Travel : Asia

A practical and accessible guide to an ancient but rapidly changing culture. Perfect for business and armchair travelers alike, China A to Z explains the customs, culture, and etiquette essential for any trip or for anyone wanting to understand this complex country. In one hundred brief, reader-friendly chapters, alphabetized by subject, China A to Z introduces a general audience to contemporary Chinese society, as well as its venerable history. Discover:. • Why Chinese names are written in reverse order. • What to bring when visiting a Chinese household. • What the current relationship is between Japan and China. • Why you should wrap gifts in red or pink paper, and never send white flowers. With the 2008 Summer Olympics being held in Beijing, thousands of Chinese adoptions occurring each year, and China becoming the fourth most popular international destination, the need for information about this complex country is greater than ever. more...

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In 1987 Michael Harrold went to North Korea to work as English language adviser on translations of the speeches of the late President Kim Il Sung (the Great Leader) and his son and heir Kim Jong Il (then Dear Leader and now head of state). For seven years he lived in Pyongyang enjoying privileged access to the ruling classes and enjoying the confidence of the country’s young elite. more...

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John Wassner sets off to find the fearsome headhunters of Borneo - his only concern: would he be able to find a decent cup of espresso in the jungle? In a journey that took 12 months of planning and preparation, he experiences and explores the wilds of Borneo. more...

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A highly illustrated guide to Bali & Lombok in the EyeWitness series. more...

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In one of the most intrepid travelogues in recent memory, Emma Larkin tells of the year she spent traveling through Burma, using as a compass the life and work of George Orwell, whom many of Burma’s underground teahouse intellectuals call simply “the Prophet.” In stirring prose, she provides a powerful reckoning with one of the world’s least free countries. Finding George Orwell in Burma is a brave and revelatory reconnaissance of modern Burma, one of the world’s grimmest and most shuttered police states, where the term “Orwellian” aptly describes the life endured by the country’s people. BACKCOVER: “A truer picture of authoritarianism than anyone has written since, perhaps, Orwell himself.”. —Mother Jones. “Mournful, meditative, appealingly idiosyncratic . . . an exercise in literary detection but also a political travelogue.”. —The New York Times. “Combining literary criticism with solid field reporting, [Larkin] captures the country at its best and, more often, its worst.”. —San Francisco Chronicle. “[A] sobering, journalistic memoir . . . A disquieting profile of a country and its people.”. —Newsweek more...

Price: $15.00