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THREE WOMEN OF HERAT
₨ 895In the years before the communist coup and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Veronica Doubleday set up home in the ancient city of Herat with her husband, who was researching Central Asian music. At first, her only glimpses of women were as shadows–faceless and voiceless. Gradually, however, she formed friendships with three young mothers who welcomed her into their lives, taught her their customs and music and shared the details of their everyday existence. She witnessed their most personal moments: the births and deaths of their children, their marriages and celebrations, religious holidays, healings, and rituals. After the Soviet invasion in 1979, she lost touch with her friends, but returned to Herat recently, adding another chapter to this poignant story.
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TURKESTAN SOLO
₨ 795Captivating account of one woman’s epic journey through Central Asia In 1932, long before travelling in Central Asia became fashionable. Ella Maillart travelled to Russian Turkestan, bordered by China, Tibet, what is now Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Her dream was to see the mountains that lay on the fringes of China and the Takla Makan desert.
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AFGHAN FRONTIER
₨ 795For centuries men have fought and died on the Afghan frontier – American soldiers and the Taliban are merely the latest. As the gateway to India and the crossroads of Central Asia, Afghanistan has tempted the greed and hunger for power of countless invaders – from the Greek armies of Alexander to Brezhnev’s Soviet forces. Refuge of spies and mountainous court of intrigue, this frontier world is one of the most haunting and gigantic battlefields on earth. Victoria Schofield explores the strategic importance of a region that has made world history time and again, and tells the stories of the extraordinary men and women who travelled its high passes. Afghan Frontier is the gripping portrait of a people and a region that is as treacherous as it is alluring.
