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The Lost Heart of Asia
by Colin Thubron  Publisher Comments A land of enormous proportions, countless secrets, and incredible history, Central Asia--the heart of the great Mongol empire of Tamerlane, site of the legendary Silk Route and scene of Stalin's cruelest deportations--is a remote and fascinating region...
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Apples Are from Kazakhstan: The Land That Disappeared
by Christopher Robbins Publisher Comments A funny and revealing travelogue of Kazakhstan, a country rich with wild tulips, oil, nomads who hunt with golden eagles, and a disappearing landlocked sea. Closed to foreigners under Tsar and Soviet rule, Kazakhstan has remained largely hidden from the...
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The Silk Road
by Frances Wood Synopsis 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...
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Tournament of Shadows the Great Game & T
by Karl Meyer Synopsis The clandestine struggle between Russia and Britain (1800-1917) for mastery of Central Asia has long been regarded as one of the greatest geopolitical conflicts in history. These wrangles for power continued late into the 20th century and this volume...
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Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia
by Peter Hopkirk 
Publisher Comments In the 19th century, in the lonely passes of Central Asia, Czarist Russia and Victorian England grappled in deadly embrace. Players called it "the Great Game." "Game" it may have been, but as Russia pushed south, Britain countered with military force...
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Tribal Nations : Making of Soviet Turkmenistan (04 Edition)
by Adrienne Lynn Edgar Publisher Comments On October 27, 1991, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic declared its independence from the Soviet Union. Hammer and sickle gave way to a flag, a national anthem, and new holidays. Seven decades earlier, Turkmenistan had been a stateless conglomeration...
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Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia
by Ahmed Rashid
Synopsis An exploration of the five Central Asian republics adjacent to Afghanistan - Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Based on research and interviews, it explains the roots of militant rage in Central Asia and suggests ways in...
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Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
by Ahmed Rashid Publisher Comments Correspondent Ahmed Rashid brings the shadowy world of the Taliban--the world's most extreme and radical Islamic organization--into sharp focus in this enormously insightful book. He offers the only authoritative account of the Taliban available to...
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New Central Asia : the Creation of Nations (00 - Old Edition)
by Olivier Roy Publisher Comments Praise for The Failure of Political Islam: "A daring exploration. This book is a corrective of stunning power." --Boston Book Review "This book is essential reading for all interested in the late 20th century evolution of movements of religious activism...
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The Azerbaijani Turks: Power and Identity Under Russian Rule (Studies of Nationalities)
by Audrey L Altstadt Synopsis This is the first comprehensive account of Azerbaijan's rich and tumultuous history up to the present time. The Azerbaijan Republic is situated where ancient Media once stood, a territory invaded and influenced by Persian king Cyrus the Great, Alexander...
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Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus
by Robert D Kaplan Publisher Comments At its peak, the Ottoman empire stretched from Hungary to the Gulf of Aden to the Caspian Sea. Informed by a lifetime of travel and exploration, Eastward to Tartary takes you on a spellbinding journey into the heart of that still-unsettled region, a...
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The Khyber Pass: A History of Empire and Invasion
by Paddy Docherty Publisher Comments Combining personal travelogue with history, Paddy Docherty chronicles the story of the Khyber Pass, the gorge separating Afghanistan from Pakistan and northern India that has been the path of invasion for generations of conquerors. Docherty paints a...
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Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia
by Ahmed Rashid Publisher Comments Ahmed Rashid, whose masterful account of Afghanistan's Taliban regime became required reading after September 11, turns his legendary skills as an investigative journalist to five adjacent Central Asian Republics-Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan...
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Civil Society in Central Asia
by M Holt Ruffin Synopsis Central Asia, known as the home of Tamerlane and the Silk Road, is a crossroads of great cultures and civilizations. In 1991 five nations at the heart of the region -- Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan -- suddenly became...
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Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia
by Karl E Meyer Publisher Comments From the romantic conflicts of the Victorian Great Game to the war-torn history of the region in recent decades, Tournament of Shadows traces the struggle for control of Central Asia and Tibet from the 1830s to the present. The original Great Game, the...
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Everyday Life in Central Asia: Past and Present
by Jeff Sahadeo Synopsis A lively reader on the peoples and cultures of Central Asia...
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Tournament of Shadows
by Karl Meyer Publisher Comments The original Great Game (1800–1917), the clandestine struggle between Russia and Britain for mastery of Central Asia, has long been regarded as one of the greatest geopolitical conflicts in history. The prize, control of the vast Eurasian heartland,...
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Tamerlane's Children: Dispatches from Contemporary Uzbekistan
by Robert Rand Synopsis In the central park of Tashkent, in a place the Uzbeks call the square, a magnificent statue of a mounted warrior dominates the surroundings - Tamerlane - national hero of post-Soviet Uzbekistan. And yet how does this 14th century conqueror reflect one...
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Central Asia's Second Chance
by Martha Brill Olcott Synopsis A leading authority on Central Asia offers a sweeping review of the regions path from independence to the post-9/11 world. The first decade of Central Asian independence was disappointing for those who envisioned a straightforward transition from Soviet...
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Like Hidden Fire: The Plot to Bring Down the British Empire
by Peter Hopkirk Publisher Comments A GRIPPING STORY OF IMPERIAL AMBITION, SWASHBUCKLING ADVENTURE, AND THE KAISER'S OWN JIHAD. 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...
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