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    • A New History of the World
    • By: Peter Frankopan
    • Narrated by: Laurence Kennedy
    • Length: 24 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 04-20-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 554 ratings
    • The epic history of the crossroads of the world - the meeting place of East and West and the birthplace of civilization....

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    • Japanese Made Easy with Your Personal Language Coach
    • By: Paul Noble
    • Narrated by: Paul Noble
    • Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 07-22-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 183 ratings
    • With Paul Noble’s simple, relaxed approach, you will learn in a way that suits you—without having to memorise long lists of words you won’t use; scribbling notes as you listen; or feeling frustrated....

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    • By: Chris Broad
    • Narrated by: Chris Broad
    • Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 10-05-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 613 ratings
    • When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a huge mistake. With no knowledge of the language and zero teaching experience, was he was about to be the most quickly fired English teacher in Japan's history....

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    • Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun
    • By: Jonathan Clements
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 10-22-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 284 ratings
    • This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion....

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    • An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
    • By: Jake Adelstein
    • Narrated by: Jake Adelstein
    • Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 10-20-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,734 ratings
    • From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up....

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    • By: Heinrich Harrer, Richard Graves
    • Narrated by: Mark Meadows
    • Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 04-02-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,344 ratings
    • A landmark in travel writing, this is the incredible true story of Heinrich Harrer’s escape across the Himalayas to Tibet....

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    • By: Paul Theroux
    • Narrated by: Frank Muller
    • Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 10-07-10
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 506 ratings
    • The Great Railway Bazaar is Paul Theroux's account of his epic journey by rail through Asia....

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    • Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture
    • By: Roger J. Davies, Osamu Ikeno
    • Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
    • Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 09-24-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 66 ratings
    • Listeners of this book will gain a clear understanding of what makes the Japanese, and their society, tick....

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    • Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia's Largest Nation
    • By: Tim Hannigan
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 04-30-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 147 ratings
    • Indonesia is by far the largest nation in Southeast Asia and has the fourth-largest population in the world after the United States. Indonesian history and culture are especially relevant today as the island nation is an emerging power....

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    • By: Chol-hwan Kang, Pierre Rigoulot
    • Narrated by: Stephen Park
    • Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 06-26-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 284 ratings
    • Amid escalating nuclear tensions, Kim Jong-un and North Korea's other leaders have kept a tight grasp on their one-party state, quashing any nascent opposition movements and sending all suspected dissidents to its brutal concentration camps for "re-education"....

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    • Know the Rules That Make the Difference!
    • By: Boye Lafayette De Mente
    • Narrated by: Tim Campbell
    • Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 02-19-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
    • Minding your manners is an acquired skill, but what serves you well elsewhere could trip you up in Japan. Save yourself possible embarrassment with Etiquette Guide to Japan. An inside look at Japanese social graces, it answers all the questions of the thoughtful traveler....

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    • The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth
    • By: Wendy E. Simmons
    • Narrated by: Jeena Yi
    • Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 05-03-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 475 ratings
    • Most people want out of North Korea. Wendy Simmons wanted in....

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    • Get Around Korean City Easily with These Common Phrases and Vocabulary - Beginner Level
    • By: Jackson Bennett
    • Narrated by: Rosa Cloud
    • Length: 2 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 11-08-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 53 ratings
    • Don't let your time on the road go to waste—turn it into an opportunity to improve your language skills, and become a confident speaker of Korean....

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    • Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
    • By: Erika Fatland
    • Narrated by: Jill Rolls
    • Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 12-21-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 66 ratings
    • Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan became free of the Soviet Union in 1991. But though they are new to modern statehood, this is a region rich in ancient history, culture, and landscapes unlike anywhere else in the world....

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    • One Family's Journey Through the Belly of Japan
    • By: Michael Booth
    • Narrated by: Ralph Lister
    • Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 09-06-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 83 ratings
    • Food and travel writer Michael Booth takes the culinary pulse of contemporary Japan, learning fascinating tips and recipes that few westerners have been privy to before....

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    • A 45,000-Mile Adventure
    • By: Monisha Rajesh
    • Narrated by: Monisha Rajesh
    • Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 05-28-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 112 ratings
    • A witty and irreverent look at the world and a celebration of the glory of train travel. Rajesh offers a wonderfully vivid account of life, history and culture in an audiobook that will make you laugh out loud - and reflect on what it means to be a global citizen....

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    • By: Marco Polo
    • Narrated by: Walter Covell
    • Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 05-09-03
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 236 ratings
    • The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo Read by Walter Covell. Take a fascinating journey through strange and exotic countries...

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    • Dynasty, Revolution and Transformation: From the Middle Kingdom to the People's Republic
    • By: Jonathan Clements
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 10-29-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 81 ratings
    • A Brief History of China tells of the development of a rich, complex civilization where the use of paper, writing, money, and gunpowder were widespread in ancient times and where silk, ceramics, tea, metal implements, and other products were produced and exported around the globe....

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    • Exploring the Improbable Nation
    • By: Elizabeth Pisani
    • Narrated by: Jan Cramer
    • Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 07-29-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 185 ratings
    • An entertaining and thought-provoking portrait of Indonesia: a rich, dynamic, and often maddening nation awash with contradictions....

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