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Beyond The House Of The False Lama, Travels With Monks, Nomads, And Outlaws
• George Crane
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A meditiative travelogue that follows Crane from the Hudson Valley to the Florida Keys to Grenada to Paris, and on to the Mongolian Gobi Desert in search of a hidden temple.
(MGL53, $14.95)
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The Birds of Heaven, Travels With Cranes
• Peter Matthiessen
• Robert Bateman
• NATURAL HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
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Matthiessen traveled with the cranes to Siberia, Japan, Mongolia, North America, China, Bhutan, East Africa, Australia, India and Texas for this handsomely illustrated, informative book. He interweaves his travels with insightful commentary on the conservation, ecology, and the significance of the crane in art and culture.
(BRD11, $16.00)
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Birds of Mongolia
• Sundev Gombobaatar
• FIELD GUIDE
• CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
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In preparation. This first modern field guide to the region, featuring 90 color plates, is being produced in conjunction with the National University of Mongolia.
(MGL62, $)
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Blue and White: Chinese Porcelain Around the World
• John Carswell
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A richly illustrated survey of the developent and evolution of influential Chinese porcelain.
(CAS95, $65.00)
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Bones of the Master, A Journey to Secret Mongolia
• George Crane
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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An odd, captivating biography of a 75-year-old Zen monk who escaped Inner Mongolia in the wake of China's Great Leap Forward in 1959, and the tale of his unlikely journey back to China with the author.
(CHN96, $17.00)
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The Cave of the Yellow Dog
• Byambasuren Davaa
• Lisa Reisch
• LITERATURE
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The movie-tie in of Davaa's award-winning docu-drama of life on the Mongolian steppe.
(MGL58, $15.95)
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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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Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs
• Philip J. Currie
• Kevin Padian
• REFERENCE
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This massive volume may be expensive, but it's certainly comprehensive. Compiled by two prominent paleontologists, it's a reference to major dinosaur research up through the end of the 20th century.
(SCI29, $148.00)
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Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire
• Christopher Atwood
• HISTORY
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A handsome, authoritative survey of Mongols and Mongolian history by Christopher Atwood, a professor of Mongolian history at Indiana University. With 78 black-and-white illustrations and 16 maps
(MGL51, $85.00)
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The End of Nomadism? State, Society and the Environment in Inner Asia
• Caroline Humphrey
• David Sneath
• HISTORY
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Using extensive case studies comparing pastoralism in Siberian Russia, Mongolia, and Northwest China, Humphrey and Sneath explore land use policies and different paths taken by nomads in a changing world.
(ASA44, $25.95)
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Essential Tibetan Buddhism
• Robert Thurman
• RELIGION
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A collection of recently translated texts by the foremost Western scholar of Tibetan Buddhism. Thurman has chosen well from the vibrant sacred literature of Tibet, and helpfully includes suggested further reading, explanatory notes and a directory of sacred sites.
(TBT15, $14.95)
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A Field Guide to the Birds of China
• John MacKinnon
• Karen Phillipps
• FIELD GUIDE
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A comprehensive field guide to the birds of China, featuring 128 color plates illustrating 1300 species of birds. Contains introductory chapters on the history of ornithology in China, biogeography, and conservation.
(CHN85, $116.25)
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Fly-Fishing the 41st, From Connecticut to Mongolia and Home Again
• James Prosek
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A lively, fish-filled memoir of Prosek's global circumnavigation along the 41st parallel, through Spain, Greece, Turkey, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, China and Japan. Along the way he shares some of the best fishing in the world with a host of eccentric and memorable characters.
(FSH09, $14.95)
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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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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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Genghis Khan, Life, Death and Resurrection
• John Man
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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in this evocative account of Genghis Khan, his empire, myths and legacy, John Man interweaves his own travels with history and biography. His focus is on the mysteries still surrounding the man, not least where he died.
(MGL47, $19.95)
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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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A History of Inner Asia
• Svat Soucek
• HISTORY
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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 trading cities. With 13 maps and dynastic charts.
