The Xenophobe's Guide to the Poles |
 enlarge | Author: Ewa Lipniacka
Publisher: Oval Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 707938
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 64
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.3 x 0.3
ISBN: 1902825403
Dewey Decimal Number: 914
EAN: 9781902825403
ASIN: 1902825403
Publication Date: June 1, 2000
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Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Highlights the unique character and behavior of the nation. Frank, irreverent, funny--almost guaranteed to cure Xenophobia.
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Customer Reviews:
 Everything you need to know about Poles August 14, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Everything you need to know about Poles is contained in this book in the nutshell: plenty of useful information but with lots of humor. It is concise in format (pocket size) yet very informative. The author is a critical but gifted observer of Polish life from the outside (British) perspective. She likes Poles with all their good and bad habits. This outside perspective and the ability of comparing Polish and British habits is definitively very helpful. I recommend it to everybody who wants to understand deeper Polish tradition and culture, who has family or friends of Polish origin or who wants to visit Poland soon. Without doubts I give it a straight "A".
 Very good intro to a country I knew nothing about. October 15, 1997
The book is short enough to be read in one sitting yet it is not simplistic. The humor keeps the narrative going and the insights into Polish life are from one who obviously knows the people yet has an outsider's (English)grasp of 'foreigners' habits and ways. Excellent book and I have subsequently read some others in the series and they too were high quality!
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