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Journeys on the Silk Road

Author : Joyce Morgan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762787333
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (627 download)

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Download or read book Journeys on the Silk Road written by Joyce Morgan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-08-22 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a Chinese monk broke into a hidden cave in 1900, he uncovered one of the world’s great literary secrets: a time capsule from the ancient Silk Road. Inside, scrolls were piled from floor to ceiling, undisturbed for a thousand years. The gem within was the Diamond Sutra of AD 868. This key Buddhist teaching, made 500 years before Gutenberg inked his press, is the world’s oldest printed book. The Silk Road once linked China with the Mediterranean. It conveyed merchants, pilgrims and ideas. But its cultures and oases were swallowed by shifting sands. Central to the Silk Road’s rediscovery was a man named Aurel Stein, a Hungarian-born scholar and archaeologist employed by the British service. Undaunted by the vast Gobi Desert, Stein crossed thousands of desolate miles with his fox terrier Dash. Stein met the Chinese monk and secured the Diamond Sutra and much more. The scroll’s journey—by camel through arid desert, by boat to London’s curious scholars, by train to evade the bombs of World War II—merges an explorer’s adventures, political intrigue, and continued controversy. The Diamond Sutra has inspired Jack Kerouac and the Dalai Lama. Its journey has coincided with the growing appeal of Buddhism in the West. As the Gutenberg Age cedes to the Google Age, the survival of the Silk Road’s greatest treasure is testament to the endurance of the written word.

The Last Secrets of the Silk Road

Author : Countess Alexandra Tolstoy
Publisher : Lyons Press
ISBN 13 : 9781592282012
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book The Last Secrets of the Silk Road written by Countess Alexandra Tolstoy and published by Lyons Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four young Englishwomen retrace the ancient Silk Road--4,500 miles in eight months by horse and camel.

The Silk Road

Author : Frances Wood
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520243408
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book The Silk Road written by Frances Wood and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This gorgeously illustrated oversized book brings the history and cultures of the Silk Road alive -- from its beginnings to the present day -- covering more than 5000 years.

Secrets of the Silk Road

Author : Shah Rukh
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Secrets of the Silk Road written by Shah Rukh and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-12-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Secrets of the Silk Road: A Kid's Guide to Ancient Trade" is a delightful adventure for young readers, offering a vivid exploration of the ancient Silk Road. With engaging storytelling, this book unveils the secrets of this historic trade route, bringing to life the diverse cultures, exotic goods, and fascinating stories of merchants and traders who journeyed along its paths. It's an educational and entertaining guide that sparks curiosity and transports children to a bygone era of exploration and discovery.

Shadow of the Silk Road

Author : Colin Thubron
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061809624
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Shadow of the Silk Road written by Colin Thubron and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shadow of the Silk Road records a journey along the greatest land route on earth. Out of the heart of China into the mountains of Central Asia, across northern Afghanistan and the plains of Iran and into Kurdish Turkey, Colin Thubron covers some seven thousand miles in eight months. Making his way by local bus, truck, car, donkey cart and camel, he travels from the tomb of the Yellow Emperor, the mythic progenitor of the Chinese people, to the ancient port of Antioch—in perhaps the most difficult and ambitious journey he has undertaken in forty years of travel. The Silk Road is a huge network of arteries splitting and converging across the breadth of Asia. To travel it is to trace the passage not only of trade and armies but also of ideas, religions and inventions. But alongside this rich and astonishing past, Shadow of the Silk Road is also about Asia today: a continent of upheaval. One of the trademarks of Colin Thubron's travel writing is the beauty of his prose; another is his gift for talking to people and getting them to talk to him. Shadow of the Silk Road encounters Islamic countries in many forms. It is about changes in China, transformed since the Cultural Revolution. It is about false nationalisms and the world's discontented margins, where the true boundaries are not political borders but the frontiers of tribe, ethnicity, language and religion. It is a magnificent and important account of an ancient world in modern ferment.

