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Among the Believers, An Islamic Journey


by V.S. Naipaul

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1982
  • PAPER
  • 430 PAGES

A tenchant account set against the backdrop of Ayatollah Khomeini's return to Iran. (ISL17, $16.00)

Among the Mountains, Travels through Asia

Among the Mountains, Travels through Asia


by Wilfred Thesiger

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 174 PAGES

A classic account of intrepid British explorer Wilfred Thesiger's travels through the mountain ranges of Iraqi Kurdistan, the Karakorams, the Hindu Kush, and Ladakh. (ASA28, $17.99)

City of Sin and Splendour, Writings on Lahore


by Bapsi Sidhwa

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 392 PAGES

A collection of verse and prose, essays, stories, chronicles and profiles of people centered around Lahore. (PKN19, $14.00)

Conflict Unending


by Sumit Ganguly

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 200 PAGES

An in-depth study of the turbulent relationship between India and Pakistan since independence in 1947, with a focus on Kashmir. (IDA223, $29.00)

The Dust of Empire, The Race for Mastery in the Asian Heartland

The Dust of Empire, The Race for Mastery in the Asian Heartland


by Karl Meyer

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

An engaging report on politics and struggles in 20th-century Central Asia, the Caucasus, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Russia. (CAS96, $15.00)

Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects: Islam, Rights, and the History of Kashmir

Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects: Islam, Rights, and the History of Kashmir


by Mridu Rai

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER

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, $30.95)

In Xanadu, A Quest

In Xanadu, A Quest


by William Dalrymple

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 319 PAGES

An intrepid traveler and entertaining writer, Dalrymple offers an anecdotal history of the people and places he encounters en route on this epic journey in the footsteps of Marco Polo across Central Asia to China. (CAS50, $18.95)

The Indus River


by Shane Mountjoy

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • 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


by Paddy Docherty

  • HISTORY
  • 2008

Docherty chronicles the history of the Khyber Pass in this riveting tale of invasions and conquerors. (PKN22, $24.95)

Kim

Kim


by Rudyard Kipling

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

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, $9.00)

Previous Convictions, Assignments from Here and There


by A. A. Gill

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 307 PAGES

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


by Jennifer Jordan

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 300 PAGES

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

The Sikhs


by Patwant Singh

  • RELIGION
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

The story of a people for the general reader. (IDA178, $19.00)

South Asia

South Asia


by Sumit Ganguly

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A scholarly history of modern South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. (IDA308, $21.00)

South Southeast

South Southeast


by Steve McCurry

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 160 PAGES

A remarkable portfolio of striking photographs taken in and around Afghanistan, Burma, India, Pakistan and other sites in South and Southeast Asia over a long career. Saturated with color, light and evocative of daily life. (ASA34, $65.00)

The Tiger Ladies, A Memoir of Kashmir


by Sudha Koul

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

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, $19.00)

A Woman's Asia

A Woman's Asia


by Marybeth Bond

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 310 PAGES

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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