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Looking for the Lost - Journeys Through a Vanishing Japan by Alan Booth; Joshua Sitzer (Editor)
Category: Travel | Series: Kodansha Globe Ser.
A VIBRANT, MEDITATIVE WALK IN SEARCH OF THE SOUL OF JAPAN Traveling by foot through mountains and villages, Alan Booth found a Japan far removed from the stereotypes familiar to Westerners. Whether retracing the footsteps of ancient warriors or detailing the encroachments of suburban sprawl, he unerring ...Show more
The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia by PETER HOPKIRK
Category: History | Series: Kodansha Globe S.
THE GREATGAME: THE EPIC STORY BEHIND TODAY'S HEADLINES Peter Hopkirk's spellbinding account of the great imperial struggle for supremacy in Central Asoa has been hailed as essential reading with that era's legacy playing itself out today. The Great Game between Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia was f ...Show more
Trespassers on the Roof of the WorldThe Secret Exploration of Tibet by Peter Hopkirk
Category: Biography | Series: Kodansha Globe Ser.
For nineteenth-century adventures, Tibet was the prize destination, and Lhasa, its capital situated nearly three miles above sea level, was the grandest trophy of all. The lure of this mysterious land, and its strategic importance, made it inevitable that despite the Tibetans' reluctance to end their is ...Show more
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