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General Asia
Intrugued by an exquisite and mysterious amulet on an antique dress from Kohistan, "land of mountains" in Pakistan, Sheila Paine began an epic quest that took her from the peaks of the Himalaya to the shores of Greece. In this, the first part of her journey, she set off alone and undaunted for the rugged Hindu Kush, her only possessions a tiny rucksack and a litre of vodka. Over the course of several months she folowed endless clues - the patterns on a woman's dress, pendants hanging outside village houses to ward off djinns, scraps of embroidery in a bazaar - that took her to some of the most remote and inhospitable places in the world. She travelled to Makran in Pakistan, an area closed completely to foreigners, and to Iran, where she was constantly watched by government minders. She was smuggled into Afghanistan by a band of mujahedin, and then forged on into Iraq and Turkish Kurdistan from Iran, before one final piece of evidence led her to the small town of Razgard in eastern Bulgaria and news of the amulet she so tirelessly sought. For the conclusion, read The Golden Horde.........$17.95
This book weaves together the legend and history of the route with the story of Jeff's journey in rich and eloquent detail and with stunning photography, bringing to life a path that has been an escape route, a trade highway, and an adventure destination.........$35.00
A journey through every country in the continent........$43.95
Tales of travel on the Trans-Siberian & Silk Road......$32.95
Why go on a trip when you can embark on a life-long quest? Michael Buckley offers clues to finding the parallel universe of Shangri-La, your spiritual home in the Himalaya. He explores the dream, provides a shortlist of real-life Shangri-La contenders, and gives practical information on journeying to High Asia's hidden valleys and secluded realms. 200 pp text plus 48pp colour photos, 17 maps..........$28.95
Nick Danziger's graphic account of his hair-raising adventures during an eighteen-month journey 'beyond forbidden frontiers' in Asia makes a vivid and unforgettable impact. After walking and hitch-hiking through southern Turkey and the ayatollah's Iran, he entered Afghanistan illegally in the wake of a convoy of Chinese weapons and spent two months dodging Russian helicopter gunships with rebel guerillas..............$23.95
The story of a river...........$21.00
Warned by a Hong Kong fortune-teller not to risk flying for a whole year, Tiziano Terzani- a vastly experienced Asia correspondent- took what he called `the first step into an unknown world...It turned out to be one of the most extraordinary years that I have ever spent: I was marked for death, and instead I was reborn.' Travelling by foot, boat, bus, car and train, he visited Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Mongolia, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia.....$17.50
Thirty years after the epic journey chronicled in his classic work The Great Railway Bazaar, the world's most acclaimed travel wtiter re-creates his 25,000-mile journey through Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, Japan, and Siberia.........$21.00
The quest for a mysterious amulet that had taken Sheila Paine from the Hindu Kush to Bulgaria in The Afghan Amulet continues. Starting in the forbidden valley of Palas in Pakistan, she travels through the former territories of the soviet union - from Arctic Northern Russia, through the lands of Genghis Khan's Golden Horde and into Soviet Central Asia - Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and into the wild Tien Shan. She follows ancient trading routes, travelling in the footsteps of merchants and armies, chasing legends of goddess worship, traditions of Orthodox belief and stories of pagan superstition. Her relentless pursuit, involving years of travel, finally ends on the island of Karpathos in Greece, where in a tiny church on Easter Sunday she makes an extraordinary discovery..........$17.95
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 Express....$15.95
A user friendly guide to minimizing health risks and dealing with problems while on the road.....$10.99
A route and planning guide with 73 detailed maps: Pakistan, China, India, Nepal, Tibet, Sikkim & Bhutan.........$33.95
The Author follows the zig-zagging itinerary of the great explorer from Tangier, Ibn Battutah, as he explored landfalls in remote tropical islands, torrid Indian Ocean ports, and dusty towns on the shores of the Saraha sand-sea 7 centuries ago. This is a chronicle of a man who out-travelled Marco Polo by a factor of three, trekking from Zanzibar to Alhambra via the Maldives, Sri Lanka, China, Mauritania and Guinea.....$34.95
The Indian Ocean and the future of America power..........$19.00
Everything you need to know before you go......$21.99
The most complete & comprehensive travel information for independent budget travel to South-East Asia. Includes features on cultural and historical background, health & safety advice, plus tips on local customs. For Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, , the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, & Vietnam...............................$30.99
The making and unmaking of a Buddhist monk........$20.00
Mohawk haircuts in Bali. Yuppies in Hong Kong. In Bombay, not one but five Rambo rip-offs, complete with music and dancing. And in the new People's Republic of China, a restaurant that serves dishes called "Yes, Sir, Cheese My Baby," "A Legitimate Beef," and "Ike and Tina Turner." These are some of the images- comical, poignant, and unsettling- that Pico Iyer brings back from the Far East in this brilliant book of travel reportage. A writer for `Time', Iyer approaches his subject with a camera-sharp eye, a style that suggests a cross between Paul Theroux and Hunter S. Thompson, and a willingness to go beyond the obvious conclusions about the hybrid cultures of East and West....$21.00
Afghanistan
`Everything a travel book should be- truly memorable.'- Eric Newby. Thomas Cook/Daily Telegraph Travel Book Award Winner......$13.99
A vivid and touching portrait of life under occupation, and the unforgettable story of a family, a people and a country...........$21.00
Diary of a mission to Afghanistan....$17.95
A journey through the inside-out worlds of Iran and Afghanistan.....$18.50
An epic exploration of the ties that bind sons to fathers and boyhood friends to one another - and of the forces that tear them apart..........$21.00
When Freya Stark (1893-1993) travelled to central Afghanistan's wild Ghor Province to view the 12th Century minaret of Djam, one of Afghanistan's most celebrated treasures, few people in the world had laid eyes on it. Her journey from Kabul to Kandahar and Herat was difficult and dangerous but her account shines with humour and beautiful descriptions of the land and people that she encountered.........$18.50
A year on the Afghan frontier.........$19.95
