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Learn Mandarin Chinese with Paul Noble for Beginners – Complete Course

Mandarin Chinese Made Easy with Your 1 million-best-selling Personal Language Coach

by Paul Noble, Kai-Ti Noble ...

Narrated by Paul Noble, Kai-Ti Noble ...

Unabridged

15 hours 1 min

Practical, fun and effective.Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by millions. You'll be speaking Mandarin Chinese fluently and confidently in no time at all.Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has been proven to succeed every time. Unlike more traditional language learning courses, Paul Noble’s unique ... Read more

$31.99 USD

Practical, fun and effective.Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by millions. You'll be speaking Mandarin Chinese fluently and confidently in no time at all.Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has been proven to succeed every time. Unlike more traditional language learning courses, Paul Noble’s unique
... Read more
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Next Steps in Mandarin Chinese with Paul Noble for Intermediate Learners – Complete Course

Mandarin Chinese Made Easy with Your 1 million-best-selling Personal Language Coach

by Paul Noble, Kai-Ti Noble ...

Narrated by Paul Noble ...

Unabridged

12 hours 29 min

Quick, easy and effortless.Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by millions. You'll be speaking Mandarin Chinese fluently and confidently in no time at all.Take your Mandarin Chinese to the next level with Paul Noble's simple, relaxed approach to learning that has been proven to succeed every time. Paul Noble’s unique method has ... Read more

$27.99 USD

Quick, easy and effortless.Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by millions. You'll be speaking Mandarin Chinese fluently and confidently in no time at all.Take your Mandarin Chinese to the next level with Paul Noble's simple, relaxed approach to learning that has been proven to succeed every time. Paul Noble’s unique method has
... Read more
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Un Corso Semplice di Cinese Mandarino

Impara Parole E Frasi Essenziali In Cinese

by Andy Wei ...

Narrated by Cindy Min ...

Unabridged

3 hours 3 min

Questo corso audio è stato creato per italiani che vogliono imparare cinese mandarino con un metodo pratico e naturale. Il programma aiuta a memorizzare parole chiave in cinese e frasi essenziali per l'uso quotidiano, evitando manuali complessi o regole grammaticali difficili.Le lezioni guidano passo dopo passo nell'apprendimento delle espressioni cinesi più comuni, utili per salutare, chiedere ... Read more

$29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Questo corso audio è stato creato per italiani che vogliono imparare cinese mandarino con un metodo pratico e naturale. Il programma aiuta a memorizzare parole chiave in cinese e frasi essenziali per l'uso quotidiano, evitando manuali complessi o regole grammaticali difficili.Le lezioni guidano passo dopo passo nell'apprendimento delle espressioni cinesi più comuni, utili per salutare, chiedere
... Read more
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На Шелковом пути. Большое азиатское путешествие, чтобы обрести себя

by Юлия Пятницына ...

Narrated by Александра Николаева ...

Series series Мир глазами путешественников
Unabridged

4 hours 12 min

Юлия Пятницына, автор бестселлера «Азия в моем сердце», делится новыми историями из путешествий во второй книге «На шелковом пути». Ее приключения начались в китайском городе Дунгуань, где она работала учителем рисования и английского языка. Жизнь героини богата на странствия, Юлия побывала в Индонезии, на Филиппинах, во Вьетнаме, Гонконге, Южной Корее, Малайзии, Азербайджане, Кыргызстане и ... Read more

$5.74 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Юлия Пятницына, автор бестселлера «Азия в моем сердце», делится новыми историями из путешествий во второй книге «На шелковом пути». Ее приключения начались в китайском городе Дунгуань, где она работала учителем рисования и английского языка. Жизнь героини богата на странствия, Юлия побывала в Индонезии, на Филиппинах, во Вьетнаме, Гонконге, Южной Корее, Малайзии, Азербайджане, Кыргызстане и
... Read more
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High Tech and Hot Pot

Revealing Encounters Inside the Real China

by Stephan Orth ...

Narrated by Brent Hirose ...

