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 Did Marco Polo Go To China?Best Price: $31.50 Any book that stirs up the kind of response this one has is worth reading. When an... |  The Rough Guide to Bali & Lombok 5 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)Best Price: $11.05 an exceptionally practical guide to travel in bali and lombok. on a recent month holiday to... |  Thailand - Culture Smart!: a quick guide to customs and etiquette (Culture Smart!)Best Price: $5.31 This was a good intro book to Thailand and it's culture with a little Thai history thrown in... |  The Sewing Circles of Herat: A Personal Voyage Through AfghanistanBest Price: $4.49 Each book that I have read on Afghanistan takes a slightly different tact. I read many that... |  Frommer's Singapore & Malaysia (Frommer's Complete)Best Price: $11.30 Other reviews have mentioned that Malaysia (especially Borneo) is given short shrift. I agree. ... |
 Bhutan Map by ITMB (Travel Reference Map)Best Price: $10.75 OK, Bhutan is one of the best trips you're ever going to go on in your life. If you're now... |  India: A Wounded CivilizationBest Price: $5.00 You can give a few stars for any book by Naipaul just for his writing genius. This book about... |  Born into Brothels: Photographs by the Children of CalcuttaBest Price: $14.96 Born into Brothels shows what can happen when children in desperate circumstances are given the... |  In Light of IndiaBest Price: $4.93 Octavio Paz is clearly a deep thinker. His essays tend to be very philosophical, although for... |  Indonesian: Lonely Planet PhrasebookBest Price: $4.64 Feel like a tasty plate of gado-gado , a visit to a rice padi, or maybe a date with an... |
 Wallpaper City Guide: Berlin (Wallpaper City Guide)Best Price: $4.31 This isn't worth the $8.95 or whatever it costs. For the ENTIRE CITY OF BERLIN, this guide lists... |  Japan for Kids: The Ultimate Guide for Parents and Their Children (Origami Classroom)Best Price: $6.99 OK. The book was written by an American primarily from an American point of view, and is heavily... |  Living Carelessly in Tokyo and Elsewhere: A MemoirBest Price: $5.00 This is a series of chronological autobiographical vignettes by a distinguished translator of... |  Readings in Russian Civilization, Volume 1: Russia Before Peter the Great, 900-1700Best Price: $22.97 "This new and enlarged version of Readings in Russian Civilization is the result of... |  The Rough Guide to India 7 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)Best Price: $19.79 Discover a land of exotic beauty and inspiring culture with The Rough Guide to India , the... |
 Indochina Chronicles: Travels in Laos, Cambodia and VietnamBest Price: $10.69 The Indochina Chronicles: Travels In Laos, Cambodia And Vietnam is the intimate and intriguing... |  Thailand Travel Map (Globetrotter Travel Map)Best Price: $4.62 The highly successful Globetrotter Travel series, which includes guides, maps and atlases,... |  The Little Tokyo Subway Guidebook: Everything You Need to Know to Get Around the City and BeyondBest Price: $5.30 If you're planning to use the subway system in Tokyo, this is the book for you. It's very easy... |  Best of Bali (Best Of)Best Price: $8.74 This is about my 20th Lonely Planet guide and by far the worst. Gives practically no... |  Lonely Planet JapanBest Price: $35.00 I usually trust Lonely Planet to give good recommendations, but this time it let me down. They... |
 Rick Steves' Best of Eastern Europe 2006 (Rick Steves)Best Price: $0.89 I am a recent convert to Rick Steves. When I decided to travel around Eastern Europe I at first... |  Insight Fleximap Hong KongBest Price: $4.62 My husband took this with him last month to Hong Kong and found it most useful, especially for... |  The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag (Oxford India Paperbacks)Best Price: $5.54 I love Jim Corbett, I don't know if any author is better at transporting you back in time &... |  English - Pashto, Pashto - English Dictionary: A modern dictionary of the Pakhto, Pushto, Pukhto Pashtoe, Pashtu, Pushtu, Pushtoo, Pathan, or Afghan languageBest Price: $44.09 Firstly this is a great dictionary!! and it is very suitable for me. It also has been very... |  Kyoto: A Cultural History (Cityscapes)Best Price: $10.03 I read this book on a stay in Kyoto and found it helpful in looking at Kyoto from a deeper point... |
 A Traveller's History of Turkey (Traveller's Histories Series)Best Price: $8.99 A quick and effective overview of Turkish history from prehistory to the present. |  A Short History of Laos: The Land in Between (A Short History of Asia series)Best Price: $10.31 As someone who is contemplating a work assignment in Laos, this book provides needed background... |  Kazakhstan: Nomadic Routes from Caspian to Altai (Odyssey Illustrated Guides)Best Price: $18.50 A country larger than Western Europe, Kazakhstan's vast expanse encompasses the Great Steppe,... |  Japan Ai: A Tall Girl's Adventures In JapanBest Price: $8.94 Have you ever felt like you stood out from the crowd? Like you were so strange and different,... |  Fodor's Japan, 18th Edition (Fodor's Gold Guides)Best Price: $14.50 I used this book while stationed in Japan for 3 years, and it was great for ideas on where to... |