In January 2002 Rory Stewart walked accross Afghanistan - surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers..........$18.00
At once poetic, scholarly and acidly humorous, Robert Byron's account of his pilgrimage through Persia and Afghanistan in the 1930's in search of the origins of Islamic architecture, is a masterpiece of the genre. Bringing to life the characters and landscape with vivid authenticity, The Road To Oxianais a passionate ode to the pursuit of adventure and an evocative portrait of a heroic, visionary traveller.......$20.00
When Eric Newby, improbably earning his living in the London haute couture trade, sent his fateful cable- CAN YOU TRAVEL TO NURISTAN IN JUNE?- it was the first step in a classic journey, from Mayfair to the wild mountains of the Hindu Kush, north-east of Kabul. As a more recent generation of travellers has discovered, Afghanistan can be an inhospitable place; as this truly diverting and wonderfully evocative book shows, it is also one of the most spectacularly beautiful wilderness on earth....$17.99
Promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan............$18.50
One man's mission to promote peace...one school at a time. The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his remarkable humanitarian campaign in the Taliban's backyard..........$18.50
Bangladesh
This revised edition considers the diverse offerings of the country, including the capital of Dacca, the public beaches and superb hill country.......$31.99
Bhutan
Jamie Zeppa went to Bhutan on a two-year teaching contract and it altered her life......$28.00
Gorgeous picture book on the land where gross national happiness is the order of the day......$50.00
This colourful, practical guide offers exceptional information on this little-known kingdom. All the practical details are extensively covered, but there are also special sections covering selected topics ranging from archery to ceremonial scarves......$27.95
For centuries Bhutan remained in self-imposed isolation from the rest of the world. Since its doors were cautiously opened in 1974, visitors have been mesmerized. The scenery and architecture are awesome, the people are charming, and the culture is undiluted........$29.99
With 27 treks ranging from 2 to 24 days in length, this guide offers a unique perspective on trekking through Bhutan.........$28.95
While travelling through Bhutan and its neighbouring countries, Barbara Cossette succeeds in portraying both a colourful and insightful picture of the Buddhist people and their struggle to maintain and honour their religious beliefs in the face of possible extinction......$21.00
Burma
Burmese Lessons is a love story. Unlike conventional love stories, this one takes the reader into a world as dangerous and heartbreaking as it is enchanting. When Karen Connelly finds herself in Burma in the late 1990s, she is immersed in a world of students staging mass demonstrations in opposition to Burma’s dictators, revolutionaries fighting an armed insurgency against that same military regime, and refugees living in hellish limbo in Thailand. Connelly first comes to love a wounded, remarkably beautiful country, then a gifted man who has given his life to its struggle for political change. Burmese Lessons is illuminated by the sensual language and flashes of humour that have won her fans around the world......$21.00
A Burmese odyssey.......$17.99 (import to order)
A memoir of survival in Burma and the West...........$32.00
A story set in modern (Burma) which celebrates the human spirit in the midst of injustice and violence............$21.00
"This is Burma, and it will be quite unlike any land you know." So said Kipling in 1898, and a hundred years later you'll say the same about Myanmar. This new edition is the most comprehensive guide to the "Golden Land." Includes maps, suggestions on how to spend your money to directly benefit ordinary Burmese citizens, plus details on new areas only recently opened to foreigners.......$27.99
The true story of Cylone Nargis and its aftermath in Burma.........$18.50
Cambodia
This beautifully illustrated book contains background information on Khmer history, religious beliefs and legends depicted on the bas-reliefs, as well as descriptions of architectural features. This detailed, monument-by-monument guide to the sites includes detailed maps and plans, plus information about temple comlexes accessible by helicopter or four-wheel drive vehicle...........$30.95
This guide is an invaluable companion for your trip to Cambodia. Contains full details on the magnificent ruins of Angkor Wat, the resurgent capital of Phnom Penh, and the latest information on safe and affordable travel. Great maps as usual, thorough visa and health information....$25.99
A memoir from the Frontlines of Humanitarian Aid............$31.95
A survival guide to customs and etiquette.......$18.95
The essential guide to customs and culture........$12.95
The very best of the region, selected and researched by experts, packed with colour photos, detailed maps, top tips, travellers' tales and suggestions for busting your budget....$28.95
Central Asia
Closed to foreigners under Romanov and Soviet rule, Kazakhstan has remained largely hidden from the world - a remarkable feat for the country the size of Western Europe. Few would guess that Kazakhstan - a blank in Westerners' collective geography - turns out to be diverse, tolerant, and surprisingly modern......$16.95
The classic true adventure story of a man who, by the pen, the sword and the diplomatic pouch, influenced some of the most significant events of our era.....$20.00
The search for the lost treasures of Central Asia.......$19.95
For nearly a century the two most powerful nations on earth- Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia- fought a secret war in the lonely passes and deserts of Central Asia. Those engaged in this shadowy struggle called it `The Great Game', a phrase immortalized in Kipling's Kim. This book tells the story of the Great Game through the exploits of the young officers, both British and Russian, who risked their lives playing it. Disguised as holy men or native horse traders, they mapped secret passes, gathered intelligence, and sought the allegiance of powerful khans. Some never returned...$19.95
A political and cultural history of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Iran.......$43.50
Colin Thubron's latest travelogue. "Within these pages Turkmenia, Uzbekistan, Kirghizia, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan become real places, inhabited by individuals with whom we can identify...The Lost Heart of Asia is a worthy sequel to Among the Russians, published in 1983, and generally recognized as the finest travel book about the USSR west of the Urals" says Dervla Murphy.......$21.95
A fascinating collection of antique maps from the Age of Explortation.......$35.00
A guide to the archaeology, art and architecture of Turkestan..........$43.95 (special order)
