false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171304385m/95643.jpg 95643 12 <div>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 Stewart 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.<br><br>Through these encounters-by turns touching, con-founding, surprising, and funny-Stewart makes tangible the forces of tradition, ideology, and allegiance that shape life in the map's countless places in between.<br></div> 92181 2004 The Places In Between total:2347|5:604|4:952|3:609|2:144|1:38| 2347 8981 3554 611 4 12 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Sep 11 08:47:59 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 08:48:35 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 6 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Aug 25 09:11:24 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 09:21:36 -0700 2007
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