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Italy - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Written by Barry Tomalin
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Italy delights and stimulates with its magnificent cities and monuments, its stunningly beautiful landscapes, the glory of its art and architecture, the richness and variety of its food, the elegance of its design and fashion, and the vitality and charm of its people. Italian style and culture have been exported all over the world. The Italians are the most European-minded of nations, having emerged from a long history of regional fragmentation. Culture Smart! Italy introduces you to their history and culture and offers an insider's guide to their daily lives, passions, and preoccupations. This is your chance to get to know Italy.
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Barry Tomalin
Barry Tomalin is Senior Lecturer in International Communication and Cultural Awareness at the London Academy of Diplomacy and Director of the Business Cultural Trainers Certificate at International House, London. He has taught at Link University in Rome, and run training programs in Milan, Rome, Genoa, and Naples. He has traveled extensively in Italy and provides the visitor with his firsthand experience and professional insight into this fascinating country and its people.
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