In July of 1997, Brady Fotheringham set out to retrace part of this historic trail on a mountain bike....$18.95
This book is for all those who love Kim- that masterpiece of Indian life in which Kipling immortalized the Great Game. Long fascinated by this strange tale of an orphan boy's recruitment into the Indian secret service, Peter Hopkirk promised himself that one day he would retrace Kim's footsteps across Kipling's India and see how much of it remained...$19.95 (import to order)
At once poetic, scholarly and acidly humorous, Robert Byron's account of his pilgrimage through Persia and Afghanistan in the 1930's in search of the origins of Islamic architecture, is a masterpiece of the genre. Bringing to life the characters and landscape with vivid authenticity, The Road To Oxianais a passionate ode to the pursuit of adventure and an evocative portrait of a heroic, visionary traveller...$20.00
The record of a journey from China to Turkey - 7000 miles overland in 8 months. Thubron's most ambitious journey in 40 years..........$18.50
From Xi'an to Kashgar...........$32.95
Ten thousand miles through Central Asia...........$20.95
A practical and historical guide to travelling along the greatest trade route of all time. Includes routes through Syria, Turkey, Iran, Turkmenestan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and China....$26.95
The Littledales of Central Asia.........$24.95
Turkestan Reunion is a series of "long letters home," portraying in intimate terms her "seventeen days by sledge across the snow-covered Steppes of Great Horde in the dead of winter," her dramatic reunion with her husband in Urumchi, and their subsequent expedition through the mountain passes and pastures of Chinese Turkestan and over the Himalayas into India. These spirited and amusing letters guide us through the adventures of an extraordinary woman from an era that seem both close and impossibly far away....$20.95
This groundbreaking guide focuses on the wealth of sites and colourful legends at the heart of Central Asia, plus the best of the rest- excursions covering the neighbouring republics Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan............$31.95
China
The story of the two years Matthew spent living in China living, studying and performing with the Shaolin monks...........$17.50
One man's quest to teach the People's Republic of China to love football. Short listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the year 2008.....$14.99
This ground-breaking new edition provides coverage of Yunnan's many attractions, including the provincial capital, Kunming, and Xishuangbanna, home of the Dai people.....$27.95
Why go on a trip when you can embark on a life-long quest? Michael Buckley offers clues to finding the parallel universe of Shangri-La, your spiritual home in the Himalaya. He explores the dream, provides a shortlist of real-life Shangri-La contenders, and gives practical information on journeying to High Asia's hidden valleys and secluded realms. 200 pp text plus 48pp colour photos, 17 maps......$28.95
A gripping personal memoir about working as an international reporter, living in China, and witnessing the rise and fall of nations around the world.....$19.95
Go beyond the usual tourist routes & discover the diversity of this vast land, from the deserts of Xinjing to the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. "The best book for the nuts and bolts of independent travel in China" says the San Francisco Examiner....$35.99
A journey through China from farm to factory......$17.99
A survival guide to customs and etiquette............$17.95
Experience the best of China.........$31.99
This book endeavors to represent some of the most magnificent wonders in China.........$17.50
How England stole the world's favorite drink and changed history...............$18.50
One woman's hilarious adventure into a country and a culture not her own.....$16.50
In 1981, after two years as a graduate student at Nanjing University, Vikram Seth decided to save money and hitchhike home to New Delhi via Tibet. Small, definitely not Occidental in appearance, and fluent in Chinese, he wore the traditional blue trousers, jacket and visored cap and was sometimes, at first, taken for a Chinese. He proved to be an observant, irrepressible, and resourceful traveller who took in his stride battles with the Communist bureaucracy, climatic extremes and the amiable but agonizing discomfort of riding long distances in bad weather over inferior or nonexistent roads in antiquated trucks. His persuasiveness and almost perfect Chinese enabled him to hold candid conversations with the people he met- and to reach his destination safely.................$18.95
Insider tips, outspoken opinions, exact prices, and off-the-beaten-path experiences.....$30.99
An immediate sensation in China, I Love Dollars is a hilarious send-up of China's love affair with capitalism by one of its most gifted new writers......$14.00
One man's attempt to understand the world's most mystifying nation......$17.50
The fantastic story of the eccentric scientist who unlocked the mysteries of the Middle Kingdom......$19.99
A fascinating collection of antique maps from the Age of Explortation.......$35.00
Essential information on setting up your daily life, including visas, finances, employment, education and health care - Practical advice on finding a home - Best places to live..........$22.95
A journey between China's past and present...........$19.95
Vowing to reach the other side of the world without jet lag, Theroux began his odyssey in London. He travelled by train across Europe, through the vast underbelly of Asia, and into the heart of Russia. But the jewel of his journey was China itself. Here is a magnificent land and extraordinary people as you have never known them: China by rail, as seen and heard through the eyes and ears of one of the most intrepid and insightful travel writers of our time....$9.99
Long off-limits to foreigners, the far reaches of the Yangtze are still off-limits to most tourists and travellers simply by dint of the difficulty of traversing the terrain. But, for Simon Winchester, travelling the length of this mighty river was a lifelong dream and, together with a Chinese companion, he set out to do just that. The result is this unforgettable portrait of China. Endlessly curious, urbane, witty, and knowledgeable, Winchester introduces us to a world that we might otherwise have missed.....$18.99
"An eloquent anecdotal book about the surging cultural crosscurrents presently battering China, is at once profoundly insightful, sharply critical, deeply admiring, thoroughly unsentimental, precisely written, and often, very, very funny."- Tim Cahill.....$18.99
THE book to take with you on your trip....$32.99
A stir-fried journey through China.............$17.50
A sweet-sour memoir of eating in China...........$21.00
From Xi'an to Kashgar...........$29.95
