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The Rough Guide to Cyprus 5 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)The Rough Guide to Cyprus 5 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
Best Price: $10.67
In June, 2006 my wife and I traveled extensively through all parts of Cyprus by rental car and...
Brothers on the Bashkaus: A Siberian Paddling AdventureBrothers on the Bashkaus: A Siberian Paddling Adventure
Best Price: $6.90
My husband and I attended Eugene Buchanan's talk and slide show about this gripping river...
Let's Go Thailand 3rd Edition (Let's Go Thailand)Let's Go Thailand 3rd Edition (Let's Go Thailand)
Best Price: $12.25
Normally, I would have bought Lonely Planet, but their Thailand book was almost 3 years old, so...
The Road Gets Better From HereThe Road Gets Better From Here
Best Price: $16.95
For a first book, Adrian Scotts travelogue is remarkably well written. It takes the reader...
The Silk Road: Xi'an to Kashgar, Eighth Edition (Odyssey Illustrated Guides)The Silk Road: Xi'an to Kashgar, Eighth Edition (Odyssey Illustrated Guides)
Best Price: $15.49
The early trade in silk was carried on against incredible odds by great caravans of merchants...


A Practical Guide to Living in Japan: Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Settle InA Practical Guide to Living in Japan: Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Settle In
Best Price: $10.12
I originally borrowed a copy from the library, and many other books about working in Japan. ...
The Island of Seven Cities: Where the Chinese Settled When They Discovered AmericaThe Island of Seven Cities: Where the Chinese Settled When They Discovered America
Best Price: $7.05
One of Architect Paul Chiasson's motivation to writing THE ISLAND OF SEVEN CITIES: WHERE THE...
Walking the Gobi: 1,600 Mile-trek Across a Desert of Hope and DespairWalking the Gobi: 1,600 Mile-trek Across a Desert of Hope and Despair
Best Price: $15.18
It is rare to have someone write their personal adventure book well enough to really be...
Arrow of the Blue-Skinned God: Retracing the Ramayana Through IndiaArrow of the Blue-Skinned God: Retracing the Ramayana Through India
Best Price: $7.98
I was first tuned into Jonah Blank through the Travelers' Tales of India anthology. Reading his...
Bhutan: Hidden Lands of HappinessBhutan: Hidden Lands of Happiness
Best Price: $58.77
"The portraits are as wonderful as the words and the people are so beautiful. They...


Temptations of the West: How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, and BeyondTemptations of the West: How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, and Beyond
Best Price: $6.94
The title appears to derive from Andr? Malraux's 1926 The Temptation of the West, though I'm not...
The Lost Heart of AsiaThe Lost Heart of Asia
Best Price: $6.88
Don't loan this book. You'll never get it back. It's that good. It's that informative. It's that...
Selected Subaltern Studies (Essays from the 5 Volumes and a Glossary)Selected Subaltern Studies (Essays from the 5 Volumes and a Glossary)
Best Price: $31.47
This provocative volume presents the most wide-ranging essays from the first five volumes of...
Bangkok (City Guide)Bangkok (City Guide)
Best Price: $12.91
Looking for the Lost: Journeys Through a Vanishing Japan (Kodansha Globe)Looking for the Lost: Journeys Through a Vanishing Japan (Kodansha Globe)
Best Price: $6.25
If you're sick of the usual "Japan is a country of opposites"-type schlock that...

Trekking in Nepal: A Traveler's Guide (Trekking In...)Trekking in Nepal: A Traveler's Guide (Trekking In...)
Best Price: $8.68
While the completeness of Bezruchka's guide cannot be faulted the tone and style certainly don't...
The Way of the WorldThe Way of the World
Best Price: $17.08
I envy him. I envy his travels and his writing. For me Bouvier writes the best travel novels. It...
Winter Notes on Summer ImpressionsWinter Notes on Summer Impressions
Best Price: $13.04
Vivid impressions of the author during his travel all over Europe in the second half of the 19th...
Russia - Culture Smart!: a quick guide to customs and etiquette (Culture Smart!)Russia - Culture Smart!: a quick guide to customs and etiquette (Culture Smart!)
Best Price: $5.30
Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different...
Annapurna: A Woman's Place (20th Anniversary Edition)Annapurna: A Woman's Place (20th Anniversary Edition)
Best Price: $8.04
This book describes an important event in mountaineering history - the first women's expedition...

