Títulos en Asia

A classic memoir of self-invention in a strange land: Ian Buruma's unflinching account of his amazing journey into the heart of Tokyo's underground culture as a young man in the 1970's When Ian Buruma arrived in Tokyo in 1975, Japan was little more than an idea in his mind, a fantasy of a...

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...

Andrew Zimmern, the host of The Travel Channel’s hit series Bizarre Foods, has an extraordinarily well-earned reputation for traveling far and wide to seek out and sample anything and everything that’s consumed as food globally, from cow vein stew in Bolivia and giant flying ants in Uganda...

From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up. At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquility. What he got was a life...

Flexible, enjoyable and accessible. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by millions. You'll be speaking Japanese fluently and confidently in no time at all. Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has...

Practical, fun and effective. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by millions. You'll be speaking Japanese fluently and confidently in no time at all. Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has been...

A classic of travel writing, ‘A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush’ is Eric Newby’s iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth. It was 1956, and Eric Newby was earning an improbable living in the chaotic family business of London haute...

Collins makes language learning fun, fast and flexible. Pick up the essentials of the Japanese language with this easy-to-use audio introduction. Covering everything from finding your way to talking about yourself, Collins 40-minute audio can help you learn short and simple phrases quickly by...

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Tokyo is a city that rarely stands still, yet it is never without structure. At first glance, it appears defined by motion, by crowds moving through stations, by lights shifting across vast districts, and by a constant sense of activity that seems to extend without pause. Yet beneath this movement lies a carefully balanced system, shaped by history, culture, and design, where order exists within complexity. Tokyo is not simply fast or modern. It is a city where continuity and change operate together, creating an environment that is both precise and evolving.

Motomogli – die verrücktesten und besten Geschichten schreibt immer noch das Leben Einmal mit der Katze um die halbe Welt erzählt die besondere Geschichte von Martin Klauka und seiner Katze Mogli, die ihm während einer Motoradtour im Alter von etwa zwei Monaten halbverhungert zulief und...

Mumbai, murder and a baby elephant combine in a charming, joyful mystery for fans of Alexander McCall Smith and Harold Fry. On the day he retires, Inspector Ashwin Chopra inherits two unexpected mysteries. The first is the case of a drowned boy, whose suspicious death no one seems to want solved...

Bloomsbury presents A Beginner's Guide to Japan by Pico Iyer, read by Sartaj Garewal. Winner of the Edward Stanford Travel Memoir of the Year 2020 A playful and profound guidebook full of surprising, brief, incisive glimpses into Japanese culture Pico Iyer has been living around Kyoto for more...

Bloomsbury presents Autumn Light by Pico Iyer, read by Sartaj Garewal. For decades now, Pico Iyer has been based for much of the year in Nara, Japan, where he and his Japanese wife, Hiroko, share a two-room apartment. But when his father-in-law dies suddenly, calling him back to Japan earlier...

Сингапур — это не просто привлекательно-экзотическая точка на карте мира, Сингапур — это не просто привлекательно-экзотическая точка на карте мира, куда чертовски хочется добраться, чтобы поглазеть на причудливую помесь древнего прошлого и полного «улета» в послезавтрашний день.

Grief. Grit. Mongolia. One year after losing her husband to a sudden brain bleed, Rachael Lundin packed a gala gown, four books, and a sleeping bag. Then she flew to Mongolia. To ride 700 kilometers across the Gobi Desert. On horseback. She wasn't running away. She was looking for proof that she was still alive. Trackless steppes. Moonless nights. Broken stirrups. Trots that went on long past the point of endurance.

'Makes the freedom movement relevant to newer generations through excellently researched stories of popular culture, sports and the extraordinary deeds of ordinary people.' - Swapna Liddle 'Fifty unforgettable tales where revolution meets serendipity - ordinary people doing the most...

Lucie Azema livre un témoignage rare et précieux sur le quotidien en Iran, ses luttes, espoirs et traditions – loin des clichés et des regards occidentaux. Grâce à son expérience de vie à Téhéran, elle éclaire la richesse, la complexité et les paradoxes d’un pays souvent...

Tenzin and his bodyguard Norbu walk the Southern Silk Trail down to Calcutta to assess the continuing viability of this trading route. Along the way he learns as much as he can about the Hindu and Muslim features of this ancient land and how the people are dealing with the British Raj, colonial rulers for a century already. Surprisingly, the two learn even more about their own culture along the way.

In 1911, Hermann Hesse sailed through southeastern Asian waters on a trip that would define much of his later writing. Hesse brings his unique eye to scenes such as adventures in a rickshaw, watching foreign theater performances, exploring strange floating cities on stilts, and luxuriating in...