Unabridged

7 hours 22 min

An award-winning writer reveals a changing China—one conversation and adventure at a time.When Stephan Orth lands in China, he knows it’s his last visit, having lied about his job as a journalist to get into the country. So, he makes the most of it, couch-surfing with locals instead of hitting the nearest hotel. Starting in Macau—a former Portuguese colony and now gambler’s paradise—Orth takes on ... Read more

$17.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

An award-winning writer reveals a changing China—one conversation and adventure at a time.When Stephan Orth lands in China, he knows it’s his last visit, having lied about his job as a journalist to get into the country. So, he makes the most of it, couch-surfing with locals instead of hitting the nearest hotel. Starting in Macau—a former Portuguese colony and now gambler’s paradise—Orth takes on
... Read more
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Viajar Para Trascender [Travel As Transformation]: Sobrepasa los Limites Culturales para Descubrir Tu Verdadera Identidad [Conquer the Limits of Culture to Discover Your Own Identity]

by Gregory V. Diehl ...

Narrated by Xavi Parellada ...

Unabridged

3 hours 58 min

De vivir en una camioneta en las calles de San Diego, a cultivar chocolate con las tribus indígenas en Centroamérica, a enseñar enOriente Medio y a hacer voluntariado en África, el autor de éxitos de ventas Gregory V. Diehl ha seguido un camino mundano y pococonvencional. Dejando su casa en California cuando era adolescente, pasó a vivir y trabajar en 45 países en todo el mundoa la edad de 28 años ... Read more

$11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

De vivir en una camioneta en las calles de San Diego, a cultivar chocolate con las tribus indígenas en Centroamérica, a enseñar enOriente Medio y a hacer voluntariado en África, el autor de éxitos de ventas Gregory V. Diehl ha seguido un camino mundano y pococonvencional. Dejando su casa en California cuando era adolescente, pasó a vivir y trabajar en 45 países en todo el mundoa la edad de 28 años
... Read more
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Lost on Planet China

The Strange and True Story of One Man’s Attempt to Understand the World’s Most Mystifying Nation, or How He Became Comfortable Eating Live Squid

by J. Maarten Troost ...

Narrated by Simon Vance ...

Unabridged

10 hours 49 min

Troost charmed listeners with his humorous tales of wandering the remote islands of the South Pacific in The Sex Lives of Cannibals and Getting Stoned with Savages. When the travel bug bit again, he took on the world’s most populous and intriguing nation.As Troost relates his gonzo adventure—dodging deadly drivers in Shanghai, eating yak in Tibet, deciphering restaurant menus (offering local ... Read more

$20.95 USD

Troost charmed listeners with his humorous tales of wandering the remote islands of the South Pacific in The Sex Lives of Cannibals and Getting Stoned with Savages. When the travel bug bit again, he took on the world’s most populous and intriguing nation.As Troost relates his gonzo adventure—dodging deadly drivers in Shanghai, eating yak in Tibet, deciphering restaurant menus (offering local
... Read more
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Dreaming in Chinese

Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, and Language

by Deborah Fallows ...

Narrated by Catherine Byers ...

Unabridged

3 hours 59 min

Bloomsbury presents Dreaming in Chinese by Deborah Fallows, read by Catherine ByersDeborah Fallows has spent a lot of her life learning languages and traveling around the world. But nothing prepared her for the surprises of learning Mandarin, China's most common language, or the intensity of living in Shanghai and Beijing. Over time, she realized that her struggles and triumphs in studying ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Bloomsbury presents Dreaming in Chinese by Deborah Fallows, read by Catherine ByersDeborah Fallows has spent a lot of her life learning languages and traveling around the world. But nothing prepared her for the surprises of learning Mandarin, China's most common language, or the intensity of living in Shanghai and Beijing. Over time, she realized that her struggles and triumphs in studying
... Read more
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To a Mountain in Tibet

by Colin Thubron ...

Narrated by Steven Crossley ...

Unabridged

7 hours

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 four religions circle the mountain in devotion to different gods.Colin Thubron ... Read more

$16.99 USD

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 four religions circle the mountain in devotion to different gods.Colin Thubron
... Read more
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Die Reise des Venezianers Marco Polo im 13. Jahrhundert

by Marco Polo, Marco Polo ...

Narrated by Wolfgang Berger ...

