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Afghanistan's Endless War: State Failure, Regional Politics and the Rise of the Taliban
• Larry Goodson
• HISTORY
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A scholarly analysis of Afghanistan's devastating recent history.
(CAS73, $22.50)
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The Afghans, Peoples of Asia
• Willem Vogelsang
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A wide-ranging history of the people and culture of Afghanistan.
(CAS70, $39.95)
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Among the Mountains, Travels through Asia
• Wilfred Thesiger
• EXPLORATION
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A classic account of intrepid British explorer Wilfred Thesiger's travels through the mountain ranges of Iraqi Kurdistan, the Karakorams, the Hindu Kush, and Ladakh.
(ASA28, $17.99)
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Aurel Stein on the Silk Road
• Susan Whitfield
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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)
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The Bazaar, Markets and Merchants of the Islamic World
• Walter Weiss
• Kurt-Michael Westermann
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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In addition to hundreds of color photos, this celebration of bazaars throughout the Islamic world includes a history of caravan trade, an overview of the setup of medinas and portraits of bazaars from Marrakech to Samarkand.
(CAS36, $50.00)
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Between Mecca and Beijing, Modernization and Consumption Among Urban Chinese Muslims
• Maris Boyd Gillette
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An academic study of the minority Muslim population of Xi'an.
(CHN180, $23.95)
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Buddhist Art and Architecture
• Robert Fisher
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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)
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C.I.S. and the Baltic States Map
• Hildebrand
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A map of all the states of the former USSR.
(RUS22, $14.95)
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The Cambridge Illustrated History of China
• Patricia Buckley Ebrey
• HISTORY
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A concise, handsomely illustrated survey of Chinese history. Organized chronologically, this book marches confidently through 8,000 years of Chinese civilization, balancing social issues with politics and culture.
(CHN79, $37.99)
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The Caves of Dunhuang
• Fan Jinshi
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• COMING IN MAY
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Jinshi illuminates the extraordinary ancient murals, silks, manuscripts, and other treasures within the Buddhist cave temples in this illustrated survey.
(CHN534, $70.00)
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Central Asia Map
• Nelles
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An up-to-date shaded relief map at a scale of 1:1,750,000.
(CAS37, $10.95)
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Central Asia: 130 years of Russian Dominance
• Edward Allworth
• HISTORY
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A scholarly overview of foreign influence in the region.
(CAS26, $27.95)
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The Central Asian States, Discovering Independence
• Gregory Gleason
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A timely analysis of the emergent independent republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. With maps and illustrations.
(CAS27, $38.00)
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Chasing the Sea, Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia
• Tom Bissell
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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Chinese Art & Culture
• Richard Ellis Vinograd
• Robert L. Thorp
• HISTORY
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An investigation of the continuously evolving tradition of Chinese art.
(CHN94, $85.00)
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The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature
• Jo Lau
• Howard Goldblatt
• ANTHOLOGY
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The first comprehensive anthology of modern Chinese literature, this tome, with many newly commissioned translations, introduces important authors and literary trends of modern China.
(CHN524, $35.50)
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Dragon Hunter, Roy Chapman Andrews and the Central Asiatic Expeditions
• Charles Gallenkamp
• Michael Novacek
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• OUT OF PRINT
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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)
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The Dust of Empire, The Race for Mastery in the Asian Heartland
• Karl Meyer
• HISTORY
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An engaging report on politics and struggles in 20th-century Central Asia, the Caucasus, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Russia.
(CAS96, $15.00)
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Eagle Dreams, Searching for Legends in Wild Mongolia
• Stephen Bodio
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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Eastern Approaches
• Fitzroy MacLean
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• OUT OF PRINT
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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)
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Eastward to Tartary
• Robert D. Kaplan
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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The Empire of the Steppes, A History of Central Asia
• Rene Grousset
• HISTORY
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The classic history of the region, originally published in 1939 and translated from the French.
(CAS43, $29.95)
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Eric Shipton, The Six Mountain Travel Books
• Eric Shipton
• EXPLORATION
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Shipton's extraordinary adventures in the mountains of the Himalayas, East Africa, Central Asia and Patagonia.
