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Asia
Books that are set in Asia. Some popular settings for Asian books are China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Japan, Phillipines, Vietnam, Iran, and Thailand
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Asia is an entertainment, Europe is a dream, America is an imprisonment and Rest is a nightmare.
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Nobody gives way to anybody. Everyone just angles, points, dives directly toward his destination, pretending it is an all-or-nothing gamble. People glare at one another and fight for maneuvering space. All parties are equally determined to get the right-of-way--insist on it. They swerve away at the last possible moment, giving scant inches to spare. The victor goes forwards, no time for a victory grin, already engaging in another contest of will. Saigon traffic is Vietnamese life, a continuous c
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― Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
― Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
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books about ww2 in china and japan
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