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Chasing the dragon :into the heart of the Golden Triangle
by Christopher R Cox  Book News Annotation Boston Herald journalist Christopher Cox recounts the extraordinary adventures (and seedy misadventures) he experienced over three years during his ultimately successful quest to gain a personal audience with Burmese General Khun Sa, dubbed "The...
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Bad Karma: Confessions of a Reckless Traveller in Southeast Asia
by Tamara Sheward Synopsis Conducting a wayward journey through the underbelly of Southeast Asia, an Australian traveler peppers "Bad Karma" with swindlers, sleazeballs, and sanctimonious hippies as she puts backpacker culture through the wringer....
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Where the Pavement Ends: One Woman's Bicycle Trip Through Mongolia, China & Vietnam
by Erika Warmbrunn Publisher Comments Erika Warmbrunn's amazing 8,000 kilometer cycling journey through Asia. Winner of the Barbara Savage Miles From Nowhere Memorial Award....
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Land of a Thousand Eyes: The Subtle Pleasures of Everyday Life in Myanmar
by Peter Olszewski Publisher Comments A vivid, insider' s account of one of the most inaccessible and mysterious countries in Asia, this book looks beyond topographical features to discover the psyche of the people of Myanmar. Appointed to train local journalists for 18 months at the English-...
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Fever and Thirst: An American Doctor Among the Tribes of Kurdistan, 1835-1844
by Gordon Taylor Synopsis The first Americans to work with the people of the Middle East were neither spies nor soldiers.....
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In Xanadu: A Quest (Lonely Planet Journeys)
by William Dalrymple Publisher Comments William Dalrymple retraces Marco Polo's epic journey from Jerusalem to Xanadu, the ruins of Kubla Khan's magnificent palace, north of Peking....
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The Land of War Elephants: Travels Beyond the Pale in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India
by Mathew Wilson Publisher Comments Offering an intimate look at the people and places of Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan, this memoir by adventurer and historian Mathew Wilson recounts journeys into remote areas as a member of the British army and with his family in the late 1960s...
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On Alexander's Track to the Indus: Personal Narrative of Explorations on the Northwest Frontier of India
by Aurel Stein Publisher Comments First published in 1929, this book is Stein's account of the expeditions he mounted following in the footsteps of Alexander the Great during the triumphant invasion that, interestingly, left not a trace in Indian literature or tradition....
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Extremes Along the Silk Road: Adventures Off the World's Oldest Superhighway
by Nick Middleton Publisher Comments The Silk Road cuts through one of the most extraordinary landscapes on the planet. A vast region separating China from the Mediterranean, it is one of the most inhospitable places on earth-- a forbidding terrain of hostile deserts, treacherous mountain...
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Pilgrimage to India: A Woman Revisits Her Homeland
by Pramila Jayapal Publisher Comments In Pilgrimage to India, Pramila Jayapal, an Indian-born, Western-educated woman, returns to her country of birth and gives readers an inside look at a culture that is both fascinating and largely inaccessible. During her two-year stay, Jayapal finds a...
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The Indochina Chronicles: Travels in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam
by Phil Karber Synopsis From old Viet Cong guerrillas to the new tycoons of Saigon, from hookers and highwaymen to bartenders and ambassadors, Phil Karber has met them all--and had a drink with most. Nobody knows the red states of Indochina better than Phil Karber. This book is...
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Temptations of the West : How To Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, and Beyond (06 Edition)
by Pankaj Mishra Publisher Comments In his new book, Mishra brings literary authority and political insight to bear on travels that are at once epic and personal as he sees the pressures of Western-style modernity, prosperity, and globalization on a rapidly changing region....
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A Beginner's Guide to Changing the World: A True Life Adventure Story
by Isabel Losada Publisher Comments Tired of half-hearted attempts to effect change in the world, Isabel Losada decides to walk the talk and embarks on a journey that takes her from protests in the streets of London to India and back again. Sometimes you just have to do something, don't...
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Hindoo Holiday
by J Ackerley Publisher Comments In the 1920s, the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal secretary to the maharajah of a small Indian principality. In his journals, Ackerley recorded the Maharajah's fantastically eccentric habits and riddling conversations...
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Here Be Yaks: Travels in Far West Tibet
by Manosi Lahiri Synopsis Here Be Yaks chronicles the adventures of a group ofordinary people on an extraordinary journey to one of the most isolated corners of Tibet. From Lhasa they travel ever upwards along the ancient Tasam Highway, stoppingat ancient stage posts and battling...
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Playing with Water
by J Hamilton Paterson Publisher Comments A wonderful inner journey in the outer light and color of a remote coast, uncommonly well written.--Peter...
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Chasing the Monk's Shadow
by Mishi Saran Publisher Comments In the seventh century AD, the Chinese monk Xuanzang set off on an epic journey to India to study Buddhist philosophy from the Indian masters. Traveling along the Silk Road, braving brigands and blizzards, Xuanzang finally reached India, where his...
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Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus
by Robert D Kaplan Publisher Comments At its peak, the Ottoman empire stretched from Hungary to the Gulf of Aden to the Caspian Sea. Informed by a lifetime of travel and exploration, Eastward to Tartary takes you on a spellbinding journey into the heart of that still-unsettled region, a...
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Tuva Or Bust : Richard Feynman's Last Journey (00 Edition)
by Ralph Leighton Publisher Comments As a stamp-collecting boy always fascinated by remote places, Nobel Prize?winning physicist Richard Feynman was particularly taken by the diamond-shaped stamps from a place called Tannu Tuva deep within Outer Mongolia. He hoped, someday, to travel there....
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River of No Reprieve: Descending Siberia's Waterway of Exile, Death, and Destiny
by Jeffrey Tayler Publisher Comments One of today's most intrepid writers chronicles a deadly trek through the legendary region that gave birth to the gulag and gave Siberia its outsize reputation for perilous isolation. In a custom-built boat, Jeffrey Tayler travels some 2,400 miles...
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