Secrets of the Silk Road

Author : Larry Andrews
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780976763123
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (631 download)

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Download or read book Secrets of the Silk Road written by Larry Andrews and published by . This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along this captivating journey, Larry Andrews encounters a strange amulet, Hindu holy men, Buddhist monks, ancient sacred books and a hidden monastery at the edge of the Gobi Desert. A series of bizarre clues ultimately leads the author to the desert where he undergoes an intense period of spiritual reconditioning, returning home a changed man-a happy man-and a man with the sacred books and diaries of his incredible adventure in Central Asia. Book jacket.

The Silk Road

Author : Kathy Ceceri
Publisher : Nomad Press
ISBN 13 : 1619300648
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book The Silk Road written by Kathy Ceceri and published by Nomad Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Roman times until the Age of Exploration, the Silk Road carried goods and ideas across Central Asia between two major centers of civilization, the Mediterranean Sea and China. In The Silk Road: Explore the World’s Most Famous Trade Route, readers ages 9–12 will learn about the history, geography, culture, and people of the Silk Road region. Marco Polo was just one of many who set out on the Silk Road in search of wealth, power, or knowledge. These adventurers braved vast deserts, towering mountain peaks, warring tribes, and marauding bandits. Silk garments, wool rugs, and fine glass were the prizes for those who survived the trip. Activities using everyday materials bring the Silk Road to life. Young readers will see how ideas in math, science, religion, and art were spread by travelers along with the treasures they found. The Silk Road takes readers on an exciting, interactive adventure to a faraway place and celebrates its important role in human history and development. .

Last Secrets of the Silk Road

Author : Countess Alexandra Tolstoy
Publisher : Lyons Press
ISBN 13 : 9781592286621
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (866 download)

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Download or read book Last Secrets of the Silk Road written by Countess Alexandra Tolstoy and published by Lyons Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four young Englishwomen retrace the ancient Silk Road - 4,500 miles in eight months by horse and camel.

Secrets of the Silk Road

Author : Anouk van der Meer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book Secrets of the Silk Road written by Anouk van der Meer and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Silk Road Vegetarian

Author : Dahlia Abraham-Klein
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462914160
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Silk Road Vegetarian written by Dahlia Abraham-Klein and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Kudos for Dahlia's beautiful Silk Road Vegetarian cookbook. Its food and lore are vibrant, evocative, and colorful, as are the pictures of the dishes and family gatherings. Each dish is as simple and wholesome as it is delicious. The book spans several cultures and cuisines while always remaining straightforward and within reach. All this and perfectly vegetarian and gluten-free. All I can say is WOW! You'll be eating your veggies, I guarantee it!--Levana Kirschenbaum (www.levanacooks.com), celebrity chef and author of The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen and Levana Cooks Dairy Free!"

Foreign Devils on the Silk Road

Author : Peter Hopkirk
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192802118
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Foreign Devils on the Silk Road written by Peter Hopkirk and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it travelled precious cargoes of silk, gold, and ivory, as well as revolutionary new ideas. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of Buddhist art and learning. In time it began to decline. The traffic slowed, the merchants left, and finally its towns vanished beneath the desert sands to be forgotten for a thousand years. But legends grew up of lost cities filled with treasurees and guarded by demons. In the early years of the 20th century, foreign explorers began to investigate these legends, and very soon an international race began for the art treasures of the Silk Road. Huge wall paintings, sculptures, and priceless manuscripts were carried away, literally by the ton, and are today scattered through the museums of a dozen countries. Peter Hopkirk tells the story of the intrepid men who, at great personal risk, led these long-range archaeological raids, incurring the undying wrath of the Chinese.

Secrets of the Silk Road

Author : Bowers Museum of Cultural Art. Santa Ana, Calif..
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (699 download)

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Download or read book Secrets of the Silk Road written by Bowers Museum of Cultural Art. Santa Ana, Calif.. and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Silk and Secrets

Author : Mary Jo Putney
Publisher : NAL
ISBN 13 : 9780451204905
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Silk and Secrets written by Mary Jo Putney and published by NAL. This book was released on 2001-10-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "remarkable" (Romantic Times) novel in the dramatic Silk trilogy. "Wonderful." -Nora Roberts "Terrific." -Jayne Ann Krentz

Flora of the Silk Road

Author : Basak Gardner
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
ISBN 13 : 9781780769417
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (694 download)

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Download or read book Flora of the Silk Road written by Basak Gardner and published by I.B. Tauris. This book was released on 2014-12-23 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revealing the most spectacular floral region on earth.

