Download or read book A Broad Abroad written by Mandy Rowe and published by Openbook Creative. This book was released on 2015-03-27 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Broad Abroad: One Woman's Journey takes the reader on a rollicking ride through tropical Queensland, 90's London and exotic Saudi Arabia with Australian psychologist, mother and former expat wife Mandy Rowe. Bond with Mandy as she overcomes isolation in the desert, and rejoice with her as she discovers the unexpected talents that begin to emerge as she struggles with homesickness and enforced idleness in a compound in Riyadh.Ever wondered how you might cope in such a situation? This refreshingly down-to earth first-time author engagingly documents the way the worlds of theatre, visual arts and writing gradually open up to her, allowing her to establish herself as a successful painter, children's author and businesswoman. The intuitive fellowship of women is another important theme in this memoir. Readers will relate strongly to the strength of the mutual female bonds of friendship and support which, on her return to Australia, eventually lead Mandy to establish Broads Abroad, a dynamic online women's travel network. A Broad Abroad: One Woman's Journey inspires women to value and develop their own achievements, to travel and explore, and to embrace the opportunities life holds out to them.
Download or read book A Broad Abroad written by Robin Pascoe and published by Expatriate Press Limited. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comforting and irreverent, encouraging and practical, Pascoe's book for expatriate wives offers empathetic and honest advice for married women who have been catapulted into a foreign country.
Download or read book Experiences of a Broad Abroad written by Capper Sample and published by . This book was released on 1989-10-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A few comments about EXPERIENCES OF A BROAD ABROAD. "Happy to say we sold all of your books"-Jean Smith, Robesons Book Store, Champaign, Illinois. "The illustrations are humorous, the print is large & her style is easy reading. You will enjoy her book"-PINE ISLAND EAGLE, Pine Island, Florida. "Thanks for letting me read it. And thanks for writing it. It was a lot of fun to try to read between the lines"-Caroline Leja, Springfield, Illinois. "Your book was great!"-Rosa Whann, Lehigh, Florida. "It's a real neat little book"-Margaret Pearson, Wodongo, Vic., Australia. "Brings back many memories to me"-Jim Evans, Sanibel, Florida. "Your enthusiasm for living life to the fullest & just rolling with the punches is great! Enjoyed reading all of your 'Experiences'"-Geneva Hyde, Cape Coral, Florida. "I enjoyed your book!!!"-Kimberley Clark, Portland, Oregon. "I laughed & cried with your alter ego from cover to cover"-Manny Schwartz, Chicago, Illinois. "Your book left me with the feeling of warm fuzzies"-Joan Dunlop Wilson, Pine Island, Florida. "Your book is an inspiration. Where can I order more for my couch potato friends?"-A. Macreff, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
Download or read book A Broad Abroad written by Marilyn Connors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-29 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This non-fiction book describes thirty-two years that the American author and her husband spent living and working in international schools in Iran, Japan, Cote D'Ivoire, and England. Along the way they raised three children, all of whom only knew the USA as a summer vacation venue until each chose to attend a US university following high school graduation overseas. The author's experiences range from humorous to tragic, dangerous to joyful, and dramatic to unbelievable. Relevant historical information connects their experiences to political and social issues defining the various countries in which they lived and worked. The family's adjustment to each new country's specific cultural aspects are discussed pragmatically as well as anecdotally. The author includes elements of her personal life not associated with her life abroad, but none the less a vital part of her complete story.
Download or read book A Broad Abroad in Thailand written by Dodie Cross and published by Four Ways West/Crossroads Publishing. This book was released on 2008-09-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Broad Abroad in Thailandfollows a newlywed expat as she tries to settle in to her new home and a life full of unforeseen challenges. Soon after her arrival in this exotic land, her problems begin as she tries to learn the subtleties of the easte
Download or read book Community Engagement Abroad written by Pat Crawford and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2020-03-01 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A landmark in our understanding of international community-engaged learning programs, this book invites educators to rethink everything from disciplinary assumptions to the role of higher education in a globalizing world. Tapping the many such programs developed at Michigan State University during the last half-century, the volume develops a comprehensive framework for analyzing study-abroad programs with a community-engagement focus. More than a how-to guide, it also offers seven theoretically framed case studies showing how these experiences can change students, faculty, and communities alike. The purposeful broadening of who is involved in these types of international learning programs leads to conceptual transformation and self-reflection within the participants. The authors take the reader on a fascinating journey through how they changed as a result of designing and delivering programs in full collaboration with community partners. The arguments given in this volume for developing truly reciprocal, mutually beneficial partnerships beyond the academy are powerful and persuasive.
