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I have described 35 of my favorite colonial buildings in Yangon (formerly Rangoon) and placed them in their historical context. Each one of them has a fascinating story to tell and is best understood and appreciated as a milestone in the history of Rangoon. The audiobook has two parts. Part one is the history of Rangoon, and part 2 is the buildings.

In the late 2000s, when the three-decade-long Left Front rule in West Bengal was crumbling, Parimal Bhattacharya began to travel outside the well-trodden urban centres to different parts of the region - from the Sundarbans to tribal Jangalmahal, from the outskirts of Kolkata to villages on the...

Pakistan has been ranked as a top tourist destination recently; it offers beautiful mountains to stunning beaches, amazing deserts, and has great weather for tourism. The country is tourist friendly and should be on one's bucket list. This guide will take you through all the information you'll need to pack your bags and head to this beautiful country.

Per migliaia di anni, i piu grandi guaritori himalayani hanno affinato una potente scienza di guarigione dedicata alle malattie fisiche, ai disturbi psicologici e alle sfide spirituali. I metodi di guarigione naturale piu efficaci sono stati trascritti su antiche pergamene. Ora, in questo rivoluzionario resoconto di vita vissuta, molti di questi segreti di guarigione sono rivelati dagli incontri dell'autore con il leggendario maestro guaritore dottor Naram.

Tiziano Terzani in Asia: una storia lunga una vita. Ma è Terzani a raccontarci l'Asia o è l'Asia che ci racconta Terzani? Difficile dirlo, tanto forte è il legame che quest'uomo ha deciso di stringere, fin dal 1965, con il più contraddittorio e misterioso dei continenti; un legame nato quasi per caso e, come succede ai grandi amori, rinsaldato non soltanto dalla passione, ma anche dalle difficoltà, dalle differenze, dai contrasti.

Khabaar is a food memoir and personal narrative that braids the global journeys of South Asian food through immigration, migration, and indenture. Focusing on chefs, home cooks, and food stall owners, the book questions: What does it mean to belong, and what does belonging in a new place look like in the foods carried over from the old country?

Herodotus, the fifth-century chronicler, scarcely figured in the curriculum when famed Polish writer and traveler Ryszard Kapuscinski attended university in the 1950s. Ryszard became a foreign correspondent who hoped to go abroad, perhaps to Czechoslovakia. Instead, he was sent to India—the first stop on a decades-long tour of the world. His only companion on his travels was a volume of Herodotus. In his journey across continents, Kapuscinski discovers his life's work: to understand and describe the non-Western world, in all its variety, through his still-virginal Western eyes.

An audio documentary that seems like a journey through past and present. The seven sheikdoms on the Arabian Peninsula await you with oriental splendor, long history and the alluring beauty of the desert landscape.

Eine Hördokumentation, die wie eine Reise durch Vergangenheit und Gegenwart scheint. Die sieben Scheichtümer auf der arabischen Halbinsel erwarten Sie mit orientalischem Glanz, langer Geschichte und der reizvollen Schönheit der Wüstenlandschaft.

A Brief History of Thailand offers an engaging look at the country's last 250 years - from coups and violent massacres to the invention of Pad Thai in the 1930s. Listeners will learn the vibrant story of Thailand's emergence as a prosperous Buddhist state, its transformation from traditional kingdom to democratic constitutional monarchy, and its subsequent rise to prominence in Southeast Asian affairs. Thailand's dramatic history spans centuries of conflict, and this book recounts many of these fascinating episodes

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Shymkent, Kazakhstan. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this audiobook will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. Experience cultural, culinary delights, and attractions with the guidance of a local.

Armenia lies between Asia Minor and the Caucasus. A small country surrounded by Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran. The first country in the world to adopt primitive Christianity in 301. Armenia has been inhabited for thousands of years and historical sites are evidence of high culture. The "Land of the Cross Stones" and the Armenian Church, the fascinating culture between Europe and Asia and between Christianity and Islam.

Armenien liegt zwischen Klein-Asien und dem Kaukasus. Ein kleines Land, umgeben von Georgien, Aserbaidschan, der Türkei und dem Iran. Das erste Land der Welt, das im Jahre 301 das Ur-Christentum angenommen hat. Armenien ist seit tausenden von Jahren besiedelt und historische Stätten zeugen von Hochkultur. Das "Land der Kreuz-Steine" und der Armenischen Kirche, der faszinierenden Kultur zwischen Europa und Asien und zwischen Christentum und Islam.

Indonesia is an island continent of thousands of islands stretching from the Malay Peninsula to New Guinea. With tropical rainforest, smoking volcanoes, rugged cliffs and dreamlike palm beaches. Indonesia is a melting pot of cultures and religions, of ancient villages and modern civilization. The largest island country in the world, which lures with ethnic diversity and the magic of the exotic.

Indonesien ist ein Insel-Kontinent mit tausenden Inseln, die sich von der Malaiischen Halbinsel bis nach Neu-Guinea erstrecken. Mit tropischem Regenwald, rauchenden Vulkanen, zerklüfteten Steilküsten und traumhaften Palmenstränden. Indonesien ist ein Schmelztiegel von Kulturen und Religionen, von alten Dörfern und moderner Zivilisation. Der größte Inselstaat der Welt, der mit ethnischer Vielfalt und dem Zauber der Exotik lockt.

Do you want to travel abroad with your children? Are you interested in a family gap year? Maybe you even want to explore overseas living? Are you dreaming of #VanLife and drafting up your bucket list? Does extended travel with kids sound exciting and terrifying? Your fantasies about traveling or moving overseas won’t match the reality of day-to-day life in a foreign country, but it will prove to be the experience of a lifetime...if you're prepared.

"Cuadernos perdidos de Japón" recoge las impresiones, tanto a vuelapluma como reposadas, de Patricia Almarcegui durante dos viajes a Japón separados por una década. Una reflexión profunda sobre la cultura, la sociedad, lo popular y lo íntimo, un viaje que empieza en el territorio y termina en el interior, que recorre una tierra extraña para encontrar el corazón de quien viaja.

A boldly rendered—and deeply intimate—account of Hong Kong today, from a resilient young woman whose stories explore what it means to survive in a city teeming with broken promises. “[A] pulsing debut . . . about what it means to find your place in a city as it vanishes before your eyes...

Jonathan Copeland tells the fascinating story of an ancient art form that almost became extinct in the isolated, fabulous country of Burma, now Myanmar. He goes into the history and purpose of the shows, explains how they are made, and describes the characters of these amazingly beautiful creatures,

No books. No long lists of vocabulary. No chance of failure. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a tried and tested language learning method that has been used by over 1 million people to speak fluently and confidently. Take your Japanese to the next level and further your fluency with Paul’s...