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Between Marx and Muhammad: The Changing Face of Central Asiaby Dilip HiroISBN 000638367X (0-00-638367-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Carpet Wars : From Kabul to Baghdad: A Ten-Year Journey along Ancient Trade Routesby Christopher KremmerISBN 0060097329 (0-06-009732-9)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Central Asiaby Paul Clammer, Bradley Mayhew, Michael ClammerISBN 1864502967 (1-86450-296-7)
Softcover, Lonely Planet Publications
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Central Asia : Lonely Planetby Lonely Planet Staff, Bradley Mayhew, Richard Plunkett, Simon RichmondISBN 0864426739 (0-86442-673-9)
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Central Asians Under Russian Rule: A Study in Culture Changeby Elizabeth E. Bacon, Michael M. J. FischerISBN 0801492114 (0-8014-9211-4)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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Chasing The Sea: Being a Narrative of a Journey Through Uzbekistan, Including Descriptions of Life Therein, Culminating with an Arrival at the Aral Sea, the World's Woby Tom BissellISBN 037572754X (0-375-72754-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Chasing the Sea : Lost among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asiaby Tom BissellISBN 0375421300 (0-375-42130-0)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Yearsby Chingiz AitmatovISBN 0253204828 (0-253-20482-8)
Softcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years'Book summary:"... a rewarding book." -Times Literary SupplementSet in the vast windswept Central Asian steppes and the infinite reaches of galactic space, this powerful novel offers a vivid view of the culture and values of the Soviet Union's Central Asian peoples. [via]
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The Dust of Empire: The Race for Mastery in the Asian Heartlandby Karl MeyerISBN 1586482416 (1-58648-241-6)
Softcover, Public Affairs
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In The Dust of Empire, Karl E. Meyer examines the present and past of the Asian heartland in a book that blends scholarship with reportage, providing fascinating detail about regions and peoples now of urgent concern to America: the five Central Asian republics, the Caspian and the Caucasus, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and long-dominant Russia. He provides the context for America's war on terrorism, for Washington's search for friends and allies in an Islamic world rife with extremism, and for the new politics of pipelines and human rights in an area richer in the former than the latter. He offers a rich and complicated tapestry of a region where empires have so often come to griefa cautionary tale.More editions of The Dust of Empire: The Race for Mastery in the Asian Heartland:
Eastern Approachesby MacLeanISBN 0140132716 (0-14-013271-6)
Softcover, Penguin Global
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eastern Approaches'Book summary:Fitztroy Maclean was one of the real-life inspirations for super-spy James Bond. After adventures in Soviet Russia before the war, Maclean fought with the SAS in North Africa in 1942. There he specialised in hair-raising commando raids behind enemy lines, including the daring and outrageous kidnapping of the German Consul in Axis-controlled Iraq. Maclean's extraordinary adventures in the Western Desert and later fighting alongside Tito's partisans in Yugoslavia are blistering reading and show what it took to be a British hero who broke the mould... [via]
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Eastern Approaches: Essays on Asian Art and Archaeologyby T. S. MaxwellISBN 0195629256 (0-19-562925-6)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asiaby Rene GroussetISBN 0813513049 (0-8135-1304-9)
Softcover, Rutgers Univ Pr
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Empire of the Steppes : History of Central Asiaby Rene GroussetISBN 076070127X (0-7607-0127-X)
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Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asiaby Peter HopkirkISBN 0870234358 (0-87023-435-8)
Softcover, Univ of Massachusetts Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia'Book summary:The Silk Road, the great trans-Asian highway linking Imperial Rome to China, reached the height of its importance during the T'ang Dynasty. Along it travelled precious cargoes as well as new ideas, art and knowledge. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of trade. However, as the Chinese lost control of the region, it began to decline to the point where the towns disappeared beneath desert sands. Local legends grew of buried treasure guarded by demons. This is the story of the intrepid adventurers who, at great personal risk, led long-range archaeological raids to the region in the early years of the 20th century. Profiles of such archaeologists as Sir Aurel Stein, who carried off large quantities of priceless wall paintings, sculptures, silks and early manuscripts, augment a narrative which also traces the fate of the works of art that were removed. [via]
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Softcover, Oxford University Press - Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia: ISBN 0192802119 (0-19-280211-9)
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Genghis Khan And The Making Of The Modern Worldby Jack WeatherfordISBN 0609809644 (0-609-80964-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Genghis Khan And The Making Of The Modern World'Book summary:The name Genghis Khan often conjures the image of a relentless, bloodthirsty barbarian on horseback leading a ruthless band of nomadic warriors in the looting of the civilized world. But the surprising truth is that Genghis Khan was a visionary leader whose conquests joined backward Europe with the flourishing cultures of Asia to trigger a global awakening, an unprecedented explosion of technologies, trade, and ideas. In Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, Jack Weatherford, the only Western scholar ever to be allowed into the Mongols Great Taboo Genghis Khans homeland and forbidden burial sitetracks the astonishing story of Genghis Khan and his descendants, and their conquest and transformation of the world.
