ENGLISH

The Lost Heart of Asia

By Colin Thubron

Book information

Publisher
Harper Perennial
Year
2011
ISBN
0061577677, 9780061577673, 0060182261, 9780062104724
LCC
DS527.8 .T47 1994
Google Books ID
OpU-Gdu2oaoC
Open Library ID
OL1088909M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2508959 bytes)
Pages
\0
Time added
2012-02-14 18:00:00

Description

A land of enormous proportions, countless secrets, and incredible history, Central Asia was the heart of the great Mongol empire of Tamerlane and scene of Stalin's cruelest deportations. A remote and fascinating region in a constant state of transition—never more so than since the collapse of the Soviet Union—it encompasses terrain as diverse as the Kazakh steppes, the Karakum desert, and the Pamir mountains. In The Lost Heart of Asia, acclaimed, bestselling travel writer Colin Thubron carries readers on an extraordinary journey through this little understood, rarely visited, yet increasingly important corner of the world.

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