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	The Afghan Amulet Travels from the Hindu Kush • Sheila Paine • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • (CAS164, $15.95)
	Absurdistan • Gary Shteyngart • LITERATURE • NEW • Shteyngart, a young Russian immigrant himself, riffs on the privilege and behavior of the new breed of Russian oligarchs along with many more less politically correct targets in this outrageous first novel set in the Bronx, St. Petersburg and oil-besotted Absurdsvani. (RUS321, $13.95)
	Afghanistan's Endless War: State Failure, Regional Politics and the Rise of the Taliban • Larry Goodson • HISTORY • A scholarly analysis of Afghanistan's devastating recent history. (CAS73, $22.50)
	The Afghans, Peoples of Asia • Willem Vogelsang • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A wide-ranging history of the people and culture of Afghanistan. (CAS70, $39.95)
	Along the Silk Road • Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A nicely illustrated collection of essays on the art, culture and music of the Silk Road with contributions by art historian ten Grotenhuis (who edited the volume), Yo-Yo Ma and others associated with the Silk Road Project. (CAS78, $24.95)
	The Ancient Silk Road, An Illustrated Map • Odyssey Maps • A double-sided map showing ancient trading routes across China, Central Asia and Asia Minor, with color photographs and captions. (ASA58, $14.95)
	Apples are from Kazakhstan, The Land That Disappeared • Christopher Robbins • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • In this richly observed portrait, the British journalist weaves tales of the Scythians and Sarmatians with anecdote, impressions and an appreciation for the diversity, beauty and future of Kazakhstan. (CAS160, $24.00)
	The Asia Book, A Journey Through Every Country in the Continent • China Williams • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Covering every country in Asia and the Middle-East, this swoon-worthy collection offers pages of bright full color photographs, shedding light on the peoples and cultures of each nation. Also includes fact-filled profiles and a historical background for each country. (ASA64, $40.00)
	Aurel Stein on the Silk Road • Susan Whitfield • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Whitfield draws on the rich collections of the British Library for this lavishly illustrated account of the amazing life and discoveries of Sir Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1942), including a chapter on the extraordinary Buddhist art at Dunhuang. (CAS109, $35.00)
	The Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor • Zahiruddin Babur Shah • Salman Rushdie • Wheeler M. Thackson • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The candid memoir of the first Moghul emperor of India (universally known as Babur), descended from Tamerlane. (CAS149, $17.95)
	Between Mecca and Beijing, Modernization and Consumption Among Urban Chinese Muslims • Maris Boyd Gillette • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An academic study of the minority Muslim population of Xi'an. (CHN180, $23.95)
	Bradt Guide Kazakhstan • Paul Brummell • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN NOVEMBER • A comprehensive guide in the growing series by Bradt, noteworthy for its focus on culture, nature and responsible travel. The author includes sights and activities throughout the country. (CAS162, $26.99)
	Bradt Guide Turkmenistan • Paul Brummell • GUIDEBOOK • An outstanding guide to the country, its people, history and allure by the former British Ambassador. (CAS127, $24.95)
	Buddhist Art and Architecture • Robert Fisher • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A wide-ranging, illustrated survey of Buddhist art, architecture and iconography in the excellent World of Art series. It includes examples from throughout Asia. (ASA30, $18.95)
	Central Asia at the End of the Transition • Bori Rumer • HISTORY • (CAS129, $36.95)
	Central Asia: 130 years of Russian Dominance • Edward Allworth • HISTORY • A scholarly overview of foreign influence in the region. (CAS26, $27.95)
	The Central Asian States, Discovering Independence • Gregory Gleason • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A timely analysis of the emergent independent republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. With maps and illustrations. (CAS27, $38.00)
