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Yak Butter Blues: A Tibetan Trek of Faith
by Brandon Wilson
What does it take to survive? Join the first Western couple
to challenge the "impossible" on an incredible 650-mile trek with their
horse across the wilds of Tibet from Lhasa to Kathmandu. Experience this true,
riveting tale of human endurance and sympathetic eulogy for a vanishing Shangri-la.
An IPPY award-winner.
"An engrossing, fascinating read sure to be relished by those readers
interested in adventure travel and the Tibetan culture." ~ Mayra Calvani,
Midwest Book Review
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Other books by Brandon Wilson:
Along the Templar Trail: Seven Million Steps for Peace
by Brandon Wilson
Dead Men Don’t Leave Tips: Adventures X Africa
by Brandon Wilson
Preview these books and order signed copies at: http://www.pilgrimstales.com
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About the author:
Brandon Wilson is an award-winning author and photographer, explorer and peace
walker whose stories have appeared in books, anthologies, international
magazines, newspapers and on the Internet. A voracious explorer of nearly one
hundred countries, he is an expert long-distance, ultralight trekker drawn to
the world's pilgrimage trails. Wilson, a member of the prestigious Explorers
Club, is also a peace and human rights activist.
Read more about Brandon Wilson in the Asia East Newsblog.
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Fried Eggs with Chopsticks
by Polly Evans
When she learned that the Chinese had built
enough new roads to circle the equator sixteen times, Polly Evans decided to go
and witness for herself the way this vast nation was hurtling into the
technological age. But on arriving in China she found the building work wasn't
quite finished.
"Highly readable...Fried Eggs with Chopsticks
is gutsy, funny and rarely self-indulgent."
~ South China Morning Post
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Other books by Polly Evans:
Kiwis Might Fly
by Polly Evans
It's Not About the Tapas
by Polly Evans
On a Hoof and a Prayer
by Polly Evans
Mad Dogs and an Englishwoman
by Polly Evans
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Polly Evans Homepage
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About the author:
Polly Evans studied modern
languages at Cambridge University before joining the editorial team at a leading
London publisher. After four years, she moved to Hong Kong, where she
worked as a journalist before embarking on a bicycle journey around Spain.
Read more about Polly Evans in the Asia East Newsblog.
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
by Jack Weatherford
Jack Weatherford's book was an
international best seller published in more than twenty languages. In 2007
President Enkhbayar of Mongolia awarded him the Order of the Polar Star,
Mongolia's highest national award, in recognition of his contribution
to Mongolian culture.
"Reads like the Iliad. . . Part travelogue, part
epic narrative." ~ Washington Post
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Other books by Jack Weatherford:
The History of Money
by Jack Weatherford
Savages and Civilization: Who Will Survive?
by Jack Weatherford
Tribes on the Hill
by Jack Weatherford
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About the author:
In the 14th century, the North
African scholar Ibn Khaldun wrote the first historical analysis to focus on
tribalism as the key to understanding human civilization. In his analysis,
civilization faces an eternal dilemma and needs tribal values to survive.
In his scholarship, Professor Weatherford tries to follow the tradition of Ibn
Khaldun by studying the relationship of tribal people to the larger societies
around them.
Read more about Jack Weatherford in the Asia East Newsblog.
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Keeping Up With the War God: Taiwan, As It Seemed To Me
by Steven Crook
A blend of travel narrative and commentary, peppered with
asides from the caustic to the laudatory, Keeping Up With the War God is
an exploration of Taiwan by a long-term resident who has often loved, and
sometimes loathed, the island-but never felt bored there.
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Articles by Steven Crook:
Exercise made easy: Cycling around Guanshan
by Steven Crook
The
China Post
Old factories are the new tourist hotspots
by Steven Crook
Taiwan Journal
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About the author:
Steven Crook, an Englishman, has been writing
about Taiwan for various newspapers and magazines since 1996.
Read more about Steven Crook in the Asia East Newsblog.
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Bhutan: A Trekker's Guide
by Bart Jordans
Bhutan is one of the world’s most mystical
and mysterious countries and this guide gives a unique view with 27 treks
throughout the country from the leading expert. Covers the whole country with
treks in the west, across the northern mountain barrier to Tibet,
east and center of Bhutan. Very thorough planning information.
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Read more about Bart Jordans at:
Bhutan treks with Bart Jordans
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About the author:
Bart Jordans was born in Holland. Spending
with his parents many holidays in the Alps and during his time as a student in
Amsterdam, visiting climbing crags and the Alps again and again, he built up an
enormous respect and love for the mountains. In 1984 he had his first chance to
visit the Himalayas. By that time Bart had been already guiding several groups
through the Swiss and Austrian Alps and became a lead climber on rock.
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Ultimate Cambodia Travel Guide
by Matt Jacobson
This ultimate travel guide to exotic Cambodia not only covers
ancient Angkor and Siem Reap, Phnom Penh, and the
coastal beaches, it then continues beyond these popular destinations to detail all the sites
and adventures that each province offers, from remote Angkor-era roads that lead
to magnificent ancient temples, to fascinating tropical waterfalls and
volcano-formed lakes, to outings in the scenic Cardamom Mountains.
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Other books by Matt Jacobson:
Adventure Cambodia
by Matt Jacobson
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Read more about Cambodia at:
Ultimate
Cambodia Travel Guide
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About the author: Matt
Jacobson is from the United States, where he had an active as a fire
captain with an urban city fire department. Ever the adventurer, he is usually
out in the boondocks of Cambodia, or if not there, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, or
Burma. Once in awhile he even does a little work.
Matt set up residence in Cambodia when
he left the fire service in 1997, having already traveled extensively around
Southeast Asia and Cambodia for the better part of the previous decade, and has
called the country his home ever since.
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