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Among the Russiansby Colin ThubronISBN 0060959290 (0-06-095929-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Among the Russians'Book summary:Here is a fresh perspective on the last tumultuous years of the Soviet Union and an exquisitely poetic travelogue.With a keen grasp of Russia's history, a deep appreciation for its architecture and iconography, and an inexhaustible enthusiasm for its people and its culture, Colin Thubron is the perfect guide to a country most of us will never get to know firsthand. Here, we can walk down western Russia's country roads, rest in its villages, and explore some of the most engaging cities in the world. Beautifully written and infinitely insightful, Among the Russians is vivid, compelling travel writing that will also appeal to readers of history and current eventsand to anyone captivated by the shape and texture of one of the world's most enigmatic culture.
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Behind the Wall: Journey Through Chinaby Colin ThubronISBN 0140293779 (0-14-029377-9)
Hardcover, Northwestern University Press
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Distanceby Colin ThubronISBN 0099459272 (0-09-945927-2)
Softcover, Random House
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Emperorby Colin ThubronISBN 0099287293 (0-09-928729-3)
Softcover, Random House
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Fallingby Colin ThubronISBN 009943718X (0-09-943718-X)
Softcover, Random House
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In Siberiaby Colin ThubronISBN 006095373X (0-06-095373-X)
Softcover, Perennial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Siberia'Book summary:In Siberia explores a region of astonishments, where "white cranes dance on the permafrost, where a great city floats lost among the ice floes, where mammoths sleep under glaciers." Colin Thubron's latest chronicle also delivers its subject from rumor into reality. An expanse larger than the entire United States, Siberia is undoubtedly a country of contrasts, which elicits from the author both awe and melancholy. Here on one hand is a northern wilderness "shattered into a jigsaw of ponds and streams," and on the other a "black detritus of factories and ruins." No less memorable than the landscape are the people that Thubron encounters. He gathers their stories like rough jewels, showing us a self-proclaimed descendant of Rasputin, an isolated Jewish community, and a parade of "indestructible babushkas."
Woven among the often bitter and eroding memories of a Siberian past is a sense of new freedom. After all, this is the first time in Russia's history when foreigners can travel freely throughout the region--and its inhabitants can comment openly about their government without fear of reprisal. Thubron coaxes an institute official at the Akademgorodok Praesidium to speak his mind:
His face was heavy with anger. "We have one overriding problem here. Money. We receive no money for new equipment, hardly enough for our salaries. There are people who haven't been paid for six months." Then his anger overflowed. He was barking like a drill sergeant. "This year we requested funds for six or seven different programmes! And not one has been accepted by the government! Not one!"
Thubron's portrait is as elegant as it is evocative. But just as notably, his journey to the east manages to break the long and destructive Siberian silence. --Byron Ricks [via]
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- In Siberia: ISBN 014026860X (0-14-026860-X)
Softcover, Penguin Books, Limited - In Siberia: ISBN 014029600X (0-14-029600-X)
Softcover, Penguin Books, Limited - In Siberia: ISBN 0060195436 (0-06-019543-6)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers - In Siberia: ISBN 0099459264 (0-09-945926-4)
Hardcover, Random House - In Siberia: ISBN 006095373X (0-06-095373-X)
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- In Siberia: ISBN 014026860X (0-14-026860-X)
Jerusalemby Colin ThubronISBN 0099727102 (0-09-972710-2)
Softcover, Random House
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The Lost Heart of Asiaby Colin ThubronISBN 0060926562 (0-06-092656-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lost Heart of Asia'Book summary:West of China, south of Russia, hemmed in by mountains, steppe, and desert, lie the five Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union. Cut loose from Moscow in the early '90s, the five "Stans" (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan) discover that their newly found freedom plays tug-o-war with despair and a nostalgia for the certainties of the Soviet past. It's during this time that author Colin Thubron travels the width of central Asia, asking questions about the past, present, and future. Not content to simply bounce from place to place, Thubron travels from person to person, uncovering their many vibrant stories and developing a deep understanding of the area's lesser-known history. Kyrgyz and Uzbeks debate the place of Islam. Koreans and Germans, descendants from forced migrants, wonder if they know enough of their ethnic tongue to return to their homelands. Russians find themselves left behind, disbelieving, as the tide of Russian power recedes toward Moscow.
Central Asia was mostly off limits to foreigners during the Soviet years, and while officials are still uncertain about how to deal with a backpack-wearing solo traveler, the locals Thubron meets are not. Thubron finds the heart of Asia in the hearts of its people, swimming in a sea of tea, vodka, and hospitality. From the oldest-known Quran to a deserted Soviet naval base on the shores of a high mountain lake 1,500 miles from the ocean (used to test torpedoes far from spying eyes), Thubron's writing echoes the melancholy emptiness of the wide spaces he passes through. The Lost Heart of Asia is a rare meeting of a marvelous writer and a mysterious land. --Ken Peavler [via]
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Mirror to Damascusby Colin ThubronISBN 009972720X (0-09-972720-X)
Softcover, Random House
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Shadow of the Silk Roadby Colin ThubronISBN 0061231770 (0-06-123177-0)
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Turning Back the Sunby Colin ThubronISBN 0060925086 (0-06-092508-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Turning Back the Sun'Book summary:When two bodies wash up on the river bank in a frontier town in Australia and the aborigines are blamed for the murder, racial hatred erupts, causing resentment among the aborigines and fear among the whites. 12,500 first printing. National ad/promo. [via]
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