Rashid, Ahmed.
Summary: The terrorist attacks of September 11 have turned the world's attention to areas of the globe about which we know very little. The author turns his skills as an investigative journalist to the five Central Asian republics adjacent to Afghanistan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 958.04 RASKaplan, Robert D.
Summary: "The Greater Middle East, the vast region between the Mediterranean and China encompassing much of the Arab world, parts of northern Africa, and Asia, existed for millennia as the crossroads of empire: Macedonian, Mongol, Ottoman, Russian, British. But with the dissolution of empires in the twentieth century, postcolonial states have struggled to maintain stability in the face of power...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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Summary: V jetom sbornike rabot velikogo russkogo hudozhnika, puteshestvennika, myslitelja N.K. Reriha predstavleny proizvedenija raznyh zhanrov – belye stihi, filosofskie pritchi, rasskazy, ocherki, aforizmy. Tematika jetih rabot raznoobrazna – ot legend i pritch do rasskazov o tainstvennyh javlenijah prirody; ot osnov filosofskih uchenij Vostoka do mudryh sovetov i naputstvij. Odno neizmenno: o chem...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sov. Fond Rerikhov, T͡Sentr-muzeĭ im. N.K. Rerikha 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 491.7 ROERoerich, Nicholas
Summary: Nikolaj Konstantinovich Rerih rodilsja (27 sentjabrja) 9 oktjabrja 1874 goda v Peterburge v sem'e notariusa. Do 1897 goda Nikolaj uchilsja v Akademii hudozhestv u Kuindzhi, a takzhe v studii Kormona v Parizhe. Pozzhe Rerih byl chlenom ob#edinenija «Mir iskusstva». S detskih let Reriha vlekli zhivopis', arheologija, istorija no, prezhde vsego, bogatejshee kul'turnoe nasledie Vostoka. Vse jeto,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: "Vieda" 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 491.7 ROEKrakauer, Jon.
Summary: Greg Mortensen, best selling author of Three Cups of Tea, may not be all that he appears to be according to author Jon Krakauer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 361.74 KRASummary: An amazing 53-day journey spanning 12,000 kilometers from Istanbujl, Turkey to Xian, China. Follow the riders as they travel the roads and tracks of the ancient traders and their caravans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Globe Riders. 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SILO'Brian, Patrick
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OBRFraser, George MacDonald
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf; [distributed by Random House] 1973
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FRAContents: disc 1. Steppes and peoples ; The rise of the Steppe nomads ; Early nomads and China ; The Han Emperors and Xiongnu at war ; Scythians, Greeks, and Persians ; The Parthians -- disc 2. Kushans, Sacae, and the Silk Road ; Rome and the Sarmatians ; Trade across the Tarim Basin ; Buddhism, Manichaeism, and Christianity ; Rome and the Huns ; Attila the Hun, scourge of God -- disc 3. Sassanid Shahs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 950 BARFatland, Erika
Summary: An unforgettable journey through Central Asia, one of the most mysterious and history-laden regions of the world. Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan became free of the Soviet Union in 1991. But though they are new to modern statehood, this is a region rich in ancient history, culture, and landscapes unlike anywhere else in the world. Traveling alone, Erika Fatland...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.804 FATHarris, Kate
Summary: As a teenager, Kate Harris realized that the career she craved--to be an explorer, equal parts swashbuckler and metaphysician--had gone extinct. From what she could tell of the world from small-town Ontario, the likes of Marco Polo and Magellan had mapped the whole earth; there was nothing left to be discovered. Looking beyond this planet, she decided to become a scientist and go to Mars. In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey Street Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARRIS, KATE HARArtist Not Provided
Summary: Follows the travels and travails of Ibn Battuta as he set out from Morocco in 1325 to journey to Mecca for his first Hajj and on to other Asian and African cities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2011
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JOUMori, Kaoru
Summary: As she and her husband adjust to their arranged marriage, Amir strives to find her role as she settles into a new life and a new home in a society quick to define that role for her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2011
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Summary: Myths & Legends retells the stories central to every culture that have been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years. Coverage extends from the well-known tales of the Ancient Greeks, which hold the key to the origin of such phrases as "Achille's heel," to the lesser-known, but richly colorful, myths of the Americas and the East. Topic spreads explore characters and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 WILChoy, Catherine Ceniza
Summary: "Asian American Histories of the United States illuminates how an over-century-long history of Asian migration, labor, and community formation in the United States is fundamental to understanding the American experience and its existential crises of the early twenty-first century"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0495 CHOLawrence, Sandra
Summary: A whimsical and imaginative catalog of fantastical beasts and creatures of myth and legend from around the world-complete with a code that needs cracking to uncover the mystery of the monster atlas! -- amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press Kids 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.24 LAWSummary: For many governments in the new political landscape of Central Asia, supporting America's war on terror translates into a dangerous internal juggling act. This Wide Angle documentary examines the uneasy relationship between forces aligned against the Taliban and the drug lords who control the cultivation of much of the world's heroin. With militias and tribal factions diluting centralized...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Winn, Patrick
Summary: "Nestled in the Golden Triangle of China, Burma, and Nepal, the Wa nation has existed and thrived for over five decades. Like mountain peoples from Chechnya to the Ozarks, the Wa like to do things their own way. A tribal authority called the United Wa State Army (or UWSA) controls their native terrain. The UWSA makes laws, defends the motherland, and builds roads and schools. It even issues...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2024
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Summary: With this vibrant and illuminating travelogue that shows just how much the world has changed in the 30 years since he wrote "The great railway bazaar," Theroux returns to the rails of Eastern Europe, Central Asia, India, China, Japan, and Siberia for an exceptionally detailed and entertaining update that will entice fans and newcomers alike.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 915.04 THEHansen, Valerie
Summary: "In history, myth often abides. It was long assumed that the centuries immediately prior to AD 1000 were lacking in any major cultural developments or geopolitical encounters, that the Europeans hadn't yet discovered North America, that the farthest anyone had traveled over sea was the Vikings' invasion of Britain. But how, then, to explain the presence of blonde-haired people in Mayan temple...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 HANDickmann, Nancy
Summary: Unearth our ancient world, continent by continent, with this amazing kids atlas. Explore over 40 historical cultures, societies and civilizations from across the planet. Mind-blowing maps bring history to life and show the rise and fall of mighty empires over time. Plus discover where the remains of our planet's ancient history can be found today! From the Persian Empire to Ancient China, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Publications 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 930 DICLee, Erika.
Summary: "The definitive history of Asian Americans by one of the nation's preeminent scholars on the subject. In the past fifty years, Asian Americans have helped change the face of America and are now the fastest growing group in the United States. But as award-winning historian Erika Lee reminds us, Asian Americans also have deep roots in the country. The Making of Asian America tells the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 LEEWong, Cecily
Summary: "Taste the World! It's truly a feast of wonder: Created by the ever-curious minds behind Atlas Obscura, this breathtaking guide transforms our sense of what people around the world eat and drink. Covering all seven continents, Gastro Obscura serves up a loaded plate of incredible ingredients, food adventures, and edible wonders. Ready for a beer made from fog in Chile? Sardinia's "Threads of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3 WONBodden, Valerie
Summary: Explores the appearance, behavior, and habitat of snow leopards, big cats from Central Asia who cannot roar, and offers a story from folklore explaining why their fur has spots.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education, Creative Paperbacks 2022