foreign countries

"Every year, Haitians all over the world ring in the new year by eating a special soup, a tradition dating back to the Haitian Revolution. This year, Ti Gran is teaching Belle how to make the soup--Freedom Soup--just like she was taught when she was a little girl. Together, they dance and clap as they prepare the holiday feast, and Ti Gran tells Belle about the history of the soup, the history of Belle's family, and the history of Haiti, where Belle's family is from"--Provided by publisher.

Presents a general overview of what it is like to work as an au pair or nanny in a foreign country, features a country-by-country guide that provides information about regulations, health and insurance, working conditions, the job search, leisure time, and travel, and includes directory references for each country.

"Every year, Haitians all over the world ring in the new year by eating a special soup, a tradition dating back to the Haitian Revolution. This year, Ti Gran is teaching Belle how to make the soup--Freedom Soup--just like she was taught when she was a little girl. Together, they dance and clap as they prepare the holiday feast, and Ti Gran tells Belle about the history of the soup, the history of Belle's family, and the history of Haiti, where Belle's family is from. In this celebration of cultural traditions passed from one generation to the next, Jacqueline Alc?ntara's lush illustrations bring to life both Belle's story and the story of the Haitian Revolution. Tami Charles's lyrical text, as accessible as it is sensory, makes for a tale that readers will enjoy to the last drop"--From the publisher's web site.

"When Jason DeParle moved in with Tita Comodas in the Manila slums thirty years ago, he didn't expect to make a lifelong friend. Nor did he expect to spend decades reporting on her family--husband, children, and siblings--as they came to embody the stunning rise of global migration. In A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves, DeParle paints an intimate portrait of an unforgettable family across three generations, as migration reorders economics, politics, and culture across the world"--Jacket flap.

Collects "Tarzan of the Apes, " in which Tarzan, who was raised by apes, struggles between two worlds, and "The Prisoner of Zenda, " in which Rudolf Rassendyll suddenly finds himself heir to a throne and engaged in battles, romance, and intrigue.

Homer Atkins is sent by the U.S. government to handled engineering projects in the Southeast Asian country of Sarkhan, and when he challenges the entrenched interests over priorities, he finds himself embroiled in controversy. Lederer and Burdick's fictional diplomat laid bare allegations of American arrogance and corruption in 1950s Asia.

Contains profiles by students of sixty-eight colleges and programs around the world that offer classes in English, covering the campus, academic programs, tuition, financial aid, housing, activities, and support services, and including contact information.

Follows the life of an aging Australian novelist best known for one of her works from the 1960s as she attends and presents lectures and poetry readings, each of which reveals something about her passions, obsessions, and conflicted personality.

Keo and Sunny meet in Honolulu just before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and their developing love affair is ended when America enters into World War II.