People of the High Mountains, the Story of the Kyrgyz of the Tian Shan
A Turkic mountain people of the Tian Shan, the Kyrgyz built a nomadic culture of horse, yurt, and felt, and keep the Epic of Manas, one of the longest oral poems in the world.
People of the Land of Five Rivers, How the Punjabis Fed a Subcontinent and Danced Across the World
Farmers, soldiers, and founders of the Sikh faith, split by Partition yet united in spirit, the Punjabis carry their warmth and resilience across the globe.
People of the Sacred Lake, the Story of the Buryats
Around the deepest lake on earth lives the largest native people of Siberia. This is the story of the Buryats, a Mongol nation of herders, shamans, and Buddhist monks by the shores of Baikal.
People of the Silk Road Cities, the Story of the Uzbeks of Central Asia
The most numerous people of Central Asia, the Uzbeks are heirs to the Silk Road cities of Samarkand and Bukhara, blending Turkic and Persian worlds into a great settled civilisation.
People of the Vanished Sea, the Story of the Karakalpaks of the Aral
A Turkic people of the Amu Darya delta, the Karakalpaks lived between herding, fishing, and farming on the shores of the Aral Sea, whose drying became one of the world’s great environmental tragedies.
People of the Volga and the Golden Horde, the Story of the Tatars of Russia
The story of the Tatars, the largest Muslim and Turkic people of Russia, from Volga Bulgaria and the Golden Horde to the modern republic of Tatarstan on the Volga.
People of the Western Hills, the Story of the Magar of Nepal
Among the oldest and most numerous indigenous peoples of Nepal, the Magar of the western hills blend Hindu, Buddhist, and shamanic traditions, the Maruni dance, and a famed martial heritage.
Piaroa People of the Orinoco Forests and Their Philosophy of Peace
In the forests and savannas of the middle Orinoco basin, in southern Venezuela and neighboring Colombia, live the Piaroa, an indigenous people known for their rich spiritual life and their
Pitjantjatjara People of the Western Desert and Their Sacred Heart at Uluru
In the great Western Desert of central Australia, where the red earth rolls toward a horizon broken only by ancient rock formations, live the Pitjantjatjara people, custodians of some of
Poland and the People Who Would Not Vanish
Partitioned out of existence, occupied, and devastated, the Poles preserved their language, faith, and identity through every catastrophe, a study in survival and an unyielding love of freedom.
