Travel by Donald W. George

Travelers' Tales Japan

Author: Donald W. George

Publisher: Travelers' Tales Guides

ISBN:

Category: Travel

Page: 448

View: 903

What is it about Japan that so beguiles foreigners? It is a small country and yet an economic powerhouse, a land of great natural beauty -- from green-cloaked mountains to glistening rice paddies -- a place of intricate arts and crafts and amazing cuisine, and home to a people whose kindness and sensitivity surprise westerners at each turn. It is no wonder that Japan simultaneously astonishes, delights, and frustrates travelers, and the diverse tales in this book reveal the nation in all its contradictions: a place of tranquil temples and high-tech toilets, exquisite ancient inns and lurid love hotels, where electric baths sit beside indoor ski slopes, and cherry blossoms fall on kindly grandmothers, cynical salarymen, wise monks, and wild lovers alike. Gathered in this collection are pieces by several notable authors, each offering anecdotes that tell of encounters to be had or avoided, each with uncommon insight to enrich the traveler's experience.
Fiction by Compiled by Michael Wise

Travellers’ Tales of Old Japan

Author: Compiled by Michael Wise

Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd

ISBN:

Category: Fiction

Page: 267

View: 102

Travellers in search of the unexpected found it in Old Japan. Here was a strange land indeed, where women blackened their teeth, men wore tattoos in lieu of clothing, and the whole family bathed together “with as much freedom as a flock of ducks”. Visitors came in thousands and eagerly put pen to paper, commenting on everything Japanese, from curios to coolies, sake to samurai, etiquette to earthquakes. They left behind—in letters, diaries and memoirs—personal impressions of Old Japan, sometimes as revealing of the writers themselves as the country they came to visit. This book features 74 of these traveller’s tales—many of them funny, others serious, but all a pleasure to read
Travel by James O'Reilly

Travelers' Tales Paris

Author: James O'Reilly

Publisher: Travelers' Tales

ISBN:

Category: Travel

Page: 424

View: 812

Paris is one city that you should endeavor to know over the course of a lifetime, and not just in one or two visits. It is the center of the civilized universe, and it belongs to everyone—even to those who see it only in their dreams. The City of Light has bestowed on millions the gift of the incandescent present, an image or experience into which all life is condensed and reflected upon for years to come. Travelers’ Tales Paris captures the romance of the world’s favorite city through stories that entertain, inform, and touch the heart. John Gregory Dunne reveals the manic pleasures of driving in the city’s chaotic traffic. Joseph Diedrich and Katya Macklovich explore romantic encounters that could only happen here. Herbert Gold and David Applefield take aim at the nostalgia surrounding The Left Bank, one reveling in its literary past, the other urging the visitor to reach out to a new, modern Paris in the outlying area of Montreuil. Tim O’Reilly and Coleman Lollar evoke the appeal of unexpected tourist sites, and Marcel Laventurier recounts his harrowing escape from the Nazis on a train bound for occupied Paris in a tale you will never forget.
Travel by Larry Habegger

Travelers' Tales Greece

Author: Larry Habegger

Publisher: Travelers' Tales

ISBN:

Category: Travel

Page: 319

View: 943

A literary tour of Greece shares true accounts of such topics as the Oracle at Delphi's modern secrets and the ancient charms of a contemporary Athens neighborhood, in a collection that includes contributions by such writers as Paul Theroux, Patricia Storace, and Henry Miller. Original.
Travel by James O'Reilly

Travelers' Tales France

Author: James O'Reilly

Publisher: Travelers' Tales

ISBN:

Category: Travel

Page: 495

View: 215

Including contributions from Peter Mayle, Jon Krakauer, Mort Rosenblum, and Alice Kaplan, a delightful collection of stories capture the culture, history, and spirit of the land, the food, and the irrepressible people of France, providing personal perspectives on one of the most beloved countries in the world. Original.
Travel by Isabella Lucy Bird

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

Author: Isabella Lucy Bird

Publisher: Travelers' Tales Classics

ISBN:

Category: Travel

Page: 348

View: 475

This classic travel book details Isabella Bird's 1878 trip, where she set out alone to explore the interior of Japan--a rarity not only because of Bird's gender but because the country was virtually unknown to Westerners. The Japan she describes is not the sentimental world of Madame Butterfly but a vibrant land of real people with a complex culture and hard scrabble lives. Illustrations.
Travel by John Benson

Japan

Author: John Benson

Publisher: Dk Pub

ISBN:

Category: Travel

Page: 408

View: 609

Offers a guide to the museums, historic sites, and other attractions in Japan, and includes information on hotels, restaurants, and activities.
Reference by Clayton Allen Hubbs

Alternative Travel Directory

Author: Clayton Allen Hubbs

Publisher: Transitions Abroad Pub

ISBN:

Category: Reference

Page: 304

View: 973

An annotated list of contacts and resources for longterm overseas travelers, including information on several kinds of independent travel, such as senior travel, disability travel, and volunteer programs; study abroad for adults and teens; and living abroad.
Japan by Samuel Mossman

New Japan

Author: Samuel Mossman

Publisher:

ISBN:

Category: Japan

Page: 484

View: 896

Education by Rod Neilsen

Travellers' Tales

Author: Rod Neilsen

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Pub

ISBN:

Category: Education

Page: 206

View: 854

Most of the research into ELT has focused on its linguistic and methodological aspects, which are based on Western scientific traditions. The contributions and experiences of English language teachers themselves, especially their work in overseas contexts, have frequently been overlooked. This volume aims to document the complexity of ELT as work in new global economic and cultural conditions, and to explore how this complexity is realised in the everyday experiences of ELT teachers. The development of ELT from the colonial experience to its current status as a global commodity is explored; ELT is then situated in the discourses of globalisation, specifically within Appadurais theorisation of global flows of people, images, ideas, technology and money, or scapes. Within this framework, narratives are constructed from the experiences of Native-speaking English teachers. These reveal much about the personal, pedagogical and cultural dimensions of ELT work in non-Centre countries, and will contribute to a greater understanding of the intercultural dimensions of ELT for all those who work in it, and in related educational fields.
Japan by Richard Mounteney Jephson

Our Life in Japan

Author: Richard Mounteney Jephson

Publisher:

ISBN:

Category: Japan

Page: 428

View: 286

Travel by Donald W. George

Japan

Author: Donald W. George

Publisher: Travelers' Tales Incorporated

ISBN:

Category: Travel

Page: 411

View: 505

Japan, with its old and ever-changing heart and soul, simultaneously astonishes, delights, and frustrates travelers. Visit the place of tranquil temples, exquisite ancient inns and lurid love hotels, where electric baths sit beside indoor ski slopes and cheery blossoms fall on kindly grandmothers, cynical salarymen, wise monks, and wild lovers alike.
Travel by Maureen Wheeler

Travel with Children

Author: Maureen Wheeler

Publisher: Lonely Planet

ISBN:

Category: Travel

Page: 155

View: 471

Discusses the special problems of touring the nations of Asia with young children, offering valuable advice on how to cope with health problems, exotic food, short attention span, and other problems related to children
Voyages and travels by Frank Herrmann

Travellers' Tales

Author: Frank Herrmann

Publisher:

ISBN:

Category: Voyages and travels

Page: 299

View: 856