On the Other Side

Geoffrey Moorhouse. Holt McDougal, $12.95 (192pp) ISBN 978-0-8050-2108-0

The superb travel narrative On the Other Side recounts British author Moorhouse's 1983 trek across the former U.S.S.R.'s vast central expanses, where East and West, ancient and modern mingle freely; in To The Frontier , Moorhouse travels through northern India to the Afghan border. (Aug.)

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