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  The Gap Yah Plannah

  Orlando Orlando

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  Orlando, the original Sloane-dog and intrepid gapper, will finally release his diaries to inspire other travellers to follow in his chunder-filled footsteps. From sleepless nights in Buenos Aires to charitable endeavours in Tanzanah, Orlando will give the low-down on the ultimate gap experience… 
  Just back from his travels, our intrepid Sloane-dog wants to pass on the knowledge he has literally gleaned about the world's best cash-lash ratio hotspots, cultural landmarks (bars), and the ways of societies other than our own (shooting a cow in Cambodia). 
  Rootling around Tarquin's rucksack, Orlando finds a battered guidebook – sadly all but completely defaced with chunder from one of their many heroic Pisco Sour, Margarita or Mai Tai sessions. So to compile the ultimate dossier of advice for the generations that will follow in his Ugg-booted footsteps, Orlando has snipped out the salvageable bits and interspersed them with pages from his own diary and a few other bits and bobs he's found on the net or in the lining of his bag. 
  From budgeting for your time away (mummy and daddy's credit card) and what not to bring (landmines – they've already got plenty over here, if anything, too many), to how to say 'vomcano' in Spanish, this is the absolutely essential spiritual, political and cultural guide to making the most of your gap yah. 
  Orlando's top-notch humour is evident as he recounts his adventures, making this book a must-read for those seeking a good laugh. His tales are not just funny, but also provide a unique perspective on the world, making every page a delightful surprise. 
  For fans of Prue Leith (I'll Try Anything Once), Hairy Bikers (The Hairy Bikers Blood, Sweat and Tyres), Simon Sebag Montefiore (Young Stalin), Robert Service (Kremlin Winter), and Richard J. Evans (Eric Hobsbawm).

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  If You Find the Buddha

  Jesse Kalisher

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  From a fine art photographer, a collection of photographs capturing images of the Buddha around the world.    Whether in the heart of Asia or a farm in the American heartland, the Buddha image never seems out of place. As a reminder to stop and live in the moment, it is as appropriate as a charm around the neck of a young Thai soldier as on a car dashboard. Photographs of the Buddha in various incarnations—traditional statuary, toys, garden ornaments, jewelry, tattoos—demonstrate that the Buddha is seemingly everywhere, if one cultivates the proper awareness. By turns beautiful, quirky, ironic, and meditative, Kalisher’s images in If You Find the Buddha speak not only to the omnipresence of the spiritual icon, but also to our capacity to be surprised and delighted by the unexpected. With an insightful essay by noted author and traveler Jeff Greenwald, the striking photographs in this book delight and enlighten in equal measure.

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  Career In Journalism - A...

  Anthony Ekanem

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  A great many people who want to be writers say that they want to have a career in journalism.  They may envision themselves going to exotic locales to cover stories.  While these things do happen to journalists, it takes a long time to make your bones before you are sent on any interesting assignments.  
  
  A journalist is someone who reports on timely events.  Timing is everything to a journalist.  Whether you write for a periodical or a newspaper, you need to make sure that your articles are timely.  Your purpose is to keep the public as up to date as possible when it comes to news and events that may affect them.  This is the basic concept of being a journalist.  
  You should report on all sides of a story, not just take one side, even if it appears that one side is right or wrong.  A good journalist gets all sides of the story, prints it and then lets the reader decide, based upon the article.  A good journalist does not make up the reader's mind for them.  
  
  As you continue in your career, you will find your voice when it comes to your writing.  Do not be surprised if your first articles are rewritten by your editor.  Another rule that you need to learn when you are starting a career as a journalist is to not fall in love with your own work.  Do not feel hurt if an editor does not like a phrase in your article, or makes some changes.  They are only doing their job.  You will soon get to know the editor and they will get to know your style of writing.

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  París Ill de La Cité (París) Inglés

  Sonusland

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  Audiotour to discover the city of Paris in France.

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  Guest Expectations in The...

  Gerry MacPherson

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  Gain a Fresh Perspective on Your Hospitality Property 
  When you pour your heart and soul into opening, developing, and managing your hotel, resort, inn, bed and breakfast, or vacation home, it's easy to become immersed in the day-to-day operations. But have you ever stopped to truly analyze your property objectively? 
  In this captivating book, I invite you to take a step back and view your property through the eyes of an outsider, embracing the big picture. Prepare to be astonished by what you discover. 
  Within these pages, you'll explore thought-provoking topics that will transform the way you perceive your hospitality property:How Does Your Property CompareHow to Become Your Own GuestIs Your Hospitality Property AccessibleIs Your Restaurant Meeting Its Potential?How to Get Endless ReferralsNegative Reviews Are Good For BusinessHow to Prepare For When Guests ReturnReopening Hotels, Resorts, Bed & Breakfasts etc. After COVID-19.What Will Your Guests Expect Post LockdownWhat Is The Future Of The Hospitality Property Industry 
  If you envision your property evolving alongside your guests in the future, then this book is an absolute must-read. 
  You can view this section as an individual course or watch it as part of the “Your Guide to Owning & Operating a Hospitality Property – Successfully” course. 
  Do you want to see your property as your guest do? Don’t hesitate. Sign up now!

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  A Diamond in the Desert - Behind...

  Jo Tatchell

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  Get a closer look at this glittering, oil-rich city in a “revealing travelogue through the capital of the United Arab Emirates” (Publishers Weekly).   Jo Tatchell first arrived in the city of Abu Dhabi as a child in 1974, when the discovery of oil was quickly turning a small fishing town into a growing international community. Decades later, this Middle Eastern capital is a dizzying metropolis of ten-lane highways and overlapping languages, and its riches and emphasis on cultural development have thrust it into the international spotlight.   Here, Tatchell returns to Abu Dhabi and explores the city and its contradictions: It is a tolerant melting-pot of cultures and faiths, but only a tiny percentage of its native residents are deemed eligible to vote by the ruling class, and the nation’s president holds absolute veto power over his advisory boards and councils. The Emirates boast one of the world’s highest GDP per capita, but the wealth inequality in its cities is staggering. Abu Dhabi’s royal family, worth an estimated $500 billion, lives off the sweat of the city’s migrant workers, who subject themselves to danger and poverty under barely observed labor laws. But now, the city is making an international splash with a showy investment in tourism, arts, and culture—perhaps signaling a change to a more open, tolerant state.   As this sparkling city surges into the future, it devotes just as much energy to concealing its past. Tatchell looks not only at history and social issues—the ancient system of tribal organization, the condition of the city’s million foreign workers, the emergence of women in Emirati society, but also her own experiences as both a child and adult in this fascinating city that has radically changed—and in other ways, stayed the same.

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