Asia

Asian Business Customs & Manners is the comprehensive guide to Asian customs, cultures, and communication. It contains information on every aspect of Asian business culture, including business practices and attitudes, meetings, negotiations, meals, punctuality, language, gestures, and everything in ... More

Born in 1304, Ibn Battutah left his native Tangier as a young scholar of law; over the 30 years that followed he visited most of the known world between Morocco and China. In this enchanting travelogue, Tim Mackintosh-Smith retraces one leg of the Moroccan's journey: the dizzy ladders and terrifying... More

From the dawn of history India has fascinated the rest of the world. People from far-away lands have crossed the seas, traversed the worlds highest mountain ranges, and trudged through dense forests and parched deserts to partake of its wealth and wisdom. It is significant that India is the only cou... More

Written by expert authors with over 15 years combined experience in researching and writing about the region, this guide has a new focus on sustainable travel and eco-friendly listings, as well as expanded coverage of Malaysia's awesome adventure activities, including a complete revision of Malaysia... More

The Rough Guide to India is the essential handbook to this extraordinary country. The 24 page full-colour introduction includes stunning photography of the country''s many highlights. The guide has comprehensive accounts of every attraction, from fast-paced Delhi and the sacred sites of the Ganges p... More

Everest, Annapurna, Kanchenjunga, Machhapuchhare, Makalu - a roll call of inspiration awaits trekkers in the Nepal Himalaya. Discover its famous peaks and unique culture in this authoritative guide by one of the region's most experienced trekkers. 22 new contour maps for major trekking areas, supple... More

Plunge into India's 'Maximum City', where the glamour and glitter of Bollywood rub against the crush of 16 million Mumbaikers, where towering apartment blocks and air-conditioned shopping malls jostle alongside gracious colonial mansions and vibrant bazaars, where the revered relics of an ancient re... More

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PrefaceChapter OneA Theoretical PerspectiveChapter TwoSocio-Political Antecedents of InsurgencyChapter ThreeA Peep into the People's Mind: Assam and MeghalyaChapter FourMeghalaya: The Crucible of PoliticsChapter FiveAs People View Their WorldChapter SixAssam: The Cauldron of InsurgencyChapter SevenA... More

This is the dramatic story of how, in a single generation, Tibetan Buddhism developed from the faith of a remote mountain people--associated with bizarre, almost medieval, superstitions--to a world religion, and, in doing so, changed notions of what spirituality and religion are in our time.This is ... More

In 1951 Octavio Paz travelled to India to serve briefly as an attache in the Mexican Embassy. Eleven years later, he returned as Mexico’s ambassador in which capacity he served for six years. In Light of India is Paz’s celebration of this country and his most personal work of prose to da... More

This is a travel classic--the story of Patrick Marnham's pilgrimage from Turkey to Nepal in 1968. He traveled over three thousand miles, passing through Ankara to Ararat, Tehran and Mashad, Herat, Kandahar and Kabul, Peshawar, Lahore and Varanasi...before finally reaching Katmandu. His journey is a ... More

Come November, the eighth century town of Pushkar turns into an unusual combination of the spiritual and temporal. Even as its narrow lanes bustles with groups of pilgrims heading for sacred waters, not far away preparations begin for the world's largest camel fair.Pushkar lies seven miles from Ajme... More

"The Rough Guide to South India "is the ultimate handbook to this spectacular region. The full-colour section introduces South India's highlights from cruising on Kerala's teeming Kuttanad backwater region to the madness of the Maharasthran capital. This fully-updated 5th edition includes expanded c... More