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Swiss Watching
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Author : Diccon Bewes
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-03-09
Swiss Watching written by Diccon Bewes and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-09 with Travel categories.
A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR One country, four languages, 26 cantons, and 7.5 million people (but only 80% of them Swiss): there's nowhere else in Europe like it. Switzerland may be almost 400 km from the nearest drop of seawater, but it is an island at the centre of Europe. Welcome to the landlocked island. Swiss Watching is a fascinating journey around Europe's most individual and misunderstood country. From seeking Heidi and finding the best chocolate to reliving a bloody past and exploring an uncertain future, Diccon Bewes proves that there's more to Switzerland than banks and skis, francs and cheese. This book dispels the myths and unravels the true meaning of Swissness. In a land of cultural contradictions, this is a picture of the real and normally unseen Switzerland, a place where the breathtaking scenery shaped a nation not just a tour itinerary, and where tradition is as important as innovation. It's also the story of its people, who have more power than their politicians, but can't speak to one another in the same language and who own more guns per head than the people of Iraq. As for those national clichés, well, not all the cheese has holes, cuckoo clocks aren't Swiss and the trains don't always run exactly on time.
Swiss Watching
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Author : Diccon Bewes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Swiss Watching written by Diccon Bewes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Travel categories.
New updated edition, new statistics and Epilogue One country, four languages, 26 cantons, and 7.5 million people (but only 80% of them Swiss): there's nowhere else in Europe like it. Switzerland may be almost 400 km from the nearest drop of seawater, but it is an island at the centre of Europe. Welcome to the landlocked island. Swiss Watching is a fascinating journey around Europe s most individual and misunderstood country. From seeking Heidi and finding the best chocolate to reliving a bloody past and exploring an uncertain future, Diccon Bewes proves that there's more to Switzerland than banks and skis, francs and cheese. This book dispels the myths and unravels the true meaning of Swissness. In a land of cultural contradictions, this is a picture of the real and normally unseen Switzerland, a place where the breathtaking scenery shaped a nation not just a tour itinerary, and where tradition is as important as innovation. It's also the story of its people, who have more power than their politicians, but can't speak to one another in the same language and who own more guns per head than the people of Iraq. As for those national clich's, well, not all the cheese has holes, cuckoo clocks aren't Swiss and the trains don't always run exactly on time.
Swiss Watching 3rd Edition
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Author : Diccon Bewes
language : en
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey
Release Date : 2018-09-25
Swiss Watching 3rd Edition written by Diccon Bewes and has been published by Nicholas Brealey this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-25 with Travel categories.
New updated edition, new statistics and Epilogue One country, four languages, 26 cantons, and 7.5 million people (but only 80% of them Swiss): there's nowhere else in Europe like it. Switzerland may be almost 400 km from the nearest drop of seawater, but it is an island at the centre of Europe. Welcome to the landlocked island. Swiss Watching is a fascinating journey around Europe s most individual and misunderstood country. From seeking Heidi and finding the best chocolate to reliving a bloody past and exploring an uncertain future, Diccon Bewes proves that there's more to Switzerland than banks and skis, francs and cheese. This book dispels the myths and unravels the true meaning of Swissness. In a land of cultural contradictions, this is a picture of the real and normally unseen Switzerland, a place where the breathtaking scenery shaped a nation not just a tour itinerary, and where tradition is as important as innovation. It's also the story of its people, who have more power than their politicians, but can't speak to one another in the same language and who own more guns per head than the people of Iraq. As for those national clichés, well, not all the cheese has holes, cuckoo clocks aren't Swiss and the trains don't always run exactly on time.
Slow Train To Switzerland
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Author : Diccon Bewes
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-11-07
Slow Train To Switzerland written by Diccon Bewes and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-07 with Travel categories.
In June 1863 an English lady set off by train on the trip of a lifetime: Thomas Cook's first Conducted Tour of Switzerland. A century and a half later, travel writer Diccon Bewes, author of the bestselling Swiss Watching, decided to go where she went and see what she saw. Guided by her diary, he followed the same route to discover how much had changed and how much hadn't. She went in search of adventure, he went in search of her, and found far more than he expected. Slow Train to Switzerland is the captivating account of two trips through the Alps: hers glimpsing the future of travel, his revisiting its past. Together they make a journey to remember. This is a tale of trains and tourists, of the British and the Swiss, of a Victorian traveller and a modern-day Englishman abroad. It is the story of a tour that changed both Switzerland and the world of travel forever.
