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Singapore, City of the Lion, but also the Manhattan of the Far East. Smoke rises from joss sticks burning in the temples of Chinatown up towards bold, glittering skyscrapers in …

The acclaimed travel writer chronicles a year of train travel across China in a revealing travelogue that "e;gives the reader much to relish and think about"e; (Publishers …

Taiwan is one of the most crowded countries on Earth but beyond the ocean of people and vehicles, far from the neon and noise that confronts new arrivals, there's an island of …

Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant is an unprecedented photographic exploration of the holiest cities of Islam and the Hajj, or annual pilgrimage during Ramadan when more than a …

Take a series of unforgettable strolls down the back lanes of historic Bangkok!Bangkok, Thailand is one of the world's greatest cities and a leading tourist destination, visited by …

Dive into China's new internet subculture of tech-savvy, creative digital citizens with China Online! Using Baidu, China's version of Google, young Chinese internet users have …

The book describes the experiences of a single American woman teaching in a university in Saudi Arabia between 1980 and 1982, just as the Islamic world was experiencing a reversal …

The "e;Inaba Ladies"e;-ten American women spanning three family generations on a whirlwind tour of Japan.With good-natured chiding and humor, these shop-till-you-drop women …

Selling for a lower price than any similar guidebook, and deliberately limited to a short 256 pages, this EasyGuide is an exercise in creating easily-absorbed travel information. …

Anyone who spends even a little time in Japan will have a few good stories to tell when they get back home. But rubbing elbows with the Japanese, on their own turf, is good for …