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Title: Living and Working in France by David Hampshire ISBN: 1901130320 Publisher: Survival Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25
Rating: 2
Summary: Many good "how to's", BUT
Comment: David Hampshire gave much helpful guidance regarding the rules, regulations and bureaucracy in France (although "Frommer's" and "Lonely Planet" books do as well). However, his clear dislike for most things French (especially the people) made the book read more like a prejudiced, bigoted, diatribe. A bit of fun-poking would have certainly been acceptable and lightened a bare facts book, but Mr. Hampshire went on for, literally, pages and at every opportunity to criticize and ridicule. One wonders, if he were corect in his assessments, how a country so filled with stupid, unwashed, crude and lazy people could possibly be responsible for the creation and ongoing care of some of the world's greatest works of artistic expression. Shame on you Mr. Hampshire. Perhaps in your next revision, you'll omit the vitriolic rhetoric. It will be a much better book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Rated by a French Person
Comment: I was born in France and spent countless years there. I bought this book when I had to go back after a few years away, and this is by far and away the best book on the subject. The amount of information covered is not short of incredible. The book is divided into 20 useful chapters, plus appendix and index. The sections are Finding a Job, Working Conditions, Permits and Visas, Arrival, Accommodation, Post Office Services, Telephone, Television and Radio, Education, Public Transport, Motoring, Health, Insurance, Finance, Leisure, Sports, Shopping, Odds & Ednds, The French, Leaving France. Each section is further devided and is highly informative. For example the Finding a Job chapter tells you about qualifications, government employement agencies, recruitment agencies, seasonal jobs, temporary and causal jobs, voluntary work, job hunting, working women, salary, self-employment, starting a business, traineees and work experience, au pairs, illegal working and language. I thought I knew enough about my birth country. This book has proved me wrong. Don't go to France without it. Big mistake if you do. Absolutely priceless!
Rating: 5
Summary: Best of the bunch
Comment: I have read two other books in this catagory, "Living, Studying, and working in France", and "Live and Work in France" and this is the best of the three. The "Live and Work..." book is the worst. It is mainly aimed at UK residents moving to France. The "Living, Studying..." book is pretty good too, but doesn't have the concentration of good info as this book. Lots of contacts info for jobs, paperwork, etc. Very thorough. The one thing I wish it had was more about the internet access and contacts for that.
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Title: Buying a Home in France by David Hampshire ISBN: 1901130274 Publisher: Survival Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Living, Studying, and Working in France: Everything You Need to Know to Fulfill Your Dreams of Living Abroad by Saskia Reilly, Lorin David Kalisky ISBN: 0805059474 Publisher: Owl Books Pub. Date: 1999 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Grown-Up's Guide to Living in France by Rosanne Knorr, Roseanne Knorr ISBN: 1580081452 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: French or Foe?: Getting the Most Out of Visiting, Living and Working in France by Polly Platt, Walter J. P. Curley, Ande Grchich ISBN: 0964668408 Publisher: Distribooks Intl Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: At Home in France: Tales of an American and Her House Abroad by Ann Barry ISBN: 0345407873 Publisher: Ballantine Books (Trd Pap) Pub. Date: 1997 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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