 | Insight City Guide Singapore (Book & Restaurant Guide) (Insight City Guides (Book & Restaurant Guide)) by Insight Guides
Buy new: $11.96 / Used from: $2.94 The Insight Guides are both a tour guide and a useful source of information about local culture, customs, and favorites. I learn something new every time I reviewed this book. The resource guide in the back is the best part of the book!
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 | India (Country Guide) by Sarina Singh
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $18.99 Lonely Planet guides are slowly moving away from being pure tourist guides. It is like talking to a local taxi driver...they know where to find anything and everything! The Lonely Planet website also has a discussion forum called Thorn Tree which has provided me with info about hotels, transportation, day trips, and bargaining.
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 | Culture Shock! China: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette (Culture Shock! China) by Angela Eagan
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $8.19 Culture Shock guides are high level and oriented to cultural do's and don'ts. Very useful for cultures with lots of detailed customs. For example, do not pat someone on the head in some Asian cultures (the head is considered the seat of the soul). Some business material, but not very useful in terms of day-to-day realities.
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 | We're Moving Where? An Adolescent's Guide to Overseas Living by Ben Voegele
Good resource for older children moving overseas. Covers issues of separation from friends and family, culture shock and its various symptoms and behaviors, and the benefits of experiencing life in a different culture.
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 | Living and Working in France, 8th Edition: A Survival Handbook (Living and Working in France) by David Hampshire
Buy new: $18.96 / Used from: $13.27 Great information about mundane issues such as, establishing a business, setting up phones and internet, transportation (public transport passes, buying a car).
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 | Insight Pocket Map London (Insight Pocket Map)
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $6.23 Great pocket size map with streets, attractions, and bus and subway information. Always carry a pocket-sized map of your city/region for those moments when you can only remember where to find something in your home country (we ALL have those moments living abroad!)
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 | Lonely Planet Signspotting 2 : The World's Most Absurd Signs (Lonely Planet Signspotting) by Doug Lansky
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $4.00 Yes, the sign may look like English, but it doesn't read like proper English. For anyone who has encountered those signs around the globe that just make you laugh (one of my favorites from Thailand: "You make peepey, you make flushey").
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 | Lonely Planet Australian Phrasebook by Susan Butler
Buy used from: $0.75 As an American in an former British colony, I spent my first 6 months wanting an English to English dictionary so that I didn't have to think anytime someone told me to go through the car park (parking garage). I recommend this as a resource for those of you acclimating to Brit-speak around the globe.
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 | Logitech QuickCam Pro for Notebooks
Buy new: $56.49 / Used from: $59.80 A web/computer camera is important when living overseas because it keeps family members from driving you nutty with constant requests for photos. Use Skype or similar VoIP services and keep those phone bills down while reassuring your parents/extended family that yes, you are eating regular meals.
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