Series series Noch mehr historische Reisen
Abridged

1 hour 16 min

Marco Polo (ca. 1254-1324) stammte aus Venedig und bereiste mit Vater und Onkel den Orient. Die älteren Polos hatten vom mongolischen Großkhan den Auftrag erhalten, eine Botschaft des Papstes sowie Öl aus der Grabeskirche nach Peking zu bringen. Ihre Reise führte sie von Palästina (Akko, Jerusalem) über Stationen in Persien (Isfahan, Kerman) und die Seidenstraße (Samarkand) bis nach China und ... Read more

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Marco Polo (ca. 1254-1324) stammte aus Venedig und bereiste mit Vater und Onkel den Orient. Die älteren Polos hatten vom mongolischen Großkhan den Auftrag erhalten, eine Botschaft des Papstes sowie Öl aus der Grabeskirche nach Peking zu bringen. Ihre Reise führte sie von Palästina (Akko, Jerusalem) über Stationen in Persien (Isfahan, Kerman) und die Seidenstraße (Samarkand) bis nach China und
... Read more
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Winds of the Steppe

Walking the Great Silk Road from Central Asia to China

by Bernard Ollivier ...

Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

Unabridged

12 hours 28 min

Taking listeners from the snows of the Pamir Mountains to the backstreets of Kashgar—a Central Asian city that could be the setting for One Thousand and One Nights—to the Tian Shan Mountains to the endless Taklamakan and Gobi Deserts of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Bernard Ollivier continues his epic foot journey along the Great Silk Road hoping to make his way to Han China and reach ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Taking listeners from the snows of the Pamir Mountains to the backstreets of Kashgar—a Central Asian city that could be the setting for One Thousand and One Nights—to the Tian Shan Mountains to the endless Taklamakan and Gobi Deserts of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Bernard Ollivier continues his epic foot journey along the Great Silk Road hoping to make his way to Han China and reach
... Read more
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Brief History of Hong Kong, A

The City Caught Between Empires, Protests, and Power

by Dominic Haynes ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Archie G ...

Unabridged

4 hours 3 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Step into the fascinating story of Hong Kong—a city shaped by empires, protests, and the relentless pursuit of identity. Do you struggle to understand Hong Kong’s evolving relationship with China and the world? Are you looking for a clear, engaging guide to its historical transformation and current political tensions?A Brief History of Hong Kong: The ... Read more

$15.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Step into the fascinating story of Hong Kong—a city shaped by empires, protests, and the relentless pursuit of identity. Do you struggle to understand Hong Kong’s evolving relationship with China and the world? Are you looking for a clear, engaging guide to its historical transformation and current political tensions?A Brief History of Hong Kong: The
... Read more
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Ming and Qing Dynasties

China’s Time during the Late Middle Ages

by Kelly Mass ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 8 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.After the fall of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty, China came under the rule of the Ming dynasty, officially known as the Great Ming, from 1368 to 1644. This period marked the culmination of Han Chinese rule in imperial China. Despite the initial rebellion led by Li Zicheng, resulting in the formation of the short-lived Shun dynasty, followed swiftly by ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.After the fall of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty, China came under the rule of the Ming dynasty, officially known as the Great Ming, from 1368 to 1644. This period marked the culmination of Han Chinese rule in imperial China. Despite the initial rebellion led by Li Zicheng, resulting in the formation of the short-lived Shun dynasty, followed swiftly by
... Read more
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Junkyard Planet

Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade

by Adam Minter ...

Narrated by William Elsman ...

Unabridged

12 hours 9 min

Bloomsbury presents Junkyard Planet by Adam Minter, read by William Elsman.When you drop your Diet Coke can or yesterday’s newspaper in the recycling bin, where does it go? Probably halfway around the world, to people and places that clean up what you don’t want and turn it into something you can’t wait to buy. In Junkyard Planet, Adam Minter—veteran journalist and son of an American junkyard ... Read more

$27.00 USD

Bloomsbury presents Junkyard Planet by Adam Minter, read by William Elsman.When you drop your Diet Coke can or yesterday’s newspaper in the recycling bin, where does it go? Probably halfway around the world, to people and places that clean up what you don’t want and turn it into something you can’t wait to buy. In Junkyard Planet, Adam Minter—veteran journalist and son of an American junkyard
... Read more
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A Past Unearthed

Return of the Condor Heroes Volume 1

by Jin Yong ...

Narrated by Daniel Loh York ...