A practical and historical guide to travelling along the greatest trade route of all time. Includes routes through Syria, Turkey, Iran, Tirkmenestan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and China....$26.95
The guide to exploring the sites, the cities, the provinces, and more.........$26.95
This comprehensive guidebook leads the reader through this glorious ancient history to Xi'an's modern role as the administrative and educational gateway to China's vast northwest frontier......$28.95
Beijing & Shanghai
Full-colour maps, all major sights and some hidden treasures (but not for long), excursions & day trips, hotels, restaurants, night life, plus practical travel information......$22.99
This new second edition of Beijing and Shanghai brings readers up to date on what's hot and what's cool in China's twin cities. Combining the latest information about restoration, entertainment, transportation and accommodation with historical writing by acclaimed authors who describe each city's high and low moments, Beijing and Shanghai is the sophisticated guide to Urban China that travelers have always wanted......$33.95 (new edition pending)
A guide to the customs & etiquette...........$18.95
15 smart ways to see the city.........$16.99
Life in the vanishing backstreets of a city transformed.....$20.00
The ultimate pocket handbook handbook to the city.....$21.99
Whether you are traveling first class or on a limited budget, this new guide will lead you straight to the very best Beijing has to offer.............$16.00
A precise, informative, insider's checklist of all you need to know about one of the world's most intoxicating cities...........$11.95
A precise, informative, insider's checklist of all you need to know about one of the world's most intoxicating cities...........$11.95
Hong Kong
Contains a full-size colour map, plus a complete pocket guide to the city, that lists all the top sights, restaurants, and hotels......$13.99
The city's best walks and tours..........$16.99
All you need to get the most out of the two regions - the top places to stay and eat, the sights not to miss, the coolest bars.......$13.00
Like the other Sasek classics, this is a facsimile edition of the original book. The brilliant, vibrant illustrations have been meticulously preserved, remaining true to his vision more than 40 years later. Facts have been updated for the 21st-century, appearing on a "This is . . . Today" page at the back of the book. These charming illustrations, coupled with Sasek's witty, playful narrative, make for a perfect souvenir that will delight both children and their parents, many of whom will remember the series from their own childhoods. This is Hong Kong, first published in 1965, captures the enchantment and the contrasts of Hong Kong in the sixties. Roaring jets bring in the tourists; bamboo rickshaws taxi them through exotic streets fragrant with incense, roasting chestnuts, and honey-glazed Peking duck. Sasek shows you the sweeping panorama of gleaming Kowloon Bay framed by misty mountain ridges, then moves in for close-ups of laborers and hawkers, refugees from the mainland, and sailors of flame-red junks, and the strange "water people" who, it is said, never set foot on dry land. .....$22.00
A precise, informative, insider's checklist of all you need to know about one of the world's most intoxicating cities...........$11.95 (new edition pending)
Eat Timor (Timor-Leste)
India
A guide to the customs & etiquette...........$20.95
The essential guide to the customs & etiquette...........$12.95
Highlights, intineraries, local experts recommend what not to miss plus a pull-out map.....$30.99
This book gives you the most complete up-to-date information on how to get there, when to go, what to see and how to make your trip a success. It is lightweight, compact, strong - the ideal practical guide.......$32.95
A unique visual guide to India's historic sites......$36.00
A user friendly guide to minimizing health risks and dealing with problems while on the road.....$10.99
THE best, most comprehensive guidebook to India. This award-winning guidebook delivers exhaustive information for travelling anywhere, any style, from the deserts of Rajasthan, to the towering Himalayas or the lazy backwaters of Kerala. With thousands of years of turbulent history and a vast array of cultures & religions, India is not merely a destination - it's an assault on the senses. "One of the best guidebooks to India, or any other country for that matter."- New York Times.....$35.99
In Sanjeev we have the perfect witty and thoughtful travelling companion with a unique take on a remarkable country - chaotic, astonishing and jaw-droppingly beautiful. This is India like you've never seen it before...........$19.95
Top writers take you through the infinite variety of the sub continent and also give you insights into the history, culture and people of this vast country.........$26.95
Essential information on setting up your daily life, including visa, finances, employment, education and healthcare. Practical advice on how to rent or buy a home that fits your needs and budget. A through survey of the best places to live. Firshand insight into navigating the language and culture. How to plan a fact-finding trip before the move. Specila tips for those with children or pets......$22.50
Including Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka & the Maldives.......$40.00
Perfect places to stay, eat & explore...........$26.50
This book covers the the whole scope of India's past and present history and allows the reader to make sense of what they see in a way that no other guidebook can...........$17.95
Northern India (including Delhi)
"The celebration here of traditional Ladakhi life induces exhilaration but also sadness, as if some half-remembered paradsise known in another life had now been lost. So evocative is it that I felt - I'm not sure what - homesickness?" - Peter Matthiessen.....$22.95
From the icy peaks of the Himalaya to the warm waters of the Andaman........$26.95
Packed with in-depth information that will appeal to all tastes and budgets......$27.50
A portrait of Agra...........$16.00
Includes city guides to Leh, Manali & Delhi..........$22.95
A precise, informative, insider's checklist of all you need to know about one of the world's most intoxicating cities...........$11.95
Southern India
The essential companion to India's most popular resort area. Includes first hand descriptions of the region's finest beaches, and full details on all the local activities, from bullfighting and boat rides to exploring the markets. Critical review listings for accommodation - from palm-thatched beach huts to luxury hotels - along with an insider's guide to the best bars and restaurants......$22.99
The ultimate handbook to this fascinating region.....$27.99
If you thought you knew India, think again. Discover the South's ancient temples and extraordinary rituals, unspoiled beaches and romantic backwaters, and of course, its legendary cuisine and hospitality.....$28.99