Silk Road to Ruin: Is Central Asia the New Middle East?Silk Road to Ruin: Is Central Asia the New Middle East?
Best Price: $12.75
As a cartoonist Rall is great, making striking points, with a beautiful line, about the...
An Unexpected Light: Travels in AfghanistanAn Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan
Best Price: $2.38
As a resident of the Middle East for almost a decade, and a professor, speaker, writer,...
Culture Shock! Japan (Culture Shock! Guides)Culture Shock! Japan (Culture Shock! Guides)
Best Price: $10.85
I was stationed overseas for about 1 1/2 years before I read the book. Many questions I had were...
A Journey through AfghanistanA Journey through Afghanistan
Best Price: $14.28
Chaffetz does an admirable job of describing northwest Afghanistan as it was circa 1975 and the...
China: A Traveler's Literary Companion (Traveler's Literary Companions)China: A Traveler's Literary Companion (Traveler's Literary Companions)
Best Price: $5.70
This is a wonderful collection of stories. The wise selections cover a lot of ground, both...

Marco Polo: A Photographer's JourneyMarco Polo: A Photographer's Journey
Best Price: $16.31
Good photos and details. Purchased as a gift for my wife and she is totally pleased
Turkey - Culture Smart!: a quick guide to customs and etiquette (Culture Smart!)Turkey - Culture Smart!: a quick guide to customs and etiquette (Culture Smart!)
Best Price: $5.31
If you are a casual traveler to Turkey or a serious one, these books are essential to read, to...
Living in JapanLiving in Japan
Best Price: $18.08
Saw this book in Tokyo and loved the photos of modern Japanese living. Great shots of modern...
Guide to the Magic of Walt Disney World JournalGuide to the Magic of Walt Disney World Journal
Best Price: $13.95
Our family likes to keep journals whenever we go to Disney, but this is the first journal we've...
King of Russia: A Year in the Russian Super LeagueKing of Russia: A Year in the Russian Super League
Best Price: $14.34
This book is a terrific almost day-by-day account of the experience Dave King had coaching in...

Moscow, St. Petersburg & The Golden Ring, Third Edition (Odyssey Illustrated Guide)Moscow, St. Petersburg & The Golden Ring, Third Edition (Odyssey Illustrated Guide)
Best Price: $16.75
Russia, despite its many recent upheavals continues to be an intriguing country. Masha Nordbye's...
Moleskine City Notebook Istanbul (Moleskine City Notebook)Moleskine City Notebook Istanbul (Moleskine City Notebook)
Best Price: $11.21
The first guidebook you write yourself. It doesn't matter what side of the Bosphorus you are...
Pocket China Atlas: Maps and Facts at Your FingertipsPocket China Atlas: Maps and Facts at Your Fingertips
Best Price: $5.74
For China-watchers worldwide, this concise volume vividly and efficiently offers a wealth of...
Moleskine City Notebook TokyoMoleskine City Notebook Tokyo
Best Price: $12.21
The Key Map summarizes the overall layout of the city showing the sequence and location of the...
Mobil Travel Guide Beijing (Mobil Travel Guide)Mobil Travel Guide Beijing (Mobil Travel Guide)
Best Price: $11.00
This four color guide offers a complete resource for navigating the 2008 Olympic city. With...

Etiquette Guide To China: Know the Rules That Make the Difference! (Etiquette Guides)Etiquette Guide To China: Know the Rules That Make the Difference! (Etiquette Guides)
Best Price: $8.74
Any business with regular interactions in China needs ETIQUETTE GUIDE TO CHINA: it surveys all...
Insight Guides IndiaInsight Guides India
Best Price: $15.02
The Dream of a Thousand Lives: A Sojourn in ThailandThe Dream of a Thousand Lives: A Sojourn in Thailand
Best Price: $7.22
A young highschool girl takes a huge risk on going on a one year Rotary exchange to rural...
Georgia Diary: A Chronicle of War And Political Chaos in the Post-soviet CaucasusGeorgia Diary: A Chronicle of War And Political Chaos in the Post-soviet Caucasus
Best Price: $31.15
Knowing little about the country, I was looking for some background reading on a recent visit....
Thai Massage Manual: Natural Therapy for Flexibility, Relaxation, and Energy BalanceThai Massage Manual: Natural Therapy for Flexibility, Relaxation, and Energy Balance
Best Price: $10.69
Informative and practical. Everyone should learn Thai Massage. This manual shows you everything...

