An anthology of the poetry of this ancient and threatened culture: medieval Sufi lyrics and other traditional forms as well as contemporary work. A pocket-sized Everyman.
Street scenes, portraits, people at work, a classroom, children: this is powerful and poignant record of Kashgar as it used to be. All the photographs were taken in 1998, on the cusp of swee... read more
The Baburnama for children - a memoir of adventure, fame and all the trappings of a princely existence, yet combined with an exemplary life of the mind, and a powerful curiosity about the wo... read more
In one generation, the Mongols reshaped the balance of world power, aided by the internecine struggles of the Byzantines, Seljuks, Crusaders and others.