Provides information and advice on independent travel programs, study abroad, and foreign employment

Product Description: The book for everyone looking for short or long-term work abroad as a nanny, au pair, or mothers' help, for which there is always a great demand as so many mothers now go out to work. It includes details of the thousands of short and long term vacancies to be found around the world, and is illustrated with first-hand accounts from people who have worked with families abroad to give a taste of what au pair and nanny work is actually like...read more

Product Description: This is a guide to Australia and its neighbour New Zealand. The book describes ways of travelling around this area as economically and safely as possible. It also provides insight for visitors into a range of topics including Aboriginal and Maori culture, the history of the region, beaches and reefs, pubs and restaurants, what to see and where to go, as well as information on finding work and tips on understanding Australian English...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The acclaimed Gap Year for Grown Ups is aimed at the growing number of adults who are putting their normal life on hold to go off and see something of the world. This is a huge adventure and calls for plenty of planning and guidance, and this is the guide to help you do that and look forward to the trip of a lifetime...read more

Product Description: A guide for grown ups wanting to take the trip of a lifetime, containing information on specialist schemes and opportunities for professionals and mature travellers. Covers everything from what to pack to paying the mortgage when away, as well as advice from adult gappers who have been there and done it...read more

Product Description: The first Gareth and Adele Novel, The Geomancer is the start of an ongoing, character-based, urban fantasy series set in the same Vampire Empire universe as the authors’ previous trilogy! The uneasy stalemate between vampires and humans is over...read more

Product Description: Nelson Mandela of South Africa is one of the most important figures of the last century. He is a symbol of the struggle against racial and political oppression, and a model for sustaining that struggle with grace and decency. Born into an elite family of the Thembu people, Mandela could have had an elevated place under European control, but he chose a different route...read more

Describes the opportunities for native speakers of English as English teachers around the world (view table of contents)

Product Description: This second book in a trilogy of high adventure and alternate history combines rousing pulp action with steampunk style, bringing epic political themes to life within a story of heartbreaking romance, sacrifice, and heroism. Princess Adele struggles with a life of marriage and obligation as her Equatorian Empire and their American Republic allies stand on the brink of war against the vampire clans of the north...read more

Product Description: A thrilling new Victorian-era urban fantasy for fans of Kevin Hearne’s Iron Druid Chronicles, the Showtime series Penny Dreadful, and the Sherlock Holmes movies featuring Robert Downey, Jr.   They are the realm’s last, best defense against supernatural evil...read more

Product Description: Fully revised for 2008, this thirty-ninth edition of the unique guide to summer jobs around the world contains details of over thirty thousand summer vacancies in over fifty countries from Austria to Costa Rica. Employers are looking for crew for hotel barges, sports instructors, bar staff, holiday company reps, kibbutz volunteers, ground crew for hot air balloons, English teachers, tour guides, farm hands, archaeologists, fruit pickers etc: the enormous range of jobs means that everyone can find a summer job to suit their own interests and abilities Packed with entries for employers describing the jobs they have to offer and giving full details of wages, the period of work, whether accommodation is provided, who to apply to etc...read more

Product Description: The only annually updated guide to summer jobs available for students and young people taking a gap year or travel break. Now in its 42nd edition, Summer Jobs Worldwide 2011 covers both paid and unpaid job opportunities in Europe and around the world, from crewing yachts in the Canaries and picking strawberries in Denmark to teaching in Japan...read more

Product Description: Summer Jobs Worldwide 2012 is the most up-to-date guide to summer jobs in a range of sectors across all continents; from fruit picking in Australia to teaching English in Malawi. The fully updated 2012 edition has over 40,000 jobs worldwide plus practical advice for getting visas and travel permits...read more

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Young people approaching the end of school or university are uniquely privileged to be able to contemplate taking a year off before going on to the next phase of their lives. This is the definitive handbook for all those students who want to make the most of a year off before or after their university course to work and travel.Topics covered include making the decision to take a Gap Year including considering the rewards and risks; discussing the idea with schools, universities and employers; planning and making preparations; and fund raising. Author Susan Griffith includes all the necessary information on the specialist Gap Year programs available, the jobs that can be found by travelers worldwide, the possibilities for voluntary work around the world, joining an expedition, gaining some new skill or qualification, or simply taking the opportunity to travel. First hand stories and case histories from Gap Year travelers vividly illustrate the book.The book also includes a country-by-country guide to Gap Year opportunities in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Israel, and Latin America as well as the USA.

Product Description: A detailed guide to finding work abroad teaching English as a foreign language, packed with real life accounts from people who've already done it, a directory of over 380 EFL training courses and a country-by-country guide to long and short-term placements - for both trained and untrained teachers...read more

Describes the opportunities for native speakers of English as English teachers around the world

Product Description: A detailed and full updated guide to finding work abroad teaching English as a foreign language, packed with real life accounts from people who've already done it, a directory of over 380 EFL training courses and a country-by-country guide to long and short-term placements - for both trained and untrained teachers...read more