Fighting his way to power on the remote steppes of Mongolia, Genghis Khan developed revolutionary military strategies and weaponry that emphasized rapid attack and siege warfare, which he then brilliantly used to overwhelm opposing armies in Asia, break the back of the Islamic world, and render the armored knights of Europe obsolete. Under Genghis Khan, the Mongol army never numbered more than 100,000 warriors, yet it subjugated more lands and people in twenty-five years than the Romans conquered in four hundred. With an empire that stretched from Siberia to India, from Vietnam to Hungary, and from Korea to the Balkans, the Mongols dramatically redrew the map of the globe, connecting disparate kingdoms into a new world order.
But contrary to popular wisdom, Weatherford reveals that the Mongols were not just masters of conquest, but possessed a genius for progressive and benevolent rule. On every level and from any perspective, the scale and scope
of Genghis Khans accomplishments challenge the limits of imagination. Genghis Khan was an innovative leader, the first ruler in many conquered countries to put the power of law above his own power, encourage religious freedom, create public schools, grant diplomatic immunity, abolish torture, and institute free trade. The trade routes he created became lucrative pathways for commerce, but also for ideas, technologies, and expertise that transformed the way people lived. The Mongols introduced the first international paper currency and postal system and developed and spread revolutionary technologies like printing, the cannon, compass, and abacus. They took local foods and products like lemons, carrots, noodles, tea, rugs, playing cards, and pants and turned them into staples of life around the world. The Mongols were the architects of a new way of life at a pivotal time in history.
In Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, Jack Weatherford resurrects the true history of Genghis Khan, from the story of his relentless rise through Mongol tribal culture to the waging of his devastatingly successful wars and the explosion of civilization that the Mongol Empire unleashed. This dazzling work of revisionist history doesnt just paint an unprecedented portrait of a great leader and his legacy, but challenges us to reconsider how the modern world was made. [via]More editions of Genghis Khan And The Making Of The Modern World:
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The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asiaby Peter HopkirkISBN 1568360223 (1-56836-022-3)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia'Book summary:In a phrase coined by Captain Arthur Connolly of the East India Company before he was beheaded in Bokhara for spying in 1842, a "Great Game" was played between Tsarist Russia and Victorian England for supremacy in Central Asia. At stake was the security of India, key to the wealth of the British Empire. When play began early in the 19th century, the frontiers of the two imperial powers lay two thousand miles apart, across vast deserts and almost impassable mountain ranges; by the end, only 20 miles separated the two rivals.
