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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 bicycle...
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In Siberia
by Colin Thubron Publisher Comments Chapter One Hauntings The ice-fields are crossed for ever by a man in chains. In the farther distance, perhaps, a herd of reindeer drifts, or a hunter makes a shadow on the snow. But that is all. Siberia: it fills one twelfth of the land-mass of the...
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Seven Years in Tibet
by Heinrich Harrer Synopsis "Seven Years in Tibet" is the extraordinary true story of how a young Austrian adventurer became tutor and friend to the Dalai Lama. This timeless story illuminates Eastern culture, as well as the childhood of His Holiness and the current plight of...
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Apples Are from Kazakhstan: The Land That Disappeared
by Christopher Robbins Publisher Comments A funny and revealing travelogue of Kazakhstan, a country rich with wild tulips, oil, nomads who hunt with golden eagles, and a disappearing landlocked sea. Closed to foreigners under Tsar and Soviet rule, Kazakhstan has remained largely hidden from the...
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Virtual Tibet: Searching for Shangri-La from the Himalayas to Hollywood
by Orville Schell
From Powells.com In 1953, a young Orville Schell happened upon a copy of Seven Years in Tibet, Heinrich Harrer's classic account of living in Tibet during the second world war. He was hooked: "Harrer's book offered a fabulous escapist tale of an isolated, ancient...
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River Town : Two Years on the Yangtze (06 Edition)
by Peter Hessler Publisher Comments A New York Times Notable Book Winner of the Kiriyama Book Prize In the heart of China's Sichuan province, amid the terraced hills of the Yangtze River valley, lies the remote town of Fuling. Like many other small cities in this ever-evolving country...
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Snow Leopard (78 Edition)
by Peter Matthiessen
Publisher Comments When Peter Matthiessen set out with the field biologist George Schaller from Pokhara, in northwest Nepal, their hope was to reach the Crystal Mountain — a foot journey of 250 miles or more across the Himalaya — in the Land of Dolpo, on the...
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Two Wheels in the Dust: From Kathmandu to Kandy
by Anne Mustoe Publisher Comments This is the finest travel writing: Anne Mustoe's phenomenal journey is full of rich experiences and enlightening incidents. Beginning in Kathmandu in Nepal and ending in the tranquil town of Kandy in Sri Lanka, her journey follows in the path of The...
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Shadow of the Silk Road
by Colin Thubron
Powells.com Staff Pick Colin Thubron's Shadow of the Silk Road is a beautiful, important book; part travel writing, part sociology, part history, and part politics, it is hard to pin down to any one genre. But the book's warmth and genuine love for humanity and our...
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Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China (P.S.)
by Peter Hessler Publisher Comments A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle Bones, Peter Hessler explores the human side of China's transformation, viewing modern-day China...
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Indian Summer: A Good Man in Asia
by Will Randall Publisher Comments Will Randall thought teaching in an inner-London comprehensive was a tough job. But that was nothing compared to the next assignment: saving a slum school in the Indian city of Poona. Learning as much as he is teaching, Will finds his life transformed by...
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Music in Every Room: Around the World in a Bad Mood (Traveler)
by John Krich Publisher Comments John Krich’s Music in Every Room depicts the disappointments and corruptions of modern travel. “This quirky, querulous and oddly appealing travelogue” (The Boston Globe) charts Krich’s journey across Asia with his irascible...
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Fried Eggs with Chopsticks: One Woman's Hilarious Adventure Into a Country and a Culture Not Her Own
by Polly Evans Publisher Comments Polly Evans’s itinerary for China was simple: travel by luxurious high-speed train and long-distance bus, glide along the Grand Canal and hike up scenic mountains. Instead, the linguistically impaired adventurer found herself on a primitive sleeper-...
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In Siberia
by Colin Thubron Synopsis An evocative portrait of one of the most breathtaking yet little-known places on earth, written by England's #1 bestselling, award-winning author--"one of the two or three best living travel writers, in some ways probably "the" best" (Jan Morris). Map....
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Beyond the House of the False Lama: Travels with Monks, Nomads, and Outlaws
by George Crane Publisher Comments From the author of the acclaimed and delightful Bones Of The Mastercomes a whole new set of rollicking and moving adventures. From the peaceful woods of Upstate New York, to sailing through hurricanes in the Carribean, from the cafes of Paris to the...
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Holy Cow : Indian Adventure (04 Edition)
by Sarah Macdonald
Publisher Comments In her twenties, journalist Sarah Macdonald backpacked around India and came away with a lasting impression of heat, pollution and poverty. So when an airport beggar read her palm and told her she would return to India?and for love — she screamed...
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Tibetan Rescue: The Extraordinary Quest to Save the Sacred Art Treasures of Tibet
by Pamela Logan Book News Annotation Logan, who founded the nonprofit Kham Aid Foundation to support conservation of the murals of Tibet's Pewar Monastery, provides a firsthand look at Tibetan culture and the fate of their Buddhist monasteries under Chinese Communist rule. Maps, color...
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Wrong about Japan
by Peter Carey Publisher Comments When Peter Carey offered to take his son to Japan, 12-year-old Charley stipulated no temples or museums. He wanted to see manga, anime, and cool, weird stuff. His father said yes. Out of that bargain comes this enchanting tour of the mansion of Japanese...
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Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
by Andrew Pham
Publisher Comments A Vietnamese Bicycle Days by a stunning new voice in American letters. Andrew X. Pham dreamed of becoming a writer. Born in Vietnam and raised in California, he held technical jobs at United Airlines-and always carried a letter of resignation in his...
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Where the Pavement Ends: One Woman's Bicycle Trip Through Mongolia, China & Vietnam
by Erika Warmbrunn Synopsis 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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