An essential introduction to India's ethnic melting pot and economic powerhouse. Hooked on money, glamour and corruption, the city is in a frenzy of reinvention, while 600 kilometres and a budget flight away, the beachside party paradise of Goa is moving seductively upmarket...........$22.50
A precise, informative, insider's checklist of all you need to know about one of the world's most intoxicating cities...........$11.95
Travel Literature - India
Courageous, compassionate, erudite and beautifully written, laced with a thread of William Dalrymple's characteristic black humour. Essential reading for anyone who wants to come to terms with India.......$19.95
"The celebration here of traditional Ladakhi life induces exhilaration but also sadness, as if some half-remembered paradsise known in another life had now been lost. So evocative is it that I felt - I'm not sure what - homesickness?" - Peter Matthiessen.....$22.95
"This is India. I don't know any other book that comes so near to capturing the whole crazy spectrum. . . . Brilliant. John Wain, The Observer....$21.00
Sex and love in the Buddhist ruins of India...$20.50
An Indian woman's amazing journey from peasant to internationl legend........$20.95
The Beats in India.............$16.50
Winner of the 1994 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award......$19.95
An extraordinary account of ordinary people in troubled times, detailed in its observation, universal in its appeal, by a writer who marks a fresh new voice on the Indian literary scene........$16.00
A memoir of a childhood in India..................$17.00
"Desirable Daughters, by the prolific writer Bharati Mukherjee, whose short story collection The Middleman won the 1998 National Book Critics Circle Award, is a masterful meditation on marriage and family ties. It begins on a fantastic note: on a winter night in an east Bengali village in 1879, the narrator's ancestor, 5-year-old Tara Lata, is married to a tree after her 13-year-old husband-to-be dies of a snakebite on their wedding day. The novel ends some 120 years later, when Tara, the 36-year-old narrator, returns to this same village in winter with her teenaged son. Like her ancestor, Tara Bhattacharjee is the youngest of three sisters of a Brahmin family. Although they grew up in Calcutta, Tara and the oldest sister now live in America while the middle sister lives in Bombay. Tara was married (in an arranged marriage) at age 19 to Bish Chatterjee, a genius who makes a fortune from a cutting-edge computer process. He and Tara are estranged when the novel opens, but when a stranger claiming kinship shows up at the house that Tara shares in San Francisco with her son and her boyfriend, she reconsiders her assumptions about her entire family. In the course of the novel, a sister's secret and a murder are uncovered, and a near-fatal bombing occurs. Mukherjee's Desirable Daughters is yet another of her magically written, compelling novels." - Susan Biskeborn ...$18.95
Having miraculously survived a serious illness and now at an impasse in her career as a magazine editor, Rich spontaneously accepted a free-lance writing assignment to go to India, where she found herself thunderstruck by the place and the language. Before she knew it she was on her way to Udaipur, a city in the northwestern state of Rajasthan, in order to learn Hindi.....$18.95
An odyssey into the food and culture of the land of spices.....$19.00
Reflections on India, the emerging 21st-century power.........$19.99
"A richly colourful, adventure-packed novel that keeps you turning page after page, while the sights, sounds, and flavours of India permeate the senses" - Pamela Porter, Governor General's Award Winner for The Crazy Man.....$10.95
The true man behind modern India...........$30.95
An Indian Adventure....$16.95
Two journeys through India....$16.95
Tully undertakes a journey that has no true beginning or end, seeking to unravel the mysteries lying at the heart of the country of his birth........$22.50
In this remarkable and timely work, Tully reveals the profound changes happening in India today, and brings the country alive in a way only he can do..........$23.95
As a boy, Hardeep Singh knew where he was from: Glasgow. But everyone else always assumed he was Indian. Thirty years later, Hardeep sets out on a journey to discover where he is really from..........$17.00
A portrait of Agra...........$16.00
Disregarding the warnings and her own private fears, Nicola Naylor set out on a journey through the India she had always imagined but had never seen. It was a dream she knew she must follow in order to come to terms with her blindness....$13.95
"My family's journey from five villages to five continents.".................$32.50
A quest for love in the new India.................$20.00
Bombay lost and found....$21.00
The story of a journey among the women of India, from the wealthy sophisticates in New Delhi, intellectuals in Calcutta to villagers in the dusty northern plains. These women reveal the paradoxes of their lives, and illuminate the issues that threaten to overwhelm the nation.....$19.95
Ebullient, operatic, comic, and seroius, this novel is a wild, astonishing evocation of the maturity of a vast and complicated land and its people - a brilliant incarnation of the universal human comedy, Indian-style..........$22.00
An entirely enchanting look at growing up in South India...........$18.95
In search of the Sacred in modern India...........$26.00
"The Ten essays, written with clarity, warmth of feeling and critical balance and understanding, provide as lively a view as one can hope for on the panorama of India." - K. Natwar-Singh....$18.99 (import to order_
Rediscovering India.........$21.00
"In this ambitious and compelling debut, Rupa Bajwa reaches for - and captures - the very soul of India."- Manil Suri.....$19.50
The last years of the British Empire in India......$19.95
At the start of this massive, thrillingly undomesticated potboiler, a young Australian man bearing a false New Zealand passport that gives his name as "Lindsay" flies to Bombay some time in the early '80s. On his first day there, Lindsay meets the two people who will largely influence his fate in the city. One is a young tour guide, Prabaker, whose gifts include a large smile and an unstoppably joyful heart. Through Prabaker, Lindsay learns Marathi (a language not often spoken by gora, or foreigners), gets to know village India and settles, for a time, in a vast shantytown, operating an illicit free clinic. The second person he meets is Karla, a beautiful Swiss-American woman with sea-green eyes and a circle of expatriate friends. Lin's love for Karla - and her mysterious inability to love in return; gives the book its central tension. "Linbaba's" life in the slum abruptly ends when he is arrested without charge and thrown into the hell of Arthur Road Prison. Upon his release, he moves from the slum and begins laundering money and forging passports for one of the heads of the Bombay mafia, guru/sage Abdel Khader Khan. Eventually, he follows Khader as an improbable guerrilla in the war against the Russians in Afghanistan. There he learns about Karla's connection to Khader and discovers who set him up for arrest. Roberts, who wrote the first drafts of the novel in prison, has poured everything he knows into this book and it shows. It has a heartfelt, cinemascope feel. If there are occasional passages that would make the very angels of purple prose weep, there are also images, plots, characters, philosophical dialogues and mysteries that more than compensate for the novel's flaws. A sensational read.................$17.99