 Eagle Dreams: Searching for Legends in Wild MongoliaBest Price: $12.74 This book came in with others on Mongolia I had ordered a month ago and so I thought it was just... |  LUXE Tokyo (LUXE City Guides)Best Price: $5.48 This "guide" is little more than a fold-out pamplet with very small print. The... |  The Russian Way, Second Edition: Aspects of Behavior, Attitudes, and Customs of the RussiansBest Price: $6.06 A VERY GOOD BOOK FOR ANYONE TRAVELING TO RUSSIA. I GIVE IT TO MANY FRIENDS & IT HAS ALWAYS... |  Simon Winchester's Calcutta (Writer & Place)Best Price: $7.98 This book is, in my opinion, a close second to Blaise and Mukherjee's "Days and Nights in... |  The Rough Guide to India Map 1 (Rough Guide Country/Region Map)Best Price: $4.84 The Rough Guide Map India combines clear modern mapping and bang-up-to-date research and is the... |
 Phaic Tan (Jetlag Travel Guide)Best Price: $2.00 This and the other two books in the series are three of the funniest books I have read. During... |  Knopf MapGuide: Venice (Knopf Mapguides)Best Price: $5.95 Best travel guide bar none. Fits your pocket or small purse.. Visually great looking.There are... |  China South MapBest Price: $7.99 This series of maps is the best that I have seen for China for westerners. I suspect that their... |  Eat Smart in Turkey: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure, Second Edition (Eat Smart, 3)Best Price: $8.22 This is a fine look at turkish cuisine and culture. It goes into the history and the different... |  The 1421 Heresy: An Investigation into The Ming Chinese Maritime Survey of the WorldBest Price: $24.80 I am disappointed with the writing. It rambles and is had to figure out what points the author... |
 Republic of Georgia Map by ITMBBest Price: $8.39 I took this map on my trip to Georgia and found it most useful; the best part is the list of... |  Dubai (City Guide)Best Price: $13.59 |  The Rough Guide to Turkey 6 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)Best Price: $14.20 Highly disappointed in the 2007 edition of the Rough Guide to Turkey. I've used the Rough Guide... |  Kyrgyzstan (Bradt Travel Guide)Best Price: $16.50 Following the break-up of the USSR, Kyrgyzstan soon earned a reputation as the most hospitable... |  Time Out Mumbai and Goa (Time Out Guides)Best Price: $11.53 Mumbai is reinventing itself with new bars, restaurants, shopping malls, and construction. This... |
 Asian Business Customs & Manners: A Country-by-Country GuideBest Price: $5.75 Asian Business Customs & Manners is the comprehensive guide to Asian customs, cultures, and... |  Kuwait Complete Residents' GuideBest Price: $15.64 Overflowing with facts and fuss-free advice, the Kuwait Explorer is the ultimate guidebook for... |  Azerbaijan, 3rd: With Excursions to Georgia (Trailblazer)Best Price: $19.37 This book was very helpful while I was in Azerbaijan but some things desperately need to be... |  Insight Guides ChinaBest Price: $15.53 |  Indian Style: Landscapes, Houses, Interiors, Details (Icon (Taschen))Best Price: $4.99 Starting in the northern region of India, this compact guide to the Indian style takes readers... |
 City Between Worlds: My Hong KongBest Price: $14.97 Hong Kong is perched on the fault line between China and the West, a Special Administrative... |  Sorcerer's ApprenticeBest Price: $8.89 This book gets an A+. I've been swimming through Tahir's safaris for the last few months and... |  Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Travel Map (Globetrotter Travel Map)Best Price: $4.61 Globetrotter Travel Maps cater specifically to the needs of tourists and visitors, packed with... |  Angkor: Celestial Temples of the KhmerBest Price: $55.55 Excellent book! I wish I had known about this book before I went to Angkor Wat. |  Yemen (Bradt Travel Guide)Best Price: $14.65 This guide is a perfect introduction to Yemen for those who've never been, but would work... |
 In the Realm of the Gods: Lands, Myths, and Legends of ChinaBest Price: $15.00 "[Victoria] Cass brings China's mythic landscape to life. These stories draw the reader... |  The Japanese Way : Aspects of Behavior, Attitudes, and Customs of the JapaneseBest Price: $4.95 The book is a nice thorough overview of Japanese life and culture. Great for the traveler. ... |  Fodor's India, 5th Edition (Fodor's Gold Guides)Best Price: $15.00 The book is very helpful for someone planning a first trip to India, answering many, if not all,... | ||
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