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  • CHASING THE SEA: Being a Narrative of a Journey Through Uzbekistan, Including Descriptions of Life Therein, Culminating With an Arrival at the Aral Sea, the World's Worst Man-made Ecological Catastrophe. by Bissell, Tom.
    Bissell, Tom.
    CHASING THE SEA: Being a Narrative of a Journey Through Uzbekistan, Including Descriptions of Life Therein, Culminating With an Arrival at the Aral Sea, the World's Worst Man-made Ecological Catastrophe.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pantheon, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - In 1960 the Aral Sea was the size of Lake Michigan, a huge body of water in the middle of the deserts of central Asia; by 1996 it had shrunk to 1/3 its former size and it continues to shrink. A fascinating look at the people and land of Uzekhistan, including the ancient silk road cities of Samarkand, Tashkent and Bukhara, but ultimately a sobering account of an incredible ecological disaster. SIGNED and dated on the title page. Glossary, bibliography, index. Map endpapers. 388 pp. ISBN: 0-375-421300.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 54046
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  • GRANNY HAMRO'S FAIRY TALES. by Blinov, Gennadi.
    Blinov, Gennadi.
    GRANNY HAMRO'S FAIRY TALES.

    Edition: First edition.

    Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1985. Hardcover first edition - Granny Hamro lives in a small village in and makes brightly painted clay animal toys for the children. This recounts a story behind some of the figures: how a ram and a horse outwitted a hungry lion. Colorfully illustrated by Vladimir Levinson; translated from the Russian by Anatole Belenko. Large format (9 in by 11.5 in). 20 pp. ISBN: 5-050000300.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated boards.

    Book ID: 89822
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  • THROUGH BLACK EYES: Journeys of A Black Artist To East Africa and Russia. by Fax, Elton C.
    Fax, Elton C.
    THROUGH BLACK EYES: Journeys of A Black Artist To East Africa and Russia.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dodd, Mead, (1974) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of Fax's trips first to African - to Uganda, Northern Sudan, Ethopia, Tanzania - and then to Moscow and the then Soviet Republic of Uzbekistan. "In each of these exotic areas, so different in many respects, he was to find the history of oppression by colonialism, as it had occurred in similar ways among his own people at home. Everywhere he went the artist in Elton Fax recorded with beautiful drawings, even as the text did in words, what he saw with his own discerning eyes to produce a fascinating parts of the world." Illustrated with drawings by the author/artist. Index. x, 203 pp. ISBN: 0-396068421.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (short closed tears to dj, minor edgewear)

    Book ID: 61477
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  • JIHAD: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia. by Rashid, Ahmed
    Rashid, Ahmed
    JIHAD: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, (2002). First edition - A study of the five Central Asian republics - Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan - which were part of the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991. Although rich in both cultural heritage and natural resources - including massive oil reservoirs - Central Asia remains desperately poor and frighteningly volatile. Religious repression, political corruption, and the regions extreme poverty (unemployment rates exceed 80 percent in some areas) have created a fertile climate for militant Islamic fundamentalism. Maps, notes, glossary, index. xiv, 271 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 84138
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  • THE LOST HEART OF ASIA. by Thubron, Colin.
    Thubron, Colin.
    THE LOST HEART OF ASIA.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: William Heinemann, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book on the newly-emergent countries of central Asia which contain the magical cities of Bukhara and Samarkand, the Kazakh Steppes, the deserts of Karakum and the Pamir Mountains. The five Central Asian republics - the five "Stans": Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan - cut loose from Moscow in the fall oft the Soviet Union, discover that their newly found freedom plays tug-o-war with despair and a nostalgia for the certainties of the Soviet past. "Thubron finds the heart of Asia in the hearts of its people, swimming in a sea of tea, vodka, and hospitality. From the oldest-known Quran to a deserted Soviet naval base on the shores…

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    London: William Heinemann, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book on the newly-emergent countries of central Asia which contain the magical cities of Bukhara and Samarkand, the Kazakh Steppes, the deserts of Karakum and the Pamir Mountains. The five Central Asian republics - the five "Stans": Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan - cut loose from Moscow in the fall oft the Soviet Union, discover that their newly found freedom plays tug-o-war with despair and a nostalgia for the certainties of the Soviet past. "Thubron finds the heart of Asia in the hearts of its people, swimming in a sea of tea, vodka, and hospitality. From the oldest-known Quran to a deserted Soviet naval base on the shores of a high mountain lake 1,500 miles from the ocean (used to test torpedoes far from spying eyes), [his] writing echoes the melancholy emptiness of the wide spaces he passes through. . . a rare meeting of a marvelous writer and a mysterious land.(Ken Peavler) Maps. Index. 374 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-434779768.

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    Condition: Near fine in a very near fine dust jacket (toning to the pages).

    Book ID: 86416
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