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	Among the Believers, An Islamic Journey • V.S. Naipaul • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A tenchant account set against the backdrop of Ayatollah Khomeini's return to Iran. (ISL17, $16.00)
	City of Sin and Splendour, Writings on Lahore • Bapsi Sidhwa • ANTHOLOGY • An anthology. (PKN19, $14.00)
	Conflict Unending • Sumit Ganguly • HISTORY • An in-depth study of the turbulent relationship between India and Pakistan since independence in 1947, with a focus on Kashmir. (IDA223, $28.00)
	The Dust of Empire, The Race for Mastery in the Asian Heartland • Karl Meyer • HISTORY • An engaging report on politics and struggles in 20th-century Central Asia, the Caucasus, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Russia. (CAS96, $15.00)
	A Field Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent • Krys Kazmierczak • Ber Van Perlo • FIELD GUIDE • A compact field guide to 1,300 species. (FG40, $45.00)
	Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects: Islam, Rights, and the History of Kashmir • Mridu Rai • HISTORY • A scholarly, challenging history of Kashmir from the 1846 Treaty of Amritsar, which created the princely states of Kshmir and Jammu, until the forced accession of Kashmir to to India in 1947. (IDA377, $25.95)
	In Xanadu, A Quest • William Dalrymple • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An epic journey in the footsteps of Marco Polo through the Middle East and Central Asia to China. An intrepid traveler and entertaining writer, Dalrymple offers an anecdotal history of the people and places he encounters en route. (CAS50, $14.95)
	The Indus River • Shane Mountjoy • HISTORY • YOUNG ADULTS • An interesting history of the Indus River, the chief river of Pakistan and founding site of the anceint Indus Valley civilization. (PKN21, $32.50)
	The Khyber Pass, A History of Empire and Invasion • Paddy Docherty • HISTORY • Docherty chronicles the history of the Khyber Pass in this riveting tale of invasions and conquerors. (PKN22, $24.95)
	Kim • Rudyard Kipling • LITERATURE • For the sheer pleasure of its prose, insight into the British in India and its extraordinary sense of place, you can't do better than Kipling's classic novel about a boy who travels the Grand Trunk Road with the Dalai Lama. (IDA65, $7.00)
	Previous Convictions, Assignments from Here and There • A. A. Gill • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • This latest collection of the British columnist's covertly insightful reports from far-flung locales include Haiti, Brazil, Greenland, Manhattan, Mykonos, Pakistan and the Sudan. He skewers local customs and pastimes in the forst section (golf being the easiest and most hilarious target). (TVL460, $15.00)
	Savage Summit: The True Stories of the First Five Women Who Climbed K2, the World's Most Feared Mountain • Jennifer Jordan • EXPLORATION • The stories of five women who made it to the top of K2 from 1986 to 1995, told in order of their summits: Wanda Rutkiewicz, Liliane Barrard, Julie Tullis, Chantal Mauduit and Alison Hargreaves. (HML68, $24.95)
	The Sikhs • Patwant Singh • RELIGION • The story of a people for the general reader. (IDA178, $19.00)
	South Asia • Sumit Ganguly • HISTORY • A scholarly history of modern South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. (IDA308, $18.00)
	South Southeast • Steve McCurry • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A remarkable portfolio of images taken in and around Afghanistan, Burma, India Pakistan and other sites in South and Southeast Asia. (ASA34, $59.95)
	The Tiger Ladies, A Memoir of Kashmir • Sudha Koul • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Koul interweaves the story of her Kashmiri family -- and especially of its women -- with tales of gods and goddesses, myths and cultural history, paying plenty of attention to the pleasures of food, fine textiles, and the life of the mind. (IDA207, $15.00)
	A Woman's Asia • Marybeth Bond • ANTHOLOGY • These thirty-five personal, often hilarious accounts of women's adventures from China to Sri Lanka to Turkey to Bhutan, not only illuminating the everyday, oft-overlooked cultural practices of Asia, but also giving a glimpse into the thoughts and feelings of the female traveller. (ASA49, $17.95)

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