Books, Travel, Asia, Pakistan

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Eric Newby
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
by Lonely Planet Publications (Paperback)

Charles S. Houston, Robert H. Bates
K2, The Savage Mountain: The Classic True Story of Disaster and Survival on the World's Second Highest Mountain
by The Lyons Press (Paperback)

K2, the second highest peak in the world, is generally regarded as the most difficult and dangerous of all mountains. This is the dramatic story of the 1953 American expedition that was dealt a combination of terrible storms and illness, which stopped the climbers short of summit. It is the story, renowned in the annals of climbing, of how they made it back to safety after tragedy struck on the descent. K2, The Savage Mountain captures this sensational tale with an unmatched power that has earned this book its place as one of the classics of mountaineering literature.

Rick Ridgeway
Last Step: The American Ascent of K2
by Mountaineers Books (Hardcover)

The personal story of the 1978 American team who, following five failed attempts by previous American teams, gained the summit of K2, the second highest and most difficult mountain in the world. In September 1978, Rick Ridgeway, Jim Wickwire, Lou Reichardt and John Roskelley stood atop K2, the first Americans ever to achieve that victory. Under the leadership of Jim Whittaker, they and their teammates had spent 67 days on the mountain, nearly all of them above 18,000 feet, where the stresses of high-altitude living, of monotonous food, of confinement in tiny tents for day after day of frustrating storms had worn them down to the core. The Last Step is Rick Ridgeway's inside story of this extraordinary expedition. It's about the people who, battered by the mountain and their isolation, overcame their individual fears, desires, and disappointments to work together to get somebody - anybody - to the top of K2. It's about the glorious success the team achieved, ...

Pankaj Mishra
Temptations of the West: How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, and Beyond
by Picador (Paperback) (Release Date: 2007-06-12)

 A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice In Temptations of the West, Pankaj Mishra brings literary authority and political insight to bear on journeys through South Asia, and considers the pressures of Western-style modernity and prosperity on the region. Beginning in India, his examination takes him from the realities of Bollywood stardom, to the history of Jawaharlal Nehru's post-independence politics. In Kashmir, he reports on the brutal massacre of thirty-five Sikhs, and its intriguing local aftermath. And in Tibet, he exquisitely parses the situation whereby the atheist Chinese government has discovered that Tibetan Buddhism can be "packaged and sold to tourists." Temptations of the West is essential reading about a conflicted and rapidly changing region of the world.

Sarina Singh, Lindsay Brown, John Mock, Kimberley O'Neil
Pakistan & the Karakoram Highway (Country Guide)
by Lonely Planet Publications (Paperback)

Pakistan is a country for the truly intrepid. Whether you're trekking in mind-blowing mountainscapes, experiencing life in a Pashtun village, standing awestruck in front of one of the world's biggest mosques or wandering through fabled bazaars - be prepared for a warm-hearted welcome, and expect the unexpected. You'll need a reliable companion, and this guidebook is it. • COVER THE COUNTRY - We do, from Karachi to Peshawar and up the Karakoram Highway into China • GET INFORMED about Pakistan's history, politics and culture with chapters written by experts in their fields • FIND YOUR WAY with the help of 90 easy-to-use maps, including customised itinerary maps • GET HIGH - Our experts give you details on Pakistan's best treks • KEEP OUT OF TROUBLE - Vital safety tips, from advice on how to dress to places to avoid

Jim Curran
K2: Triumph and Tragedy
by Mariner Books (Paperback)

Nelles Maps
Pakistan (Nelles Map)
by Nelles Maps (Map)

Folded road and travel map in color. Scale 1:1,500,000. Distinguishes roads ranging from expressways to minor roads/tracks. Legend includes railways, international airports, airports/airfields, places of interest, archaeological sites, National Parks/nature reserves, beaches, mountain peaks, markets, hotels, churches, mosques, Hindu Temples. Includes inset of Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi.

Galen Rowell
In the Throne Room of the Mountain Gods
by Random House, Inc. (Paperback) (Release Date: 1986-09-12)

This is the first paperback editon of the classic eyewitness account, by photo-journalist and climber Galen Rowell, of the unsuccessful 1985 American attempt to scale K2, the world's second-highest mountain peak in the Karakoram Range between China and Kashmir. Black-and-white and color photographs.

Robyn Davidson
Desert Places
by Viking Adult (Hardcover)

Paul Wilson
The Silk Roads, 2nd: includes routes through Syria, Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and China (Silk Roads: A Route & Planning Guide)
by Trailblazer Publications (Paperback)

The Silk Road was never a single thread but an intricate web of trade routes – Silk Roads – linking Asia and Europe. This new practical guide helps travellers explore all these threads and covers Turkey, Syria, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and China.· Getting to the region from North America, Europe and Australasia· How to travel – train, bus or plane · Trips for all budgets – from $15 a day to over $150 a day· What to see and where to go· Full reviews of hotels and restaurants· Comprehensive chapter on the historical background of this most famous of all trade routes· 50 maps and town plans· Adapted from Silk Route by Rail, which was shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Guide Book of the Year Awards· Covers more countries than other Silk Road guides – Turkey, Syria, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and China

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