Asia Adventure

In the modern world, qi is money. The days of traveling martial artists and mountaintop masters are over. Power is controlled by corporations, modernized martial arts sects, and governments. Those at the bottom of society struggle as second-class citizens in a world in which power is a commodity. Rick has attempted to separate himself from the world of cutthroat killers but is drawn in by a chance to participate in a contest at the highest levels.

Can she escape her fate? In 1942 China, Magnolia dreams of becoming a soldier, and marriage is the last thing on her mind. But when her father’s superior, a Sichuan army general, arranges for her to marry the Mosuo chief, she becomes bound to a man she has never met. To escape her fate, Magnolia decides to run away. Alas, she runs right into the man she is supposed to marry. Zhaxi is on his way to pick up his future bride. The daughter of an army captain will strengthen his ties with the Hans. But his betrothed turns out to be much different than he expected: she’s rebellious and ...

A close encounter with a ghost in Scotland and a gun in Mexico. A request to meet a fortune-teller in Varanasi, who correctly predicts the future. Entering Tibet the hard way and meeting the Dalai Lama the easy way. Living in Japan for 13 years, and experiencing life as an ex-pat, and seeing Japan through the eyes of an ESL teacher. This is a collection of stories and travels over several years and through several countries. Vicariously experience these and other misadventures when you travel to parts of Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, China, and the Middle East. Many ...

Born of ice. Forged in fire. Only one can wield the fury of winter. War has raged in the West for nearly two decades. The realm of water will never forgive the treachery and betrayal of fire. But a greater immortal evil is returning out of the dark, forcing a brave few to question the true origins of the conflict... In the hinterlands of Glaidde, Eridene Swansea yearns to restore favor with her realm. For she is a half-blood, deemed country scum for her barbarian mother's crimes. Her only hope of redemption is doing the impossible - ending the war. Where she knows little of dinner parties, ...

Love and Loss in Cambodia is a memoir by Debra Groves Harman. As a teenager, she carried a heavy burden of grief and responsibility. First, her closest person died. Next, her father was critically injured in a traumatic car accident. Perhaps that explains why she's willing to leave the US and go to parts unknown--ending up in Cambodia, or more likely, she's following a traveling man she married in 1993. Memories are drawn from the '90s when the author lived in Sihanoukville and Phnom Penh. That decade was considered dangerous, with Khmer Rouge active on Route 4. When she first arrived in ...

The audio edition of On the Grand Trunk Road is finally available, revised and updated with new material. Focusing on Coll's journeys in conflict-ridden India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Afghanistan as a bureau chief for The Washington Post, On the Grand Trunk Road reveals a little-seen area of the world where violence, corruption, and greed have had devastating effects on South Asians from all walks of life.

Early on August 12, 2000, four of America's best young rock climbers were sleeping in their portaledges high on the Yellow Wall, in the central Asian mountain range of Kyrgyzstan,. By daybreak, they would be taken at gunpoint by militants of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, which is linked to Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network. In a life-and-death journey over six terrifying days, they would be forced to choose between saving their own lives and committing an act none of them thought they ever could.

Easy jobs don't exist. Jerold should have remembered that. Jerold thought guiding some desperate foreigners around the city would be quick coin. Find one missing relative, collect his fee, done. But his clients are hunting a man who left behind furious creditors, dangerous enemies, and what appears to be a truly impressive talent for bad decisions. Now Jerold's caught between rain-soaked ambushes and mounting threats, wondering if any amount of coin is worth babysitting people who somehow make every situation worse. And as the trail grows colder, one thing becomes clear: some people stay ...

Dragon Racer 3 Sharrah continues her quest to win at Sky Island and usurp her evil grandfather. With her father gone and only heartbroken, Meifeng to help her, she first has to race the mysterious course backwards, in hopes of learning about the parts of Xuanpu she's never seen before. All of this while King Grayscon strengthens his foothold in their world, and Kin Kuul drifts even farther away. How will she master the Book of Spells? Who will guide her through the reaches of the Yonder while she searches for something that just might even the odds against the King of the Spoils? And more ...