Peter Hopkirk, a former reporter for The Times of London with wide experience of the region, tells an extraordinary story of ambition, intrigue, and military adventure. His sensational narrative moves at breakneck pace, yet even as he paints his colorful characters--tribal chieftains, generals, spies, Queen Victoria herself--he skillfully provides a clear overview of the geographical and diplomatic framework. The Great Game was Russia's version of America's "Manifest Destiny" to dominate a continent, and Hopkirk is careful to explain Russian viewpoints as fully as those of the British. The story ends with the fall of Tsarist Russia in 1917, but the demise of the Soviet Empire (hastened by a decade of bloody fighting in Afghanistan) gives it new relevance, as world peace and stability are again threatened by tensions in this volatile region of great mineral wealth and strategic significance. --John Stevenson [via]
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The Heritage of Central Asia: From Antiquity to the Turkish Expansionby Richard N. FryeISBN 155876111X (1-55876-111-X)
Softcover, Markus Wiener Pub
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"I have found this a most useful book for undergraduate teaching purposes. It tackles a period and an area unfamiliar to most students in a way that makes its subject both comprehensible and interesting. "--Journal of Islamic Studies [via]
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High Tartaryby Owen Lattimore, Orville SchellISBN 1568360541 (1-56836-054-1)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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A History of Inner Asiaby Svatopluk SoucekISBN 0521657040 (0-521-65704-0)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia: Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empireby David ChristianISBN 0631208143 (0-631-20814-3)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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In the Empire of Genghis Khan: A Journey Among Nomadsby Stanley StewartISBN 1585747033 (1-58574-703-3)
Hardcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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In the Empire of Genghis Khan: An Amazing Odyssey Through the Lands of the Most Feared Conquerors in Historyby Stanley StewartISBN 1592281060 (1-59228-106-0)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Empire of Genghis Khan: An Amazing Odyssey Through the Lands of the Most Feared Conquerors in History'Book summary:Vivid, hilarious, and compelling, this eagerly awaited book takes its place among the travel classics. It is a thrilling tale of adventure, a comic masterpiece, and an evocative portrait of a medieval land marooned in the modern world. Eight and a half centuries ago, under Genghis Khan, the Mongols burst forth from Central Asia in a series of spectacular conquests that took them from the Danube to the Yellow Sea. Their empire was seen as the final triumph of the nomadic "barbarians." In this remarkable book Stanley Stewart sets off on a pilgrimage across the old empire, from Istanbul to the distant homeland of the Mongol hordes. The heart of his odyssey is a thousand-mile ride, traveling by horse, through trackless land.[via]
On a journey full of bizarre characters and unexpected encounters, he crosses the desert and mountains of central Asia to arrive at the windswept grasslands of the steppes, the birthplace of Genghis Khan.More editions of In the Empire of Genghis Khan: An Amazing Odyssey Through the Lands of the Most Feared Conquerors in History:
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In Xanaduby William DalrympleISBN 1864501731 (1-86450-173-1)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asiaby Ahmed RashidISBN 0142002607 (0-14-200260-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Journey to Khivaby Philip GlazebrookISBN 1568360746 (1-56836-074-6)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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Kyrgyzstanby Rowan Stewart, Susie WeldonISBN 9622177360 (962-217-736-0)
Softcover, Odyssey Publications, Limited
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Life Along the Silk Roadby Susan WhitfieldISBN 0520232143 (0-520-23214-3)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life Along the Silk Road'Book summary:In the first 1,000 years after Christ, merchants, missionaries, monks, mendicants, and military men traveled on the vast network of Central Asian tracks that became known as the Silk Road. Linking Europe, India, and the Far East, the route passed through many countries and many settlements, from the splendid city of Samarkand to tiny desert hamlets. Susan Whitfield creates a rich and varied portrait of life along the greatest trade route in history in a vivid, lively, and learned account that spans the eighth through the tenth centuries. Recounting the lives of ten individuals who lived at different times during this period, Whitfield draws on contemporary sources and uses firsthand accounts whenever possible to reconstruct the history of the route through the personal experiences of these characters.[via]
Life along the Silk Road brings alive the now ruined and sand-covered desert towns and their inhabitants. Readers encounter an Ulghur nomad from the Gobi Desert accompanying a herd of steppe ponies for sale to the Chinese state; Ah-long, widow of a prosperous merchant, now reduced to poverty and forced to resort to law and charity to survive; and the Chinese princess sent as part of a diplomatic deal to marry a Turkish kaghan. In the process we learn about women's lives, modes of communication, weapons, types of cosmetics, methods of treating altitude sickness in the Tibetan army, and ways that merchants cheated their customers. Throughout the narrative, Whitfield conveys a strong sense of what life was like for ordinary men and women on the Silk Road--everyone from itinerant Buddhist monks, to Zoroastrians and Nestorian Christians seeking converts among the desert settlers, to storytellers, musicians, courtesans, diviners, peddlers, and miracle-workers who offered their wares in the marketplaces and at temple fairs. A work of great scholarship, Life along the Silk Road is at the same time extremely accessible and entertaining. -
