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Colin Thubron

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To travel the Silk Road, the greatest land route on earth, is to trace the passage not only of trade and armies but also of ideas, religions, and inventions. Making his way by local bus, truck, car, donkey cart, and camel, Colin Thubron covered some seven thousand miles in eight months—out of the heart of China …

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SINOPSE Há alguns anos tornou-se possível, pela primeira vez, a um estrangeiro viajar na Sibéria quase à vontade. Na Sibéria descreve a viagem de 15000 milhas que Colin Thubron fez a este espantoso país - um doze avos da superfície terrestre da terra inteira. Subindo o rio Yenisei para o Árctico, entrando nas …

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This is the account of a journey to the holiest mountain on earth, the solitary peak of Kailas in Tibet, sacred to one-fifth of humankind. To both Buddhists and Hindus it is the mystic heart of the world and an ancient site of pilgrimage. It has never been climbed. Even today, under Chinese domination, the people of …

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