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CENTRAL ASIA & THE SILK ROAD
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Bradt Guide Kazakhstan
• Paul Brummell
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 432 PAGES
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) |
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The Central Asian States, Discovering Independence
• Gregory Gleason
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1997 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
A timely analysis of the emergent independent republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan after 70 years of Soviet rule. Both scholarly and accessible to the general reader, this book discusses cultural, political and economic foundations and change in the region. With maps, illustrations, an excellent chronology and extensive bibliography.
(CAS27, $42.00) |
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The Dust of Empire, The Race for Mastery in the Asian Heartland
• Karl Meyer
HISTORY •
2004 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
Meyer's follow-up to the lively, engaging "Tournament of Shadows," his account of the 19th-century tussle between Great Britain and Russia over control of the region. Here the veteran journalist brings the story of politics and struggle in the Central Asian Republics up to date, covering too the Caucasus, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Russia. Meyer artfully interweaves travels with interviews, history and analysis.
(CAS96, $15.00) |
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The Empire of the Steppes, A History of Central Asia
• Rene Grousset
HISTORY •
1989 •
PAPER
• 687 PAGES
A magisterial survey of the nomadic empires of Central Asia from the Scythians and Huns, to Genghis Khan, Tamerlane and Kublai. It's the classic history of the region, originally published in 1939 and translated from the French. Of great interest to history-minded travelers.
(CAS43, $32.50) |
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Halfway House to Heaven, Unravelling the Mystery of the Majestic River Oxus
• Bill Colegrave
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2010 •
PAPER
• 179 PAGES
Colgrave weaves together the history of exploration in Afghanistan with the tale of his own precarious journey to find the source of the Oxus River, long-sought by adventurers like Curzon and Younghusband.
(CAS198, $32.00) |
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Heritage of Central Asia, From Antiquity to the Turkish Expansion
• Richard N. Frye
• Bernard Lewis
HISTORY •
1995 •
PAPER
• 265 PAGES
A concise, scholarly history of the region that includes 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, linguistics, ethnography, and folklore. With chapters on the Zoroasters, Alexander the Great, Nomadic empires, Silk Road, Buddhist East, Sogdians, Caliphs and Kaghans. With excellent maps and illustrations throughout.
(CAS91, $22.95) |
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A History of Inner Asia
• Svat Soucek
HISTORY •
2000 •
PAPER
• 384 PAGES
A compact, accessible introduction to the history of Eurasia from the arrival of Islam to Russian conquest, covering the present-day countries of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Sinkiang and Mongolia. With 13 maps and dynastic charts. An admirable survey of the changing fortunes of people in the region with chapters on Arab conquest and Chinese expansion, Mongols, Samanids, Timurids, Uzbeks, and other kingdoms and people in the region, including the 17th-19th century development of the great trading cities. The author is a professor of history at Princeton. Of equal interest to the student or traveler to Central Asia.
(CAS51, $39.99) |
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Hundred Thousand Fools of God
• Theodore Levin
MUSIC •
1999 •
PAPER
• 346 PAGES
An engaging account of adventures in ethnomusicology in contemporary Central Asia, Levin is a wonderful guide to musical traditions in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. With an accompanying CD featuring the traditional music of Central Asia.
(CAS59, $29.95) |
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In Xanadu, A Quest
• William Dalrymple
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2000 •
PAPER
• 319 PAGES
An informative, entertaining account of an epic journey mostly in the footsteps of Marco Polo from Jerusalem through the Middle East and along the Silk Route to Central Asia and China. Bureau Chief for a London newspaper in New Delhi, an intrepid traveler, and entertaining writer, Dalrymple offers an anecdotal history of the people and places he encounters en route. Originally published in 1990.
(CAS50, $18.95) |
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Inside Central Asia
• Dilip Hiro
HISTORY •
2009 •
HARD COVER
• 480 PAGES
Subtitled "Understanding the Post-soviet Republics of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikstan," this book is a comprehensive overview of the region's people, culture and history, firmly grounded in the modern international context. Dilip Hiro is an Indian-born writer and journalist based in London
(CAS173, $35.00) |
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Kazakhstan Map
• Gizi Map
2002 •
MAP
An excellently detailed map of Kazakhstan and surrounding Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan at a scale of 1:3,000,000. One Side. 35x47 inches.
(CAS107, $15.95) |
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Modern Clan Politics, The Power of Blood in Kazakhstan and Beyond
• Edward Schatz
HISTORY •
2004 •
PAPER
• 250 PAGES
An etnographic examination of politics in Kazakhstan.
