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    • By: Chris Broad
    • Narrated by: Chris Broad
    • Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 05-10-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,045 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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    • By: Michael Palin
    • Narrated by: Michael Palin
    • Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 15-04-05
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 230 ratings
    • Winner of the British Book Awards, TV & Film Book of the Year, 2005.

      In his most challenging journey to date, Palin tackles the Himalayas, the greatest mountain range on earth....

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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: 22-10-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 151 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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    • By: Paul Theroux
    • Narrated by: Frank Muller
    • Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 07-10-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 261 ratings
    • The Great Railway Bazaar is Paul Theroux's account of his epic journey by rail through Asia....

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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: 20-10-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 222 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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    • A 45,000-Mile Adventure
    • By: Monisha Rajesh
    • Narrated by: Monisha Rajesh
    • Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 28-05-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 306 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: Heinrich Harrer, Richard Graves
    • Narrated by: Mark Meadows
    • Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 02-04-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 472 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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    • Travels in Central Asia
    • By: Lawrence Bransby
    • Narrated by: Lawrence Bransby
    • Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 01-12-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • It took Lawrence Bransby and his son, Gareth, three journeys into Central Asia before they were able to ride the legendary Bartang Pass. But it's another pass that becomes the focus of this story - Matts Pass in southern Tajikistan....

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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: 24-09-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • Listeners of this book will gain a clear understanding of what makes the Japanese, and their society, tick....

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    • By: J. Maarten Troost
    • Narrated by: Simon Vance
    • Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 08-07-08
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 43 ratings
    • When the travel bug bit, J. Maarten Troost took on the world's most populous and intriguing nation....

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    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 148 ratings
    • Vincent Ebrahim, star of the Emmy and Peabody award-winning The Kumars At No. 42, explores....
    • 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: 29-10-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 28 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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    • The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth
    • By: Wendy E. Simmons
    • Narrated by: Jeena Yi
    • Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 03-05-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 45 ratings
    • Most people want out of North Korea. Wendy Simmons wanted in....

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    • Life and Love on a Short Drive Around Half the World
    • By: Dina Bennett
    • Narrated by: Katherine Dyer
    • Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 01-05-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 50 ratings
    • In this thrilling road trip from "Peking to Paris", a woman tries to save her car, her marriage, and her confidence from breaking down....

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    • How to Fail on the Silk Road
    • By: Stu Nugent
    • Narrated by: Stu Nugent
    • Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 05-05-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • Stu Nugent was never a good candidate for a round-the-world cycling trip. He was, and remains, a coward. In a flash of uncharacteristic daring, he attempted to cycle the Northern Silk Road, from Shanghai to Europe. He failed. He failed dramatically....

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    • A Requiem for Innocence
    • By: Nigel Simmonds
    • Narrated by: Nigel Simmonds
    • Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 27-04-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • It’s 1992 and magazine journalist Nigel Simmonds escapes corporate life to move to Bali, the Island of The Gods. His first port of call is Ubud, below sacred Mount Agung, where he sets up home among a collection of characters....

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    • By: Eric Newby
    • Narrated by: James Bryce
    • Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 14-11-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 61 ratings
    • A classic of travel writing, A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush is Eric Newby’s iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth....

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    • The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
    • By: Roger Jones
    • Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
    • Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 17-03-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • For many outsiders, Thailand still conjures up images of the East at its most mysterious and enchanting. Never conquered by foreigners, this proud and ancient land has been shaped by Buddhism, the monarchy, and the military....

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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: 30-04-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 49 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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