1994, ISBN: 9780434779765

[ED: Hard-Cover], [PU: Heinemann], Schutzumschlag und Buch mit sehr geringen Lesespuren The Lost Heart of Asia is Colin Thubron's long-awaited travel book on the countries of Central Asi… More...

[ED: Hard-Cover], [PU: Heinemann], Schutzumschlag und Buch mit sehr geringen Lesespuren The Lost Heart of Asia is Colin Thubron's long-awaited travel book on the countries of Central Asia which emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union. This remote and fascinating region contains the magical cities of Bukhara and Samarkand, and terrain as diverse as the Kazakh steppes, the Karakum desert and the Pamir mountains. As in his classic work on China, Behind the Wall, Colin Thubron portrays — with rare beauty and distinction —a world on the point of change. Central Asia is an enormous land, bigger than Western Europe, secret, turned in on itself, heart of the great Mongol empire of Tamerlane, route of the Silk Road and scene of Stalin's cruellest deportations. Colin Thubron travelled by train, bus, car and foot throughout its five republics, and this is the story of his encounters with their people, landscape and past. Central Asia has become crucially important with the arrival of its independence. So, behind the excitement of the journey, The Lost Heart of Asia is a search into the region's fragmented identity. Will it fall prey to the Moslem fundamentalism of its neighbour, Iran, or revert to Communism, or move towards capitalism? Colin Thubron met every kind of inhabitant from Islamit students to workers, academics, artists and farmers, slept in their homes and listened to their thoughts. He is one of the greatest of living travel writers; and The Lost Heart of Asia, perhaps his most brilliant achievement, paints a rich, sympathetic and complex picture of a changing land. lt is, above all, a seductive travel book — full of the sights, sounds and smells of this cxtraordinar, DE, [SC: 2.25], leichte Gebrauchsspuren, privates Angebot, [GW: 617g], Banküberweisung, Internationaler Versand, [CT: Englischsprachige Bücher / Länder/Reisen (englisch)]<

1994, ISBN: 0434779768

[EAN: 9780434779765], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.06], [PU: Cornerstone, United Kingdom, London], COLIN THUBRON THE LOST HEART OF ASIA, Thubron's first travel book since Behind … More...

[EAN: 9780434779765], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.06], [PU: Cornerstone, United Kingdom, London], COLIN THUBRON THE LOST HEART OF ASIA, Thubron's first travel book since Behind the Wall (winner of the Hawthornden Prize and the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award) describes the newly emergent countries of Central Asia, originally part of the Soviet Union. They contain the magical cities of Bukhara, Samarkand and Tashkent, the Kazakh steppes, the deserts of Karakum and the Pamir mountains. North of Iran and west of China, east of the Caspian Sea, this is an enormous land, as big as Western Europe, heart of the great Mongol Empire of Tamerlane, route of the silk roads and scene of Stalin's most devilish deportations. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<

1994, ISBN: 9780434779765

London: William Heinemann, 1994. Hardback. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little wear to the edges of the dust wrapper. Pages lightly age-tanned.. First edition (first pr… More...

London: William Heinemann, 1994. Hardback. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little wear to the edges of the dust wrapper. Pages lightly age-tanned.. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (blue boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 9½” x 6¼” (1 kg); 374pp; Index; Contains: Maps (1); Maps to the endpapers and blanks; ISBN: 0-434-77976-8 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #198958|| Condition:, London: William Heinemann, 1994, 3<

1994, ISBN: 9780434779765

William Heinemann Ltd. Hardcover. Used; Good. **Simply Brit** Shipped with Premium postal service within 24 hours from the UK with impressive delivery time. We have dispatched from our … More...

William Heinemann Ltd. Hardcover. Used; Good. **Simply Brit** Shipped with Premium postal service within 24 hours from the UK with impressive delivery time. We have dispatched from our book depository; items of good condition to over ten million satisfied customers worldwide. We are committed to providing you with reliable and efficient service at all times. 09/26/1994, William Heinemann Ltd, 2.5<