Central Asia
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The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide (Pulitzer Prize Finalist)
$18.00 Add to cartFinalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction
Winner of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Arthur Ross Book Award
Winner of the Lionel Gelber Prize for Best Foreign Affairs Book
Winner of the Asia- Author: Bass, Gary J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: July 15 2014
- ISBN10: 0307744620
- Language: English
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Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartPerhaps nowhere else has literature been as conscious a collective endeavor as in China, and China’s survival over three thousand years may owe more to its literary traditions than to its political hi… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Knight, Sabina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 03 2012
- ISBN10: 019539206X
- Language: English
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Lost Enlightenment: Central Asia’s Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane
$23.95 Add to cartThe forgotten story of Central Asia’s enlightenment–its rise, fall, and enduring legacy
In this sweeping and richly illustrated history, S. Frederick Starr tells the fascinating but largely unknown s- Author: Starr, S. Frederick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 680
- Publish Date: June 02 2015
- ISBN10: 0691165858
- Language: English
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The White Mosque: A Memoir
$17.95 Add to cartLonglisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
A historical tapestry of border-crossing travelers, of students, wanderers, martyrs and invaders, The White Mosque is a memoiristic, prismatic record of a- Author: Samatar, Sofia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1646222032
- Language: English
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Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
$18.95 Add to cartAn 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 So- Author: Fatland, Erika
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: July 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1643137697
- Language: English
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The Gardener of Lashkar Gah: The Afghans Who Risked Everything to Fight the Taliban
$30.00 Read more“Beautifully researched and deeply moving, [this book] brought me to tears more than once” — John Simpson, The Guardian
“First-class…exhaustively researched and sensitively written” — The Times Th- Author: Brown, Larisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1399411020
- Language: English
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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the Cia, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 (Pulitzer Pr
$23.00 Add to cartWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction – A New York Times bestseller
“The CIA itself would be hard put to beat his grasp of global events . . . Deeply satisfying.” —The New York Review of Books- Author: Coll, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: December 28 2004
- ISBN10: 0143034669
- Language: English
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The Genius of Their Age: Ibn Sina, Biruni, and the Lost Enlightenment
$30.99 Add to cartA vibrant portrait of an age when Arabic enlightenment anticipated and inspired the European Renaissance, illuminated by its guiding figures and rivals, Ibn Sina and Biruni.
In The Genius of their Age,… [more below]- Author: Starr, S. Frederick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0197675557
- Language: English
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The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World
$18.95 Add to cartCundill Prize Finalist
The Mongols are known for one thing: conquest. But in this first comprehensive history
A Financial Times Book of the Year
A Spectator Book of the Year
A Five Books Book of the Year- Author: Favereau, Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 06, 2022
- ISBN10: 0674278658
- Language: English
