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Genghis Khan
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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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
• Jack Weatherford
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2005 •
PAPER
• 352 PAGES
In this revisionist biography, Weatherford refurbishes the popular image of the great Mongol leader Genghis Khan, portraying him not just as a tyrant but also a religiously tolerant family man and entrepreneur on a world scale (not to mention military genius and crack administrator). The book is a lively portrait of Genghis Khan and the world of the Medieval Mongols, who once ruled the largest land empire on Earth. 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. Professor Weatherford is a cultural anthropologist who teaches at Macalester College in St. Paul.
(CAS106, $15.00) |
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Genghis Khan, His Life and Legacy
• Paul Ratchnevsky
• Thomas Nivison Haining
HISTORY •
1993 •
PAPER
• 336 PAGES
A scholarly biography of the 12th-century conqueror, ably translated from the German with the general reader in mind. This landmark book by a leading historian of the Mongol Empire, offers great insight into life on the steppes of Central Asia and expansion of the Mongol empire. With a useful chronology, glossary, Dynastic tables and main personalities. Originally published in Germany in 1983.
(MGL24, $36.95) |
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Genghis Khan, Life, Death and Resurrection
• John Man
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2007 •
PAPER
• 388 PAGES
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, who once ruled an empire that stretched across Asia to the doorstep of Europe. A historian and travel writer, John Man is also the author of Gobi, Tracking the Desert.
(MGL47, $21.99) |
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Genghis, Birth of an Empire
• Conn Iggulden
LITERATURE •
2007 •
PAPER
• 528 PAGES
The author of the best-selling series of novels on Julius Caesar takes on the legendary warrior in this gripping and historically accurate novel.
(CAS145, $16.00) |
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In the Empire of Genghis Khan, A Journey Among Nomads
• Stanley Stewart
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2004 •
PAPER
• 266 PAGES
In this personal, witty account of travels across Mongolia by horse, Stewart mixes anecdote and history, capturing the warmth and spirit of the many people he encountered. He begins his journey in Istanbul, making his way by tramp steamer across the Black Sea, rattle-trap train from Volograd to Almaty, and a short hop by air to western Mongolia. From there he sets out across the steppes to Dadal, a thousand miles to the east. The book won the Thomas Cook Travel Award in 2001, the second Cook award for the British journalist and travel writer.
(MGL40, $14.95) |
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Modern Mongolia, Reclaiming Genghis Khan
• Paula Sabloff
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2002 •
PAPER
• 148 PAGES
Originally conceived as a companion to a joint exhibition in Philadelphia and Ulaanbaatar, this slim primer, richly illustrated with 120 color photographs, highlights the people, politics and heritage of modern Mongolia. With both American and Mongolian contributors, it covers the sweep and excitement of 20th-century Mongolian history, the country's nomadic heritage and legacy of Genghis Khan.
(MGL37, $24.95) |
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Mongol, The Rise of Genghis Khan
• Sergei Bodrov
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2008 •
DVD
This sweeping historical epic, shot on location, follows the rise of Genghis Khan from slavery as a boy to uniting his people and creating an empire.
(MGL65, $19.95) |
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Murderers in Mausoleums
• Jeffrey Tayler
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2009 •
HARD COVER
• 306 PAGES
• NEW
A resident in Moscow since 1993, fluent in several languages and married to a Russian woman, Jeffrey Tayler is a savvy guide to the red-hot geopolitics of 21st-century Central Asia. From Moscow to Beijing, through mighty Kazakhstan, across the Silk Road to Kashgar, Urumqi and onwards to Beijing, Tayler is not so much interested in Marco Polo or Genghis Khan (though he makes a detour to visit his mausoleum in Inner Mongolia) but in Vladimir Putin and Russia's renewed control over the region.
(CAS168, $24.00) |
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The Secret History of the Mongols, The Origin of Chingis Khan
• Paul Kahn
HISTORY •
1999 •
PAPER
• 201 PAGES
The oldest known Mongolian text -- and most important Mongolian source of events during the Empire. It's a 13th-century account of the life of Chingis Khan written two decades after his death (from the Chinese version of the story "Tuan Ch'ao Pi Shih"). Paul Kahn captures the spirit of the original story in this translation into colloquial English as an epic poem in the oral tradition of Homer and Virgil. It's a heroic tribute rich in details daily life, history and culture of the nomadic clans of Central Asia. With an excellent explanatory introduction, maps and genealogy.This edition, based on the translation by Francis Woodman Cleaves, also includes "The Death of Chingis Khan," a commemoration written in the 17th century by the Mongolian historian Sagang Sechen.
(MGL20, $34.95) |
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