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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCHN459)		  
Odyssey Guide The Silk Road, Xi'an to Kashgar  •  Judy Bonavia
GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES
A comprehensive guide to China's Silk Road with color photographs, excellent maps and much historical information. This handy book includes separate essays on the history and culture of the area, excerpts from the literature, a brief Chinese phrasebook, and a province-by-province description of points of interest. (CAS13, $24.95)		   Odyssey Guide The Silk Road, Xi'an to Kashgar
Foreign Devils on the Silk Road  •  Peter Hopkirk
HISTORY •  1984 •  PAPER  • 252 PAGES
Hopkirk tackles the history of the Chinese Silk Road in his inimitable style, especially the exploits of Sven Hedin and five other archaeological raiders of the early years of the 20th century. Accurate, vividly written and great fun. (CAS22, $24.95)		   Foreign Devils on the Silk Road
Life Along the Silk Road  •  Susan Whitfield
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2001 •  PAPER  • 253 PAGES
With insight, scholarship and dramatic flair, Susan Whitfield recounts the lives of ten individuals on the ancient Silk Road. Spanning the eighth to tenth centuries, she draws on surviving manuscripts and firsthand accounts in this vivid, entertaining portrait of everyday life in China and Central Asia. Whitfield is director of the International Dunhuang Project. (CAS44, $24.95)		   Life Along the Silk Road
Along the Silk Road  •  Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis
ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2002 •  PAPER  • 144 PAGES
A nicely illustrated collection of essays on the art, culture and music of the Silk Road with contributions by art historian ten Grotenhuis (who edited the volume), Yo-Yo Ma and others associated with the Silk Road Project. Additional contributors include musicologist Theodore Levin, textile-expert Elizabeth Barber, and photographer Kenro Izu. Volume 6 in the Asian Art & Culture series published in conjunction with the Silk Road Project and the Freer Gallery of Art. (CAS78, $24.95)		   Along the Silk Road
Northwest China Map  •  MapLink
2002 •  MAP
A map of northwestern China, covering much of the Silk Road at a scale of 1:2,000,000. Entitled Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the map takes in the region from Dunhuang west across the Taklamakan to Almaty, Bishkek and the Pamirs. With full color shaded relief, archaeological sites, roads, tracks and paths, railroads and trade routes. An index is printed on the reverse with entries for China (mostly) along with bordering regions of Afghanistan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Mongolia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. A Maplink map with cartography by Gizimaps. Two Sides. 32x39 inches. (CHN202, $9.95)		   Northwest China Map
China North Map  •  Nelles
MAP
A detailed travel map of North China at a 1:1,750,000 scale. It covers Xinjing to Beijing, with city maps of Tianjin and Beijing and inset maps of the areas around Beijing and Xi'an. Two Sides. 20x40 inches. (CHN40, $13.95)		   China North Map



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China Adventure Map  •  National Geographic    •  A double-sided, full-color map of China, at a useful scale of 1:4,375,000, which shows roads and cities. Printed on tear- and water-reistant paper. (CHN06, $11.95)
 		  
Silk Road Countries Map, Central Asia  •  Gizi Map    •  A map covering the Silk Roads and surrounding territories from Western China and India across Asia to Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the Black Sea at a scale of 1:3,000,000. (CAS100, $15.95)
 		  
The Ancient Silk Road, An Illustrated Map  •  Odyssey Maps    •  Three large annotated color maps, dozens of photographs and expert commentary illustrate sites across the Silk Road from China across Central Asia, the Middle East and Asia Minor. (ASA58, $14.95)
 		  
Chinese Rugs: A Buyer's Guide  •  Lee Allane   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A guide to the history, techniques and variety of carpets produced throughout China, featuring a helpful buyer's guide. (CHN30, $15.95)
 		  
Insight Guide Silk Road  •  Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  From Xi'an across Central Asia to Turkey, Chris Bradley covers the sweep of the Silk Road in this gorgeously illustrated guide in the revitalized Insight series. (CAS200, $23.99)
 		  
Lonely Planet Beijing  •  Damian Harper   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This practical guide to Beijing features maps, an overview of culture, history and nature, and a good deal of nuts-and-bolts information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. There's even a section on the locally spoken dialect of Mandarin. (CHN47, $19.99)
 		  
Odyssey Guide Xi'an, Shaanxi & the Terracotta Army  •  Kevin Bishop   • GUIDEBOOK  •  With color photographs, insightful essays on culture and history, site plans and places of interest in and around China's ancient capital. (CHN34, $24.95)
 		  
The Silk Roads, A Route and Planning Guide  •  Paul Wilson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact, practical guide to the network of ancient trade routes extending from Turkey and the Mideast across Central Asia to China. (CAS21, $24.95)
 		  
