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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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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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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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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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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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My-So Called Freelance Life
 
My-So Called Freelance Life
Michelle Goodman

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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The Little Travelers
 
The Little Travelers
Angelina Hart

We talk to Angelina Hart, mother of gorgeous girls Chantelle and Nakia who star in Angelina’s The Little Travelers DVDs. Find out more about their excursions in Japan, Bali and The British Isles...

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The Grown-Up's Guide to Running Away From Home: Making a New Life Abroad
 
The Grown-Up's Guide to Running Away From Home: Making a New Life Abroad
Rosanne Knorr

Tired of your current life and looking for a way to escape for a while? Then join us as we talk to Rosanne Knorr about her escape manual: The Grown-Up's Guide to Running Away From Home...

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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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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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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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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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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 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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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 Successfu
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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