2002, ISBN: 9780156035934

A New York Times BestsellerThis acccount of a 36-day walk across Afghanistan, starting just weeks after the fall of the Taliban, is “stupendous…an instant travel classic”… Mehr…

A New York Times BestsellerThis acccount of a 36-day walk across Afghanistan, starting just weeks after the fall of the Taliban, is “stupendous…an instant travel classic” (Entertainment Weekly).In January 2002, Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan, surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. By day he passed through mountains covered in nine feet of snow, hamlets burned and emptied by the Taliban, and communities thriving amid the remains of medieval civilizations. By night he slept on villagers' floors, shared their meals, and listened to their stories of the recent and ancient past. Along the way Stewart met heroes and rogues, tribal elders and teenage soldiers, Taliban commanders and foreign-aid workers. He was also adopted by an unexpected companion—a retired fighting mastiff he named Babur in honor of Afghanistan's first Mughal emperor, in whose footsteps the pair was following.Through these encounters—by turns touching, confounding, surprising, and funny—Stewart makes tangible the forces of tradition, ideology, and allegiance that shape life in the map's countless places in between. Digital Content>E-books>World History>Mideast,N Africa Hist>Mideast,N Africa Hist, HarperCollins Publishers Digital >16<

2007, ISBN: 9780156035934

eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), A New York Times BestsellerThis acccount of a 36-day walk across Afghanistan, starting just weeks after the fall of the Taliban, is &quote;stupendous...… Mehr…

eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), A New York Times BestsellerThis acccount of a 36-day walk across Afghanistan, starting just weeks after the fall of the Taliban, is &quote;stupendous...an instant travel classic&quote; (Entertainment Weekly).In January 2002, Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan, surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. By day he passed through mountains covered in nine feet of snow, hamlets burned and emptied by the Taliban, and communities thriving amid the remains of medieval civilizations. By night he slept on villagers' floors, shared their meals, and listened to their stories of the recent and ancient past. Along the way Stewart met heroes and rogues, tribal elders and teenage soldiers, Taliban commanders and foreign-aid workers. He was also adopted by an unexpected companiona retired fighting mastiff he named Babur in honor of Afghanistan's first Mughal emperor, in whose footsteps the pair was following.Through these encountersby turns touching, confounding, surprising, and funnyStewart makes tangible the forces of tradition, ideology, and allegiance that shape life in the map's countless places in between. [PU: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt], Seiten: 336, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2007<

2002, ISBN: 9780156035934

A New York Times BestsellerThis acccount of a 36-day walk across Afghanistan, starting just weeks after the fall of the Taliban, is â??stupendousâ?¦an instant travel classicâ? (Entertain… Mehr…

A New York Times BestsellerThis acccount of a 36-day walk across Afghanistan, starting just weeks after the fall of the Taliban, is â??stupendousâ?¦an instant travel classicâ? (Entertainment Weekly). In January 2002, Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan, surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. By day he passed through mountains covered in nine feet of snow, hamlets burned and emptied by the Taliban, and communities thriving amid the remains of medieval civilizations. By night he slept on villagers' floors, shared their meals, and listened to their stories of the recent and ancient past. Along the way Stewart met heroes and rogues, tribal elders and teenage soldiers, Taliban commanders and foreign-aid workers. He was also adopted by an unexpected companionâ??a retired fighting mastiff he named Babur in honor of Afghanistan's first Mughal emperor, in whose footsteps the pair was following. Through these encountersâ??by turns touching, confounding, surprising, and funnyâ??Stewart makes tangible the forces of tradition, ideology, and allegiance that shape life in the map's countless places in between. History, eBooks.com<

ISBN: 9780156035934

New York Times BestsellerThis acccount of a 36-day walk across Afghanistan, starting just weeks after the fall of the Taliban, is â??stupendousâ?¦an instant travel classicâ? (Entertainme… Mehr…

New York Times BestsellerThis acccount of a 36-day walk across Afghanistan, starting just weeks after the fall of the Taliban, is â??stupendousâ?¦an instant travel classicâ? (Entertainment Weekly). TRAVEL,Middle East,General, eBooks.com<

ISBN: 9780156035934

This New York Times bestselling account of a 36-day walk across Afghanistan, starting just weeks after the fall of the Taliban, is â??stupendousâ?¦an instant travel classicâ?(Entertainme… Mehr…

This New York Times bestselling account of a 36-day walk across Afghanistan, starting just weeks after the fall of the Taliban, is â??stupendousâ?¦an instant travel classicâ?(Entertainment Weekly). TRAVEL,Middle East,General, eBooks.com<