Paul Bilton: The Xenophobe's Guide to the Swiss

The Xenophobe's Guide to the Swiss


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"Mountain mentality""Swiss farmers are tough, independent, hard-working, resilient, well-prepared for every kind of natural disaster, and above all staunchly conservative. These characteristics have been passed on to Swiss town-dwellers, who go about their day as if they too were farming a lonely mountain cliff.""""We can do better""The Swiss stubbornly refuse to believe they are doing well and will even dispute the figures that prove it. So, like the poor donkey chasing the carrot, they pull their collective cart along ever faster, chasing the goal they passed years ago.""""Peak performers""The perceptions of the Swiss being dull, staid, and boring while at the same time displaying a talent for ruthless efficiency and a limitless capacity for hard work are uncomfortably close to the truth. Likewise the cliched impressions of high mountains, watches, cheese, chocolate bars, and gold bars are genuine.""""Degrees of unease""The diversity of the Swiss is apparent in the degree to which they worry. The German-speakers do little else. The French-speaking Swiss are great visionaries and philosophers with noble thoughts and global dreams. They worry that their Swiss-German compatriots do not share these dreams. The Italian-speaking Swiss are less interested in the solid values of work and have a terrible tendency not to worry nearly enough.""

An interactive pop-up journey all about our very own planet - EARTH. Pull tabs, spin wheels, flip flaps and reveal the GIANT pop-ups to learn all you ever needed to know about Earth. Earth was formed about 4.5 billion years ago along with the other planets in the solar system - but how much do you really know about it? Read this book to find out about: The formation of Earth; Volcanoes and earthquakes; Oceans; Weather and Climate; The story The Xenophobe's Guide to the Swiss download ebook pdf of life; Looking after Earth; and much, MUCH more! With colourful, graphic illustrations, engaging bitesize facts and surprising statistics covering vital curriculum topics, you'll never look at our planet the same way again. The perfect interactive learning tool covering topics in key stage 2 Geography - ideal for all inquisitive children. Dan Green writes bestselling books about the real-life world around us. They are funny, easy to understand and feature only the most awesome facts - boring has been banned! He has been nominated for the Royal Society's Young People's Book Prize and is the voice behind the Basher Science series, which has sold over 2 million copies worldwide.


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Author: Paul Bilton
Number of Pages: 86 pages
Published Date: 18 Jan 2010
Publisher: OVAL BOOKS
Publication Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN: 9781906042509
Download Link: Click Here
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