| The Book of Tea (Slipcase)
| Classic book to preserve the Traditional Tea Ceremony of Japan, originally published in 1906.
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| Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
| This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success (marriage, house in the country, career) and find, instead, what she truly wanted from life. Setting out for a year to study three different aspects of her nature amid three different cultures, Gilbert explored the art of pleasure in Italy and the art of devotion in India, and then a bal...More
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| Tune In Tokyo: The Gaijin Diaries
| Everyone wants to escape their boring, stagnant lives full of inertia and regret. But so few people actually have the bravery to run -- run away from everything and selflessly seek out personal fulfillment on the other side of the world where they don't understand anything and won't be expected to. The world is full of cowards. Tim Anderson was pushing thirty and working a string of dead-end jobs when he made the spontaneous decision to pack his bags and move to Japan, “where my status as a U....More
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| Into Thin Air
| When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10,1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin the perilous descent from 29,028 feet (roughly the cruising altitude of an Airbus jetliner), twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly to the top, unaware that the sky had begun to roil with clouds...Into Thin Air is the definitive account of the deadliest season in...More
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| A Short History of Russia (Large Print Edition)
| This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed work...More
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| Top 20 Places to Visit in Mumbai - India Travel Guide
| Discover Mumbai, India and find the best places to visit including Mumbai's top sightseeing destinations. Take your pick of Mumbai's most-visited Top 20 attractions.Guide includes maps, prices and opening times of all locations.Discover the very best of Mumbai, India!
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| Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
| So as not to seem completely self-indulgent to his friends and family, Conor started his year-long trip around the world with a three-month stint volunteering in the Little Princes Orphanage in war-torn Nepal. What began as a cover story changed Conor’s life, and the lives of countless others, forever.The turning point occurred during Conor's second stint as a volunteer with Little Princes. While playing on the roof of the orphanage, Conor was approached by a woman who would turn out to be the...More
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| The Most Basic Chinese - All You Need to Know to Get By
| ‘The Most Basic Chinese’ teaches all the Mandarin you need to survive, enabling you to learn everything you need simply and effortlessly.To begin, let’s get one thing straight – it is extremely easy to learn all the Basic Chinese you will need if you are travelling to or intending to live in China.This booklet gives you all of that language and is presented in a simple way. It can be easily studied on the plane journey over or any other time, and is entirely sufficient to be able to get ...More
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| The Adventures of Bindi Girl: Diving Deep Into the Heart of India
| Erin Reese is a one-of-a-kind travel writer—a spiritual seeker and solo backpacker who dropped out of a successful career in corporate America, hit the road, and never looked back.A SPIRITUAL TRAVELER'S SASSY TALEPacked with plenty of spicy curry, cows, and comedy, Bindi Girl takes us on one heck of a wild ride across India. From Dharamsala and the Dalai Lama to ashrams, yoga schools, and meditation melodramas, Bindi educates and entertains as she goes. We discover the Hindu deities, th...More
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| An American in China: Starting Over. A Travel Guide to the Adventurous Life. ABRIDGED VERSION
| A True Story. A Romance. A Travel Guide to the Adventurous Life.This special Kindle abridged version contains nearly half of the 300 chapter entries and 2/3 of the 150 photographs from the complete version available at amzn.to/chinaguide. Shaun left in March for a spontaneous six-month voyage through the Orient. Six months later, he didn’t return. What did he expect to find by leaving everything behind?Katie began working her way into Shaun’s heart in the weeks before he left, but she couldn...More
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| A MAURITIUS VACATION: A DREAM COMING THROUGH IN PARADISE
| Content- Give Yourself the Break That You Deserve with a Mauritius Vacation- What Awaits You on Mauritius- Wintertime Is Funtime- Enjoy Sea Kayaking- Fall in Love with the Ocean- The Perfect Mauritius Vacation Tour- The Right Accommodations- Blue Safari Love- A Golfer’s Paradise- The Best Holidays with Your Dream Vacation- Hunting Adventure- Eco Tours- Nature Tripping and Escapade- Horseback Riding- Mountain Biking Fun- Students Unite- Enjoy Life by the Beach- The Perfect Choice for Your Honey...More
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| The Travels of Marco Polo - Complete [Illustrated]
| Chronicling the 13th-century world from Venice, Marco Polo's birthplace, to the far reaches of Asia, Marco Polo tells of the foreign peoples he meets as he travels by foot, horse, and boat through places including Persia, Tibet, India, and, finally, China.
