Sailing Through China
Title | Sailing Through China PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Theroux |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 72 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN |
This book decribes the author's sail down the Yangtze with a party of American millionaires.
Sailing Through China
Title | Sailing Through China PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Theroux |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 72 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN |
Indtryk af Kina set fra en turistbåd for millionærer, på vej ned af Yangtze-floden
Down the Yangtze
Title | Down the Yangtze PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Theroux |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 64 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Yangtze River (China) |
ISBN | 9780146000324 |
An account of Theroux's 1979 trip down the Yangtze river at a time when hard-line Maoists were in power. Theroux observes China's towns, cliffs, rapids, shrines and people, as well as the relationship between his fellow travellers, American tourists, and the Chinese. He concludes that in this country, things may never get better than they already are, and sees it as a country that may hold clues to the possible future of mankind.
When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail
Title | When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail PDF eBook |
Author | Eric Jay Dolin |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | 433 |
Release | 2012-09-10 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0871404338 |
Traces the history of the relationship between America and China back to its earliest days, when the United States traded with China for furs, opium, and rare sea cucumbers, but left an ecological and human rights disaster that still reverberates today.
South China Sea
Title | South China Sea PDF eBook |
Author | Jo Winter |
Publisher | Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson Ltd |
Total Pages | 328 |
Release | 2019-09-16 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1786791722 |
This first edition of South China Sea is the successor to Stephen Davies and Elaine Morgan's Cruising Guide to Southeast Asia, Volume I (Imray). Building on the earlier work, this new edition has been updated and expanded to include coverage of Cambodia and Taiwan. For the past 12 years, Jo Winter has been cruising these waters in her 45' Island Packet, Brother Wind, and she describes it as one of the most diverse, beautiful, unspoilt and undiscovered sailing areas in the world. The book covers thousands of miles of coastline, a multitude of islands and inland up many of the region's navigable rivers. Along with a comprehensive range of information to help with planning a cruise in this region, the introductory section details weather information, including coverage of typhoons, and also indicates piracy risk areas to be avoided. Sailing directions include small scale area plans to orientate the navigator and larger scale plans to show details of harbours and anchorages. Full colour throughout, the plans and numerous photographs illustrate key features and places. Whether transiting the region or planning a more extended cruise along any of the coastlines bordering the South China Sea, this guide is an essential companion.
Windjamming to China
Title | Windjamming to China PDF eBook |
Author | Gustav Tjgaard |
Publisher | Strategic Book Publishing |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011-12 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781609115425 |
A memoir of Melville Ishmael, 16 years old, and his sailing adventures on the North Pacific.
Slow Boat from China
Title | Slow Boat from China PDF eBook |
Author | Adrian Sparham |
Publisher | Sheridan House, Inc. |
Total Pages | 242 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1574092170 |
Weaving history and contemporary issues with personal narratives, 'Slow Boat from China' is everything one could want out of a sailing narrative. It truthfully examines the joys and consequences of leaving behind a life of security and provides interesting details of landscapes, peoples and cultures of Southeast Asia, Northwest Africa and the Mediterranean.