The Middle Kingdom Ride

The Middle Kingdom Ride
Author: Colin Pyle
Publisher: G219 Productions Limited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-04
Genre: China
ISBN: 9780957576216

When Canadian brothers Colin Pyle and Ryan Pyle set out from Shanghai on a motorcycle journey that had never previously been attempted, they thought they had some idea of what lay ahead of them. It was a misconception that became evident by the end of Day 1. But, despite the many challenges they faced, 65 days and 18,000 km later they'd succeeded in circumnavigating China. In an expedition of extremes, Colin and Ryan visited the third lowest point on Earth and slept at Everest Base Camp beside its highest mountain. In their book, The Middle Kingdom Ride, Colin and Ryan take us with them as they travel through the diverse and extraordinary landscapes of China, from its border with North Korea, to the ancient Muslim city of Kashgar, across the vast empty spaces of the Mongolian grasslands, over the mountains and into the monasteries of Tibet.

Journey to The East: A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Middle Kingdom

Journey to The East: A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Middle Kingdom
Author: Tom Lightner
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2018-06-05
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1387860518

Journey to the East is the story of a western traveler with a very limited Chinese vocabulary traveling in China. The author took small trips to large and mid-sized cities trying to learn enough about communications and culture to be able to travel freely in China. After tiring of organized tours, he adapted to trains, buses, taxis, and black cars which allowed him to see culture and sights beyond the reach of most western tourists. He found that adding hitchhiking to the mix of transportation modes allowed broader access to remote sites. The author tested his cultural and hitchhiking lessons learned in small trips by traveling cross country. He followed the same route that former NPR correspondent Rob Gifford traveled in "China Road", but from west to east, from Kazakhstan to China's east coast at Shanghai. The book reports on the travels and how the lessons learned succeeded or failed.

The India Ride

The India Ride
Author: Ryan Pyle
Publisher: G219 Productions Limited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-11-15
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780957576247

When Canadian brothers Colin and Ryan Pyle finished their record-breaking motorcycle adventure around China in 2010, they promised themselves that it would be their last such venture. Of course, they were wrong. Back in the saddle again, Colin and Ryan have set out to tackle the diverse country of India, and they had no idea what to expect! Whether it was monsoon rains, crashes in Mumbai, the claustrophobic roads of Kerla or even a brutal paragliding landing in Manali; nothing could stop these two adventurers as they triumphantly completed a 54 day--14,000 km--motorcycle circumnavigation of India. In an Indian expedition of un-foreseen extremes, Colin and Ryan battled the Rohtang Pass in a rainstorm, made a pilgrimage to the most visited holy site on earth in Amritsar; they also jumped off a perfectly good mountain and learned how to make the perfect cup of Indian tea in Darjeeling. If that seems like a lot, all of this was done while traversing over isolated mountain passes, blazing a trail through the roasting hot deserts and battling the insane traffic of Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata. In their book The India Ride, Colin and Ryan take us with them as they make their way through the remarkable and stunning landscapes of India. In the end, the brothers had learned what it takes to succeed as a team as they had circumnavigated a billion people, pushed themselves to new limits, and shared in an adventure that most of us will only ever dream of.

Pilgrimage on a Steelride

Pilgrimage on a Steelride
Author: Gary Paulsen
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1997
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

A memoir in which the author describes the mid-life catharsis he experienced when he purchased a Harley-Davidson at the age of fifty-seven and embarked upon a long ride from his home in New Mexico to Alaska.

The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom

The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom
Author: John Pomfret
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 705
Release: 2016-11-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 0805092501

"Our relationship with China remains one of the most complex and rapidly evolving, and is perhaps one of the most important to our nation's future. Here, John Pomfret ... takes us deep into these two countries' shared history, and illuminates ... every major event, relationship, and ongoing development that has affected diplomacy between these two booming, influential nations"--

Ride: Kit Meets Covington

Ride: Kit Meets Covington
Author: Bobbi JG Weiss
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2017-09-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0763694398

When Kit Bridges moves to England to attend an elite equestrian boarding school, she struggles with grief from her mother's death and her fear of riding after a bad fall.

In the Middle of the Middle Kingdom

In the Middle of the Middle Kingdom
Author: J.D. Brown
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2011-03-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1450278795

Foster MacAults grandfather has been missing for over half a century. A missionary, he disappeared in the remote mountains of the Middle Kingdom, China. Case closeduntil Zee Yan, an attractive young Chinese woman, reaches out to Foster. Zee claims to have answers to the mystery of the missing grandfather; out of intense curiosity, Foster answers the call and arrives in unfamiliar territory, watched closely by unseen eyes. Foster and Zee undertake a lengthy journey into the heart of the Middle Kingdom, searching for anyone who might remember the missing missionary. As they continue their investigation side by side, Foster begins to feel attraction toward Zee. But theyre not alone; theyre being watched. The unseen eyes belong to Private Investigator Jack Sun, hired to keep an eye on themhired by a man with his own romantic feelings toward Zee. In the Middle of the Middle Kingdom offers a thrilling mystery that strives to unravel a missing person report, as well as the intentions of the human heart. As Foster and Zee begin to make sense of his grandfathers fate, Jack Sun looms large. He is driven to separate Zee from the American man, as Fosters priorities in coming to China fall to pieces. Now only time will tell if theyll all get out of the mysterious mountains of the Middle Kingdom alive.