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| No. 6 (High Times and Hard Time in Japan)
| Rémy, an expat living in Japan, thinks things are finally going his way: business is improving; his ex-wife, who had been a financial drain, has remarried; and, his relationship with long-time girlfriend Azami is on the mend. Then comes a knock at the door that turns his world upside-down.Rémy’s apartment is raided by the Mayaku Torishimari Kyoku, the Japanese equivalent of America's DEA. The agents refuse to tell Rémy why he is under suspicion and Rémy, wise enough to not offer any sugges...More
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| For Fukui's Sake: Two years in rural Japan
| ‘Witty and highly entertaining; a fascinating insight into the lives of ordinary Japanese people’ – Helen Arnold, 1001 Escapes‘Jocular and candid; essential reading for backpackers and Japanophiles’ – Ginny Light, former online editor, The Times‘Really evokes that excitement of ‘discovering’ Japan for the first time. I thoroughly enjoyed it’ – Jan Dodd, Rough Guide To Japan‘A fascinating journey and call to action’ – Mark Hodson, writer, Sunday TimesFar from the high-...More
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| Essential Travel Chinese (Simplified) (Quinn Cash's Better Chinese Now!)
| Nowadays, China is a popular tourist destination. Unfortunately, getting around in China is not always easy if you don’t speak Chinese. While body language proves useful in many cases, when you travel in China and Taiwan, speaking a little Chinese is often necessary. The locals will also appreciate your willingness to cater to them, rather than them catering to you. Speaking Chinese allows you to show your friendliness and politeness while abroad.To enable the readers easily to use and find th...More
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| Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip (P.S.)
| One of The Economist's Best Books of the Year From the bestselling author of Oracle Bones and River Town comes the final book in his award-winning trilogy on the human side of the economic revolution in China. Peter Hessler, whom the Wall Street Journal calls "one of the Western world's most thoughtful writers on modern China," deftly illuminates the vast, shifting landscape of a traditionally rural nation that, having once built walls against foreigners, is no...More
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| India (Country Travel Guide)
| “India’s diversity is apparent in its architecture, landscapes, festivals and handicrafts. And spirituality – the beating heart of India – pulsates from the mountains of Ladakh to the shores of tropical Kerala.” – Sarina Singh, Lonely Planet WriterOur PromiseYou can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet writers visit the places we write about, each and every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage, and you can rely on us to tell it like we see it.<...More
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| Sheila's Guide to Fast & Easy Bangkok (Fast & Easy Travel)
| Have you visited Bangkok, Thailand, the most popular travel destination in Southeast Asia? Nearly 12 million foreign tourists descend on Bangkok each year and included in countless itineraries, Bangkok is usually the first stop in Southeast Asia. Visit the famous and well-known historical sites - The Royal Palace, Wats and temples; eat yourself into a happy stupor for pennies (just wait until you see one of Bangkok’s Food Courts that spread into infinity and beyond); spend time strolling throu...More
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| The Digital Photography Book : Cambodia (310 Photos) (Digiworld)
| 310 wonderful color photos of Cambogia for your Kindle Fire. Also available in black/white mode on older Kindle versions.People, where and how they live, their history and what they have built, both physically and socially; and Nature, so magnificent and fragile: these topics move the present project. Travelling opens minds, moulds them, brings the unknown world in contact with people letting them acknowledge their own differences and resemblances, whose deep understanding teaches everybody what...More
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| Rick Steves' Istanbul
| You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Istanbul. Following Rick's self-guided tours, you'll experience the wonders of East and West in this fascinating city the capital of two great empires. Explore one of the world's largest domed churches, haggle with merchants in the exotic Grand Bazaar, and discover the secrets of the sultan's harem in Topkapı Palace. Wander through monumental mosques, shop along sophisticated avenues, and watch whirling d...More
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