	Chasing the Sea, Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia • Tom Bissell • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A vivid account of travels through modern Uzbekistan and Central Asia. Lively writer and self-confessed adventure junkie Bissell portrays the grim reality and disasters in the region through his unique, offhand prose. (CAS103, $14.95)
	China Map • International Travel Maps • A fine, double-sided, shaded-relief map of China, at a very good scale of 1:3,800,000, indexed with an inset map of central Beijing. (CHN06, $11.95)
	The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years • Chingiz Aitmatov • LITERATURE • First published in 1980 under the Soviet regime, this novel by a famous Kyrgyz writer mixes the story of a man traveling through the steppes to bury a friend and the tale of two cosmonauts aboard a space station. (CAS139, $20.95)
	Dragon Hunter, Roy Chapman Andrews and the Central Asiatic Expeditions • Charles Gallenkamp • Michael Novacek • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • OUT OF PRINT • A crowd-pleasing biography of explorer, mammalogist and American Museum of Natural History director Roy Chapman Andrews (1884-1960), a flamboyant character said to be the inspiration for Indiana Jones. (CAS63, $15.00)
	The Dust of Empire, The Race for Mastery in the Asian Heartland • Karl Meyer • HISTORY • An engaging report on politics and struggles in 20th-century Central Asia, the Caucasus, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Russia. (CAS96, $15.00)
	Eagle Dreams, Searching for Legends in Wild Mongolia • Stephen Bodio • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Tales of travel among the Kazakh nomads of westernmost Mongolia. His account of living among the nomads and joining them on the hunt with Golden Eagles is marvelous. (MGL52, $22.95)
	Early Buddhist Narrative Art, Illustrations of the Life of Buddha from Central Asia to China, Korea and Japan • Patricia Karetzky • RELIGION • Professor Karetzky surveys visual representations of the Buddha as depicted in cave art from Xinjiang, Dunghuang, Central China, Korea and Japan. With 70 black-and-white photographs. (CAS86, $43.00)
	Eastern Approaches • Fitzroy MacLean • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • OUT OF PRINT • Fitzroy MacLeans's action-packed account of his amazing adventures undercover in the Central Asian Republics of the USSR during Stalin's reign, as a commando in the Long Range Desert Group in North Africa, and with the Partisans in Yugoslavia during World War II. Touted as the real-life inspiration for James Bond, Maclean is not only a terrific writer but an eyewitness to historic events. Originally published in 1949. (CAS48, $30.00)
	Eastward to Tartary • Robert D. Kaplan • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A glimpse into the people and history that color the countries of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, the Caucasus and finally Central Asia, in a loosely organized travelogue by the author of the acclaimed Balkan Ghosts. (CAS45, $14.95)
	The Empire of the Steppes, A History of Central Asia • Rene Grousset • HISTORY • The classic history of the region, originally published in 1939 and translated from the French. (CAS43, $29.95)
	Eric Shipton, The Six Mountain Travel Books • Eric Shipton • EXPLORATION • Shipton's extraordinary adventures in the mountains of the Himalayas, East Africa, Central Asia and Patagonia. (EXP12, $38.00)
	Feathered Dragons • Philip J. Currie • SCIENCE • A collection of 15 scholarly articles on the transition from dinosaurs to birds. (SCI87, $49.95)
	Flashman in the Great Game • George MacDonald Fraser • LITERATURE • What caused the Sepoy Mutiny, a pivotal moment in the Raj? How about Harry Flashman, the reluctant, much-decorated coward, cad and womanizer at the center of George MacDonald Fraser's wildly entertaining, irreverent series of historical novels. (CAS120, $15.00)
	Forbidden Journey • Ella Maillart • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Maillart's classic account of her 3,500-mile journey with Peter Fleming in 1935. (CAS101, $22.95)