(CAS51, $33.99)
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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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In Secret Mongolia
• Henning Haslund
• EXPLORATION
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First published in 1934 as "Tents in Mongolia," Haslund's account of Sven Hedlin's 1927-30 Central Asiatic Expedition combines his tales of adventure and misadventure with notes on gods, myths and Shamans.
(MGL13, $16.95)
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The Lost Camels of Tartary
• John Hare
• EXPLORATION
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A vivid account of three expeditions on the trail of the migrating Bactrian camel through the deserts of Xinjiang and Mongolia. The author includes vivid portraits of the people he encounters along the way.
(CAS67, $14.99)
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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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Mongolia in the 20th Century: Landlocked Cosmopolitan
• Stephen Kotkin
• Bruce Elleman
• HISTORY
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A comprehensive, scholarly survey of Mongolia's history over the past hundred years, including Mongol communities in Russia and China.
(MGL28, $38.95)
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Mongolia in Transition: Old Patterns, New Challenges
• Ole Bruun
• Ole Odgaard
• HISTORY
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A wide-ranging survey of Mongolia's transition from Soviet control of the economy and government to democracy and a market economy by 14 Mongolian and international contributors. Issues addressed include living standards, economic reform, land use policy and household economy.
(MGL48, $51.95)
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Mongolian Music: Dance, and Oral Narrative
• Carole Pegg
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An ethnography of music and performance in Mongolia with an accompanying CD.
(MGL43, $35.00)
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News from Tartary
• Peter Fleming
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A rousing, ironic account of Fleming's 3500-mile trek in the 1930s from Peking to the province of Sinkiang and onwards to India.
(CAS46, $18.95)
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Pass the Butterworms, Remote Journeys Oddly Rendered
• Tim Cahill
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A collection of enertatining travel essays.
(WLD01, $13.00)
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Przewalski's Horse, The History and Biology of an Endangered Species
• Lee Boyd
• Katharine Houpt
• NATURAL HISTORY
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The story of the only truly wild horse, mostly focused on what has been learned from captive rearing programs.
(MGL12, $22.95)
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Riding Windhorses: A Journey into the Heart of Mongolian Shamanism
• Sarangerel Odigan
• Julie Ann Stewart
• RELIGION
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An heartfelt, wide-ranging introduction to Mongolian and Siberian Shamanism and culture by a practitioner who now makes her home in Ulaanbaatar.
(MGL29, $14.95)
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Rough Guides Adventure Travel 25 Ultimate Experiences
• Rough Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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Subtitled Make the Most of Your Time on Earth, these colorful pocket guides, 25 in all, published in celebration of the 25th anniversary of Rough Guides, celebrate remarkable, not-to-be-missed things to do and places to go, certain to inspire.
(WLD110, $5.99)
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Shamans Through Time: 500 Year on the Path to Knowledge
• Jeremy Narby
• Francis Huxley
• RELIGION
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A collection of interviews and observations on Shamanism.
(GEN202, $14.95)
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The Silk Road, Art and History
• Jonathan Tucker
• Antonia Tozer
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• OUT OF PRINT
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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)
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Time Traveler, In Search of Dinosaurs and Other Fossils from Montana to Mongolia
• Michael Novacek
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A memoir and globetrotting tour of paleontological discovery and adventure, including Novacek's expeditions to Yemen, Patagonia and the Gobi.
(SCI44, $18.00)
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Truth, History and Politics in Mongolia
• Christopher Kaplonski
• HISTORY
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Using Mongolia since the collapse of the Soviet Union as an example, Kaplonski looks at the relationships between politics and historical memory.
(MGL49, $190.00)
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Where the Pavement Ends; One Woman's Bicyle Trip Through Mongolia, China and Vietnam
• Erica Warmbrunn
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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An inspired account of two-wheeled adventures.
(MGL32, $24.95)
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Wild East, The New Mongolia
• Jill Lawless
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Editor of "ub Post," an independent newspaper in democratic Mongolia, Lawless captures the startling contrasts of emerging technologies, MTV culture and crumbling Soviet heritage on the wide, open plains in this insightful and humorous portrait of modern Mongolia.
(MGL27, $16.95)
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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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