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Beyond Borders: Portraits Of American Women From Around The World by My-Linh Kunst
Beyond Borders: Portraits Of American Women From Around The World
My-Linh Kunst

Beyond Borders: Portraits Of American Women From Around The World celebrates "seemingly ordinary" American women living abroad, who have assimilated into the culture of their host nations and achieved something meaningful in their chosen path...
 
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Write Your Life Stories by Jo Parfitt
Write Your Life
Stories

Jo Parfitt
We talk to British author, publisher and writer's mentor Jo Parfitt, about her new Write Your Life Stories program and learn from her advice about writing, common mistakes for newbie authors, a checklist for writers wanting to publish their book and much more...
 
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The Global Nomad's Guide to University Transition by Tina Quick
We talk to Tina Quick about her new guidebook for TCKs transitioning to university. Tina, mother of three college-aged daughters, is an adult Third Culture Kid (ATCK) who, having made 18 moves, understands well the cycle of loss and grief involved in a cross–cultural lifestyle...
 
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Your Million Dollar Dream by Tamara Monosoff
Your Million Dollar
Dream

Tamara Monosoff

Former expat, Tamara Monosoff, is a mother and businesswoman who knows all about making dreams come true: first with her own invention, then through Mom Invented® - her company which has helped thousands of other mothers realize their dreams as well...
 
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Facebook Fairytales by Emily Liebert
We talk to Emily Liebert about Facebook Fairytales, which presents twenty-five true, heart-warming stories from the world's most popular social networking site. Emily shares her inspiration, her favorite stories, her impressions of CEO Mark Zuckerberg...
 
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The Unofficial Diplomat by Joanne Grady Huskey
The Unofficial
Diplomat

A Memoir
Joanne Grady Huskey
From being inside the US Embassy with her children in Nairobi when it was bombed, to being on the ground in Beijing during the sad events at Tiananmen Square in 1989, to acting in Bollywood, co-founding a relocation company and an international school in India...
 
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The Wealthy Author: The Fast Profit Method For Writing, Publishing & Selling Your Non-Fiction Book
The Wealthy Author
Debbie Jenkins and
Joe Gregory

Debbie Jenkins is a British expat living in Spain, famous for publishing a book that made £30,000 in one day. Debbie talks to us about her newest book, which walks us through everything they need to know to become a wealthy author...
 
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A Broad Abroad: The Expat Wife's Guide to Successful Living Abroad
A Broad Abroad: The Expat Wife's Guide To Successful Living
Abroad

Robin Pascoe

We talk to the Expat Expert, Robin Pascoe about the relaunch of her original 'Culture Shock: A Wife's Guide' and what she has learned about support for expat spouses over the last 20 years...
 
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The Voluntary Traveler
The Voluntary
Traveler: Adventures From The Road Best Traveled

Nola Lee Kelsey

This is a book for the volunteer traveler - the traveler who either bypasses the five-star resort... or who tags it onto the end of their vacation, once they have done the hard yards volunteering...
 
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Living Your Best Life Abroad
Living Your Best Life
Abroad

Jeanne Heinzer

Jeanne Heinzer describes herself as an artist - a lifelong student of the art of saying goodbye to one city or country and setting up home in another. Join us as we talk to Jeanne about her new book for accompanying partners...
 
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Brats: Our Journey Home
Brats: Our Journey
Home

Donna Musil
Donna was raised an Army brat and relocated 12 times as a child and 19 times as an adult. Seven years and 500 interviews in the making, we talk to Donna about her insightful documentary film and ask her about her recent Brats projects...
 
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Motherhood And Me
Motherhood And Me
Lindy Bruce

Join us as we talk to Lindy, whose journy of rediscovery can help us all learn how to embrace what is wonderful about motherhood and gracefully survive the rest. Lindy shares her five-step plan for releasing built-up anger, resentment and negativity...
 
