and the Place des Vosges. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #64 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #64 deals with more outings to the National Porcelain Factory in Sevres, Giverny, and the Passy Cemetary in Paris. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #63 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #63 deals with outings to the chateau at Saint Germain-en-Laye and the Abbaye de Royaumont. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #62 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #62 deals with outings to Barcelona's Parc Guell, Catalan cuisine, and the Poble d'Espanya on Montjuic. Ruth Paget traveled extensively in Europe when she lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #61 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #61 deals with Catalan cuisine in Barcelona and a visit to the Miro Foundation. Ruth Paget traveled extensively in Europe during the seven years that she lived in France.
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Marrying France - #60 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #60 deals with the second part of a walking tour of Barcelona's Ramblas. Ruth Paget traveled extensively in Europe during the seven years that she lived in France.
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Marrying France - #59 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #59 deals with a walking tour of Barcelona's Ramblas. Ruth Paget traveled extensively in Europe during her seven year residency in France.
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Marrying France - #58 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FlorenceBlog #58 deals with the first day of a trip to Barcelona, Spain during Ruth Paget's maternity leave while living in France.
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Marrying France - #57 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #57 deals with outings to the Bois de Boulogne, the Bagatelle Gardens, and the Ile-aux-Moines island in Brittany. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #56 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #56 deals with a visit to Empress Josephine's chateau at Rueil-Malmaison and Auvers-sur-Oise, site of Van Gogh's grave. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #55 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #55 deals with giving birth in France. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #53 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #54 deals with trips to Senlis and Chartres and catering a baptism party at a chateau. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #53 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #53 deals with pregancy in France and an outing to a Seurat exhibition. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #52 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #52 deals with a trip to Tours and bomb threats at work in Paris. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #51 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #51 deals with a trip to Miami, Florida while on vacation from work in Paris. The trip included visits to Little Havana, Vizcaya, the Miami Seaquarium, and the Miami Science Museum. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #50 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #50 deals with a trip to Florida on a vacation from work in Paris. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #49 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #49 deals with Thanksgiving in Paris and winning a trip to Florida. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #48 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #48 deals with volunteer work for the American Chamber of Commerce and immigration issues in France. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #47 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #47 deals with a trip to Lyons to improve cocktail networking skills. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #46 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #46 deals with a visit to Abbaye Port Royal des Champs outside Paris. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #45 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #45 deals with a trips to Wisconsin and Detroit during a vacation from work in Paris. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #44 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #44 deals with trips to San Francisco and Napa Valley and Chicago during vacation from work in Paris.. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #43 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #43 deals with Alsatian food and picnics in the Yvelines. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #42 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #42 deals with a trip to Brussels, Belgium and celebrating the French Bicentennial in Paris. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #41 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #41 deals with the opening of the American Cultural Center in Paris, a cocktail party at the Hotel de Ville (City Hall) of Paris on the Fourth of July, and a visit to Giverny. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in Paris for seven years.
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Marrying France - #40 in a Series of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #40 deals with the National Ceramics Museum at Sevres and the Park at the park at the Chateau de Saint Cloud. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #39 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #39 deals with the Dapper Museum in Paris and Baroque music in the Marie Antoinette Chapel at Versailles. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - # 38 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #38 deals with a trip to the resort town of Arcachon in the Bordeaux region, Saint Emilion, a French wedding at Val de Grace Church in Paris, Senlis Cathedral, and Compiegne. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #37 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #37 deals with French Easter celebrations, First Communion Celebrations, and a trip to Nantes. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #36 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #36 deals with trips to Saumur, Chantilly, and Chartres Cathedral. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #35 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #35 deals with French King Henri IV, Etruscan and Iranian art at the Louvre, and the Fontanebleau Chateau.
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Marrying France - #34 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #34 deals with the Rodin Museum in Paris and the Chateau of Versailles. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #33 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #33 deals with Christmas in Paris, the Roman baths, and the Cluny Museum devoted to the Middle Ages. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #32 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #32 deals with a trip t o Amsterdam, Netherlands; the Van Gogh Museum; and Indonesian food. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #31 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in ParisBlog #31 deals with a tour of the L'ile Saint Louis in Paris and unpleasant business presentations. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France.
