{"product_id":"the-places-in-between-9780156031561","title":"The Places in Between","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/08\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780156031561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/13\/2006 pg. 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2006 pg. 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2006 pg. 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2006 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/11\/2006 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/16\/2006 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2006 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/29\/2006 pg. 137\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rory Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635015184540,"sku":"9780156031561","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_88d91ac2-323d-41af-ab96-e3693925a6c3.jpg?v=1603838295","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-places-in-between-9780156031561","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}