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Shadow of the Silk Road (P.S.)
Shadow of the Silk Road - P.S.
Author: Colin Thubron
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...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780061231773
ISBN-10: 0061231770
Publication Date: 7/1/2008
Pages: 400
Rating:
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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3.3 stars, based on 12 ratings
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1
Ever wonder what the world looks like in remote China or Iran? This book follows a man who traveled the thousands year old Silk Road (the trail that was used to trade eastern ideas and goods with western ideas and goods)
A good book to give you a very different perspective on what you have as an American and how other people are living.
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The first couple of chapters of this book were kind of tedious but I'm very glad I stuck with it - the chapters covering Central Asia are particularly riveting. Even though the beginning 'vignettes' weren't that interesting to me, the writing is superb.
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