Robert BarlasRobert Barlas is the author of ten titles on cross-cultural subjects published by Times Editions (now Marshall Cavendish) between 1990 and 2010. He has also self-published The Teaching Overseas Information Handbook (1979), and, for the last 25 years,has worked as a consultant to teachers wishing to enhance their careers by working overseas. He has two children and six grandchildren. He now lives with his wife, Nancy, and their cat, Sherwood, in Stirling, Ontario. Read More Read Less