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By Robin Hanbury-Tenison. 1987
The author and his wife rode their horses for 1000 miles alongside the Great Wall of China. Often spending 12…
hours a day in the saddle, they travelled from the Yellow Sea to the edge of the Gobi desert. 1987.By Ann Woodin. 1971
Account of a 5000 mile, year-long trip across the deserts of the Old World by the Woodin family. Includes history,…
customs of the people, natural history, description of the scenery and day-to-day events. c1971.By Geoffrey Moorhouse. 1972
A journalist offers a full-length portrait of the fourth largest city in the world and an introduction to the history…
of modern India. The author sees Calcutta, "the once glorious pearl of India," as a cruel but glamorous city now torn apart by political factions. 1972.By Lyn Harrington. 1966
By Michel Peissel. 1967
An anthropologist and explorer describes his travels and experiences when he became the first foreigner ever to make an extended…
visit to Mustang, a tiny, independent land on the Nepal border, surrounded on three sides by Tibet. For junior and senior high readers. 1967.By Roger Clavet. 2001
By Bradley Winterton. 1989
By Marc De Gouvenain. 1991
C'est au printemps 1990 que l'auteur charge d'ouvrir des itinéraires de marche et de randonnées équestres en Sibérie, a visité…
ce pays méconnu, plus vaste que l'Australie et dont les potentialités économiques seront un des grands enjeux du XXIe siècle. 1991.By Kim Lefèvre. 1990
Voici le récit des retrouvailles de l'auteure avec le Viet Nam, d'abord imaginées puis vécues. L'histoire du choc ressenti par…
une femme retrouvant sa famille aux franges de la misère dans un pays aujourd'hui exsangue et pathétique. 1990.By Alexandra David-Néel. 1985
En 1924, Alexandra David-Néel réalisait un fantastique exploit. Cette femme que rien n'arrêtait traversa à pied la Chine et tout…
le Tibet pour atteindre enfin Lhassa, la cité interdite, où elle fut la première Européenne à pénétrer et à séjourner. 1985.By Ashraf Pahlavi. 1980
Ashraf Pahlavi raconte parallelement l'histoire de sa vie, celle de son frere, le Shah d'Iran, et enfin celle de son…
pays. Elle evoque aussi bien la vie des Pahlavi et leurs amours que leur ambition de construire un Iran moderne. 1980.By Tim Ward. 1990
Tim Ward spent a season in the Theravada Buddhist monastery of Pan Nanachat in Thailand. He tells of his initiation…
into the monastery, where half of the members are western Caucasians, and his life there over the following months. 1993, c1990.By Dervla Murphy. 1967
The author spent seven months in Nepal in 1965. She portrays the people and customs of this ancient, complex civilization…
and describes her experiences working in a Tibetan refugee camp. 1967.By Bob Gibbons, Bob Ashford. 1983
By Pearl S Buck. 1966
Comparing the Japan she knew as a child with the Japan of today, the author discusses the changes which have…
occurred since World War II. Family life, sexual attitudes, the position of women, and traditions are some of the topics covered. For junior and senior high readers. 1966.By Heinrich Harrer, Richard Graves. 1953
The author escaped from internment in India in 1943, and found shelter and work in the sacred city of Lhasa,…
to which few Europeans have penetrated. He stayed there for seven years, learned the language and acquired a greater understanding of Tibet and the Tibetans. He became friend and tutor to the young Dalai Lama and finally accompanied him into India when he was put to flight by the Red Chinese invasion. 1953. Uniform title: Sieben Jahre in Tibet.By Roland Dorgelès. 1944
By H. Byron Earhart. 1984
Shinto, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, the folk religions and the so-called New Religions are surveyed, both as individual traditions and as…
interrelating aspects within the whole of Japanese society and culture. 1984.By Jean Yves Domalain. 1972
Étudiant des animaux de la jungle indonésienne, un jeune homme est capturé par les Ibans. Peu à peu, il gagnera…
leur confiance, épousera une fille de la tribu et partagera leur vie. 1972.By Joseph Jean Lanza del Vasto. 1943