Centralasien

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2013'As taut and richly embroidered as a great novel . . . a masterpiece' Sunday Telegraph'Dazzling' Sunday Times | 'Magnificent' Guardian …

When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979, the forces of resistance were disparate and divided mujahideen groups, as interested in fighting each other and competing for Western …

The gripping story of Taiwan's past and precarious present from one of Taiwan's top foreign correspondents.

While the early history of the steppe nomads is shrouded in obscurity, this obscurity lifts somewhat after their contact with cultures possessing written histories. But even when …

Sylvain Tesson, found a radical solution to his need for freedom, one as ancient as the experiences of the hermits of old Russia: he decided to lock himself alone in a cabin in the …

A fantastic collection of Soviet Asian architecture, many photographed here for the first time Soviet Asia explores the Soviet modernist architecture of Central Asia. Italian …

‘Here we drink three cups of tea to do business; the first you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, and the third, you join our family, and for our family we are …

It's Christmas before the Great War and two lonely schoolboys have been left in the care of an elderly teacher. There is little to do but listen to his eerie tales about the nearby …

The United States and its allies responded to al-Qaeda’s attacks on New York City and Washington, DC, by toppling the Taliban regime and installing a new government under Hamid …

Han som kommer att kallas Baba lämnar sin mullbärsodling i krigets Afghanistan och hamnar i Sverige, vid konstsilkesfabriken i Borås. Men åren, utanförskapet och det hårda arbetet …