	Foreign Devils on the Silk Road • Peter Hopkirk • HISTORY • Hopkirk tackles the history of the Chinese Silk Road in his inimitable style, especially the exploits of Sven Hedin and five other archaeological raiders of the early years of the 20th century. Accurate, vividly written and great fun. (CAS22, $24.95)
	Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire • Jean-Paul Roux • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A sumptuously illustrated pocket encyclopedia covering the origins, successors, empire and legacy of Genghis Khan. With hundreds of maps, archival photographs and color reproductions. (CAS99, $12.95)
	Genghis Khan, His Life and Legacy • Paul Ratchnevsky • Thomas Nivison Haining • HISTORY • A scholarly biography of the 12th-century conqueror, ably translated from the German with the general reader in mind. This landmark book offers great insight into life on the steppes of Central Asia and expansion of the Mongol empire. (MGL24, $31.95)
	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, $6.99)
	God Lives in St. Petersburg, and Other Stories • Tom Bissell • LITERATURE • Six fast-paced tales set in Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and the Aral Sea by the author of Chasing the Sea. (CAS117, $13.95)
	The Golden Horde, From the Himalaya to the Mediterranean • Sheila Paine • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • (CAS163, $15.95)
	The Golden Peaches of Samarkand, A Study of T'ang Exotics • Edward Schafer • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A marvelous study of the court of T'ang Dynasty China, and the many splendid works of art that were given in tribute. (CAS53, $29.95)
	Heritage of Central Asia, From Antiquity to the Turkish Expansion • Richard N. Frye • Bernard Lewis • HISTORY • A concise, scholarly history of the region including modern Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, and Xinjiang. In presenting the complex and competing ethnic groups in the region, the author draws on sources in local languages, archaeology, art history, and folklore. (CAS91, $22.95)
	A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia: Volume I: Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empire • David Christian • HISTORY • COMING IN DECEMBER • A comprehensive history of the region from the Stone Age to the 13th-century Mongol Empire. This book will appeal to the traveler with a serious interest in the cultural origins of the region. (CAS35, $62.95)
	Islamic Art and Architecture • Robert Hillenbrand • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Covering one thousand years and the geographic scope of Islam, this book is a wide-ranging guide to the arts of Islam, including architecture, calligraphy, ceramics, and textiles. (CAS17, $18.95)
	Jihad, The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia • Ahmed Rashid • HISTORY • A history and political analysis of the five Central Asian republics -- Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. Rashid sees these volatile, resource-rich nations as keys to understanding the future of the region. (CAS84, $15.00)
	Kim • Rudyard Kipling • LITERATURE • For the sheer pleasure of its prose, insight into the British in India and its extraordinary sense of place, you can't do better than Kipling's classic novel about a boy who travels the Grand Trunk Road with the Dalai Lama. (IDA65, $7.00)
	The Light Garden of the Angel King, Journeys in Afghanistan • Peter Levi • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An engaging account of travels in Afghanistan in the company of Bruce Chatwin. (CAS72, $18.95)
	Lost Cosmonaut, Observations of an Anti-tourist • Daniel Kalder • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Kalder's offball, offbeat and rather strange report from forgotten corners of the republics of Tatarstan, Kalmykia, Mari El and Udmurtia in what was once the Soviet Union. Kalder revels in being no-place. (EUR199, $13.95)
	Marco Polo and the Discovery of the World • John Larner • EXPLORATION • A scholarly, insightful study of the impact of the venetian merchant-explorer's impact on European ideas and knowledge of the world. (EXP22, $19.00)
	Modern Clan Politics, The Power of Blood in Kazakhstan and Beyond • Edward Schatz • HISTORY • An etnographic examination of politics in Kazakhstan. (CAS135, $24.95)
