"India for first time visitors. A guide to the cultural quirks of India."--

Never a dull moment in old Bangkok. Glittering temples, Siamese twins, pirates, palace intrigue and exotic delights. Come along as Chris Burslem guides you through the rich past of the "land of the white elephant", from the days when it was the remote floating capital of a closed kingdom to its emergence as a bustling modern metropolis. The stories - painstakingly collected from firsthand accounts, postcards, local legend and elsewhere - paint a scintillating...

A travel essay of a recent visit to India, which reveals, with humor and insight, the tensions and contradictions facing the emerging world power. In particular, the book explores the roles of women and children in India today and includes discussions with experts on this topic, providing insight into this important and often neglected issue. --Provided by publisher.

Learn Cebuano with comics. Practice with confidence, pick up new vocabulary and master new words you won't forget. Part 1 features 15 lessons of basic conversational Bisaya or Cebuano with English translation. --Provided by publisher.

"No Shoes, No Money and No Sex. These are the rules laid down when Dianne Sharma-Winter opts out of the tourist trail and onto the highway of life in modern day India. Weaving humor and wisdom with unflinching honesty, Sharma-Winter explores the landscape of India through the stories of Shiva and his tempestuous relationship with the Goddess Ganga. "I knew when I met Chandon Giri that this Naga Baba was a living story, little did I know it would become...

At great personal risk and with forged travel documents, George Monbiot bluffed, cheated and forced his way into the remotest tropical place in the world - the forbidden territories of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Sealed from the outside world by Indonesian forces, it was home to tribes who were unchanged and unseen for centuries - and, along with their forest land, being systematically obliterated. --Provided by publisher.

During the month of June, in 2011, it was extremely hot in New Delhi. It is generally hot in June and July, but that year it was almost unbearable. We decided to go to Manali by car. We began our journey in the evening, at about 5:00 pm from Delhi. We travelled whole night, and the following morning we were in Manali. The road running along the River Bias from Kullu to Manali is very beautiful. The panorama is enchanting. Manali Itinerary Copyright...

If you don't like language rules much, and get bored easily with textbooks, you can build vocabulary and learn syntax with stories. We will read together an abridgment of a short story I have written originally in Italian, The Ducati Girl: Family Affair, then translated in Cebuano. This is a parallel structure Cebuano/English. Phrases alone are tedious and difficult to memorize for vocabulary-building; some people prefer stories for accelerated learning...

Isabella Bird was the greatest travel writer of the late nineteenth century and she undertook her journey into western Tibet in the early summer of 1889, when she was already in her late fifties. But she was not the slightest bit fazed at the prospect of discomfort and possible death. And nearly die she did, at least once, before the trip was over. Isabella travelled over several months through some of the remotest places on the planet and her descriptions...

"William Warren's writings on Asia have entertained and informed readers all over the world for 40 years. As he says, 'Even as a child, I preferred the unusual to the ordinary, the little-known to the familiar; and such inclinations remained with me as I grew up, determining what sort of books I particularly enjoyed, the places I wanted most to visit, and, after I started writing, the subjects that most appealed to me.' The essays in this book, all...