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Sinai: the great and terrible wilderness
By Burton Bernstein. 1979
An account of four trips the author took through Sinai reporting on its past and present. Offers a look into…
Bedouin habits, customs, culture, and a description of the beautiful and forbidding land. 1979.Saved by beauty: adventures of an American romantic in Iran
By Roger Housden. 2011
Housden traveled to Iran to meet with artists, writers, film makers and religious scholars who embody the long Iranian tradition…
of humanism, the belief in scholarship and artistry that began with the reign of Cyrus the Great. From the bustle of modern Tehran to the paradise gardens of Shiraz, Housden met Iranians who were welcoming and intellectually curious. He was brought face to face with the reality that beauty and truth, deceit and violence, are inextricably mingled in the affairs of human life. 2011.Sailing through China
By Paul Theroux. 1983
American novelist and travel writer sails down the Yangtze River in China along with thirty-three Americans, mostly millionaires, on an…
exclusive Lindblad tour. Theroux offers prose pictures of the river's industry-fouled cities and villages, the countless junks and sampans, the spectacular gorges, the endless views of Chinese people tilling the half-dead fields, plus acerbic sketches of his rich companions. Some strong language. 1984, c1983.Riding the mountains down: Journey By Bicycle From Karachi To Kathmandu
By Bettina Selby. 1984
Return to Tibet
By Heinrich Harrer. 1984
Reflections of the moon on water: healing women's bodies and minds through traditional Chinese wisdom
By Xiaolan Zhao, Kanae Kinoshita. 2006
Dr. Xiaolan Zhao has treated thousands of women suffering from fatigue, PMS, infertility, depression, menopausal symptoms and other gynecological disorders…
- common health problems in the West, but not in China, where traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been an integral part of women's lives for thousands of years. She explains what every woman can do in terms of ongoing and preventative self-care to improve her health and vitality and prevent illness. Descriptions of sex. 2006.Red star & green dragon: looking at New China
By Lila Perl. 1983
Red China today: The Other Side Of The River
By Edgar Snow. 1971
Red China blues: my long march from Mao to now
By Jan Wong. 1996
Born in Canada, Jan Wong began a rocky six-year romance with Maoism when she went to China in 1972. In…
this memoir, she describes leaving China as she became aware of the harsh realities of the communist system, and returning to China in the late 1980s as a reporter. She covered the crackdown in Tiananmen Square and the capitalist reforms of Deng Xiaoping. 1996.Pretty happy: healthy ways to love your body
By Kate Hudson. 2016
In this lifestyle guide, actress and fitness icon Kate Hudson shares her insights to help every woman become healthy, strong,…
and beautiful from the inside out. Kate's philosophy is simple: living healthfully is about positivity and throwing the idea of "perfection" out the window. 2016.Peter Aufschnaiter's eight years in Tibet: The Saga Of Peter Aufschnaiter (Asian portraits = Visages d'Asie)
By Peter Aufschnaiter, Martin Brauen. 2002
A companion to Heinrich Harrer's "Seven Years in Tibet" (DC33298), written by the fellow Austrian who accompanied him there from…
war-time internment in British India. A highly personal account of Aufschnaiter's eight-year sojourn in Tibet, characterized by his empathy for and understanding of Tibetan culture. A sensitive record of the Tibetans and their way of life which ends on the eve of the Chinese invasion. Some descriptions of violence. 2002. Uniform title: Peter Aufschnaiter.Poets and pahlevans: a journey into the heart of Iran
By Marcello Di Cintio. 2006
Di Cintio prepares for his journey to Iran by taking lessons in Farsi, researching Persian poetry and sharpening his wrestling…
skills. Once there, he talks politics with men in tea houses, wrestles, and visits sites and shrines associated with great Persian poets, learning that poetry is loved and quoted by everyone from taxi-drivers to students. The mosaic of incidents, encounters, conversations, sights, smells and moments creates a detailed impression of a country and society that will challenge preconceptions. 2006.Pay no heed to the rockets: Palestine in the present tense
By Marcello Di Cintio. 2018
Marcello Di Cintio reveals a complex story, the Palestinian experience as seen through the lens of authors, books, and literature.…
Using the form of a political-literary travelogue, he explores what literature means to modern Palestinians and how Palestinians make sense of the conflict between a rich imaginative life and the daily tedium and violence of survival. 2018.Passagère du silence: récit (Ldp Litterature Ser.)