How I Went to Asia for a Colonoscopy and Stayed for Love is a heart-warming and gut-wrenching, true tale of one man on a fascinating journey to reclaim his life. It is an irreverent, hilarious, and racy ride through the enchanting lunacy of Southeast Asia. The book follows the author’s 7 years of travels through Myanmar,Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and finally Malaysia searching for a mate. Then one day on a bus in Malaysia, he receives an invitation for something unimaginable. He returns to the US where he is shot at on his bicycle. Declaring defeat in America, he packs up and moves to ...

The relationship between man and horse on the Eurasian steppe gave rise to a succession of rich nomadic cultures. Among them were the Mongols of the 13th century - a small tribe, which, under the charismatic leadership of Genghis Khan, created the largest contiguous land empire in history. Inspired by the extraordinary life nomads lead, Tim Cope embarked on a journey that hadn’t been successfully completed since those times.

Here is 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. With him, he took a phial of Holy Oil, 600 pounds and Laura until Lahore, and Louisa from there to Xanadu.

The Godhunter tries to catch a Tiger Goddess by the Toe! One sip from the Grayel has made Vervain Lavine immortal. She's finally a true goddess, but that doesn't mean she can't die, just that the task of killing the Godhunter has become much harder for those who want her dead. Vervain's list of enemies keeps getting longer and the latest name on it is Xi Wangmu, the Chinese Plague and Tiger Goddess. Xi Wangmu has come to Hawaii, and she's brought Black Death with her. As the Godhunter races to catch a tiger by her toe, more and more obstacles are thrown in her way. From an unhappy alpha ...

Evelyn and Sophie, sisters and best friends, were known as one of the climbing world’s strongest teams—but that was before Evelyn had an affair with Sophie’s husband. Now they can’t even be in the same room together. That is, until they’re both offered a mountaineer’s dream: a chance to summit the eight-thousand-meter peak Yama Parvat.

Welcome to Tales of Wonder and Wisdom! Inside these pages, you'll embark on adventures filled with courage, kindness, dreams, friendship, and the magic of listening. Each story is crafted to inspire you, teach valuable lessons, and ignite your imagination. May these tales encourage you to dream big, be kind, and embrace every wonderful moment of your journey.

The Ninja Daughter is an action-packed thriller about a Chinese-Norwegian modern-day ninja with family issues who fights the Los Angeles Ukrainian mob, sex traffickers, and her own family to save two desperate women and an innocent child. After her sister is raped and murdered, Lily Wong dedicates her life and ninja skills to the protection of women. But her mission is complicated. Not only does she live above the Chinese restaurant owned by her Norwegian father and inspired by the recipes of her Chinese mother, but she has to hide her true self from her Hong Kong tiger mom.

You've made a new friend. Ana is a genuine and vulnerable woman going through a difficult time. Her world is falling apart. You invite her into your home and into your life. You go out of your way to help. However, as the events unfold, you wonder if you made a mistake. No good deed goes unpunished. Another atypical drama in the well-acclaimed Carrie & Steve Series. An easy, entertaining read set in St. Louis and Sedona. Caution: To stay true to the reality-based characters, this book contains some strong language.

BESTSELLER travelogue mixes it up on the Asian Trail in a voice that's by turns personal, passionate and ohhhh so very soulful. "So I get up at dawn and marvel at fog burning off into mist tumbling down like the finest mosquito netting of silk. The hills beyond the rivers' confluence, like shoulders of a woman undressing, the way the misty shroud lifts off feminine curves, higher and higher ... I tingle all over, feeling there on Borneo the dream tug of Joseph Conrad's fiction, notably Lord Jim." By turns literarily pathbreaking and intimate, this smorgasbord of travel essays scales down ...

Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu wrote The Tale of Genji in the 11th century to entertain the other women in the court. It follows the romantic exploits of the title character, an emperor’s son, as he navigates life within aristocratic society and eventually outside of it. Praised for its psychological insight into the characters’ motivations, the book greatly influenced Japanese culture and is widely considered the world’s first novel. In 1882, Suematsu Kencho translated a condensed version of the text into English, allowing this classic tale to reach a wider audience.

All 13-year-old Izzy wants to do is get through this family camping trips as soon as possible, so she can get back to hanging out with her friends. But when she and a group of campers get lost in Glacier National Park, Izzy’s only thought is if they can make it out alive before the snow sets in. Deep in the forest, Izzy and her new friends are thrown into a world of magic, witches, wolves and shape shifters as they struggle against the forces of nature and magic.