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TRAVEL LIBRARY

The following books are excellent resources to help you prepare to go abroad. Contact your local library OR email info@afscascades.org to find out how to make arrangements to borrow these books from AFS volunteers in the Pacific Cascades area.

Althen, Gary.  American Ways:  A Guide for Foreigners in the United States.  Yarmouth, ME:  Intercultural Press, 1988.

Axtell, Roger E., ed.  Do's and Taboos Around the World.  White Plains, NY:  The Benjamin Co, 1993.

Condon, John C.  With Respect to the Japanese .  Yarmouth, ME:  Intercultural Press, 1984.

Gorden, Raymond L.  Living in Latin America:  A Case Study in Cross-Cultural Communication. Chicago: National Textbook Co., 1990.

Hansel, Bettina.  The Exchange Student Survival Kit.

Kauffmann, Norman L., Judith N. Martin, Henry D. Weaver with Judy Weaver.  Students Abroad:  Strangers at Home.  Yarmouth, ME:  Intercultural Press, 1992.

King, Nancy and Ken Huff, "Host Family Survival Kit: A Guide for American
Host Families," Intercultural Press Inc., 1997. 
 

Kohls, L. Robert.  Survival Kit for Overseas Living, 2nd ed.  Yarmouth, ME:  Intercultural Press, 1984.

Kohls, L. Robert and John M. Knight.  Developing Intercultural Awareness:  A Cross-Cultural Training Handbook, 2nd ed.  Yarmouth, ME:  Intercultural Press, 1994.

Libby, Megan McNeill, "Postcards from France:  A High-Schooler's Year Abroad with the American Field Service"

Renwick, George W, rev. by Reginald Smart and Don L. Henderson.  A Fair Go for All:  Australian/American Interactions.  Yarmouth, Me:  Intercultural Press, 1991.

Richmond, Yale.  From Nyet to Da:  Understanding the Russians.  Yarmouth, ME:  Intercultural Press, 1996.

Sorti, Craig.  Figuring Foreigners Out.  Yarmouth, ME:  Intercultural Press, 1999.

Sorti, Craig.  The Art of Coming Home.  Yarmouth, ME:  Intercultural Press, 1997.

Sorti, Craig.  The Art of Crossing Cultures.  Yarmouth, ME:  Intercultural Press, 1990.

Tyler, V. Lynn.  Intercultural Interacting.  Provo, UT:  Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, 1987.

Vetter, Charles T., Jr.  Citizen Ambassadors:  Guidelines for Responding to Questions Asked about America.  Provo, UT:  Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, 1991.

Last revision November 5, 2006