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Call Me Okaasan: Adventures in Multicultural Mothering
Call Me Okaasan:
Adventures In
Multicultural Mothering

Suzanne Kamata
Raising children is never easy, but raising them abroad presents a whole realm of new opportunities and challenges. We talk to Suzanne Kamata about her new book featuring stories from women around the world...
 
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My So-Called Freelance Life
Join us as we talk to experienced freelancer, Michelle Goodman, about what to do and what not to do in the world of freelancing (including some tips for established freelancers)...
 
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Raising A Bilingual Child
Raising A Bilingual
Child

Barbara Zurer
Barbara, who has more than twenty years of research experience in the fields of bilingualism and linguistics, shares with us some of the insights from her step-by-step guide for parents who want their young children to become bilingual...
 
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Get Ahead By Going Abroad
Get Ahead By Going Abroad
C. Perry Yeatman & Stacie Nevadomski Berdan
Perry was making US$25,000 per year as an account executive when she took her first job abroad. Ten years later, she was earning more than US$500,000
 
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Planet Germany
Planet Germany
Cathy Dobson
After a decade of living in Germany, a chaotic British family makes a New Year's resolution to throw themselves wholeheartedly into the local culture. Very witty.
 
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When Abroad Do As The Local Children Do
When Abroad Do As The Local Children Do
Hilly Van Swol-Ulbrich &
Bettina Kaltenhäuser

Hilly and Bettina, with the help of Ori (the migrating bird), help children prepare for their move abroad. The book is filled with activities that help translate abstract notions into what is relevant and digestable information for the children.
 
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A Career in Your Suitcase
A Career In Your
Suitcase

Jo Parfitt
Six years after publishing her first edition of this must-have portable career guide, Jo Parfitt fans will be pleased to know that the third edition of A Career In Your Suitcase is out and it is better than ever.
 
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The Best Women´s Travel Writing
The Best Women´s
Travel Writing

Lucy McCauley
This book presents stimulating, inspiring, and just plain wild adventures from women who have traveled to the ends of the earth to discover new places, peoples, and facets of themselves.
 
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The World is a Kitchen
The World Is A
Kitchen

Michele Anna Jordan &
Susan Brady

A wonderful book that allows us to travel the world and not only learn about the wonderful food that is being prepared there, but also get a glimpse into each country's culture.
 
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When In Rome: Chasing la dolce vita
When In Rome:
Chasing La Dolce Vita

Penelope Green
A delightful tale of expat Penelope Green, discovering herself in Rome, the city of hopes and dreams.
 
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Expert Expatriate: Your Guide to Successful Relocation Abroad - Moving, Living, Thriving
Expert Expatriate:
Your Guide To
Successful
Relocation Abroad-
Moving, Living,
Thriving

Melissa Brayer Hess and Patricia Linderman
Patricia and Melissa tell us about their revised and updated book, full of practical suggestions for successfully relocating overseas.
 
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Locked Out: Stories Far From Home
Locked Out: Stories Far From Home
Alison Jean Lester
This collection of short stories, the debut book by Singapore-based Lester, is a surprisingly evocative look at the expatriate experience.
 
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Go Your Own Way: Women Travel the World Solo
Go Your Own Way:
Women Travel The
World Solo

Ingrid Emerick
There is nothing quite like hitting the road by yourself to awaken your senses. In twenty-three beautifully crafted essays, women recount the thrills of traveling solo.
 
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Third Culture Kids
Third Culture Kids
David C. Pollock,
Ruth E. Van Reken

A now-legendary book about Third Culture Kids - giving words to the experience of growing up between worlds.
 
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French By Heart
French By Heart
Rebecca S. Ramsey
A beautiful book telling the tales of Rebecca S. Ramsey's family's four years in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
 
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Rules Britannia
Rules Britannia
Toni Hargis
First book by Toni Hargis, a Brit in the US, who calls her book "An Insider's Guide to Life in the United Kingdom"
 
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A Portable Identity
A Portable Identity
Debra R. Bryson,
Charise M. Hoge
A Woman's Guide to Maintaining a Sense of Self While Moving Overseas.
 