Download or read book A Broad Abroad written by Diane Giombetti Clue and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-03 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Broad Abroad is a book about leaving behind everyone (and everything) you know and learning how to live in someone else's country. During her junior year abroad (JYA) in Canterbury, Kent in the mid 1980s, Diane Giombetti Clue survived British cooking and social customs, grew a lot more curious, and learned to be far less critical. In the process, she fell in love with an entire nation. Funny, honest, and practical, A Broad Abroad is part memoir and part how-to guide. The book is packed with helpful advice and tips for students who want to make the most of their JYA. A Broad Abroad is an invaluable tool for students and a wonderfully nostalgic story for people who've already taken the JYA journey (with or without big hair and shoulder pads).
Download or read book The Innocents Abroad written by Mark Twain and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-05-04 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.
Download or read book Downriver written by Heather Hansman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Green River, the most significant tributary of the Colorado River, runs 730 miles from the glaciers of Wyoming to the desert canyons of Utah. Over its course it meanders through ranches, cities, national parks, endangered fish habitats, and some of the most significant natural gas fields in the country, as it provides water for 33 million people. Stopped up by dams, slaked off by irrigation, and dried up by cities, the Green is crucial, overused, and at risk, now more than ever. Fights over the river’s water, and what’s going to happen to it in the future, are longstanding, intractable, and only getting worse as the West gets hotter and drier and more people depend on the river with each passing year. As a former raft guide and an environmental reporter, Heather Hansman knew these fights were happening, but she felt driven to see them from a different perspective—from the river itself. So she set out on a journey, in a one-person inflatable pack raft, to paddle the river from source to confluence and see what the experience might teach her. Mixing lyrical accounts of quiet paddling through breathtaking beauty with nights spent camping solo and lively discussions with farmers, city officials, and other people met along the way, Downriver is the story of that journey, a foray into the present—and future—of water in the West.
Download or read book Assessing Study Abroad written by Victor Savicki and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended to guide advisors, administrators, and faculty members engaged with study abroad who are concerned with answering the question: what does study abroad achieve? It will also inform the work of study abroad organizations as well as institutions receiving study abroad students. Offering a broad-based approach to assessment, the book will appeal to those starting out. However, an array of case studies, illustrating the often untidy process of implementation, will equally appeal to those further along by offering creative – and often simple – approaches to common problems. Following an account of how, and why, assessment in the field has evolved, the first part of the book sets the stage for the reader to consider the role of mission and context in determining purpose, goals and outcomes; to identify and consult with stakeholders; determine what data and expertise may already be available on campus; match methods and tools to questions; and create realistic plans to communicate findings, and to act upon them. The second part of the book offers an overview of appropriate tools and strategies for assessing study abroad, emphasizing the importance of carefully formulating and prioritizing assessment questions and understanding the advantages and drawbacks of different instruments. It describes an array of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods, illustrating their application with examples of practice, and concludes by outlining the process of putting a plan into action.The book concludes with ten case studies that illustrate various approaches to planning, experimentation, and implementation, some revealing false starts and lessons learned, and all conveying the message that assessment is an iterative, on-going process that needs constant refinement. The cases represent a wide variety of institutional and organizational types and demonstrate how each selected methods suited to their capacities and cultures.
Download or read book A Tramp Abroad written by Mark Twain and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details Mark Twain's journey through central and southern Europe, including Germany, the Alps, and Italy.
Download or read book Broad Abroad in Iran An Expat s Misadventures in the Land of Male Dominance written by Dodie Cross and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Handbook of Practice and Research in Study Abroad written by Ross Lewin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-11-24 with total page 991 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Co-published with the Association for American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) If we are all becoming global citizens, what then are our civic responsibilities? Colleges and universities across the United States have responded to this question by making the development of global citizens part of their core mission. A key strategy for realizing this goal is study abroad. After all, there may be no better way for students to acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to become effective change-agents in international contexts. The Handbook of Practice and Research in Study Abroad is a comprehensive survey of the field. Each chapter eloquently conveys an enthusiasm for study abroad alongside a critical assessment of the most up-to-date research, theory and practice. This contributed volume brings together expert academics, senior administrators, practitioners of study abroad, and policy makers from across the United States, Canada and other part of the world, who meticulously address the following questions: What do we mean by global citizenship and global competence? What are the philosophical, pedagogical and practical challenges facing institutions as they endeavor to create global citizens? How is study abroad and global citizenship compatible with the role of the academy? What are the institutional challenges to study abroad, including those related to ethics, infrastructure, finances, accessibility, and quality control? Which study abroad programs can be called successful? The Handbook of Practice and Research in Study Abroad is an indispensable reference volume for scholars, higher education faculty, study abroad professionals, policy makers, and the academic libraries that serve these audiences. It is also appropriate for a wide range of courses in Higher Education Master’s and Ph.D. Programs.
