02863cam a22005054a 4500 56528 20230410105235.0 051103r20062004fluabf 000 0deng 2005032213 (OCoLC)ocm62282105 DLC DLC YDXCP BAKER VP@ IG# OCLCQ BUR BTCTA 0156031566 (pbk.) 9780156031561 (pbk.) IG# 0156031566 YDXCP 2271515 NZ1 10559431 AU@ 000028674575 (OCoLC)62282105 pcc a-af--- DS352 .S849p 2006 915.8104/47 22 Stewart, Rory. The places in between / Rory Stewart. 1st U.S. ed. Orlando : Harcourt, Inc., c2006. xii, 299 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 21 cm. Originally published: Great Britain : Picador, 2004. "A Harvest original." 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. Afghanistan Description and travel. Afghanistan Social life and customs. Stewart, Rory Travel Afghanistan. Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip063/2005032213.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0623/2005032213-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0623/2005032213-d.html Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0664/2005032213-s.html Baker & Taylor BKTY 14.00 10.50 0156031566 0006589841 active Ingram INGR 0156031566 YBP Library Services YANK 2271515 Baker and Taylor BTCP 2005032213 lcc bk C0 DRFGD Lspaulino 32703 32703 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 3 0 DS352 .S849p 2006 00000058158 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk