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Afghanistan Map
• Ayazi Publishing
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A flat wall map of Afghanistan at a scale of 1:1,500,000.
(CAS124, $19.95)
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Alexander the Great and the Mystery of the Elephant Medallions
• Frank L. Holt
• HISTORY
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Like a historical sleuth, classics scholar Frank L. Holt -- an expert on ancient Bactria -- solves the real-life mystery of the elephant medallions, curious coins from Bactria during the reign of Alexander, in this concise, informative look at ancient history.
(CAS115, $17.95)
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Caravans
• James Michener
• LITERATURE
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Michener traces the fate of a young U.S. diplomat based in Kabul just after WWII.
(CAS85, $14.95)
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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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The Central Asian States: Discovering Independence
• Gregory Gleason
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A timely analysis of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
(CAS27, $38.00)
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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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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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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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Full Tilt, From Dublin to Delhi with a Bicycle
• Dervla Murphy
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The indomitable Dervla Murphy's first book, a captivating account of her solo journey across Europe to Iran, Afghanistan, and over the Himalayas to Pakistan and into India.
(IDA324, $15.95)
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Fundamentalism Reborn, Afghanistan and the Taliban
• William Maley
• HISTORY
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A collection of scholarly articles on the Taliban.
(CAS93, $23.00)
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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, $27.50)
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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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Kabul Map
• Gita Shenassi
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A reference map of Kabul at a scale of 1:27,500.
(CAS125, $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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Mexico's Indigenous Past
• Alfredo Lopez Austin
• Leonardo Lopez Luhan
• HISTORY
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A panoramic view of ancient Mexico, from the earliest records to the arrival of the European conquistadors. Drawing on archaeological and ethnohistorical sources, the book offers a unified vision of Mexico's precolonial past
(MEX194, $24.95)
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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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The Places in Between
• Rory Stewart
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• NEW
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Rory Stewart illuminates the absurdity, plight and peril of war-ravaged Afghanistan in his thrilling, poignant account of a walk across the country from Herat to Kabul in the dead of winter.
(MDE100, $14.00)
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The Politics of Heroin, CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade
• Alfred McCoy
• HISTORY
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An expanded version of McCoy's groundbreaking "The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia."
(LAO09, $32.95)
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Religions of the Silk Road
• Richard C. Foltz
• RELIGION
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A scholarly survey of cultural traditions, and especially religions, along the trade routes through China and Central Asia from antiquity to the 15th century.
(CAS52, $21.95)
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The Root of Wild Madder, Chasing the History, Mystery, And Lore of the Persian Carpet
• Brian Murphy
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An exuberant tale of a quest to understand the history, lore, design and allure of Persian carpets. Murphy follows the carpets from the wild madder fields of the title to remote Turkmen villages and markets, ending up in a gallery on East 57st Street in New York City.
(IRN46, $15.00)
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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 Journey with Xuanzang
• Sally Wriggins
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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Sir Aurel Stein, Archaeological Explorer
• Jeanette Mirsky
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A biography of the explorer-archaeologist who unearthed the remains of ancient Buddhist cultures along the Silk Road.
(CAS61, $20.00)
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South Southeast
• Steve McCurry
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A remarkable portfolio of images taken in and around Afghanistan, Burma, India Pakistan and other sites in South and Southeast Asia.
(ASA34, $59.95)
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Three Cups of Tea, One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations . . . One School at a Time
• Greg Mortenson
• David Oliver Relin
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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The fascinating true story of American nurse Mortenson who attempted to scale K2 in 1993 and ended up sheltered in a remote Pakistani mountain village. In return, he set up the village's first school, a project which expanded into the 50-school Central Asia Institute
(PKN20, $15.00)
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The Travels of Marco Polo
• Marco Polo
• Ronald Lantham
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The memories of a 13th-century journey to China along the Silk Road, among the most famous travel accounts ever. Describing exotic plants, birds, precious gems, silks, and spices with a merchant's eye, this superb geographer recounts his 20 years of travel.
(CAS05, $13.95)
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The Twentieth Wife
• Indu Sundaresan
• LITERATURE
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Sundaresan boldly reimagines the life of the powerful 17th-century Mughal ruler Jahanara in this lush, action-packed historical novel.
(IDA307, $15.00)
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A Vanished World
• Wilfred Thesiger
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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This stunning visual album of an unusually eventful life takes in Thesiger's travels and adventures in revolutionary Ethiopia and the mountains of the Hindu Kush, his time among the Marsh Arabs of Iraq, his long stint living in Northern Kenya, and his long love affair with the Empty Quarter of Oman.
(ARB56, $35.00)
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Wanderlust, One Hundred Countries: A Personal Journey
• Michael Clinton
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A portfolio of 200 color images drawn from Clinton's many and varied travels around the globe.
(TVL105, $50.00)
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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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The World's Most Dangerous Places
• Robert Young Pelton
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Pelton's popular chronicle of travel in the world's most dangerous and inhospitable locales.
(GEN123, $21.95)
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