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Marrying France - #30 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #30 deals with Florence, Italy, the Saint Denis Basilica, and a Parisian parking moment.
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Marrying France - #29 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #29 deals with furnishing a Parisian apartment and a trip to Florence, Italy. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #28 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #28 deals with France's national Renaissance museum at Ecouen and the American cemetary at Chateau Thierry.
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Marrying France - #27 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #27 deals with cocktail parties at the Hotel Crillon and the Plaza Atehnee in Paris. Ruth Paget married, worked, and lived in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #26 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #26 deals with cocktail parties at the Ritz Hotel in Paris. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #25 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #25 deals with Lyon, France. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #24 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #24 deals with the Bordeaux region, the resort town of Arcachon, and Poitiers. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #23 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #23 deals with working for a multinational company in Paris. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #22 of 143 Blogs on Living and Working in FranceBog #22 deals with living in a former maid's room in a 19th century apartment building. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #21 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #21 deals with Montmartre, the Latin Quarter, and the Marais areas of Paris. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #20 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #20 deals with Parisian markets, French train conductors, and a trip to Nantes, France. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #19 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #19 deals with the Luxembourg quarter of Paris and a visit to the Pere Lachaise Cemetary. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #18 of 143 Blogs on Living and Working in FranceBlog #18 deals with the Montmartre quarter in Paris. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France.
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Marrying France - #17 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #17 deals with Christmas celebrations in a French family and walks around Paris. Ruth Paget lived and worked in Paris for seven years.
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Marrying France - #16 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #16 deals with the Picasso Museum and the Marais in Paris. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #15 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #15 deals with Paris, Rouen, and Normandy, France. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #14 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #14 deals with life in the Parisian suburb of Choisy-le-Roi, home of Roget de Lisle who wrote the Marseillaise, and with outings to the Menilmontant quarter of Paris and the Latin Quarter.
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Marrying France - #13 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #13 deals with the French Catalan country and Barcelona, Spain. Ruth Paget honeymooned in France and Spain as well as Italy.
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Marrying France - #12 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #12 deals with Salerno, Capri, and Venice Italy. Ruth Paget honeymooned in Italy after her wedding in France.
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Marrying France - #8 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #8 deals with trips to Pisa, Sienna, and Assisi. Ruth Paget honeymooned in Italy.
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Marrying France - #11 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #11 deals with Salerno, Italy and describes a mezzogiorno moment. Ruth Paget honeymooned in Italy.
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Marrying France - #10 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #10 deals with life in Naples, Italy. Ruth Paget honeymooned in Italy.
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Marrying France - #9 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #9 deals with walks around Rome and the Vatican Museums.
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Marrying France - #7 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #7 deals with the Pitti Gallery in Florence, Etruscan and Roman ruins in Fiesole, and Florentine steak with Chianti. Ruth Paget honeymooned in Italy.
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Marrying France - #6 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #6 deals with a honeymoon visit to Florence, Italy with a stay in a hotel in a 700-year-old building where Dante's wife lived. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #5 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #5 deals with a French wedding dinner featuring Chinon and Sauvignon de Touraine wines and specialties of the Tours region. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #4 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #4 deals with a French wedding in Tours, visits to the castles of Amboise and Chenonceaux and the home of Rabelais. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #3 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #3 deals with Tunisian President Ben Ali's visit to France and welcome by the mounted Republican Guard and a visit to Napoleon's tomb. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in France for seven years.
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Marrying France - #2 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceBlog #2 deals with Islamic culture in Paris, fainting on the Metro, and reading Rushdie's Satanic Verses on the Metro while effigies of Rushdie were being burnt at the other end of Paris. Ruth Paget married, lived, and worked in Paris for seven years.
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Marrying France - #1 of 143 Blogs About Living and Working in FranceRuth Paget married, lived, and worked in France while living in Paris for seven years. The first blog in this series shows readers how to get a job in Paris and get an even better one.
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Cross-Cultural Training Using Simulation GamesMulticultural workforces and customers have made cross-cultural training a necessity for all staff levels. Cross-cultural simulation games deliver skills that staff can use in real life situations.
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Cultural Adaptation of WebsitesSpeaking your customer's language in web site design means laying out text and building navigation tools in ways that reflect the culture targeted by the website.