A Short History of the Silk Road

Author : Jonathan Clements
Publisher : Haus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1907973826
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book A Short History of the Silk Road written by Jonathan Clements and published by Haus Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Silk Road is not a place, but a journey, a route from the edges of the Mediterranean to the central plains of China, through high mountains and inhospitable deserts. For thousands of years its history has been a traveller's history, of brief encounters in desert towns, snowbound passes and nameless forts. It was the conduit that first brought Buddhism, Christianity and Islam into China, and the site of much of the "Great Game" between 19th-century empires. Today, its central section encompasses several former Soviet republics, and the Chinese Autonomous Region of Xinjiang. The ancient trade route controversially crosses the sites of several forgotten kingdoms, buried in sand and only now revealing their secrets. An Armchair Traveller's History of the Silk Road not only offers the reader a chronological outline of the region's development, but also provides an invaluable introduction to its languages, literature and arts. It takes a comprehensive and illuminating look at the rich history of this dynamic and littleknown region, and provides an easy-to-use reference source. Clements pays particular attention to the fascinating historical sites which feature on any visitor's itinerary and special emphasis is also given to the writings and reactions of travellers through the centuries.

American Kingpin

Author : Nick Bilton
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698405730
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (984 download)

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Download or read book American Kingpin written by Nick Bilton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. The unbelievable true story of the man who built a billion-dollar online drug empire from his bedroom—and almost got away with it In 2011, a twenty-six-year-old libertarian programmer named Ross Ulbricht launched the ultimate free market: the Silk Road, a clandestine Web site hosted on the Dark Web where anyone could trade anything—drugs, hacking software, forged passports, counterfeit cash, poisons—free of the government’s watchful eye. It wasn’t long before the media got wind of the new Web site where anyone—not just teenagers and weed dealers but terrorists and black hat hackers—could buy and sell contraband detection-free. Spurred by a public outcry, the federal government launched an epic two-year manhunt for the site’s elusive proprietor, with no leads, no witnesses, and no clear jurisdiction. All the investigators knew was that whoever was running the site called himself the Dread Pirate Roberts. The Silk Road quickly ballooned into $1.2 billion enterprise, and Ross embraced his new role as kingpin. He enlisted a loyal crew of allies in high and low places, all as addicted to the danger and thrill of running an illegal marketplace as their customers were to the heroin they sold. Through his network he got wind of the target on his back and took drastic steps to protect himself—including ordering a hit on a former employee. As Ross made plans to disappear forever, the Feds raced against the clock to catch a man they weren’t sure even existed, searching for a needle in the haystack of the global Internet. Drawing on exclusive access to key players and two billion digital words and images Ross left behind, Vanity Fair correspondent and New York Times bestselling author Nick Bilton offers a tale filled with twists and turns, lucky breaks and unbelievable close calls. It’s a story of the boy next door’s ambition gone criminal, spurred on by the clash between the new world of libertarian-leaning, anonymous, decentralized Web advocates and the old world of government control, order, and the rule of law. Filled with unforgettable characters and capped by an astonishing climax, American Kingpin might be dismissed as too outrageous for fiction. But it’s all too real.

The Cultures of Ancient Xinjiang, Western China: Crossroads of the Silk Roads

Author : Alison Betts
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1789694078
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (896 download)

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Download or read book The Cultures of Ancient Xinjiang, Western China: Crossroads of the Silk Roads written by Alison Betts and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the least known but culturally rich and complex regions located at the heart of Asia, Xinjiang was a hub for the Silk Roads, serving international links between cultures to the west, east, north and south. Trade, artefacts, foods, technologies, ideas, beliefs, animals and people traversed the glacier covered mountain and desert boundaries.