Books like Desert Places

#1

Hindoo Holiday An Indian Journal

J. R. Ackerley

Themes: India & South Asia • Essays & Travelogues • Customs & Traditions

#2

White Mughals Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-century India

William Dalrymple

Themes: India & South Asia • Customs & Traditions • Cultural & Social

#3

Nepal – Culture Smart! The Essential Guide to Customs and Culture

Culture Smart

Themes: India & South Asia • Customs & Traditions • Cultural & Social

#4

The Silk Roads A New History of the World

Peter Frankopan

Themes: Essays & Travelogues • Customs & Traditions • Cultural & Social

#5

Farang The Sequel

Iain Corness

Themes: Essays & Travelogues • Customs & Traditions • Cultural & Social

#6

Holy Cow! An Indian Adventure

Sarah Macdonald

Themes: India & South Asia • Essays & Travelogues • Customs & Traditions

#7

The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Mary Wortley Montagu

Themes: Essays & Travelogues • Customs & Traditions • Cultural & Social

#8

Tarte Tatin More of la Belle Vie on Rue Tatin

Susan Herrmann Loomis

Themes: Essays & Travelogues • Customs & Traditions • Cultural & Social

#9

The Songlines

Bruce Chatwin

Themes: Essays & Travelogues • Customs & Traditions • Cultural & Social

#10

The Flame Trees of Thika Memories of an African Childhood

Elspeth Huxley

Themes: Essays & Travelogues • Customs & Traditions • Cultural & Social

#11

On the Grand Trunk Road A Journey into South Asia

Steve Coll

Themes: India & South Asia • Cultural & Social • Anthropology

#12

The Tiger and the Ruby A Journey to the Other Side of British India

Kief Hillsbery

Themes: Essays & Travelogues • Cultural & Social • Anthropology

#13

The Malay Archipelago

Alfred Russel Wallace

Themes: Essays & Travelogues • Cultural & Social • Anthropology

#14

The Dark Side of Asian Women What to Expect From an Asian Woman Before It Happens

Daniel Marques

Themes: Customs & Traditions • Cultural & Social • Anthropology

#15

The Customs of the Kingdoms of India

Marco Polo

Themes: India & South Asia • Essays & Travelogues • Customs & Traditions

#16

River of Life, River of Death The Ganges and India’s Future

Victor Mallet

Themes: India & South Asia • Essays & Travelogues • Customs & Traditions

#17

Delhi Adventures in a Megacity

Sam Miller

Themes: India & South Asia • Essays & Travelogues • Customs & Traditions

#18

Warsaw

David Crowley

Themes: Essays & Travelogues • Customs & Traditions • Cultural & Social

#19

An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians Written in Egypt During the Years 1833, -34, and -35, Partly from Notes Made During a Former Visit to that Country in the Years 1825, -26, -27 and -28

Edward William Lane

Themes: Essays & Travelogues • Customs & Traditions • Cultural & Social

#20

Home and Harem Nation, Gender, Empire and the Cultures of Travel

Inderpal Grewal

Themes: Essays & Travelogues • Customs & Traditions • Cultural & Social

#21

The Beautiful and the Damned Life in the New India

Siddhartha Deb

Themes: India & South Asia • Cultural & Social • Anthropology

#22

Decolonial Travel Vernacular Mobilities in India

Avishek Ray

Themes: India & South Asia • Cultural & Social • Anthropology

#23

Tigers of the Snow How One Fateful Climb Made The Sherpas Mountaineering Legends

Jonathan Neale

Themes: India & South Asia • Cultural & Social • Anthropology

#24

China – Culture Smart! The Essential Guide to Customs and Culture

Culture Smart

Themes: Customs & Traditions • Cultural & Social • Anthropology