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A vivid account of the author's trip to Afghanistan in 1921-1922, a country in a turbulent period of modernization under the reformist king Amanullah Khan, the clash of tradition and the new age, and the exotic life of Afghan society.
Željko Garmaz takes readers through the wine roads of Slavonia and the Danube region, revealing stories about winemakers, terroir, and tradition. The book celebrates top-quality wines, family wineries, and the culture of eastern Croatia.
In one of the last interviews, from 1969, Giuseppe Cardillo talks to Pier Paolo Pasolini, director of cult films such as Salo or 120 days of Sodom and Decameron, writer, poet and one of the most important intellectuals of Italy in the 20th century
Svetozar Boroević, the most capable Austro-Hungarian military leader of the First World War, the only Croat who received the title of field marshal and was awarded the highest Austrian decorations, has been systematically hushed up in Croatian history.
Through travelogues and personal accounts, Jasen Boko describes South America – a continent of contrasts, passion and unrest. Combining history, culture and personal reflections, he searches for what it means to be “at home” in the world.
Vietnam features Mary McCarthy's travelogues of war-torn Vietnam. The author critically portrays the war, political propaganda, and the dire consequences of the conflict for the civilian population.