A lively and easy-to-read guide to Southeast Asian history written by one of the world's preeminent historians of the area. Southeast Asia: An introductory history was first published in 1979 and immediately filled a need for travelers and students interested in one of the most dynamic and diverse regions of the world. Now in its fourteenth edition, it remains the classic overview for newcomers and locals alike. Dr Milton Osborne has been a...

A land of enormous proportions, countless secrets, and incredible history, Central Asia was the heart of the great Mongol empire of Tamerlane and scene of Stalin's cruelest deportations. A remote and fascinating region in a constant state of transition-never more so than since the collapse of the Soviet Union-it encompasses terrain as diverse as the Kazakh steppes, the Karakum desert, and the Pamir mountains. In The Lost Heart of Asia, acclaimed,...

The features desk of an American newspaper may seem an unlikely launchpad for a journey into one of the world's most remote and dangerous regions, but for journalist Christopher Cox, it was where the story began. It would end nearly three years later in the almost inaccessible mountain fastnesses of Shan State, Burma, as Cox brought off a journalistic coup even hard-bitten foreign correspondents might envy: a rare personal audience with General Khun...

Ninety recipes from six Asian countries capture the color, spice, and comfort of classic dishesnow totally vegan East Meets Vegan is your new passport to foods from all over Asia, offering both the tastes and nostalgia of home-cooked favorites with health and sustainability in mind. Drawing on the traditional menus of six Asian countriesIndia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, China, and Japan22-year-old food blogger and medical student Sasha Gill shares...

"Tropical rain forests and windswept steppes. Houses on stilts and the Malay people. The Forbidden City and the Burj Khalifa. What continent is home to all these people and places? Asia, the largest continent in size and population, a fascinating place that's home to plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth. Explore the countries and cultures of Asia, make a Japanese Koi, and cook up some traditional noodles!" -- Back cover.

In 1271 Marco Polo set out on a journey to China to meet the Mongol Emperor Kublaï Khan. He returned with stories that would take a lifetime to tell. Featuring exotic creatures, strange customs, extraordinary legends, and political intrigues, The Travels of Marco Polo reveals the fantastical treasures of the East in the words of the legendary medieval explorer. Conjuring up a forgotten world filled with mystery where wonder lurks around every...

This adventure story is of a heroic man victimized by his own integrity & destroyed by his sense of lost honor.

As a teenager, Kate Harris realized that the career she craved--to be an explorer, equal parts swashbuckler and metaphysician--had gone extinct. From what she could tell of the world from small-town Ontario, the likes of Marco Polo and Magellan had mapped the whole earth; there was nothing left to be discovered. Looking beyond this planet, she decided to become a scientist and go to Mars. In between studying at Oxford and MIT, Harris set off by bicycle...