The Way of the White CloudsThe Way of the White Clouds
Best Price: $5.49
This book is a beautiful introduction to Tibetan culture and landscape and Buddhist beliefs and...
National Geographic Traveler: China, 2d Ed. (National Geographic Traveler)National Geographic Traveler: China, 2d Ed. (National Geographic Traveler)
Best Price: $15.45
"China" tries to cover too much (including Tibet and Inner Mongolia) to be useful as a...
Hello, Please! Very Helpful Super Kawaii Characters from JapanHello, Please! Very Helpful Super Kawaii Characters from Japan
Best Price: $5.98
Okay, I admit this isn't the most eloquent review, but I'm giving this book a shout-out because...
Wallpaper City Guide: Singapore (Wallpaper City Guide Singapore)Wallpaper City Guide: Singapore (Wallpaper City Guide Singapore)
Best Price: $3.58
Wallpaper* City Guides are an exciting, stylish new concept in travel guides published by...
The Chinese Have a Word for It : The Complete Guide to Chinese Thought and CultureThe Chinese Have a Word for It : The Complete Guide to Chinese Thought and Culture
Best Price: $8.98
The lack of pinyin is a serious flaw for Chinese learners; with pinyin you could look up the...

Speed Tribes: Days and Night's with Japan's Next GenerationSpeed Tribes: Days and Night's with Japan's Next Generation
Best Price: $4.79
The books does offer some very good insights into Japanese culture, many between the lines. ...
Culture Shock! ThailandCulture Shock! Thailand
Best Price: $10.85
I can't tell you what I think... I ordered this book on July 18th 2006,every few weeks you would...
Central Asia: Lonely Planet PhrasebookCentral Asia: Lonely Planet Phrasebook
Best Price: $7.99
As other reviewers have pointed out, this is the only guide that contains a number of Central...
Travelers' Tales Nepal: True Stories of Life on the Road (Travelers' Tales Guides)Travelers' Tales Nepal: True Stories of Life on the Road (Travelers' Tales Guides)
This collection of essays and excerpts about Nepal and her people greatly exceeded my...
Burtynsky - ChinaBurtynsky - China
Best Price: $53.55
A beautiful book disfigured by Amazon's packaging. The tight plastic shrink-wrap bent the...

Time Out Singapore (Time Out Guides)Time Out Singapore (Time Out Guides)
Best Price: $11.00
For those looking to experience Asia, but on limited time schedule, Singapore is a city-sized...
China from Above (World of Emotions)China from Above (World of Emotions)
Best Price: $31.72
This is my second "Above" book and it is breathtaking! Obviously these books are...
Celestial Realm: The Yellow Mountains of ChinaCelestial Realm: The Yellow Mountains of China
Best Price: $30.66
Trail of Feathers: In Search of the Birdmen of PeruTrail of Feathers: In Search of the Birdmen of Peru
Best Price: $7.01
_Trail of Feathers_ by Tahir Shah began at an unusual place; at a London auction of shrunken...
Healthy Travel: Central & South America (Healthy Travel)Healthy Travel: Central & South America (Healthy Travel)
Best Price: $5.82
If you have never traveled to developing nations in out of the way places then you might find...

Beijing TimeBeijing Time
Best Price: $12.90
I recently lived and worked in Beijing for a period of three years. I would have very much...
Israel A Spiritual Travel Guide: A Companion For The Modern Jewish PilgrimIsrael A Spiritual Travel Guide: A Companion For The Modern Jewish Pilgrim
Best Price: $1.90
This is a great book to have with you on your trip to Israel. The readings and blessings add so...
Armenia with Nagorno Karabagh, 2nd: The Bradt Travel GuideArmenia with Nagorno Karabagh, 2nd: The Bradt Travel Guide
Best Price: $13.16
First of all, Nagorno Karabakh is a territory of Azerbaijan and listing it as territory of...
Armenia & Karabagh (The Stone Garden Guide)Armenia & Karabagh (The Stone Garden Guide)
Best Price: $18.21
If you're planning on travelling through Armenia and Karabagh, you must get this book. It's far...
 
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