Tuesday, September 7, 2010

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Asia

Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia

August 12, 2010

Product DescriptionIn 1960, the Aral Sea was the size of Lake Michigan: a huge body of water in the deserts of Central Asia. By 1996, when Tom Bissell arrived in Uzbekistan as a naïve Peace Corps volunteer, disastrous Soviet irrigation policies had shrunk the sea to a third its size. Bissell lasted only a few [...]

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Silk Road to Ruin: Is Central Asia the New Middle East?

August 4, 2010

ISBN13: 9781561634545 Condition: USED – Very Good Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed Product DescriptionAt a year-end publishers’ party at the zenith of the roaring 1990s, the editor of a “laddie” men’s magazine asked his newest staff [...]

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Healthy Travel: Asia & India

July 15, 2010

Product DescriptionGetting the most out of a trip to Central and South America means staying healthy. This user-friendly book is an indispensible guide to minimizing health risks for travelers throughout the region, from Mexico to Patagonia.Clear guidelines on treating common travel illnessesEssential guidelines on coping with high altitudeHow to recognize and avoid wildlife hazards, from [...]

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Ultimate Journey: Retracing the Path of an Ancient Buddhist Monk Who Crossed Asia in Search of Enlightenment

June 25, 2010

Product DescriptionRichard Bernstein’s story of his long journey through Asia is at once a memoir of adventurous travel and a record of cultural discovery and spiritual quest. In the year 629, a greatly revered Chinese Buddhist monk, Hsuan Tsang, set out across Asia in search of the Buddhist Truth, to settle what he called the [...]

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The Lost Heart of Asia

June 1, 2010

ISBN13: 9780061577673 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product Description A land of enormous proportions, countless secrets, and incredible history, Central Asia was the heart of the great Mongol empire of Tamerlane and scene of Stalin’s cruelest deportations. A remote and fascinating region in a constant state of transition—never more so [...]

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My Journey to Lhasa: The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City

May 24, 2010

ISBN13: 9780060596552 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product Description An exemplary travelogue of danger and achievement by the Frenchwoman Madame Alexandra David–Neel of her 1923 expedition to Tibet, the fifth in her series of Asian travels, and her personal recounting of her journey to Lhasa, Tibet’s forbidden city. In order [...]

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On the Grand Trunk Road: A Journey into South Asia

May 12, 2010

ISBN13: 9780143115199 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionAvailable for the first time in paperback, Steve Coll’s trek across a socially and politically damaged South Asia Bestselling author Steve Coll is one of the preeminent journalists of the twenty-first century. His last two books, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars and [...]

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Central Asia

April 24, 2010

ISBN13: 9781741046144 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionDiscover Central Asia Lose yourself among the blue domes and mosaics of the Registan in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Play Marco Polo, exploring Silk Road forts while bathed in the light of the snowcapped Hindu Kush in the Wakhan Valley, Tajikistan. Watch a Kyrgyz [...]

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