Asia

Winner of the British Book Awards, TV & Film Book of the Year, 2005.

In his most challenging journey to date, Palin tackles the Himalayas, the greatest mountain range on earth....

A witty and irreverent look at the world and a celebration of the glory of train travel. Rajesh offers a wonderfully vivid account of life, history and culture in an audiobook that will make you laugh out loud - and reflect on what it means to be a global citizen.... 

From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up....

The Amur River is almost unknown. Yet it is the 10th longest river in the world, rising in the Mongolian mountains and flowing through Siberia to the Pacific. Colin Thubron takes a dramatic journey from the Amur's secret source to its giant mouth, covering almost 3,000 miles....

This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion....

A glimpse of life inside the world’s most secretive country, as told by Britain’s best-loved travel writer....

A whole new way of looking at the world - and your life - inspired by centuries-old Japanese wisdom....

A classic of travel writing, A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush is Eric Newby’s iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth.... 

The Ridiculous Misadventures of a Single Girl gives listeners an intimate look into what Gabrielle went through when she returned home from her grand European adventure....

There is an ancient Chinese proverb that states, "Two tigers cannot share the same mountain." However, in East Asia, there are three tigers on that mountain: China, Japan, and Korea, and they have a long history of turmoil and tension with each other....

Shinrin-Yoku, or forest bathing, is the practice of spending time in the forest for better health, happiness and a sense of calm....

For many outsiders, Thailand still conjures up images of the East at its most mysterious and enchanting. Never conquered by foreigners, this proud and ancient land has been shaped by Buddhism, the monarchy, and the military....

Arising out of Naipaul’s lifelong obsession and passion for a country that is at once his and totally alien, India: A Million Mutinies Now relates the stories of many of the people he met traveling there more than 50 years ago....

Driving terrified me; I hadn't done it in a decade. But if I could drive in India, I could drive anywhere. If I drive a tuk-tuk, I could drive anything. And if I said yes, I'd get to spend 10 days with her....

A landmark in travel writing, this is the incredible true story of Heinrich Harrer’s escape across the Himalayas to Tibet....

In 1976 James Crowden left his career in the British army and travelled to Ladakh in the Northern Himalaya, one of the most remote parts of the world. The Frozen River is his extraordinary account of the time he spent there.... 

Listeners of this book will gain a clear understanding of what makes the Japanese, and their society, tick....

William Dalrymple's highly praised and greatly entertaining account of his 1986 trip made while a student at Cambridge which retraced Marco Polo's route across land from Jerusalem to Xanadu....

Levison Wood was only 22 when he decided to hitchhike from England to India through Russia, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, but he wasn't the conventional follower of the hippy trail....

The Great Railway Bazaar is Paul Theroux's account of his epic journey by rail through Asia....

Do you have wanderlust? Really want to see something different? Imagine how cool it would be if you know exactly the best places to go in Bangkok....

In 1975, at the height of Indira Gandhi’s “Emergency”, Naipaul returned to India, the country his ancestors had left 100 years earlier, and produced this concise masterpiece: a vibrant, defiantly unsentimental portrait of a society traumatized by centuries of foreign conquest....

Declan Walsh is one of the New York Times's most distinguished international correspondents. His electrifying portrait of Pakistan over a tumultuous decade captures the sweep of this wondrous and benighted country through the dramatic lives of nine fascinating individuals....

Karachi. Pakistan's largest city is a sprawling metropolis of 20 million people. It is a place of political turbulence in which those who...

With the Bangkok Travel Guide for Men, you get all the information you need to get the most out of your trip to Bangkok....

Whether your taste runs to crocodiles, ancient relics, or flying saucers, you’re sure to find entertainment and illumination in this collection of 21 true travel stories.Join in the author’s adventures as she makes a pilgrimage to see a 2,500-year-old tooth, considers the fate of a three-legged elephant, learns the chilling secrets of the Jamaica Inn pirates, participates in a shamanic ayahuasca ritual, talks alien spaceship propulsion with a SETI scientist, and more.

Ever since Europeans started exploring the world’s highest mountains and trying to reach their summits in the early 20th century, Sherpas have been an integral part of mountaineering expeditions to the Himalayas. In this anthology curated from his popular Footsteps on the Mountain blog, Mark Horrell explores the evolution of Sherpa mountaineers, from the porters of early expeditions to the superstar climbers of the present day.

Stu Nugent was never a good candidate for a round-the-world cycling trip. He was, and remains, a coward. In a flash of uncharacteristic daring, he attempted to cycle the Northern Silk Road, from Shanghai to Europe. He failed. He failed dramatically. Against a backdrop of the world's most staggering, awe-inspiring landscapes, he was forced to smoke opium at gunpoint, attacked by a snake in a remote Kyrgyz river, robbed at gunpoint by the police, and eventually imprisoned in anonymous jail somewhere on the Kazakh steppe. How did it all go so wrong?

It’s 1992 and magazine journalist Nigel Simmonds escapes corporate life to move to Bali, the Island of The Gods. His first port of call is Ubud, below sacred Mount Agung, where he sets up home among a collection of characters for whom life in the West–known as The Machine–has become untenable. 

Making It Big in Japan is your ultimate guide to living, working, and playing in Japan. The information you get about Japan from reading articles online in English only scratches the surface. Like an outdated textbook, the advice seems to be stuck in the 1980s without reflecting the real pace of change in Japan. There is a need for more clarity and explanations of information that is often only available in Japanese. To fill this gap, I have interviewed the people who influenced me, served as role models, or offered valuable perspectives along my seven-year journey in Japan.

In the late 2000s, when the three-decades-long Left Front rule in West Bengal was crumbling, Parimal Bhattacharya began to travel outside the well-trodden urban centers to different parts of the region—from the Sundarbans to tribal Jangalmahal, from the outskirts of Kolkata to villages on the Bangladesh border, from the floodplains of the Hooghly to the forests of Simlipal in neighboring Odisha. Moving between the personal and the political, Field Notes from a Waterborne Land takes the listener on a journey across a fascinating land peopled with unforgettable characters.

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.

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.

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.

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.