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Lost on Planet China: One Man's Attempt to Understand the World'
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- ISBN
- 9780767922012
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Lost on Planet China: One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation
- Item Height
- 203mm
- Publisher
- Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
- Genre
- Travel & Holiday Guides: General
- Topic
- Travel Guide, Travel Writing, Atlases, Maps & Travel
- Item Width
- 132mm
- Item Weight
- 329g
- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
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The bestselling author of The Sex Lives of Cannibals returns with a sharply observed, hilarious account of his adventures in China-a complex, fascinating country with enough dangers and delicacies to keep him, and readers, endlessly entertained. Maarten Troost has charmed legions of readers with his laugh-out-loud tales of wandering the remote islands of the South Pacific. When the travel bug hit again, he decided to go big-time, taking on the world's most populous and intriguing nation. In Lost on Planet China, Troost escorts readers on a rollicking journey through the new beating heart of the modern world, from the megalopolises of Beijing and Shanghai to the Gobi Desert and the hinterlands of Tibet. Lost on Planet China finds Troost dodging deadly drivers in Shanghai; eating Yak in Tibet; deciphering restaurant menus (offering local favorites such as Cattle Penis with Garlic); visiting with Chairman Mao (still dead, very orange); and hiking (with 80,000 other people) up Tai Shan, China's most revered mountain. But in addition to his trademark gonzo adventures, the book also delivers a telling look at a vast and complex country on the brink of transformation that will soon shape the way we all work, live, and think. As Troost shows, while we may be familiar with Yao Ming or dim sum or the cheap, plastic products that line the shelves of every store, the real China remains a world-indeed, a planet--unto itself. Maarten Troost brings China to life as you've never seen it before, and his insightful, rip-roaringly funny narrative proves that once again he is one of the most entertaining and insightful armchair travel companions around.
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Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
ISBN-10
0767922018
ISBN-13
9780767922012
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Book Title
Lost on Planet China: One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Travel Guide, Travel Writing, Atlases, Maps & Travel
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Travel & Holiday Guides: General
Number of Pages
400 Pages
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Item Height
203mm
Item Width
132mm
Weight
272g
Height
201mm
Width
130mm
Item Weight
329g
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