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| Afghanistan: A Companion and Guide | 
 enlarge | Authors: Bijan Omrani, Matthew Leeming
Publisher: Odyssey
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (8 reviews)
Sales Rank: 80385
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 768
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.1
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 6.1 x 1.8
ISBN: 9622177468
Dewey Decimal Number: 958.1
EAN: 9789622177468
ASIN: 9622177468
Publication Date: June 30, 2005
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afghan guide March 27, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
A comprehensive guide to everything about Afghanistan from carpets to stupas. Its excellent photographs and abundant maps leave the reader with a desire to visit this fascinating country. The book is heavy to hold but difficult to put down. A must for all travelers (armchair or footworn) of distant horizons.
The unknown Afghanistan January 11, 2007
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
This hefty tome oozes quality. From its 768! pages printed on very fine paper to the wonderful photographs to the heavy duty binding. The authors convey a deep love for this intriguing country so often only heard of in terms of war and violence. This is also a most comprehensive history of Afghanistan. Its blue lapis lazuli was used as ornament on The Mask of Tutankhamun. Coins of the Graeco-Bactrion kingdoms of Afghanistan reveal life in the lost "Atlantis of the East". As a travelling guide you get "down to earth" advice: "Driving in Kabul is a contact sport. (An airline)... fly, when they feel like it. "The Worst Hotel in the World." etc. Some places are presently out of reach for the ordinary traveller due to war - again. For the Afghans, I sincerely hope peace will prevail. They are proud and tough people despite, or maybe because of, their many hardships. This book tenfold improved my understanding of their beautiful and complex country. Possibly you would bring the several pounds of guide book along in your rucksack? Probably not. On the final page, as in many places in this "tour de force", there is a fine underlying humour: "Published to appeal to the armchair traveller". I'll be travelling often with this good companion.
Excellent Book November 15, 2006
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Very helpful. Filled throughout with fact and history, as well, as suggestions for modern day travelers. I have purchased a lot of books on Afghanistan, and this one gets a LOT of use.
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