Iris bucharica
This choice spring-flowering iris produces white flowers with yellow falls at the top of leafy stems. It's a vigorous plant that grows wild in North-East Afghanistan and Central Asia. The Royal Horticultural Society has given it their prestigious ... [... more]
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Antony Karasulas
For more than 2,000 years hordes of mounted nomadic archers from the vastness of the steppe and from Central Asia spewed out into China, the Middle East, and Europe. Feared and reviled, they were a formidable threat to the lands they invaded. ... [... more]
Random House |
Greg Child
The True Story of Four American Climbers' Kidnap and Escape in the Mountains of Central Asia "The climbers swept up in the events of August 2000 are people little different from the rest of us. Though their climbing skills taught them a thing or ... [... more]
Random House |
David Bullock
The Russian Civil War was the most important event of its kind in the 20th century. It changed the lives of over half a billion people and dramatically shaped the political, human and economic geography of Europe, the Far East and Central Asia. ... [... more]
Random House |
Gillian Tett
Gillian Tett was trained as a social anthropologist but became a journalist while doing fieldwork in Soviet Central Asia during the of communism in Russia. Since that time she has risen through the ranks of the Financial Times, holding positions ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
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