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About meI am Librarian, (funny about that), whose collection focus is Central Asia and the Himalaya. The history of the Silk Road, Tibet, Nepal, and Great Game are key areas of interest. I also have an interest in China, India and Indonesia but will only purchase in these these areas if a particular work interests me. I am also a frustrated archaeologist.

I am fascinated by cross cultural contacts, especially in border regions, for example the Sino-Tibetan borderlands and ancient contacts between China and the "West".

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Currently readingWhatever happened to Tanganyika? : the place names that history left behind by Harry A. Campbell
How the West was worn by Holly George-Warren
Postwar : a history of Europe since 1945 by Tony Judt
Mountains of the Middle Kingdom : exploring the high peaks of China and Tibet by Galen A. Rowell
The Kathmandu Valley by Geoff Cloke
China's great train : Beijing's drive west and the campaign to remake Tibet by Abrahm Lustgarten
The bottom billion : why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it by Paul Collier
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