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Explore the historic and fascinating Korean Peninsula! Have you ever dreamed of visiting South Korea? Do you wish you knew more about this rich ancient and modern culture? Are you preparing for your own trip to South Korea? If so, this is the audiobook for you! This comprehensive and inspiring audio guidebook presents intriguing and precise descriptions of South Korean life and travel.

Crimes are rare in Singapore, but when there's one that has the police baffled, it is Inspector Zhang that they turn to. From locked-room mysteries to murders disguised as suicide, Inspector Zhang is able to draw on his experience as a detective along with tricks he has learned from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie. See if you can solve the crimes before the Inspector - the clues are there!

This eBook offers a thoughtful exploration of Chinese and Egyptian mythology, comparing two of the world’s most enduring and influential mythological traditions. From the perspective of deities, religious belief, legends, and memorable episodes, the eBook examines how each culture interpreted the cosmos, human behavior, and the natural world. Chinese mythology emphasizes moral effort, human responsibility, and the restoration of balance, portraying heroes and deities as collaborators with humanity in maintaining harmony. Egyptian mythology, in contrast, emphasizes cosmic order, divine ...

Making It Big in Japan is your ultimate guide to living, working, and playing in Japan. The information you get about Japan from reading articles online in English only scratches the surface. Like an outdated textbook, the advice seems to be stuck in the 1980s without reflecting the real pace of change in Japan. There is a need for more clarity and explanations of information that is often only available in Japanese. To fill this gap, I have interviewed the people who influenced me, served as role models, or offered valuable perspectives along my seven-year journey in Japan.

Uzbekistan is one of the world’s most enchanting destinations—a land where ancient caravans once crossed the Silk Road, turquoise domes shimmer under desert skies, and centuries of culture come alive in bustling bazaars and historic squares. Whether you’re planning a cultural adventure, a historical journey, or a modern city escape, this guide gives you everything you need to experience Uzbekistan with confidence and curiosity. Inside This Comprehensive Travel Guide • Top Attractions & Must‑See Sights: Samarkand’s Registan, Bukhara’s Old City, Khiva’s Itchan Kala, ...

Welcome to Chiang Mai, the cultural heart of Northern Thailand, a city where ancient temples meet modern cafés and where expats, artists, monks, and digital nomads all find their rhythm beneath the shadow of Doi Suthep. The Chiang Mai Book is not just another travel guide. It is a personal and practical companion written by Christopher Smith, an English author who has lived in Thailand since 2002. Drawing on more than two decades of local experience, Chris shares stories, insights, and tips that make life in Chiang Mai both fascinating and rewarding. From finding a good apartment and ...

Manila is a bowl of halo-halo: everything Filipino all mixed up across sixteen cities. It’s vibrant, overwhelming, overcrowded, and yes, a bit smelly. This is your guide to having a blast in the real Manila, far beyond where tourists usually tread. Rock out at an indie bar, walk the paths of Philippine revolutionaries, get a library card (seriously!), ride transit to beat the traffic, rub shoulders with hipsters, hunt down rare smoked balut, choose your dinner while it's still swimming, go 8-bit retro-gaming, and savor a rooftop sunset bay view with a $1 drink. Forget the guidebooks ...

For those looking to live in Japan, this series offers hard-won insights of how to land with a running start and set yourself up for success. Covering everything from how to best get started, dealing with taxes, applying for a permanent visa, side work, Steve explains how to handle the many unexpected challenges of living in a country that is distinctly foreign.

In this, the 2nd Audio book of the Rambling On trilogy, the load gets lighter and the speed slower, but Graham Field’s objective remains the same: he is fully focused on making the route to his demise as pleasurable as possible. And so the quest to his Chinese destiny begins. Now relieved of the whiskey, the road nevertheless continues to be an uphill struggle, not helped by the sub-zero winter temperatures. But being towed behind trucks and loaded on to buses evens out the ratio of endurance and pleasure.

