Bill Porter: 5 books

Book cover of Yellow River Odyssey
by Bill Porter
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2014

The Chinese version of this book quickly became a bestseller after its release in May 2012. It started with an initial run of 20,000 and is now in a second printing. The New York Review of Books covered the book launch in Beijing. Bill Porter is one of the most respected authorities on Chinese...
Book cover of Zen Baggage

Zen Baggage

A Pilgrimage to China

by Bill Porter
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009

A spiritual travelogue through the birthplace of Zen. In the spring of 2006, Bill Porter traveled through the heart of China, from Beijing to Hong Kong, on a pilgrimage to sites associated with the first six patriarchs of Zen. Zen Baggage is an account of that journey. He weaves together historical...
Book cover of The Silk Road

The Silk Road

Taking the Bus to Pakistan

by Bill Porter
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016

From an acclaimed travel writer comes a contemporary journey of historic riches from China to Pakistan along the northern route of the Silk Road.   Millennia older than California’s Camino Real, and perhaps even a few years older than the roads of the Roman Empire, the Silk Road is a network of...
Book cover of South of the Clouds

South of the Clouds

Travels in Southwest China

by Bill Porter
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015

“The perfect choice for anyone and everyone interested in all things Chinese.” —Library Journal South of the Clouds takes readers on a journey to southwestern China, a province where as late as the 1990s the people still followed millennia-old ways of life. Originally conquered by the...
Book cover of South of the Yangtze

South of the Yangtze

Travels Through the Heart of China

by Bill Porter
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016

A travel memoir with photos that explores one of the most fascinating regions of China.   A thousand years ago, the Yangtze River replaced the Yellow River as the center of Chinese civilization, and today the region known as Chiangnan remains a meaningful and evocative presence in the nation’s...
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