By Fabienne Verdier. 2005
Étudiante à l'École des beaux-arts de Toulouse, au début des années 1980, l'auteure décide de tout quitter pour nourrir sa…
passion de la calligraphie et la peinture chinoise à la source. Elle passera quelque dix ans dans le Sichuan, à Chongqing, dans une Chine pauvre et autoritaire qui se remet tant bien que mal du règne de Mao. Un portrait sensible et informé de la Chine, un éloge de l'art chinois et de ses derniers maîtres méprisés qui ont survécu aux persécutions de la Révolution culturelle, et surtout le portrait émouvant d'une jeune femme à l'esprit aventureux qui s'embarque dans une aventure artistique et spirituelle qu'elle ne pouvait imaginer au départ. 2005.Le nouveau guide vivre plus: pour vivre mieux, en santé et plus longtemps
By Karine Larose. 2012
Dans “Le Nouveau Guide Vivre Plus”, Karine Larose explique dans un langage clair et concis les bienfaits de l'activité physique…
et les paramètres clés pour obtenir des résultats concrets grâce à des tests écrits et physiques. Le lecteur comprendra comment s'entraîner de façon efficace, ainsi que l'importance d'intégrer l'exercice physique dans son quotidien. 2012.Je pars en Inde: récit de voyage (Hamac-carnets.)
By Véronique Daudelin. 2016
À 29 ans, écoeurée de sa vie en général et même d'elle-même, Véronique Daudelin part en Inde pour quatre mois…
en espérant que ce voyage changera sa vie. Ce ne sera pas aussi simple. Au coeur d'une crise existentielle assumée, la narratrice cherche tout: qui elle est, sa place dans le monde et un sens à son existence. Rien de moins. Elle cherche des indices non seulement à travers le yoga et la méditation, mais aussi à travers les personnages qu'elle croise en route: des réfugiés tibétains, un itinérant, un mort, un chien... De la traversée de l'Himalaya à un mariage indien en passant par un rituel chamanique, la voyageuse pose sur elle-même un regard toujours lucide. Son récit, honnête et authentique, est à la fois profond et rempli d'humour. L'Inde n'y est en rien idéalisée. La quête spirituelle non plus. 2016.Les rouges de New Delhi (Dragouilles. #9.)
By Karine Gottot. 2012
Les Dragouilles sont de drôles de petites créatures s'apparentant à des "monsieur Patate" cornus, affublés d'une queue et d'ailes de…
démons. Chaque titre de la série regroupe de courtes bandes dessinées mettant en scène ces êtres fabuleux auxquelles se greffent des charades, des jeux, des recettes, des idées de bricolage, des blagues, des devinettes et des rubriques informatives sur des sujets variés, qui permettent ici de glaner quelques faits intéressants à propos de la capitale de l'Union indienne, de ses attraits, de sa culture et des moeurs de ses habitants. Années 3-6. Suite de "Les jaunes de Barcelone", suivi de "Les orangées de Tunis". 2012.Music in every room: around the world in a bad mood
By John Krich. 1984
This account of the author's travels through Southeast and South Asia and the Middle East focuses on the harsh realities…
of poverty and disease. Romantic visions of the mysterious and enlightened East are seen as silly illusions that obscure the hard struggle to survive. Some strong language. 1984.Motorcycle masala: travels through India
By Peter Riordan. 1999
During their travels around India on a motorcycle Peter and his friend Stephanie braved murderous truck drivers, were troubled by…
breakdowns and saw much of the backwaters of India often missed by tourists. 1999.