Travelers' Tales Thailand
Travelers' Tales Thailand

Author: James O'Reilly

Publisher: Travelers' Tales

Published: 2009-11-01

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 1932361804

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Winner of the Lowell Thomas Award for Best Travel Book, this newly designed collection paints a unique portrait of a complex and captivating land. One contributor lives as a monk for a month, gaining an inside look at monastic life. Another discovers Bangkok’s riverine pleasures, a world away from its car-choked streets. Yet another finds refuge as the houseguest of an isolated tribesman. Through these engaging personal stories, readers witness how Thailand satisfies just about any traveler’s hunger for the exotic, the beautiful, the thrillingly different. Writers include Pico Iyer, Norman Lewis, Diane Summers, Simon Winchester, Ian Buruma, Thalia Zepatos, and Tim Ward. “The breadth and color of the collective portrait [the contributors] provide of Thailand is remarkable.” — Los Angeles Times

Travelers' Tales Tibet
Travelers' Tales Tibet

Author: James O'Reilly

Publisher: Travelers' Tales

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9781885211767

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Enjoy riveting tales by world-renowned writers about one of the most fascinating regions on Earth. One author witnesses an ancient sky burial; another works as an extra on a Chinese movie set; another visits Potala Palace, the home of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Illustrations.

America
America

Author: Fred Setterberg

Publisher: Travelers' Tales

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 9781885211286

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A portrait of the nation through tales of travelers who have traversed the breadth and depth of America the beautiful.

Travelers' Tales Brazil
Travelers' Tales Brazil

Author: Annette Haddad

Publisher: Travelers' Tales

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 9781932361056

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With stories ranging from delightful to funny to cautionary and inspiring, these tales about Brazil explore the many facets of the country--from the biggest freshwater fish and the rivers they live in to the world's largest jungle. Illustrations & maps.

Travelers' Tales Japan
Travelers' Tales Japan

Author: Donald W. George

Publisher: Travelers' Tales Guides

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 411

ISBN-13: 9781932361254

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What is it about Japan that so beguiles foreigners? It is a small country and yet an economic powerhouse, a land of great natural beauty -- from green-cloaked mountains to glistening rice paddies -- a place of intricate arts and crafts and amazing cuisine, and home to a people whose kindness and sensitivity surprise westerners at each turn. It is no wonder that Japan simultaneously astonishes, delights, and frustrates travelers, and the diverse tales in this book reveal the nation in all its contradictions: a place of tranquil temples and high-tech toilets, exquisite ancient inns and lurid love hotels, where electric baths sit beside indoor ski slopes, and cherry blossoms fall on kindly grandmothers, cynical salarymen, wise monks, and wild lovers alike. Gathered in this collection are pieces by several notable authors, each offering anecdotes that tell of encounters to be had or avoided, each with uncommon insight to enrich the traveler's experience.

Travelers' Tales Nepal
Travelers' Tales Nepal

Author: Rajendra S. Khadka

Publisher: Travelers' Tales

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 9781885211149

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Gathers stories by Peter Matthiessen, Jimmy Carter, Diane Summers, Broghtonoburn, Meg Lukens Noonan, and Jan Morris describing their adventures inepal.

Travelers' Tales China
Travelers' Tales China

Author: Sean O'Reilly

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781932361070

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Travelers' Tales China is a must for any traveler to China, to anyone wanting to learn more about the Middle Kingdom, offering a breadth and depth of experience from both new and well-known authors, and helps make the China experience unforgettable and transforming. These pages take you through 6,000 years of history to modern-day socialist China, from the Silk Road to the high-tech center of Beijing. Explore the old as well as the new--from the tombs of dead emperors to the world's largest dam. Roam around one of China's 700 nature preserves in a country that boasts more wildlife than any other in the world. Wander the vastness of the Gobi Desert and skirt the darkness of history while exploring the assault on Nanking, and be shaken by observations of death during the upheavals of the Red Guard. Go riding with Ghengis Khan, explore the Forbidden City, and walk along sections of the Great Wall that are seldom visited. You can taste and smell the food as it is cooked in alleys and inns, reach down and touch relics older than most of Europe, and enjoy the sights and the sounds of the Dragon Boat Festival.

Travellers' Tales
Travellers' Tales

Author: Bertil Scali

Publisher:

Published: 2018-10-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780500022504

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This deluxe illustrated volume brings together tales of the world's most celebrated owners of Louis Vuitton luggage.