(EXP12, $38.00)
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Feathered Dragons
• Philip J. Currie
• SCIENCE
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A collection of 15 scholarly articles on the transition from dinosaurs to birds.
(SCI87, $49.95)
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Flashman in the Great Game
• George MacDonald Fraser
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Fodor's Beijing's 25 Best
• Fodors
• GUIDEBOOK
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This slim book includes a separate full-color map of the center of Beijing, along with a handy 96-page shirt-pocket guide with essential information on its highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing.
(CHN48, $11.95)
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Fodor's Exploring China
• Christopher Knowles
• GUIDEBOOK
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This excellent guidebook, featuring maps and color photos, brings old and new China to life, with sections on places to visit, a useful language guide and practical information for getting around.
(CHN25, $22.00)
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The Forbidden City, Center of Imperial China
• Gilles Beguin
• Dominique Morel
• HISTORY
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This slim volume is packed with maps, archival photographs and illustrations. With a useful chronology and a carefully chosen selection of writings over the ages, it's an indispensable guide to the Forbidden City and the history of imperial China.
(CHN32, $12.95)
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Forbidden Journey
• Ella Maillart
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Maillart's classic account of her 3,500-mile journey with Peter Fleming in 1935.
(CAS101, $22.95)
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Frontiers of Heaven, A Journey to the End of China
• Stanley Stewart
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A British journalist with wanderlust and a way with the pen, Stewart recounts his rough journey halfway across Asia from Shanghai to Xinjiang along the Great Wall. A Thomas Cook Travel Book of the Year.
(CHN237, $14.95)
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Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire
• Jean-Paul Roux
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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Genghis Khan, His Life and Legacy
• Paul Ratchnevsky
• Thomas Nivison Haining
• HISTORY
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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)
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God Lives in St. Petersburg, and Other Stories
• Tom Bissell
• LITERATURE
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Six fast-paced tales set in Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and the Aral Sea by the author of Chasing the Sea.
(CAS117, $13.95)
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The Golden Peaches of Samarkand, A Study of T'ang Exotics
• Edward Schafer
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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)
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Heritage of Central Asia, From Antiquity to the Turkish Expansion
• Richard N. Frye
• Bernard Lewis
• HISTORY
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Frye writes with authority and style in this clear, well-written survey of the people, history and culture of the region.
(CAS91, $22.95)
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A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia: Volume I: Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empire
• David Christian
• HISTORY
• COMING IN DECEMBER
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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)
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Hundred Thousand Fools of God
• Theodore Levin
• MUSIC
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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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Inside China
• National Geographic Society
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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The editors at National Geographic pair a breathtaking selection of historic and contemporary photographs with essays by six experts for this visually striking portrait of China.
(CHN444, $50.00)
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Islamic Art and Architecture
• Robert Hillenbrand
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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)
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Jihad, The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia
• Ahmed Rashid
• HISTORY
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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)
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Kazakhstan Map
• Gizi Map
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A excellently detailed map of Kazakhstan.
(CAS107, $12.95)
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The Light Garden of the Angel King, Journeys in Afghanistan
• Peter Levi
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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An engaging account of travels in Afghanistan in the company of Bruce Chatwin.
(CAS72, $18.95)
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Lonely Planet Central Asia
• Lonely Planet
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, detailed guide to travel in the region, including Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
(CAS42, $29.99)
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Lonely Planet Central Asia Phrasebook
• Justin Jon Rudelson
• GUIDEBOOK
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A handy pocket phrasebook, which focuses on pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler on the Silk Road.
(CAS38, $8.99)
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Lost Cosmonaut, Observations of an Anti-tourist
• Daniel Kalder
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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The Lost Heart of Asia
• Colin Thubron
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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In this classic account, Thubron recounts his travels to Samarkand, Bukhara and throughout Central Asia in the wake of the breakup of the Soviet Union. A fine writer, intrepid traveler and insightful observer, he's an outstanding guide to the history, people and culture of the region.