	The Mongol Empire and Its Legacy • David Morgan • Reuven Amitai-Preiss • HISTORY • A fresh analysis of the Mongol empire by a team of 18 scholars in the field. (CAS94, $66.00)
	The Mongols (Peoples of Europe) • David Morgan • HISTORY • A short, readable treatment of the medieval Mongols, their administration, military, religion and economy. Includes chapters on the predecessors of the Mongols in Central Asia, Chinghiz Khan's rise to power, and the Mongols in China, Russia and Persia. (MGL15, $34.95)
	Monkey, A Journey to the West • David Kherdian • LITERATURE • The 16th-century Chinese epic of adventure and pilgrimage, brilliantly retold by David Kheridan. It's the wild tale of the encounters of the rogue-trickster Monkey and his Buddhist companion Tripitaka on the Silk Road. (ASA32, $14.95)
	My Life as an Explorer • Sven Hedin • Peter Hopkirk • EXPLORATION • This classic memoir by the great Swedish explorer is an amazing account of hardship and adventure over three decades through the lands of Central Asia and the Silk Road. (CAS06, $16.00)
	The New Central Asia, The Creation of Nations • Olivier Roy • HISTORY • Roy, a leading expert on the region in France, charts the rapid emergence and development of the Central Asian states in this concise history of the Central Asian republics since the Soviet collapse. (CAS136, $22.00)
	Night Train to Turkistan: Modern Adventures Along China's Ancient Silk Road • Stuart Stevens • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An entertaining account of travels from Beijing to Kashgar following the route of Peter Fleming and his classic News From Tartary. (CAS77, $13.00)
	Northwest China Map • MapLink • A map of northwestern China, covering much of the Silk Road at a scale of 1:2,000,000. (CHN202, $9.95)
	Oasis Identities, Uyghur Nationalism Along China's Silk Road • Justin Jon Rudelson • HISTORY • A survey of Uyghur identity based on the author's fieldwork in Turpan. (CAS92, $28.50)
	Odyssey Guide Kazakhstan • Dagmar Schreiber • GUIDEBOOK • This authoritative, beautifully illustrated overview of the history, culture, architecture and nature of Kazakhstan includes plenty of practicalities on where to go and what to see. (CAS156, $29.95)
	Odyssey Guide Kyrgyz Republic • Rowan Stewart • Susie Weldon • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, stunningly illustrated guide to Kyrgyzstan, its cities, traditional cultures, alpine meadows, lush valleys and rugged mountains. (CAS47, $24.95)
	Odyssey Guide The Silk Road, Xi'an to Kashgar • Judy Bonavia • GUIDEBOOK • This eighth edition of Bonavia's compact, illustrated survey the history, culture and attractions of China's Silk Road includes hundreds of color photographs, excellent maps and dozens of informative sidebars on the people, literature, food, religion, nature and customs of this much celebrated route. (CAS13, $24.95)
	Odyssey Tajikistan and the High Pamirs • Robert Middleton • GUIDEBOOK • Impressive in its scope, this stunningly illustrated, indispensable handbook covers the traditional cultures and rich history, trekking and mountaineering opportunities, wildlife and extraordinary scenery of Tajikistan with authority and verve. With 250 photographs and 17 exceptionally good maps by Markus Hauser. (RUS331, $29.95)
	Radical Islam in Central Asia, Between Pen and Rifle • Vitaly V. Naumkin • HISTORY • A political history of Central Asia's militant Islamic orginizations, including the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Hizb at-Tahrir al-Islami, and the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan. (CAS137, $34.95)
	Samarkand, A Novel • Amin Maalouf • Russell Harris • LITERATURE • A fictional history of Persia featuring Omar Khayyam, the 11th-century poet and author of the "Rubaiyat." Written by Lebanese novelist Amin Maalouf. (CAS69, $14.95)
	Setting the East Ablaze, Lenin's Dream of an Empire in Asia • Peter Hopkirk • HISTORY • Another volume in the grand Hopkirk tradition of intrigue, treachery, executions and skullduggery. (CAS25, $15.95)
	The Silk Road Journey with Xuanzang • Sally Wriggins • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A nicely illustrated account of an extraordinary, 16-year trek from Xi'an to India by way of Central Asia in search of the origins of Buddhism by Xuan-Zang, the famous 7th-century Chinese monk. (ASA31, $25.00)
