Secret Corners of the world 
by National Geographic society 
 - United State of America :  National Geographic society,  1982 
 - [ca.196 p.] :  ill. col. ;  25 cm. 
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<br/><br/> For so many of us, the first glimpse of faraway place came in the pages National Geographic; and this book continues the society traditions of portraying lands and peoples off the beaten tracks of the world . In one instance, it records a land on the eve of calamity : northern Afghanistan for centuries a crossroads of trade and thus of civilization, now close to travelers while Soviet forces confront a bitter resistance. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>geography