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Destination: China Book: The Song of the Silk Road by Mingmei Yip (NEW April 2011) They did it again. Got me to read a romance novel by disguising it as adventure travel. is indeed all three–romance (with plenty of sex), an adventuring quest, and travel to exotic locales. Print PDF
PDF Destination: Australia Book: Natasha Lands Down Under (a young adult novel), by Katherine McCaughan GUEST POST by Jessie Voigts I’ve recently read an extraordinary book, entitled Natasha Lands Down Under. Written by Katherine McCaughan, this book is an intercultural odyssey, set in China and Australia. Natasha Lands Down Under is a compelling read, exploring one [...]
Destinaton: Chonquing, China Book: Under the Huang Jiao Tree: Two Journeys in China September, 2009,(presently in 3rd printing) by Jane Carswell Winner Whitcoulis Travel Book of The Year 2010 Not until we are lost do we begin to discover ourselves. Henry David Thoreau. There are always two journeys, the outer and the inner. Jane Carswell. [...]
Inspiration to Travel to China by Guest Writer, Ashley Bruckbauer Destination: China Book: Pavilion of Women by Pearl Buck Several years ago, while still a college student, I spent a summer reading through a massive pile of historical fiction set in various locales and time periods. One that particularly struck a chord was Pearl Buck’s [...]
Why read old stuff when there is so much new stuff? Because what was written by the ancients, or by travelers in earlier centuries, can give today’s traveler a sense of the underpinnings of today’s culture of a place. I have already sung the praises of using Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian Wars as a [...]
Destination: China Books: The Man Who Loved China by Simon Winchester Red Azalea, Empress Orchid, The Last Empress, and Becoming Madame Mao, all by Anchee Min A Guest Post by Betsy Bolding I traveled to Hong Kong both before and after the English surrendered the territory to China. It is a magic place where skyscrapers [...]
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