Series series Legends of the Condor Heroes
Unabridged

16 hours 22 min

THE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" - NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME.THE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS BEEN ENJOYING FOR DECADES - 300 MILLION COPIES SOLD."Western fantasy has JRR Tolkien, but we Asian fantasy authors have Jin Yong's stories in our DNA. The debt we owe him is immeasurable" SHELLEY PARKER-CHAN"If you haven't read Jin Yong's work, you haven't yet fully experienced the fantasy genre ... Read more

$31.99 USD

THE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" - NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME.THE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS BEEN ENJOYING FOR DECADES - 300 MILLION COPIES SOLD."Western fantasy has JRR Tolkien, but we Asian fantasy authors have Jin Yong's stories in our DNA. The debt we owe him is immeasurable" SHELLEY PARKER-CHAN"If you haven't read Jin Yong's work, you haven't yet fully experienced the fantasy genre
... Read more
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Книга чудес света

by Марко Поло ...

Narrated by Андрей Троммельман ...

Series series Великие путешествия
Unabridged

9 hours 26 min

Отправьтесь в Китай вместе с Марко Поло! Вы погрузитесь в личные наблюдения путешественника за нравами, государственными учреждениями и бытом страны, практически неизвестной в Европе того времени. Именно из этой книги многие европейцы впервые узнали о странах Востока, их природных богатствах и технических достижениях — бумажных деньгах, печатной доске, саговой пальме, компасе и векселе, а также о ... Read more

$4.57 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Отправьтесь в Китай вместе с Марко Поло! Вы погрузитесь в личные наблюдения путешественника за нравами, государственными учреждениями и бытом страны, практически неизвестной в Европе того времени. Именно из этой книги многие европейцы впервые узнали о странах Востока, их природных богатствах и технических достижениях — бумажных деньгах, печатной доске, саговой пальме, компасе и векселе, а также о
... Read more
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Mandarin Chinese Conversation with Paul Noble

Learn to speak everyday Mandarin Chinese step-by-step

by Paul Noble, Kai-Ti Noble ...

Narrated by Paul Noble ...

Unabridged

25 hours

No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure.Improve your everyday Mandarin Chinese speaking and listening skills by following typical, fun conversations and practising what you hear in the dialogues.We recommend you finish the Complete and Next Steps courses before starting Mandarin Conversation.Ideal preparation for travelling to China.You will build your confidence in Mandarin ... Read more

$51.99 USD

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No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure.Improve your everyday Mandarin Chinese speaking and listening skills by following typical, fun conversations and practising what you hear in the dialogues.We recommend you finish the Complete and Next Steps courses before starting Mandarin Conversation.Ideal preparation for travelling to China.You will build your confidence in Mandarin
... Read more
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Notes From China

by Barbara W. Tuchman ...

Narrated by Rita Knox ...

Unabridged

2 hours 51 min

"Two hundred years ago China's imperial rulers sensed a threat to a past-oriented society in the dynamism of the West and tried to frustrate foreign entry."- Foreign Devils ... "Today, one cannot escape the impression that if only it were not for world pressures Maoist China like that of the Ming and the Manchus would be happier if it could withdraw into the broad isolation of the Middle Kingdom." ... Read more

$10.99 USD

"Two hundred years ago China's imperial rulers sensed a threat to a past-oriented society in the dynamism of the West and tried to frustrate foreign entry."- Foreign Devils ... "Today, one cannot escape the impression that if only it were not for world pressures Maoist China like that of the Ming and the Manchus would be happier if it could withdraw into the broad isolation of the Middle Kingdom."
... Read more
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Black Ghosts

A Journey Into the Lives of Africans in China

by Noo Saro-Wiwa ...

Narrated by Noo Saro-Wiwa ...

Unabridged

7 hours 16 min

EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER 2025A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023: TRAVELChina today is a land of opportunity for African people blocked from commerce with most of Europe and Northern America. It is also an intersection of racism and prejudice.Noo Saro-Wiwa goes in search of China’s ‘Black Ghosts’, African economic migrants in the People's Republic. Living in clustered ... Read more

$31.99 USD

EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER 2025A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023: TRAVELChina today is a land of opportunity for African people blocked from commerce with most of Europe and Northern America. It is also an intersection of racism and prejudice.Noo Saro-Wiwa goes in search of China’s ‘Black Ghosts’, African economic migrants in the People's Republic. Living in clustered
... Read more
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Learn Mandarin Chinese with Paul Noble for Beginners – Part 3

Mandarin Chinese Made Easy with Your 1 million-best-selling Personal Language Coach

by Paul Noble, Kai-Ti Noble ...

