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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXMGL46)		  
Odyssey Guide Mongolia  •  Carl Robinson
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 536 PAGES
With the panache of a practiced foreign correspondent, Robinson reels in friends and colleagues, including American Museum of Natural History paleontologist Mark Norrell and Smithsonian ethnographer William Fitzhugh, for short contributions on topics of interest for this illustrated guide. (MGL31, $29.95)		   Odyssey Guide Mongolia
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World  •  Jack Weatherford
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2005 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES
In this revisionist biography, Weatherford refurbishes the popular image of the great Mongol leader Genghis Khan, portraying him not just as a tyrant but also a religiously tolerant family man and entrepreneur on a world scale (not to mention military genius and crack administrator). The book is a lively portrait of Genghis Khan and the world of the Medieval Mongols, who once ruled the largest land empire on Earth. Weatherford, who has lived and studied in Mongolia, interweaves his own travels and field work on the Central Asian steppes, much of it on horseback. Professor Weatherford is a cultural anthropologist who teaches at Macalester College in St. Paul. (CAS106, $15.00)		   Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
In the Empire of Genghis Khan, A Journey Among Nomads  •  Stanley Stewart
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2004 •  PAPER  • 266 PAGES
In this personal, witty account of travels across Mongolia by horse, Stewart mixes anecdote and history, capturing the warmth and spirit of the many people he encountered. He begins his journey in Istanbul, making his way by tramp steamer across the Black Sea, rattle-trap train from Volograd to Almaty, and a short hop by air to western Mongolia. From there he sets out across the steppes to Dadal, a thousand miles to the east. The book won the Thomas Cook Travel Award in 2001, the second Cook award for the British journalist and travel writer. (MGL40, $14.95)		   In the Empire of Genghis Khan, A Journey Among Nomads
Modern Mongolia, Reclaiming Genghis Khan  •  Paula Sabloff
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2002 •  PAPER  • 148 PAGES
Originally conceived as a companion to a joint exhibition in Philadelphia and Ulaanbaatar, this slim primer, richly illustrated with 120 color photographs, highlights the people, politics and heritage of modern Mongolia. With both American and Mongolian contributors, it covers the sweep and excitement of 20th-century Mongolian history, the country's nomadic heritage and legacy of Genghis Khan. (MGL37, $24.95)		   Modern Mongolia, Reclaiming Genghis Khan
Lonely Planet Mongolian Phrasebook  •  J. Bat-Ireediu
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  2008 •  PAPER  • 210 PAGES
A handy mini-guide to Khalkh Mongol, the language spoken in Mongolia and surrounding parts of Russia and China. This pocket book includes the basics of pronunciation, grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (MGL19, $8.99)		   Lonely Planet Mongolian Phrasebook
Mongolia Map  •  ITMB
2011 •  MAP
A colorful travel map of Mongolia at a scale of 1:2,500,000, with tinting to show physical features, visitor attractions, towns and villages, encampments, natural reserves and other features of interest. One Side. 33x49 inches. (MGL03, $14.95)		   Mongolia Map



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Lonely Planet Mongolia  •  Michael Kohn   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive guide in the Lonely Planet style featuring 46 maps, background detail on the country and culture -- and practical information for the traveler. (MGL04, $29.99)
 		  
Essential Tibetan Buddhism  •  Robert Thurman   • RELIGION  •  The foremost Western scholar of Tibetan Buddhism, Thurman has chosen well from that tradition's sacred literature and helpfully includes suggested further reading, explanatory notes and a directory of sacred sites. (TBT15, $14.99)
 		  
Khubilai Khan's Lost Fleet: In Search of a Legendary Armada  •  James P. Delgado   • HISTORY  •  Drawing on evidence from his underwater expeditions, marine archaeologist Delgado reveals the fate of Khan's 13th-century navy, for 700 years considered little more than legend, in this popular account. (CAS184, $17.95)
 		  
Modern Mongolia, From Khans to Commissars to Capitalists  •  Morris Rossabi   • HISTORY  •  Rossabi documents the dramatic changes in Mongolia since the collapse of the Soviet Union in this detailed analysis of Mongolia's political economy, recent economic changes and prospects. A detailed, comprehensive portrait. (MGL46, $34.95)
 		  