Empires of the Silk Road  •  Christopher I. Beckwith   • HISTORY • NEW  •  Beckwith rescues Central Asia from the periphery of world affairs with flair and scholarship, showing the sweep of empire, trade and cultural life over the millennia. (CAS171, $16.95)
 		  
Religions of the Silk Road  •  Richard C. Foltz   • RELIGION  •  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, $27.00)
 		  
Silk Road: Monks, Warriors & Merchants on the Silk Road  •  Luce Boulnois  •  Helen Loveday   • HISTORY • COMING IN JULY  •  A history and guide to the Silk Road, organized chronologically and featuring a nice selection of contemporary photographs. (CAS111, $27.95)
 		  
The Great Game  •  Peter Hopkirk   • HISTORY • FAVORITE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  Hopkirk's spellbinding account of the great struggle for European supremacy in Central Asia takes us over the high mountain passes and through the scorching deserts and caravan towns of the Silk Road, capturing the glamour, intrigue, treachery and adventure of the time. (CAS09, $18.00)
 		  
The Silk Road, Two Thousand Years in the Heart of Asia  •  Frances Wood   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Wood draws on hundreds of archival photographs, manuscripts and paintings from the British Library in telling this lively story of the art, culture and history of diverse trade routes. With chapters on jade and silk, trade during the Han Dynasty, Dunhuang, the Great Game, explorers and the Silk Road today. (ASA36, $28.95)
 		  
The Terra Cotta Army, China's First Emperor and the Birth of a Nation  •  John Man   • HISTORY  •  Man recounts the 1974 discovery of the 8,000 terra cotta soldiers two farmers, and uses the legend, lore and fact about Emperor Qin's Tomb to speculate about the mysterious emperor himself. (CHN518, $16.95)
 		  
The Terracotta Army of the First Emperor of China  •  William Lindesay   • HISTORY  •  Lindesay augments colorful illustrations and photographs with detailed captions in this concise visual overview of the extraordinary tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi, First Emperor of China. (CHN126, $12.95)
 		  
Mapping the Silk Road and Beyond  •  Kenneth Nebenzahl   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  This visually stunning collection of 80 rare illuminated manuscripts, early modern masterpieces and archival maps traces two millennia of exploration across Asia. (CAS113, $29.95)
 		  
The Arts of China  •  Michael Sullivan   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A lively survey of Chinese visual arts and culture through the ages, thoroughly illustrated and accessible. With a new chapter on the 20th century and beyond, this fifth edition covers bronzes, ceramics, painting and architecture from the Neolithic to now. (CHN16, $39.95)
 		  
The Mummies of Urumchi  •  Elizabeth Wayland Barber   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  An overview of the culture of ancient people of the Silk Road based on the extraordinarily well preserved Caucasoid mummies unearthed in Urumchi in the Tarim Basin of Central Asia. (CAS34, $19.95)
 		  
From Heaven Lake, Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet  •  Vikram Seth   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  An unconventional, award-winning travelogue of a 1981 trip to India from China via the Himalayas by the marvelous Indian novelist Vikram Seth. (HML19, $15.00)
 		  
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World  •  Jack Weatherford   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  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, with a lively portrait of Genghis Khan and the world of the medieval Mongols. The Mongols introduced not only mayhem, but also paper, printing, gunpowder, the compass and trousers to their far-flung empire. (CAS106, $15.00)
 		  
In Xanadu, A Quest  •  William Dalrymple   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  An intrepid traveler and entertaining writer, Dalrymple offers an anecdotal history of the people and places he encounters en route on this epic journey in the footsteps of Marco Polo across Central Asia to China. (CAS50, $18.95)
 		  
News from Tartary  •  Peter Fleming   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Fleming's rousing account of a 3,500-mile jaunt from Peking to Sinkiang and on to India, a classic of imperial British wit and style. (CAS46, $18.95)
 		  
Night Train to Turkistan: Modern Adventures Along China's Ancient Silk Road  •  Stuart Stevens   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  An entertaining account of hard travel from Beijing to Kashgar, following the route of Peter Fleming and his classic News From Tartary. (CAS77, $13.00)
 		  
Riding the Iron Rooster  •  Paul Theroux   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A wry account an utterly exhausting, exasperating travels, mostly by rail, throughout China for an entire year. Theroux gets himself to every corner of the huge country and includes memorable passages on his experiences in Mongolia, Xinjiang, Manchuria and Tibet (where his journey ended). (CHN133, $15.95)
 		  
Shadow of the Silk Road  •  Colin Thubron   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Thubron returns to Central Asia in this lyrical, erudite account of a 7,000-mile trek across Asia, visiting archaeological sites, people and cities from Xi'an and Dunhuang to Samarkand, Bukhara, Afghanistan and Iran. (CAS133, $15.99)
 		  
The Silk Road Journey with Xuanzang  •  Sally Wriggins   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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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