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Paris, France: Assouline, 2002. Paris: Assouline, 2002. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 79 pp. Gandhara is a historic region in what was the northwest of ancient India, currently Pakistan and Afghanistan, that flourished in the first centuries A.D. with a hybrid of Greek and Buddhist Indian culture. The Gandhara school incorporated motifs and techniques from classical Western art while remaining Indian at its core. It includes the earliest examples of Buddha in human form, often with features resemb... more information

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Paris, France: Assouline, 2002. Paris: Assouline, 2002. Hardcover binding, 79 pp. Gandhara is a historic region in what was the northwest of ancient India, currently Pakistan and Afghanistan, that flourished in the first centuries A.D. with a hybrid of Greek and Buddhist Indian culture. The Gandhara school incorporated motifs and techniques from classical Western art while remaining Indian at its core. It includes the earliest examples of Buddha in human form, often with features resembling the Greek god Ap... more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. First edition, stated. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 560 pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. New in new dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo. ... more information

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Washington, DC, U.S.A.: Counterpoint Press, 1999. Washington: Counterpoint, 1999. First edition. Hardcover binding. The New York Times Book Review : "As the authors of this brilliant history point out, the Great Game was a dry run for the cold war, avoiding outright conflict but marked by the same search for influence and the same displays of bravery and cussedness, though whether the story of the cold war will ever seem as exciting as this, I doubt. Tournament of Shadows is much more than a magesteria... more information

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Washington, DC, U.S.A.: Counterpoint Press, 1999. Washington: Counterpoint, 1999. First edition. Hardcover binding. The New York Times Book Review : "As the authors of this brilliant history point out, the Great Game was a dry run for the cold war, avoiding outright conflict but marked by the same search for influence and the same displays of bravery and cussedness, though whether the story of the cold war will ever seem as exciting as this, I doubt. Tournament of Shadows is much more than a magesteria... more information

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Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Ruminator Books, 2003. First Edition. Cloth binding, 169 pp. French artist, filmmaker, and writer Isabelle Delloye lived in Afghanistan as a teacher from 1974-78 and fell in love with the country and its people. She has returned several times since, even during the height of the Taliban regime, befriending and interviewing hundreds of women from a variety of castes and tribes and gaining admittance to a world rarely glimpsed by Westerners. Here she records two decades of the w... more information

Offered by Rose's Books, IOBA (Massachusetts, United States)

Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Ruminator Books, 2003. First Edition. Cloth binding, 169 pp. French artist, filmmaker, and writer Isabelle Delloye lived in Afghanistan as a teacher from 1974-78 and fell in love with the country and its people. She has returned several times since, even during the height of the Taliban regime, befriending and interviewing hundreds of women from a variety of castes and tribes and gaining admittance to a world rarely glimpsed by Westerners. Here she records two decades of the w... more information

Offered by Rose's Books, IOBA (Massachusetts, United States)