Author: Wallpaper* Magazine

Compiled by the magazine's travel experts, and by the extraordinary network of international correspondents, the guides are truly the insider's guide to each featured city. Both people who live there, as well as the well ...

Author: Wallace Alfred Russel

Racked with fever, virtually broke and earning a precarious living through sending back to London the plumes of beautiful birds, Wallace (1823-1913) ultimately became one of the most heroic and admirable of all scientist ...

Author: Xinran

In March 1958, a Chinese woman learns that her husband, an idealistic army doctor, has died whilst serving in Tibet. Determined to know what has happened to him, she sets off to join his regiment. To her horror, she walk ...

Author: Heinrich Harrer

Imprisoned in India by the British when WWII was declared, Austrian climber Heinrich Harrer escaped, crossing the Himalayas to Tibet. Settling in Lhasa, the Forbidden City, he became the tutor and friend of the present D ...

Author: Sun Shuyun

Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud is a beautifully written account of Sun Shuyun's journey to retrace the steps of one of the most popular figures in Chinese history -- the monk Xuanzang, who travelled to India searchin ...

Author: A.P. Chekhov

Overwhelmed by what he felt was the worthlessness of his great success as a writer, Chekhov (1860-1904) decided to leave everything behind him and go to the far reaches of Siberia - to the terrible Russian penal colony o ...

Author: Pico Iyer

When Pico Iyer began his travels, he wanted to know how Rambo conquered Asia. Why did Dire Straits blast out over Hiroshima, Bruce Springsteen over Bali and Madonna over all? If he was eager to learn where East meets Wes ...

Author: Michael Palin

Having risen to the challenge of seas, poles, dhows and deserts, the highest mountains in the world were a natural target for Michael Palin. In a journey rarely, if ever, attempted before, in 6 months of hard travelling ...

Author: Nick Hanna

Travellers Singapore and Malaysia offers readers a guide to the rich mixture of cultural attractions, gastronomic delights, coral beaches and range of travel experiences unparalleled in Asia. As well as offering comprehe ...

Author: Michael Buckley

Exploring ethnic Tibet independently is a challenge. The proverbial land of snows, it possesses some of the wildest and roughest road routes in high Asia, and so trekking, motoring, and mountain biking are all covered in ...

Author: Claire Scobie

Some go to Tibet seeking inspiration, others for adventure. The award-winning journalist, Claire Scobie, found both when she left her ordinary life in London and went to the Himalayas in search of a rare red lily. Her jo ...

Author: Sara MacDonald

A rollercoaster ride through a land of chaos and contradiction with a woman on a mission to save her soul, her love life - and her sanity. ABC journalist Sarah MacDonald spent two years on the sub-continent; these are so ...

Author: Ramsey Zarifeh

Fully revised second edition. Japan is steeped in legend and myth, perhaps the greatest of which is the popular misconception that the country is simply too expensive to visit. The truth is that flights to Japan are chea ...

Author: Tim Slessor

Why not? After all, no-one had ever done it before. It would be one of the longest of all overland journeys half-way round the world, from the English Channel to Singapore. They knew that several expeditions had already ...

Author: David Stott

With insights into the colourful tribal cultures, plush palaces and forbidding forts this Footprint guide provides information on one of India's most fascinating states. Including an excellent wildlife section covering t ...

Author: Atsushi Umeda

This is the updated third edition of an atlas first published in 1998. During the past six years, the transportation network of the metropolitan area of Tokyo has changed a good deal. In the case of the subway system, li ...

Author: Diane Durston

What better way to see Kyoto than at dawn, when the back streets and alleys of this 1,200-year-old city are still under the spell of the past? Old folks fuss about with their bonsai and laundry poles, pausing to chat on ...

Author: Sumiko Enbutsu & Katsuhito Nakazato

Tens of thousands of tourists and businesspeople visit Tokyo every year. Japans modern capital stands before them, but almost everyone asks, Where are the traditional Japanese sites?
Following the pattern of Kodansh ...

Author: Sumiko Enbutsu

Japanese sensitivity to seasons and nature is inextricably linked to their love for flowers. This appreciation is well preserved in works of art and objects of daily life, from subject of mural paintings to motif on comb ...

Author: Kurt Svrcula

With its pristine, unspoilt beaches and breathtaking coral reefs, Malaysia is fast becoming one of the leading dive destinations in the world. The country boasts a coastline of 4800 kilometres and over 200 islands includ ...