Respond to Japanese Noh theater like a native: Kazoku sorrote no seppuku ga yokatta. ("e;I love the part where the whole family disembowels themselves."e;) Speak to homicidal Parisian taxi drivers in a language they'll understand: Ou avez-vous appris a conduire? En Italie? ("e;Where did you learn to drive? Italy?"e;) Discuss Italian olive oil with the proper degree of reverence: Un assaggio ti dice che le olive sono maturate di fronte ad una cattedrale. ("e;One taste tells you the olives grew in full view of the cathedral."e;) Establish privacy needs in Mexico: Preferiria una habitacion sin alacranes. ("e;I'd prefer a room without scorpions."e;) With seven titles and over 1.2 million copies in print, Howard Tomb's Wicked phrase book series is the fiendishly irreverent-and very successful-collection that gives travelers the words they wish they could utter while, say, attempting to find the exit of the Louvre or facing a plate of fugu (poisonous blowfish) in Japan. Now, the five most popular Wicked books-Italian, French, Japanese, German, and Spanish- have been updated and compiled into The Wicked Traveler. A$25 value for $8.95, it's the ultimate impulse gift for anyone who'd like to know how to say silly things in five different languages. Because, as Howard Tomb writes in his new introduction: "e;Every country is different, but all foreign places have one thing in common: they're weird."e;