Ceceri, Kathy.
Summary: Describes the history, geography, culture, and people of the legendary trade route that extended between China and the Mediterranean Sea.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nomad Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 950 CECOllivier, Bernard
Summary: The Road to Samarkand is journalist Bernard Ollivier’s stunning, true-to-life account of the second part of his 7,200-mile walk from Istanbul to Xi’an, China along the Silk Road--the longest and perhaps most mythical trade route of all time. Picking up where Out of Istanbul left off, Ollivier heads out of the Middle East and into Central Asia, grappling not only with his own will to continue...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915 OLLHarris, 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, Call number: 915.804 HARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARRIS, KATE HARSummary: A war correspondent for the AP news agency is the guide on the trade route that for centuries linked the Far East to the West. Experience the fascinating tour through six countries encountering specialists, historians and people with a passion who will help the viewer learn the past and present identities of those countries. From Venice to Turkey to Xi₂an to China, rediscover the Silk Road.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Travels through five countries along the Silk Road between China and Turkey, featuring the cultures, modern traditions, and histories of the regions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Questar, Inc. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.1 SILJun, Nie
Summary: "Xinyue and his brother are seekers, hunting Aweto--a rare, plantlike treasure--along the Silk Road. When Xinyue discovers the child of a deity that creates Aweto, it disrupts his already turbulent life"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 SEECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA GRAPHIC SEEJarman, Cat
Summary: An acclaimed bioarchaeologist traces the path of an ancient piece of jewelry found in a Viking grave in England back to eighth-century Baghdad and India, explaining that the Vikings' route may have been far more varied than previously known.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 948.022 JARMori, Kaoru
Summary: "Mr. Smith keeps on his journey retracing his steps, stopping next at a seaside village where he is greeted by a pair of enthusiastic young brides! Laila and Leily are eager to prove themselves as capable hostesses, but failing in the attempt could have serious social consequences. As the twins scramble in the kitchen, the discussion around the table turns to recent rumors of danger in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BRIFrankopan, Peter
Summary: "Our world was made on and by the Silk Roads. For millennia it was here that East and West encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas and cultures, the birth of the world's great religions, the appetites for foreign goods that drove economies and the growth of nations. From the first cities in Mesopotamia to the growth of Greece and Rome to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 FRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 909 FRAMajor, John S.
Summary: Traces the history and purpose of the legendary trade route between China and Byzantium during the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618-906).
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTrophy 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 950.1 MAJCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 950.1 MAJSummary: Over the past sixteen years, an extraordinary group of musicians has come together to celebrate the universal power of music. Named for the ancient trade route linking Asia, Africa, and Europe, the Silk Road Ensemble, an international collective created by legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma, exemplifies music's ability to blur international boundaries, blend disparate cultures, and inspire hope for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MUSKwasny, Melissa
Summary: "Kwasny investigates the cultural history of fashion, traveling the globe to gather firsthand accounts of traditions and manufacturing methods, from aboriginal to modern, as she investigates the phenomenology of silk, skin, wool, feathers, and pearls, long coveted materials that even today are regarded as precious and luxurious"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Trinity University Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391.009 KWAThubron, Colin
Summary: A journey along the greatest land route on earth: out of the heart of China into the mountains of Central Asia, across northern Afghanistan and the plains of Iran and into Kurdish Turkey, Colin Thubron covers some seven thousand miles in eight months. Making his way by local bus, truck, car, donkey cart and camel, he travels from the tomb of the Yellow Emperor to the ancient port of Antioch....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Trav Wor ThubronVenables, Jane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: David & Charles 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.6 VENBernstein, Richard
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 2001
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 915.04 BERMontano, Judith Baker.
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Publisher / Publication Date: C&T Pub. 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.44 MONMori, Kaoru
Summary: "Having reached his destination in Ankara, Smith is not only reunited with his old friend, but also Talas, the woman he briefly stayed with on his journey. An agreement was made, and now Smith must travel back to Amir and Karluk with his new companions and newly acquired camera. However, the roads back are perilous as war approaches..."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BRIPrasad, Aarathi
Summary: "In a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex story of the queen of fabrics. Through the scientists who have studied silk, and the biology of the animals from which it has been drawn, Prasad explores the global, natural, and cultural history (and future) of a unique material that has fascinated the world for thousands of years"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 677 PRAContents: Introduction -- Silk Road, ancient and contemporary / Elizabeth Ten Grotenhuis -- Conversation with Yo-Yo Ma / Yo-Yo Ma and Theodore Levin -- Melodic migration in northwest China / Bright Sheng -- Fashioned from fiber / Elizabeth Barber -- Astrology and a Japanese Star Mandala / Elizabeth Ten Grotenhuis -- Sacred sites along the Silk Road / photographs by Kenro Izu, text by Debra Diamond --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 950 ALOAlford, Jeffrey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan 2008
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 641.5951 ALFCiotti, Donatella.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Finlay, Victoria
Summary: From our earliest ancestors to babies born today, fabric is a necessary part of our everyday lives, but it's also an opportunity for creativity, symbolism, culture and connection. Traveling across the world and bringing history to life, bestselling author Victoria Finlay investigates how and why people have made and used cloth. A century ago in Wales, women would sew their own funeral clothes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.09 FINMartin, Catherine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lark Books 1991