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	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)
	Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World • Jack Weatherford • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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, with a lively portrait of Genghis Khan and the world of the medieval Mongols. The Mongols introduced not only mayhem, but also paper, printing, gunpowder, the compass and trousers to their far-flung empire. (CAS106, $14.95)
	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)
	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)
	Life Along the Silk Road • Susan Whitfield • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • With insight, scholarship and dramatic flair, Susan Whitfield recounts the lives of ten individuals on the ancient Silk Road. (CAS44, $18.95)
	Life Along the Silk Road • Susan Whitfield • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • With insight, scholarship and dramatic flair, Susan Whitfield recounts the lives of ten individuals on the ancient Silk Road. (CAS44, $18.95)
	Life Along the Silk Road • Susan Whitfield • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • With insight, scholarship and dramatic flair, Susan Whitfield recounts the lives of ten individuals on the ancient Silk Road. (CAS44, $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, $19.95)
	Odyssey Guide Uzbekistan: Tashkent, Bukhara, Khiva and the Golden Road to Samarkand • Calum MacLeod • Bradley Mayhew • GUIDEBOOK • A concise introduction to Uzbekistan, its history, culture and attractions, featuring full-color maps and excellent photography. It covers in detail Bukhara, Samarkand and Tashkent. (CAS23, $27.95)
	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)
	A Splendid Exchange, How Trade Shaped the World • William J. Bernstein • HISTORY • A history of the world through trade. (WLD141, $30.00)
	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)

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