Asia
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The White Mosque—A Silk Road Memoir: Sofia Samatar
Published by Catapult / C Hurst and Co Publishers, 2022, 336 pages “I’m haunted by a little piece of history, the story of a small, hardy, stubborn group of people who travelled here more than a hundred years ago.” In… Continue reading
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A Year in Japan: Kate T. Williamson
Published by Princeton Architectural Press, 2006, 190 pages This is a sumptuous book. Kate T. Williamson spent a year in Japan, mostly in Kyoto, and this book is the result. Through beautiful illustrations and a minimal amount of text, Williamson… Continue reading
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Tigers in Red Weather: Ruth Padel
Published by Little, Brown / Abacus, 2005, 448 pages This is a travel book with a difference: it is also a call for the conservation of wildlife ⎯ tigers in particular ⎯ and wild spaces. Ruth Padel is a single… Continue reading
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A Short Ride in the Jungle—The Ho Chi Minh Trail by Motorcycle: Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent
Published by Road Dog Publications, 2014, 384 pages The Ho Chi Minh Trail was a feat of engineering constructed during the Viet Nam war to supply manpower and material to the North Vietnamese army. It runs from north to south… Continue reading
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