The dazzling story of the Taj Mahal and the Moghul Empire whose spirit it epitomizes..........$21.00
Love and betrayal in eighteenth-century India......$19.95
Indonesia
A quick guide to customs and etiquette..............$12.95
Indonesia offers myriad adventures for the traveller. This indispensable guide is packed with all the tips and suggestions you need to surf, trek, eat, shop or laze your way from one end of this exotic archipelago to the other. This updated guide offers easy-to-read maps, hundreds of accommodations suitable for all budgets, the rundown on local cuisine, full details on outdoor adventures and comprehensive transport information....$35.99
Surf the best waves in the world....$27.95
Bali
This definitive guide to Indonesia's paradise island lets you discover the glorious beaches and verdant landscapes, savour exciting local food and culture, and get away from it all with superb diving and trekking.........$26.99
The underwater jewel of Southeast Asia...........$29.50
Writer and artis Betty Reynolds takes the reader on a visual journey to the beautiful and mysterious Indonesian island.........$20.50
Writer and composer Colin McPhee (1900-64) brings a unique perspective to life on the fabled island of Bali......$27.95
A tropical Indonesian island with jungles, mountains, "holy" rivers and friendly people. Bali's magic is lavishly portrayed in this guidebook. It explains local themes, customs and ceremonies. An endless choice of beaches, temples and villages promise a memorable journey......$20.99
The best tours around the island.....$18.99
First published in 1937, this book is still regarded by many as the most authoritative text on Bali and its fascinating people. Included is a wealth of information on the daily life, art, customs and religion of this magical "Island of the Gods"......$27.95
Hundreds of pages of travel tips and dozens of lively articles cover every aspect of Balinese history, art and culture, with visits all around the island to lots of little-known places. Detailed maps covering every part of the island are included, along with personal recommendations from epert authors on where to stay and eat, how to get around, and where to get the best value for money......$31.95
A brand-new Rough Guide to Indonesia's best loved island and its lesser explored neighbour. Includes up-to-the-minute listings of the best restaurants, clubs and accommodation, from home stays in Ubud to luxurious Kuta resorts. Plus practical walking routes through both island's landscapes, encompassing dramatic coastlines and the volcanoes of Gunung Agung and Rinjani....$27.99
Java
A memoir of Java..........$18.00
Kalimantan
The whole island: Brunei, Kalimantan, Sabah and Sarawak, plus Kuala Kumpur and Singapore. Nature's hothouse. The best sights. Where to stay: from native longhouses to six-star hotels. How to keep your head in the jungle. Best of the festivals. Climbing Southeast Asia's highest mountain and diving in paradise. An oil-rich sultan and the King of the Swingers. Monkeys, mangoes and a town called Cat.............$28.95
'The most hilarious travel book in many years' Standard....$18.99
Read Stranger in the Forest first.....$18.95
"I do not like facts, and dates appal me". Consequently, Sylvia, Lady Brooke's account of her life as the last Ranee of Sarawak is an entertaining and lively memoir of the rule of her husband Rajah Vyner Brooke, who ceded the territory to the British Crown in 1946. There is however, a real sense of being present at a time when history was being made and by capturing the fun and sadness of the last days of the Brookes' rule, Lady Brooke conveys something of the magic of Sarawak and its people..........$18.95 (import to order)
On foot across Borneo.....$18.95
Japan
This new biography spans Japan's sudden, violent leap out of its self-imposed isolation and into the 20th century.....$23.95
A guide to the customs & etiquette...........$18.95
Experience the best of Japan.........$29.99
A guide to Japan's best drinks and drinking establishments.........$27.95
Discovering the land of the Manga, Anime, Zen, and the Tea Ceremony....$21.50
Insider tips on how to get things done - Industry overviews - Insights from veterans of the International business community - Hotels of quality - How to make the most of your free time.....$25.00
A journey across Japan...........$21.00
Insight Guides are the "National Geographic" of travel guides, with lots of colour photos and informative essays. This guide takes a detailed, thought-provoking look at the traditions and cultures of one of the developed world's most envied but least-understood countries. The result is a publication that goes well beyond the usual guidebook generalizations about a destination.....$26.95
From the high-tech sophistication of Tokyo to the remote wilderness of Hokkaido, Japan is a study in contrasts. Here Sumo wrestlers rub shoulders with avant-garde rock musicians, Shinto shrines are found alongside capsule hotels, and Zen Buddhist monks speed between temples on the famous bullet train. Includes extensive information on transport, including rail and bus travel, indispensable language section and Japanese script throughout, essential cultural and social background, and details on outdoor activities such as hiking cycling and skiing..........$31.99
This atlas, the only one of its kind to provide place-names in both English and Japanese, is an invaluable tool for foreign residents of Japan, and an indispensable, handy companion for travellers. The atlas features: 21 large-scale maps of the regions of Japan, 19 maps of major metropolitan areas, 7 maps of tourist and resort areas, 9 transportation maps and 19 thematic maps indicating such things as bird watching areas....$26.95
Originally published in Japanese, this is an account of a westerner's view of Japan over a 30 year period................$16.99
Essential information on setting up your daily life, including visas, finances, employment, education and health care - Practical advice on finding a home - Best places to live..........$22.95
Complete visitor information coupled with maps and full-colour photographs........$33.00
Explore every corner of Japan, using the clearest maps of any guide - chooses where to go and what to see, inspired by dozens of photos - read expert background on everything from temple architecture to pop culture - rely on the selection of the best places to stay and eat for every budget......$31.99