Like Hidden Fire: The Plot to Bring Down the British Empireby Peter HopkirkISBN 1568361270 (1-56836-127-0)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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An acclaimed historian tells, for the first time, the full story of the conspiracy between the Germans and the Turks to unleash a Muslim holy war against the British in India and the Russians in the Caucasus. Drawing on recently opened intelligence files and rare personal accounts, Peter Hopkirk skillfully reconstructs the Kaiser's bold plan and describes the exploits of the secret agents on both sides-disguised variously as archaeologists, traders, and circus performers-as they sought to foment or foil the uprising and determine the outcome of World War I. [via]More editions of Like Hidden Fire: The Plot to Bring Down the British Empire:
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Lonely Planet Central Asia Phrasebookby Justin Jon RudelsonISBN 0864424191 (0-86442-419-1)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lonely Planet Central Asia Phrasebook'Book summary:An invaluable resource for travellers in Central Asia, this phrasebook includes a comprehensive list of words and phrases in all the main languages: Uyghur, Uzbek, Kyrghiz, Pashto and Tajik. [via]
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Lonely Planet Central Asia Phrasebook: Languages Of The Silk Roadby Lonely PlanetISBN 1741046041 (1-74104-604-1)
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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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The Mongolsby David MorganISBN 1405135395 (1-4051-3539-5)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Mummies of Urumchiby E. J. W. BarberISBN 0393320197 (0-393-32019-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mummies of Urumchi'Book summary:The 2000-year-old mummies of Ürümchi, found in central Asia along the famed Silk Road trading route, are so well preserved as to show clearly that they seem to be of Caucasoid origin. Where did these people come from? Where did they go? You can find their pale-skinned, light-haired descendents among the people of the region, but the story of their presence in this forbidding land leaves more mysteries than it answers. Mass migrations during the Bronze Age scattered many peoples across Europe and Asia, and these startlingly lively-looking mummies may help answer some questions about this period of human history. Their intact, fantastically colored and patterned clothing captures much of author Elizabeth Wayland Barber's attention--she is an expert on prehistoric textiles. Her enthusiastic descriptions of the sewing skills of these migrant people, while focusing on details, lend an immediacy to this fascinating tale. Black-and-white as well as color photos, maps, and diagrams illustrate Barber's colorful tale of anthropology. --Therese Littleton [via]
News from Tartary: A Journey from Peking to Kashmirby Peter FlemingISBN 0810160714 (0-8101-6071-4)
Softcover, Marlboro Pr
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Night Train to Turkistan: Modern Adventures Along China's Ancient Silk Roadby Stuart StevensISBN 0871131900 (0-87113-190-0)
Softcover, Atlantic Monthly Pr
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On Ancient Central Asian Tracksby Aurel SteinISBN 8173031088 (81-7303-108-8)
Softcover, South Asia Books
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On Secret Service East of Constantinople: The Plot to Bring down the British Empireby Peter HopkirkISBN 0192802305 (0-19-280230-5)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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The Resurgence of Central Asia: Islam or Nationalism?by Ahmed RashidISBN 1856491323 (1-85649-132-3)
Softcover, Zed Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Resurgence of Central Asia: Islam or Nationalism?'Book summary:Kazakhstan, Kirgystan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have all become independent states in central Asia, following the break-up of the USSR. All have Muslim majorities and ancient histories, but are otherwise very different. This book provides an introduction to the region. Rashid gives a history of each country, including its incorporation into Tsarist Russia to the present day. He provides basic socio-economic information and explains the diverse political situations. He focuses primarily on the underlying issues confronting these societies: the legacy of Soviet rule; ethnic tensions; the position of women; the future of Islam; the question of nuclear proliferation; and the fundamental choices over economic strategy, political system and external orientation which lie ahead. [via]
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A Ride to Khiva: Travels and Adventures in Central Asiaby Frederick BurnabyISBN 1590480198 (1-59048-019-8)
Softcover, Long Riders Guild Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Ride to Khiva: Travels and Adventures in Central Asia'Book summary:Frederick Gustavus Burnaby--soldier, traveler, writer, and pioneer balloonist--set out on an unofficial mission in 1875 to investigate the motives behind Russias exclusion of foreigners from Central Asia. A real-life adventure story, A Ride to Khiva recounts Captain Burnabys excursion in vivid detail, reflecting the hardship and humor of his exciting travels.