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Alone At Home
Alone At Home
Marian Weston
Explores the impacts of short term assignments on the family, as well as providing useful tools and support.
 
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A Smooth Beginning
A Smooth Beginning
Anne P. Copeland
A book full of lists of suggestions and a workbook to help you make a smooth transition to your new location.
 
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Tales from the Expat Harem
Tales from The Expat
Harem

Anastasia M. Ashman
and Jennifer Eaton
Gökmen
Read our special interview with Editors Anastasia M Ashman and Jennifer Eaton Gökmen, who have enjoyed amazing success with their Turkish anthology.
 
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When Families Cross Borders
When Families Cross
Borders

Jennifer Patterson
A book full of lists of suggestions and a workbook to help you make a smooth transition to your new location.
 
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1,000 Places to See Before You Die
1,000 Places to See
Before You Die

Patricia Schultz
Packed with recommendations of the world's best places to visit, on and off the beaten path.
 
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Female Ambition
Female Ambition
Dr. Maria Nuria
Chinchilla
The main focus of the book is on the individual, the woman herself. Each and every one of us needs to set clear priorities, learn time management techniques to balance work and family.
 
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Raising Global Nomads
Raising Global
Nomads

Robin Pascoe
Latest release from the Expat Expert, Robin Pascoe, about Parenting Abroad in an On-Demand World.
 
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Expat Entrepreneur
Expat Entrepreneur
Jo Parfitt
How To Create and Maintain Your Own Portable Career Anywhere In The World.
 
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Expatriate Life Abroad
Expatriate Life
Abroad

Christina Henry de
Tessan
Christina Henry de Tessan's book is a collection of first person stories, from women who have lived all around the world.
 
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So Far and Yet so Near
So Far And Yet So
Near

American Citizens
Abroad
"So Far and Yet So Near" is a well-organized collection of tales by Americans who are living or who have lived abroad.
 
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Homeward Bound
Homeward Bound
Robin Pascoe
"People get hit with re-entry shock because it is so unexpected. They simply don't realize that they are going to feel like a stranger in their own country..."
 
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The Mom Inventors Handbook
The Mom Inventors
Handbook

Tamara Monosoff
Having that inventing itch myself for a few years, I can attest from personal experience that until Tamara released her book in 2005, it took a lot of...
 
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GenXpat
GenXpat
Margaret Malewski
Margaret Malewski helps the young and single prepare to work & live abroad.
 
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A Moveable Marriage
A Moveable Marriage
Robin Pascoe
As a married Expat Woman, I really identified with Pascoe’s book for expatriates whose marriages endure the unique pressures of international moves. 
 
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Gutsy Women
Gutsy Women
Marybeth Bond
We talk to Marybeth Bond about her book for women travelers – which talks about many aspects of female safety and security abroad.
 
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Secrets of Successful Women Entrepreneurs
Secrets of Successful Women Entrepreneurs
Sue Stockdale
I confess that I have a passion for success-stories. I love reading them, hearing them and/or watching them on screen.
 
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An Ethiopian Odyssey
An Ethiopian Odyssey
Annette Allen
Join us as we talk to Annette Allen, a half-British, half-Norwegian, adult TCK, about her 25,000 mile quest to discover former classmates, inspired by a dream of bringing clean water to Ethiopia...
 
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A Woman's Europe
A Woman's Europe
Marybeth Bond
Renowned travel expert, Marybeth Bond, has carefully selected a great compilation of stories from women who have traveled throughout the European continent.
 
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Revolution Baby: Motherhood and Anarchy in Kyrgyzstan
Revolution Baby:
Motherhood And
Anarchy In Kyrgyzstan

Saffia Farr
We talk to Saffia about her journey of discovery from the first miserable days in the strange, grey, concrete capital to her joy at falling in love with her expat country.
 
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