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Greater Than a Tourist: Seoul, South Korea by Yvonne Sewell offers the inside scoop on Seoul. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there's nothing wrong with that, as a part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this audiobook will give you tips and a bunch of ideas from someone who lives at your next travel destination. In this audiobook, you'll discover local advice that will help you throughout your stay. Greater Than a Tourist is a series of travel books written by locals.

Thailand ist ein Land voller Kontraste und Töne, Stimmen und Klänge, und wer sich auf die Vielfalt einlässt, wird eine faszinierende Welt erleben. Sascha Lübbe und Matthias Morgenroth sind auf eine spannende Entdeckungsreise gegangen: Sie sind mit dem Fahrrad in Bangkok durch Chinatown gefahren, haben mit Mönchen über den Buddhismus gesprochen und in einer Kochschule in Chiang Mai gelernt, wie man die perfekte Currypaste macht.

La región de los Toraja se encuentra enclavada en la zona montañosa de la isla indonesia de Célebes. Aún hoy es complicado llegar ya que sólo está comunicada por tierra y el trayecto desde el aeropuerto más cercano toma ocho horas por unas carreteras angostas y sinuosas. Sin embargo, vale la pena el viaje.

Ein Volk schlägt Salto - Burgschauspieler Roland Koch liest die Reportagen des China-Korrespondenten der "Süddeutschen Zeitung" Kai Strittmatter, die mitten ins Zentrum eines Wirbelsturms führen, der in Peking keinen Stein auf dem anderen läßt und es zur staubigsten, lautesten und aufregendsten Stadt der Erde machen.

To nie tyle zapiski z podrózy po Azji. To zywe swiadectwo przezyc Antoniego Ferdynanda Ossendowskiego - znanego globtrotera, naukowca, awanturnika, szpiega, dyplomaty i dziennikarza. Uciekajac przed bolszewikami przez syberyjska tajge i stepy w Mongolii az do Chin, doswiadcza rzeczy i zjawisk, o których nie snilo sie filozofom. Niesamowite okazy fauny i flory, azjatycka odmiennosc kulturowa, wspaniale budowle, magiczne rytualy tubylców... wszystko to opisane zostalo z najprawdziwsza pasja i swada. Dzieki sugestywnemu glosowi Michala Breitenwalda i my mozemy na chwile znalezc sie w tym "rozgorzalym od namietnosci politycznych azjatyckim kotle".

The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-la is a breathtaking account of the ill-fated October 1998 expedition of an American whitewater kayaking team who traveled deep into the Tsangpo Gorge in Tibet to run the Yarlung Tsangpo, known in paddling circles as the "Everest of rivers." For Wick Walker and Tom McEwan, extreme whitewater pioneers, best friends, and trip leaders, the Tsangpo adventure was the culmination of a twenty-five-year quest for glory. Yet the team's magnificent dreams crumbled when their ace paddler was swept over a thunderous eight-foot waterfall, never to be seen again.

Lisa Napoli was in the grip of a crisis, dissatisfied with her life and her work as a radio journalist. When a chance encounter with a handsome stranger presented her with an opportunity to move halfway around the world, Lisa left behind cosmopolitan Los Angeles for a new adventure in the ancient Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan—said to be one of the happiest places on earth.

Crimes are rare in Singapore, but when there's one that has the police baffled, it is Inspector Zhang that they turn to. From locked-room mysteries to murders disguised as suicide, Inspector Zhang is able to draw on his experience as a detective along with tricks he has learned from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie. See if you can solve the crimes before the Inspector - the clues are there!

Alexander Frater spent the first six years of his life on a South Pacific island, where his father, the only doctor within a thousand square miles, encouraged his fascination with and respect for the volatile play of the elements. Frater brings this heritage to his observations on the monsoon, following it from its burst on the beaches of Trivandrum through Delhi and Calcutta, across Bangladesh, to its finale in the town of Cherrapunji, the "wettest place on Earth".

Black Dragon River is a personal journey down one of Asia's great rivers. The world's ninth largest river, the Amur serves as a large part of the border between Russia and China. As a crossroads for the great empires of Asia, this area offers journalist Dominic Ziegler a lens with which to examine the societies at Europe's only borderland with East Asia.

After backpacking her way around India, Sarah Macdonald decides she hates the country with a passion. When a beggar at the airport reads her palm and insists she will one day return - and for love - she screams 'Never!' and gives the country, and him, the finger.

India is in transition. Since the publication of Culture Smart's first guide to India in 2003, the nation has been transformed from a developing third-world country into the world's fastest growing economy. This completely new and up-to-date volume by American author Becky Stephen is unrivalled.

When the travel bug bit, J. Maarten Troost took on the world's most populous and intriguing nation. As Troost relates his gonzo adventure - dodging deadly drivers in Shanghai, eating yak in Tibet, deciphering restaurant menus (offering local favorites such as cattle penis with garlic), and visiting with Chairman Mao (still dead) - he reveals a vast, complex country on the brink of transformation that will soon shape the way we all work, live, and think.

When Christopher Hunt set off in search of Vietnam's notorious Ho Chi Minh Trail, he hardly expected to end up on a rickety, Russian-made motorcycle navigating 5,000 kilometers of paths rarely traveled by tourists and on roads missing from maps. Hunt left the United States expecting to explore the 1,700-kilometer highway that was once the supply route for the North Vietnamese Army. He soon found himself roaming the Vietnamese countryside in need of help and direction.

Greater Than a Tourist: Hong Kong, China by Francesca Escarraga offers the inside scoop on Hong Kong. As a part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this audiobook will give you tips from someone who lives at your next travel destination. In this audiobook, you'll discover local advice that will help you throughout your trip. Travel like a local. Slow down and get to know the people and the culture of a place.

Von den bescheidenen Anfängen in Japan bis hin zu seiner weltweiten Beliebtheit - dieses Buch erzählt die faszinierende Geschichte, wie Sushi am Fließband zu einer globalen kulinarischen Sensation wurde.

Hong Kong is the world’s most exciting city, at once fascinating and exasperating, a tangle of contradictions. It is a dazzling amalgam of conspicuous consumption and primitive poverty, the most architecturally incongruous yet undeniably beautiful urban panorama of all. Through firsthand reportage, world-renowned travel writer Jan Morris takes us through the crowded streets of this enigmatic city, offering the most insightful and comprehensive study of Hong Kong thus far. She reviews Hong Kong’s early days as a British opium port controlled by pirates, cutthroats, and scoundrel tycoons, and looks ahead to the city’s future.

Japan is at a crossroads. The postwar economic miracle that brought it unprecedented development and prosperity is over. Since the publication of the first Culture Smart! guide, it has been overtaken by China as the world's second-largest economy. The balance of power in Asia has shifted and new players are entering the field. No one can predict how Japan will rise to the challenge, or what effect the changes will have on how people live, think, and behave.

With its long history at the center of empires, Istanbul offers a wealth of historic and religious places to take in.

Now tell us - did you ever like Japan? Do you know anything about its history, or just what you learned from television and anime, in general? That's a good starting point, anyway. If you want to delve deeper into Japanese history, in chronological order, and see the main events that transformed Japan into what it is today, you've just hit the jackpot.