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Planes, Trains, and Auto-Rickshaws: A Journey Through Modern India by Laura Pedersen Publisher Comments "It is Pedersen's gift to be able to draw the reader into her world." —Front Street Reviews "[Pedersen's] wicked, sarcastic, dry, self-deprecating sense of humor won me over and I absolutely loved it start to finish."—Printed Page... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper 
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The Two-Year Mountain: A Nepal Journey by Phil Deutschle Publisher Comments Combining adventure story, travel log, and personal confession, this absorbing account describes a wrenching experience that belies the idealistic expectations of many Peace Corps volunteers. Following a stint as a volunteer teacher in a Nepalese village,... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Trade Paper
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Getting Genki in Japan: The Adventures and Misadventures of an American Family in Tokyo by Karen Pond Publisher Comments The unexpected gift of a favored bottle of shiraz from her husband leads to the adventure of a lifetime for Karen Pond and her family—moving from rural Maine to the largest city in the world: Tokyo, Japan. Getting Genki in Japan is a collection... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Hardcover
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Hidden Bhutan: Entering the Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon (Armchair Traveller) by Martin Uitz Publisher Comments It was only in the mid 1960s that the first road between India and Bhutan was opened. And only since 1974 have a small number of tourists been permitted to visit the kingdom every year. In Hidden Bhutan Martin Uitz, a renowned authority on the country... (read more) Your price: $11.95 New - Trade Paper
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Lost on Planet China: One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation by J Maarten Troost Publisher Comments The bestselling author of The Sex Lives of Cannibals returns with a sharply observed, hilarious account of his adventures in China—a complex, fascinating country with enough dangers and delicacies to keep him, and readers, endlessly entertained.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Iron & Silk (Vintage Departures) by Mark Salzman Publisher Comments Salzman captures post-cultural revolution China through his adventures as a young American English teacher in China and his shifu-tudi (master-student) relationship with China's foremost martial arts teacher.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Catfish & Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam by Andrew X Pham Publisher Comments Winner of the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Winner of the Whiting Writers' Award A Seattle Post-Intelligencer Best Book of the Year Catfish and Mandala is the story of an American odyssey—a solo... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Shadow of the Silk Road (P.S.) by Colin Thubron Publisher Comments To travel the Silk Road, the greatest land route on earth, is to trace the passage not only of trade and armies but also of ideas, religions, and inventions. Making his way by local bus, truck, car, donkey cart, and camel, Colin Thubron covered some... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux Publisher Comments Paul Theroux returns to the transcontinental expedition that made Great Railway Bazaar a classic of travel literature and realizes—in rich, anecdotal detail—how much the world has changed. Half a lifetime ago, Paul Theroux... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Original Letters from India (New York Review Books Classics) by Eliza Fay Publisher Comments Eliza Fays origins are obscure; she was not beautiful, rich, or outlandishly accomplished. Yet the letters she wrote from her 1779 voyage across the globe captivated E. M. Forster, who arranged for their British publication in 1925. The letters have been... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia by Paul Theroux Publisher Comments First published more than thirty years ago, Paul Theroux's strange, unique, and hugely entertaining railway odyssey has become a modern classic of travel literature. Here Theroux recounts his early adventures on an unusual grand continental tour. Asia's... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Travels in Siberia by Ian Frazier Publisher Comments New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year A Boston Globe Best Book of 2010 A Christian Science Monitor Best Book of 2010 A San Francisco Chronicle Top 10 Books of 2010 A Washington Post Best Book of the Year A Kansas City Star 100 Best Books of... (read more) Your price: $20.00 New - Trade Paper
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A Geek in Japan: Discovering the Land of Manga, Anime, Zen, and the Tea Ceremony by Hector Garcia Publisher Comments For every fan of manga, anime, J-pop, or Zen, A Geek in Japan is a hip, smart and concise guide to the land that is their source. Comprehensive and well informed, it covers a wide array of topics in short articles accompanied by sidebars and numerous... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip (P.S.) by Peter Hessler Publisher Comments One of The Economist's Best Books of the Year From the bestselling author of Oracle Bones and River Town comes the final book in his award-winning trilogy on the human side of the economic revolution in China. Peter Hessler, whom the Wall Street Journal... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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Lost on Planet China: The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation, or How He Became Comfortable Eating Live Squid by J Maarten Troost Staff Pick Lost on Planet China is a must-read. The book, like its subject matter, contains multitudes. It's a travel-history-political-business-humor book. Roll Bill Bryson, Daniel Boorstin, and Thomas Friedman together and you get an idea of the scope of Troost's... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer Publisher Comments In this vivid memoir that has sold millions of copies worldwide, Heinrich Harrer recounts his adventures as one of the first Europeans ever to enter Tibet. Harrer was traveling in India when the Second World War erupted. He was subsequently seized and... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Narrative of the Expedition To the China Seas and Japan, 1852-1854 by Matthew Calbraith Perry Publisher Comments Enhanced with over 200 rare illustrations, this thrilling firsthand account relates the tension and triumph attendant upon Perry's mission to establish Japanese-American diplomatic relations. Drawn from the journals of the commodore and his officers, the... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $12.97 Sale - Trade Paper
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Great Railway Bazaar By Train Through by Paul Theroux Synopsis Fired by a fascination with trains that stemmed from childhood, Paul Theroux set out one day with the intention of boarding every train that chugged into view from Victoria Station in London to Tokyo Central, and to come back again via the Trans-Siberian... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Radio Shangri-La: What I Discovered on My Accidental Journey to the Happiest Kingdom on Earth by Lisa Napoli Publisher Comments Lisa Napoli was in the grip of a crisis, dissatisfied with her life and her work as a radio journalist. When a chance encounter with a handsome stranger presented her with an opportunity to move halfway around the world, Lisa left behind cosmopolitan Los... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Shooting the Boh: A Woman's Voyage Down the Wildest River in Borneo (Vintage Departures) by Tracy Johnston Publisher Comments As she approaches her sixties, Ma Thanegi decides to satisfy a lifelong dream. Jumping on any boat that would let her onboard, she begins a leisurely exploration of Myanmar’s thirteen hundred-mile long Ayeyarwaddy River. Always hungry—for... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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