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E-Books Library
Currently the following five e-books are available here for reading online,
or (recommended) for downloading to your computer.
What Cross-Cultural Workers Ought to Know (E-Book)
Many of the "What Cross-Cultural Workers Ought to Know" and "Stewardship
of Self" series are available in a collection as an e-book. This is a great way to have the entire series on your
computer to refer to as you have the need and opportunity.
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In August 2007, a new and expanded edition of this book was
released. Three new chapters have been added, for a total of
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The book can be downloaded in one of three formats:
Cross-Cultural Workers Marriage Issues (E-Book)
Marriage is complicated enough! Then you through a cross-cultural
living situation into the mix, and things begin to get really confusing.
Here is an e-book which is the compilation of the article on this site on
this critical issue.
The book can be downloaded in one of three formats:
Our recommendation: As
a PDF file (179 kb)
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on the link to read in your browser
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click on the link and choose "Save Target as" to save to your computer
As a Microsoft Word
.doc file: (175 kb)
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on the link to read in your browser
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click on the link and choose "Save Target as" to save to your computer
As a zipped archive of the Word .doc file
(50 kb)
"Coming "Home": The Reentry Transition (E-Book)
As a part of facilitating their reentry retreats, Ron and Bonnie wrote a
brief guide to the process of reentry. You can use this book as a part
of debriefing in a group, as an aid when being debriefed by another person,
or alone as a part of a self-debriefing
The book can be downloaded in one of three formats:
Our
recommendation: As a PDF file (211 kb)
Click
on the link to read in your browser
Right
click on the link and choose "Save Target as" to save to your computer
As a
Microsoft Word .doc file: (151 kb)
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on the link to read in your browser
Right
click on the link and choose "Save Target as" to save to your computer
As a zipped archive of the Word .doc file
(40 kb)
Before You Come "Home": Preparing for Reentry
In addition to the e-book on "Coming Home": The Reentry Transition Ron
and Bonnie have also written a book called "Before You Come Home."
This book deals with preparing for the transition from one culture to
another.
The book can be downloaded in one of three formats:
Our
recommendation: As a PDF file (184 kb)
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on the link to read in your browser
Right
click on the link and choose "Save Target as" to save to your computer
As a Microsoft
Word .doc file: (224 kb)
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on the link to read in your browser
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click on the link and choose "Save Target as" to save to your computer
As a zipped archive of the Word .doc file (58 kb)
Understanding Adolescence (E-Book)
Since the "Adolescence" article is the one opened most frequently, Ron
has updated his book, Understanding Adolescence, published by Victor
Books in 1987. Written for parents of adolescents and children in their
later elementary years, it is also helpful to teachers, youth workers and
anyone else working with teenagers.
The book can be downloaded in one of three formats:
Third Culture Kids and Adolescence: Cultural Creations (E-Book)
Ron wrote a book for TCKs, one to accompany Understanding Adolescence
(written for parents). Third Culture Kids are obviously created by living in
two cultures, and the whole phenomenon of adolescence was invented by
Western culture. This book examines the role of culture in creating
adolescent TCKs, and includes a practical section at the end of each
chapter, a section titled "What Can Adolescent TCKs Do?"
The book can be downloaded in one of three formats:
We’re Going Home: Reentry for Elementary
Children
I Don’t Want to Go Home: Parent’s Guide
for Reentry for Elementary Children
Ron and Bonnie (an elementary teacher) wrote We’re Going Home (108
pages) for children ages 6-12 who are returning to their passport countries.
Written at a third grade level, We’re Going Home includes the story of a
family returning to its passport culture. Each chapter also has activities
such as scrambled words, crossword puzzles, word searches, mazes, and codes.
Ron also wrote I Don’t Want to Go Home (54 pages) as a companion
volume for parents. Each chapter in the parent’s book has information about
TCKs in the Bible, children’s TCK issues today, and suggestions to help
children reenter well. Both books are included in each of the files to be
downloaded below.
The book can be downloaded in one of three formats:
As a Microsoft Word
.doc file: (1078 kb)
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on the link to read in your browser
Right
click on the link and choose "Save Target as" to save to your computer
As a zipped archive of the Word .doc file
(153 kb)
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