	The Silk Road, Art and History • Jonathan Tucker • Antonia Tozer • ART & ARCHITECTURE • OUT OF PRINT • Tucker, a specialist in Asian Art, interweaves history, exploration, culture, art, archaeology and literature in this richly illustrated celebration of the ancient Silk Road from Xi'an to Rome. Organized geographically and brimming with maps, it's an essential reference to the complex geography, art and history of the region. (CAS98, $65.00)
	The Silk Road: Trade, Travel, War & Faith • Susan Whitfield • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An exhibition catalog, featuring 300 color photographs of manuscripts, paintings and artifacts from the Aurel Stein collection. (CAS108, $85.00)
	The Silk Route, From Europe to China • Harry Holcroft • HISTORY • Holcroft's journal excerpts and lovely watercolor sketches. (CAS97, $27.50)
	Sir Aurel Stein, Archaeological Explorer • Jeanette Mirsky • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Mirsky captures the excitement, derring-do, fortunes and controversy surrounding Stein's discovery of tombs, temples and monasteries and other ancient treasures of the Silk Road. (CAS61, $20.00)
	The Spice Route, A History • John Keay • HISTORY • NEW • John Keay draws on ancient logs, traveler's accounts and maps for this rousing history of trade in cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, pepper, gums, resins and other costly goods from antiquity to the 17th century. (ASA52, $16.95)
	Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia • Ahmed Rashid • HISTORY • An eye-opening political and social history of Afghanistan and its Islamic fundamentalist movement. (CAS49, $14.95)
	This is Not Civilization • Robert Rosenberg • LITERATURE • Opening in an Apache town in Arizona and closing in the midst of the devestating 1999 earthquake in Istanbul (with a detour to Kyrgyzstan en route), Rosenberg's debut novel follws the fate of an antic, globe-trotting young man trying to make sense out of the world. (TKY117, $13.00)
	The Transformation of Central Asia, States and Societies from Soviet Rule to Independence • Pauline (E Jones Luong • HISTORY • This collection of scholary essays examines the formation and evolution of the Central Asian States. (CAS138, $23.95)
	Turks: A Journey of a Thousand Years, 600-1600 • David Roxburgh • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This sumptuously illustrated book, published in conjunction with an exhibit at the Royal Academy of Arts, showcases the art and culture of Turks from the Bosphorus to Inner Asia. (TKY105, $90.00)
	Ultimate Journey, Retracing the Path of an Ancient Buddhist Monk Who Crossed Asia in Search of Enlightenment • Richard Bernstein • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • In this journey of self-discovery, Bernstein travels across Central Asia from China to India, loosely in the footsteps of the seventh-century Buddhist monk Hsuan Tang. An engaging, informative account of travels. (CAS64, $14.00)
	Unknown Sands, Journeys Around the World's Most Isolated Country • John Kropf • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Am insightful portrait of Turkmenistan, its people, traditions, history and current politics by the former Country Director for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). (CAS128, $26.00)
	Uzbekistan and The United States: Authoritarianism, Islamism and Washington's Security Agenda • Shahram Akbarzadeh • HISTORY • A scholarly study of the increasing political ties between the United States and Uzbekistan, focusing on the role of 9/11 in shaping economic and social policies. (CAS134, $34.00)
	A Woman's Asia • Marybeth Bond • ANTHOLOGY • These thirty-five personal, often hilarious accounts of women's adventures from China to Sri Lanka to Turkey to Bhutan, not only illuminating the everyday, oft-overlooked cultural practices of Asia, but also giving a glimpse into the thoughts and feelings of the female traveller. (ASA49, $17.95)
	Younghusband, The Last Great Imperial Adventurer • Patrick French • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The riveting biography of Sir Francis Younghusband, a key player in Britain's scramble for power in Central Asia. (TBT75, $16.00)

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