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pro vyhledávání: '"TRAVEL / Asia / Central"'
Autor:
Katya Hokanson
A Woman's Empire explores a new dimension of Russian imperialism: women actively engaged in the process of late imperial expansion. The book investigates how women writers, travellers, and scientists who journeyed to and beyond Central Asia participa
Autor:
Aḥmad ibn Faḍlān
The earliest surviving instance of sustained first-person travel narrative in ArabicMission to the Volga is a pioneering text of peerless historical and literary value. In its pages, we move north on a diplomatic mission from Baghdad to the upper rea
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Russell Fraser
Sojourner in Islamic Lands takes us on a journey from Kazakhstan in the far north of Central Asia, across the mountains to the former Soviet Union, then south to Iran just below the Caspian Sea. Russell Fraser follows the ancient Silk Road wherever p
Autor:
Akiko Yosano
Yosano Akiko (1878-1942) was one of Japan's greatest poets and translators from classical Japanese. Her output was extraordinary, including twenty volumes of poetry and the most popular translation of the ancient classic The Tale of Genji into modern
Autor:
Owen Jones
Enclavado en el corazón del Sudeste Asiático, Tailandia es un país que teje sin esfuerzo un tapiz de tradición, modernidad y belleza natural. Tras explorar sus vibrantes calles, saborear su deliciosa cocina y absorber la calidez de sus gentes, le
Autor:
Anita Nair
The third in the Inspector Gowda series, set in Bangalore, India. Borei Gowda is a splendidly grumpy, hard-drinking, deeply flawed policeman whose chaotic home life includes an absent wife, an estranged son and an enigmatic mistress. When elderly Pro
Autor:
Rashmi Doraiswamy
Central Asia, the'heart'of the Eurasian landmass, has through the centuries been the hub of diverse and varied cultures. These cultures have encompassed pre-Islamic religions and Islam, sedentary and nomadic lifestyles and lived through rapid transit
Autor:
Régis Koetschet
L'obscurité est retombée sur le pays des seigneurs d'Aryana. La brutalité et l'ordre implacables des taleban sont désormais le lot quotidien des Afghans et surtout des Afghanes. Et pourtant! Comment ne pas garder au cœur l'émotion profonde que
Autor:
Christopher Alexander
Three textile roads tangle their way through Central Asia. The famous Silk Road united east and west through trade. Older still was the Wool Road, of critical importance when houses made from wool enabled nomads to traverse the inhospitable winter st