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How to Learn Foreign LanguagesLearning a foreign language can be a pleasurable activity that adds to one's professional credentials.
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Arab-American CultureArab-Americans, like Latinos, come from many "racial, linguistic, religious, and geographical backgrounds" (Marvasti & McKinney, 2004).
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How to Manage Multicultural TeamsUnderstanding how to work with employees from other cultures has become just as important for managers at home as for expatriate managers abroad.
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The History of the Spanish LanguageBusiness people and public servants should all know the history of the Spanish language in order to understand the diverse cultures that make up the designation "Hispanic" or "Latino."
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Interpretation and Foreign Language Narration Tips for Businesses and LibrariesEven when you can fluently speak a foreign language, some occassions require the service of an interpreter. Ambassador Reischauer to Japan, who was fluent in Japanese, always used interpreters when giving formal speeches.
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Ten Translation Tips for Businesses and LibrariesIf you want to sell overseas or market to speakers of languages other than English, you must speak your customer's language. This article explains how to manage translation projects or purchase translation services knowledgeably.
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Manga! Manga!Frederik L. Schodt's Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics helped pave the way for U.S. bookstores to have sprawling manga sections and crowds of teensand adults reading manga from right-to-left.
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How to Learn Any LanguageBarry Farber's fun and conversational book How to Learn Any Language will leave any monolingual speaker feeling left out of the global party.
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Intercultural Communication with an Emphasis on Chinese Speakers of EnglishIntercultural Communication by Ron Scollon and Suzanne Wong Scollon focuses on communication within "cultural groups, our corporate cultures, our professional specialization, orour gender or generation groups." (page xi)
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The Art of WarSun Tzu's Art of War translated by Samuel B. Griffith is as much about statecraft as war. Diplomats as well as businesspeople can learn from the book's lessons on strategy.
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The Food of ChinaAnthropologist E.N. Anderson explains why the Chinese eat what they do in The Food of China, beginning with considerations of the natural environment up to and including a discussion of how the Chinese use food as communication.
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Poems of the Masters: China's Classic Anthology of T'ang and Sung Dynasty VersePoems of the Masters translated by Red Pine (a.k.a. Bill Porter) shares some of China's best language of the heart.
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The Tao Te Ching Still Offers Sage AdviceAnyone with an interest in Chinese culture will encounter Taoism, either as a religion or as a life philosophy.
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Japanese SocietyFor more than thirty years Chie Nakane's book Japanese Society has informed the world about how to conduct interpersonal relationships with the Japanese.
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Recipes for Success: A Guide to Advanced CuisineSnazzy fundraiser dinners, retirement banquets, and elegant large weddings enter the realm of the everyday cook or event planner when readers delve into Recipes for Success by Roland Chaton and Walter Talmage.
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Japanese Cooking: A Simple ArtJapanese Cooking: A Simple Art by Shizuo Tsuji reflects everything associated with Japan: challenge in its recipes, elegant art in its illustrations and photographs, and crisp prose.
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English FoodJane Grigson's English Food may surprise readers with its many meat recipes when one remembers that England is an island nation.
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Mennonite Foods & Folkways from South RussiaMennonite Foods and Folkways from South Russia by Norma Jost Voth should make its readers want to seek out their families' traditional recipes and honor their female ancestors.
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The Food and Cooking of Eastern EuropeReaders almost feel sorry for Lesley Chamberlain whose book The Food and Cooking of Eastern Europe debuted in 1989 with the fall of the Berlin Wall. Chamberlain's recipes capture the enduring cuisines of Eastern Europe.
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Everything Tastes Better OutdoorsClaudia Roden's Everything Tastes Better Outdoors encourages readers to gather their picnic baskets, coolers, and thermoses and fill them up for an outdoor feast. Her recipes represent the best in the world's alfresco dining tradition.
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The Art of the TableSuzanne Von Drachenfels's The Art of the Table: A Complete Guide to Table Setting, Table Manners, and Tableware delights readers with glimpses into the dining practiced by heads of state and contemporary dining customs.
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Writing CookbooksWriting Cookbooks by Judith Comfort is packed with practicall worksheets to organize every aspect of publishing a cookbook - seventeen in all and does a great job on how to organize cookbooks for churches, schools, and other groups.
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The Recipe Writer's HandbookThe Recipe Writer's Handbook by Barbara Gibbs Ostmann and Jane L. Baker is so well researched, documented, and written that you will want to refer to it forever for writing recipes.
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Will Write for FoodDianne Jacob's Will Write for Food: The Complete Guide to Writing Cookbooks, Restaurant Reviews, Articles, Memoir, Fiction, and more delivers all of this to would-be food writers.
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Judgment of Paris: California Vs. FranceMembers of the French wine industry would prefer to forget the May 24, 1976 wine tasting in Paris, which pitted California wines against French ones. The Californian wines won the day and created a powerful American industry.
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The Art of Dramatic WritingIf you have ever wondered why some stories succeed or fail whether in play, movie, short story, or novel form, Lajos Egri's insightful book The Art of Dramatic Writing will provide you with the keys to a story's winner or flop status.
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How to Read a FilmHow to Read a Film by James Monaco merits a purchase if only for the definitions he offers of what distinguishes movies, film, and cinema from one another.
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Understanding MoviesUnderstanding Movies by Louis Giannetti reveals a gem of movie wisdom in every sentence to help film novices approach the movies with new vision.
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A Short Guide to Writing About FilmIf you have ever wanted to write a movie review, a theoretical essay, or a critical essay about film, Timothy Corrigan's A Short Guide to Writing About Film should be on your bookshelf.
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Cahiers Du Cinema, 1950s: Neo-Realism, Hollywood, New WaveIf you have ever mentioned that you like a particular director's film, you have most certainly absorbed some of the ideas set forth in France's Cahiers du Cinema, notably that of the auteur theory.
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A Hundred Years of Japanese Film Provides Insight to Japanese CultureDonald Richie, who has published on Japanese culture for more than fifty years, elucidates those nuances that make a Japanese film unique, in his book A Hundred Years of Japanese film. This book review covers several of those nuances.
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Faith and Form: Selected Calligraphy and Painting from Japanese Religious TraditionsThe online exhibit Faith and Form organized by the Freer and Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian Institution introduces viewers to the beauty of Japanese religious art through explaining iconography and calligraphic styles.
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Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient CambodiaThe National Gallery of Art's online tour of Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia: Millemium of glory shares the history, culture, and religious iconography of the Khmer civilization through text, video and audio files.
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Courtly Art of the Ancient MayaThe National Gallery of Art's online exhibit Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya showcases new discoveries about Mayan writing and warfare as well as introducing viewers to the art, history, and mythology of the Maya.
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East of Eden: Gardens in Asian ArtEast of Eden: Gardens in Asian art, an online exhibit organized by the Freer and Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian Institution introduces viewers to the differing and similar conceptions of the garden in East Asia vs. South and West Asia.
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Wrapped in Pride: Ghanian Kente and African American IdentityWrapped in Pride: Ghanian Kente and African American Identity, an online exhibit organized by the National Museum of African Art and Museum and Center for African American History and Culture explores the best know African textile.
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Ethiopian Icons: Faith and ScienceEthiopian Icons: Faith and Science, an online exhibit organized by the National Museum of African Art of the Smithsonian Institution, uses six icons to explore issues of faith carried out by a curator as opposed to the curator's science.
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The Language of Native American BasketsThe Language of Native American Baskets-from the Weaver's View, an online exhibit organized by the National Museum of the American Indian, invites viewers to learn about this art form, largely practiced by women.
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Caliphs and Kings: Art and the Influence of Islamic SpainCaliphs and Kings: Art and Influece of Islamic Spain, an online exhibit organized by the Freer and Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian Institution, uses artwork to trace the enduring influence of Islamic art on the art of Spain.
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Encompassing the Globe: Portugal and the World in the 16th and 17th CenturiesEncompassing the Globe: Portugal and the World in the 16th and 17th Centuries, an online exhibit organized by the Freer and Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian Institution challenges viewers to rethink ideas about colonization.
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Art Nouveau, 1890 - 1914Anatomy of an Exhibition - Art Nouveau, 1890 - 1914 encompasses a multimedia, mini-course in museum studies around an Art Nouveau online exhibit organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum and the National Galllery of Art.