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]
BBC |
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 |
Simon Sebag Montefiore
Simon Sebag Montefiore, who was born in 1965, read history at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. He spent much of the nineties traveling through the former Soviet empire, particularly the Caucasus, Ukraine and Central Asia, covering their wars ... [... more]
Random House |
Larry Frolick
With the grim determination of an unrepentant rocker, Larry Frolick sets off on a 12,000-mile trek across Central Asia, brooding over the fate of its lost civilizations. From Kiev, Crimean Tartary, and Moscow, through the nomadic homelands of ... [... 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 |
Tibet 2008 Wall Calendar
 Home to Mt. Everest and occupying the plateau and mountainous region of Central Asia, Tibet is often called the rooftop of the world. The ancient arts from this autonomous region of China are rooted in its religious history. This wall calendar will [... more]
Calendar Club CA |
Tibet 2009 Wall Calendar
Tibet Wall Calendar: Home to Mt. Everest and occupying the plateau and mountainous region of Central Asia, Tibet is often called the rooftop of the world. The ancient arts from this autonomous region of China are rooted in its religious history. Th [... more]
Calendar Club CA |
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