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\"\"<\/a>Author Sarah Lanier explains how cultures around the world can fit into two basic categories and how these categories differ. Whether you are a cross-cultural worker or simply live in a cross-cultural neighborhood, you’ll find this book to be a valuable resource for understanding and relating to others from a different “climate”.<\/p>\n

Recommended by Karen Hallberg, Associate Director of Mission Mobilization and Connection.<\/em><\/p>\n

Available from the Covenant Bookstore<\/a> online for $6.74.<\/p>\n

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Author Sarah Lanier explains how cultures around the world can fit into two basic categories and how these categories differ. Whether you are a cross-cultural worker or simply live in a cross-cultural neighborhood, you’ll find this book to be a valuable resource for understanding and relating to others from a different “climate”. Recommended by Karen Hallberg, Associate Director of Mission Mobilization and Connection. Available from the Covenant Bookstore online for $6.74. 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