Narrated by Paul Noble, Kai-Ti Noble ...

Unabridged

4 hours 42 min

Practical, fun and effective.Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by millions. You'll be speaking Mandarin Chinese fluently and confidently in no time at all.Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has been proven to succeed every time. Paul Noble’s unique method has no grammar tests, no memory drills and no ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Practical, fun and effective.Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by millions. You'll be speaking Mandarin Chinese fluently and confidently in no time at all.Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has been proven to succeed every time. Paul Noble’s unique method has no grammar tests, no memory drills and no
... Read more
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China - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

by Kathy Flower, Indre Balcikonyte-Huang ...

Narrated by Charles Armstrong ...

Series series Culture Smart!
Unabridged

3 hours 41 min

For thousands of years, the Chinese believed that they had created a perfect social system based on Confucian values and tempered by the Mandate of Heaven. Dynasties came and went, but the essence of being Chinese remained essentially unchanged until the twentieth century. Since then, change has taken place in Chinese society at an unprecedented speed: the country experienced the turmoil of civil ... Read more

$24.99 USD

For thousands of years, the Chinese believed that they had created a perfect social system based on Confucian values and tempered by the Mandate of Heaven. Dynasties came and went, but the essence of being Chinese remained essentially unchanged until the twentieth century. Since then, change has taken place in Chinese society at an unprecedented speed: the country experienced the turmoil of civil
... Read more
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Learn Mandarin Chinese with Paul Noble for Beginners – Part 1

Mandarin Chinese Made Easy with Your 1 million-best-selling Personal Language Coach

by Paul Noble, Kai-Ti Noble ...

Narrated by Paul Noble, Kai-Ti Noble ...

Unabridged

5 hours 7 min

Practical, fun and effective.Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by millions. You'll be speaking Mandarin Chinese fluently and confidently in no time at all.Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has been proven to succeed every time. Paul Noble’s unique method has no grammar tests, no memory drills and no ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Practical, fun and effective.Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by millions. You'll be speaking Mandarin Chinese fluently and confidently in no time at all.Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has been proven to succeed every time. Paul Noble’s unique method has no grammar tests, no memory drills and no
... Read more
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The Colour of the Sky After Rain

by Tessa Keswick ...

Narrated by Sarah Lambie ...

Unabridged

9 hours 24 min

An extraordinary memoir of one woman's experiences in China.Tessa Keswick first travelled to China in 1982 and immediately fell in love with its history, culture and landscape.Over the next thirty years, she travelled extensively in China, visiting its temples and landmarks, the sites of its most famous battles, and the birthplaces of its best-known poets and philosophers. She also witnessed China ... Read more

$14.28 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

An extraordinary memoir of one woman's experiences in China.Tessa Keswick first travelled to China in 1982 and immediately fell in love with its history, culture and landscape.Over the next thirty years, she travelled extensively in China, visiting its temples and landmarks, the sites of its most famous battles, and the birthplaces of its best-known poets and philosophers. She also witnessed China
... Read more
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Conquering the Desert of Death

Across the Taklamakan

by Charles Blackmore ...

Narrated by Mark Kitto ...

Unabridged

9 hours 19 min

The ferocious Taklamakan desert, the harshest on earth, is known by the Chinese as the 'desert of death' or the 'place of no return' - you go in but you don't come out. It sustains no life and has taken the lives of many of those who have ventured in. Its unknown depths are said to be haunted by demons and spirits and legend has it that ancient cities filled with treasure lie lost and buried ... Read more

$10.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The ferocious Taklamakan desert, the harshest on earth, is known by the Chinese as the 'desert of death' or the 'place of no return' - you go in but you don't come out. It sustains no life and has taken the lives of many of those who have ventured in. Its unknown depths are said to be haunted by demons and spirits and legend has it that ancient cities filled with treasure lie lost and buried
... Read more

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