Swiss Watching Inside Europe S Landlocked Island
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Author : Bewes, Diccon
language : en
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Release Date : 2010-07-16
Swiss Watching Inside Europe S Landlocked Island written by Bewes, Diccon and has been published by Nicholas Brealey Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-16 with Travel categories.
Swiss Watching is a light-hearted yet revealing journey around Europe's most individual country. From seeking Heidi and finding the best chocolate to reliving a bloody past and exploring an uncertain future, Swiss Watching proves that there's more to Switzerland than banks, skis, francs and cheese. This is a picture of the real Switzerland, a place where the breathtaking scenery shaped a nation (not just a tour itinerary) and where tradition is as important as technology. And where recycling is forbidden on Sundays. It's also the story of its people, who have more power than their politicians, but can't speak to one another in the same language-and who own more guns per head than the people of Iraq. One country, four languages, 26 cantons and 7.5 million people (only 80% of whom are Swiss): there's nowhere else in Europe like it. Switzerland may be surrounded by land, but it is an island at the center of Europe. Welcome to the landlocked island.
Swiss Watching
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Author : Diccon Bewes
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2018-09-06
Swiss Watching written by Diccon Bewes and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-06 with Travel categories.
'A great subject for a cultural anthropologist and Bewes is a perfect guide' Financial Times, Book of the Year A brand new edition of the international bestseller, with new sections on the Swiss elections, the Swiss citizenship test and how Brexit has affected Switzerland. One country, four languages, 26 cantons, and 7.5 million people (but only 80% of them Swiss): there's nowhere else in Europe like it. Switzerland may be almost 400 km from the nearest drop of seawater, but it is an island at the centre of Europe. Welcome to the landlocked island. Swiss Watching is a fascinating journey around Europe's most individual and misunderstood country. From seeking Heidi and finding the best chocolate to reliving a bloody past and exploring an uncertain future, Diccon Bewes proves that there's more to Switzerland than banks and skis, francs and cheese. This book dispels the myths and unravels the true meaning of Swissness.
Swiss Made
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Author : R. James Breiding
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2013-01-10
Swiss Made written by R. James Breiding and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-10 with Business & Economics categories.
Why has Switzerland - a tiny, land-locked country with few natural advantages - become so successful for so long at so many things? In banking, pharmaceuticals, machinery, even textiles, Swiss companies rank alongside the biggest and most powerful global competitors. How did they get there? How do they continue to refresh themselves? Does the Swiss 'Sonderfall' (special case) provide lessons others can learn and benefit from? Can the Swiss continue to perform in a hyper-competitive global economy? Swiss Made offers answers to these and many other questions about the country as it describes the origins, structures and characteristics of the most important Swiss companies. The authors suggest success is due to a large degree to sound entrepreneurial thinking and an openness to new ideas. And they venture a surprising forecast on the country's ability to keep pace in an age of globalisation.
The Xenophobe S Guide To The Swiss
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Author : Paul Bilton
language : en
Publisher: Oval Projects
Release Date : 2008-08-24
The Xenophobe S Guide To The Swiss written by Paul Bilton and has been published by Oval Projects this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-24 with Social Science categories.
A guide to understanding the Swiss that reveals a nation of people who are anything but the cuckoo clock-making, yodelling stereotypes generally portrayed.
Cartographica Helvetica
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Author : Diccon Bewes
language : en
Publisher: Helvetiq
Release Date : 2021-09-15
Cartographica Helvetica written by Diccon Bewes and has been published by Helvetiq this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-15 with categories.
A Young Reader's Journey to Switzerland in Entertaining Maps. Ever heard of the Röstigraben? Did you know, Switzerland fits into Germany eight times ... but 232 times into China? Where did Ulrich Zwingli live? What does Switzerland do to combat climat change? Are cuckoo clocks really from Switzerland? Where was the Red Cross founded? This is the children's atlas about Switzerland, that answers all the questions that curious young minds might have! Learn intresting and amusing facts about this small country and its inhabitants. Exciting and current topics like the country's languages, inventions, energy consumption or tourism and much more will be brought to life with maps and infographics, making this diverse country in the heart of Europe accessible. The 20 especially made maps in this book promise a lively, entertaining and intensive journey.
How To Be Swiss
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Author : Diccon Bewes
language : en
Publisher: Bergli
Release Date : 2016
How To Be Swiss written by Diccon Bewes and has been published by Bergli this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with National characteristics, Swiss categories.
The art of being Swiss isn't an easy thing to master, even if you have a head start by being born that way, but How to be Swiss will help you make it (or fake it). This instruction manual is the result of years of hard work by the authors themselves, one British and one Swiss.