Forced to travel in winter, Burnaby journeyed through blizzards and snowdrifts to reach the mysterious caravan city of Khiva. Along the way he describes his many adventures, extending from surviving the Cossacks treatments for frostbite to taking tea with the Khan. Burnaby's account of his "one-man Great Game" mission was hugely successful, reprinting eleven times in its first year of publication and A Ride to Khiva continues to make fascinating reading today.
Featuring a new introduction by the highly acclaimed author, Peter Hopkirk, this classic piece of travel writing is an entertaining account of a dangerous journey across inhospitable countryside by a man who was to become a popular hero in his own day. [via]More editions of A Ride to Khiva: Travels and Adventures in Central Asia:
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Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - A Ride to Khiva: Travels and Adventures in Central Asia: ISBN 040503010X (0-405-03010-X)
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A Ride to Khiva: Travels and Adventures in Central Asiaby Frederick Gustavas BurnabyISBN 1589762274 (1-58976-227-4)
Softcover, Narrative Pr
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The Ruins Of Desert Cathay: Personal Narrative Of Explorations In Central Asia And Western Most Chinaby Auel M. Stein, M. Auriel SteinISBN 0486254046 (0-486-25404-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Samarcandaby Amin MaaloufISBN 8420656879 (84-206-5687-9)
Softcover, Alianza Editorial Sa
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Samarkandby Amin Maalouf, Russell HarrisISBN 1566562937 (1-56656-293-7)
Softcover, Interlink Pub Group Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Samarkand'Book summary:Accused of mocking the inviolate codes of Islam, the Persian poet and sage Omar Khayyam fortuitously finds sympathy with the very man who is to judge his alleged crimes. Recognising genuis, the judge decides to spare him and gives him instead a small, blank book, encouraging him to confine his thoughts to it alone. Thus beginds the seamless blend of fact and fiction that is Samarkand. Vividly re-creating the history of the manuscript of the Rubaiyaat of Omar Khayyam, Amin Maalouf spans continents and centuries with breathtaking vision: the dusky exoticism of 11th-century Persia, with its poetesses and assassins; the same country's struggles nine hundred years later, seen through the eyes of an American academic obsessed with finding the original manuscript; and the fated maiden voyage of the Titanic, whose tragedy led to the Rubaiyaat's final resting place - all are brought to life with keen assurance by this gifted and award-winning writer. [via]
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Setting the East Ablaze: Lenin's Dream of an Empire in Asiaby Peter HopkirkISBN 1568361025 (1-56836-102-5)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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The Silk Road: Two Thousand Years in the Heart of Asiaby Frances WoodISBN 0520243404 (0-520-24340-4)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Silk Road: Two Thousand Years in the Heart of Asia'Book summary:The Silk Road, a series of ancient trade routes stretching across Central Asia to Europe, evokes exotic images of camel trains laden with bales of fine Chinese silk, spices, and perfume, of desert oases surrounded by snow-capped mountains, of bustling markets thronging with travellers buying and selling grapes, coriander, Baltic amber, and Mediterranean coral. Along this route, silks were sent from China to ancient Rome; princesses were dispatched in marriage alliances across the deserts; bandits and thieves launched attacks throughout history.[via]
Covering more than 5,000 years, this book, lavishly illustrated with photographs, manuscripts, and paintings from the collections of the British Library and other museums worldwide, presents an overall picture of the history and cultures of the Silk Road. It also contains many previously unpublished photographs by the great explorers Stein, Hedin, and Mannerheim.
