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The Root of Wild Madder
Simon & Schuster 2005; US$ 19.99Wisdom of a Turkmen proverb. The Root of Wild Madder opens with an invitation that flows from the same ancient inspiration. "A carpet is poetry itself," an Iranian carpet merchant declares to author Brian Murphy. "You just have to learn to read them." So begins a journey. It follows Persian carpets from the remote villages of Afghanistan... more...
Syria - Culture Smart!
Kuperard 2010; US$ 9.95After years of diplomatic isolation Syria is emerging from the cold. Its government is a key Middle Eastern player, and will be a major element of any possible comprehensive Middle Eastern peace deal. To visit Syria is to become acquainted with one of the most rewarding destinations in the Middle East. Its historic attractions are stunning, and... more...
Shadow of the Silk Road
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 13.99Shadow of the Silk Road records a journey along the greatest land route on earth. Out of the heart of China into the mountains of Central Asia, across northern Afghanistan and the plains of Iran and into Kurdish Turkey, Colin Thubron covers some seven thousand miles in eight months. Making his way by local bus, truck, car, donkey cart and camel,... more...
Saudi Arabia - Culture Smart!
Kuperard 2010; US$ 9.95Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will... more...
Poppy
Random House Australia 2010; US$ 18.08Life, Death and Addiction Inside Afghanistan?s Opium Trade The farmer?s survival. The Taliban?s fight. The warlord?s power. Democracy?s ruin. Afghanistan has become the world's largest producer of opium and its offshoot, heroin - all under the noses of Western civil and military stakeholders. At the nexus of the War on Terror and the War on Drugs,... more...
From the Sahara to Samarkand
Axios Press 2010; US$ 15.00The extraordinary Rosita Forbes explored the Libyan desert, sailed across the Red Sea, and trekked more than a thousand miles into remote Abyssinia. She wrote some thirty books about these and other journeys, as well as biographies, histories, novels, and memoirs. She was a widely published journalist and commentator on international affairs, a popular... more...
The Unofficial Guide to Dubai
Wiley 2010; US$ 21.99The Unofficial Guides is the series that has sold more than four million copies. Sophisticated, cutting edge research provides readers with extremely valuable information available in no other travel series, saving visitors time and money. It is the only series that offers evaluations based on reader surveys and critiques, compiled by a team of... more...
Iran - Culture Smart!
Kuperard 2010;Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will... more...
Egypt - Culture Smart!
Kuperard 2010;Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will... more...
Two Wings of a Nightingale
Exisle Publishing 2011; US$ 9.99Iran is probably the most misunderstood country in the world, and its people are among the most feared. Award-winning travel writer Jill Worrall, with her friend Reza Mirkhalaf, a leading tour manager from Tehran, describe an Iran the world has forgotten about. Many of the places visited in TWO WINGS OF A NIGHTINGALE have rarely been written about... more...