(CAS07, $15.95)
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Marco Polo and the Discovery of the World
• John Larner
• EXPLORATION
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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)
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The Mongol Empire and Its Legacy
• David Morgan
• Reuven Amitai-Preiss
• HISTORY
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A fresh analysis of the Mongol empire by a team of 18 scholars in the field.
(CAS94, $66.00)
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The Mongols (Peoples of Europe)
• David Morgan
• HISTORY
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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)
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National Geographic Atlas of China
• National Geographic Society
• REFERENCE
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A portrait of China as seen in 300 maps, including traditional cartography, ten detailed city plans, satellite imagery and scores of thematic maps and charts.
(CHN445, $26.00)
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The New Great Game, Blood and Oil in Central Asia
• Lutz Kleveman
• HISTORY
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An eyewitness account of current policies and conflicts in Caucasus and Central Asia, full of interviews, anecdote, history and polemic.
(CAS112, $15.00)
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Odyssey Guide Kyrgyz Republic
• Rowan Stewart
• Susie Weldon
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, stunningly illustrated guide to Kyrgyzstan, its cities, traditional cultures, alpine meadows, lush valleys and rugged mountains.
(CAS47, $24.95)
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Odyssey Guide Uzbekistan: Tashkent, Bukhara, Khiva and the Golden Road to Samarkand
• Calum MacLeod
• Bradley Mayhew
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Odyssey Guide Xi'an, Shaanxi & the Terracotta Army
• Kevin Bishop
• GUIDEBOOK
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With color photographs, insightful essays on culture and history, site plans and places of interest in and around China's ancient capital.
(CHN34, $23.95)
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A Ride to Khiva, Travels and Adventures in Central Asia
• Peter Hopkirk
• Frederick Burnaby
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The real-life adventure of a Brit snooping in Russian Central Asia in 1875.
(CAS16, $30.00)
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Rough Guide Moscow
• Rough Guide
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, no-nonsense guide to the culture, history and attractions of Moscow.
(RUS129, $16.99)
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Samarkand, A Novel
• Amin Maalouf
• Russell Harris
• LITERATURE
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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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Setting the East Ablaze, Lenin's Dream of an Empire in Asia
• Peter Hopkirk
• HISTORY
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Another volume in the grand Hopkirk tradition of intrigue, treachery, executions and skullduggery.
(CAS25, $15.95)
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The Silk Road: Trade, Travel, War & Faith
• Susan Whitfield
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An exhibition catalog, featuring 300 color photographs of manuscripts, paintings and artifacts from the Aurel Stein collection.
(CAS108, $85.00)
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The Silk Route, From Europe to China
• Harry Holcroft
• HISTORY
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Holcroft's journal excerpts and lovely watercolor sketches.
(CAS97, $27.50)
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Sons of the Conquerors, The Rise of the Turkic World
• Hugh Pope
• HISTORY
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A lively, illuminating report on the Turkic speaking lands across Inner Asia from westernmost China to the Black Sea.
(TKY104, $19.95)
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Spectrum Guide to Pakistan
• Camerapix
• GUIDEBOOK
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An excellent overview of the history, nature and attractions of Pakistan.
(PKN07, $22.95)
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Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
• Ahmed Rashid
• HISTORY
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An eye-opening political and social history of Afghanistan and its Islamic fundamentalist movement.
(CAS49, $14.95)
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This is Not Civilization
• Robert Rosenberg
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Turks: A Journey of a Thousand Years, 600-1600
• David Roxburgh
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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)
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War at the Top of the World, The Struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir, and Tibet
• Eric Margolis
• HISTORY
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An overview of geography, religion and politics of the High Himalayas, and its strategic value to Pakistan, India and China. Updated throughout in this second edition, with a new chapter on the Taliban.
(PKN09, $25.95)
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A Woman's Asia
• Marybeth Bond
• ANTHOLOGY
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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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Wonderful Xinjiang, A Photographic Journey of China's Largest Province
• Wang Meng
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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In this photographic overview of the province, featuring 300 color photographs, Wang Meng shows the people, cultures, landscapes, monuments and cities of northwestern China.
(CHN249, $30.00)
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