More than just a trade route, the Silk Road witnessed the movement of cultural influences. Frances Wood traces the story of the civilizations and ideas that flourished and moved along its vast geographical expanse. Indian Buddhism was carried into China on the Silk Road, initiating a long history of pilgrimages along the lonely desert routes; Manichaeism, Nestorian Christianity, and Islam also made their way eastwards along its route.
The nineteenth century saw a new interest in Central Asia and the Silk Road, as Russia and Britain vied for power on the frontiers of Afghanistan. A new breed of explorer, part archaeologist, part cartographer, part spy, was seen on the Silk Road, while some of the ancient cities, long buried in sand-blown dunes, began to give up their secrets. This book brings the history of the Silk Road alive--from its beginnings to the present day, revealing a rich history still in the making.More editions of The Silk Road: Two Thousand Years in the Heart of Asia:
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Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asiaby Ahmed RashidISBN 0300089023 (0-300-08902-3)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia'Book summary:This is the single best book available on the Taliban, the fundamentalist Islamic regime in Afghanistan responsible for harboring the terrorist Osama bin Laden. Ahmed Rashid is a Pakistani journalist who has spent most of his career reporting on the region--he has personally met and interviewed many of the Taliban's shadowy leaders. Taliban was written and published before the massacres of September 11, 2001, yet it is essential reading for anyone who hopes to understand the aftermath of that black day. It includes details on how and why the Taliban came to power, the government's oppression of ordinary citizens (especially women), the heroin trade, oil intrigue, and--in a vitally relevant chapter--bin Laden's sinister rise to power. These pages contain stories of mass slaughter, beheadings, and the Taliban's crushing war against freedom: under Mullah Omar, it has banned everything from kite flying to singing and dancing at weddings. Rashid is for the most part an objective reporter, though his rage sometimes (and understandably) comes to the surface: "The Taliban were right, their interpretation of Islam was right, and everything else was wrong and an expression of human weakness and a lack of piety," he notes with sarcasm. He has produced a compelling portrait of modern evil. --John Miller [via]
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Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the Worldby Justin MarozziISBN 0306815435 (0-306-81543-5)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World'Book summary:Tamerlane, aka Temur-the Mongol successor to Genghis Khan-ranks with Alexander the Great as one of the world's great conquerors, yet the details of his life are scarcely known in the West. Born in obscurity and poverty, he rose to become a fierce tribal leader, and with that his dominion and power grew with astonishing speed. He blazed through Asia, razing cities to the ground. He tortured conquered inhabitants without mercy, sometimes ordering them buried alive, at other times decapitating them. Over the ruins of conquered Baghdad, Tamerlane had his soldiers erect a pyramid of 90,000 enemy heads. As he and his armies swept through Central Asia, sacking, and then rebuilding cities, Tamerlane gradually imposed an iron rule and a refined culture over a vast territory-from the steppes of Asia to the Syrian coastline. Justin Marozzi traveled in the footsteps of this fearsome emperor of Samarkand (modern-day Uzbekistan) to write this book, which is part history, part travelogue. He carefully follows the path of this infamous and enigmatic conqueror, recounting the history and the story of this cruel, cultivated, and indomitable warrior.[via]More editions of Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World:
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The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia: A History of the Struggle for Great Power Among Tibetans, Turks, Arabs, and Chinese During the Early Middle Agesby Christopher I. BeckwithISBN 0691024693 (0-691-02469-3)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asiaby Shareen Blair Brysac, Karl Ernest MeyerISBN 158243106X (1-58243-106-X)
Softcover, Counterpoint