David Chadwick recounts his experiences both inside and beyond the monastery walls and offers insightful portraits of the characters he knew in that world - the bickering monks, the patient abbot, the trotting housewives, the ominous insects, the bewildered bureaucrats, and the frustrating English-language students - as they worked inexorably toward initiating him into the mysterious ways of Japan. Whether you're interested in Japan, Buddhism, or exotic travel writing, this book is great fun.........$23.00
A father's journey with his son.....$17.00
Reading this book provides a colourful journey to the beauty, poetry, and quirkiness of modern Japan. It is a book not just to look at but to experience.........$23.95
Main Cities
40 walks for all seasons....$28.95
Explore Tokyo with easy-to-use fold-out maps plus great listings for all tastes and budgets....$12.50
25 maps with script including 16 in full colour - walking tours on ancient paths and hikes in the surrounding mountains - insider access to Kyoto's vibrant festivals and lively markets - how, what and where to eat, with a special section on Japanese food - all kinds of places to stay - essential Japanese script.........$26.99
The definitive guide to Kyoto's temples, shrines, gardens and palaces.........$29.95
A guide to Traditional Shops, restaurants and inns.....$23.95
Soaring skyscrapers, elaborate Buddhist temples, trendy boutiques, splendid museums, futuristic entertainment centres, secluded pocket gardens, jostling crowds - Tokyo is a dynamic, often startling mix of modernity and tradition, beauty and sheer necessity. This guide helps you explore the many contrasting faces of one of the worlds most fascinating cities. Includes comprehensive accommodation and restaurant listings for all budgets, walking tours tracing the city's past and present, day excursions to historical Nikko and Mt Fuji and information on customs and etiquette.....$22.99
A walking guide to historic neighborhoods..........$26.95
Travels in the city's most colorful neighborhoods - a graphic memoir and sketchbook with hand-drwan maps.....$25.95
Where to go, what to see, and how to get there.............$13.99
Great ideas and walking tours for a few days in the city.....$16.00
A precise, informative, insider's checklist of all you need to know about one of the world's most intoxicating cities...........$11.95
A precise, informative, insider's checklist of all you need to know about one of the world's most intoxicating cities...........$11.95
A precise, informative, insider's checklist of all you need to know about one of the world's most intoxicating cities...........$11.95
Korea
A guide to the customs and etiquette of the place........$20.95
Insight Guides are the "National Geographic" of travel guides, with lots of colour photos and informative essays. This guide takes a detailed, thought-provoking look at the traditions and cultures of one of the developed world's most envied but least-understood countries. The result is a publication that goes well beyond the usual guidebook generalizations about a destination...$26.95
South Korea is a modern, prosperous nation where ancient traditions and culture remain virtually untouched. This guide will help you experience Korea's spicy cuisine, understand its complex history and meet the friendly, hospitable people- no matter what your budget....$29.99
A modern history...........$21.00
Having rigorously defended its rich cultural identity through centuries of crowding from China and Japan, South Korea offers much to the 20th-century traveller. In addition to providing historical and background information, accommodation, restaurant and attractions information, this guide also features 150 maps, a newly expanded phrasebook, and Han'gul script renderings of place names....$32.50
A precise, informative, insider's checklist of all you need to know about one of the world's most intoxicating cities...........$11.95
Laos
A guide to customs and etiquette....$18.95
The very best of the region, selected and researched by experts, packed with colour photos, detailed maps, top tips, travellers' tales and suggestions for busting your budget....$28.95
This guide provides in-depth coverage of all practical destinations in the country. Laos trails its neighbors in the development race but has the edge in peaceful, laid-back travel. With a strongly Buddhist culture, it comes closest to the romantic image of the 'real' South-East Asia. You will find 19 practical maps, transport information on air, bus and boat travel, as well as comprehensive coverage on all of Laos' major sights. There is also a handy language section, and details on the 17 newly opened Nature Conservation Areas....$27.99
Malaysia & Singapore
Sabah - Brunei - Sarawak...........$28.95
A guide to the customs & etiquette...........$20.95
The whole island: Brunei, Kalimantan, Sabah and Sarawak, plus Kuala Kumpur and Singapore. Nature's hothouse. The best sights. Where to stay: from native longhouses to six-star hotels. How to keep your head in the jungle. Best of the festivals. Climbing Southeast Asia's highest mountain and diving in paradise. An oil-rich sultan and the King of the Swingers. Monkeys, mangoes and a town called Cat.............$28.95
A century and a halk since it was first published, this book remains one of the great classic of natutral history and travel - perhaps the greatest....$27.95
Whether you want to laze on a tropical island, hike through ancient rainforest, take a boat up a jungle river, explore the tiny sultanate of Brunei or wander the back streets of sophisticated Singapore, this guide will tell you how, when and where to do it. This sixth edition is completely updated, with listings for all budgets. You will find the lowdown on the best beaches, hill stations, national parks, and jungle treks, plus language tips, ideas on what culinary delights to savour, and a specially illustrated section to enhance your visit to Malaysia's temples and mosques....$29.99
"I do not like facts, and dates appal me". Consequently, Sylvia, Lady Brooke's account of her life as the last Ranee of Sarawak is an entertaining and lively memoir of the rule of her husband Rajah Vyner Brooke, who ceded the territory to the British Crown in 1946. There is however, a real sense of being present at a time when history was being made and by capturing the fun and sadness of the last days of the Brookes' rule, Lady Brooke conveys something of the magic of Sarawak and its people..........$18.95 (import to order)
A precise, informative, insider's checklist of all you need to know about one of the world's most intoxicating cities...........$11.95
Maldives
This new edition offers everything you need to plan a Maldives getaway. With personal impressions of resorts, comprehensive coverage of the capital, Male', and plenty of practical information, this guide ensures that you'll get the most out of your tropical adventure.....$28.95
