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	Odyssey Guide Kazakhstan  •  Dagmar Schreiber GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 456 PAGES A fully illustrated guide to the Central Asian nation, with essays on history, culture, architecture and nature, and plenty of practicalities. (CAS156, $29.95)
	Apples are from Kazakhstan, The Land That Disappeared  •  Christopher Robbins TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2008 •  HARD COVER  • 304 PAGES • COMING IN NOVEMBER In this richly observed portrait, the British journalist Christopher Robbins mixes tales of the Scythians and Sarmatians, of Eurasian steppe wolves and long-faced Saiga, his quest for apples and tulips, with travel, anecdote, impressions and a very evident appreciation for the diversity, beauty and future of Kazakhstan. And, yes, apples do come from Kazakhstan. Tulips too. It's a country the size of Western Europe, closed by the Tsars to foreigners in the 19th century and sealed off by the Soviets for 70 years. (CAS160, $24.00)
	The Great Game, The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia  •  Peter Hopkirk HISTORY •  1994 •  PAPER  • 565 PAGES • FAVORITE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE A spellbinding, vivid, and riveting account of the great European struggle for supremacy in Central Asia. This is a romantic, glamorous tale of intrigue, treachery and adventure that takes us over the high mountain passes and through the scorching deserts and caravan towns of the Silk Road. With meticulous scholarship and on-the-spot research, the author describes the history of this region at the core of geopolitics today. With 39 photographs and fine maps. (CAS09, $18.00)
	Kazakhstan Map  •   Gizi Map 2002 •  MAP An excellently detailed map of Kazakhstan and surrounding Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan at a scale of 1:3,000,000. (CAS107, $12.95)

	Central Asia Map  •   Nelles    •  An up-to-date shaded relief map at a scale of 1:1,750,000. (CAS37, $10.95)
	Northwest China Map  •   MapLink    •  This birds-eye map takes in the region from Dunhuang west across the Taklamakan to Almaty, Bishkek and the Pamirs. With shaded relief, archaeological sites, roads, tracks and paths, railroads and trade routes. (CHN202, $9.95)
	A Hedonist's Guide to Almaty and Astana  •  Lucy Kelaart   • GUIDEBOOK  •  The pocket guide with plenty of information on where to go and what to do covers Kazakhstan's capitals with style. (CAS158, $18.95)
	Lonely Planet Central Asia  •   Lonely Planet   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive, detailed guide to travel in the region, including Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. (CAS42, $29.99)
	Lonely Planet Central Asia Phrasebook  •  Justin Jon Rudelson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A handy pocket phrasebook, which focuses on pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler on the Silk Road. (CAS38, $8.99)
	A History of Inner Asia  •  Svat Soucek   • HISTORY  •  An admirable survey of the changing fortunes of people in the region, with chapters on Arab conquest and Chinese expansion, Mongols, Samanids, Timurids, Uzbeks, and other kingdoms and people in the region, including the 17th-19th century development of the trading cities. With 13 maps and dynastic charts. (CAS51, $36.99)
	Genghis Khan, His Life and Legacy  •  Paul Ratchnevsky  •  Thomas Nivison Haining   • HISTORY  •  A scholarly biography of the 12th-century conqueror, ably translated from the German with the general reader in mind. This landmark book offers great insight into life on the steppes of Central Asia and expansion of the Mongol empire. (MGL24, $31.95)
	Kosmos, A Portrait of the Russian Space Age  •  Svetlana Boym  •  Adam Bartos   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A portfolio of 100 photographs of the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with an essay by Harvard professor Svetlana Boym. (RUS184, $40.00)
	Religions of the Silk Road  •  Richard C. Foltz   • RELIGION  •  A scholarly survey of cultural traditions, and especially religions, along the trade routes through China and Central Asia from antiquity to the 15th century. (CAS52, $23.95)
	Sons of the Conquerors, The Rise of the Turkic World  •  Hugh Pope   • HISTORY  •  A lively, illuminating report on the Turkic speaking lands across Inner Asia from westernmost China to the Black Sea. (TKY104, $19.95)
	The Bazaar, Markets and Merchants of the Islamic World  •  Walter Weiss  •  Kurt-Michael Westermann   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  In addition to hundreds of color photos, this celebration of bazaars throughout the Islamic world includes a history of caravan trade, an overview of the setup of medinas and portraits of bazaars from Marrakech to Samarkand. (CAS36, $50.00)
	Tournament of Shadows, The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia  •  Karl Meyer  •  Shareen Blair Brysac   • HISTORY  •  Journalists Meyer and Brysac recreate the blundering, xenophobic exploits of Russia and, especially, the British in 19th-century Central Asia in this grand tale. (CAS41, $19.95)
	Hundred Thousand Fools of God  •  Theodore Levin   • MUSIC  •  An engaging account of adventures in ethnomusicology in contemporary Central Asia, Levin is a wonderful guide to musical traditions in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. With an accompanying CD featuring the traditional music of Central Asia. (CAS59, $29.95)
	In the Empire of Genghis Khan, A Journey among Nomads  •  Stanley Stewart   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  In this personal, witty account of travels across Mongolia by horse, Stewart mixes anecdote and history, capturing the warmth and spirit of the many people he encountered. The book won the Thomas Cook Travel Award in 2001. (MGL40, $14.95)
	In Xanadu, A Quest  •  William Dalrymple   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  An epic journey in the footsteps of Marco Polo through the Middle East and Central Asia to China. An intrepid traveler and entertaining writer, Dalrymple offers an anecdotal history of the people and places he encounters en route. (CAS50, $14.95)
	Khubilai Khan, His Life and Times  •  Morris Rossabi   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  This fascinating, scholarly portrait of the culture and politics of 13th-century Asia examines Khubilai Khan's rise to power, the submission of Korea and the attempted invasion of Japan. (CAS10, $22.95)
	The Lost Heart of Asia  •  Colin Thubron   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  In this classic account, Thubron recounts his travels to Samarkand, Bukhara and throughout Central Asia in the wake of the breakup of the Soviet Union. A fine writer, intrepid traveler and insightful observer, he's an outstanding guide to the history, people and culture of the region. (CAS07, $15.95)
	The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane  •  Beatrice Forbes Manz   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A portrait of the great nomadic conqueror who rose to power in 1370 on the ruins of the Mongol Empire and led campaigns from Moscow to Delhi. (CAS11, $27.99)
	God Lives in St. Petersburg, and Other Stories  •  Tom Bissell   • LITERATURE  •  Six fast-paced tales set in Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and the Aral Sea by the author of Chasing the Sea. (CAS117, $13.95)

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