Download or read book The Works of Shakespeare written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Advice from a Broad Abroad written by Lauretta Reeves and published by . This book was released on 2013-12-12 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to paving the way for career advancement, one of the most effective ways to move up the corporate ladder may just be take you around the globe. Such was the experience of Lauretta Ann Reeves, a seasoned business traveler of nearly twenty-five years who has learned from her own hard-won travails how to pack, profit, enjoy, and even thrive in whatever situation her on-the-job travel has presented. Are you a business traveler seeking to avoid calamity when far from home? Just ask Reeves, a woman whose itinerary has run afoul of the ash clouds in Europe, the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the foment in India during the war in Iraq, and the air strikes in Madrid. Advice from A Broad Abroad is a comprehensive guide for international business travelers that can help anyone land the job, make the plane, arrive unruffled, and depart all the richer for the venture. Written with a particular focus on the challenges that women travelers may confront, this holistic, hands-on resource tackles everything from dealing with family issues while on the road to navigating cultural norms where women may not be regular sights in the conference room. From interviewing for a job that requires extensive travel to staying healthy wherever your job takes you, this invaluable guide is a must for any well-packed suitcase. Its combination of instructive insights and amusing asides from the trenches will enlighten business travelers of all levels on how to plan, manage, execute, and recover from trips. Organized in concise, easy-to-reference chapters, the guide takes readers through every aspect of the business travel experience. Starting with winning the job, Reeves counsels on presenting oneself in the best light to be attractive to those hiring for positions requiring travel. From there, the book leads readers through the logistical aspects of starting the job, such as selecting a travel agent, preparing the family for absences, understanding travel basics, constructing the trip; and arranging pre-travel checkups and vaccinations-the author even provides some luggage and wardrobe advice. From there, Reeves covers airport considerations, healthy travel, getting around, and other relevant factors. Finally, the guide shares useful information on recovering from the trip, from retrieving lost articles to completing expense reports.In an increasingly global workforce, it's essential to go to work equipped for greater horizons. Advice from A Broad Abroad covers basics, including applying for a passport, packing, stretching a travel budget, and even finding a way home when travel plans are upended. It's required reading for anyone whose career depends on being travel savvy, as well as assistants, travel agents, human resource managers, and accounting departments. Read this book, and enjoy the ride!Back Cover Text (250 words or less)When it comes to paving the way for career advancement, one of the most effective ways to move up the corporate ladder may just be take you around the globe. Such was the experience of Lauretta Ann Reeves, a seasoned business traveler of nearly twenty-five years who has learned from her own hard-won travails how to pack, profit, enjoy, and even thrive in whatever situation her on-the-job travel has presented. Advice from A Broad Abroad is a comprehensive guide for international business travelers that can help anyone land the job, make the plane, arrive unruffled, and depart all the richer for the venture. Written with a particular focus on the challenges that women travelers may confront, this holistic, hands-on resource tackles everything from dealing with family issues while on the road to navigating cultural norms where women may not be regular sights in the conference room. Its combination of instructive insights and amusing asides from the trenches will enlighten business travelers of all levels on how to plan, manage, execute, and recover from trips.
Download or read book Education Abroad written by Anthony C. Ogden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent decades have seen unprecedented growth in the number of students travelling abroad for the purpose of short-term academic study. As such, attention is turning to the role that education abroad can have in enhancing student learning and producing global-ready graduates. This volume provides a succinct and accessible analysis of the existing research and scholarship around the world on a range of important areas related to contemporary education abroad, providing practitioners with important implications for programming and practice. Focusing on fourteen key topics relating to education abroad, this accessible desktop compendium not only synthesizes what is already known, but also indicates which topics need further research and how the existing literature can be applied to daily programming and practice. Extending beyond student learning outcomes to look at essential topics such as institutional outcomes, program models, and host community outcomes, this volume covers major trends in contemporary research as well as an assessment of the methodological and design challenges that are common to education abroad research. The fourteen distinct topics address the broad themes of participation, programming, student outcomes, institutional outcomes and societal outcomes, and include chapters from a broad range of widely acknowledged and respected international experts. Bridging the gap between scholarship and practice, this accessible guide is essential reading for anyone working in higher education today and involved in shaping and managing education abroad programs. It is useful for all who want to understand and leverage existing research to inform education abroad programming and practice.
Download or read book Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