(CAS135, $28.95) |
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Odyssey Guide Kazakhstan
• Dagmar Schreiber
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 576 PAGES
A fully illustrated guide to the Central Asian nation, with essays on history, culture, architecture and nature, and plenty of practicalities.
(CAS156, $34.95) |
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Odyssey Guide Kyrgyz Republic
• Rowan Stewart
• Susie Weldon
GUIDEBOOK •
2008 •
PAPER
• 318 PAGES
A comprehensive travel guide to the Kyrgyz Republic, the first in English. With a concise cultural, historical and social background, photographs, maps and language guide. Second edition.
(CAS47, $24.95) |
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Odyssey Tajikistan and the High Pamirs
• Robert Middleton
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 722 PAGES
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, $34.95) |
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Radical Islam in Central Asia, Between Pen and Rifle
• Vitaly V. Naumkin
HISTORY •
2005 •
PAPER
• 336 PAGES
A political history of Central Asia's militant Islamic organizations, including the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Hizb at-Tahrir al-Islami, and the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan.
(CAS137, $39.95) |
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Samarkand, A Novel
• Amin Maalouf
• Russell Harris
LITERATURE •
1998 •
PAPER
• 304 PAGES
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) |
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The Silk Road Journey with Xuanzang
• Sally Wriggins
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2003 •
PAPER
• 352 PAGES
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. Modern travelers will find the descriptions of Buddhist sites and shrines of much interest, including the original accounts of Dunhuang, Samarkand the now-obliterated Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan. With maps and photographs.
(ASA31, $25.00) |
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Silk Road to Ruin, Is Central Asia the New Middle East?
• Ted Rall
• Ahmed Rashid
LITERATURE •
2006 •
HARD COVER
• 303 PAGES
A syndicated cartoonist, the wickedly pointed Rall skewers American and Soviet ambitions in Central Asia along with the corruption, chaos and madness of the place in this graphic novel. Rall, who has also published a book on post 9/11 Afghanistan, writes and travels frequently in the region.
(CAS140, $22.95) |
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The Silk Roads, A Route and Planning Guide
• Paul Wilson
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 447 PAGES
A compact, practical guide to the network of ancient trade routes extending from Turkey and the Mideast across Central Asia to China. With 50 maps and town plans. Excerpts from the book and others in the British series are online at www.trailblazer-guides.com. The book is a revised and expanded version of Silk Route by Rail.
(CAS21, $24.95) |
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Silk Roads, The Asian Adventures of Clara and Andre Malraux
• Axel Madsen
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2010 •
PAPER
• 304 PAGES
Andre and Clara Malraux had the world at their feet. Wealthy and carefree, their life was a bohemian idyll spent frequenting the hottest clubs and restaurants and traveling and mingling with the Paris literary set. But all this changed when the stock market crashed and their fortune disappeared overnight. Penniless but still craving adventure, Andre dreamt up a plan to travel to French Indochina where they would collect temple treasures and sell them for a huge profit in America. Against all the odds—jungle fevers, inexperience, and uncooperative locals—they succeeded. But their treasure hunt turned into a dangerous crusade when Clara and Andre set up an anti-government newspaper in Saigon, defiantly exposing colonial injustices, corruption, and the government's stifling of Asian culture.
(CAS182, $17.00) |
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To Peking, A Forgotten Journey from Moscow to Manchuria
• Peter Fleming
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2009 •
PAPER
• 200 PAGES
From Moscow, through the Caucasus to the Caspian, on to Samarkand and Tashkent, skirting the edge of Outer Mongolia to Vladivostok and winding his way down to Peking, Fleming tells of people encountered, places explored and of ways of life that have since been lost through revolution, war and the passage of time in this long lost diary of the young adventurers 1934 journey.
(ASA74, $16.00) |
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The Travels of Marco Polo
• Marco Polo
• Ronald Lantham
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
1975 •
PAPER
• 380 PAGES
The memories of a 13th-century journey to China along the Silk Road, maybe the most famous travel account ever, as edited by Ronald Lantham. Describing exotic plants, birds, precious gems, silks, and spices with a merchant's eye, this superb geographer recounts his 20 years of travel and return to Venice in 1295.
(CAS05, $15.00) |
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When Asia Was the World
• Stewart Gordon
HISTORY •
2009 •
PAPER
• 228 PAGES
An accessible history of Asia from 700 to 1500 -- a time when philosophy, science and religion flourished -- that tells the stories of travelers in the region during that time period.
(CAS195, $17.00) |
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The Day Lasts More than a Hundred Years
• Chingiz Aitmatov
LITERATURE •
1988 •
PAPER
• 368 PAGES
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) |
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