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Paramedic to the Prince: An American Paramedic's Account of Life Inside the Mysterious World of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Author: Patrick (Tom) Notestine
ISBN-10: 1439245819
ISBN-13: 9781439245811
Published: 2009-12-07
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
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A Californian paramedic answers an advertisement for contract work at a military hospital in Saudi Arabia. So his adventure begins. This is a riveting, factual account of his ten years inside a country seldom seen by the outside world. Working on the private medical staff of King Abdullah, no western writer has ever been this close to the "House of Saud". The author takes you on a journey from the desert camps of the Bedouin to the highest echelons of the Saudi royal family. From meetings between King Abdullah and Yasser Arafat to the death of Edi Amin the author documents it all. Themes explored include the contrast of cultures and the rise of terrorism in a post 9/11 world. The author's unique and often humorous perspective provides a view of Saudi society that has never before been documented by any other book in this genre. The author gives an important insight to events that continue to affect the world today.
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The Gold of Exodus
Author: HOWARD BLUM
ISBN-10: 0340640464
ISBN-13: 9780340640463
Published: 1999
Publisher: CORONET BOOKS
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Saudi Arabia - Culture Smart!: the essential guide to customs & culture
Author: Nicolas Buchele
ISBN-10: 1857333519
ISBN-13: 9781857333510
Published: 2008-06-03
Publisher: Kuperard
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Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships.Culture Smart! offers illuminating insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit-whether on business or for pleasure-into a memorable and enriching experience. Contents include:* customs, values, and traditions* historical, religious, and political background* life at home* leisure, social, and cultural life* eating and drinking* do's, don'ts, and taboos* business practices* communication, spoken and unspoken"Culture Smart has come to the rescue of hapless travellers." Sunday Times Travel"... the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries." Global Travel"...full of fascinating-as well as common-sense-tips to help you avoid embarrassing faux pas." Observer"...as useful as they are entertaining." Easyjet Magazine"...offer glimpses into the psyche of a faraway world." New York Times
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Across the Empty Quarter (Great Journeys)
Author: Wilfred Thesiger
ISBN-10: 0141025492
ISBN-13: 9780141025490
Published: 2007-02-01
Publisher: Penguin Books
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Restless, gripped by an overwhelming wish to make a name for himself in a world ever more hemmed in by progress and 'civilization', Thesiger (1910-2003) embarked on his amazing journeys across Saudi Arabia's Empty Quarter to test himself and to show what could still be done. The result was a monument both to his resilience and to the Bedu who guided him and who emerge as the book's real heroes. "Great Journeys" allows readers to travel both around the planet and back through the centuries - but also back into ideas and worlds frightening, ruthless and cruel in different ways from our own. Few reading experiences can begin to match that of engaging with writers who saw astounding things: great civilisations, walls of ice, violent and implacable jungles, deserts and mountains, multitudes of birds and flowers new to science. Reading these books is to see the world afresh, to rediscover a time when many cultures were quite strange to each other, where legends and stories were treated as facts and in which so much was still to be discovered.
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Behind The Veil: A Nurse's Arabian Nightmare
Author: Lydia Laube
ISBN-10: 1903070198
ISBN-13: 9781903070192
Published: 2003-09-01
Publisher: Eye Books
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Book Description:
Lydia Laube set off in search of adventure to work as a nurse in Saudi Arabia. Soon she found herself embroiled in a society that did not allow women to drive, vote, or speak to a man alone. As soon as she stepped off the airplane, Lydia's passport was confiscated and quickly she felt like a prisoner, trapped in a country with no means of escape. Wearing head-to-toe coverings in stifling heat, and battling against unfathomable bureaucracy, Lydia maintained her sanity throughout her year of service. This is the gripping account of one woman's resolve to survive in the hostile environment of a Saudi Arabian hospital.
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One Thousand Roads to Mecca: Ten Centuries of Travelers Writing About the Muslim Pilgrimage
Author:
ISBN-10: 0802116116
ISBN-13: 9780802116116
Published: 1997-06
Publisher: Grove Pr
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The journey that all Muslims are enjoined to make once in their lifetime, the pilgrimage to Mecca and Islam itself, is discussed and debated in a collection of writings from both the East and West, by authors including Ibn Battuta, Sir Richard Burton, and Malcolm X."
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Desert Governess
Author: Phyllis Ellis
ISBN-10: 1903070015
ISBN-13: 9781903070017
Published: 2004-02-01
Publisher: Eye Books
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Recently widowed, Phyllis Ellis answers an advertisement requiring a governess in Saudi Arabia for two nieces and a nephew of the King. In a few days she is on her way, and suddenly her life is transformed as she struggles to cope with the total strangeness of her new home. Here she has little freedom of movement; every excursion requires permission and forward planning, and contact with the outside world, including her family, is almost impossible. At the same time she has to establish herself within the royal household and carry out her teaching responsibilities. Phyllis Ellis shares her shock at this stultifying restrictive life with its inevitable frustrations, yet she also learns of the bonds of warmth and affection that unite the Saudi women she meets, the strength of their faith and the positive aspects of kinship. Her informative book provides an exotic glimpse of a very private world.
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Culture Shock! Saudi Arabia: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette (Culture Shock! Guides)
Author: Peter North
ISBN-10: 0761456740
ISBN-13: 9780761456742
Published: 2009-12
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Corporation
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A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette in Saudi Arabia
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The Hadj: An American's Pilgrimage to Mecca
Author: Michael Wolfe
ISBN-10: 0802135862
ISBN-13: 9780802135865
Published: 1998-09-02
Publisher: Grove Press
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A convert to Islam describes his pilgrimage to Mecca, recounting his preparations for the trip, the significance of the pilgrimage, and his journey across Muslim North Africa.
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Saudi Arabia: The Business Traveller's Handbook (Business Traveller's Handbooks)
Author: Andrew Mead
ISBN-10: 1566566983
ISBN-13: 9781566566988
Published: 2008-04-01
Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group
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Renowned as the largest oil-producing nation in the world, Saudi Arabia is today the economic hub of the gulf. Less well-known is the fact that much of this vast oil revenue has been channeled into developing the nation's infrastructure and building a social and economic system to support future generations. This, coupled with the government's emphasis on diversification for the long term, makes Saudia Arabia one of the most important export markets in the world - a land of opportunity for those ready to venture into the heart of Arabia. *Essential tips on where to stay and how to get started *Local customs, business etiquette, basic vocabulary, and useful phrases *Where to lunch and dine a local guest *Full details of organizations offering support and advice *Authoritative insights into major economic and commercial sectors *General travel advice *The nitty gritty of import regulations and dealing with customs *Advice on local partnerships and regional offices *Appendix of useful contacts
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