The Afghan Amulet: Travels from the Hindu Kush to Razgrad
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Book Overview
Intrigued by an exquisite and mysterious amulet on an antique dress from Kohistan, 'land of mountains' in Pakistan, Sheila Paine began an epic quest that took her from the peaks of the Himalaya to the... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:031211236X
ISBN13:9780312112363
Release Date:January 1994
Publisher:St. Martin's Press
Length:278 Pages
Weight:0.79 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.8" x 8.5"
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The best travel book I ever read!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Ms Paine is a thoughtful and even heroic travel writer. As a woman of 60 traveling alone through some of the parts of the world hostile to women (e.g. Pakistan, Iran) somehow she manages to report with deep understanding and delicate humor. A great read.
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