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What do you do when your fiancé flees the country five weeks before your wedding? If you're Mira Sumanti—a pragmatic romantic and high-achieving Google marketing executive who’d rather analyze than catch a vibe—you throw a wedding cancellation party, download Tinder and set off on an unexpected journey of heartbreak, healing and hilariously chaotic rebound romance.

Strictly speaking, a timetable isn't the kind of thing you're supposed to read for pleasure, yet you might be surprised to learn how many such individuals exist. I'm one of them . . . A landmark of Japanese travel writing, translated for the first time, this beloved classic takes the reader on a...

As read on BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week' Shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award Longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize 'Sherman’s is a special book. Every sentence, every thought she has, every question she asks, every detail she notices, offers something. The Bells...

No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Improve your everyday Mandarin Chinese speaking and listening skills by following typical, fun conversations and practising what you hear in the dialogues. We recommend you finish the Complete and Next Steps courses before starting...

As any traveller knows, the best and most honest conversations take place during car rides. So when journalist Frank Langfitt wanted to learn more about the real China, he started driving a cab - and discovered a country amid seismic political and economic change. The Chinese economic boom, with its impact on the environment, global trade and the tech industry, has been one of the most important stories of the 21st century.

Good to Know about Bali is a guide unlike any other. It includes a basic lay of the land, health & safety information, tips on traveling with kids, and a highly selective list of ‘things to do’. However, the book is unique in its depth of information about Balinese arts and culture and in its deeply personal insight on how to make your visit more meaningful.

Follow author Robert Whiting (The Chrysanthemum and the Bat, You Gotta Have Wa, Tokyo Underworld) as he watches Tokyo transform during the 1964 Olympics, rubs shoulders with the Yakuza and comes face to face with the city’s dark underbelly, interviews Japan’s baseball elite after publishing his first best-selling book on the subject, and learns how politics and sports collide to produce a cultural landscape unlike any other, even as a new Olympics is postponed and the COVID virus ravages the nation. 

In Isabel Losada's extraordinary For Tibet with Love, she explores whether it's possible for an ordinary person to change the world, just a little, and if something so serious can be achieved with joy in one's heart. From visits to Nepal and Tibet, to meetings with the Chinese ambassador and Tibetan awareness-raising groups, Isabel single-handedly hatches a stunning PR coup involving Nelson's Column, a 15-meter banner and a base-jumping parachutist that captured headlines worldwide.

The seventeenth century was a pivotal time for the tiny but culturally vibrant kingdom of Bhutan—marked especially by the life of the influential political and spiritual leader Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal (1594-1651), including his remarkable past lives. Sasha Wakefield traces the life and profound spiritual accomplishment of this master in the context of her own spiritual journey from Australia to Bhutan.

Bloomsbury presents Eight Million Ways to Happiness written and read by Hiroka Yoda 'A timely and moving pilgrimage through Japan's spiritual traditions' RUTH OZEKI, Women’s Prize-winning and Booker Prize-shortlisted author 'A fascinating dive through hidden layers of the Japanese worldview'...

No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Improve your everyday Mandarin Chinese speaking and listening skills by following typical, fun conversations and practicing what you hear in the dialogues. We recommend you finish the Complete and Next Steps courses before starting...

Join a farang on an unforgettable adventure in Touring Thailand with Thais. Travel with me and my Thai family from rural Sisaket, visiting the Cambodian border, which a few months later would become a battlefield, through the heart of Isan, into vibrant Laos for 3 fascinating days, and back through Khon Kaen and south to remote Betong and the Malaysian border and then the stunning islands on a speedboat adventure. Experience authentic Thai culture, hidden gems, local food, and family life.

Spontan sein, etwas Verrücktes unternehmen, ohne lange darüber nachzudenken. Sich trauen und das Unbekannte wagen. Genau das habe ich getan. Ich habe mich auf ein Abenteuer eingelassen, welches ich nie wieder vergessen werde. Als Englischlehrerin für Grundschulkinder in Thailand erlebte Nicole-Kristin in zehn Wochen aufregende, lustige und bewegende Augenblicke.

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...

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...

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...

Quick, easy and effortless. 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 your Japanese to the next level with Paul Noble's simple, relaxed...

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...

THE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" - NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS BEEN ENJOYING FOR DECADES - 300 MILLION COPIES SOLD. "Western fantasy has JRR Tolkien, but we Asian fantasy authors have Jin Yong's stories in our DNA. The debt we owe him is immeasurable"...

Greater Than a Tourist - Tokyo Japan, by Paula Danciu, offers the inside scoop on Tokyo.