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Places in Between

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 he 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.--From publisher description.

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  • "Places in between"@pl
  • "Places in between"@it

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  • "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 he 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.--From publisher description."@en
  • "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 he 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.--From publisher description."
  • "Rory Stewart recounts the experiences he had walking across Afghanistan in 2002, describing how the country and its people have been impacted by the Taliban and the American military's involvement in the region."@en
  • "Après la chute des talibans, R. Stewart entreprend de traverser l'Afghanistan à pied en suivant l'itinéraire emprunté cinq siècles plus tôt par Babur, l'empereur qui allait fonder la dynastie moghole en Inde. Il connaît le pays, les dialectes persans et l'islam. Ce récit révèle une réalité insoupçonnée et un peuple meurtri par des guerres successives."
  • "Vlak na de val van de Taliban in 2002 trekt de Schot Rory Stewart (eerder diplomaat) te voet door de bergen van Afghanistan."

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  • "Récit de voyage (Descripteur de forme)"
  • "Reisbeschrijvingen (vorm)"
  • "Pictorial works"
  • "Nonfiction"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "Stederne imellem"@da
  • "Places In Between, The"
  • "La huella de Babur : a pie por Afganistán"@es
  • "In Afghanistan"
  • "In Afghanistan"@it
  • "Places in Between"@en
  • "The places in between"
  • "The places in between"@en
  • "En Afghanistan"
  • "Między miejscami : z psem przez Afganistan"@pl
  • "La huella de Babur a pie por Afganistán"@es
  • "Tussenstations : te voet van Herat naar Kabul"
  • "Afghanistan : broken promise"
  • "La Huella de Babur : a pie por Afganistán"
  • "Afghanistan"
  • "The Places in Between"@en

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