Five 'Stans: Hidden Heart of Asia   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $82, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCAS72)		  
Insight Guide Silk Road  •  Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 421 PAGES
Just as the Silk Road would have been split up into sections, so is the book, with the first section devoted to China, the second to Central Asia and the third to Western Asia. Within those sections are chapters covering the route through individual countries (or regions in the case of China), each including a handy panel on border crossings for the intrepid traveler. Stunning photographs and detailed maps complement the expertly written text. (CAS200, $23.99)		   Insight Guide Silk Road
The Great Game  •  Peter Hopkirk
HISTORY •  1994 •  PAPER  • 565 PAGES • FAVORITE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
A spellbinding, vivid, and riveting account of the great European struggle for supremacy in Central Asia. This is a romantic, glamorous tale of intrigue, treachery and adventure that takes us over the high mountain passes and through the scorching deserts and caravan towns of the Silk Road. With meticulous scholarship and on-the-spot research, the author describes the history of this region at the core of geopolitics today. With 39 photographs and fine maps. (CAS09, $18.00)		   The Great Game
The Lost Heart of Asia  •  Colin Thubron
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2008 •  PAPER  • 374 PAGES
The intrepid Colin Thubron recounts his travels to Samarkand, Bukhara and throughout Central Asia in the early 1990s, in the wake of the breakup of the Soviet Union, in this thrilling travelogue. A fine writer, intrepid traveler and insightful observer, he's an outstanding guide to the history, people and culture of this complex corner of the world. (CAS07, $15.99)		   The Lost Heart of Asia
Kazakhstan Map  •  Gizi Map
2002 •  MAP
An excellently detailed map of Kazakhstan and surrounding Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan at a scale of 1:3,000,000. One Side. 35x47 inches. (CAS107, $15.95)		   Kazakhstan Map
Central Asia Map  •  Nelles
2011 •  MAP
An up-to-date, double-sided shaded relief map of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Krygystan at the very good scale of 1:1,750,000. With inset plans of major cities. Two Sides. 20x36 inches. (CAS37, $13.95)		   Central Asia Map



Also Recommended

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)
 		  
Lonely Planet Central Asia  •  Lonely Planet   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive, detailed guide to travel in the region, including Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. (CAS42, $32.99)
 		  
Lonely Planet Central Asia Phrasebook  •  Justin Jon Rudelson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A handy pocket phrasebook, which focuses on pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler on the Silk Road. (CAS38, $8.99)
 		  
Odyssey Guide Uzbekistan  •  Calum MacLeod  •  Bradley Mayhew   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A concise introduction to Uzbekistan, its history, culture and attractions, featuring full-color maps and excellent photography. It covers in detail Bukhara, Samarkand and Tashkent. (CAS23, $27.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Everyday Life in Central Asia, Past and Present  •  Jeff Sahadeo   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Dozens of scholars and ethnographers contributed to this lively reader on the peoples, cultures and customs across Central Asia. (CAS148, $24.95)
 		  
Heritage of Central Asia, From Antiquity to the Turkish Expansion  •  Richard N. Frye  •  Bernard Lewis   • HISTORY  •  Frye writes with authority and style in this clear, well-written survey of the people, history and culture of the region. (CAS91, $22.95)
 		  
Murderers in Mausoleums  •  Jeffrey Tayler   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • NEW  •  Tayler's riveting account of a three-month, 7,000-mile odyssey from Moscow to Beijing, through mighty Kazakhstan, across the Silk Road to Kashgar, Urumqi and onto Beijing, illuminates the red-hot geopolitics of Central Asia. (CAS168, $24.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
Sons of the Conquerors, The Rise of the Turkic World  •  Hugh Pope   • HISTORY  •  A lively, illuminating report on the Turkic speaking lands across Inner Asia from westernmost China to the Black Sea. (TKY104, $19.95)
 		  
Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World  •  Justin Marozzi   • HISTORY  •  Marozzi deftly interweaves history, politics and his own travels across the deserts, steppes and mountains of Central Asia in this vivid account of the life and ambitions of Amir Temur, the fearsome 14th-century Tatar conqueror. (CAS122, $18.00)
 		  
The Great Cities in History  •  John Julius Norwich   • HISTORY  •  Each city magnificently illustrated in color and with an essay by diverse dignitaries, including Jan Morris (New York), Colin Thubron (Samarkand), Simon Schama (Amsterdam) and Michael Coe (Angkor). this inspired book depicts the rise and fall of cities from Mesopotamia through ancient trading centers to Medieval Europe and today. (WLD171, $45.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
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 Silk Road, Ten Thousand Miles Through Central Asia  •  Sven Hedin   • EXPLORATION  •  Hedin's enthralling account of adventure and derring-do -- and a telling portrait of Central Asia and its people in the 1930s, first in a trilogy that includes The Trail of War (CAS169, $16.95) and The Wandering Lake (CHN596, $19.00). (CAS170, $18.95)
 		  
Apples are from Kazakhstan  •  Christopher Robbins   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Yes, apples do come from Kazakhstan. Tulips too. Robbins offers a rich cultural portrait of a remarkable country the size of Western Europe, sealed off from the world by the Tsars and Soviet Russia. (CAS160, $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)
 		  
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)
 		  
Flashman in the Great Game  •  George MacDonald Fraser   • LITERATURE  •  What caused the Sepoy Mutiny, a pivotal moment in the Raj? How about Harry Flashman, the reluctant, much-decorated coward, cad and womanizer at the center of George MacDonald Fraser's wildly entertaining, irreverent series of historical novels. (CAS120, $16.00)
 		  
 
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