asia

Presents a tour of various regions of the world, exploring Africa and Asia, Europe and the Middle East, and Australia and the Americas.

Presents a dramatized interview with thirteenth-century Venetian explorer Marco Polo in which he shares stories of his travels and adventures in Asia.

Contains maps and facts about Asia, covering countries, main cities, languages, religions, government, currency, and more.

Presents a comic book version of the story of thirteenth-century explorer Marco Polo's journey to China, describing some of the things he saw while in the service of Kublai Khan.

Tells the life story of Marco Polo, describing his boyhood in thirteenth-century Venice, his travels in Asia, his time in the court of Kublai Khan, and his legacy.

Traces the history of the European and American colonization of South and East Asia from the first Portuguese explorers in the sixteenth century through the Vietnam War.

In Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Theroux recreates an epic journey he took thirty years ago, a giant loop by train (mostly) through Eastern Europe, turkey, the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, China, Japan, and Siberia. In short, he traverses all of Asia top to bottom, and end to end. In the three decades since he first travelled this route, Asia has undergone phenomenal change. The Soviet Union has collapsed, Chinas has risen, India booms, Burma slowly smothers, and vietnam prospers despite the havoc unleashed upon it the last time Theroux passed through. He witnesses all this and more in a 25,000 mile journey, travelling as the locals do, by train, car, bus, and foot, providing his penetrating observations on the changes these countries have undergone.--from publisher description.

Provides understanding of the war and the experience of the Vietnam war and covers the impact on the U.S. as well as the international implications.