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The Places in Between

The Places in Between more books like this

by Rory Stewart

In January 2002, Rory Stewart survived a walk across Afghanistan by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. In this memoir, he writes about heroes and rogues, tribal elders and teenage soldiers, Taliban commanders and foreign-aid workers as he makes tangible the forces of tradition, ideology, ...

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China Road: A Journey Into the Future of a Rising Power

China Road: A Journey Into the Future of a Rising Power more books like this

by Rob Gifford

An acclaimed National Public Radio reporter takes a dramatic journey along China's Route 312 from its start in the boomtown of Shanghai to its end on the border with Kazakhstan. Along the way, he poses crucial questions regarding China's future as a super power.

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Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China

Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China more books like this

by Peter Hessler

The acclaimed author of "River Town" offers a rare portrait of 21st-century China. Hessler tells the story of this modern-day country and its growing links to the Western world as seen through the lives of a handful of ordinary people.

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The Snow Leopard

The Snow Leopard more books like this

by Peter Matthiessen

Author Matthiessen documents his travels in Nepal with naturalist George Schaller, including his attempts to come to grips with his wife's death from cancer, and his general pondering of questions of life and death. The snow leopard becomes a symbol to Matthiessen of the elusive silence of the peace of Zen.

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Sources of Chinese Tradition: Volume 1: From Earliest Times to 1600

Sources of Chinese Tradition: Volume 1: From Earliest Times to 1600 more books like this

by Professor Irene Bloom (Editor), Professor Irene Cohen (Editor), William Theodore De Bary (Editor)

-- Yingshih Yu, Gordon Wu 1958 Professor of Chinese Studies and professor of history, Princeton University

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Iron & silk

Iron & silk more books like this

by Mark Salzman

This entertaining memoir, a quietly persuasive classic of its kind, is about the journey of a young martial arts-obsessed American to China, where he teaches English to Chinese medical students and studies with a kung fu master.

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When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: Tie-In Edition

When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: Tie-In Edition more books like this

by Le Ly Hayslip, Jay Wurts

Le Ly recounts her childhood in Ky La and her return to Vietnam in 1986 to search for the family she had left behind.

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Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell, Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia

Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell, Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia more books like this

by Janet Wallach

The story of Gertrude Bell, who went to Teheran to visit her uncle, the British envoy, and fell in love with the Middle East. The first woman to earn a first-class degree in modern history at Oxford, she went on to play an influential role in the making of post-World War I Iraq, where she was secretary to the British High Commission. She also had ...

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Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure

Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure more books like this

by Sarah MacDonald

After backpacking her way around India, 21-year-old Sarah Macdonald decided that she hated this land of chaos and contradiction with a passion, and when an airport beggar read her palm and insisted she would come back one day - and for love - she vowed never to return. But twelve years later the prophecy comes true when her partner, ABC's South ...

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Annapurna

Annapurna more books like this

by Maurice Herzog

This work presents the enthralling account, by the leader of the French expedition, of the first conquest of Annapurna - at that time, and at more than 8000 metres, the highest mountain ever climbed. It is a story of breathtaking courage and determination against appalling odds. In records of mountaineering, in tales of human endeavour, there is ...

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The Rough Guide to Japan more books like this

by Simon Richmond, Jan Dodd, Sophie Branscombe

The "Rough Guide to Japan" provides invaluable advice on everything from getting there (including overland routes) to tracking down the latest and best places to sleep, eat, drink and shop. There is comprehensive coverage of all the major sights - and many off the beaten track - from the northern tip of Hokkaido down to the islands of Okinawa, ...

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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar more books like this

by Paul Theroux

Thirty years after his classic "The Great Railway Bazaar," Theroux revisits Eastern Europe, Central Asia, India, China, Japan, and Siberia. Wherever he goes, his omnivorous curiosity and unerring eye for detail never fail to inspire, enlighten, inform, and entertain.

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Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam more books like this

by Andrew X Pham

When he was ten, the author of this memoir fled with his family from Vietnam to California, where he led a mostly assimilated life. After finding the professional world of engineering disappointing, however, he began bicycling all over the world, finally going to his homeland, where he spent five months on his bike researching his family's past ...

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Jerusalem & the Holy Land more books like this

by Fabrizio Ardito (Editor), Cristina Gambaro (Editor), Massimo Acanfora Torrefranca (Editor)

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Thailand more books like this

by Dorling Kindersley Publishing (Creator)

The preeminent books in the field of travel, Eyewitness Travel Guides are packed with full-color photographs, maps, detailed text, and illustrations of every significant monument, museum, shop, restaurant, and hotel to be found at the destination. Star features and 3-D cutaway illustrations make sure that travelers won't miss key points of ...

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Seven years in Tibet more books like this

by Heinrich Harrer

The author became the Dalai Lama's tutor when he was imprisoned in an Indian internment camp by the British after World War II was declared, then escaped and made his way over the frozen Himalayas to Lhasa. This is the story of his stay in Tibet, from 1939 to 1950 when the Chinese invaded.

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Travels of Marco Polo more books like this

by Marco Polo

Chronicling the 13th-century world of Venice, his birthplace, to the far reaches of Asia, Marco Polo tells of the foreign peoples he meets as he travels by foot, horse and boat. This edition is illustrated with 32 woodcut images that were created for the classic 1926 publication.

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North to the Orient more books like this

by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

In 1931 Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh set off on a flight to the Orient by the Great Circle Route. The classic North to the Orient is the beautifully written account of the trip.

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River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze more books like this

by Peter Hessler

Hessler's book is a memoir more of a city than of a man's experiences. Teaching English as a Peace Corps volunteer to the residents of Fuling, Hessler was inspired by the tenacity of his students and by the impact of the historical events that occurred during his tenure there. Winner of the 2001 Kiriamas Award for nonfiction and a New York Times ...

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When Asia Was the World more books like this

by Stewart Gordon

While European intellectual, cultural, and commercial life stagnated during the early medieval period, Asia flourished as the wellspring of science, philosophy, and religion. Linked together by a web of religious, commercial, and intellectual connections, the different regions of Asias vast civilization, from Arabia to China, hummed with commerce ...

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Across China more books like this

by Peter Jenkins

Here is Peter Jenkins' vivid account of his adventures in Tibet, up Mount Everest and across China--from the windswept plains of Mongolia to a forbidden fishing village south of Shanghai. And here are the incredible characters he encountered. It became a journey as much into himself as it was across a country. By the author of A Walk Across ...

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Japan more books like this

by John Benson

All aspects of modern Japan as well as its history, art and ancient traditions are explained in this book, which also gives coverage to Japan's enormous variety in landscape, from near arctic in the north to sub-tropical in the south.

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Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific more books like this

by Paul Theroux

Theroux's narrative of his travels to 51 Pacific islands.

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Lonely Planet Mongolia more books like this

by Michael Kohn

Activities chapter includes yak-carting, horse-trekking and hiking.

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China more books like this

by DK Publishing (Creator)

Beautifully commissioned photographs, spectacular 3-D aerial views, and comprehensive information help travelers to China discover both the charm and majesty of this fascinating destination.

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