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1	The Places in Between more books like this by Rory Stewart add to wishlist Rory Stewart's moving, sparsely poetic account of his walk across Afghanistan in January 2002 has been immediately hailed as a classic. Caught between hostile nations, warring factions and competing ideologies, at the time, Afghanistan was in turmoil following the US invasion. Travelling entirely on foot and following the inaccessible, mountainous ... see all copies from £2.82! new only from £5.47! \| first editions
2	China Road: A Journey Into the Future of a Rising Power more books like this by Rob Gifford add to wishlist 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. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.40!
3	Iron & silk more books like this by Mark Salzman add to wishlist 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. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.85! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: Tie-In Edition more books like this by Le Ly Hayslip, Jay Wurts add to wishlist Le Ly recounts her childhood in Ky La and her return to Vietnam in 1986 to search for the family she had left behind. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £8.12!
5	Annapurna more books like this by Maurice Herzog add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from £1.52! new only from £6.82! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell, Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia more books like this by Janet Wallach add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from £1.61! new only from £4.99! \| first editions
7	Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure more books like this by Sarah MacDonald add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.48! \| first editions
8	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) add to wishlist -- Yingshih Yu, Gordon Wu 1958 Professor of Chinese Studies and professor of history, Princeton University see all copies from £13.68! new only from £21.35!
9	The Rough Guide to Japan more books like this by Simon Richmond, Jan Dodd, Sophie Branscombe add to wishlist 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, ... see all copies from £4.33! new only from £12.39!
10	Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan more books like this by Bruce Feiler add to wishlist Since its publication, Learning to Bow has been heralded as one of the funniest, liveliest, and most insightful books about the clash of cultures between America and Japan. Now in paperback, this hilarious and revealing book demystifiesde the world's most heralded school system. Map. see all copies from £3.39! new only from £6.30! \| first editions
11 view cover	Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China more books like this by Peter Hessler add to wishlist 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. see all copies from £6.39! new only from £7.28!
12 view cover	The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia more books like this by Paul Theroux add to wishlist Fired by his childhood fascination with trains, Paul Theroux set out one day with the intention of boarding every train that chugged into view from Victoria Station to Tokyo Central, and to return via the Trans-Siberian Express. An odyssey of fun and adventure full of people, places and asides. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.24! \| first editions
13 view cover	Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar more books like this by Paul Theroux add to wishlist 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. see all copies from £5.97! new only from £5.97! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Jerusalem & the Holy Land more books like this by Fabrizio Ardito (Editor), Cristina Gambaro (Editor), Massimo Acanfora Torrefranca (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from £12.83! new only from £12.83!
15 view cover	Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey Into Bhutan more books like this by Jamie Zeppa add to wishlist In this memoir, a young Canadian woman decides to take her first trip outside of North America before she is to be married. After accepting a teaching post in Bhutan, a tiny kingdom in the Himalayas bordering China and India, she eventually breaks off her engagement and falls in love with another man. see all copies from £1.99! new only from £6.86! \| first editions
16 view cover	Everest: The West Ridge more books like this by Thomas F Hornbein add to wishlist In one of mountaineering's great-st adventure stories, Thomas Hombein tells of his and Willi Unsoeld's dramatic first ascent of Everest's West Ridge -- a route that had been dismissed as hopeless by all previous expeditions. Part of the first successful American expedition, Hombein and Unsoeld ascended beyond "the point of no return" to make the ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £10.16! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam more books like this by Andrew X Pham add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from £2.06! new only from £9.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	The Snow Leopard more books like this by Peter Matthiessen add to wishlist 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. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.49! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Travels of Marco Polo more books like this by Marco Polo add to wishlist 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. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £2.89! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Seven years in Tibet more books like this by Heinrich Harrer add to wishlist 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. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.43! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	North to the Orient more books like this by Anne Morrow Lindbergh add to wishlist 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. see all copies from £1.52! new only from £8.10! \| first editions
22 view cover	Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and Present more books like this by Peter Hessler add to wishlist From the acclaimed author of "River Town" comes a rare portrait, both intimate and epic, of 21st-century China as it opens its doors to the outside world. see all copies from £6.60! new only from £8.79! \| first editions
23 view cover	River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze more books like this by Peter Hessler add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.50! \| first editions
24 view cover	Japan more books like this by John Benson add to wishlist 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. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £7.24!
25 view cover	China more books like this by DK Publishing (Creator) add to wishlist 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. see all copies from £10.07! new only from £13.71!

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