Complete guide to diving and snorkeling...............$25.00 (import to order)
Pull-out travel map included........$16.95
Completely updated and rewritten, this comprehensive guide will help you discover these tropical treasure islands. Whether you're a honeymooner or hardcore diver, a cultural tourist or contemporary castaway, this book will help you find your piece of paradise in the turquoise seas of the Maldives archipelago......$23.99
Mongolia
This comprehensive second edition includes detailed history and natural history sections, and full coverage of the thriving capital Ulaanbaatar. It also provides all the information you'll need to arrange an unforgettable stay with Mongolian nomads, enjoying the centuries-old lifestyle of a traditional ger....$29.95
This book is about rafting the Yenisey River. Most of the book was originally printed in diary form in the Vancouver Sun amongst others I'm sure......$19.95
Let the adventure begin! Escape to the ends of the earth in the footsteps of the first Mongol nomads. All you need is a strong pair of boots and this bestselling guidebook....$32.99
A 1600-mile trek across the Gobi Desert with her husband and no film crew or support team. ....$22.50
Nepal
The first conquest of an 8,000-meter peak.....$18.95
'A wise and useful book' Literary Review.....$19.95
Life after death on Mount Everest...............$20.00
Trekking routes in Nepal and Tibet..............$25.95
High in the Himalaya, a world-class adventurer dies, leaving behind a wife, three young sons, and a best friend to vope with their grief..........$22.50
For three decades, writer and naturalist Frances Klatzel has lived and worked with Sherpas near Mount Everest. Supplemented by breathtaking colour photography, this book is infused with the profound knowledge that she has gained through intimate access to the people and culture of the region.....$26.95
This is the definitive account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest by the acclaimed journalist and author of the bestseller Into The Wild. On assignment for Outside magazine to report on the growing commercialization of the mountain, Krakauer, an accomplished climber, went to the Himalayas as a client of Rob Hall, the most respected high-altitude guide in the world. A rangy, thirty-five-year-old New Zealander, Hall had made the summit of Everest four times between 1990 and 1995 and led thirty-nine climbers to the top. Ascending the mountain in close proximity to Hall's team was a guided expedition led by Scott Fischer, a forty-year-old American with legendary strength and drive who had climbed the peak without supplemental oxygen in 1994. But neither Hall nor Fischer survived the rouge storm that struck in May 1996....$18.95
The Kingdom of Nepal is a fascinating blend of cultures and religions- a fertile land cradled by the world's highest mountains. Whether your interest is trekking through the majestic Himalayas, rafting down spectacular white-water rivers, or strolling through ancient cities, this fully updated guide tells you how to do it. You will find extensive maps, accommodation and restaurant listings for all budgets, mountain biking, trekking and rafting information, essential advice on pre-departure, advice on trekking and travelling with children, and a comprehensive background on history and culture....$28.99
A route and planning guide wiht extensive sections to help you choose your trekking region..........$28.95
On August 1, 2008, eight international teams of mountain climbers - some experienced, other less prepared - ascended K2, the world's second highest mountain, with the last group reaching the summit at 8 p.m. Then disaster struck..............$16.99
In 1973 Peter Matthiessen and the field biologist George Schaller went to Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and, possibly, to glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard. They undertook their trek as winter snows were sweeping into the high passes, and five weeks were required to reach their destination. For Matthiessen, a student of Zen Buddhism, there was a spiritual quest as well, for he hoped find the revered Lama of Shey at the ancient Buddhist shrine on the Crystal Mountain. Any trip is an experience that tests the life of the traveller. But this one especially was a real passage, unfolding and revealing the narrator and his world....$18.50
A Nepali adventure with kings and elephant drivers, billionaires and bureaucrats, shamans and scietists, and the Indian rhino.....$21.50
This seventh edition sends trekkers to Nepal equipped with comprehensive information on the country's most rewarding routes, what to bring, what to expect, and the people and history behind it all...$35.95 (Late November)
This stunning book describes 25 treks and 12 climbing peaks in the Nepal Himalaya, with coverage of the entire country from Saipal in the west to Kangchendzonga in the east......$25.00
Following the Kali Gandaki River through the world's deepest valley, an ancient Tibetan trade route cuts across the Annapurna region. It is an area of outstanding beauty ranging from lush rice fields in the south, through rhododendron forests to the high-altitude desert plateau in the north, past peaks of over 8000m. There is detailed information covering the classic treks as well as information on where to stay and eat, how to plan your trek, getting there and away, health and safety precautions....$25.95 (Not yet received)
30 Great treks. A trek is the traditional way to experience the spectacular Nepal Himalayas and its rich blend of people and cultures. This comprehensive guide will help you prepare for a trek and should be with you when you go. It describes the best treks in Nepal- the most popular routes, plus off-the-beaten-track alternatives.......$25.99
Obsession and commitment and the quest to climb Annapurna - the world's deadliest peak.......$30.00
North Korea
Pakistan
The story of a river...........$21.00
The death of an American adventurer on K2..........$19.50
The classic true story of disaster and survival on the world's second-highest mountain...............$18.95
Reinhold Messner combines his owm memories and journal entries, as well as published accounts of other expedition members, to present his side of the controversy.....$27.95
The untold story of tragedy and true heroism on K2..........$31.00
Promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan............$18.50
Philippines
A quick guide to customs and etiquette......$12.95
Use thie expert guide to step beyond Manila's bright lights and discover virgin tropical rainforest, idyllic coral-studded seas, spectacular volcanic mountains and ancient rice terraces..........$30.99
The ultimate handbook to this stunning archipelago....$29.99
Singapore
A guide to the customs & etiquette...........$18.95
A quick guide to customs and etiquette........$12.95
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