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Planning a trip to Japan? Ditch the boring guidebooks and download the only Tokyo travel book that tells you what REALLY happens when you step into the neon chaos of Japan’s capital.

Moving to Hong Kong is full of first-hand information on what it’s really like to move to this bustling metropolis. It is bursting with need-to-know information, from big things like how to get a visa to smaller things, such as hidden costs that might take you by surprise. The guide is laid out in an easy-to-read manner to avoid overwhelming the reader. We also provide links to useful websites and apps that Hong Kong residents themselves use to make their lives easier. Inside Moving to Hong Kong: • Language and culture help to put you in the Hong Kong mindset. • A guide to expat ...

A reader comments that I'm best at "fishing out strange stories from random people whom no one would otherwise hear about." These tales are only strange because each of our struggling life is unique. Yours, too, is freakish, but we're all still here, in whatever condition. Not just portraits, these are also depictions of places, so you'll be plunged into Philadelphia, Saigon, Vung Tau, Skopje, Shkoder, Pakse and Kracheh, etc. Any exoticism, though, is superficial. This book is your mirror.

A wandering fool babbles about topics no one gives a Trumpian tarriff about, such as Đề Thám, Cà Mau, U Minh, Chinese George of Blue Bell, PA, Sóc Trăng and an alley cafe in Vung Tau where over the hill broads muse about dog food and other existential matters. Like a court jester, America's greatest president makes frequent appearances. Though inexplicably ignored by CNN, FOX News, The New York Times and Haaretz, here's the full transcript of the author's 2025 commencement address at Yeshiva University in NYC. I reflect on Annie Proulx's astonishing "The Half-Skinned Steer" and muse ...