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UZBEKISTAN
Worth Looking For
In Xanadu, A Quest
• William Dalrymple
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2000 •
PAPER
• 319 PAGES
An informative, entertaining account of an epic journey mostly in the footsteps of Marco Polo from Jerusalem through the Middle East and along the Silk Route to Central Asia and China. Bureau Chief for a London newspaper in New Delhi, an intrepid traveler, and entertaining writer, Dalrymple offers an anecdotal history of the people and places he encounters en route. Originally published in 1990.
(CAS50, $18.95) |
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Islamic Arts
• Jonathan Bloom
• Sheila Blair
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
1997 •
PAPER
• 445 PAGES
A comprehensive survey of 1,000 years of Islamic architecture, design and decoration. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, maps and site plans. For anyone with an interest in art, this book is a wonderfully illuminating, stimulating introduction to the subject.
(ISL01, $29.95) |
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My Life as an Explorer
• Sven Hedin
• Anthony Brandt
EXPLORATION •
2003 •
PAPER
• 546 PAGES
• COMING IN
A bestseller in the 1920s, this classic memoir by the great Swedish adventurer is an amazing account of hardship, adventure and exploration over three decades through the lands of the Silk Road. He journeyed by caravan to Tibet, the Gobi Desert, and India. Mapping uncharted rivers, discovering long-lost cities, revealing the splendor of now-vanished civilizations, and recording encounters with the various characters he met along the way, the author also illustrated the book with his own drawings.
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