Hot Title: Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things

“…The richly detailed travel essays gathered here will take readers on an unforgettable journey without ever leaving home.” —Booklist

From the very first page, Gary Geddes’ Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things entices readers to join in an awe-inspiring, humbling, and intriguing journey. Written in the prose of a poet, this travel journal is not only a poignant account of one man’s experiences traversing the over 1,500-year-old journey of the Buddhist monk, Huishen. It is also an important and timely account of the conditions of war-torn Afghanistan, the vicious rule of the Taliban prior to 9-11, accompanied by a much needed history of inter-Muslim relations.