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The “Silk Road” was never a single thread across Asia but an intricate web of trade routes – Silk Roads – which together linked the Pacific Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. This guidebook is the first to cover these routes in their entirety and with it you can retrace the Golden Road to Samarkand, follow in the footsteps of Alexander the Gr...

From Publishers Weekly
"The accumulation of disorder in Pakistan is such that it could well be the next Yugoslavia," writes New Yorker correspondent Weaver (Portrait of Egypt: A Journey Through the World of Militant Islam). She portrays a country mired in chaos and decay, speculating on whether Musharraf can win his war against the Islamic extremists and offering a portrait of a...

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Before the 1996 Everest disaster made that mountain synonymous with tragedy at 8,000 meters, there was K2. More technical in most routes than Everest, the world's second-highest peak is considered the ultimate achievement by many mountaineers. In 1986 K2 claimed the lives of 13 climbers in nine different parties attempting its summit. Author Jim Curran was on the moun...

From Library Journal
On the 50th anniversary of the independence and partition of India, Weller, an American poet, novelist, and journalist (e.g., The Garden of the Peacocks, LJ 9/1/96) has written a richly anecdotal account of his journey along the subcontinent's most historic highway, the Grand Trunk Road, for centuries India's main artery, running from Calcutta to the Khyber ...

Language Notes
Text: English, German, French (translation) --This text refers to the Map edition.

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Ingram
The award-winning Footprint Handbooks series has been capturing worldwide attention and admiration for 75 years! Now this excellent series has been revamped to better serve world travelers. With its larger typeface, color sections and maps, bigger trim size, and travel-tough covers, Footprint Handbooks are more durable and easier to use. The series still is the best resou...

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Ingram
Includes listings of all the best places to stay, from campsites to restore mansions, and tips on how to get to Pakistan from China, Iran, or India. of color photos. 88 maps.

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About the Author
K.K. Gurung has a keen interest in the mammals of the Indian subcontinent and is the author of Heart of the Jungle, the definitive book on the wildlife of Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.

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Book Description
Now appearing in its second, revised edition, this novel tackles in an epic sweep route of this ancient thoroughfare across the face of the Indian subcontinent.

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From Publishers Weekly
First published in New Zealand in 1982, this is the record of a mountaineering first: a traverse of the Himalayan range. In alternate chapters, terse, practical, good-humored Dingle and loquacious, reflective, serious Hillary (son of the famous Sir Edmund) relate their impressions. Their trip, which lasted 10 months, was marked by a casual attitudeseen bot...

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Language Notes
Text: English, German (translation)

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From Book News, Inc.
The series is projected to cover many countries, and three other volumes are cited in this issue of Reference and Research, on China (entry DS701), Indonesia (DS611), and the USA (E11). The intent is to provide practical information about culture, customs, and details of daily life that will be useful to travellers, business people, and new residents....

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Ingram
"Pakistan Handbook" suggests well-traveled and relatively unknown routes through the Pakistani countryside. Travelers will appreciate the detailed itineraries for long and short treks across the Hindu Kush, Karakoram, and Himalaya. Up-to-date information on lodging and dining options will answer visitors' questions. 46 color photos, 103 maps.

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San Francisco Chronicle
"Wilson's passionate yet unsentimental account reminds us these three nations have much to offer the traveler."

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