Although he has spent more of his life in Belgium than anywhere else, Richard Hill is still intrigued and pleasantly surprised by his host country. In his new book he takes a close look at this fascinating bit of Europe where so many cultures meet..

Richard Hill has brought to this book a lifetime's experience as a consultant to business and industry, reinforced by interviews with more than 1,000 senior international executives and the input from lectures to an aggregate audience of over 10,000 businesspeople and students.

Number of pages: 264   Format: 195x130 mm   Weight: 345 grams

With his book 'Sharks and Custard: The Things That Make Europeans Laugh' Richard Hill sets out to do two things: first, throw light on the different styles of humour of the English, the French, the Germans etc, and, secondly, offer a careful selection of what he thinks are the best jokes by and about the countries concerned.

Number of pages: 189   Format: 195x130 mm   Weight: 215 grams 

In his fourth book in this series, Richard Hill takes a look at his own country. In 152 pages he puts the foibles of the English under the microscope, examining the suspicion of things like vision and long-term planning, and the attachment to class, chumminess and ceremonial.

Number of pages: 152   Format: 195x130 mm   Weight: 200 grams

With January 1 1995 - the date of Austria's, Finland's and Sweden's accession to the European Union - long behind us, ignorance about these countries is as great as ever. Maybe not where they are, or what they represent economically, but who they are, how they do business, what things are important to them and what are not.

Number of pages: 176   Format: 195x130 mm   Weight: 240 grams

In his book, "Us & Them", Richard Hill examines European separatism in its various forms : the regionalist movement, attitudes to minorities, the bonding instinct and, most significantly, the silent separatism that is now distancing the younger generations of Europeans from the world of politics.

Number of pages: 175   Format: 195x130 mm   Weight: 200 grams

This collection of essays is the product of a series of 'Women On the Move' conferences, which brought together expatriate women from over twenty countries. Their concerns were mutual : to share experience in meeting the challenges that confront women who move to strange lands in pursuit of their own or their husbands' careers.

Number of pages: 216   Format: 195x130 mm   Weight: 226 grams