The Mongols  •  Stephen Turnbull   • HISTORY  •  Short, yet informative, this military history of the Mongol Empire in the Men-at-Arms series features full-color depictions of the medieval Mongols, archival illustrations and an overview of Mongol history, warfare and sieges. (MGL38, $17.95)
 		  
The Secret History of the Mongols, The Origin of Chingis Khan  •  Paul Kahn   • HISTORY  •  The 13th-century Mongolian account of the life of Chingis Khan, adapted as a prose poem in the tradition of Virgil and Homer. It's a heroic tribute rich in details about the daily life, history and culture of the nomadic clans of Central Asia. (MGL20, $34.95)
 		  
Women of Mongolia  •  Martha Avery   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  An astoundingly diverse sample of contemporary Mongolian women from every segment of the country. Each woman is profiled with a photograph and a brief first-person description of her life. (MGL07, $19.95)
 		  
China Caravans, An American Adventurer in Old China  •  Robert Easton   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Pal of Jack London, adventurer in Asia and soldier of fortune, this is the tale of the amazing life of Fred Meyer Schroder, who traveled in California, the Yukon and China between the 1890s and 1917. (MGL74, $)
 		  
Hearing Birds Fly  •  Louisa Waugh   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A transporting account of the people, landscapes and challenges of life in westernmost Mongolia. The author is attuned to the diverse ethnic mix of the region with its dominant population of Muslim Kazakhs, Mongol Halkhs and Altai Tuvans. (MGL45, $17.95)
 		  
The Bloody White Baron  •  James Palmer   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Palmer turns his biography of the rabidly anti-Semitic madman Baron Nikolai Maximilian von Ungern-Sternberg -- and his improbable reign as the last Khan of Mongolia -- into a fascinating tale of politics run amok in Mongolia and the Russian Far East. (MGL66, $15.99)
 		  
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens  •  Jack Weatherford   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Weatherford (Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World) turns to the wives and daughters of the great medieval leader in this bold history of the women of the Silk Road. (MGL71, $15.00)
 		  
Walking the Gobi  •  Helen Thayer   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Thayer weaves her experiences on a camel trek with a portrait of the nomadic cultures and the region's natural history. (MGL56, $16.95)
 		  
Wild East, The New Mongolia  •  Jill Lawless   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Lawless captures the startling contrasts of emerging technologies, MTV culture and crumbling Soviet heritage on the wide, open plains in this entertaining tale of life in modern Mongolia. (MGL27, $16.95)
 		  
Genghis, Birth of an Empire  •  Conn Iggulden   • LITERATURE  •  The author of the best-selling series of novels on Julius Caesar takes on the legendary warrior in this gripping and historically accurate novel. (CAS145, $16.00)
 		  
Mongolian Folktales  •  Hilary Roe Metternich   • ANTHOLOGY  •  A well-chosen collection of stories, including many about animals, with dramatic paper-cut illustrations by Norovsambuugiin Baatartsog. (MGL06, $19.95)
 		  
The Shadow Walker  •  Michael Walters   • MYSTERY  •  Walter's cunning tale of multiple murder (so unusual in modern Mongolia that a British detective is called in to help him on the case) is set against vivid descriptions of Mongolia, its people and culture. (MGL63, $19.00)
 		  
Wolf Totem  •  Jiang Rong   • LITERATURE  •  Defiant, unyielding, feared, hunted and revered, the great Mongolian wolf is the heart and center of Jiang Rong's epic tale of a young man from Beijing and his surprising encounters on the Mongolian steppe. A stirring epic, allegory and elegy for a vanished way of life, the novel won the first Man Asia Prize. (CHN471, $15.00)
 		  
Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs  •  Michael Novacek   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  An amazing tale of discovery in the remote Gobi desert. Novacek captures the thrill of exploration and the challenges of field work in this story of paleontology and travel in the footsteps of the legendary Roy Chapman Andrews. (MGL17, $18.95)
 		  
Birds of Europe, Russia, China, and Japan: Passerines: Tyrant Flycatchers to Buntings  •  Norman Arlott   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This Princeton Illustrated Checklist, spanning all of the Russian Arctic, Europe, China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, and the Middle East, features 80 color plates with range maps and succinct descriptions. (EUR276, $29.95)
 		  
 
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