Centralasien

På en skole på landsbygda i Afghanistan lærer en lege landsbyjentene å redde liv. I det skjulte underviser hun dem i fred og kvinnerettigheter, mens jenteskoler blir bombet og …

Chasing Tales is the first exclusive study of journalism, travel writing and the history of British ideas about Afghanistan. It offers a timely investigation of the notional …

Action, kærlighed, had og forræderi er hovedingredienserne i bestsellerforfatter Ken Folletts intense og hæsblæsende spændingsroman, som fører fra terror-planer i Paris til …

Old Stories Retold explores the ways modern Chinese narratives dramatize and embody the historical sense that links them to the past and to the Chinese literary tradition. Largely …

An Unexpected Light, Travels in Afghanistan is widely acknowledged as the most influential contemporary work of Afghanistan. Written on the eve of 9/11, at the height of …

Waziristan is a remote district of Pakistan populated by fiercely independent tribes who owe allegiance to no one and unite only to repel invaders or wage jihad. Its mountainous …

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.Widely studied and hotly debated, the Silk Road is often viewed as a precursor …

This book offers a new insight into when and why paramilitary groups in Afghanistan engage in protective or predatory behavior against the civilians they purportedly defend. In …

Twenty years after The Bookseller of Kabul, internationally bestselling author Ã?sne Seierstad returns to Afghanistan to explore life under the Taliban today through three …

A NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST AND ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR'I read it in a fever, swept up in the kind of rapture you fall into when your most audacious friend kicks off on a …