Travel Asia

Ready to dive into Taipei’s vibrant culture, mouthwatering cuisine, and stunning sights? Whether it's your first visit or you're a seasoned traveler, navigating this bustling city can be a challenge without the right guide. This book is your solution. Savor City: Not Your Typical Guide to Culinary Wonders is the ultimate guide to experiencing the best of Taipei. From famous landmarks to bustling night markets and scenic hikes, this guide has it all.

When Oxford archeologist Mensun Bound, dubbed the "Indiana Jones of the Deep" by the Discovery Channel, teamed up with a financier to salvage a sunken trove of 15th-century porcelain, it seemed a dream enterprise. The stakes were high: the Hoi An wreck lay hundreds of feet down in a typhoon-prone stretch of water off the coast of Vietnam known as the Dragon Sea.

Konnichi wa! Have you ever been to Japan? Learn about Japanese animals, foods, culture, and more to see what makes this Asian country unique. Carefully leveled text and critical thinking questions introduce young listeners to nonfiction.

The following is a selection from three books that were published in 1894, 1910, and 1905 respectively by early pioneers who ventured into Tibet. They are Among the Tibetans, India and Tibet, To Lhassa at Last. Although as Westerners their perspectives are culturally bounded (and too often myopic), they each write vividly and occasionally with great insight about what they experienced in their travels. Sadly, however, two of the narratives are militaristic and we witness an unwanted invasion on behalf of the British to gain controlling interest in the region.

This is the story of what happens when the author's plans to ordain as a Buddhist monk in Thailand are derailed after he has arrived in the country. Next Life in the Afternoon is spiritual, funny, at times irreverent, and full of personal lessons learned along the way. From Next Life in the Afternoon: "I’m squatting naked on a concrete floor in the predawn coolness of Udon Thani, pouring water from a washbasin onto my head to rinse off the bar soap I used as shampoo. My hair is long and stringy. I had counted on it being shaved off by now, so I had let it grow out a bit leading up to the ...

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want an edible experience? Would you like some culinary guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Eat Like a Local book is for you. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and culture on a single plate. Most food guides tell you how to eat like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Eat Like a Local series, this book will give you a food guide from someone who has lived at your next culinary destination.

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Davao City. Greater Than a Tourist – Davao City, Philippines by Jem Pagaran offers firsthand and personal insight into the best ways to visit Davao City, Philippines. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the ‘Greater Than a Tourist’ series, this book will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Lost in time for generations, the story of a 19th-century English gentleman in British India - a family mystery of love found and loyalties abandoned, finally brought to light. In 1841, 20-year-old Nigel Halleck set out for Calcutta as a clerk in the East India Company. He went on to serve in the colonial administration for eight years before abruptly leaving the company under a cloud and disappearing in the mountain kingdom of Nepal, never to be heard from again.

Greater Than a Tourist- Greater Than a Tourist—Dumaguete Negros Oriental Philippines by Joycelyn Calusin Chan Yap offers the inside scoop on Dumaguete. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Greater Than a Tourist: Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia by Aditi Shukla offers the inside scoop on Kota Bharu. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. As part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. You will discover advice that will help you throughout your stay. This book will not tell you exact addresses or store hours but instead will give you excitement and knowledge from a local that you may not find in other travel books.

Istanbul is one of the greatest cities in the world. Located at the point where East meets West, the city has long been the crossroads of civilization. The Women's Guide to Istanbul is the ultimate travel companion for the discerning woman who knows what she wants and wishes to waste no time doing it, seeing it, buying it, eating it, and experiencing it.

Travel like a Local: Hong Kong by Hing Wan Angel, Chan offers first-hand and personal insight into the best ways to visit this unique city rich in both Eastern and Western heritage.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want an edible experience? Would you like some culinary guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Eat Like a Local book is for you.

A Gardener’s Tale a Novel by Julian Bound ‘It’s funny the people you meet in a lifetime. Looking back it wasn’t so much how many crossed my path, more so it was what they had to say.’ With these opening lines a sheltered man recounts his life spent working as a gardener in his hometown’s park. Recalling those encountered he tells how they shared their problems with him, resulting in him offering them his own unique perspective on life and so touching the hearts of all he meets. Unbeknown to them all, his wise insights for their woes arrive from the numerous jigsaw puzzles he and...

Ready to dive into Tokyo’s vibrant culture, mouthwatering cuisine, and stunning sights? Whether it's your first visit or you're a seasoned traveler, navigating this bustling city can be a challenge without the right guide. This book is your solution. Relish Tokyo: A Unique Guide to the City’s Best Eats is the ultimate guide to experiencing the best of Tokyo. From famous landmarks to bustling markets and serene parks, this guide has it all.

Greater Than a Tourist—Nepal by Anand Dhakal gives you the inside scoop on Nepal. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

I had no idea that I would like Malaysia. I even thought I might just fly through Kuala Lumpur and only see the airport. Life had other plans. As I travelled around South East Asia, I would keep coming back; each time I would see a new side of Malaysia and I would see Kuala Lumpur differently—after all, each time I was a different person.

Nur wenige Monate nachdem in Afghanistan eine über 25-jährige Kriegsgeschichte zu Ende ging, begleitet Roger Willemsen 2006 eine afghanische Freundin auf ihrem Weg in die Heimat: von Kabul nach Kunduz und durch die Steppe zum legendenumwobenen Oxus, dem Grenzfluss zu Tadschikistan – die abenteuerliche Reise durch ein erwachendes Land. Am Ende ist Roger Willemsens Buch weit mehr als der persönliche Bericht von einer faszinierenden Reise, sondern eine literarische Betrachtung der Grundlagen allen Reisens.

"Tokyo sembra sempre in costruzione. Da bruco a farfalla, da farfalla a rondine, da rondine a sasso, da sasso a palazzo, da palazzo a bosco, da bosco a... È in uno stato di infanzia perenne, come una bambina che a guardarla non pare diversa, ma poi confrontandola con le fotografie - l'album aperto una domenica sulle ginocchia - emerge strabiliante nella differenza". "La forma di una città cambia più veloce di un cuore" diceva Baudelaire. E forse, tra tutte le città, Tokyo è quella che cambia più velocemente se è vero, come scrive Laura Imai Messina, che l'antica Edo "è in uno stato di infanzia perenne".

Sylvain Tesson ist Schriftsteller, Philosoph und Reisender. Gemeinsam mit dem Fotografen Vincent Munier reist er nach Tibet, um sich auf die Suche nach einem der seltensten Tiere dieser Erde zu begeben - dem Schneeleoparden. Werden sie ihn finden? Ungewiss! Auf über 5.000 Metern Höhe, fernab vom Lärm der Zivilisation, hinterfragt Tesson eine Welt, in der kaum noch Raum bleibt für die Unterschiede zwischen den Kulturen, für das Ungebändigte und die Schönheit der Natur. Eine meditative Reise in die weiße Stille des Himalaya, eine Lektüre gegen die Hektik unseres Alltags.