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia'Book summary:Throughout the 19th century and well into the 20th, the Russian and British Empires played out a chess game of diplomacy, espionage, and military thrusts into Central Asia to protect their expanding interests. When play began, the frontiers of their empires lay 2,000 miles apart, across vast deserts and almost impassable mountain ranges; by the end, they were separated by only 20 miles. Karl E. Meyer of The New York Times and Shareen Blair Brysac, documentary filmmaker for CBS, update and significantly expand earlier studies of the imperial rivalry, notably Peter Hopkirk's pioneering The Great Game. Tournament of Shadows reads like a racy adventure story, yet there is no need for the authors to embellish their well-researched facts. The region attracted a host of bizarre characters, each with his own idiosyncratic goals. The authors begin with the journey to Bokhara of an ambitious horse doctor, hired by the East India Company in 1806 to improve its breeding stock, and end with the CIA's assistance to anti-Chinese guerrillas in Tibet during the cold war. American participants in the opening of Central Asia have not previously received much attention, but Tournament of Shadows introduces adventurers such as William Rockhill, commissioned by the Smithsonian Institution in the 1880s to explore Tibet, and William McGovern, who, to the chagrin of the British, reached Lhasa in 1923. The wealth and instability of Central Asia continue to keep the region in the headlines, motivating the Soviet Union's disastrous 10-year intervention in Afghanistan and fueling an international race for resources--especially oil--today. --John Stevenson [via]
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Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game And the Race for Empire in Central Asiaby Karl Meyer, Sharleen Blair BrysacISBN 0465045766 (0-465-04576-6)
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A Traveller's Companion to Central Asiaby Kathleen HopkirkISBN 0719553210 (0-7195-5321-0)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Travels and Adventures in Central Asia: A Ride to Khivaby Fred BurnabyISBN 9694022738 (969-402-273-8)
Hardcover, Vanguard Books
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Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Race for Lhasaby Peter HopkirkISBN 0719539382 (0-7195-3938-2)
Hardcover, Book Soc of Canada Ltd
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Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibetby Peter HopkirkISBN 1568360509 (1-56836-050-9)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet'Book summary:For nineteenth-century adventures, Tibet was the prize destination, and Lhasa, its capital situated nearly three miles above sea level, was the grandest trophy of all. The lure of this mysterious land, and its strategic importance, made it inevitable that despite the Tibetans' reluctance to end their isolation, determined travelers from Victorian Britain, Czarist Russia, America, and a half dozen other countries world try to breach the country's high walls.
In this riveting narrative, Peter Hopkirk turns his storytelling skills on the fortune hunters, mystics, mountaineers, and missionaries who tried storming the roof of the world. He also examines how China sought to maintain a presence in Tibet, so that whenever the Great Game ended, Chinese influence would reign supreme. This presence culminated in the Chinese invasion of Tibet in the 1950s, and in a brief afterword, Hopkirk updates his compelling account of "the gatecrashers of Tibet" with a discussion of Tibet today-as a property still claimed and annexed by the Chinese. [via]More editions of Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet:
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Warriors of the Steppe: A Military History of Central Asia, 500 B.C. to 1700 A.D.by Erik HildingerISBN 1885119437 (1-885119-43-7)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Warriors of the Steppe: A Military History of Central Asia, 500 B.C. to 1700 A.D.'Book summary:The Scythians, Huns, and Mongols--some of history's fiercest fighters--get their due in this creative book by Erik Hildinger. Nobody has previously attempted to capture the military history of the various nomads who mounted their horses and wreaked constant havoc on both Asia and Europe for more than two millennia. Their remarkable archery skill and sturdy horses combined again and again to create an almost unstoppable force that well-organized but sedentary armies could not overcome. Only their inability to create political institutions in the wake of conquests prevented these people of the steppes from building empires. Finally, the advent of firearms made their highly successful methods of attack obsolete. Their legacy, however, is well rendered on the pages of Warriors of the Steppe. [via]
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Rumbo a Tartaria/Eastward to Tartaryby Robert D. KaplanISBN 8466601147 (84-666-0114-7)
Hardcover, Ediciones Urano
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