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If all of this sounds confusing, don't worry. Richard Bulliet's The Gulf Scenario reads like a TV movie, complete with fade-ins, exotic locales, love interests-everything but the words "Place Commercial Here" between chapters. In other words, Bulliet makes no grand assumptions about his readers' intelligence. There...
IN THE JAPANESE world of high technology, good cars and the perfection of the capitalist system, geishas seem an anachronism. In a sense they are; they represent and transmit traditional Japanese culture and typify the most exotic and obvious symbol of Japan.
Geisha is full of anecdotes about the social life of the geisha, but interestingly enough, Dalby concentrates on the interpersonal geisha relationships rather than supplying the reader with what is most fascinating--how a banquet is run and what it is in particular about geisha that make them so exotic...
Geisha have varied reasons for entering their profession; some are devoted to the art which they practice, others want the freedom, while still more are attracted to the exotic world of "the flower and willow" as it is called, but plan one day to drop out and get married Despite...
Come to exotic India! Surrender to the magic and romance of the East! See snowcapped peaks and dusty plains. Visit pastel palaces and brooding temples. Ride painted pachyderms, wander through crowded bazaars, and puff contentedly on a hookah. Meet scheming maharajahs and delicate princesses with those funny earrings in their...