THE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" - NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS BEEN ENJOYING FOR DECADES - 300 MILLION COPIES SOLD. "Jin Yong's work, in the Chinese-speaking world, has a cultural currency roughly equal to that of "Harry Potter" and "Star Wars" combined"...

............ Understand Indian Culture, and ............ ....... Communicate effectively with Indians ....... This book is about Indian Culture, focusing on workplace behavior. This book acts as a cross-cultural trainer for non-Indians. If you are visiting India for business, it prepares you well to enjoy your trip. This is a good companion book to India Travel Guides. It provides guidance to people who want to interact with Indians effectively. This book analyzes the impact of Indian Culture on the workplace behavior of Indians. It provides insight into how that particular behavior evolved...

Greater Than a Tourist: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India offers the inside scoop on Mumbai. As a part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you tips from someone who lives at your next travel destination. You'll discover local advice that will help you throughout your trip. Travel like a local. Slow down and get to know the people and the culture of a place. By the time you finish this book, you will be eager and prepared to travel to your next destination.

Greater Than a Tourist - Bangkok Thailand, by Dana Konotop, offers the inside scope on Bangkok.

If you want to check out India both the rich and the poor then this is the trip for you. During the day you are driving a rickshaw around India just like a local and at night you live in a five star hotel like a very rich tourist. You basically live in both worlds on one trip and it is quite amazing the complete contrast between being out on the road stuck in a traffic jam or on a country road which you have to yourself and then rolling up to a five-star hotel and parking your rickshaw in a locked up garage. You live between dining in five star luxury and rolling up to a Roadside Cafe and ...

This audiobook will discuss the history and founding of Hinduism, the basics of the four main beliefs of Hinduism, the gods and goddesses that are associated with these beliefs, and how to practice the beliefs of Hinduism in everyday life. Hinduism: What You Need to Know About the Hindu Religion, Gods, Goddesses, Beliefs, History, and Rituals will also bring up some philosophical questions based on the core beliefs of Hinduism that will help to guide decisions on life’s actions.

From the humidity of Bangkok and Hanoi to the tropical beaches of Bali and Borneo, Jason Smart sees what this vibrant and colourful continent has to offer. Find out how he is startled by a giant lizard in Laos, and is wowed by the majesty of Angkor Wat in Cambodia. From the glitz of Macau to the horror of the Killing Fields, Jason tries to see as much of this amazing continent as possible. Along the way, he also chats with a sex tourist in Siem Reap, endures an embarrassing chafing-incident in Hong Kong and falls in love with a toilet seat in Tokyo. Have you ever wondered what a broth made ...

Are you travelling or just interested about Sri Lanka? This guide is packed with information, a short but concise book that will wake your interest about this country.

Have you ever wanted to live on a tropical island? In ‘Like Winning the Lottery’ I did just that. Enjoy my funny stories and adventures as I chase my dream to live on an exotic island paradise where I find a fantastic lifestyle, love, friendship and pure happiness. Before I did this I thought I was living life. Instead I was just living to pay bills. I wanted to escape the rat race. I was thinking of quitting my job and retiring early. I was tired of the cold weather and I wanted a life on sunny tropical beach. Then I discovered several secrets to island lifestyle that I never imagined:...

No books. No long lists of vocabulary. No chance of failure. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a tried and tested language learning method that has been used by over 1 million people to speak fluently and confidently. With Paul Noble’s simple, relaxed approach you will learn in a way that...

This is the diary of a 32-day stay in a Buddhist monastery near Kathmandu. While searching for a more fulfilling life and needing to think about himself, a 36-year-old economist from Cologne, Germany, devotes himself to Buddhist doctrine. With a certain degree of skepticism, but open to something new, the meditations lead him to the limits of his own consciousness and shatter the basic patterns of his thinking. His experience during the stay becomes a fertile counter-model to Western lifestyle and marks a turning point in the author's thinking and life. “Time Out For Beginners – 32 Days...